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  • The accent and the pace of the singing seriously don't bother me.

    What bothers me is her face: she doesn't look HAPPY.

    She looks and sounds bored which frankly, kind of ruins it...

  • I am from Liverpool and I have recently been to see "Blood Brothers" ( I actually Went to see it twice, I loved it so much) =D. I think that this is amazing for a high school play, the way this song is performed is quite like the poriginal soundtrack ( before bill kenwright took over the show). I will admit that sometimes it can be a bit fast. But its the one of the high points in the show! Gr8 job to the girl who played Mrs J, How she doesnt lsose her breather I dont know hahah! Gr8 Job Guys

  • I hate this!! Totally ruined Blood Brothers. The music is far too fast, the accent is awful and the acting is really terrible! Too much use of hands there doesnt have to be an action for every single word Mrs J sings!!

  • Too Fast

  • i saw well done to the girl who played Mrs J managing to actually get her breaths in and keep up with the band it was so bloody fast

  • audience dnt sound satisfied at the end =|

  • not that good, too fast, she sounds scottish/irish. no-one is in time!

  • she sounds american more than irish or scottish

    this needs a scouser

  • Urgh, wayy too fast, it sounds chaotic. Her accent is also strange, and the acting/blocking isn't great...

  • It sounds muddly as the speed in which it is played makes it more difficult to sing correctly. Some notes need to be held longer but they are cut short. A good effort though.

  • too much hand movements

  • I agree

  • I think mrs j needs to stop cutting off the notes cos she was like its a brand new daystop were moving awaystop when it should be its a brand new dayy were moving awaay

  • its a good set but shes out of time and what is the racket in the background?

  • i personally think this is amazing!! the set it better than some of the times ive seen blood brothers in theatre, i also believe this girl has got an amazing singing voice!! i think for a high school to perform this is really good!! if ytou had never saw the original in the theatre u wouldnt know any difference!! your all just being picky!! at the end of the day these are children performing, and not adults which have spent 30+ years in the business!! well done 2 all took part!!!

  • It's only a high school! Give them a break!

  • It's done way to fast which makes it sound really bad

  • Im very glad i found this clip on you tube. Its a great example of how NOT to do this song... which i will show my cast so they know. The set pretty much the only really good thing. mickey and sammy were pretty weak acting wise especially his " yaay " haha almost comical how bad it was. and the cow part also shivers down my spine just thinking of it! Musical Director that was way to fast what were you thinking. Was the choreo done by a 5 year old? Miss J can sing but acting...lets leave it there

  • i take that back...about miss j singing...

  • i think it gd but u just got to remember to actaully feel the words u r singing. It is a new start for them all and it should show alot of emotion. After all this show is full of that! and be careful with yuor hand movements! but other than that it well gd! and set works well!

  • i think you're all being very rude.

    constructive criticism is fair enough, but there's no need for all of this nastiness.

    sure, it needed improving, but bits of it were good :)

    i liked Mrs J's singing voice.

    and the set is fantastic!

  • it seems like a really good set was wasted!

    mrs j has no character in her spoken words, and her song is too rushed.

    the dancing and chorus were also VERY messy!

  • I LOVE THE SET!

  • nice set my college is crap with our sets we've never had anything that good

  • Okay. I hate sounding offensive and rude but i think this could be miles better and have to say i think personally it wasnt the best school performance of it. As The Mrs J sang to quick i could hardly hear the words. And alot didnt make sense. But great effort. Hope this wasnt offensive i was trying to be constructive for ya.

  • excellent set

  • that was horrible it was to fast and the cow bit was bad cos he didn't go off stage hav u heard the normal version it sounds much better

  • This makes me so grateful to have a good theater program.

    This is just so sad.

  • SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW DOWN!!! It sounds like it almost fell apart at 1:00 when the kids started singing. The Sammy/Cow/Bull part was HORRIBLE. Sammy and Donna Marie is suppose to run off-stage and the mom yells at them from the stage. And it's called a "vamp" you don't have to rush your speaking to fit in the orchestra. The orchestra is suppose to repeat that part to fit YOU.

