That's *Dame* Shirley to you, sonny. (also Sweeney Todd)

[burntcopper]

Was fed Dame Bassey's new album by mate. Re-mixed old classics and her takes on some new stuff.

listening to 'Get this party started'.

...oh dear god, now it sounds like Pink re-worked a sixties classic. :snicker: It's like when Mike Flowers Pops re-did 'Wonderwall' and everyone went around with very confused expressions wondering if Liam had indeed just re-done a cheesy 70s Bacharach-style song. But you so know that future generations are going to think that Johnny Cash's version of 'Hurt' is the original.

...mutter. The re-worked 'Big Spender' would have worked a lot better as the Casino Royale title track. I now have visions of shots of Daniel Craig strutting to this with gun and doing lots of posing and cards and chips going everywhere in true 007 title sequence fashion.

Rest of album... not bad, but second half is a bit of a disappointment after the first five where she really belts it.

Hmm. For some reason I now wish to see a face-off of Charlotte Church and Dame Bassey : the battle of the Welsh powerhouse voices. You could sell tickets for the Millenium Stadium.

Sweeney Todd tonight at Royal Festival Hall. :bounce: Bryn Terfel, aka 'we're going to batter you bastards into submission with the power of my vocal chords'. Oh, and Daniel Boys and Philip Quast. Icing on the cake.

Looking at imdb for the film version of this that Tim Burton's doing. ooooooo. Timothy Spall. Tony Head. Alan Rickman. (does anyone remember if Rickman's voice is good enough for this? Sondheim's kinda... demanding on the vocal chords) And. Er. Sacha Baron Cohen? I've never seen him do straight acting - does anyone know if he can sing?

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[alysscarlet.livejournal.com]

Ha! I'm off to see Sweeney Todd on Saturday. It was a cast I couldn't not see!

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

hee. review tomorrow... and I'll tell you if I managed to find the stage door.

[mrslant]

But you so know that future generations are going to think that Johnny Cash's version of 'Hurt' is the original.

Personally I prefer the Kermit the Frog version.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

I saw that a while back. and the memory still makes my head hurt.

[andromakie.livejournal.com]

I don't know about Alan Rickman, but Tony Head doesn't have the voice to do Sondheim. I'm biting my nails on this one.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

well, considering the only people on that list I know can do Sondheim are Laura Michelle Kelly and Timothy Spall (presuming the minor roles can, since they're listed as musicals people)... lord knows. I was just happy that Tony can actually sing.

[andromakie.livejournal.com]

Well, I know Laura Michelle Kelly can sing. So that's at least 1. Eep.

I'm not sure about their choices laterly. They're doing Nine as a movie, which is fabulous, but it's convoluted, dark, and the appeal is fairly limited. And I heard Demi Moore's auditioning, why am I fairly sure she can't sing?

And High School Musical's getting a sequel.

And they still aren't even talking about doing a Wicked movie! I want a Wicked movie!

[frimfram.livejournal.com]

I just wandered over from Scans_Daily and this post made me laugh like a nutter, especially in re. Casino Royale :) I hope the next Bond movie is much camper.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

:g: It's even funnier if you know the original context of the song - a dancer in an extremely sleazy club trying to tempt a man to come over to her. Now apply that to 007.

[frimfram.livejournal.com]

Hee! "The minute you walked in the joint (BA-DMM) I could see--y--you--- oh, you want a private room right now? Well... okay!" Job's a good 'un :)