This isn't a song and I'm not sure of the actor's name. but in the video recording of Into The Woods the Character Jack delivers one line with this weird upward inflection in his voice.
I believe the line is "Let's go Milky White, there ^are^ spirits here." It just sounds weird.
Going to a musical late in its run is like going to a prostitute late in her shift.
in wicked... i dont' like how they pronounce dr. dillamond (this is more in the dialogue then singing)... they pronounce it dillamind (like in and out, not mind)... i always thought it should dillamond... (like off and ON)....
I hate how in The First Noel "looked" has to be two syllables to fit the music.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
I some sondheim lyrics that need to be pronounced a certain way inorder to work... one that comes to mind: "in our cozy retreat kept all neat and tidy/ We'll have chums over every friday"
This is all quite interesting to me, as I'm fascinated with accents, speech pathology and linguistics... I'll have to listen to my OBC recordings a little more closely!
A lot of it has to do with lyric writers who dont know how to write for the human voice.
Opera librettists are usually much more in tune to that thing and you'll see better text setting for those reasons.
Vowel modification is just something singers have to do in order to get the sound out and still remain healthy, remember these singers are usually doing 8 shows a week, or at least 6, so anything to make it easier.
Conversely, opera singers don't often have to perform the same role week after week. An opera singer who has his/her druthers and performs often will often peform a heavy role (like Verdi or Wanger) and then lighter roles (Mozart) in between, it keeps your technique fresh and keeps your voice healthy.
Musical theater singers dont often get that luxury, so they need all the help they can get.
Cut em some slack guys.
"Fenchurch is correct, as usual."
-Keen on Kean
"Fenchurch is correct, as usual."
- muscle23ftl
I just saw Jennifer Holliday's pre-Oscar performance yesterday, and apparently Hugh, and Huey, and Jew are going to love May. Is this some kind of blind item?
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
Jennifer Hudson pronounces "and" like "ahnd" and it makes me giggle. I think it's really cute.
"Who says you can't bend over backwards and eat bugs if you want to? I guess the bugs would probably say you can't do that that, but assuming that they are willing and consenting bugs, then there's no problem. Let's wig out eating bugs."
-RuPaul
all those "double o" words book -byoookuh through -threuuuu you- yuuuuh
god he's pronunciations of them make me laugh
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
Two of my all-time favorite unusual pronunciations are on the OBC of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas in the names of the whores - Eloise (E-loyze) and Beatrice (Bee-A-trice).
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
Oh, my favorite POTO moment was Sarah Brightman singing Music Of The Night at a televised ALW celebration and singing, "Let your soul take you where you long to BAAAAAAAAAA!"
Sheep everywhere rejoiced.
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
It's very hard to sing dipthongs (like tje word I) since theyre combinations of two sounds. I was trained to hold the first part and then at the end right before you cut off ad the second part. Example: The wizard and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
Megan Mullally as Karen Walker on Will and Grace: "Tell me more. Tell me more. Like does he have a car?"
The pronunciation of "don Juan" as "dawn Jew-ahn" in LES MIZ.
You talk of battles to be won And here he comes like don Juan
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia