A Wicked Pop Cast cd...

[gabybon]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 10:37am

Just for fun:
Try to imagine a new Wicked pop-studio cd performed by famous pop stars...
This is mine:

-The Wizard and I (Nelly Furtado)
-What Is This Feeling (Britney Spears v.s. Eminem)
-Dancing Through Life (Ricky Martin)
-Popular (Madonna)
-I'm Not That Girl (Avril Lavigne)
-Defying Gravity (Celine Dion)
-Wonderful (Robbie Williams)
-I'm not that girl -acustic version- (Six Pence None The Richer)
-As Long As You're mine (Celine Dion with Ricky Martin)
-No Good Deed (Alanis Morissette)
-For Good (Nelly Furtado with Cindy Louper)

Ok, just for fun...but I think that 2 or 3 songs performed by a pop star with different orchestration could be a smash pop hit...

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 10:41am

OOOooo, Celine doing Defying Gravity??? how much chest thumping will she get out of that?

[JeffG]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 10:57am

My list:

-The Wizard and I (Whitney)
-What Is This Feeling (Britney and Christina)
-Dancing Through Life (Harry Connick Jr)
-Popular (Bette Middler)
-I'm Not That Girl (Norah Jones)
-Defying Gravity (Patti LaBelle)
-Wonderful (Elton John)
-As Long As You're mine (Jessica and Nick)
-No Good Deed (Alanis Morissette) - I agree
-For Good (barbra and liza)

[BroadwayKate]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 11:01am

gabybon...please tell me your kidding. NO POP! This is a Broadway musical, not a Grammy compellation CD.

Kate

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 11:06am

Wicked is already a pop score... why NOT have pop stars sing the tunes?

[gabybon]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 11:09am

Yes..I love Wicked and I Think is a big Theatrical Musical...
It's just a joke...But I like pop music too, so nothing really bad try to imagine a song performed by another singer in a completely different style...
Anyway I prefer the original cast and I know that theater music is very different
Ciao!

[WestEndBird]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 11:27am

lol thats really neat, never saw that coming!

[Princess MimiChica]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 11:46am

eww i'm sorry but Nelly Furtado cannot sing! I would hate to have her butcher these songs!! Otherwise, cool idea and your list is pretty interesting!

Posted: 3/2/04 at 11:50am

I totally agree with Norah Jones about I'm Not That Girl.
I also believe Vanessa Carlton... doing her own piano and voice of it.

[jcr279]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 2:12pm

Gabybon- I absolutely love that you said Celine Dion. I know she gets a lot of negative comments but her voice is amazing. I don't care what anybody thinks.....she has a voice that doesn't quit. Besides, I know she would have no problem with the notes at the end of "Defying Gravity".

[gabybon]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 2:25pm

jcr279 I Like Celine Dion voice too, She's not my prefer singer but I like her...Most of my choice for the pop album of Wicked are just for fun...Most of them are not my prefer pop stars, but I Think should be so funny to listen them sing those tunes in their style...For esemple I don't like Britney, but I find so funny a version of "What Is This Feeling" performed by her and her mortal enemy Enimen!
Or a pop Madonna version of Popular...

[Benzy92]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 4:55pm

I'll stick to Kristin and Idina.. however Alanis could do some great stuff with the score.

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 5:32pm

Remember back in the good ole days when the popular singers of the day sang songs from Broadway musicals on their albums? Sigh those were the days... I may get shot but I wouldn't mind more of that as long as they do the songs justice. Which means NO MELISMA!!!!!!!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 5:35pm

I'm all for keeping Broadway away from the awful land of pop music, but I do have to agree with Celine Dion singing "Defying Gravity." Her voice is amazing!

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 5:42pm

True most Pop singing IS melisma anymore so i don't think it would work too well. (Waiting for VoiceAnth to swoop in....)

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 6:32pm

I think Alanis could do a lot of what Idina sang.


I agree with whoever said that Vanessa Carlton could do 'I'm Not That Girl'- she has an amazing voice.


Hmmmm....... I love the idea of Britney and Christina doing "What is this Feeling"- it would be histerical. Or, change the whole gender and do Backstreet Boys vs. NSYNC. THAT would be funny.

[lostwallflower]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 7:36pm

There's a fine, fine line
Between Broadway, and just pop.

Sorry...I hate the idea of seeing that line blurred. I cringe at the Aida CD they have.

[NYCbabe3789]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 7:48pm

Agree with lostwallflower completely. I could not stand to hear these songs butchered with melismas every other word...

[b-waygirl]

Posted: 3/2/04 at 8:27pm

nothing against anyone here but : whoa i hate pop...by even suggesting pop singers may one day sing boradway songs will have the inevitable result of me having nightmares of having to sit through entire shows being sung by pop people. pop's so bright and...woohoo!(in the ditzy way), which means that they can't sing...well they can sing but they can't sing certain-i mean they can't....JESUS....i'm not even going to try to explain my thoughts about pop singers.

Updated On: 3/2/04 at 08:27 PM