RENT (1996 OBC Recording) - "One Song Glory"

[nadioluvz]

I wish I could go back in time and see the OBC perform. Yes, others have been great, but nothing ever truly compares to the original.

[xXelmoscaresmeXx]

I used to strongly dislike this song, but then I saw it live (yesterday actually) and just...I never really *listened* to it...I mean. I heard it, but I didn't *listen*. Seeing live I really *listened* to it, and I bawled.

[xxkewldudexx]

I used to think this was toohigh for me, then I got the sheet and tried to sing it, and voila! A bit up there (high A-flat), but nothing belt couldn't fix.

[WinterTheBlackQueen]

i love Rent. of course, the original Broadway cast will always triumph over the movie and other makes of it, but no matter who sings this song, I will always get the shivers. The good kind. The kind that makes you go "Wow." <3 Rent

[KenKaniffx95]

I get chills everytime.

[hrc071995]

I get to play Roger in a genderbent RENT my friends and I are working on. Me= SO EXCITED.

[tigereye04]

seeing rent front row is among the life experiences i will never forget. hearing this as a teenager (i'm 26) did more than anything but "the picture of dorian gray" to help me accept my bisexuality. such a powerful song and adam powell worked the hell out of it.

[RunFastNumber40]

@tigereye04 I hear you. I was introduced to this last year (still a teenager) and it totally changed my life... I actually like myself now.

[kaas244]

i dont really like the way he sings the song. except the refrain

[FoolDuke]

I can't stop singing this song.

[nydanv]

Check out David Guetta feat. Sia - Titanium

Sounds the same.

[tuggymonster1]

@nydanv not really. I'm listening to the song now, and it isn't the same. Its kinda different. With more of a techno remix autotune tinge. This is the raw stuff that is human

[LifeHathImmortality]

Goosebumps. Every time. Damn, Adam Pascal is good.

[Ashiataka]

8 people didn't get their blaze of glory.

[KevinMoranMusic]

The scary part is, we're doing Rent in September, and I genuinely think my friend does this better than this, I never thought I'd say it

[LifeHathImmortality]

@KevinMoranMusic actually no...that's not possible. sorry.

[KevinMoranMusic]

@LifeHathImmortality I wouldn't have thought so either

[IDontShine423]

He's constantly singing- but can never write one. O.O That makes no sense- therefore make Jonathan Larson a total freakin' genius. ^-^

[NS9213]

Geoff Tate, Rob Halford, Bruce Dickinson..................Ada­m Pascal.

Need anymore be said.

[THEmrslautner94]

I love this song! <3 Adam does an amazing job every single time.

[snoopy448]

id say the part thats the best is the end cause he sings a amazing song then goes...ughh..the door. XD

[ronsgurl77]

Love this song...Friend sang it for a college concert,,,I still get goosebumps every time I hear it

[REDX3211]

Rent makes me cry everytime i see whether on stage or the film , always tearing up , but this is one of my fav. songs on the soundtrack

[1234animecrazy]

:3 ... *Sniffle*

[clerlovescows]

i havent seen a proper broadway or london version .. just an amature one which was good enough for me but so mnay people walked out .. such a shame but as you guys say everyone has there opion on it

[Alucardry1]

apparently 8 people won't find their glory...

[IIzDavid]

@senrivlin Yeah, that's Pascal.

[senrivlin]

Who is this? It's not Pascal, is it?

[BeautifullyTragicxx]

Why doesn't he just write down this song? I mean, it's really good...

[NYCprincess7]

@BeautifullyTragicxx Right! Why work soo hard to write a song throughout the show instead of using this?? :)

[lonewolfhayato]

@NYCprincess7 lol its not really a song its an expression of what he's thinking I'm pretty sure

[NYCprincess7]

@NYCprincess7 haha,i know:)

[MoMoRocks111]

@BeautifullyTragicxx LOL. I know. But did you hear the ending? It sounds...Incomplete. The point is sorta that he's lost inspiration, so much that he can't finish his own solo number :)

[Theatreguy34]

One song.. before the virus takes over.. That line kills me every time.

