metaphor17
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Does this make sense?Hello, all!
A friend of mine and I are auditioning for our choir's pops concert in a few weeks. We want to do a duet. We are auditioning with one slower song, I Still Believe from Miss Saigon, and we would also like to audition with a more uptempo song.
We decided that What Did I Ever See In Him would be perfect. It's perfect for our ranges, it's short (without dialogue) and has a lot of potential as far as blocking, acting, etc. goes. She has a first alto to mezzo-soprano range, while I have a first alto to first soprano range with alto-mezzo belt. We're both actresses, and we think we would have a lot of fun acting the song a bit 
However, MOST of the song is sung by Rosie. We really want to have nearly equal amounts of singing, so I reassigned the verses.
DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? I can't tell if it will make sense when sung like this!
Here is is:
Leah: Eight years, eight years, that's how long I've wasted on him!
Christen: That's all, I'm through. Albert dear, to put it sweetly,
Both: To hell with you!
Both: What did I ever see in him?
Leah: How did I ever get involved that way?
Christen: Now that it's over I can smile and say
Both: What did I ever see in him?
Christen: Boy, I was way out on a limb. Now that my feet are on the ground again,
Leah: Now that my senses have been found again,
Both: What did I ever see in him?
Christen: Is he tender?
Leah: No, he's not!
Christen: Is he thoughtful?
Leah: No, he's not!
Christen: Am I crazy?
Leah: What's he's got that I found so damned appealing?
Both: What did he ever do for me?
Christen: Well, to be honest he was sometimes nice,
Leah: But still it wasn't worth that awful price.
Both: It was rough from the start. Broken dates, broken nails, broken heart
How did I ever? Why did I ever? What did I ever?
Do we need them? No, we don't! Do we want them? No, we don't!
Christen: Will we leave them?
Leah: No, we won't! Tell me, what did I say that for?
Both: What did we ever see in them? How could we ever think that they were nice?
Take it from us we pay an awful price. It was rough from the start. Broken dates, broken nails, broken heart...What did I ever see in him?
Also, in some of the unison parts, we might add just a little bit of harmony... one note here or there.
So, what do you all think? Is it a stupid idea? Will it sound terrible? Will it sound fine? Are there any parts you would change?
ANY IDEAS/THOUGHTS/COMMENTS/CRITICISM GREATLY APPRECIATED!
Love,
Leah
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happyguava
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I think that would work well. You need to make it obvious that you are both talking about different guys - especially at the start, because we are all so used to "eight years, eight years..." and "Albert dear, to put it sweetly..." being sung by the one person.
I think harmonies would work well on the long "what did we ever seee iiinnn..." bit at the end. 
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metaphor17
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| happyguava wrote: | I think that would work well. You need to make it obvious that you are both talking about different guys - especially at the start, because we are all so used to "eight years, eight years..." and "Albert dear, to put it sweetly..." being sung by the one person.
I think harmonies would work well on the long "what did we ever seee iiinnn..." bit at the end. |
Actually, we were planning on singing it as if we had both been obsessed with the same guy FOREVER. Because he can't choose between us we are both leaving him
Is that dumb? 
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what_the_heck013
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It sounds like a good idea, but you could also do "Marry the Man Today" from Guys and Dolls. Both songs are similar.
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metaphor17
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^ Yes, we thought about that one too. I really liked it but my choir director and friend are dead-set against it 
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mzredbox
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well... the reason that this doesnt work is because you said you wanted it as if you were obsessed with the same man, but at the end you say "will we leave THEM". so it kind of doesnt make sense.
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norayouadora
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| metaphor17 wrote: | | ^ Yes, we thought about that one too. I really liked it but my choir director and friend are dead-set against it |
Aww, why? I love that song as a F/F duet.
I think changing the verses could work out okay, but it might be a little confusing to act as though you're talking about the same guy. IMO the song's "gimmick" (for lack of a better word) is that one woman is talking about a man to whom she's committed a big part of her life, whereas the other is basically a little girl talking about her boyfriend of a few days. It doesn't really make sense to change it, especially if the audience might be familiar with the original song.
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musikal_geek
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Maybe you should change all of the "me"s to "we"s? I think that would make more sense, and sing the song to each other. 
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metaphor17
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| mzredbox wrote: | | well... the reason that this doesnt work is because you said you wanted it as if you were obsessed with the same man, but at the end you say "will we leave THEM". so it kind of doesnt make sense. |
This is an excellent point.
We think we will sing it just like Rosie and Kim would with me being Rosie (which is funny because I am very small and red-headed, but it won't really matter because we aren't even doing any of the dialogue or anything) and Christen being Kim.
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