The Last 5 Years - Moving Too Fast

[thegaythespian]

If only this kind of nuance could come through on the album! Love this song, but this is just beyond amazing. The album starts out with too much of a bang. This is just real. :DDDD

[btracks1]

So....I made a backing track to this, visit btracks.com if you want to have a look

[bradleyj308]

visit b-tracks.com.au for backing tracks to The Last 5 Years

[CTYForevermorein2010]

SO. FREAKING. ADORABLE.

[mrfrenik]

"some people can't get success with their art, some people never find love in their heart." He's singing about Kathy and doesn't even realize it yet.

[spamodell]

haha, loving the phone the size of Sherie's head.

Oh yeah, and the music is nice too :)

[thishatandyou]

Norbert should have gotten a massive appplause for that, it sounded like three people clapped. :o

[futurestarish]

This is the kind of song I'd expect to see someone singing while they do a Happy Dance.

[krispykritterlover]

Jason Robert Brown writes the most intense male vocal parts of all time. I don't think there's music of another composer that taxes the men as much as JRB's does.

[nickmalinowski04]

@krispykritterlover how about Puccini, Verdi, and Wagner? :)

[krispykritterlover]

@nickmalinowski04 You've got me there :D But I'll fix that statement and say "I don't think there's music of another MUSICAL THEATRE composer that taxes the men as much as JRB's does." :)

[nickmalinowski04]

@krispykritterlover Completely agree. :)

[kgrand2]

@nickmalinowski04 Adam Guettel?

[supersingerevan]

@krispykritterlover Sondheim? ;)

[wickedObsessed22]

love the dancing norbert <3 lol what cant this he do??

[1astonishing]

I'm in love with Norbert

[dcmags1]

love.

[SamThePianoWoman]

Norbert is awesome!

[RaptorPandaFerret]

He's such an adorable nerd!!! I love how he doesn't play him as a super cool guy. Love the thumbs up at  1:26!

[plus44fan36]

i did this song for a musical theatre class funnest song ever

[AtLastOnTheGround]

2:28 - 2:45

EARGASM!

[kristakastle]

wow, i'm stupid. i'm listening to this show for the first time, and i was just thinking "he would be PERFECT for fiyero"

just googled him and found out he was the original fiyero...

[TimonyErt03]

Where di the paper fall from in the beginning of the song?

[morpheus0013]

The lights.

[lLukus]

Absolutely agree. It's ridiculously hard, but it's so nice to play :D

[thetubkins]

I don't think the song is vocally hard- but the piano part is INSANE! Anyone agree?

[Enquanto18]

that's so true. I saw the sheets and it was just crazy

[supersingerevan]

piano part: INSANE. vocal part: JUST AS INSANE. the range required for the song is ridiculous, you spend the last like 2 minutes just belting it out at the top end of your range!

[thetubkins]

But I think the piano part would require a lot and a lot of practice. No pianist has the natural ability to do that. Some male singers naturally have that range. It would take less years of practice to sing this song well than playing this song well.

[supersingerevan]

it would take a singer years and years of practice to get to that level of ability. once handed the chart, it may not take them quite as long to get the chart, but you underestimate the amount of time it takes to become a singer like that, and the fine-tuning that has to go into every song. i'll agree with you that i doubt a pianist could just pick up the chart and do it, but i don't think a singer could do it very well either.

[quickloot05]

i think its pretty cool how the books lands in the box one the final beat of the song...just little things that make this performance that much better :)

[yakoleen]

I love this song! He does an amazing job!!

Another amazing version is Gavin Creel. Look it up.

[akomuzikera]

gavin's was amazing!

[nihaoelise]

i love his figure skater move, it's amazing.

[lstevenson18]

I'm amazed at how relaxed he is, even when singing such insanely difficult music. Maybe that's his secret, haha.

[TheMarsden]

Thanks so much for putting this back up!

[manthatissodumb]

I love him I love him I love him.

[Redfooser89]

What the heck was the mysterious piece of falling paper?

[Thommy2n]

It probably symbolizes all the stuff that's coming his way all at once, writing contracts, the apartment leases, etc. Or it was just thrown at that time so he could have a variety of actions during the song. Who knows. :)

[theaterelf]

He makes it look so easy! haha, I love him!

[TangoMaureen07]

This is my favorite song from the musical! Norbert is flawless!

[joytotheworld3]

thanks so much for posting all of these! i love this show and wish i could've seen it in person

[ChanFram]

2:30 = amazing

[WickedKat39]

Definatly

[PurpleCow17]

Norbert = LUV.

[Hectoranderic]

Thanks for posting this!! Absolutely brilliant.