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Quique

OMO - Worst EVER.

I'm thinking the person who uploaded this thought this is Jayne Draper, but it sounds scarily like a much whinier Frances Ruffelle as sung on the OLC album.

Can anyone confirm if this is actually Jayne or if it's Frances?

It's quite possibly the worst "On My Own" I've ever heard. The "I've only been pretending" is so weird, it's shocking.
Shocked

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpNL4r1RE1w
Xxmcfly85xX

Wow. That is the weirdest on my own I've ever heard! I personally think it sounds like Frances, but I can't be sure...
dcrowley

It is Jayne... i was the one who traded the audio to the person who uploaded it on youtube... I also have a video of Jayne's performance... she is just horrific. and I despise how she goes down on "pretending"... uggg... she is so bad.
Timmy_Wishes he was Quast

*Spits* How can you say thats Ruffelle? She's in a completely different class to that! A better class too!!
blue wind

wow...she, ummm...okay.

if i didn't know better, i would have thought this was a clip from an elementary school that tried to put put on le miz and cast a 4th grader as eponine. Shocked
dcrowley

Timmy_Wishes he was Quast wrote:
*Spits* How can you say thats Ruffelle? She's in a completely different class to that! A better class too!!


Agreed... there is no way that drivel should ever be mistaken for Tony Award winning Frances Ruffelle.
Timmy_Wishes he was Quast

Thank you. *satisfied his voice has been heard*
EponineBarker

Her 'pretending' is weird. That is totally NOT Frances. (I know this was already established, but I was just agreeing.)

I didn't even listen to the whole thing.
Quique

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Frances' Eponine. Always have.

I said that this person sounded a lot like a whinier version of her. I even thought there may have been a possibility it was Frances due to it sounding almost exactly like her in the pronunciation of the words. Jayne obviously tried to copy Frances' OLC recording performance, and did an awful job of it too!

I am so relieved it's not Frances. I was afraid this may have been a VERY bad day for her, or something, lol.
lostquiche

*cringe* That was truly awful. That person is really on broadway or something?
The Very Angry Woman

lostquiche wrote:
That person is really on broadway or something?


No.
dcrowley

She was in the west End Production in 1988-89
LaurelDP

Wow.

That was seriously hard to listen to.

Can she even call herself a singer?
Quique

Incredible isn't it? I can't believe she was actually cast in this show. What were they thinking? lol.

It makes sense that it's from the late 80's. During that time, most Eponines did very bad imitations of Frances. It was almost as if her voice type was a requirement and actresses would overdo the high pitchiness severely (Natalie Toro and Michelle Nicastro are good examples).

On the flip side, this is probably one of the best high school renditions of the song I've heard.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9GI7_jV5DU
Glissando

Am I the only one that YouTube is being stupid to? First, it was giving me problems about messaging, now it's not letting me watch videos.
The Very Angry Woman

Quique wrote:
It was almost as if her voice type was a requirement


Actually, it was. A lot of the first replacement Equity calls asked the actors to listen to the OBC and imitate them.
Quique

I'd think you're being sarcastic, but I actually read that somewhere myself. That would also explain why so many Fantines sounded like Randy Graff, hehe.

So glad things have changed, lol. Like I said before, love Frances, but hate the bad imitations. So annoying!
LaurelDP

I don't like Ruffelle's Eponine.

I'm not a les mis fanatic... I never even really knew the plot/songs/characters until I was in the show. So I'm not forcing my opinion as the "right" one.
Our Eponine was far more masculine than Ruffelle's. I liked that interpretation... it just fit, in my opinion.
Quique

I'm not too fond of Frances on the OLC recording, but I love her OBC performance. Many think it's screechy and annoying. I think it's perfect, though she isn't my favorite.

My favorite will always be Sutton Foster. And I've recently fallen in love with Minako Honda's interpretation as well. Amazing.
dcrowley

Have you guys ever heard Renee Venezail? She was Eponine in the 1989 tour. She sounds like Frances with a cold. I also think Michelle Nicastro was very similar to Frances Rufelle...

My favorite Eponine is Celia Keenan Bolger... she nailed Eponine's personality, I think. Vocal wise I really enjoy Sutton, Jodie Langle, and Kerry Butler
herkind

Totally agree with you on Celia. She brought so much depth to the character presenting the ugly side of Eponine first but as the show wore you began to feel for her as you realize how much she was suffering.

I love Laura Michelle Kelly's vovals and heard she was a really bitter, jaded Eponien but I never saw since I live in the US. Sutton really did sing the crap out of that score.
Glissando

Three best Eponines (in my opinon):
Lea Solonga
Celia Keenan-Bolger
Megan McGinnis (I saw her, and she was AMAZING, I thought)
fatty_ponine

HAHA Laughing
Her "pretending" made me laugh!!!
Was she sick on that preforming day? XDDD
may

I know this will be unpopular but I really don't like Lea S's voice as Eponine on the 10th anniversary recording... every word is just too pronounced... oh and whoever is Eponine on the Manchester recording with Philip Quast and Jeff Leyton ... not good. (Fav so far is Sophia Ragavelas and whoever is on the original London cast recording)
Fantine

From what I've seen, I really like Sutton and Celia.

(Why are we having this conversation again?)
Glissando

*twitchtwitch* Oh, that was bad.
mastachen

Quique wrote:
Incredible isn't it? I can't believe she was actually cast in this show. What were they thinking? lol.

It makes sense that it's from the late 80's. During that time, most Eponines did very bad imitations of Frances. It was almost as if her voice type was a requirement and actresses would overdo the high pitchiness severely (Natalie Toro and Michelle Nicastro are good examples).

On the flip side, this is probably one of the best high school renditions of the song I've heard.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9GI7_jV5DU


just wondering, does anyone know which high school its from or who she is?
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