bare The Complete Studio Recording
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#525
Posted: 11/15/07 at 2:33pm
Awwww...don't encourage people to be rational about this. I'm loving all the wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Scott in LA...you're hilarious! You're just feeding off the drama...haha
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#526
Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:19pmNo NY cast stuff? That is a bunch of bs, I'm sorry. The NY cast was vastly superior to the LA cast (I have both "recordings" so I am not just saying it to say it). Plus a lot of the lyric changes are what was in the LA version of bare.
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#527
Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:32pmI got mine today. It actually comes in a DVD case which was slightly off putting, but kinda cool too. I haven't listened to it yet, but I'm sure I'll love it.
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#528
Posted: 11/15/07 at 4:02pmI sent a very nice email and received a reply that they are "2-4 days behind in shipments." I don't know what that means, hopefully that my CD will be shipped in 2-4 days. Because I'm getting sick of this waiting thing.
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#529
Posted: 11/15/07 at 4:27pm
CATSNY,
I was also unhappy about it being in a DVD case. I'm going to have to do some creative stuff to get it into a CD case.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/15/05
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#530
Posted: 11/15/07 at 5:04pmWell, it's no secret that much of the original creative team wasn't happy with how the NY show was handled. That probably has something to do with it.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/15/05
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#531
Posted: 11/15/07 at 5:11pm
Spider, did you see the LA cast? A lot of what made them better (IMO) isn't simply the vocals. They acted the hell out of it, and gave fantastic performances. In NYC there was something missing... a raw-feeling that the show inately possesses. It was so over produced, and some of the actors really did overdo it at times. The best thing in the NY show for me was Kaitlin Hopkins, who is fantastic.
I don't think it's fair to judge a performance by a bootleg recording. You can't see what the people are doing.
As for the re-writes, well the show was already a HUGE hit in LA and ran sold out to above capacity (sitting on stiars, fights in the lobby because people couldn't get in!) far longer than anyone dreamed. What they've done now is taken the LA version and added a few things changed for NY (but not all because they didn't particularly like most of the NY re-writes). Most of the lyrics on the CD (including the Ever After lyrics that someone mentioned) reflect the original lyrics. They aren't really re-writes, per say....
And on that note, the "So much for our ever after..." (to me) is preffered. It shows Peter's defeat in the relationship, and his abandonment of hope for it.
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#532
Posted: 11/15/07 at 6:07pm
No, I haven't seen thte LA cast . . . just audio. Can you please go into detail what they didn't like about the NY version? I'm curious.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/15/05
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#533
Posted: 11/15/07 at 6:41pmIt's not my place to give the specifics. But they've made it no big secret how they feel about it.
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#534
Posted: 11/15/07 at 6:46pmThe one lyric change that sticks out to me -- in a bad way, it really bothers me -- is in You & I. This recording has "take a look in these big blue eyes so you'll understand," as opposed to, "feel the beat of my racing heart so you'll understand." I think the latter flows better, and that it's just a better lyric for the moment. It captures him better right then, I think.
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#535
Posted: 11/15/07 at 6:52pmI agree.
Stand-by Joined: 1/15/05
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#536
Posted: 11/15/07 at 7:30pm
Again, a reversion to the LA lyrics.
However, they did keep the "not even for Zack/let's lay off the crack" change, which is far better than what was there in LA.
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#537
Posted: 11/16/07 at 1:28amThe CDs are amazing. And the documentary is pure gold. Proof that they weren't just singing from the page with no emotion. I don't agree with that comment at all. Look into their eyes. Look at those faces. Not one person was phoning it in. And they all had such in-depth things to say about their characters. I'm so envious of Matt Doyle and James Snyder. They make everything about their performances look so effortless. I'm jealous.
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#538
Posted: 11/16/07 at 2:34am
Just because they look a certain way while singing doesn't mean it comes across on the album. And just because they are emoting, doesn't mean it's the right emotion. Listen to almost every acted line. It's so awkward. The dialogue is terrible on the CD. The singing feels just as bad at points, though I think a lot of times the lyrics are too blame. They may be acting, but that doesn't make it good acting. (there are of course exceptions)
To me the ATA version is still the definitive version. From both a performance standpoint and a lyrical standpoint. The only thing this album brings to the table is the greatest set of orchestrations the show has ever had.
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#539
Posted: 11/16/07 at 5:10am
I still haven't had a confirmation and I was told a couple of days ago that it was going out in 24-48 hours.
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#540
Posted: 11/16/07 at 6:56amI wonder if any of the proceeds will benefit the Trevor Project or if that is another lie. It's hard for me to believe anything these people say.
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#541
Posted: 11/16/07 at 8:23am
Still no email here either. I was also given the 24-48 hours promise. Maybe they were mailed but they are behind on their shipping emails. Repeating to myself, "The glass is half full. The glass is half full. The glass is half full."
I'm sure the promised part of the proceeds will go to the Trevor Project. I think they really mean well. They were completely unprepared.
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#542
Posted: 11/16/07 at 9:31amHas anybody received their CD without getting a confirmation? That's what I've been wondering all along. I keep thinking I might get the CD without getting the confirmation but I'm not sure on that.
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#543
Posted: 11/16/07 at 11:40amI got shipping confirmation and tracking info this morning. I'm still a little in shock. i will certainly post my thoughts on the CD and DVD as soon as it arrives. And if it is closer to the LA production, which it sounds like it is, thats fine with me. I like the LA version a little more anyways.
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#544
Posted: 11/16/07 at 11:52am
outovfashion...you started all of this, remember?! haha
You should've been the first to get a CD!
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#545
Posted: 11/16/07 at 11:58amshoulda, woulda, coulda... oh well. At least it is finally coming.
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#546
Posted: 11/16/07 at 12:27pmGot my confirmation late last night. It was shipped at 10pm and should arrive on Tuesday.
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#547
Posted: 11/16/07 at 3:16pm**CRIES**
Stand-by Joined: 1/15/05
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#548
Posted: 11/16/07 at 3:28pmWoo, guess what just got delivered to me.
re: Bare: The Complete Studio Recording (With Review!)#549
Posted: 11/16/07 at 4:12pmI respectfully disagree Cages, I see where you're coming from, and I hear it in the scene between Jason and Nadia, but I don't hear any awkwardness in the majority of the line delivery. For that I would point to Spring Awakening... that's awkward. And, I don't feel like they're emoting the wrong emotions. I do agree that sometimes the lyrics are at fault at a few moments, but for the most part I feel like it comes across just fine on CD especially considering the fact that a lot of the time they were singing to each other in confinement as the DVD shows.
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