Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
#1Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 12:46am
Apologies if a similar thread exists.
What are some of your favorite covers of songs from musicals, whether professionally released by the artists or just performed live at concerts?
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#2re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 5:23amI love John Barrowman and Daniel Boys "I Know Him So Well" from Chess.
#2re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 6:54amThe Mamas and the Papas' My Heart Stood Still from A Connecticut Yankee, and Janis Joplin's Little Girl Blue from Jumbo.
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Stand-by Joined: 2/3/09
#3re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 7:00amLove Anthony Warlow singing "This is the Moment". Updated On: 3/23/09 at 07:00 AM
#4re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 7:17am
Does Anthony Warlow's rendition really count :P? I think he was too closely involved with the project.
But on the subject my favourites are a bunch of Bernadette Peters songs (e.g Being Alive, You'll never walk alone) and Anthony Warlow - Bring him Home.
"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
Madcap Maisie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/08
#5re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 7:23amKimilee Bryant's "No One is Alone"
"You know what really makes me mad? When girls think they can sing just because they are on the Disney Channel."
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#6re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 7:23am
I thought Warlow played Valjean once.
I love 5th Dimension's Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In. And most of the AFA HAiR concert (Yea, it's basically a cover album)
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#7re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 7:24am
Barbra Streisand's "Adelaide's Lament", "Pretty Women/Ladies Who Lunch", and "Being Alive"...
also very random, but on the Season 3 Finale of American Idol, Ruben, Kelly, Fantasia, and Diana sang a pretty interesting version of "The Impossible Dream"
It's the music and I'm its hapless victim
nlm
Stand-by Joined: 2/3/09
#8re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 7:29amDoes Anthony Warlow's rendition really count :P? I think he was too closely involved with the project.
Well the thread didn't ask about being connected to the project, hence why I slipped it in. :)
But speaking of You'll Never Walk Alone - I'll throw in the duet of David Campbell and Jimmy Barnes (yes DC, did a production of Carousel, but damn that duet rocks).
parkopjen
Swing Joined: 11/15/05
#9re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 8:03am
Michael Buble's "Feeling Good" from Roar of the Greasepaint....and The Beatles "Til There was You" from Music Man.
Updated On: 3/23/09 at 08:03 AM
#10re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 10:31am
Diana Ross and the Supremes did an album of songs from Funny Girl that was a surprise and a total delight. It should be out on CD.
Here's their "Cornet Man":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GAdXcJkhlI
CurtisTaylorJr2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/17/06
#11re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 10:38amI love gospel singer Vickie Winans version of "Somewhere" from West Side Story.
Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#12re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 11:29am
I like Barbra Streisand's "You'll never walk alone", the version which is featured on her Higher Ground cd, though that version is put together with "I believe".
I also like Sarah Brightman's version of "The Journey home" from Bombay Dreams.
Duncan James & Keedie version of "I believe my heart" from The Woman In White is also one of my favorites.
So is Nicola Hughes's fantastic "Life is just a bowl of cherries" from Fosse.
Updated On: 3/23/09 at 11:29 AM
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#13re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 11:48am
Todd Rundgren's "Something's Coming"
Alice Cooper's "Jet Song"
The Doors' "Alabama Song"
#14re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 11:58am
The Beatles' "Til There was You"
Steisand's "Much More"
Audra McDonald's "How Glory Goes", "Tom", and "Mistress of the Senator"
Judy Collins' "Send in the Clowns"
and Christiane Noll's "Who are you Now?"
"I'm an American, Damnit!!! And if it's three things I don't believe in, it's quitting and math."
#15re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 12:28pmI love Christiane Noll's version of "I Don't Remember Christmas" myself. It got me through a break-up, actually...
#16re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 12:38pm
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
#17re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 1:09pm
The Dresden Dolls performing Mein Herr from Cabaret (a perfect pairing): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJWQR1WBMYM
and Science Fiction Double Feature:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFWfdUg4Kj0
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
#18re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 1:19pm
Laura Michelle Kelly's "Losing My Mind."
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Updated On: 3/23/09 at 01:19 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#19re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 1:19pmI second Michael Buble's "Feeling Good."
#20re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 2:40pm
Anthony Warlow's 'Losing My Mind'. No question about it. :3
#21re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 2:47pm
#22re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 3:00pm
I love Christine Andreas' "Here's To The Ladies" CD which is all covers of songs from musicals. Stand out tracks for me are 'Will He Like Me?', 'BIll' and 'Some People.'
Oh, and Audra McDonald's 'Somewhere' is understated and gorgeous.
Updated On: 3/23/09 at 03:00 PM
#23re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 3:01pmJennifer Hudson- Somewhere
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
#24re: Favorite Covers of Songs from Musicals
Posted: 3/23/09 at 3:07pmNina Simone's "Feelin' Good".
