While browsing the Facebook fanpage of Lea Salonga--totally amazing Broadway artist and an inspiring Filipina--I stumbled across something posted by a fan against her haters (who troll her because they did not like her support for the end to child abuse and humiliation in game shows on national TV; and because they're pathetic people with no lives and too many Facebook accounts). That thing her fan posted was a link to a Youtube video of "Do You Hear the People Sing?". And thus started my overplaying of Les Miserables songs.
I've played almost all the Les Mis songs, and have come to the conclusion that I love these three songs best. My criteria? I CAN'T STOP playing them. The replay button is overused as it is.
ON MY OWN, a solo by Lea Salonga. This is the first Les Mis song I've heard, thanks to a CD of assorted Broadway songs my mom bought about seven years ago. This was the song I remember whenever someone mentions Les Mis, which was not often. Lea Salonga's vocals = AWESOMETASTICALLY AMAZING. No one, absolutely no one, sings the way she does.
ONE DAY MORE, sang by the whole cast. I loved it the second I heard it! The arrangement, the blending of their voices, the lyrics, the accompaniment, the everything. It's like a babel of emotions being expressed all at once, sounding harmonious not in spite of, but because of their disunity. I'm waxing philosophical now. Go click on the link before I ramble on.
DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?, led by Enjolras, Combeferre, and Feuilly. This video is my favorite, hands down. I felt like punching the air with my fist, my heart singing out to their cause, my blood beating in my veins. How I would have given everything to march on with them, to a new world or to the death! Yeah, that just proves I'm a warfreak female. But seriously, the thought of freedom, courage, honor, etc. is an exciting one, something you'd willingly give your life for. Of course, when it comes to the reality of war, men would shiver in their boots and wonder why they ever left their homes. But the ideal of fighting for the freedom of a people...it makes your heart sing, doesn't it? And this song perfectly captures that feeling.
I have not yet read Victor Hugo's novel. I have not seen any part of the play/show. But I love it already, and all because of its songs. I'm going to head off to the Uni library and borrow their copy of the book. I'm pretty sure it's just rotting there. But where can I download a video of the play, do you know?
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