Adena's Podaraoke

This is one of my favorite songs as of late. It's from the musical The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Sorry the recording quality sucks, I really need to get a better mic. Until then, I'll keep on recording myself to see if I'm improving at all. Besides the higher note on the end I think I'm improving a bit.

Dude, I hear a bird. A Londonderry Bird!

Note, this song is supposed to be sung by a man. But I like it lots so I sing it anyway. It's about a guy who is cheating on his wife, and the guilt he feels when he wakes up next to his lover. For those of you who don't know this musical, you should check it out. It's good stuff.

Take Two.

...I admit... I don't know the musical. But the song appears on a lot of broadway solo cds. And I like it. So I'm singing it.

Probably one of the best creepy yet beautiful romanatic stalker songs ever written.

I have dreamed... that your arms are lovely...

This is a beautiful song. I home one day I will be able to do it justice.

This song visited the mainstream when it made an appearance in Dawson's Creek as Joey's talent show number a few years back. It has since been forgotten by the next generation of teenyboppers everywhere, but for those who know musical theater it's still one of those songs that every one sings a billion times until they get sick of it. I've avoided singing it for a while, because I feel like it's that song that everyone sings. But this morning I decided to sing it again, and I remembered why I love it so much. It's got that typical contemporary broadway build at the end - which is cheesy, but also really fun to play up from an acting perspective. So here's my take on the - contemporary classic - "I Dreamed a Dream."

Evening Primrose was a made-for-tv movie about people who are stuck living their lives in a mall. I've yet to find a copy of it, so my knowledge of the actual film is limited. But two songs have made their way into the popular sheet music books, and have been sung on various Sondheim compilation cds -- "I Remember" and "Take Me to the World." Here's my -- take -- on the later.