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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 25, 2021 20:31:33 GMT
I’ve only just seen this and it made me 😡
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Post by pianowithsam on Apr 25, 2021 20:59:51 GMT
*vibrato* - audience goes wild
*sings note with head voice* -audience goes MAD
*BREATHES* - audience goes ABSOLUTELY BALLISTIC
ffs. shh.
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Post by robertb213 on Apr 25, 2021 21:07:07 GMT
Most TV audiences have no idea the level of true talent and technique that musical theatre requires. To them, this is acceptable! But we know better 😁
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Apr 25, 2021 21:54:28 GMT
I hope Sondheim never saw this.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 25, 2021 22:01:31 GMT
He did and he’s also 😡
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Post by sph on Apr 25, 2021 22:51:19 GMT
I knew Amanda Holden would be in this thread before I even clicked!
She doesn't have a totally unpleasant voice, she's just not a SINGER, yet for years the West End has, for reasons beyond my understanding, been desperately trying to make her one.
There's just nothing about her voice or technique or manner or character or interpretation that makes you in any way interested in the song.
I actually don't totally dislike her as a person, I just have no real interest in her either.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2021 9:24:15 GMT
If you think this is bad, search spotify for Mel C's version of "Another Hundred People" !!!!
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Post by distantcousin on Apr 26, 2021 9:26:30 GMT
If you think this is bad, search spotify for Mel C's version of "Another Hundred People" !!!!
I love it! It was my first introduction to the song.
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Post by Roxie on Apr 26, 2021 13:15:09 GMT
If you think this is bad, search spotify for Mel C's version of "Another Hundred People" !!!!
I love it! It was my first introduction to the song.
Have you heard Linzi Hateley sing it? outstanding! search out the Moving On Soundtrack, it was my introduction to Sondheim! love it! |
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Post by richey on Apr 26, 2021 14:28:40 GMT
Not celebs covering here, but you'll never listen to these songs in the same light after hearing this,particularly'I don't know how to love him'
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 26, 2021 14:37:13 GMT
Chicago is probably a rich seam. I saw Gaby Roslin as Mama abd she was exactly what you would expect. Useless!
Graham Norton was also rotten in La Cage.
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Post by robertb213 on Apr 26, 2021 14:46:56 GMT
Also Kimberley Walsh's album. She's a lovely woman with a nice enough voice, but she should be steering clear of all of those iconic songs.
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Post by The Matthew on Apr 26, 2021 15:15:42 GMT
Chicago is probably a rich seam. For me it was Alison Moyet. Great voice, but she could give a tree lessons on how to be wooden. |
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Post by anthony40 on Apr 26, 2021 16:24:41 GMT
Anyone who's not a trained singer on ITV's Musical All-stars
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Post by sph on Apr 26, 2021 16:38:39 GMT
Anyone who's not a trained singer on ITV's Musical All-stars Yes, but I'd let them off as it's more of a "stars in their eyes" type of thing. Gabby Roslin in Chicago though? Yikes! |
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Post by richey on Apr 26, 2021 16:58:33 GMT
Chicago is probably a rich seam. Definitely. Both times I've seen it had awful performers as Billy. Marti Pellow was..well Marti, but he wasn't quite as bad as John Altman fresh out of Eastenders. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 26, 2021 17:03:01 GMT
I suppose we’re treading a fine line between stunt casting which we’ve covered ad infinitum (and my Gaby R falls into) and other celebs who take it upon themselves to start “singing” stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2021 18:16:29 GMT
I have come here to claim my prize.
I suffered through NeNe Leaks as Mama Morton.
Not my choice to see Chicago on Broadway. Stale.
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Post by alece10 on Apr 26, 2021 18:22:15 GMT
I have come here to claim my prize. I suffered through NeNe Leaks as Mama Morton. Not my choice to see Chicago on Broadway. Stale. She actually leaked on stage? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2021 18:23:04 GMT
I have come here to claim my prize. I suffered through NeNe Leaks as Mama Morton. Not my choice to see Chicago on Broadway. Stale. She actually leaked on stage? Similar sound. |
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Post by hannechalk on Apr 26, 2021 21:36:22 GMT
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Post by bimse on Apr 26, 2021 21:51:41 GMT
I’ve only just seen this and it made me 😡 Sorry but on first sight (with the sound off) I thought this was Danny La Rue in Our Miss Fred |
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Post by biffo on Apr 26, 2021 22:02:10 GMT
Richard Gere, in the first production of Grease.... enjoy  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2021 17:29:27 GMT
The abomination that was Miranda Hart's "No Business Like Show Business" aptly setting the tone for the rest of the Royal Variety 2017.
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Post by richey on Apr 29, 2021 7:05:28 GMT
How much riffing? And "come on...yeah!"
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Post by emeraldbaudelaire on Apr 29, 2021 12:24:16 GMT
If there is a theatre God I pray he never let's Kimberly Walsh sing a musical theatre number again. I've never heard anyone sing Defying Gravity like that before...
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Post by greeny11 on Apr 29, 2021 16:31:36 GMT
Another one from Chicago - Cuba Gooding Jr was dreadful. Ruthie Henshall's vocals were flat throughout the whole show too - there was a really awkward moment at the end of a duet between her and Velma where they both ended the song flat and it sounded awful.
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Post by alece10 on Apr 29, 2021 17:13:39 GMT
Nancy Dell'Olio in Fashion Victim was truly awful.
Mind you the whole musical was dire and its the only musical I have ever left at the end of the first act.
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Post by saral on Apr 29, 2021 20:59:27 GMT
I thought Martin Kemp was terrible in Chicago, he can't sing any more
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Post by distantcousin on May 5, 2021 14:23:02 GMT
I love it! It was my first introduction to the song.
Have you heard Linzi Hateley sing it? outstanding! search out the Moving On Soundtrack, it was my introduction to Sondheim! love it! I'll try and find it, thanks! She has a lovely voice. |
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