Wicked Country

I agree. "For Good" has a very country feel to it.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

I dont know about anyone else, but i was always opposed to the idea of songs going "mainstream" (for lack of a better word). I dont know why I think it is almost like selling out. It would do great for ticket sales and maybe introduce other people to theatre who wouldnt noramlly go. Yet i still cant help but almost feel 'protective' of it. Can imagine Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey (spelling?..lol) performing As Long as You're Mine? It would completely ruin it! If done right it can be incredible, I'm just afraid that they will pick the wrong people or approach it in the wrong way. I don't know.. could be wrong!!

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Those ladies did do an amazing job with that song. I still remember when they performed it together at the Academy Awards. It was beautiful.
I love the lyrics in "When You Believe." I listened to that song right after 9/11/01 and I thought they were even more amazing and relatable to life than ever before.

I think Reba has a beautiful voice and would do a great job with either song. "I'm Not That Girl" might be too young for her....but I bet someone like Leann Rhymes could do it.
What about having Reba and Faith Hill doing "For Good" together?

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Updated On: 2/1/04 at 11:14 PM

Selling out to what? Being successfull? Sorry to break it to yah but the most well known performers in the world are pop singers and movie stars not broadway actors. The power lies in Hollywood and in "mainstream" culture.

Maybe Justin and Janet can record it..I mean they were such a hit at the Super Bowl

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Call it a regime change...

Dissenting vote about "If You Believe.." I love the song for its sweet simplicity, but thought Whitney and Mariah damn near destroyed it with that melisma vowel-extension thing we talked about in an "Idol" thread. I like the song as performed in "Prince..." by Michelle and the unknown. Everyone can beat me up.

But covers of b'way tunes used to be a staple of pop music. Songs were given to artists before the shows even went into rehearsal. For example, "Mame" was covered by many, as was "If He Walked Into My Life" (Edie Gorme -- Grammy nom!) The Schwartz sound lends itself to this practice, though everyone should remember that people expected the RENT songs to have covers, and the only one to emerge is "Seasons of Love." Everyone was shocked.

The WICKED ballads are appropropriate, maybe more than RENT. I called "For Good" months ago, and thought it should be Emmylou and Dolly Parton.

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JohnPapa: Your post reminded me that Dreamworks had to keep running the lyrics by gravely concerned rabbis, because the original words "there WILL BE miracles" offended, as if some ordinary cartoon version of the Bible characters dare not assume the power of G-D. Whatever. "There CAN be miracles" sounds like revised advertising copy for some weight-reduction herb. "There CAN BE pounds shed, if you stuff these!" instead of "There WILL be pounds shed..." What a world, you can't promise too much, even from the Almighty. But I still say, those spiritual promises are much more bogus comin' out of the mouths of wailin' Mariah n'Whitney (powder on her nostril).

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Updated On: 2/2/04 at 10:36 AM