The posting of Yoko Ono's reinterpretation of "Music and the Mirror" made me think... What is your favorite reimagining and reinterpretation of a show song?
I love the Motown slow-jam version of "Tomorrow" from Annie by The Manhattans, personally. And I've been trying for years to get an arrangement or transcription of the Joel McNeeley swing arrangement of "The Sadder but Wiser Girl" that Seth MacFarlane sings.
Ann-Margret's rendition of "How Lovely To Be A Woman" from the 1964 Lp, "3 Great Girls", (the other two girls being Kitty Kallen and Della Reese) reeks of sex. I love it.
I never understood why the show tried to sell Chris Colfer as such a fantastic singer. Sure, he could sing high notes. But I never thought he was terrific. (I guess season 1 tried to do the same to Cory Monteith, but at least they eventually noted how he wasn't that good)
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
The first one that came to mind was the multi-language "Popular" that Kristin Chenoweth did at her Coming Home concert. I thought that was a great way to bring some freshness to an overdone song.
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett's "I Won't Dance." That whole album actually is one of my all-time favorites.
I also do a mezzo-soprano rendition of the title song from Light in the Piazza- at Victoria Clark's encouragement, if you can believe it. I asked her if singing it down the octave was a cop-out, and she replied, "Not at all!"
"I also do a mezzo-soprano rendition of the title song from Light in the Piazza- at Victoria Clark's encouragement, if you can believe it. I asked her if singing it down the octave was a cop-out, and she replied, "Not at all!""
Wouldn't an octave down be more of a baritone rendition?
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."