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Post by birchie on Jun 19, 2012 16:06:01 GMT -5
Just finished watching the DVD! It's just over 2 hrs and I enjoyed it. Of course you all know what the best part is right??? Richard is very good with the audience and tells stories which I always enjoy hearing from performers on stage. I thought the girl he found on YouTube was so so. Poor JC Chasez only go like half a song...but a long story preceding it. Richard's friend Matt Scannell was up front for a number then played with the band for the rest of the show. Don't know if everyone saw the video of Hugh & Richard and Matt driving to the show. It's cute & funny and here if you missed it: youtu.be/BULfcJaa4fII have to say in a completely non-prejudiced way that the energy level in the theater visibly rose about 1000% when Hugh came on. Richard gave him a very nice intro and they did The Letter then To Where You Are (track 14&15). Both were much better on the DVD than the ones that were on YouTube. I'll be replaying those tracks often. ;D I forgot to mention I was especially struck by how green Hugh's eyes looked in the closeups! :o Just beautiful! |
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Post by sandra on Jun 23, 2012 7:54:47 GMT -5
it will be on in the ny/ct area, july 6th, friday nite, at 10:30pm..set your dvr's everyone!
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Post by technopagan on Jun 30, 2012 15:16:49 GMT -5
Just so people know, the PBS version runs under an hour while the DVD runs over 2 hours. And the PBS version cuts out "To Where You Are" (which I totally did not know Richard Marx wrote), playing only "The Letter."
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Post by birchie on Jul 1, 2012 9:05:28 GMT -5
Just so people know, the PBS version runs under an hour while the DVD runs over 2 hours. And the PBS version cuts out "To Where You Are" (which I totally did not know Richard Marx wrote), playing only "The Letter." So glad I got the DVD! It seems lately that you only get half the show when something is made for one of these PBS pledge shows! Same with the recent Alfie Boe PBS show. I guess it's a good showcase for performers who may be touring etc. I have to admit it's how I discovered certain groups like Celtic Thunder & Straight No Chaser and it may be that some folks will re-discover Richard Marx and have a chance to say "I didn't know Wolverine could sing"! Then a few more folks will be interested in seeing Les Miserables when it opens. It's all good!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by mamaleh on Jul 1, 2012 16:37:40 GMT -5
I guess that's good, but now that I have the combo set, I think Hugh's voice is heard to much better advantage in "To Where You Are.". Too bad those who see only the truncated TV version won't experience his soulful version of the Groban hit.
Ellen
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Post by jo on Jul 1, 2012 19:52:47 GMT -5
It is going to be a long wait before my order from Amazon arrives ... but --
In 2004, when TBFO was on its last legs, we were anticipating the solo Hugh Jackman album that he and Richard were planning to release. From what we could gather then, some songs had already been recorded ( if I recall right, it included SMILE)...but somehow the plans were shelved for that album. When Hugh and Richard met up again ( when Hugh was filming Real Steel and they had sung together at Joe's Bar, if I recall right...then later on, when Richard helped put together the one-man show in San Fran), it meant that Hugh wanted to sing pop songs again.
So, finally, his participation in this latest Marx album/televised show!
That was quite a wait...compared to the snail mail pace for the arrival of my order ;D
Jo
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Post by JH4HJ on Jul 4, 2012 10:49:13 GMT -5
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Post by mamaleh on Jul 4, 2012 13:13:54 GMT -5
Thanks, Valerie. Great listening/viewing that makes for an even grander Fourth of July!
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Post by JH4HJ on Jul 12, 2012 9:17:36 GMT -5
". . .Marx, a down-to-earth Chicagoan, is happy to chat about everything from his Twitter beef with American Airlines (he’s an amusing follow @richardmarx) to his wife of 23 years, Cynthia Rhodes (“I married way out of my league,” he said) to his friendship with Hugh Jackman, who appears on Marx’s latest album, the live, “A Night Out with Friends,” released last month. . ." Q. Hugh Jackman is on “A Night Out with Friends.” How do you know him?
A. I met him when he was doing ‘The Boy from Oz’ on Broadway. They brought me in as a possibility to do some songs for an album he was working on. I pulled the plug on it because he was fried at the time, but we loved hanging out together. Full interview here: blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-music-scene/2012/07/12/richard-marx-a-perpetual-student-of-music/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_music_scene |
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Post by foxie on Jul 12, 2012 9:21:06 GMT -5
Hugh looked like he was havinng a great time I thought his trying to be a rocker was hysterical although I am sure he thought he was being cool!!!!
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Post by JH4HJ on Jul 24, 2012 15:32:39 GMT -5
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Post by JH4HJ on Jul 25, 2012 13:12:46 GMT -5
Please do NOT re-post my links on any other website. Thank you.MP4 video of the entire 9.5 minute clip from YouTube: jumbofiles.com/joaefch3drut/HJ-NightOut~1.mp4.htmlJust the songs ("chat" eliminated) with fade in/out - MP3 format: The Letter -- jumbofiles.com/f6bc3tesd0hm/The Letter.mp3.html To Where You Are -- jumbofiles.com/6bbekhxcjphi/To Where You Are.mp3.html Don't click on any ads or other "distractions" - it's the little, innocuous, gray "Download" button that you want. It's circled in red in the photo.  Please do NOT re-post my links on any other website. Thank you.
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Post by mamaleh on Jul 25, 2012 13:57:51 GMT -5
Many thanks, Valerie!
Ellen
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Post by JH4HJ on Mar 30, 2013 10:36:08 GMT -5
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