Actually the first time I heard Science Fiction I thought Daphne was singing it the whole way through, but Kristen sings the second verse, which I didn't realize until Daphne came back in on "give you some terrible thrills." Though I think they sound great when singing together in the last chorus. It seems the second Usherette is given more of the song in each major production, Patricia Quinn's Betty Boop-ish Usherette (The Strawberry Time Girl) sang the entire number, I don't think Nell even played the second girl; and in the Roxy recording, Jaime Donnely's Usherette, Trixie, sang most of the song with Boni Enten dueting on the last few lines of the second verse.
I mean, superkudos to the team for not trying to recreate the film, which everyone was against...I just don't know about Columbia, it seems like they tried
too hard to make her different.
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I also cannot stand all the lines they gave to the ensemble, they get really annoying fast.
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
Updated On: 12/31/08 at 12:08 AM
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