"Morning Glow" Music Video from Pippin
"Morning Glow" Music Video from Pippin
#1"Morning Glow" Music Video from Pippin
Posted: 12/16/13 at 5:39pm
Did you guys see the new music video Pippin released for the song "Morning Glow" featuring the acrobats? Check it out!
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Updated On: 12/16/13 at 05:39 PM
#2"MORNING GLOW" MUSIC VIDEO FROM PIPPIN
Posted: 12/16/13 at 8:57pmit's interesting to watch this now considering most of the original acrobats in the show have left.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#2"Morning Glow" Music Video From Pippin
Posted: 12/16/13 at 9:50pmI loved this video! It made me nostalgic about the magical experience I had when I saw Pippin in June 2013. I wish I could see it once more. Yes, it appears that most of the original acrobats have departed. But, a crowd favorite has returned after a four month rehabiliation. So that's something.
"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)
Emmaloucbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/11
#3"Morning Glow Music Video From Pippin
Posted: 12/16/13 at 10:32pmLove it! Makes me miss the original acrobats. Beautiful video. Love how they blend in clips from the show with backstage acrobatics.
#4loved it!
Posted: 12/16/13 at 11:55pm
That was great. You boys n girls are dedicated fans. I would not have been able to tell that these were mostly original acrobats in the video. Then again, I saw the show for the first time in November and from the back of the mezzanine. Is there a big difference between the current acrobatic cast and the originals? Perhaps I don't know what I missed, but I was dazzled by everyone I saw in November.
Beyond the amazing grace and strength of the acrobats, I'm struck by two other things in this video:
1 - Matthew James Thomas' astonishingly great vocals. I usually can't stand pop-style vocals in Broadway scores. They often sound far too forced to me. But MJT manages to bring such authenticity and theatricality to his pop sound. He sounds fantastic on the cast recording and was just as strong and dynamic the night I saw him in November.
2 - I know the original cast recording has its fans, but the lack of theatricality in that recording - an attempt for pop crossover appeal, right? - was not to my taste. "Morning Glow" was a song I almost skipped over. But when I heard it in the theatre and on the new cast recording I was struck by that killer arrangement. More than Thomas' great vocal or the triumphant sound of the chorus, it's the crystaline arrangement/orchestration that gives the number its edge. When shows with scores that are inherently 70s-ish are revived, the new/updated arrangements often suck the soulfulness out score so I was pleasantly surprised at how well Schwartz (who appeared to be pretty closely involved) and the team of Nadia Digiallonardo and Larry Hochman managed to update and, in this case, improve upon the sound of the original without losing the score's authentic 70s feel.
FishermanBob
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/9/12
NewPhilosophy
Understudy Joined: 10/5/12
#7loved it!
Posted: 12/17/13 at 3:34amHorse, I think you're right that the Pippin original cast album was made with at least some desire for a pop crossover hit. Motown recorded it, it was done to pre-recorded orchestral tracks, it has all those fade outs, etc, and I know Schwartz has spoken about how the Godspell album was made with cross-over hopes, so it wouldn't be surprising if Pippin was too.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#8loved it!
Posted: 12/17/13 at 6:18am
I totally disagree, I love the cd, one of my favorite show recordings in a number of years, truth be told. I think bway shows have long given up trying to get any "pop" appeal. Crossover is pretty non-existent.
The vid is fun, but it seems like a lot of b-roll footage from other things just edited (nicely) together.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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#9loved it!
Posted: 12/17/13 at 7:32am
I totally disagree, I love the cd, one of my favorite show recordings in a number of years, truth be told. I think bway shows have long given up trying to get any "pop" appeal. Crossover is pretty non-existent.
I assume you're referring to the revival recording? They're referring to the OBC.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#10loved it!
Posted: 12/17/13 at 7:43am
Well look at that. I totally missed that. Silly me.
Continue on, nothing to be seen.
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#11loved it!
Posted: 12/17/13 at 11:13amListening to the New Cast Album is a joy compared to the OBC - and I did wear that one out in my teen years. I posted previously that the amazing thing for me about the revival are the orchestrations, vocal arrangements, and the vocal capabilities of the cast. The OBCR has Vareen and Leland Palmer, but the others (Eric Berry, John Rubenstein, Jill Clayburgh, etc) were not primarily singers. Te new version shows the beauty of the music , and MJT is exceptional.
#12loved it!
Posted: 12/17/13 at 10:53pm"Morning Glow" is the most stunning number to listen to on the revival cast recording.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