[jokejock]

I <3. Rent

[rockwill12]

i've got 100% guitar tabs on this one if anyone needs it, it's easy mode to play =)

[wolfdemon1818]

I had heard of Rent before but had never had see the movie or the play. That is till last night. I fell deeply in love with the play and Rent has stolen a place in my heart. This song is one of my favorites.

[cooljen94]

So Genius on itunes just made a very good point..this is like the 90s rock n roll male version of "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Mis :)

[inya7]

why does he remind me of Michael C. Hall- i mean i can imagine Michael C. Hall SINGINGG whyy

[myzwinkytv]

I HAD NO IDEA THE BEGINNING OF AVPM WAS COPED FROM RENT HAHA!!!

[aiotsuki]

@myzwinkytv I was totally thinking that!! i was reading something and then i was like did i accidently click something!!! :D

[hakkaigurl4life]

@aiotsuki most of AVMP is "borrowed" and tweeked. but i love it.

[MoMoRocks111]

@myzwinkytv Wait, WHAT?! How is the begining copied from RENT? 0.o

[ChicWerewolf]

@MoMoRocks111 I think he/she means the guitar chords in the beginning of 'Goin Back to Hogwarts,' which sound vaguely similar to the chords in the beginning of this song.

[MoMoRocks111]

@ChicWerewolf Yes, but thats supposed to be the actual Harry Potter tune, just played on the guitar...

[leokitty2424]

I find this song so emotional it's so beautifully done

[ElmoAboob]

I am sorry for bringing justin bieber onto this video (i hate it too), BUT i have to say this, JUSTIN BIEBER EAT YOUR FUCKING HEART OUT!!! ^^^

[SefiEngel]

Time flies, time dies!!!!!!!!!!!

[MyUnspokenVoice]

When I first heard this, I thought he was singing "One song Maureen." I was very confused.

[rebelprincess64]

i didn't see adam in rent but i saw him aida. he is so amazing. <3 i am so in love with his voice. i was too little to realize it was him and what a legend he is on stage but i remember being in love with his voice. ugh, i love adam.

[cindycheer0916]

I love this song its everything a song should be meaningful and moving

[calliesaiyan]

oh my god, Adam Pascal. His voice is sex in soundwaves. Saw him live with Anthony Rapp at Town Hall last month, I almost died when he did this.

[ulliellax]

fave from rent <3

so much emotion..

[TheatricalChorusGirl]

Favorite song in the show... Adam Pascal is AMAZING live!!!!

[Faeot]

Hated this song when i first heard it. I think you have to listen to it a couple of times to appreciate it. now i love it :)

[JadeLycra2]

@Faeot Me too! It just grew on me.

[paigeroglitz]

I loooove this!! :) Prolly my favorite from the film aside from seasons of love.

[paigeroglitz]

I loooove this!! :) Prolly my favorite from the film aside from seasons of love.

[mowmowspicykitty]

rent is my life 

[lafilledebeatles3]

this song always blows me away <3 if i ever heard adam singing this live, i'd burst into tears!

[LaMisereHQ]

Pssst, guys, it's perfectly OK for people to dislike this song. I've seen Rent live on stage 9 times, including the OBC, and I love this song, but let's allow others to freely express themselves. Maybe they'll like it someday. Or maybe never, and that's OK too.

[superfluouslyme]

@LaMisereHQ Yes! More people need to be like this on YouTube. It's hard being on here when there is so much hate.

[JeshikaKazeno]

New Year's resolution: get the local theater to start working on performing Rent by the end of the year. This play captures a small piece of this modern world, one which everybody I know can relate to. Time to get this show back on the road, methinks.