  • What the freak. Why was that whole 'sammy! thats not a cow, its a bull" thing being left on there if he was just standing onstage. How queer. Otherwise, I think it was a pretty good school version!

  • terrable, too fast and not enough scouse...

  • CRAP!!!!!! the mother is odd

  • Not good.

  • two words ... SLOW DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!! the mother rushed the whole thing if shed done this at the right speed it would have helped everyone and infact would have made the perforamce 110% better.

  • the whole song sounded messy and rushed.

    the mother had no energy and sounded sick and tired of the song and what ever that sax or clarinet was doing il never guess.

    the background charachters? o god.

  • im doing this play in my proforming arts class these people r proper crap but strangly i like it for some reason

  • omg that was so bad. Very bad, it sounds like theres only drums and the drums are running away with it! Mother very bad, no charicter, Mickey was good but still pretty bad, and the performers just added extra notes which sounds terrible!

  • it is actually really bad. Some parts of it sound rather good but the main problem is the song being rushed and key lines in the song being thrown away, especially the 'sammy get off that cow, sammy that cows a bull !! line is ruined and rushed, so it sounds awful!

  • FOUR STARS?!?!? r u kidding me the actress playing the mother sucks and the ensemble too Blehhhhhhhhhhhh

  • Dreadful.

  • It makes me laught and then cry when i see people being so Rude, No its not as good as the west end, but ITs a School performance !!!! it was never ment to be, im sure alot of people worked very hard to pul this off, the set looks amazing and the cast are great to say they did this on the side of probebly a Load of exams and probebly studying another 10 subjects !!! Well done every one who took part :)

  • if you don't mind me asking, how big was the cast?

    my high school is doing this.

  • oh no no no no!

  • there's always anxiousness and fears on first performance like i said before you guys are tearing the girl apart when she never claimed to be an amazing singer if you don't like it fine but if she never said she was awesome why make her feel bad? this aint broadway this was not meant to be viewed outside of our school this girls proud father recorded his daughter doing what she loves how horrible!

  • if it's not ment to be viewed outside your school why put it on the web? Now seriously this is just getting plain stupid.

  • there's always anxiousness and fears on first performance like i said before you guys are tearing the girl apart when she never claimed to be an amazing singer if you don't like it fine but if she never said she was awesome why make her feel bad? this aint broadway this was not meant to be viewed outside of our school this girls proud father recorded his daughter doing what she loves how horrible!

  • there's always anxiousness and fears on first performance like i said before you guys are tearing the girl apart when she never claimed to be an amazing singer if you don't like it fine but if she never said she was awesome why make her feel bad? this aint broadway this was not meant to be viewed outside of our school this girls proud father recorded his daughter doing what she loves how horrible!

  • there's always anxiousness and fears on first performance like i said before you guys are tearing the girl apart when she never claimed to be an amazing singer if you don't like it fine but if she never said she was awesome why make her feel bad? this aint broadway this was not meant to be viewed outside of our school this girls proud father recorded his daughter doing what she loves how horrible!

  • this is awful! erghhh i love blood brothers, she upstaged herself aswell

    ahaha it annoys me when people do that after it been drilled into me in drama!

    errghhhh

    xxxxxx

  • This is utter drivel. Love this musical and have seen many different casts perform it in London. This is shocking. It didn't make for a bright new day for me

  • I'm a drummer and it isn't all that bad - don't forget there will be delay due to loudness of drums and time taken for camera to process it etc.

  • shes crap! and em what was the drummer doing!? its an insult to blood brothers!

  • dat drummer's pathetic can't keep a beat

  • Are You Canadiam is That Why You Suck At The Accent-No Offence =] x

  • yes it is a Canadian production. As none of the cast has ever seen the play, it is difficult to get the Liverpool accent down. For future productions could you be so lkind as reveal a source of how the accent should be. Why would the accent be so important, it is and English play and all are speaking English. Thanks Luv

  • the play reflects the hardships of working class in liverpool. the accent is paramount in creating the right setting for the play.

  • Although I'm sure the people of Liverpool are aware of the accents, people outside of the UK would be hard pressed to know if an accent is from Liverpool, Ireland, or Scotland. The school has also done the Merchant of Venice and did not use Italian accents, without complaints.

