Taboo: London vs Broadway Cast Recordings

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 11/24/06 at 9:26pm

So I'm still in love with my Broadway Taboo but I've gotten more and more into the London recording. It feels less like a cast recording, but there are some great songs missing from Broadway. Mainly Pie in the Sky and the entire Pretty Lies (which sounds better on a female voice). Any thoughts on which you think is better?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/24/06 at 9:31pm

I absolutely agree with everything you said, and simply because Broadway *sounds* more like a cast recording in terms of its orchestrations and whatnot (whereas London sounds more like a bunch of people covering Boy George music), I love it much, much more. Like you though, I do miss several of the London songs when I listen to the Broadway version, though -- mainly Pie in the Sky (of which there is also a great version on Euan's solo album).

[aspiringactress]

Posted: 11/24/06 at 11:46pm

Raul + Petrified means Broadway for me.

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 1:24am

I think that I prefer the OBC to the OLC, but there is some great stuff on the OLC. "Safe in the City" is a million times better when sung by a guy. "Pie in the Sky" is really good, and some of the different arrangements of the songs are fun.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/13/09 at 11:08am

I know this is an old thread but I'm bumping it because I just got into this show over the weekend (might even start one of my "What went wrong" threads like I did with Jane Eyre and Steel Pier) but I gotta say it's Broadway for me.

The London cast recording just doesn't sound like a cast recording to me.

[Eastwickian]

Posted: 1/13/09 at 1:20pm

I'm still annoyed that the OLCR was over-produced to hell as I prefer the grittier more eccentric London version of the show with the four-piece band. The sound quality on the London DVD is also distinctly lacking which is twice as frustrating!

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/13/09 at 2:47pm

Which reminds me: I was so disappointed to hear what is essentially a dance remix version of Touched By The Hand of Cool instead of the "grittier more eccentric" version heard on the DVD...and yes, the sound quality on the DVD is lacking.