White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
#1White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
Posted: 9/15/17 at 11:41pm
Former Australian Elphaba Jemma Rix has released a studio recording of "I'm Here" from the Color Purple on her debut album "Gravity". If you have an Apple Music subscription you can go and listen for free right now.
I don't think white women have enough 'soul' in the timbre of their voice to pull this one off (ignoring the racial subtext, which no doubt will concern some). It sounds like the song has been bleached (no pun intended).
"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
Updated On: 9/15/17 at 11:41 PM
#2White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
Posted: 9/15/17 at 11:46pm
Ugh, aren't white people just the WORST?
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#3White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
Posted: 9/16/17 at 12:40am
Former Australian Elphaba Jemma Rix has released a studio recording of "I'm Here" from the Color Purple on her debut album "Gravity"
Aussie cracker.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#4White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
Posted: 9/16/17 at 12:45am
I think, having not heard this version, it's a gorgeous song and a song that can be applied to many situations. Just because it doesn't have the 'soul,' (which to me implies some sort of racism, that white people have no soul?), doesn't make it bad. It's a recording of a song out of context. We are use to hearing it in the context of the show, but it's a gorgeous song.
GeorgeandDot
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/16
#5White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
Posted: 9/16/17 at 12:55am
Some of ya'll need to STOP
Honestly though, she can sing the song if she wants if it's being taken out of the context of the show. Of course I'm sure she's well aware that she'll never play the part. As for if the song fits her voice type.... that's a different matter. Honestly, Mary Testa would sing the sh*t out of that song and she's a white woman.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#6White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
Posted: 9/16/17 at 12:56am
I don't even get why this is a discussion. I just heard a white girl cover a Drake song and it was awesome. Who the **** cares?
RockyRoad
Leading Actor Joined: 9/4/04
#7White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
Posted: 9/16/17 at 3:08am
Wow qolbinau, what a racist post.
Do you go through the day labeling everything based on race?
If I titled a thread "Back girl recording of The Music Man", would that be OK?
#8White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
Posted: 9/16/17 at 3:38am
OP seems to be baiting people to claim white-washing.
What kind of segregated world would it be if only certain people were allowed to sing certain songs?
#9White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
Posted: 9/16/17 at 3:39am
i can also think of several white women who could sing the crap out of that song, Keala Settle comes to mind. i don't think this specific song is too black for a white woman to sing, out of context.
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
BWAY Baby2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/10/14
#10White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
Posted: 9/16/17 at 4:47am
Absurd politically correct pronouncements are partly responsible for the rise of Trump. Stop with the color counting. And if this year every single Oscar nominee is white-and every single Tony nominee is white- so what? Every year is not the year of the Black Person in America. Stop Already- even committed liberals have had enough.
Updated On: 9/16/17 at 04:47 AM
#11White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
Posted: 9/16/17 at 5:59am
I'm all for stopping color counting and normally Qolbinau is not the one doing it, but 90% of others on this board. So I'm guessing it's just a trick to see who would stand up against color counting and a way to find out who has a double agenda.
#12White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
Posted: 9/16/17 at 6:45am
you're actually both racist trolls lol
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
BWAY Baby2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/10/14
#14White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
Posted: 9/16/17 at 7:05am
Now it is racist to stand up to color counting. You are deluded. Political correctness is out of control- and you are out of touch if you cant read the political and social tea leaves of current times.People are sick of it- somewhere there is a balance between racial entitlement for any person of color- and racism- both are lethal and destructive- but one is no better than the other- despite what you might think.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#15White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
Posted: 9/16/17 at 7:28am
qolbinau said: "I don't think white women have enough 'soul' in the timbre of their voice to pull this one off (ignoring the racial subtext, which no doubt will concern some). It sounds like the song has been bleached (no pun intended).
Ignoring - though it's killing me! - the racial implications of what you are saying, I will instead simply ask you if you've ever heard of Dusty Springfield or Joss Stone or Amy Winehouse.
If you don't like Ms. Rix's version of "I'm Here" there's no reason to take it as proof that no white woman can sing soul.
If you have really never heard Dusty Springfield, you should check her out. You might love her. God knows, Aretha Franklin does. But what does she know?
#16White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
Posted: 9/16/17 at 7:31am
Love you guys <3.
"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
#17White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
Posted: 9/16/17 at 8:33am
BWAY Baby2 said: "Now it is racist to stand up to color counting."
Actually, it's racist to stand up to 1 way color counting. If you don't stand up to both ways you are kind of racist.
#18White girl studio recording of the Color Purple
Posted: 9/16/17 at 8:33am
BWAY Baby2 said: "Now it is racist to stand up to color counting."
Actually, it's racist to stand up to 1 way color counting. If you don't stand up to both ways you are kind of racist.
