The Movie in my Mind

[RW3]

Posted: 8/17/14 at 11:26am

Full song from the 2014 Miss Saigon Live Cast Recording. Starts around 01:49 mark
Elaine Page Radio Show

[ggersten]

Posted: 8/17/14 at 11:53am

clarifying that the song is at 1 hour and 49 minutes -
there also is a different clip on the webpage which is very short.

And this sounds gorgeous - although it is not as it sounds in the theatre. I think it's slower, for one - and much much prettier. I don't know where the audience reaction is coming from.

[sparepart973]

Posted: 8/17/14 at 12:32pm

Thanks! Really liked it. It's a little bit more amplified than it is in the theatre. Weird though, because Elaine says it will be out NEXT month, while at the end she says she'll play another exclusive track on the 21st of September. So, will it be released during the last week of September?

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 8/17/14 at 4:32pm

I don't like the lyric changes. Rachelle Ann Go and Eva Noblezada sound good though.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 8/17/14 at 5:30pm

Wait, they changed the lyrics? (haven't listened to the track obviously). That's dumb, been listening to the original cast recording and the lyrics for this particular song, while at times clumsy (like in all of the big British pop operas), are quite haunting, especially Gigi's part.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 8/17/14 at 9:21pm

They're definitely different from the original recording. Not sure if these changes were made in another production or if they're more recent.

The one that made me cringe was "He takes me to a place / where I don't have to dance."

[Emmaloucbway]

Posted: 8/17/14 at 11:00pm

I always cringed at the old lyric (i think it was changed for the revival), "Our children laugh all day/And eat too much ice cream/And life is like a dream!"



Updated On: 8/17/14 at 11:00 PM

[Wildcard]

Posted: 8/18/14 at 12:33am

Rachelle's acting was very good. Her "Movie in My Mind" was the first time I've ever shed a tear during this song in all the times I've seen the show.

[sparepart973]

Posted: 8/18/14 at 1:01am

There are many lyrical changes in the new performance (and a new song for Ellen). There's some serious editing happening for the recording, as there is a fight scene after Kim's solo and before all the bar girls sing together.

[Fosse76]

Posted: 8/18/14 at 3:46pm

While ome lyrics in the original could be clunky at times, the new ones don't even follow the same thoughtline of the rest of the lyrics and don't make sense. But hey, they rhyme at least!

To me, the song felt more like a concert performance of the song, where acting isn't really required. It didn't sound like something being acted on stage.