Michael Arden - "Run Away With Me" by Kerrigan-Lowdermilk

[emugal17]

No to choir. Too much.

[fueledbyangela]

Michael Arden, stop being flawless.

[Earthmage]

I like this arrangement with the choir.

Yes, it is different.

Yes, it changes the quality/emotional feeling of the song.

So what? Songs get reinterpreted all the time. What I do take issue with is the sound mixing in the venue. When people are saying that the choir drowns out Michael Arden's voice and thus he's being forced to either project more to rise above them... well I'd say their sound engineer in the venue didn't do his job properly to ride the levels of a live performance.

[tmac6630]

Thumbs up to Mikey... But Thumbs down to the UNNEEDED choir!

[issac97356]

I love the acting on this version. I like him better when he sings alone though. 

[eternalxxxdream]

Michael Arden without a doubt is amazing but I definitely veto the choir. As with many of the comments, I agree that a choir was not necessary and that it DID take away from the emotional intensity of such a beautiful piece. And drowned out Michael a few times which I immensely disliked.

[lovesspicychicken]

A choir does not work in this piece. This is a heartfelt song sung by one to one. I found the choir quite intrusive, which forced Michael to reach his peak too early. I still think Michael is an incredible singer/performer and he has the definitive version of this song (the Laurie Beechman performance). But it's good to hear Michael sing this song again.

[domzaruga]

An emotional and moving portrayal of a young man opening his heart and laying bare his feelings. This was great. Until it turned into Glee. Please rename 'How to completely destroy emotional intensity and intimacy with the audience and drown out your lead performer'.

[roxyboxin]

While the choir is an interesting approach to this song, I think it takes away from the overall effect. But as always, Michael Arden blows me away...

[KrayonL]

Loved the choir!

[dastrategist916]

Who are the people in the choir?

[NyroFan]

@dastrategist916 CHOIR: Raja Burrows, Celia Hottenstein, Danny Harris Kornfeld, Paul Louis Lessard, Lauren Lukacek, Grace McLean, Michael Mendez, Paige Neal, Kent Overshown, Harry Perrin, Diane Phelan, Jon-Michael Reese, Kathleen Rooney, Gavriel Savit, Jonathan Shew, Hilaire C. Smith

[dastrategist916]

@NyroFan thanks!!!

[seuss101]

I love Michael Arden. However, not a huge fan of the choir. It sounds nice, but I feel it takes away from the intimacy of the piece. Rather than being a moment in time where we see his thoughts and ambitions, it's become more of this big song when it doesn't really need that. I personally found the beauty of the piece in how deceptively simple it was on the surface, but much deeper within. Long story short, I feel it takes away from that emotional depth

[CalvinRE]

@seuss101 I couldn't agree more. This arrangement overwhelms the music, and at times forces Michael to push to rise above them. That, it just isn't in character with the intimacy of the moment, as you say. There is no doubt that Michael Arden is the owner of this piece, but I will return to the solo version found elsewhere on YouTube over this one any day.

[dastrategist916]

EPIC!!!!

[Jeronimus]

you can't imagine how big my smile is after watching this. this furthers solidifies my belief that Michael Arden owns this song.

[glensloth]

i <3 Kerrigan-Lowdermilk but they dont like us preforming anything contemporary at Uni :(

[sobeit42]

and there i was thinking that aaron tveit's performance of this song would forever be my favourite... now i really dont know... his hesitation is very interesting, and the choir builds it well. great piece

[JKVideos]

I actually prefer the simple piano and him to this...

[ShaunTuazon]

@JKVideos - I agree! I'm not sure what was going on with some of those choral parts. I mean.. I still love the song but this is too much. LoL.

[JezusBagels]

DAMN

[alexeidarling]

There are no words for how beautiful that was.

[WHATTHEBUCKSHOW]

I love this song!

[Robsvideolyrics]

@WHATTHEBUCKSHOW wow buck...