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Post by hperrin06 on Nov 9, 2007 8:28:57 GMT 9.5
If I Can't Love Her
Falcon In the Dive
Why God Why
Sunset Boulevard
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Post by lucinab on Nov 9, 2007 9:54:12 GMT 9.5
It's not from a musical and it's not even his usual type of song, but It's one of my favorite's: The Living Tree (by Shirley Bassey). I'd REALLY love to hear him sing the Winterreise cycle.
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Post by lucinab on Nov 9, 2007 9:56:49 GMT 9.5
Oh, I should add that I LOVE Scarlet Pimpernel, so anything from that would be lovely as well.
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Post by emony on Nov 9, 2007 21:24:18 GMT 9.5
I'd love to hear Anthony try these out:
The very thought of you
Fly me to the moon
Beyond the sea
Me & Mrs Jones
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Post by Marie-Cris on Nov 11, 2007 17:04:43 GMT 9.5
Hmm, maybe we could put these all in a list somehow.
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Post by sanderella59 on Nov 11, 2007 18:15:12 GMT 9.5
Had a thought in my waking hours last night. I would like him to sing two Frank Sinatra standards, "In the Wee Small Hours" & "All the Way" plus anything Nat King Cole or Tony Bennett recorded. I would also like him to do a duet with me of an 80's song I used to like called "Friends & Lovers" which was originally recorded by Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson.
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Post by Marie-Cris on Nov 12, 2007 23:08:29 GMT 9.5
Now you've got me thinking what it would sound like if he did It's Only a Paper Moon.
((I would've said Mona Lisa but all those theories and the Da Vinci Code near killed the magic of that song for me)).
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Post by scuffa on Nov 17, 2007 13:57:21 GMT 9.5
I know this is totally different from what he normally sings but I would love to hear Anthony's interpretation of the Hunter and Collectors song "Throw your arms around me". I would love to hear him do the various harmonies at the end too. For people who do not know the song - here is a good version by Doug Anthony All Stars (defunct Aussie comedy trio). www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j0g2oG_w2g |
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Post by Marie-Cris on Nov 17, 2007 14:15:42 GMT 9.5
OMG, how'd you think of that one? ((I've got a copy of the Hunters and Collector's version on my Yr' 12 Commemorative CD; haven't listened to it in a while))
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Post by scuffa on Nov 18, 2007 19:45:26 GMT 9.5
I know basically it's a sad song about a couple who may part but maybe it's the images I get in my mind at the thought of Anthony singing "I will kiss you in 4 places" or "So shed your skin and lets get started" and then the invitation to "Throw your arms around me".
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Post by sanderella59 on Nov 18, 2007 19:54:46 GMT 9.5
OMG *Shivers expectantly*!
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Post by Marie-Cris on Nov 18, 2007 21:36:54 GMT 9.5
I wonder what he'd think of that ...
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Post by omarington on Nov 22, 2007 18:43:58 GMT 9.5
I'm totally with Lucinab on the Winterreise cycle. He mentioned at one point that he made an exercise of learning it during his illness so hopefully he'll actually record it one day. I'd adore it even more if he recorded Vaughan Williams' "Songs of Travel" cycle too. Some of my favourite music and I think his voice would fit it beautifully. In a similar vein, John Ireland's "The Vagabond" & Gerald Finzi's "Fear No More the Heat o' the Sun" would be heavenly under his command.
In terms of Musicals: "Marry Me A Little" from Company; Javert's Soliloquy from Les Mis & "The Schmuel Song" from The Last Five Years.
I also second "Why God, Why" and fourth/fifth anything from either role in Pimpernel.
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Post by Marie-Cris on Nov 22, 2007 20:36:23 GMT 9.5
Javert's Soliloquy? Oh, Javert's Suicide! That'd be interesting. Mind I do rather love Quast's grunge as he's "plummeting off the bridge" so Warlow'd have to do quite a bit to win me over with that.
Ooh, a challenge ...
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Post by omarington on Nov 24, 2007 17:03:22 GMT 9.5
Javert's Suicide... Soliloquy... whichever you like. Such a powerful song. It would indeed take quite a performance to equal Philip Quast's amazing rendition, I quite agree! He is Javert and that's more than enough but still, I would just love to hear Anth's take on the role. Heck, I'd love to hear Anth's take on just about any role.
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Post by MuLo on Nov 24, 2007 22:21:49 GMT 9.5
I have waited for years to hear Anthony sing "The Rose". It's one of those songs that instantly brings me to tears and can so easily be interpreted in subtly different ways. "The Rose" is a versatile song that contains different meanings for different people.
Also, I'd have to consider "La Donna Mobile"
And lastly, if it was still an original concept and hadn't already been done by everyone with a recording contract, I'd have liked to hear "Nella Fantasia". However, it's been done to death recently, which is a real shame. I LOVE the sound and the dramatic impact it has when played on a great stereo system.
However, if I was lucky enough to score front row seats at a solo show, with a beautifully powerful orchestra and Anthony took to the stage to sing "Nella Fantasia", I would not complain!!
