Comfort Recordings
Comfort Recordings
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#1Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:33amWhat cast recordings can make you the happiest/saddest? I know the In the Heights OBCR can always pick me up. I can't listen to the Sunday in the Park with George OBCR without crying. What recordings affect you the most emotionally, either positively or negatively?
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
#2re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:34amThe Hairspray OBC really means something to me.
Shows I wanna see:
Shrek,
Billy Elliot (again),
Hair,
In The Heights (again)
jordangirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/06
#2re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:37am
I love Sunday even though it does make me cry...they are good tears.
Side Show is another one I turn to if I need comfort.
Adding on here. One other one that for whatever reason encourages me is Little Fish. And as soon as it comes out, the top spot goes to Next to Normal. Without a doubt.
Experience live theater. Experience paintings. Experience books. Live, look and listen like artists! ~ imaginethis
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
Updated On: 3/2/09 at 11:37 AM
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
#3re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:39amHairspray always puts me in a really good mood...and if I want chills then I listen to West Side Story.
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
#4re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:41amI can't listen to the Les Mis OBCR or the CSR without getting goosebumps (especially during certain songs!)
"You see, I told you so! There's lots of things I know. 'Ponine, she knows her way around."
#5re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:41amI cannot listen to the entire Thoroughly Modern Millie cast album without busting a move or singing along to the wacky orchestral arrangements in Speed Test. Also the Priscilla cast album has been known to brighten up many a day for me :)
#6re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 11:45amI love listening to La Cage, always cheers me up and gets me in a good mood, and it is one of the few recordings I listen to from start to finish. Normally I just shuffle my itunes.
#7re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:09pmAny of Jerry Herman's recordings always cheer me up, especially 'Mame' and 'Mack & Mabel'.
"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#8re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:09pm
The Light in the Piazza can almost always put me into a good mood. Passion is also good. Parade almost always makes me cry, though.
Miss Saigon also holds special meaning to me, since it is my favorite show.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
killertofu333
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/08
#9re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:21pm
The Into the Woods OBCR always makes me really giddy whenever I listen to it.....that is until I get to "No One is Alone" then I get a little misty.
"I have the prettiest mother..."--Rhoda Penmark~~~ The Bad Seed
Updated On: 3/2/09 at 12:21 PM
#10re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 2:04pmThe Swedish Phantom Double CD. I dont understand a word but when i'm in a lousy mood Elizabeth Berg's voice just soothes all my problems.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27199361@N08/ Phantom at the Royal Empire Theatre
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#11re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 2:22pmWicked... depending on the song it'll either make me happy or sad... depending on my mood the same song that makes me happy can make me cry.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
#12re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 2:30pm
I cannot listen to "The Scarlet Pimpernel" without becoming giddy with happiness, especially "Into The Fire."
The only Broadway song that can make me cry every time is "Make Them Hear You" from Ragtime, but I'm not sure why.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#13re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 2:42pmI may get ripped apart for this but, Legally Blonde. If I'm ill or in a bad mood, i pop that one on and I can't help but smile.
#14re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 2:48pm
"When I'm lonely and feeling dejected
I play this and it never fails..."
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#15re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 2:57pm
Whenever I feel like dancing and whatnot and need to be in a good moon, I usually go for Hairspray and the revival of The Rocky Horror Show
and even though its not a cr, whenever I am down and I need to be uplifted, I go straight for "The Distance You Have Come" from Keys by Scott Alan
#16re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 3:42pm
COMPANY 06 Revival makes me incredibly happy. It may just be anything with Raul.
And you'll all love this one: Spring Awakening, can both make me cry or smile like a fool.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#17re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 3:48pm
I usually reach for:
[tos] (reminds me of days when I was happy)
Seesaw
A Chorus Line
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dg22894
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/08
#18re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 4:40pmTOS and RENT and Spring Awakening and 13 give me comfort
#19re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 4:53pmMerrily We Roll Along, Company, The Light in the Piazza and A New World are the ones I go to. They are my favorite Saturday or Sunday afternoon shows to listen to.
Just give the world Love.
#20re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 4:55pmFor me, THE SPITFIRE GRILL *always* cheers me up.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
twitchy+bitchy+manic
Stand-by Joined: 2/3/08
#21re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 5:19pm
I don't know why, but whenever I'm in a sad mood I listen to the SITPWG OBCR, especially 'Beautiful', 'where am I going' from sweet charity, 'not a day goes by' from Merrily, 'cabaret' from the paris recording or 'lot's wife' from Caroline, or change. Probably not the best choices. :P
Songs that always make me go crazy and giddy...there's a lot. :s Story of Lucy and Jessie, Ah, But Underneath, Salty Teardrops, After You've Gone from 'All That Jazz', Evil Woman and I'm Alive from Xanadu, Choose to Be Happy from Grey Gardens, Merrily We Roll Along that comes in between Hills of tomorrow/Rich and Happy on the OBCR, mmm...Pretty much all of Caroline, Or Change as a whole. And Turkey Lurkey Time. And 'Next' from the pacific overtures OBCR.
Sorry, all these are individual songs rather than recordings. :S My bad.
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#22re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 5:44pm
Legally Blonde almost always puts me in a good mood! Whether it's the cheesy rhymes or .. whatever: does the trick. Also: "Gold" (& several otehrs) from CAMILLE CLAUDEL, "A New Life" from Jekyll & HYDE and many another Frank Wildhorn song..!
Sunday.. or A Tale of Two Cities is usually on when I'm in a sad-mood. "I'll Forget You" and "Now When the Rain Falls", both from The Scarlet Pimpernel (the latter from the concept album) are usually played as well! But all three of these have extremely uplifted/inspiring moments (to different degrees) as well.
#23re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 5:57pm
I have heard most of Spitfire Grill and really like it. I have been looking for a copy of it and can't find one anywhere. I think it is out of print. Does anyone know where I might be able to find a copy?
Just give the world Love.
Updated On: 3/2/09 at 05:57 PM
#24re: Comfort Recordings
Posted: 3/2/09 at 6:06pmI agree with SA. I use it when i need to cheer up or when im upset and need to let out some agression. Its a very easy piece to connect to.
<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
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