"The New Girl in Town" from the HAIRSPRAY: Movie Musical!

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 9:16pm

Marc Shaiman...total genius again!

Can NOT stop listening to Brittany Snow's "The New Girl in Town" number from the upcoming film-version of the musical HAIRSPRAY.

Period perfect and I can so hear Darlene Love singing this back circa 1962 with The Blossoms.

Wow!

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 9:26pm

Wow. Where'd you hear it from?

Anything Marc Shaiman is genius!

[Sylar2]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 9:27pm

Is it just me or is anyone else sorta underwhelmed by Queen Latifah's vocals in the movie? Motormouth is suppose to be a powerhouse of a vocal and Queen sounds sorta lacking.

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 9:40pm

I love 'The New Girl in Town' and I agree that it is period perfect. Marc Shaiman is such a GENIUS. I love this guy. I think Brittany sings like 2 lines though...

[DrTheatre]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 9:43pm

Where can you hear the number?

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 9:47pm

yeah where is it?

[Actinggbugg474]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 9:53pm

Wow .. I'm very underwhelmed with Amanda Bynes .... and
"very" is an understatement. "Without Love" sounds ........... not good. I understand the cast members in this movie are not Broadway caliber as the original broadway cast was ... but Amanda Bynes must be one AMAZING actress in the movie, because her singing sounds like a less than mediocre high schooler.




Updated On: 6/19/07 at 09:53 PM

[DrTheatre]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 10:02pm

Where did you hear the song?

[Actinggbugg474]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 10:03pm

I'm guessing some songs were leaked .. because I found them on the site that can only be named sometimes.

[Sylar2]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 10:03pm

Actinggbugg474- thank you for editing your post... " like not good " -- I was gonna say.....

[Actinggbugg474]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 10:05pm

haha ... I was trying to find some words to describe it ... I just couldn't. It's really NOT bad ... just .. not good. I miss the energy of the OBC. "Without Love" has always been one of my favorite songs ... and this new version is just missing something.

[Sylar2]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 10:17pm

Well I've seen the film and I think you will be underwhelmed by a lot of the voices. I enjoyed the film but I really wanted a stronger Motormouth... a big black gospel belter to give me OH OH OH OH you cant stop the beat instead of oh oh oh you cant stop the beat

[diorrnottwarr]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 10:26pm

I definitely agree that Latifah is underwhelming. Everyone knows she can do much better. IMO, James Marsden sounds excellent as does Zac, I was pleasantly surprised.

I've got a link that leads to 9 leaked songs but I'm not sure if it's okay to post or not. PM me if you'd like it.

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 10:37pm

I miss Andrew Rannells in HAIRSPRAY! And I'm so sad Bryan West left.

Anyways: just listened to "New Girl in Town" and I really enjoy it!

[Actinggbugg474]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 10:39pm

Now compare those to this one:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FD2GVHHyl_8

[HeidiL87]

Posted: 6/19/07 at 11:11pm

Okay. Call me crazy. I enjoyed all three. But then I always enjoy listening to different versions of songs. That is one of the reasons I have been SO looking forward to this movie. A new take on an old favorite of mine. I don't want the songs to sound like the OBC recording. I think the vocals are just fine even darn good and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the new musical arrangements.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 6/20/07 at 12:20am

Where can you hear it at??

[broadway86]

Posted: 6/20/07 at 12:25am

Motormouth is suppose to be a powerhouse of a vocal and Queen sounds sorta lacking.

I thought the same thing... until I heard her "Big, Blonde, and Beautiful". I was shocked by how well she performed that.

Amanda Bynes? Different story.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 6/20/07 at 12:33am

Where can you hear it at??

[Bobby_child]

Posted: 6/20/07 at 1:03am

Amanda may not have the best singing voice for penny...but I thought she did a great job with it! But "The New Girl in Town" is a great song..I wish Brittnay sang more I like her voice a lot!

[sarcadam88]

Posted: 6/20/07 at 1:06am

I don't know if this has been addressed, but there are quite a few streaming clips (in full) from the movie at this website, for those who haven't heard:

http://www.zac-e.com/

I'm assuming this is legal, the site seems legit enough.

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

Posted: 6/20/07 at 1:13am

Damn, Queen owns "Big, Blonde, and Beautiful."

[WhenURScrap]

Posted: 6/20/07 at 1:45am

What songs are NOT in the movie that are in the Broadway production?

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

Posted: 6/20/07 at 1:48am

Mama, I'm a big girl now, The Big Dollhouse, and GMB(Reprise).

[rabymon10]

Posted: 6/20/07 at 1:50am

Love the song. My kind of stuff. Perhaps those who have seen the movie can confirm it for me, but isn't this sung during 'Negro Day' on the Corny Collins show? It's just because I remember the Dynamites doing the 'whoa whoa whoa whoa' bit in one of the clips while they're on the CC set from Oprah.
Updated On: 6/20/07 at 01:50 AM