Who sings defying gravity the best/ worst? — Page 5

When I saw saycon for the first time she tore the house down...People in the baclony stood up before the end of the song, although I'm not sure about the orchastra seats. She didn't have to resort to pop/rock riffs and ornamants to make the song interesting, her voice did that for her with its depth and tone and what she did do was so subtle and appropriate they felt like spur of the moment imporves, which I wouldn't be surprised if they were. She was the first girl I've heard who went into the frist "down" at the end without ugly pushing and grossness. Her voice was literally like sex...she was just so...black. Smooth voice, with a mo town type edge to it, and just the right amount of rawness...in my opinion this song is written for a black woman to belt, as is the rest of Elphie's part. But thats another story.

Saycon though, is absoloulty amazing.

Best: There is a video floating around online of Shoshana Bean, live... date I forget. From that I would hands down give it to her. It sounds soooooooo good it's almost as if it's been worked over.

Worst: I have heard a number of live recordings of Idina and I have yet to hear a good one of her... it sounds like it's just out of her range and she has to scream anything high and doesn't really hold any of it out...

I second Raul. Tehe

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I really think shoshana bean does an amazing job at it. She is the only elphaba I've ever seen but when she sings that song, I swear I get goosebumps

Definitely Raul.

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Updated On: 1/16/06 at 02:11 PM