Seth Rudetsky - Deconstructs "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" (from Anything Goes)

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@gsche 6 жыл бұрын

"Her version of 'speaking' is belting an F"

@TomBacchus 4 жыл бұрын

"She glares at them with her voice." Why we love Patti!

@augmentedcarmen 8 жыл бұрын

"The first musical she did, where she didn't die" OH god

@jammingrag1339 8 жыл бұрын

"Listen to my N! I went to Juilliard training" 😂

@irisbjones 2 жыл бұрын

She is actually singing note for note what Cole Porter wrote. The octave choices, vibrato, etc are all in the score. (I just finished doing the show and preforming this number :) If you listen to the horn section, so much of what is written vocally mimics the horn lines. In the section - "once i was headed for hell" some low brass is doing the same legato or pulled out note as she is. Patti knows this, and is a brass player herself, so she is singing like she is IN the band blending and playing like a horn player (not on top of them). (in a song about a horn!) This is one of the most beautifully arranged jazz swing scores out there. There's a reason most of Cole Porter's tunes are jazz standards - they swing! Thanks for such an awesome video :)

@inplainsight131 7 жыл бұрын

I honestly can't even understand how much sound comes out of her mouth. Every time she opens her mouth I can't believe it.

@janeflip1 Жыл бұрын

His facial expressions are so funny! I can learn so much from his critique! He is brilliant with his breakdown of this performance.

@dannyjackson8325 7 жыл бұрын

I've always been so obsessed with that sassy chorus member! I was so thrilled to know that Seth was as well haha

@lesbianete 6 жыл бұрын

ive never heard someone say she has bad diction but honestly her diction is so extra its the best

@ladybobfishcake6979 8 жыл бұрын

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this song. The dance routine in the Sutton revival is golden

@ladybobfishcake6979 8 жыл бұрын

BLOODY HELL PATTI HAS A VOICE LIKE A WHOLE HORN SECTION

@JuliusDavis77 Жыл бұрын

I will never stop watching these deconstructions.

@hbro234 8 жыл бұрын

At my school we did How to Succeed and Anything Goes... the same person played Ms. Jones and sang that random high note LMAO

@tristanmcconnell7497 6 жыл бұрын

The vibrato on 'here' is like gospel gold. Love Patti!

@wilshawlr 9 жыл бұрын

What's with all these people hating on the Patti Howl!? I thought she sounded fantastic in Anything Goes. In fact, that's my favorite cast recording of the show! Patti has done SO many cabaret performances in which she doesn't belt or "shout", I suggest going to check those out before saying that she only screams.

@laughfrodisiac2400 9 жыл бұрын

"the first musical she did where she didn't die" hahahaha

@MartyMusic777 6 жыл бұрын

I keep seeing people's comments like "she screams, yells her face off, etc". Do people not realize that she just has this mammoth voice by nature? In opera, she would have been a dramatic mezzo - there's enough pure force to knock you straight off your feet, and she's been doing it for 40+ years without a hint of having to stop. She sings that way because it suits her voice, not because she thinks it'll tick you off a bit.

@irisbjones 2 жыл бұрын

Also - Patti made it to Broadway well before body mics were standard. You used to get the job because you could sing to the back row and last 8 shows a week! Body mics have changed everything about the technique.

@frederickcombs8661 8 жыл бұрын

If Ethel Merman were alive, she'd say... "can we just sing the fucking song already?"

@kitkatzenschwartz 7 жыл бұрын

My husband does an awesome Merman imitation with her version. It is a stitch.

@alisonsnider8562 8 жыл бұрын

I'm playing Reno right now and the frikkin riff on "higher" is going to kill me I swear

@ferreri26 11 жыл бұрын

i cannot express the amount of joy i experienced all throughout this deconstruction! one of my absolute favorite numbers by one of my favorite leading ladies... BRAVA SETH AND PATTI!

@BuckyNugget 4 жыл бұрын

I used to listen to this song over and over and over! It reminds me of "Brotherhood of Man" with its revival zeal that starts with one person singing and ends with the whole company on their feet.

