GLEE'S "Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye"
GLEE'S "Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye"
#1GLEE'S "Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye"
Posted: 4/22/11 at 7:45am
...as sung by the "Kurt" character. Nice. from RC in Austin, Texas
Kurt Singing AIWNSG
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
Updated On: 4/22/11 at 07:45 AM
#2GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/22/11 at 7:58amOK. from NM in Cambridge, UK
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#2GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/22/11 at 2:46pmHeebie Jeebie inducing. From Motown.
#3GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/22/11 at 2:49pm
That girl singing sounds like she's ten years old.
From Uranus.
#4GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/22/11 at 3:26pmLOL
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#5GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/22/11 at 4:29pmWow, they really go out of their way to make Kurt as stereotypically gay as possible on that show. Drunk on a street corner Seaside, NJ.
#6GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/22/11 at 4:53pmCan this show just go away and stop ruining songs I like?
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#7GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/22/11 at 5:50pmCan this show just go away and stop making every song and singer sound alike?
#8GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/22/11 at 8:30pmI'd like to hear him do a Jodi Benson impersonation. from BA in Oklahoma City, OK
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#9GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/22/11 at 8:37pm
Is he at least singing it in the proper key? You know how LuPone likes to harp about that. LOL!
JC in Issaquah, WA (aka, onetime playground for Brian Yorkey and Cheyenne Jackson
(Yes, I've mentioned it before, but I just think it's neat that we have a couple of Broadway stars that came from little 'ole Issaquah (or the surrounding area). I wish I was amongst those names...)
Xanadu! Can't cry on cue!
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#10GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/23/11 at 1:17pmI wish they'd stop making Kurt sing songs that are originally sung by women.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#11GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/23/11 at 1:48pmI wish they would stop making Kurt sing any song!
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#12GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/23/11 at 1:56pmAll us queers want to be girls though according to GLEE.
#13GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/23/11 at 2:45pm
Jordan, that is completely untrue. There are 3 gay characters on the show, and I don't think that Blaine wants to be a girl.
Alright, let the bashing of me begin
#14GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/23/11 at 3:35pm
"Is he at least singing it in the proper key? You know how LuPone likes to harp about that. LOL!"
It's sounds a semitone lower to me. I'm saying this without being near a piano currently.
Why do they manage to milk all the genuine emotion out of these fantastic songs and smother them in manufactured pre-teen angst?
#15GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/23/11 at 5:45pmLet's just say he did his own interpretation of AIWNSG. He's quite young, so it's virtually impossible for him to do a more forceful and polished version, as would a Broadway veteran. By the way, since we're on the subject of AIWNSG, has any male Broadway performer ever made a recording of the song? If not, who would you like to see "take a stab at it"? Just wondering.... RC in Austin, Texas
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#16GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/23/11 at 5:51pm
Must this site be so into Glee?! This is BroadwayWorld. Glee is not a Broadway show. There are plenty of Glee fans you can converse with on YouTube about these performances; I'm sure you can even find a message board concerning Glee.
Let's try to preserve the little dignity BroadwayWorld has and not open it up to those who do not appreciate real theatre and think auto-tuning is the business norm.
This has nothing to do with the OP personally, he/she has finally pushed me over the edge with this Glee crap.
Formerly: WishingOnlyWounds2 - Broadway Legend - Joined: 9/25/08
#17GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/23/11 at 6:21pm
2 Male versions I know of. Not sure that either are Broadway legends though!
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SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#18GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/24/11 at 12:00am
I'm listening to it. Absolutely hate his version, but then again I loathe Chris Colfer's upper register.
Also, is it really in a lower key? It sounds higher to me.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#19GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/24/11 at 7:32amIt's a semitone lower, but he is singing it an octave higher.
#20GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/24/11 at 10:47amNot liking it.
Just give the world Love.
#21GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/24/11 at 11:11am
"Jordan, that is completely untrue. There are 3 gay characters on the show, and I don't think that Blaine wants to be a girl.
Alright, let the bashing of me begin"
Yes, but Kurt is undeniably the most well-known of the three- and they love to trot out Chris Colfer whenever possible and use Kurt as an example of how inclusive and/or progressive the show thinks it is.
As for Darren Criss- well, they like to trot him out to help album sales.
Is there any show currently on television as meretricious as Glee?
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#22GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/24/11 at 1:25pm
Yes- most shows are just as meretricious. Consider the near-universal praise for Modern Family- it's not being called a masterpiece or anything, but the fact that there is a sitcom that is really, undeniably and actually GOOD, not pandering, insipid, stupid or completely atrocious, is a rarity. Glee is just another TV comedy, albeit one with an unusual hook. Glee is the first musical television series to succeed after quite a few failed attempts. Is it as good as it could be, or as good as people want it to be? Certainly not. But it isn't an affront to the notions of art or musical theater's very existence.
The interesting thing is that we're comparing Glee to the great musicals, or even to most musicals that make it to the stage in New York. Television is a different medium than film or stage for one reason- for film or stage, you need to deliver one competent package that shines on its own. For television you need only three things- a promising pilot, ratings, and sustainability. Glee had the first one, has the second, and is hoping for the third. Time will tell, but the only thing we can expect for sure is more of the same- more diamonds in the rough of surprisingly good episodes or unusually inspired musical performances, but also a lot more rough.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#23GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/24/11 at 1:36pm
Yes- most shows are just as meretricious. Consider the near-universal praise for Modern Family- it's not being called a masterpiece or anything, but the fact that there is a sitcom that is really, undeniably and actually GOOD, not pandering, insipid, stupid or completely atrocious, is a rarity.
So you think Modern Family is or is not meretricious? It sounds like not, but I don't understand why you are using it as an example, then.
#24GLEE'S 'Everything's As If We Never Said Goodbye'
Posted: 4/24/11 at 1:51pm
That's the thing- I would not lump Glee into the same category of Modern Family. I don't think Modern Family is meretricious. I mean, all television is, to varying degrees. But Glee, as it is now, I find to be one of the worst offenders.
The hook of the show has consumed it. It's nothing but a vehicle for bland covers- occasionally clever, yes, but often not. Look at the quick turn-around time they have for jumping on the "Born This Way" and "Friday" bandwagons. It's become designed to sell album after album. At the start, I think, there was some heart to it. But it's gone now, and any attempt to revitalize it comes across as pandering and wildly insincere.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
