I think my favourite thing about this song is that the climax doesn’t involve impossible high notes. If anything, the chorus feels higher, making it feel more vulnerable. But the climax focuses less on high notes and more on that really sustained note, if feels angry and frustrated and I love it.
@@cryofpaine I’m glad someone agrees with me! I feel like there are way too many songs that include unnecessary high notes just to be impressive, I’m glad she didn’t do that here
@@jjfranz2000 exactly! I agree. When I was singing this song, my teacher really told me to keep it simple and he was 100% right, it made it so much better and more powerful.
The thing about this song is that it’s a story from beginning to end, so even if you nail the climax, it’s as important as the rest of the song. Absolutely love Sara Bareilles, she is a gem
this song doesn’t require the crazy high notes that people find impressive now. It requires pure, raw emotion. And that’s what makes this song so completely and utterly impressive. If you want to impress others with this song, focus less on technique. Focus on the emotion. Find how this song relates to that nagging feeling in the very depth of your soul that sits locked in the closet in the back of your heart. That’s how you can make this song impressive while sharing your story on the stage.
Kinda disagree about focus less on technical. You wouldn't want to hear totally strained voice rendition of this already emotional song. Jessie, Jeremy, and Alison sang this song with full emotion but still maintain great technique. And they didn't really oversang like the others, even though they did improvised some parts (well Jessie's excluded since she's the original cast). Their improvisation felt so natural while the others were kind of, just my opinion, a bit too much.
Her's is the ONLY rendition that fully captures the ANGER that I feel this song needs. Most convey the sadness, the softness - Alison conveys that deep-seeded anger. The anger from your BONES. It's incredible.
Morissette, WOW. Her tone, vibrato, dynamic, emotional delivery was just perfect. Lucie Jones, i love her vibratos and she sustained it perfectly Jessie Mueller, she really embodied the character. so emotional and so good
All of them are amazing but for me Jessie is still the one that gives me goosebumps. From the crescendo to the facial expressions to the body language she absolutely nails it.
Yall are sleeping on Luke man, that kid has PIPES and he looks young too. But man all these singers are amazing and absolutely killed it. I think my favorite was Lucie
Lucie Jones had such an awesome placement, really balanced nasal resonance. And love how she just slid up and resolved the phrase with that extended straight tone 👌
The song itself is already superb. Sara is truly a master in songwriting and is underratedly famous for her singing technic. Yes, her tone of voice is somewhat not very distinctive compared to other singers, but the fact that she can write, sing, and always has a different version from the recording version is showing how genuine and genius she is. I do love her since her EP before Love Song, tho.
Morissette's dynamic to this song is so amazing. She can go to the huge sound and flip to the quiet sound in an instant. She portrayed a perfect emotion to that song as well. I love Jeremy Jordan's version too.
Where's Catherine McPhee? She did it on Broadway and was amazing. Also, one could argue the Jessie Mueller was the original since she was the first one to sing it live on Broadway. Sarah B. didn't release her recording until after the cast album came out.
My favorite is Shoshona Bean! She is incredible & when she performed that song in the studio, she was so connected that it was like she lived it. I also loved the vocal run that Jordin Sparks & Morrisette Amon did. I thought Morrisette was a little too growly at moments, but that long note with the run ending it was stunning. Lucie Jones was so emotional from the bit that I heard & I would love to hear that one in full. She has an absolutely gorgeous voice. I wasn’t crazy about the clip they grabbed of Jessie Mueller. I think she sings better than that clip. The one I really didn’t like was Thunk. I thought that clip sounded awful. It was pitchy & all over the place. Might have been an off day vocally, which I totally get, I have those days too, but I’m sure there has to be other clips that sound better than that one. Loved watching this as a whole though & getting introduced to other broadway singers that I may not have gotten a chance to hear otherwise.
1. Shoshana 2. Morrisette - Because she is a ridiculously talented vocalist! I love that she went down instead of up towards the end. A nice switch up, without losing emotion or projection. 3. Luke - only because he's male and hitting those notes and it sounded great!
I've seen several of these performances before. With this being said, I preferred Jordin Sparks, Morrisette, and Jeremy Jordan. Some of you guys might not think he can deliver this song as a dude, but his performance is awesome! He really gets into character. I saw a clip of Jordin doing this on stage, and that performance was better than this clip -- even though this one was quite good. She's good at getting into character as well.
This song is all about the passion and soul. I cry every time I hear Jessie belting it out on the soundtrack. Now I need to find Jordin's full version of that because omg chills!!!!!
What I love about this section of the song is that you don't *have* to do a lot if you don't want to. You really can take it however you like and as long as you get the shape of it (and sing it well), you've got it.
The best Two I’ve heard do it would be Joshua colley and the young lad called Adrian. They made you feel like they were actually going through the pain. The song should be performed, not sung
alisson luff, jordan sparks, sara bareilles, adrian matthews and shoshana bean will always be my top 5 favourite versions with some real strong contenders right up there with them (jessie mueller, jeremy jordan, morissette etc)
@@jorgeescudero5034 so you're just ignoring the rest who also added riffs and runs there..... I'm clear that riffs and runs aren't the part of Broadway..... why only bring out Morissette?????....if you listened to the whole performance of Morissette you'll feel the emotion....that's the main part of a song... technicalities are not always relevant.... there's no rules to sing it that way or this way.... it's clear your just jealous or doesn't like her... what's the point of commenting on things we don't like..if not just shut up
1:47 Jennifer Owens (best technically and similar to the original) 2:16 Jordin Sparks (a great improv) 4:31 Jessie muller (by far the best at sending the emotion) Honorable mentions: 3:02 Shosana Beans 5:17 Moreieseto Amon Jeremy jordans
even though this is the climax, the part in the song people expect to have the “most emotion,” that not what it really is. yeah, it’s the climax and it has big the long notes that every big broadway song has and it’s the big number in the show, but the thing is that every single word that is sung in this song carries SO MUCH. you can’t just give up on the low notes after you’ve hit the high notes because “you hit the big notes, hallelujah!” no. the word, sentence, song does not finish after you’ve hit the biggest note. it has so much emotion all the way through and if a performer doesn’t convey it ALL it doesn’t work. that’s why i love this song so much. it is such a STORY and there is so much told through it. the broken beginning which builds up to the anger and ends with an even more broken ending is GUT WRENCHING, but it only works if a performer gives it their all throughout the entire song.
Jeremy and shoshana kill me every time I can't I like the other versions but theres are breathtaking overwhelming heartbreaking give me all the types of emotions
I'd be absolutely blown away listening to any of them live (esp. as I can't carry much of a tune myself), but listening to them one after another, Lucie Jones just owns the whole thing through and through. She just carries you along on every note. Perfection.
Jordin Sparks was perfect with full of emotions...even my cat got the feels when she heard it...with Morisette she was full of emotions love and anger like ggrrrr
I don’t know about you guys, but Jeremy Jordan did pretty good for a dude. Usually this song is meant for higher pitched songs ( I don’t sing so I have no idea what the term for it is ) and that was really impressive and didn’t sound like he just came up with it the night before. Well, even if he did, he would probably kill it.