(Mind you, in that situation, if he took to the stage to sing the phone book - I'd be ecstatic!)
They're my thoughts for now. There's bound to be more!
Cheers
MuLo 
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Post by MuLo on Nov 24, 2007 22:29:35 GMT 9.5
I know this is totally different from what he normally sings but I would love to hear Anthony's interpretation of the Hunter and Collectors song "Throw your arms around me".
Cheers
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Post by lucinab on Nov 25, 2007 1:57:06 GMT 9.5
I agree with mulo - 'The Rose' and 'La Donna Mobile' are two of my FAVORITE songs! Good thinking. I always cry when I hear 'The Rose' too. Can't listen to it in public . . . And 'Nella Fantasia' would be lovely. . .maybe it is overdone, but I guess maybe everybody wants to sing it because it is so beautiful.
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Post by lucinab on Nov 25, 2007 1:58:21 GMT 9.5
Oh, and mulo . . . the phone book thing . . . I couldn't agree more. Although, I'd even be deliriously happy if he just READ the phone book let alone SANG it!
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Post by neh on Nov 25, 2007 9:46:51 GMT 9.5
I know - his speaking voice is oh-so lovely... so full of character, and warmth....
I STILL stand by my dream of hearing him do "If I Can't Love Her" from Beauty and the Beast - that would make me a most happy panda!
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Post by MuLo on Nov 25, 2007 11:43:05 GMT 9.5
I did follow-spots at "Beauty and the Beast" for a three week run last year. I find the whole show to be inconsistent with its entertainment value. Some really great songs followed by some long minutes of sheer boredom.
However, "If I Can't Love Her" was a show stopper for me at every performance. Very hard to maintain the integrity of the follow spot when I was too busy concentrating on the Beasts performance instead of my own!!
"Gaston" is another very enjoyable number in that show.
I agree, to take "If I Can't Love Her" out of the show and into a solo concert would prove be a very powerful crowd-pleaser!
Cheers
MuLo
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Post by jazzgirl1960 on Nov 25, 2007 12:22:44 GMT 9.5
Yeah neh, his speaking voice is just so lovely!
I'd love him to do a CD of poems, especially Shakespear, Shelley, Burns etc. Oooooh could I ever give him a list of beautiful poems, that his voice would be just perfect for! *toast*
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Post by sanderella59 on Nov 25, 2007 13:34:26 GMT 9.5
Oh Jazz what an inspired idea!!!!! *bows* *bows* *bows* *bows* *bows* *bows*
Shakespearean sonnets, or Elizabeth Barrett Browning or WB Yeats or John Betjeman are all personal favourites of mine. I have a couple of poetry anthologies which contain poems of love and loss (my fave is called "For Weddings and A Funeral) which I quite often read to myself when feeling blue or lonely. Now I will be able to hear Ant's voice reciting them in my head.
I second the choice of "If I Can't Have Her" & "Gaston". Would expect he'd make a good Lumiere as well. Hehehehehehe.
What a co-incidence MuLo. I was a dresser for a production of Beauty and the Beast for my old school's School of Performing Arts' production last year. Very elaborate costumes and soooo many costume changes for Belle (I was her dresser). Most of the principal's although still at school were also Conservatorium students so exceptionally talented cast and great fun to be involved with. Costume designer was one of the Mums who had been a professional costumer in a previous life. Visually stunning for a school production. But I agree about the too much dialogue.
"Something Good" from Sound of Music would be nice to, with me as Maria naturally!!! (Sorry Mar!!) I always fancied Captain Von Trapp (or maybe it was just Christopher Plummer) as a little girl.
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Post by jazzgirl1960 on Nov 25, 2007 17:21:26 GMT 9.5
Ooooo Goody a fellow poetry lover! *dance*
Tell me some of your favourite poems Sandra
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Post by Marie-Cris on Nov 25, 2007 17:56:47 GMT 9.5
I wouldn't mind hearing him do some Edgar Allan Poe or some Wadsworth ...
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Hey, if Willem Dafoe can do The Raven, why can't Ant? XD XD
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Post by jazzgirl1960 on Nov 25, 2007 22:32:24 GMT 9.5
Ahhh Poe... Annabel Lee & The Raven (my daughter Claire's fav. poem!)
Do you like any William Blake? My fav's: The Tiger & Love's Secret
Or Shelley? Love's Philosophy & I Fear Thy Kisses
Or Robert Burns? A Red. Red Rose & The Banks O' Doon
Other favorites of mine are: The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson, Lochinvar by Sir Walter Scott; The Highwayman
By Alfred Noyes... I would love to hear Anthony recite The Highwayman... it's so romantic and sad.
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Post by Marie-Cris on Nov 25, 2007 22:43:58 GMT 9.5
I don't think I've got any Blake, so I don't recall ... all I've got are Wadsworth and ... umm ... *runs to bookshelf, returns* Dickens? I really need to get more poetry. I don't even own anything from Shakespeare.  |
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