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Post by skaschep on Dec 29, 2017 11:40:36 GMT -5
Congrats @adamlambert with 7⃣ million streams on @spotify for #TwoFux! 🎉 Now 7,020,983 streams (+40,409)! 🎧 Great update also! (29 December 2017) #NowPlaying
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Post by cassie on Dec 29, 2017 11:43:16 GMT -5
Just catching up on the last few threads and I have a question: On the 12/27 thread, page 4, marionm posted the RuPaul:What's the Tee interview with Adam from earlier this year. (Sorry, I don't know how to bring it here.) I listened again to the JCS parts with "fresh ears" and I need to know what Adam is saying at one point. It starts about 1:01:30; they are talking about Broadway shows and Adam says "it just has to be the right thing" and RuPaul asks "What do you think the right thing would be?" and Michelle interjects "I'm thinking JCS - a restaging" and Adam replies "Yeah but the problem is all the productions they do now are like _______ so..." Are like what? Can anyone catch it? I'm with those of you here who think he's got this. Maybe it's just wishful thinking or too many "mashed potatoes" but I'M ALL IN. I love JCS, saw the rock opera in London in the 70's, absolutely loved the movie, have all the soundtracks. And Judas is the best part with the best songs (except I've always loved Josh Mostel's version of King Herod's Song - LOL). I'm excited to purchase a new soundtrack with Adam Lambert. From my lips to God's ears... There are several places in that recording where it sounds like something was edited out, and this seems to be one. I don't know that the rest of that sentence is on the recording.
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Post by bamafan on Dec 29, 2017 11:59:24 GMT -5
Just catching up on the last few threads and I have a question: On the 12/27 thread, page 4, marionm posted the RuPaul:What's the Tee interview with Adam from earlier this year. (Sorry, I don't know how to bring it here.) I listened again to the JCS parts with "fresh ears" and I need to know what Adam is saying at one point. It starts about 1:01:30; they are talking about Broadway shows and Adam says "it just has to be the right thing" and RuPaul asks "What do you think the right thing would be?" and Michelle interjects "I'm thinking JCS - a restaging" and Adam replies "Yeah but the problem is all the productions they do now are like _______ so..." Are like what? Can anyone catch it? I'm with those of you here who think he's got this. Maybe it's just wishful thinking or too many "mashed potatoes" but I'M ALL IN. I love JCS, saw the rock opera in London in the 70's, absolutely loved the movie, have all the soundtracks. And Judas is the best part with the best songs (except I've always loved Josh Mostel's version of King Herod's Song - LOL). I'm excited to purchase a new soundtrack with Adam Lambert. From my lips to God's ears... I have listened over and over and I can't make out what Adam is saying...he really lowers his voice. "are like" is all I can make out. Can't find the adjective he uses. I was gonna repost the soundcloud, but the link is a mile long...somethings is "off" I went back and found in in day before yesterday's thread. I've been watching all kinds of productions. Of course the two movies are fairly big productions and there are many theater type productions with sets and lots of interaction between all the actors/singers. The rock opera "concert" format is interesting. I was watching one from Australia from the 90s and all the emphasis was on the vocals/singing and some body language. There was practically no set. Judas had on biker leather, etc.....had the live orchestra and Jesus and Judas were on platforms on opposite ends of a round circular stage with arena stadium seating all around. I know the Brooklyn venue will be different, but the production could go in several different directions from theater staging to a more stripped down version with the songs being emphasized.
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Post by cassie on Dec 29, 2017 12:55:41 GMT -5
List of most memorable Kansas City concerts of 2017: www.kansascity.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/back-to-rockville/article192104204.htmlQueen with Adam Lambert, July 9 at the Sprint Center: It’s rare for a band to overcome the death of a charismatic and legendary lead singer like Freddie Mercury and revive its unique and beloved sound with only two original members (Brian May and Roger Taylor) and a replacement singer (Adam Lambert). But this version of Queen pulled it off, with panache and aplomb. “Throughout the show, Lambert paid respects to Mercury and his larger-than-life reputation. He also deferred to May and Taylor, calling them ‘rock Gods’ and ‘legends.’ But he did not back down from commanding the stage, vocally, physically and otherwise, and imparting upon the show his own personality and flavor.”
