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[tenlittlebullets]

OMG NO I MUSTN'T. I am saving for the road trip. I am saving for the road trip. I do not have the cash to throw away on the Varmland single. NO I DO NOT. Butit'ssoshiny.

Re-watched the TAC for the first time in ages.

- Is Michael Maguire a baritone attempting to sing a very tenor part? Every time I see him he annoys me more.
- Philip Quast is the sex. Just, y'know, in case anyone forgot. I did, but this put me firmly back in my place.
- You can see the exit sign aaaaall through ALFOR. It must be symbolic. Eponine's tortured soul is flying away towards the exit sign. Yes.
- AHFOL is boring. Marius and Cosette have to fall in love for the plot to grind on, but LM isn't a romancey sort of love story, and there's no pretext of originality in AHFOL. It doesn't even matter what they're saying, really, which is why the shitty lyrics have stopped annoying me. They're in love, they say stupid things, it seems wonderful to them and really dumb to everyone else. That works.
- Michael Ball has a good voice and his Marius is adorable, but he's too old on the TAC, I'm sorry. He looks like a cross between a televangelist and the guy you'd hire to sing muzak at some posh event or another.
- I find it intensely ironic that the first thing I ever loved about LM was how gen-ish it was. The first time I saw the TAC I think I cheered aloud at "Who cares about your lonely soul?"--"fuck the romance, let's get to the revolution" was what I originally found endearing about Enjolras. I think slash has turned into a bad habit for me and my higher brain is revolting against it.
- The microphone arrangement in One Day More still amuses me.
- I wibbled all through the Sad Oboe Solo of Dead Frenchboys for the first time in ages. I thought it had stopped affecting me. dangling!Enjy looks far more Enjolraic than Michael Maguire.
- Still can't see what anyone ever liked about Judy Kuhn. Her voice completely lacks that sweet quality that Cosette needs.
- At the end of Master of the House, someone--I think it's Jerome Pradon--snuggles another Frenchboy and it amuses me.
- Audios don't give you as much of the actor's interpretation as videos. After having seen multiple people in the various roles, I think the only people on the TAC who hold up as The Best are PQ and Ruthie. The rest are either sub-par, good-but-I've-seen-better, or in a role where I've seen many equally valid interpretations. Though of all the casts I've listened to, I still think the TAC has the best all-around cohesion, and for that I'll put up with two or three people I don't like.
- Mummykins popped in for the ending and the encores. She did a great big "omg" face when Jeff Leyton did his verse of DYHTPS and went "his voice!"

Comments

[mollisher.livejournal.com]

I love the TAC, but the clapping after the death scenes is such a mood-spoiler...:D

[strokemybow.livejournal.com]

.. uhm.

I have it in Swedish.

.. :D?

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

....so do I. But this is the uber-rare 5-track single and it's a different cast and it's SHINY. XD

[strokemybow.livejournal.com]

XD Makes perfect sense, then. *giggle*

[alligatorandme.livejournal.com]

He looks like a cross between a televangelist and the guy you'd hire to sing muzak at some posh event or another.

LMAO!

[srevans.livejournal.com]

You know. You could also see who on your flist wanted to contribute money in exchange for your sharing teh_shinee later.

*listening to boring old OLC*

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

I've given away faaar too many recordings to justify charging for them. (Look! It's an Original French Concept Album!)

[srevans.livejournal.com]

... ooh, shiny. :D

[srevans.livejournal.com]

You know, one of those things I haven't yet found out: how do you un-rar .rars?

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

With WinRAR. XD

[srevans.livejournal.com]

Oh man. This is the best thing ever.

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

What, WinRAR or the OFC? (I use WR by default for compression now. I keep forgetting there are people who don't have it.)

[srevans.livejournal.com]

Well, both, actually. WR is beyond powerful and OFC is... asd;lfkj. It's so beautiful.

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

I knowwwww. It has its funky moments (disco!Amis anyone?) but overall <3333. I think I like it better than the current version in most spots.

[shawk.livejournal.com]

Random comments to your random comments:

Michael Maguire freaks me out. He's like a giant, plastic Ken Doll. He blinks the way a doll does.

I'm all for the Butterball mockery. ;)

I saw Jeff Leyton as Valjean. No comment other than his "fliiiiiight" was very... Beach Boys falsetto.

[mmejavert.livejournal.com]

That's 'cause "dangling!Enjy" (I'm sorry, that phrasing made me lol XD) is actually blond. :D

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

That's probably it, yes. (Even before I saw shawk's icon, I had a bad habit of referring to him as "Action Enjolras: Now with Deluxe Dangling Action!")

random thoughts of my own

[and-i.livejournal.com]

I have an unnatural love of Michael Maguire, even though I know he's awful in the TAC. It has reached the point where I get sympathy pats from whomever I'm watching it with when he goes baaaaad.

Judy, I hate on the TAC. I try to like her, because I adore her in other things, but this is just no.

Jerome Pradon leaping on Peter Polycarpou is one of the cutest moments in the entire thing.

I hate Jeff Leyton. Hate him.

Re: random thoughts of my own

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

I like Maguire and Crivello a lot more on the OBC than the TAC. I don't know wtf was up with Maguire that night, what with the constant cracking and the constant blinking, but he's almost funny.

Have only heard Judy Kuhn in LM and Pocahontas, and it's been ages since I watched the latter. Can't stand her in LM.

It is. XD

I... should have an opinion on Jeff Leyton, because I have an entire bootleg with him as Valjean, but I don't. I only listen to the JOJ-bits on that recording anyway.

[puddleduck3.livejournal.com]

Is Michael Maguire a baritone attempting to sing a very tenor part? Every time I see him he annoys me more.

