This is probably my favorite song in Bye Bye Birdie, along with my favorite rendition. Thank you so much for uploading. I'm sure at least 200 of these views are from me.
MORE INFO, please; What production is this? What year? Never mind. It's the 1995 TV version. Sorry, but NONE of them hold a candle to the original with Ann Margaret and Dick Van Dycke.
I respectfully disagree. Maybe because I saw this one first, but I just couldn’t get into the 1963 film. While I do like that Kim and Hugo are given more to do, I just didn’t like a lot of the changes the film made. While I will agree that this version is not for everyone, I still think it is a worthy representation of why Bye Bye Birdie the musical is a good show.
@@theassortedhobbyist This 1995 version is more faithful to the original Broadway book. The 1963 film was nothing but a star vehicle for Ann-Margaret. Plus, here we get the new song "A Mother Doesn't Matter Anymore," which was a fantastic addition.
@@theassortedhobbyist not to mention this particular character is based on Elvis Presley. I think this better captures how Elvis moved onstage. For this number in the 1963 version, the Jesse guy was stiff and barely moved. The singer in 1995 version moves more like Elvis and is a better singer.
My high school is doing Bye Bye Bride and our actor of the mayor is black. He actually audition with this song and on the second rehearsal we continued reading the script but our actor of Conrad couldn’t make it. So he had to read for Conrad! Just in case you were wondering I’m playing a police man and a parent. It’s kind of funny because I’m a freshman! 😅
I guess I just don't see this guy as really attractive like Conrad's supposed to be, he's too mature... But I think I should just watch it again. The one from the 60s was really.... sensual, I guess?
It’s all subjective but I completely disagree. I found the 60s one too juvenile. His schtick feels a little too put on. To me . This Conrad feels like a rockstar who knows what he’s doing. I believe he’s selling out concerts round the world and having his face hang on every teen girls room a lot more easily compared to the 60s one. Honestly the 60s guy kind of reminds me of Dustin Hoffman weirdly, maybe it’s his looks or something. It works better when Conrad is older. He represents the dark side of adulthood Kim thinks she wants but is nowhere near ready for while Hugo represents the charm and naïveté of youths.And Elvis was older he was in his 20s while all these 15 and 16 years olds were fawning all over him. It adds to the authenticity especially given what we know of what Elvis was really like behind closed doors. I get the impression the actor who played the role on stage before this did a lot of research and watched video footage of Elvis concerts. He’s actually doing little he’s letting the crowd surround him and doing half the work for him like any performer he’s reading the crowd and giving them what they want. It’s in his inflections it also works given this version is the from 90s, they were allowed to be a bit more explicitly sexual and this Conrad is VERY sexualised. He is a sexual magnet and he knows it but there’s also an undercurrent of menace to it foreshadowing how he really is behind the facade. It makes his contrast Hugo that much more distinct.