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Post by cassie on Dec 29, 2017 12:58:41 GMT -5
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Post by mszue on Dec 29, 2017 13:03:08 GMT -5
List of most memorable Kansas City concerts of 2017: www.kansascity.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/back-to-rockville/article192104204.htmlQueen with Adam Lambert, July 9 at the Sprint Center: It’s rare for a band to overcome the death of a charismatic and legendary lead singer like Freddie Mercury and revive its unique and beloved sound with only two original members (Brian May and Roger Taylor) and a replacement singer (Adam Lambert). But this version of Queen pulled it off, with panache and aplomb. “Throughout the show, Lambert paid respects to Mercury and his larger-than-life reputation. He also deferred to May and Taylor, calling them ‘rock Gods’ and ‘legends.’ But he did not back down from commanding the stage, vocally, physically and otherwise, and imparting upon the show his own personality and flavor.” Thanks for posting this Cassie....this reviewer has it just right in that last paragraph and is the reason I have absolutely no issue with the reviewer that saw the group as finally gelling. There have been many here complaining a little that Adam was a bit too deferential and wishing he wasn't so. I really think that this is what was feeling no quite 'gelled' and this last European leg of the tour, he got it just right...enough deference to show respect and enough command to allow concert goers to relax and to feel they are not being cheated in any way, but are watching a first rate show and collaboration. YEAH!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2017 13:59:32 GMT -5
Just catching up on the last few threads and I have a question: On the 12/27 thread, page 4, marionm posted the RuPaul:What's the Tee interview with Adam from earlier this year. (Sorry, I don't know how to bring it here.) I listened again to the JCS parts with "fresh ears" and I need to know what Adam is saying at one point. It starts about 1:01:30; they are talking about Broadway shows and Adam says "it just has to be the right thing" and RuPaul asks "What do you think the right thing would be?" and Michelle interjects "I'm thinking JCS - a restaging" and Adam replies "Yeah but the problem is all the productions they do now are like _______ so..." Are like what? Can anyone catch it? I'm with those of you here who think he's got this. Maybe it's just wishful thinking or too many "mashed potatoes" but I'M ALL IN. I love JCS, saw the rock opera in London in the 70's, absolutely loved the movie, have all the soundtracks. And Judas is the best part with the best songs (except I've always loved Josh Mostel's version of King Herod's Song - LOL). I'm excited to purchase a new soundtrack with Adam Lambert. From my lips to God's ears... Wendyness - I’m not sure - and I’m at work so no time to listen, but I remember I thought he said they were all “kinda whack” I could be projecting because that’s my opinion . I have seen a few great Jesus’ but never an all-around great Judas. Adam def has the skill set w right director. So I’ll keep hoping. (Also I do remember Adam said something about he thought new movie or whatever should be contemporary. Again, he is right, I think, esp for a one off.)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2017 14:23:21 GMT -5
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Post by LindaG23 on Dec 29, 2017 14:31:01 GMT -5
I have just finished listening to the 1973 album of JCS with no visuals. I wanted to get a sense of how ALW and TM perceived the sound alone and how it might be updated for the current time. I know there have been movies and multiple stage productions but I think from interviews mentioned here that the intent for TV is to go back to that original concert sound. There are certainly places where the music is very 70s and could be updated. Places that remind me of the woo at the end of Brian's verse in I Want It All which they even sometimes leave out. But overall, it is very classic. The absolute biggest thought that I came away with was ... Thank God they choose a black man as Jesus. It is brilliant on so many levels. It is not just shaking things up, it is true to the intent and expectations of the lyrical content. I have lots of thoughts about this but that is enough for now. Oh, and Adam will be an amazing Judas - best ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGOoQtYD5co
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Post by mszue on Dec 29, 2017 14:41:21 GMT -5
I am really enjoying all the discussions about JCS and theatre in general. I have spent years working in production of musicals...and plays...and all this talk has led me down the path of reminiscing on the successes and failures of plays morphing into film...I would like to think that with ALW at the helm, this could/should be a really successful production. They just have to cast a really strong Judas for that to happen...otherwise it could end up like the film Les Miz which did not hold a candle to the stage production. I was sooooo disappointed in that film...with the exception of Anne Hathaway and Eddie Redmayne, the casting ranged from weak/predictably average to abysmal. Colm Wilkinson maintained in the role that was written for him [Jean Valjean], aged as he is/was, would have made the production so much better! And the awesome role/character of Inspector Javert was chewed up and thrown away! yikes.
Steel Magnolias was a good movie on its own but pretty much ruined the central focus of unlikely friendships that can blossom in specific circumstances. When the film producer decided to put his own stamp on the production and bring characters and sites that were originally only existing in dialogue, he ruined the whole premise of the play. If you ever get a chance to see the play on the stage .... go....it is an amazing play and very different from the film in its focus.
Shirley Valentine, on the other hand, transformed onto the screen quite well...on stage it is a one-woman monologue...but I loved what they accomplished in the film.
All this can be brought to the topic of JCS by my just saying that I really hope the productions stays closer to its original form rather than the film....I suspect that will make for a better television event. Just MHO.....YMMV Happy New Years all.....
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