Sigh. I'm a bit the same. When I first saw the TAC I was quite the fan but then I heard Warlow and realised that it was more the character than his voice that I enjoyed. Then I heard several others and realised that Maguire injects a lot of passion into the role but his singing just isn't up to scratch. I heard a rumour that Warlow was asked but because he and Quast were both headlining the same production in Sydney (The Secret Garden) they couldn't both go. I have no idea if it's true but it's so saaaad- we could've had Anthony Warlow! Then again he probably would've looked much to old for the part by then (even though I think Maguire is older he has more hair...). [/babbling]

Exit sign: Baha that annoys me so much.

PQ: Yes. When he hits that note in the Confrontation? "Chains" *shiver*

AHFOL: I actually like it. I know, I know, I'm like a freak of nature. Hardly anybody I know likes it. It's just that Marius is so endearing-

"I'm doing everything all wrong! Oh God, for shame, I do not even know your name [...] My name is Marius Pontmercy [...]Cosette, I don't know what to say [...] I am lost"

He's so sweet and young and naive and unsure and just so goddamned sweet. This song is what endears me towards Marius/Cosette. I mean, after this first part with unsure-panicking!Marius is does get a little dull but I still like it.

Michael Ball has a good voice and his Marius is adorable, but he's too old on the TAC, I'm sorry.

Yes but his ECAET, particularly "Oh my friends, my friends!" is just heaven, so I don't care :)

The Best are PQ and Ruthie

Huzzah. Ruthie seems to get a bit of a bad wrap but I love her in this.

I still think the TAC has the best all-around cohesion

Same here. It's frustrating to get to a favourite song and know that there's one or two characters in there that aren't on the same level though.

And also:

Mummykins popped in for the ending and the encores

Encores?! WHAT. I do not have these *cries*.

...oh, and I recently got my hands on Sydney 1998 if you don't have it...

[puddleduck3.livejournal.com]

Ugh, sorry about all the mistakes in that. It's late and I'm running on very little sleep.

*Even though Maguire is older, I think, he (Maguire) has more hair

...I give up. There's to many others to fix and I...don't care. Lol.

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

I heard the same thing about Secret Garden. Alas! I wish we could've stolen them both, or at least found someone better than MM for Enjolras.

Encores?! WHAT. I do not have these *cries*.

Thethethe... the speeches. And the multilingual rendition of DYHTPS. And One Day More. That thing. You don't have it?

[duva.livejournal.com]

I haven't got the speeches and it makes me sad even though everyone says they're zzzzz. (I've got that snazzy new DVD version that came with "Stage by Stage" or whatever it's called.)

[josiana.livejournal.com]

Resist the temptation, citizen. Resist!
...Or not.

Michael Maguire reminds me of a scary televangelist.

[zachary-evans.livejournal.com]

YOU! WE MUST REVOLT AGAINST THE EVIL FORCES THAT ARE THE NONBELIEVERS! ATHEISTS WILL BE DRAGGED INTO THE STREET AND SHOT! DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING THE PRAISES OF THE LAWWWD?!?!?!?1/1/1


sry.

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

I don't have a reaction of violent dislike to Lea Salonga, but I don't like her Eponine. She has a lovely voice, but not in that role. Augh.

....well, yes, I can imagine that it'd sound like Christmas come early for an oboist. XD

[zachary-evans.livejournal.com]

I wish Peter Polycarpou wasn't so ugly ;^; AND PLAYING JEHAN OF ALL PEOPLE. Srsly, he shoulda been Bossuet.

*almost typed 'boobs'* lol he playd boobiees

[duva.livejournal.com]

He SCARES ME SO MUCH. Have you seen the way his eyes dart from side to side when Matt Cammelle's doing his solo lines in DYHTPS? WHAT A FREAK.

(Also, I miss Matt Cammelle's hot.)

[zachary-evans.livejournal.com]

HE WANTS HIM.

...wait...

...eww D: I think Mike Sterling and Peter Polycarpou should have switched roles. At least Mike Sterling is somewhat prettyful. Even if he does look autistic sometimes. XDD;;

And omg YES, Matt Cammelle is SO hot. Lemme direct ya somewheres, btw...

http://www.zunshine.com/miserables/cast.html there are teh pictures and stuff there. Much shiny. And there's more pictures on the message board. XD Because of my asking. Yay for pictures of Darryl Knock with his hand on Matt Cammelle's shoulder. :0

[duva.livejournal.com]

Matt Cammelle WAS hot. Then someone stole his hot. It's tragic. This is what he looks like nowadays.

[zachary-evans.livejournal.com]

*screams* WHERE DID THE HOT GO?!

Any knowing if Darryl Knock is still a sexy MF? :0 *almost typed MILF* ....wut

[devils-child7.livejournal.com]

Is it just me, or does Anthony Warlow totally kick Michael Maguire's ass?

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

....not just you.

[devils-child7.livejournal.com]

That's good, then.
IMHO, Warlow is the best Enjolras on any recording I've heard thus far. You?

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I like a lot of the foreign Enjolrati, but it's a little more difficult to compare them if you don't speak the language.

[devils-child7.livejournal.com]

That's very true.
On the foreign recordings, I like Michel Sardou and Martin Berger. *shrug*

[duva.livejournal.com]

Maguire annoys me a bit these days, too. I still think the passion he brings to the role is fantastic, but his voice just isn't up to par.

PHIL QUAST OMG YES. I watched the TAC the other day too and I'd somewhat forgotten too. Then I cried because I want a good Javert.

I actually think AHFOL is hilarious if played in the right way... most of the time it's zzzzzzz.

And when I watched it the other day? I was all "Huh" at Ruthie. I used to be "OMGOMG" about her -- I still think she's really good, but Kerry? Kerry is better.

Phil Cavill in the extras heeee!