Can anyone give me tips on how to sing it? I have to do that in front of my class, I promised them a song, and that's the one I chose, since I love it. I won't have a black glove? I'm so stressed!
shareHow did it go? *I* was rootin' fer ya!!!
Hi, Bob.
I didn't get to sing it, instead, I passed the movie to the teacher, who just thanked me yesterday for it. But believe me, I will sing it, at the end of the school year! I promise you that!
shareWell, I may be singing it this Friday, since I ahve to thank my movie teacher for the movies he lent me. I'm singing it as part of a movie song medley, with such songs as "As time goes by", "Cheek to Cheek", "Somewhere over the rainbow", "Moon river" and "Le tourbillon".
Wish me luck, because I may be butchering all these gorgeous songs!
I finally sang those songs and it turned out to be awesome!!!!!
shareI wish I could have heard it. Funny, I put this movie on the other night, but fell asleep. I woke up when I heard Gilda start to sing '...Mame'.
So, did you give it your own treatment, or did you do your impression of Rita? And what about the glove trick - that was part of the song's magic in the film, after all!
Did you sing more than one song...?
Hi, Bob.
About Gilda, I didn't want to do the glove thing, because it's very sexual and I wanted to make it sexy without it. So, I think my voice was definitely the glove. I had many inspirations for the interpretation, such as the famous femme fatale songs in "Gentlemen prefer blondes", "Cabaret", "The Fabulous Baker Boys" and "Who framed Roger Rabbit". I also confessed to the whole class that seeing these films made me down, since they are godesses and I couldn't reach their level of sexiness. I also added that I'd rather let my voice do the whole job, without any other accessory used (glove, diamonds, dress, hat, chair). In the part when Gilda does 'boys", I decided as a cinematic reference and as a personal joke to make it even lower, so it would make it sexier. My inspiration in that case was Carmen Jones, when in "Dat's love", she sings "boy" in a completely defiant way. So, I exagerated a lot on "boy", changed a bit of the rhythm to make the song mine, and finished it differently. I didn't stand up, I sat and sang in front of the audience. But I can tell you that it was a complete silence, and even the teacher was very attentive. When a girl asked for "Killing me softly" afterwards, he said "No, you can't end this medley as well as with Gilda". And he later revealed to me it was one of his favourite movie songs and that he enjoyed my performance a lot, as no other pupil in years has made him such a surprise (the medley having "As time goes by", "Le tourbillon", "Somewhere over the rainbow", "Cheek to cheek" and "Moon river").
shareCongratulations, french-ingenue17 ! I was a drummer in a rock band for a number of years and know well the satisfaction of a good performance in front of an appreciative audience. I like music of all eras.
Some day I will travel to Buenos Aires/ Uruguay and Patagonia and enjoy that part of the world too. Perhaps I will find the spirit of Gilda and Johnny still there... :=D
Most of us go to our grave with our music still inside us --- so keep singing!
Hi, Bob.