tarzan yell in wicked?

[Bway_Mill_Fan]

Posted: 11/23/03 at 9:13pm

during Defying Gravity, it seemed to me like towards the end of the letterman show she sounded like Tarzan, is that in the show too?

[JoizeyActor]

Posted: 11/23/03 at 9:20pm

Hmm, too bad that "Wicked on TV" site has been down for these last few days, otherwise I could watch the clip and give you an answer. I don't recall a "Tarzan yell" She just belts some words or something.

The friggen' ensemble members are distracting. "She's wicked!" "She's Wicked!"

[Bway_Mill_Fan]

Posted: 11/23/03 at 9:23pm

yes that was odd! apparently thats not in the show(in taht order atleast)?

[GirlfriendFromCanada]

Posted: 11/24/03 at 9:52am

I think I know what you are referring to with the "tarzan yell". It's just after she does the second "bring me down" and then just sings nothing in particular? That is indeed in the show. I never thought of it to sound like Tarzan, but given it is just notes and no words, I suppose you could take it that way.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 11/24/03 at 5:25pm

To me it's "Ah-ah-AHHHHhhhhhhhhhhh!" Maybe a paraphrase of Tarzan.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 11/24/03 at 5:28pm

It's definitely Tarzan-like. The night I saw Wicked all the animals from The Lion King stampeded down the aisle in response.

[DefyingGravity]

Posted: 11/24/03 at 5:45pm

ya'll need to stop sippin that haterade! hahaha, no but at the end of the song she does just sing some notes, i think Idina sounds great and i dont know how anyone can say different? Letterman performance was changed, so what you seen don't expect to see in the show itself

[Elphie]

Posted: 11/24/03 at 5:49pm

I love her belting at the end. Her mouth gets so big and its so fascinating to watch how she can sing like that. I love it! Yeah the ensemble piece is kinda wierd at the end, but eh, I still love the show- its my definate favorite.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 11/24/03 at 5:57pm

Me, I meant no disrespect. As noted elsewhere, with far too many words, I love the performance.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/25/03 at 12:34pm

Ahh....the sound of belting is so sweet to the ears.

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 11/25/03 at 1:14pm

She's just belting a few notes. I think she sounds great.

[Hello Gorgeous]

Posted: 11/25/03 at 8:39pm

I didn't notice anything too Tarzan-ish about Idina's final note...it sounded very nice to me, especially in the show

[Becky]

Posted: 11/25/03 at 9:11pm

Elphie, I know what you mean about her mouth opening up. When I was watching Letterman, it reminded me *so* much of her picture on the original RENT poster. She was making the same "wide-mouthed" face then, and it brought back memories.

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 11/25/03 at 9:35pm

That's the one thing I hate about the song. I mean, it sounds like she's trying to riff, but if she was doing it correctly it wouldn't sound like she was howling.