gkelly
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Is there a song called Frown?Smile. No![]()
Is there a song called Frown?Smile. No![]()
Ha! Meno and Sand were performing in a Kristi Yamaguchi holiday special taped in Denver back in the late 80's or early 90's. "FALL on your knees" was supposed to be a throw. She fell in the performance, then messed it up twice more in retakes before nailing it.All those songs with lyrics where the word "fall" or "falling" punctuates a jumping pass or there are lots of general lyrics about slipping/falling. Why do so many choreographers think this is a good choice? And who knew so many songs contain these lyrics?
I love the music of POTO, but only the original Michael Crawford version. Why everyone always seems to choose the Gerard Butler version is beyond me. Especially since Crawford has a figure skating link - starting in 1981 he was a member of Torvill & Dean's coaching team, teaching them to 'act' and helped create their perfect 6.0 FD's in 83 (Barnum) and 84 (Bolero). He's with them here as they receive straight 6s in the FD at the 83 Worlds.Bumping this thread up because how could you not read a tribute to POTO, which is finally closing on Broadway:
I don't know about his singing, but Gerry Butler is tremendous orders of magnitude hotter than the once-upon-a-time Cornelius Hackel from Babs's "Hello, Dolly!"I love the music of POTO, but only the original Michael Crawford version. Why everyone always seems to choose the Gerard Butler version is beyond me. Especially since Crawford has a figure skating link - starting in 1981 he was a member of Torvill & Dean's coaching team, teaching them to 'act' and helped create their perfect 6.0 FD's in 83 (Barnum) and 84 (Bolero). He's with them here as they receive straight 6s in the FD at the 83 Worlds.
I actually didn't hate Gerard's singing as much as most of the people who saw the movie, but IMO no Phantom measures up to Michael Crawford.I don't know about his singing, but Gerry Butler is tremendous orders of magnitude hotter than the once-upon-a-time Cornelius Hackel from Babs's "Hello, Dolly!"![]()
GB could sing absolutely anything he wanted to me.I actually don't like Crawford's singing that much either. Butler is no classical singer but he was manly-sounding.
Which, of course, is exactly what you need in a show about a hideously ugly ... oh, wait.I don't know about his singing, but Gerry Butler is tremendous orders of magnitude hotter than the once-upon-a-time Cornelius Hackel from Babs's "Hello, Dolly!"![]()
Good then - we won't be in any competition (from each other at least) for our choices.Which, of course, is exactly what you need in a show about a hideously ugly ... oh, wait.
I don't find Butler especially hot, anyway. But even if he were, Crawford's singing voice is tremendous orders of magnitude hotter, and in this role, that's what counts. Or should count.
That story would put an interesting spin on the term, 'Court is now in session'.Anecdotal Gerard Butler story (that has nothing to do with skating music): a Scotsman I know has a friend that worked at the same law firm as Gerard after he graduated law school. According to her, apparently even before he became a working actor, he was exactly as successful with the ladies as he came to be known.
Agreed.There's so much wonderful music that hasn't been explored yet... or explored enough. What breaks my heart is when you have an up-and-coming skater with a ton of potential and they end up with programs to like West Side Story and a Queen medley or something by Josh Groban or Andrea Bocelli. 'Safe' choices. I'm not being funny but choreographers and coaches need to stop picking out stuff that's never going to make a skater stand out.
pardon the interruption, but what doesn 'youngest foo' mean?American Woman as skated to by the Youngest Foo with absolutely no sense of the irony of her using it as a positive affirmation.
Does this mean you'd hate it if someone skated to a Weird Al polka medley? I personally think that would be amazing!In my humble opinion......any music with the accordion as a main instrument
I love the music of POTO, but only the original Michael Crawford version. Why everyone always seems to choose the Gerard Butler version is beyond me. Especially since Crawford has a figure skating link - starting in 1981 he was a member of Torvill & Dean's coaching team, teaching them to 'act' and helped create their perfect 6.0 FD's in 83 (Barnum) and 84 (Bolero). He's with them here as they receive straight 6s in the FD at the 83 Worlds.