I hope she got her washer and dryer and ironing machine
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Ellen Greene singing the song she was born to sing. This clip is from a DVD of Cameron MacIntosh, Hey Mr. Producer... I love how she goes from the coy little girl voice to the booming one.
And whoever is playing Seymour is excellent too...As are the three ladies in the background...Greek chorus perhaps?
And whoever is playing Seymour is excellent too...As are the three ladies in the background...Greek chorus perhaps?
Always nice to hear a great voice at work
posted by drewbage1847 at 2:18 PM on September 30
posted by drewbage1847 at 2:18 PM on September 30
Well, she didn't do so well with the appliances but the green thing did totally happen for her.
posted by bowline at 2:52 PM on September 30 [2 favorites]
posted by bowline at 2:52 PM on September 30 [2 favorites]
Around 1993 or so, I attended a concert in Baltimore honoring the late (Baltimore native) Howard Ashman, and benefiting an AIDS charity. Alan Menken played throughout - among other things, he played and sang "Proud of Your Boy," the last song he and Ashman wrote together, but that was cut from the movie of Aladdin. Jodie Benson sang "Part of Your World," and there were lots of other amazing performers.
But the highlight, for me, was Ellen Greene singing "Somewhere That's Green," possibly the greatest "I Want" song ever composed. The recordings and the videos simply cannot emulate what that voice sounds like in a real hall. Absolutely incredible.
posted by Ben Trismegistus at 7:18 AM on October 1 [2 favorites]
But the highlight, for me, was Ellen Greene singing "Somewhere That's Green," possibly the greatest "I Want" song ever composed. The recordings and the videos simply cannot emulate what that voice sounds like in a real hall. Absolutely incredible.
posted by Ben Trismegistus at 7:18 AM on October 1 [2 favorites]
Well, she didn't do so well with the appliances but the green thing did totally happen for her.
Howard Ashman had a razor sharp sense of humor. It took me years to get the joke.
posted by mochapickle at 10:50 AM on October 1
Howard Ashman had a razor sharp sense of humor. It took me years to get the joke.
posted by mochapickle at 10:50 AM on October 1
What makes it work, what makes her the Audrey, is that Somewhere That's Green is entirely sincere and aspirational. On its surface, the song wants to be sung as a parody, looking at the singer as somehow silly or pathetic for having that be her dream. I bet that's how Ashman was thinking of it when he wrote it, even.
But ... she sings it and you are right there seeing this as genuine. I think it's hard to sing the song without a nod and a wink - and that's what she does and makes it real.
posted by Xiphias Gladius at 5:30 PM on October 1
But ... she sings it and you are right there seeing this as genuine. I think it's hard to sing the song without a nod and a wink - and that's what she does and makes it real.
posted by Xiphias Gladius at 5:30 PM on October 1
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