@mbr2000_ 5 жыл бұрын

"listen to my n, i have julliard training"

@KatharineForsyth 6 жыл бұрын

I wonder if he ever found out who the guy in the chorus was who was "upstaging Patti in the best way".

@stephgordon7734 9 жыл бұрын

love, love love! this song is supposed to be BIG and she delivers!!

@missduh101 10 жыл бұрын

I listen to it just like Seth omg...

@jayoungr 9 жыл бұрын

I've listened to this recording many times, but this video points out a ton of things I never noticed before. Great analysis--thanks!

@rosietheriveter-wecandoit7417 4 жыл бұрын

I've always adored musicals; listening to you deconstruction, however, is the icing on the cake!

@major600 7 жыл бұрын

I had a chance to hear many show tunes when I attended Millsaps College in Jackson, MS because Lehman Engel, the great Broadway musical conductor, bequeathed his whole album collection to our library. I remember his copy of the "Chitty Chitty, Bang Bang" soundtrack was autographed to him by Sally Ann Howes.

@babyturtles123 10 жыл бұрын

Seth, now that you did Patti, can you please do Sutton, and show the quality of the differences between the voices and the different arrangements??? Please and Thank you!

@jackceli1684 5 жыл бұрын

I just started watching these on KZfaq and I have to say I'm in love with Seth

@christiecorrea1653 4 жыл бұрын

I must confess I've watched this video too many times to count. Love, love, love Patti and this video gives me life!

@isabellondono1993 2 жыл бұрын

These are my comfort KZfaq videos.

@thechristopheraguilar 8 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Thank you for the good time and education

@broadwaygeeker 10 жыл бұрын

I have to sing this song for a workshop I'm in right now. It's literally just me as Reno and then everyone else as, everyone else. The teacher trying to get me to sing it like patti! It's so hard!

@jaygatz4335 Жыл бұрын

I got to see Patti in this production at Lincoln Center and it was a highlight of my B'way show experiences. She had such power.

@VincentMichael207 4 жыл бұрын

omg I absolutely loved this!

@janetjones4507 6 жыл бұрын

This is hysterical. Amazing!

@ernlwjr2 5 жыл бұрын

That is brilliant!!!

@asmileisspecial 11 жыл бұрын

Seth, you're wonderful!

@Broadwaybabymara 11 жыл бұрын

I'm so obsessed with this now

@joshuavandyne7334 5 ай бұрын

I was SO OBSESSED with this production-att, I saw Patti 6 times!!! (3 of them were a present for choosing to do an extra long Haftorah portion for my Bar Mitzvah!! 😂 ) as well as once with The Fabulous Leslie Uggams who was a brilliant replacement…. No production before or since has EVER come close! (I enjoyed Stephanie J. Block in the revival …..)

@colettebrandenburg1 11 жыл бұрын

YESSSSS!!! I was worried that the deconstructions weren't continuing and now they are even longer!!! Mr. Rudetsky inspires us with his contagious enthusiasm once again! love it!

@kelcikosin9735 3 жыл бұрын

I love these videos and I wish Seth Rudetsky would continue to make them!!!

@MichelLafleche 6 жыл бұрын

I LOVE your videos...you are a very talented and hilarious!

@whatdoyousuppose 9 жыл бұрын

Probably my favorite Patti performance :) awesome deconstruction Seth!

@wdestrempsmecke 5 жыл бұрын

You are fabulous! So smart and entertaining! Thank you!

@IntendJOY 4 жыл бұрын

Fabulous! Thanks for this. I saw her. I directed/choreographed it twice in Scandinavia. I love your deconstructions!

@9raider 11 жыл бұрын

UGH SO AMAZING! Seth, you are hilarious and this is a wonderful Patti-worthy deconstruction!

@JustinWilliamsStageDesign 4 жыл бұрын

I loved your analysis of this!

@MisterOtis 10 жыл бұрын

This is one of the most entertaining clips I've watched on youtube in the past year (excluding NPH & PL in Company). Your hilarious & informative dissection is brilliant - thanks for the endorphin rush!