[VLAichroth]

I saw him singing this live on tour. I almost started crying it was amazing, even if he had a bit of a cold :(

[zoeybrat95]

I love Adam Pascal! He's amazing and has a sexy voice.  So far I am liking the OBC songs better than the ones in the movie, though the movie is amazing as well...

[123ezname]

this is the best rent song

[FrigidDeath]

Everyone has AIDS.  ;_;

[palmerskiss]

@fantasticchazzer have you seen rent? are you listening to the song? the guy's girl is dead, he is dying of AIDS, and he feels like he hasn't accomplished anything with his life. other than that though, it's super cheery.

[startswithC]

man this song is pure emotion

[diccond]

He unfortunately died the night before final dress rehearsal when it was set to open OFF-Broadway. He never did get to see it preformed in front of an audience.

[fantasticchazzer]

how is this sad? it's a great song but still how is it sad?

[HaxxyHagberg]

@fantasticchazzer the lyrics are all about someone who is going to die and his only hope is that he MIGHT be able to write a song. That is all his life will have amounted to. Thats it. Thats why it is sad.

[sk8rtuti]

Happy Birthday 

[pilchard96]

this whole musical, the backstory, the writer, the subject, everything, is incredible. never has the word been used so fittingly.

[pokerface123456]

his vibrato is exactly on the beat.. not easy to do

[dalooka]

@pokerface123456

Well, He was part of the original cast :D

[AppointedFate]

Everytime, I cry everytime.

[LostJesc]

I'm singing this song for my class i hope I do it some Justice.

[KaraokeQueen131]

how can ppl dislike this song?

[JKrowlingrockx]

@KaraokeQueen131 Only people with no emotions and no heart can dislike this song.

[Darkbrynar43]

@JKrowlingrockx justin bieber fans

[JKrowlingrockx]

@Darkbrynar43 Exactly! haha lol

[EmeraldWyldfyre]

I'm working on my dream of being a writer and whenever I have to write a sad scene I play this song about 200 times, cry my eyes out, then write something so horribly perfectly sad that I almost dont want to include it in my story

[91chewinggum]

awsome!

[GravityDefyerXD]

This song is phenomenal.

[BonnieWrightFan4ever]

wow, I've heard this song so many times in so many versions and I've always loved it...but this one actually made me cry

[FireXkiraXcosplay]

This song has an indescribable effect on me. It reminds me of everything I've been through in the past year. Being lied to, being abused by someone I called a friend, depression, self abuse, love...everything. All the thoughts of suicide that I almost acted on. Everything.

~Erin

[mrsnickjonas12]

we did a dance to this song for summer camp and it was so awesome & this song is just so powerful

[maskedmoronXD]

i cant watch this and not cry "one song to leave behind" what have i left behind?....nothing i cant stop holding on to all the pain and all the suffering. itsdifferent reason than the song but huh.

[Superbballerplayer]

)^"=

[beautifuldreamer80]

me 2

[doug1119]

Adam is probably my favorite Roger, and this is easily my favorite song in the show.

[1922ekl]

I think we can all relate in some way to this song...we need to turn to GRATITUDE

[jlwsas4ever]

ImaRawrr: he didnt die b4 it came out, he died rite b4 the final performance

[allullseesablur]

@jlwsas4ever check your facts kid

[marcwolthoff]

@jlwsas4ever !!!!

WRONG ! Died the night b4 it opened on broadway !!!

[marcwolthoff]

@jlwsas4ever WRONG ANSWER. Died the night b4 it opened on broadway. Check your facts

[shanester511]

@marcwolthoff your right its bfore the night the broadway went on

[freakytheatreboy]

@jlwsas4ever What's your source? At the Tony Awards of 2008 there was a reunion of the original cast of RENT(aka best show ever) and one of the OBC members had said that Mr. Larson had died before it was downtown or on Broadway. Look it up, if you don't believe me.

