I'm surprised Idina Menzel has not yet made an appearance on your list. There are plenty of iffy moments. The Tony's and the Oscars are just a few examples.
I dunno about all of you but the most recognizable role that she’s played (again, in my opinion) is Elfie in Wicked (the wicked witch of the west idk how to spell her name) You’re right, there are a lot of iffy moments for her but there were quite a few in more recent performances of Wicked. I know that she has since left that show so when I say recent I mean maybe the last ten times she preformed it. So that means if you just look at the soundtrack you won’t see it One of the biggest moments is the ending of Defying Gravity. It’s a really easy part to be flat on, and if you’re not flat then it takes a lot out of you. She is a diva for sure but there’s a lot that comes with that and it’s saddening to see the toll it’s taken on her voice
By the looks of it, she’s really holding tension in her jaw which is going to farce to sound to resonate at the back of the throat rather than in her soft pallet. The fact you can physically see the tension being held is what’s causing her to sound “strained” whereas on the recording it sounds more open and you can here she’s resonating in her soft pallet which is healthier for singers. One of the main reasons for held jaw tension can be nerves but obviously no one knows exactly why she’s got so much tension. It’s not terrible but if she just thought about her placement whilst belting this could’ve been an amazing performance.
sour cream i’m not bragging. i was having trouble with it too. it was just an observation that people in my particular production were struggling with it, me included.
I have not seen or heard BatBoy and I don’t know Kaitlyn Hopkins, so don’t call me biased but there was literally nothing wrong with her vocals she sounded great. Her voice is very old broadway
I agree. I think the only qualm OP has about it is that the sustained notes are in her mix and not chest, which is a relatively new trend in musical theater (to chest EVERYTHING and hardly if ever mix) Her resonance/vowels/intonation were all good it was just mixed which I wish was appreciated more
Thank you so much for mentioning Elaine's note! I've been bothered by it ever since I first heard it as a kid, idk how they even let that be a part of the album. Like you can even see her giving it her all during that part in the documentary, I just don't get it
OK SO LOOK Here's my thing about that bit. I genuinely will overlook anything with Stritch but I'll ESPECIALLY give that a pass BECAUSE it's part of what has made her so iconic. She was bold and brassy and like an entire half-note flat right there and she clearly doesn't have the air for it and just gives out like 10 seconds in but she just DOESN'T GIVE A HECK and I think that's very Joanne of her! Not only did they "let it be a part of the album", they actually BOOSTED HER MIC for that because she was so outrageously audacious that they were kind of in awe of it. Sorry, not meaning to sound angry at all. :P Just wanted to throw that small defense in!
@@AustinNebbia That actually makes sense in that context, it does seem like a choice Joanne would make. Objectively it doesn't sound "right" but I get why it works at least in the world of the show
I had the same problem with the My Fair Lady revival! So many times, I felt that the pronunciation was too perfect. The background singers of “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” made it sound like a karaoke track.
People lifting their eyebrows to hit high notes/belts must not understand that their forehead tension is just creating vocal tension!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ITS SO FRUSTRATING
Theres a difference between raising your eyebrows and furrowing your eyebrows. Raising your eyebrows helps you stay on pitch furrowing can create tension
5:41 YOU MEAN LITERALLY SO SHARP SHES LITERALLY SINGING A D, A WHOLE NOTE ABOVE. OMG I HATE IT JUST SS MUCH AS YOU DO HOW DID NO ONE RECOGNIZE THAT AND FIX IT
I think the issue with some of these arent the singers themselves but just how the music is written because theres no way anyone could make those notes sound good nin some of those songs
Now that's more like it. I saw the previous video and the lack of reasoning in some of the parts was what threw me off. This felt a lot more human and a lot less like a schoolyard bully :)
the thing many people need to realize is these performers are singing ALL THE TIME because it’s their career and their voices aren’t always perfect because they’re using it so much
I know this is months old, but it just got recommended to me. NPH admits in his biography that was his worst performance, iirc its been awhile since I read it, but he really wanted to do company and when asked to do it he jumped, but due to commitments didn't rehearse at all and showed up a day or two before the performance. What we see in the video is an editors best effort to splice 4 or 5 different performances together that wasn't a complete train wreck. So what we see if the best out of multiple attempts.
Me and my mom saw dear Evan Hansen this past summer and it was AMAZING, but Evan couldn’t get the top note on waving through a window without transitioning to like a falsetto-ish voice, which took a hot second, but it was still the best production I’ve ever seen
when people with accents sing, they don’t sound like they have an accent. the only time you can hear an accent in a song is because it’s forced. take ella mai for example. when she sings she doesn’t have an accent.
Lilly and Macy I was about to agree with this but that’s only true if you’re singing in your native language or a language that has the same or a similar accent associated with it
Caitlynn Bunn I like it because he plays the character so well. He’s supposed to he kinda dopey and his voice reflects it perfectly. Granted his character is much more played out in the movie than the musical.
NicoleShortSkirtSinger! I'm dead. This whole video made me LOL and disturb my neighbors. I teach musical theatre and dubbed Laura Benanti BORE-Nanti. The role just seemed so ill-fitting and all those "posh" vowels and vocal posturing. You are a wise person in your assessments and a witty commentator as well
Elaine Stritch in Company is just so deliciously bad lol I laugh every time I hear it. Especially knowing how hard she was trying to get the note right. That ain’t it, chief!
I'd actually argue that people speaking cockney would tend to drop the "r", it would be something like "lufley" or "lufeley" but the film version of the song isn't exactly sung a great cockney accent to begin with. Not a cockney speaker myself so if someone here is I'd love to know as this is something that has irked me for years 😂 Loved the video though, very entertaining!
