Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Let It Go (A Semitone)

from USA Today

Idina performed
Let It Go
Along with Jimmy Fallon and
The Roots 
A completely different setting 
To the Oscars

Surrounded by musicians
Relaxed
Casual 
Playing classroom instruments
Everyone clearly
Having a total blast 

For whatever reason
The instruments they're playing?
Vocal exhaustion?
(The woman has flown across country
Twice in as many days
Performed at an intensely hyped 
Awards ceremony,
Her collaborators won a bunch of 
Said awards
And she's in tech rehearsals
For a new Broadway show
That's gotta take some sort of toll) 
The arrangement is down
A semitone from the original
And what a difference
A semitone makes! 

Without the microphones
Flying cameras or 
Hollywood elite 
Staring up at her
You can hear the full power of 
Idina's voice
The. Woman. Can. Belt. 
And oh god, it's 
Thrilling

The money note
It's just a D
Idina's got this 
Let the storm rage OOOOOOON.
YES!

Nailed it.

2 comments:

  1. I LOVE that it's been taken down a semitone. How realistic to belt an Eb for weeks/months/years on end? It's just not! Well done, Ms Dazeem!

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    1. Exactly! I wonder what the final B'Way version will be??? Or how many Elsa's they'll have to go through...

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