ALWAYS STARTING OVER - viable as a single ?
ALWAYS STARTING OVER - viable as a single ?
Claudia Draper
Featured Actor Joined: 6/14/11
#1ALWAYS STARTING OVER - viable as a single ?
Posted: 6/4/14 at 10:25amAfter the radio success of “LET IT GO”, I think TEAM IDINA should consider an “adult contemporary” version of “ALWAYS STARTING OVER”. It is a worthy follow up single, IMO.
#2ALWAYS STARTING OVER - viable as a single ?
Posted: 6/4/14 at 11:41amAgreed.
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#2ALWAYS STARTING OVER - viable as a single ?
Posted: 6/4/14 at 11:52amThey'd have to remove the f-bomb.
#3ALWAYS STARTING OVER - viable as a single ?
Posted: 6/4/14 at 5:16pm
I'm actually wondering how they are going to do it on the Tonys haterobics.
I'll be surprised if this is made as a single. I enjoy it but I actually had to listen to it over and over again before I could really distinguish the melodies etc. I wouldn't say it is a catchy song like LET IT GO is.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#4ALWAYS STARTING OVER - viable as a single ?
Posted: 6/4/14 at 5:18pmWell, they haven't announced what she is singing yet... she wouldn't confirm anything on Show People.
Claudia Draper
Featured Actor Joined: 6/14/11
#5ALWAYS STARTING OVER - viable as a single ?
Posted: 6/4/14 at 5:30pmIt is probably LEARN TO LIVE WITHOUT..but, I hope it is STARTING OVER
#6ALWAYS STARTING OVER - viable as a single ?
Posted: 6/4/14 at 6:05pmI'm really hoping she sings "Always Starting Over" at the Tonys. "Learn to Live Without" is beautiful but it's not right for the broadcast in my opinion.
#7ALWAYS STARTING OVER - viable as a single ?
Posted: 6/4/14 at 6:31pm
I don't think "Always Starting Over" is single material, personally. It's an 11:00 number, but it's a lot of histrionics without a very memorable hook, if you ask me. I found "Some Other Me" a much more memorable melody, and a song that's probably easier to translate to a single version (a la "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" - a duet in PROMISES, PROMISES - becoming a solo hit for Dionne Warwick.)
But I don't think much in the score is as strong a potential hit as "Let It Go" has been. Also, keeping in mind that IF/THEN has been seen by only a fraction of those who've seen FROZEN there isn't as wide a base on which to build a successful platform to launch. But if any show could launch a hit single, I'll agree Idina and IF/THEN might stand the best chance.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
#8ALWAYS STARTING OVER - viable as a single ?
Posted: 6/5/14 at 11:42am
Looks like they're definitely pushing You Learn to Live Without
YLTLW Music Video
carolinaguy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/13/06
#9ALWAYS STARTING OVER - viable as a single ?
Posted: 6/5/14 at 11:45amIf they want to sell tickets through the summer, they need to have Idina belt out "Always Starting Over". She's already done "YLTLW" on national TV at least twice. It would feel very been-there-done-that on the Tonys.
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madela2
Stand-by Joined: 6/4/14
#10ALWAYS STARTING OVER - viable as a single ?
Posted: 6/5/14 at 2:53pm
I completely agree about YLTLW on the Tony's. Have heard that song on so many shows and clips. She had also been doing that one at concerts last year, I believe.
I would love to hear something different on Sunday.
Updated On: 6/5/14 at 02:53 PM
#11ALWAYS STARTING OVER - viable as a single ?
Posted: 6/5/14 at 3:06pm
For the love of God, if she doesn't sing ALWAYS STARTING OVER, I'm gonna be very sad.
Also, they could just have her say "Thank you for finding me and thank you for the care. And SCREW you for making me think..." possibly?
"Life in theater is give and take...but you need to be ready to give more then you take..."
NeverSoShy
Understudy Joined: 10/8/11
#12ALWAYS STARTING OVER - viable as a single ?
Posted: 6/5/14 at 3:53pmShe's been performing Learn to Live Without since (at least) her tour a couple of years ago, so I think it's always been the one that they've been pushing. I really hope she does Always Starting Over at the Tonys though, it would be really nice to hear her performing something different for a tv appearance
#13ALWAYS STARTING OVER - viable as a single ?
Posted: 6/5/14 at 4:30pm
"I completely agree about YLTLW on the Tony's. Have heard that song on so many shows and clips. She had also been doing that one at concerts last year, I believe."
Most people watching the Tonys will likely have heard none of the songs from the show, though. I know tons of people who make a habit of watching the Tonys to decide what they want to see on Broadway, and whatever is performed is the basis for what they know/think about a show.
