MAN!! I forgot that Nell Carter was originally Effie White during the workshops. You hear her distinct voice in this. We have a lot to be thankful for and proud of as a people!
I love LLB's version- the standout Deena among all of them because she doesn't follow the blueprint that SLR created. I wish they would cast more "colorful" Deena's like her in more productions.
Hey babyboi1002, This is AMAZING! Where did you get the audio from the actor's workshop of this song that plays at the beginning? That's Nell Carter @ 02:21 mark. Carter was supposed to be in the "Effie" role. I read that DG creator Tom Eyen saw Nell in a musical called "Your Arms Too Short To Box With God" and wanted to build a musical around her and some friends. The workshop with Ralph & Carter was the writing part of the show. More please!
@babyboi1002 , oh, I think Beyonce could've pulled off "diva". It just wasn't in the script. I kinda wish she had been more of a diva and demanded more material and music and "diva" moments beyond just Listen.
I really like "the mesh". I guess when the show was in the final stages they wanted it to sound like "Someday We'll Be Together" as much as possible. Who knows? Kudos for including the Korean version. I wonder how close the lyrics are to the English ones? There's always something lost in translation. I also wonder how they handled the racial aspect of the show, if it was translated to something totally different or if the Koreans understood all the Black and White strife in the USA's past?
My favorite will always be the moivie version, they just sounded perfect together, vocally supreme, and the music arrangement is simply the best of all (it has an Oscar for that, I think). The korean version was very good (although the vocals sound like a copy of the movie lol), also the national tour is very good. Thanks for the video.
The live/stage version was H-O-T...the show absolutely sizzled and oozed "show biz" in every instant. The movie version was very good and VERY different. On stage, the show moved like lightening and dazzled in every moment. Revolutionary, too, as the staging was very cinematic and non-stop in energy and movement. The audience was the audience when the characters were in performance mode so, I for one, was transported to the time period of The Supremes, etc. as a result.
OMG This really made me cry. I remember singing this like it was yesterday! Thank you.
Sheryl Lee Ralph so many performers stand on your shoulders
Sheryl Lee Ralph 😁😁
It's you!
You are the celebrity we talk about today with this amazing production of dreamgirls!!!! 😁😁👏👏👏👏🌟🌟🌟❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥
You sound so amazing on all versions. ❤️
I love the Broadway soundtrack version of hard to say goodbye my love
sheryl lee ralph
MAN!! I forgot that Nell Carter was originally Effie White during the workshops. You hear her distinct voice in this. We have a lot to be thankful for and proud of as a people!
Wow it just hit me that Decembr 21, this year marks the 30th anniversery of DreamGirls!
is it just me or the versions featuring LLB the band sounds awsome more authentic for the time period
I love LLB's version- the standout Deena among all of them because she doesn't follow the blueprint that SLR created. I wish they would cast more "colorful" Deena's like her in more productions.
But I LOVE The 1981 version of the soundtrack Hard to say goodbye my love
@babyboi1002 LOL, you're probably right! I know someone was from "Arms Too Short..." I might have mixed the two up.
I really wish they wouldve kept the interchanging lyrics in the middle
I know peeps get tired of the Supremes comparison, but the lady at the apprx. 2 minute mark (Lalani?) sounds a lot like the early 60's Diana Ross.
Damn, that Korean rendition is sweet!
Hey babyboi1002,
This is AMAZING! Where did you get the audio from the actor's workshop of this song that plays at the beginning? That's Nell Carter @ 02:21 mark.
Carter was supposed to be in the "Effie" role. I read that DG creator Tom Eyen saw Nell in a musical called "Your Arms Too Short To Box With God" and wanted to build a musical around her and some friends.
The workshop with Ralph & Carter was the writing part of the show. More please!
The Korean version is so beautiful to listen to.
DreamboyNYC , yes, those Korean girls really brought it with the vocals.
korea version? NOOOO
That's deep!
@babyboi1002 , oh, I think Beyonce could've pulled off "diva". It just wasn't in the script. I kinda wish she had been more of a diva and demanded more material and music and "diva" moments beyond just Listen.
Do u have any other LLB STUFF?
@mark91345 Linda is amazing!!!!
who is playing Deena in the 2nd Broadway Version?
I really like "the mesh". I guess when the show was in the final stages they wanted it to sound like "Someday We'll Be Together" as much as possible. Who knows? Kudos for including the Korean version. I wonder how close the lyrics are to the English ones? There's always something lost in translation. I also wonder how they handled the racial aspect of the show, if it was translated to something totally different or if the Koreans understood all the Black and White strife in the USA's past?
Who was the Deena in Broadway 2.0?
Mario A'Keen Oh yea now I hear it😭
@babyboi1002 LLB is amazing!!
I'm not in the first one
I hear Nell Carter singing as the original Effie.🙂
My favorite will always be the moivie version, they just sounded perfect together, vocally supreme, and the music arrangement is simply the best of all (it has an Oscar for that, I think). The korean version was very good (although the vocals sound like a copy of the movie lol), also the national tour is very good. Thanks for the video.
No it didn't get a Oscar for it. You don't get an Oscar for music that is already out.
The live/stage version was H-O-T...the show absolutely sizzled and oozed "show biz" in every instant. The movie version was very good and VERY different. On stage, the show moved like lightening and dazzled in every moment. Revolutionary, too, as the staging was very cinematic and non-stop in energy and movement. The audience was the audience when the characters were in performance mode so, I for one, was transported to the time period of The Supremes, etc. as a result.