[beautifuldreamer80]

even live at the fox this song was inredib

[sPx0xoLW4evaxX3]

i lovee rogerrr.!

and adam pascal haha:)

[silvervirsion]

Who is the singer? :)

[TheAlphamelonman36]

@silvervirsion Adam Pascal, from the Original Broadway Cast.

[Pingu65716]

I cry when i hear this song. After my bearded dragon dies, (She isn't dead yet,)i will cry harder than i ever did in my life. :'(

[MrTobiuchiha2]

My Mother asks me to sing this for her..........

[MrTobiuchiha2]

@iamRawr i see that , mee to....My mom asked me to ing this song forr her

[OutsideGalaxy]

I didn't like this song that much until I heard it in the context of the story.

[tuckergandy]

@darknite784 I totally agree with you! I'm sad that they cut several numbers too! But the show itself is amazing!

[LdotAngel77]

The Guitar Is Relaxing!!

[darknite784]

The movie is a dumbed down version of the original on broadway

[sdfdgd]

My favourite Rent song!

[iamtheicekid]

the broadway soundtrack is better than the movie soundtrack..except the song. it is really well-sungl, however, in the movie i thought it was even more powerful

[gaarasanimechick]

wait! what movie is this from? i must watch it!

[MrRadZomBie]

you've to

this is a prtty good movie, you wont disagree if you watch it :)

[iamtheicekid]

"Rent"...

[TheatreFanatic4eva]

what, did you just stumble across this video on youtube? google it O.o

[angeldevil201]

@gaarasanimechick how did you find this video without knowing where its from?

[ItsAnewkindaawesome]

@gaarasanimechick Rent

[robRIOTT]

this song is awesome favorite song out of the movie <3

[DanOWar270192]

this song sucks my dick in a good way ^_^

[peace2theworld13]

@DanOWar270192 hahahahaha. sorry. that made me laugh. okay yeah this song fuckin rocks. we're doing RENT for our choir concert on thursday and this song is the best :)

[pauljohngerorgringo]

@peace2theworld13 your fuckn lucky man!!!!!! or woman!!!!!!!!!

[reader1001]

Adam has such a powerful, amazing voice. RENT is the ultimate musical, passionate and moving. I love it. Thank you a million times over, Mr. Jonathan Larson for creating this piece of art. =D

[WilWithOneL117]

I think that I've got this in a piano book somewhere. I've got a new pet project. :)

[saammxo]

If you ever get a chance to see this live, do it.

I couldn't breathe. It was incredible.

Adam is such an amazing performer.

This song is so, like singinginachurch said, tragically beautiful.

[CJTLCousins]

One word - WOW! I love this song!!

[CJTLCousins]

Wow so amazing :)

[singinginachurch]

This song is so sublimely, tragically beautiful.

[GazIsHott]

This song gives me the chills, I love it.

[bboyxchristian]

life is measured in love<3

[cutiecakes101]

he's actually dying of AIDS.

We are watching the final play in theater class.

[FMTEECO]

Im going to be singing this song for districts :)

What is the actor supposed to "feel" while singing this song. Any tips on the emotions i should be showing?

[Bid7150]

As an actor, I would say the emotions you want to convey would be: pain, a little anger, desperation, and a whole lot of determination. HIV wrecked his career and his life. As the lyrics say he wants to write one great song before he dies.

[TheThinkingJester]

@FMTEECO

Pain, sadness, loss, hope and determination, but accepting that soon you will die

manic and depressed simultaneously

[inticlark]

The Way you should feel, in my opinion, is desprate, on the brink of giving up on a dream,. sad but have the sadness dulled by a lack of sleep in the last couple of weeks, watch will chase in "rent live on broadway one song glory" that is, in my opinion, the exact way it should be.

[Adamtheflyer]

It's actually an amazing story, the writer of Rent, Jonathan Larson, thought up of this song after getting an amazing review by the New York Times. If the Times likes your work, it will be a hit. He wrote this song, as if this play was the one major accomplishment he would make before he dies, that's Roger's motivation, to create one amazing song in his life. Two days later, Jonathan Died. Our drama teacher gave us an epic speech on this.

