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David Foster premieres song from upcoming "Betty Boop" musical

David Foster premieres song from upcoming "Betty Boop" musical

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#1David Foster premieres song from upcoming "Betty Boop" musical
Posted: 11/15/19 at 7:22am

"Something to Shout About"

Performed live by Katharine McPhee. Definitely sounds like a big, 11 'o'clock number type song. I can see this being the Act 1 finale. Not sure how a Betty Boop musical would actually be as a full show, but I suppose it could be interesting. Katharine sounds great.

Updated On: 11/15/19 at 07:22 AM

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#2David Foster premieres song from upcoming "Betty Boop" musical
Posted: 11/15/19 at 7:32am

Is this Betty Boop show still kicking around? Hasn't nearly every writing team around been hired and fired from this over the years?

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#3David Foster premieres song from upcoming "Betty Boop" musical
Posted: 11/15/19 at 10:35am

This has been "upcoming" since 2003! 


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#4David Foster premieres song from upcoming "Betty Boop" musical
Posted: 11/15/19 at 10:50am

The lyrics are so ... blah. She's shouting about wanting something to shout about? Also, this is a literal "I want" song. Unless the show is extremely shallow, I imagine this will be near top of the show.


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#5David Foster premieres song from upcoming
Posted: 11/15/19 at 11:12am

Valentina3 said: "The lyrics are so ... blah. She's shouting about wanting something to shout about?Also, this is a literal "I want" song. Unless the show is extremely shallow, I imagine this will be near top of the show."

Ah, that's a good point that I didn't even realize. I guess because the ending had that dramatic, "show stopping" kind of sound, I just assumed.

Updated On: 11/15/19 at 11:12 AM

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#6David Foster premieres song from upcoming
Posted: 11/15/19 at 11:54am

I agree about the lyrics making it less likely to be an 11 o’clock number, but I like it, and how it builds! It’s a bit cheesy but I’m all for a bit of MT cheese! And Katharine sounds so good, especially considering this is a live performance! From her insta she sang it at a PBS special so I’m guessing it’s from that?

The Betty Boop musical will probably never see the light but it’s cool to hear songs from it. Imagine how many great MT songs there are out there from other musicals that never happened that we’ll never hear David Foster premieres song from upcoming

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#7David Foster premieres song from upcoming
Posted: 11/15/19 at 12:10pm

WestEndGal said: "I agree about the lyrics making it less likely to be an 11 o’clock number, but I like it, and how it builds! It’s a bit cheesy but I’m all for a bit of MT cheese! And Katharine sounds so good, especially considering this is a live performance! From her insta she sang it at a PBS special so I’m guessing it’s from that?

Yeah, it's from his upcoming PBS special. And it's absolutely cheesy, but I mean... It IS Betty Boop, after all. So I feel like it fits.

 

Updated On: 11/15/19 at 12:10 PM

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#8David Foster premieres song from upcoming
Posted: 11/15/19 at 2:42pm

I still like Jason Robert Brown's take on it; at least it keeps it firmly planted in the original era.

http://jasonrobertbrown.com/2009/10/26/sound-blog-13-title-withheld-on-advice-of-counsel/

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#9David Foster premieres song from upcoming
Posted: 11/15/19 at 7:55pm

SomeOtherMe said: "WestEndGal said: "I agree about the lyrics making it less likely to be an 11 o’clock number, but I like it, and how it builds! It’s a bit cheesy but I’m all for a bit of MT cheese! And Katharine sounds so good, especially considering this is a live performance! From her insta she sang it at a PBS special so I’m guessing it’s from that?

Yeah, it's from his upcoming PBS special. Andit's absolutely cheesy, but I mean... It IS Betty Boop, after all. So I feel like it fits.


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Ahh okay thanks for confirming! Haha true, it does fit! Imagine singing this every night though on stage .... your voice would be wrecked!

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#10David Foster premieres song from upcoming
Posted: 11/16/19 at 1:05pm

"Ahh okay thanks for confirming! Haha true, it does fit! Imagine singing this every night though on stage .... your voice would be wrecked!"

Yeah, this type of score would definitely be hard on a singer, assuming there are more songs like this in the show.

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#11David Foster premieres song from upcoming
Posted: 11/16/19 at 7:53pm

LORD! This musical is still a thing?! I remember when this was new news. Wasn't the plot of this something about like... Betty Boop's demensa suffering grandfather being a big plot point?

 

EDIT: Yeah.... yeah I looked this one up. "Say You Remember It" from a David Foster and Friends 2011 concert. Can we also talk about how this was SO long ago, he introduces Megan Hilty as and "up and comer."

Updated On: 11/16/19 at 07:53 PM

Globefan
#12David Foster premieres song from upcoming
Posted: 11/16/19 at 8:41pm

I forgot about it too 

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#13David Foster premieres song from upcoming
Posted: 11/17/19 at 3:09pm

"Yeah.... yeah I looked this one up. "Say You Remember It" from aDavid Foster and Friends 2011 concert. Can we also talk about how this was SO long ago, he introduces Megan Hilty as and "up and comer.""

Oh wow, never saw that before. It's a very pretty song and Megan sounds fantastic! Does anyone know if they've ever done a workshop or even reading of the show?

 

mtgeek100
#14David Foster premieres song from upcoming
Posted: 11/18/19 at 7:02am

OMG that is so crazy that Megan sang a song from this musical for David all those years ago, and now Katharine is married to the guy and also singing his songs from the same musical!! It’s a sign that Megan and Katharine just need to be in a for real show together already, haha!

They both sound so freaking good on those songs. Love ‘Something To Shout About’. Could see it being an Act 1 curtain closer!

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#15David Foster premieres song from upcoming
Posted: 11/18/19 at 4:38pm

SomeOtherMe said: ""Ahh okay thanks for confirming! Haha true, it does fit! Imagine singing this every night though on stage .... your voice would be wrecked!"

Yeah, this type of score would definitely be hard on a singer, assuming there are more songs like this in the show.
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Yeah I could imagine. David Foster is a big melodic power ballad kinda guy! 
 

Katharine posted the video the PBS performance on her insta and Twitter. It’s pretty great <3
 

https://twitter.com/katharinemcphee/status/1196502554630348803?s=20

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#16David Foster premieres song from upcoming
Posted: 11/20/19 at 6:14pm

Katharine posted the videothe PBS performance on her insta and Twitter. It’s pretty great <3


https://twitter.com/katharinemcphee/status/1196502554630348803?s=20
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That performance is fantastic. I've always thought she was great but you can tell her voice has gotten even stronger since "Waitress".

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#17David Foster premieres song from upcoming
Posted: 11/20/19 at 10:58pm

SomeOtherMe said: "Katharine posted the videothe PBS performance on her insta and Twitter. It’s pretty great <3


https://twitter.com/katharinemcphee/status/1196502554630348803?s=20
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That performance is fantastic. I've always thought she was great but you can tell her voice has gotten even stronger since "Waitress".
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Funny but she doesn’t sound like “Betty Boop”...shouldn’t she be singing this in a pseudo-Mae Questel voice?!?!?! How else would we know it’s from a proposed “Betty Boop” musical? I guess if they ever do get a chance to produce it the it will web performed that way...nice for Mr.Foster to let the “misses” perform the song and get it noticed....