Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
#1Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 7:10pm
OK so i just thought a few of you guys might want to hear these since you never got to see Rent Remixed (Lucky You)
Finale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geSMlkONLtk
Contact
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrYW467U-BY
One Song Glory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFcOBcOkVXw
Seasons Of Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUO7mNswqiE
Today 4 U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P53SYZ6ZIlA
Another Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CtxzcBI_dU
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#2re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 7:14pmHuh. It's the only one I've listened from these clips so far, but Glory's not SO bad. I mean, it doesn't make up for what they did to the rest of the show, but it's really not that bad.
#2re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 7:14pm
Thanks for posting:)
Very....interesting.
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#3re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 7:24pmabsolutely horrible. I think my ears are bleeding.
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#4re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 7:26pm
Glory was one of the only ones which weren't changed to much, Luke Evans was also great singing it (i dont think it shows how good he was on this recording)
The rest of the show was idiotic
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misschung
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#5re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 7:29pm
I'm not crazy about his affect in Glory, but maybe it was better live.
I liked SOL the best. One thing I thought was very interesting about this production was that they attempted to construct an overture. I'd always wondered if that were possible, and if so - what it would sound like.
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
#6re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 7:36pmI dont remember an Overture to the show as much when i watched it, i just remember it coming straight in with 'Will I' and then in to Seasons Of Love
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misschung
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#7re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 7:39pmOh, I thought that was their attempt at an entr-acte. My mistake!
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
#8re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 7:42pmNot that i know of, but hey, that show changed everyday so by last nights final performance a spaceship could have landed on the stage during Out Tonight and replaced Mimi with an alien from the planet ZORG and i would not have been surprised lol
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#9re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 7:51pmI don't really have any issues with those tracks. Though, I don't like Angel's accent. I've not heard the entire remixed version but the only song I've heard that really bothered me was "Out Tonight". It was turned into a jazzy Cole Porter sounding ditty that was really horrible. Other than that and the sets and costumes being ridiculously stupid this could have been an interesting production.
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#10re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 7:59pm
All the production did was white-wash the whole thing into something over-comercialized, and accesible to middle-America (or mid-Englanders?). "...Glory" just sounds like a bad pop-ballad now. And "Another Day" sounds like it was ripped from another horrible musical. I don't like it.
However, what they should do is take away all the synth sounds and do an all-acoustic type version. Now that would be gorgeous.
#11re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 8:03pm
Did the songs get changed around orderwise?
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Updated On: 2/3/08 at 08:03 PM
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#13re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 8:18pmWell maybe not HIM, but I think a low-key more laid-back production would be better.
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misschung
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#15re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 8:24pmI agree. With the exception of the title song and SOL, I prefer the OBCR. I think they would have done better if they had simply improved the sound of the OBCR without adding extra fluff. "Another Day" is waaay too busy, IMO.
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
#16re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 8:26pm
For those who didn't hear or see it here is run down of the songs and changes.
1st all electric guitars were removed, a decision which some songs could not recover from.
1.Opening, (Will I and Seasons Of Love).Almost untouced sounded pretty nice.
2.(Tune Up), Poorly Done, Lines Changed, answer Phone messages spoken (by Kylie Minogue)
3.(Rent) Awful Awful Awful, replaced Guitars with Synthesizers, No energy at all, also very messy and sounded like a cheap backing track
4.(One Song Glory), Pretty much the same without the guitar build on the chorus.
5.(Light My Candle), Drab and very computerized, again sounded like a cheap backing track
6. (Today 4 U) Sounds like something from Closer To Heaven, very gay soho nightclub from the 90s, Jay Webb's UK accent didn't help(this got a lot of laughter when i watched it both times)
7. (You'll See) Very RnB, Didn't really register
8. (Life Support) Not bad, pretty much the same as Broadway with a few minor changes.