[FMTEECO]

Thanks a lot you guys, this has helped me. If possible, I'll get a recording of when I preform so you guys can see how I did. Also, that story is pretty sweet, he did a damn good job. This play is so popular. Thanks again.

[jlaz89]

@FMTEECO He's dying of AIDS and wants to make his mark on the world by writing a great song that is meaningful.

[Harlekin153]

awesome.... totally got me!

[VampiressAwsome]

The Beggining is sooo Beautiful!!!

JUST BUILDS UP TO AN AWESOME SONG!!!!

[priskolfluff]

this is my favorite song from the movie (:

[rakelchar5]

I LOVE THIS MUSICAL!! <3

[LoverrMyshades]

adam pascal's birthdayy is todayy IN HONOR OF HIM!

[janope9799]

luvv this song!!!! so sad though!

[druwarn]

reminds me of "david bowie"

[chelseaarocks]

this is my ringtone =]

[OMGitsolivia442]

ahh i LOVE this songg :)

[ImaRawrr]

This song actually depresses me so much, because it makes me think of Johnthan Larson (Man who created Rent.) He put his heart and soul into this and wanted it to good, he wanted to leave something behind, and then died the night before opening night, and the lryics fit it perfect "One song, Glory, one song to leave behind."

[HollowGroundsInc]

Wow... I'm sure that was a very emotional performance for the cast. That would have been really hard to do. :(

[bdecampc]

It doesn't depress me but you are so right. Larson's story is part of what made Rent the sensation that it was. However, I think it is beautiful though. He succeeded in leaving that song that made an impact. He left more than one actually. He left us an entire show

[dimza04]

@ImaRawrr AND YET..he won the Pulitzer Prize and won accolades since his untimely passing!!!Mr Larson not only had his "one blaze of glory" and lived no day but today but he also respectfully had his Today for You Tomorrow for Me! So don't be mad...be blessed that we had his muscial grace to smile on!!!!

[kbcutie101]

@ImaRawrr

This song depresses me for a different reason...

It depresses me because he is singing about his GF who died of AIDS and he has it two so he is gonna die as well. That's why it depresses me. :(

[TearsBehindSmiles]

@kbcutie101 But his girlfriend didn't die /of/ AIDS. She killed herself because she learned she was HIV positive.

[griffentamer]

@ImaRawrr since he died before opening night though, he got to keep the image of his perfect musical forever

[sakinahqueen]

@ImaRawrr wow thats fucked up i love this song too. and it does fit really well. did he die of aids????

[completelyunorigiful]

@sakinahqueen I think the official diagnosis was Marfan syndrome

[sakinahqueen]

@completelyunorigiful oh wat is that???

[AzureSkyzz]

@ImaRawrr that's really sad. :(

[1234animecrazy]

@ImaRawrr IT MAKE ME CRRRYYYY!!!! This story and song, it all makes me wanna DIE! DX It just... UGH! Its my favorite Rent song... DAMN MY EMONESS! I <3 you Larson!!! I feel your pain! My boyfriend was shot...TT^TT

[FrigidDeath]

@1234animecrazy

WAS HE KILLED BY THE SHINIGAMI?

[1234animecrazy]

@FrigidDeath Deathnote!? WHERE!?

[music4evr1236]

one song glory one song before i go one song to leave behind.

this song is so amazing, in music the other day we had to write down a bunch of things about music in out lives, and one of the questions was what one song describes your life best? the only thing i could think of was this song, i mean, it kind of describes everyone, everyone wants to leave some kind of imprint on the world, make a difference, be remembered.

[hotsinger11]

this was all i could sing in homeroom today lol. all my classmates were like...... um alrighty then haha. i love it though!!!!! :)

[carainey1]

congrats