@SchellyBelle 10 жыл бұрын

This has always been one of my favorites from her. Loved your video and the great ear you have! :)

@davidbuchman4112 7 жыл бұрын

SchellyBelle e

@gerrygarcia653 6 жыл бұрын

Your are great at this. I don't know much about singing or music except for my dad who played guitar and accordion and sang Lara but you make this easy and so understandable for most of us. Thanks

@LittleSockMonkey 10 жыл бұрын

Seth's hatred for the secretary from "How to Succeed..." just made my day.

@3NU 7 жыл бұрын

I died at "Wrong show, Ms. Jones."

@jdstarot 2 жыл бұрын

I did not know Patti was a smoker! Love your videos Seth!

@mbr2000_ 5 жыл бұрын

THAT CHORUS GIRL I CANT

@Shell4226 9 жыл бұрын

Amen, Kevin! I've been waiting for somebody to post the '62 revival forever. Eileen Rogers was GREAT.

@Rachelsingssongsxxxx 11 жыл бұрын

patti is amazing and seth i love u so much xxx :)

@StephenDeCesare 10 жыл бұрын

A lot of what he is deconstructing of what Patti is singing comes straight from the 1963 score. Patti is actually singing the notes that are written.

@AminaCamille 11 жыл бұрын

Seth completes my life.

@aavauxhall 11 жыл бұрын

Oh Seth. You are absolutely marvellous. I'M obsessed. As for Patti, obsession has crossed over into possession. She's the greatest...

@kevinr.m.richardson812 9 жыл бұрын

When it comes to Anything Goes, there always seems to be so little love for the 1962 version which, while having fewer songs and a simpler plot, relies much less on showboating. Eileen Rogers as Reno gives just as intricate a vocal performance as Patti Lupone did twenty-five years later - plus, she did it in more vocally cumbersome keys and with a more subdued style rather than just belting her face off and carrying it with brass. I'd love to see a deconstruction comparing those two Renos.

@patrickmcgowan3617 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to hear the comparison as well. I'm a fan of this version as well.

@donwardell4605 3 жыл бұрын

A familiar door is opened, but what's behind it ???- A whole new life. I'm amazed, grateful and informed - Thank you so very much Don W

@bethcrawford7427 4 жыл бұрын

Oh Lord honey, you are a treasure!

@ruthjames795 11 жыл бұрын

I am so happy to have viewed this deconstruction because though I totally enjoy Patti''s voice, I was always confused by how and why she chooses to use it as she does......Thank you, Seth

@IanMillerMusic 11 жыл бұрын

New deconstructions = ... Amazing

@meredithlouise3415 6 жыл бұрын

Seth I am obsessed with you

@selja26 11 жыл бұрын

..heading for Heeell - hell yeah!

@larissabrewington9065 10 жыл бұрын

10:05----- or the GUYS AND DOLLS Church Band Note Woman...(I can't remember the character's name), in "Sit Down You're Rockin' The Boat" (the revival with Nathan Lane and Faith Prince...can't remember the year.)

@hinwer 7 жыл бұрын

Larissa Brewington General Cartwright...?

@nicholastyler2714 6 жыл бұрын

11:46 dat BRASS!!

@lovesingread 11 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh I don't know but now I'm panicked.

@collegealgebravideos9540 3 жыл бұрын

I think Cole Porter should get at least a little credit for the notes he wrote.

@Guimmi 11 жыл бұрын

Sutton Foster!

@russellewis3331 5 жыл бұрын

Sutton Foster's dance captain from Anything Goes!!! (the brunette) :)

@danielpruna9884 Жыл бұрын

OMG. I had to suscribe you are every gay man's best friend and or roommate, or other. Too good to be true! Enchanting. Magically lively and enjoying life with the beauty of true talent. I can't thank you enough for your videos. Don't hate me for being honest.

@Rachelsingssongsxxxx 11 жыл бұрын

hahaha I love seth and patti she is just perfection and I love it cause shes so real and shes a diva hahahahahaha but I wouldn't like to get on the wrong side f her though hahaha remember the gypsy incident lols that shocked me so much but im over it now hahahaha anyway my point is shes brilliant BRAVA XXXXXXXXXX :D I LOVE U PATTI XXXXXX :)

@gregglienna1442 6 жыл бұрын

No one sings that song as great as Ethel Merman.

