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#1

Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 5:41pm

This ass-kicker from Chess has long been one of my favorite songs, and I'm foolishly attempting to climb the mountain and sing it for a local theatre fund raiser. I've been listening to a few recordings and wanted to know if anyone here attended either the recent Chess concert where Adam Pascal was "Freddie" or the 1998 BCEFA concert where it was (my hero) Brian D'Arcy James. I'm curious how these 2 differently amazing singers tackled it. Also, which rendition out of all Chess recordings is your favorite?

"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers

#2

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 5:50pm

Pity The Child has to be one of my all time faves.
A very good recording of Chess is the full Danish Cast Recording (sung in English) where Zubin Varla plays a 'very interesting' Freddie. I loved him on the Original London Cast Recording for JCS but I'm not convinced about his Freddie. Great recording though.

I love Adam Pascal anyway and I am trying not to be biased here (VERY difficult) but his Pity The Child kicked a**!!! :)
He hit these high notes perfectly and in my opinion (I know others might not agree) he was definitely at his best that night.

Let me know if you haven't heard his PTC and I will PM it to you.

QM

'He really wasn't good as Fieyro. Is it just me or does he sort of come across as a pimp? Just...the hand motions I've seen him do and the attitude..not that Taye is a pimp.' - SallyBrown on Taye Diggs as Fiyero

#3

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 5:56pm

i haven't! as an adam lover, i would absolutely love it!!

"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon

#4

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 6:05pm

My fave is definitely the original - Murray Head.

#5

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 7:25pm

Warning: Adam love ahead

His version is stunning. I did not know that he had that kind of ability. Those high notes... wow. Wow.

#6

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 7:27pm

Pity The Child is one of my all-time favorites. Does anyone have a recording of Pascal singing the song by any chance?

#7

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 7:52pm

Check your PMs.

#8

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 8:04pm

grr no one sent it to me!! :'( PITY THIS CHILD!!

"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon

Updated On: 7/31/04 at 08:04 PM

#9

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 8:05pm

ok thanks!! yay!

"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon

#10

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 8:12pm

*stands. claps.* THAT WAS AWESOME!!! why does adam's voice always make me cry?!!

"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon

#11

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 8:15pm

god where was i?! i'm glad that you had great time.

"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon

#12

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 8:16pm

Sorry, ponine! I forgot to send your pm. *hangs head in shame* And what I would give to have seen the Chess concert... You are very lucky, Undiscovered.

#13

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 8:18pm

PITY THE CHILD is certainly one of the songs that I really like from the show. I do have the concept album - and I agree that Murray Head does a good job with it.

#14

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 8:21pm

i'm so happy i found that site. it has all the clips (and adam) i need!!

"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon

#15

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 9:27pm

This song has one of my all-time favorite lyrics :

Pity instead the careless mother
What she missed
what she lost
when she let me go

#16

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 9:37pm

i had never heard the song before and i was listening to adam's version. i was literally sitting there crying. it was so sad.

"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon

#17

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 9:47pm

I listened to Pity the Child every night when I used to borrow the OBC recording of Chess from a friend of mine. It's heartbreaking. I still listen to that song often and it reminds me of MY past---my stepfather was very cruel to me. And my mother divorced my stepdad and moved to a new house. And happily, I never saw my stepfather again. That's why the musical theater means so much to me--I got into the theater three months after we moved to my grandmother's house.

It's unbelievable that Freddie went through that crap--abusive parents. I love that song. It's so heartbreaking! *bawls*

Meg

http://groups.msn.com/The Jerry Herman Appreciation Society

Updated On: 7/31/04 at 09:47 PM

#18

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 9:58pm

I cried when I listened to this song. And I do not cry easily. That may have been because I was already kinda down, but still. It's a very powerful piece of music.

I'm sorry to hear that, Meg. I'm glad things got better for you and you turned to theatre and not something abusive like so many people.

#19

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 10:04pm

I can sing that song better than him. I was honestly disappointed.

#20

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:09pm

Good response to that um... comment, Undiscovered. Better than I could've done.

Anyway, I FINALLY got to hear my Adam sing Pity The Child, and it was GODLY. I don't know how he hits those notes, but it left me stunned.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

#21

re: Pity The Child

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:15pm

"my Adam "

Oh no, honey. You have Raul. Adam is mine.

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