  • merchant of venice does not rely on accents. shakespeare wrote it and had never been to italy!

    willy russell who wrote blood brothers was from liverpool and thus the play is set there.

    the plot does not rely on a liverpudlian accent but it certainly enhances it. some of the songs require the accent to rhyme and sound right.

    just my opinion.

  • Well there is a huge difference between all three accents mentioned so really it shouldn't be that hard. Plus a little research wouldn't do anyone any harm.

  • ahh if u havent seen the play b4 then all then u did a gr8 job its hard to do something that uve never seen b4..if u ever get the chance u should see it hehe

  • @tonyblak - but still, the accent is important... Its not the same without it... :/

  • @tonyblak well canadas actor are awfulll

  • i like it but teh accents arnt scouse but im sure u tried ur best i really do like it tho -ur a great singer doent listen to the twats bellow since when canthey sing a note?

  • Pathetic

  • you can't act

    nor can you sing

    ps. nice accent.

    NOT.

    YOU SUCK!

  • oh yes you're real tough now BECAUSE YOU CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER if you can well you have a bad attitude! i knwo this girl we're close she's great i don't remember her ever saying she was the best so shut up!

  • oh dear lord

    LEARN TO BREATH! MRS JOHNSTONE IS THE PILLAR THAT KEEPS THE WHOLE PLAY!!!!

    gaaaah

    miscast

    definitely

    apart from that

    i have nothing else to say

  • it's highschool you only have so many options with singers alright and she is good they did three performances that was the first

  • The amount of performances doesn't mean anything?... and she's not good.. I mean, as steph above mentioned she's the pillar to the whole show besides the Narrator so ye have at least to get her right.. and majority are saying it's shocking so afraid majority rules.

  • there's always anxiousness and fears on first performance like i said before you guys are tearing the girl apart when she never claimed to be an amazing singer if you don't like it fine but if she never said she was awesome why make her feel bad? this aint broadway this was not meant to be viewed outside of our school this girls proud father recorded his daughter doing what she loves how horrible!

  • Oh My Word.

    AWFUL!!

  • I agree! I don't mean to be nasty but the song also speeds up way too much and is not well acted.

  • Hiya im playing Mrs.Johnstone in are highschool play :) well we do it...errm differently it's slower at the start and well we do it completly differntly and we do the acsents and everything but oh well good try

  • thats just crap! the americans tryin 2 do the liverpudlian accent is funny tho!!!

  • we aren't americans...we are from Canada lol

  • Americans can't do the scouse accent its funny lol! The parts wer'nt thought about obviously!

  • this was terrible. The drums killed it!!!

  • ...i just played mickey last year...and he sounds old...he's supposed to be like 8 here...haha. and too fast....oh god. well nice try

  • 2 words....Piss...Poor.

  • Did the entire cast and orchestra take speed before this number?

  • LOL!!!

  • words defy me

  • YEAAAA look at that professional lite job =D lol

    stef, jus dun 4get who REALLY made u the star ;)

  • I should be shot eh, you don't even know me...saying someone should be shot is wayy harsh, just cuz you don't like their voice.

  • No it's because you can't act love. Do you know what a liverpudlian accent is?

  • i sure don't ,i'm from canada....

  • if you listen i dont think any of us really got the accent down, but honestlyyyyy this isn't broadway, its a high school play from canada eh!

  • lol good for you. That's a good answer!

  • Yes you should, Your guys killed the play? Where did these drums come from? :| Nad to be honest you can't act.. sorry

  • Why can't she sing? She should be shot.. You didn't total terror to the play.

  • im not crazy im unique

  • its ok lol....its kinda funny watching him hehe

  • lol sorry...he is a pretty crazy character like that in real life as well!

  • i no i was just asking flip sake lyk

  • mickey keeps falling in our version, because it is "our" version, not the original...hence why they don't call it the original...the only thing thats the same is the lyrics and music!

  • hehe kl

  • THATS ME!

  • y does mickey keep falling over but he doesnt do that in the proper production

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