@djfreemind1 4 жыл бұрын

That high note is a gospel button on top....its an African American cultural influence probably added to the tune for color!

@grapiken7766 8 жыл бұрын

Seth... I really want you to meet Barbra Streisand!

@BernardProfitendieu 5 жыл бұрын

I saw this production, it was at the Vivian Beaumont. It was dated (and not in a good way)

@Stu228 6 жыл бұрын

No one will ever top Ethel on this number!

@ethanauburn6825 4 жыл бұрын

3:44 sir you have nothing to say, sorry

@KenDanieli 5 жыл бұрын

Less coffee

@stellafisher9291 3 жыл бұрын

seth lip synching makes everything better

@gjm1953 7 жыл бұрын

Ever since we got SiriusXM in our new car, I've been listening to the Broadway channel. And Seth Rudetsky is one of the hosts. While I appreciate his wonderfully extensive knowledge of music and Broadway in general, I can only listen to him for so long. Why in hell doesn't someone tell him that speaking that fast is just annoying? And It's a damn shame, because we could all benefit from his insights.

@tomkuwahara188 10 жыл бұрын

Not a big fan of Lupone as Seth is. I think she's Ethel Merman louder and screamier. Always on the edge of glass shattering, pushing her tone and sounding very strained on her upper notes. Today's audiences love loud and high for noise's sake, as if subtle was a mortal sin. Ethel was loud but in her early days was in tune, rhythmically right on, and the perfect 30s musical voice, brassy but always musical. Patti seems to be always hitting you over the head with a vocal hammer, saying look, look how loud I can sing! And just for the record, a lot of those notes he's so in love with are IN the score, not Patti's invention as he seems to indicate. Let's give George Gershwin some credit.

@jerelsangabriel6380 10 жыл бұрын

I thought Cole Porter wrote the score. Did George Gershwin contribute to this song?

@jayoungr 9 жыл бұрын

Yuki Onna I don't think Gershwin contributed. Mr. Kuwahara must have meant Cole Porter.

@SoulShines4U 9 жыл бұрын

How about giving Cole Porter his due instead since Anything Goes is his baby not Gershwin's. BTW - Your nuts, Patti Lupone is amazing and a Broadway legend.

@tomkuwahara188 9 жыл бұрын

LYacky1 She's loud, I'll give her that and always pushes too hard. But most people these days think the louder the better.

@SoulShines4U 9 жыл бұрын

tom kuwahara Yes she's loud, that we can definitely agree on. lol I don't necessarily think louder is better however properly trained actors & musicians learn very early in the art of projection. I curse the birth of the microphone which nowadays causes more harm than good. There is absolutely no need for every single person on stage to be miked especially in the smaller Broadway & off Broadway theatres. I digress though... I really just think Patti is a product of both her heritage and her training, hence the big voice. It's certainly not everyone's cup of tea and I respect that but to me, big belty voices is what Broadway is all about. Ethel Merman, Patti Lupone, and now this generations belters like Sutton Foster & Megan Hilty have voices that are meant for the musical stage.

@machovoce6826 5 жыл бұрын

Lupone is wonderfully talented but this is a considerable distant second to Merman.

@95KIPPIE 10 жыл бұрын

OMG, another knockoff by Patti by the Greatest of all, Miss Ethel Merman. She seems to always be riding on Merman's coat tails. Yes, Patti is talented, but someone needs to write scores exclusively for you. And, Seth, you obviously haven't heard it done by the true queen, herself, back in 1977 at Carnegie.

@allthatjazzspaz95 10 жыл бұрын

Lol well Merman is dead. Patti will have to suffice.

@dohaperson1 7 жыл бұрын

The great thing about plays and musicals is that other artists can play the part. Merman was great....Patti is great. Great!

@russellewis3331 5 жыл бұрын

And Sutton Foster is amazing!!