Michael Crawford & Barbara Bonney - All I Ask of You

[zapkvr]

I'm not a big fan of Andrew Lloyd Whooppee but when I heard Jackie Evancho sing this I had to come look for Crawf's rendition. Not as good. Peace:)

[lemonjamz]

...If Raoul sang this and then the Phantom...I'm sure Christine would choose the Phantom...not because Raoul is bad...the Phantom is just...SEXIER

[CharmedBalthazar]

@lemonjamz Yeah sure if you could get past the deformity and the fact that he's a raving psychopathic murderers and abusive madman, then sure, he's a nice fella.

[garthphantomlife]

Why I love this man.

I really like at 3:48 when he does the cool undertone thing, but mostly I just love Michael Crawford. :D <3 <3

[Holtaay]

had to download some of these I'm 30yr old and this reminds me of going to coast for day wiv family and listenin to this kind of stuff coz mi mam were a snob, good memories tho

[crazyemolass]

when he says "love me thats all i ask of you" my heart string twang and i start to tremble and almost cry :..)

[itsmeLAURAAA]

I am so glad this exists.

[bangaw5758]

Lady in the picture is Sarah Brightman, ex wife of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

[Firestarjude]

Are you sure this is Barbara Bonney? It's very unusual rep for her...

[CharmedBalthazar]

@Firestarjude That's what it says on the album... :-/ note that the picture is obviously not of her.

[EnsnaredSenses]

God. His voice is so beautifully soft and emotive.

[bibliophilecb]

Erm, her name is Barbara Bonney, not Bonnery. She's a very prominent opera and classical singer.

[CharmedBalthazar]

@bibliophilecb That's weird! I swear she's labeled Bonnery on the album.. Anyway, ill fix it!

[GoddessMoney]

This has always been my favorite version of this song. I just love Michael Crawford, and he sings this song so well, just as he does all songs he sings.

[nancy1wv]

He sings so perfectly. Just an awsome concert he put on.

[lordrobert12]

I love you, Michael. You will always be the true phantom!

[71crm]

This would make a beautiful lullaby to sing to a baby! :D

[71crm]

@71crm P.S. Michael sang it beautifully as always!

[CrossAcademyNinja]

Michael, you dont have to ask us to love you...we already do with every inch of our hearts

[HoneyAlasdair]

dear god, absolutely tremulous, tender, heavenly....

[ChorusGirlVT]

This woman sounds remarkably like Sarah! She's not, but they have similar sounds.

[caprice6]

This was made during Michael Crawford's Andrew Lloyd Webber World Tour in 1992.

[caprice6]

Michael Crawford studied Raoul's part even watched old movies of the Phantom, studied their Raoul.

[caprice6]

Originally for couple of months, Michael Crawford believed that Andrew Lloyd Webber wanted him to be Raoul until he showed up for his audition and found out he wanted him to be the Phantom

[sirtinycreep]

Who thinks Michael sings it too fast?

[phantomcrawford]

Now I finally know what it sounds like when The Phantom actually gets to finish his song. lol. Michael sings it beautifuly. I'll just pretend The Phantom is singing this to me. Michael sounds superb as always but Barbara Bonnery's voice is a little to deep sounding and I don't like how she rounds her vowels so much. Michael Crawford can sing anything!♥

[angelofmusic1701]

Omg noone can sing this better then him.. i love it..

[KelliLynn1000]

Is there anything this man CAN'T do?

Love him =)

[frithandinle]

Loves it so bad n__n. Wahahaha

[Gelertsrock]

Michael Crawford!? Erik, not Raoul?! OHEMGEE!!

[CharmedBalthazar]

@Gelertsrock It's from one of his own albums. And i can't really blame him for wanting to sing this song. It's one of the awesome songs which the Phantom dosen't get to sing fully. :)

[caprice6]

@Gelertsrock Did you know originally, Michael thought Andrew Lloyd Webber wanted him to play Raoul at the first only audition, he spent hrs study Raoul's part from various movies the 1943 especially with Claude Rains and he had sung this song first to Andrew Lloyd Webber's audition. Andrew had to explain to Michael, he wanted him to play the romantic lead, not romantic supporting. Michael nearly fainted with disbelief.