9. (Out Tonight) Biggest shock, became a jazz type song which was totally out of sync with the rest of the show.Badly staged too.A lot of anger from people on the interval when i was there about this one
10.(Another Day) Apart from Luke this was just silly, it became a 60s sounding shoop shoop song (complete with backing singers), funnier still was that it was staged so Mimi and Roger weren't even in the same building.
11 (Will I) The same, very nicely sung
12. (Santa Fe) Again very RnB, was OK
13. (I'll Cover You) Bit faster and computerized music again
14. (Were OK) Exactly the same
15. (Tango Maureen) Very OTT complete with Dance Break and dancers, the music was even more flamenco style
16. (Christmas Bells) just the same, and brilliant (except from some terrible staging inc Floating Christmas Trees)
ACT 2
17. (Over The Moon) Pulled out way to much, went on for over 10 mins with Maureen talking to the audience at one point.It also started with all the cast holding placards singing Over The Moon.
18.(La Vie Boheme) BLOODY AWFUL, dance music with slight techno beats.Singing was all over the place and out of time.The music didn't match the timing of the Lyrics.Very Synth based..AWFUL
17.(Happy New Year) Nearly fell off my seat laughing.The music was now Madonnas Holiday.it was all so messy and all over the place.They tried to make it a song instead of sung dialog.Very Funny
18.(Take Me Or Leave Me) another jaw droopingly stupid moment.It became a disco song and sounded like a backing track (which it was).Denise and Francesca who played Maureen and Joanne were so limited to what they could do with it because you cant improv on a backing track, very flat.
19.(Without You) Almost the same with some extra orchestra sweeps (all very computer sounding of course) Unfortunately it was the dreadful Siobhan singing it.
20.(Contact) Very Good, dance beats and breathy spoken lyrics, very tribal/dance sounding,very very different to the Broadway one.
21.(Halloween) Pretty much the same but so much dialog was removed it became pointless
22.(Goodbye Love) Same again but dreadful vocals.
23.(What You Own) DREADFUL, Became a ballad (and a bad one) very Emo sounding, terrible vocals and orchestrations.Also after so many ballads really slowed the show down when on Broadway this song lifted the energy back up.
24. (Finale and Your Eyes) The same and done pretty well (the scene where Mimi died and came back was so poorly staged and acted though it drew laughter)
25. (Seasons Of Love) The same with some more (fake) instruments thrown in.
And thats it
Hope that helps
The biggest problem was the computer generated music which killed nearly every song
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#17re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 8:30pm
Oh and the band consisted of
Keyboard (which also provided all the backing tracks generated by computer)
Drums (The electric kind)
Guitar
Bass
and that was it, just 4
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#18re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 11:15pmThese recordings make my heart hurt. So bad.
#19re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/3/08 at 11:34pm
That was atrocious. Who's stupid idea was this? The music is beautiful because it is simple, instrumental wise. All the fake instruments made my ears bleed.
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#20re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/4/08 at 8:48amI agree but at the same time the Larson Family let it happen
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#21re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/4/08 at 9:24amwill they be selling this as a cd? i hope so
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#22re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/4/08 at 9:48am
The show has closed now and was a pretty big flop so i very much doubt there will be a cast recording.
I think the recordings i posted are from early on in the shows rehearsals as i know that Another Day dropped a lot of the backing singers in previews
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#23re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/4/08 at 10:51amI quite liked the new version of What you Own, different yes, but different in an interesting way. Also liked the new Tango Maureen, I think they were trying to make it more like the film There was just way too much computerised back beats and trying to make it sound like a Kylie concert. Absolutely hated Over The Moon, Denise Van Outen drew it out way too much, took you right out of the story, especially as it was at the beginning of act 2 so was just like an extension of the interval. Plus when they were protesting at the beginning of that song, it was to the words "La Vie Boheme" as a protest chant- not good
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#24re: Rent Remixed London, Pro track recordings
Posted: 2/4/08 at 10:53amIm glad they closed this stupid show. There is only one RENT and thats the Broadway musical version. REMIXED? WHERE DID THEY GET THAT?
