RENT (1996 OBC Recording) - "Seasons of Love"

[sa7777]

This isnt gwen lol its Fredi Walker-Browne

[sighcantthinkofaname]

Oh my God. This is my first time listening to this particular version, and Gwen Stewart....

WOW. That's all I can say.

[LeahxoBreezy]

The guy from X-Factor USA brought me here. LOL

[KylerNorman]

@LeahxoBreezy That same guy from X-factor brought me here aswell haha

[Tordah26]

@LeahxoBreezy FAIL.

[therealMrA]

lol. 49,999 views. Does that make me number 50,000? O.o Sweet!

[VerbinStudios]

RENT is the reason I am going into sound production for theatre

[123marasma]

Is Gwen Stewart amazing or is Gwen Stewart amazing?

[fantasticchazzer]

this song is great!

[darklordmacavity]

Four people clearly have no soul, and no taste in music.

[Kimmlez]

This song is fo beautiful! We've just finished doing RENT at school... It was the schools version, but it was amazing!! Best show we've ever done! We got standing ovations every night and hired the proper set! We were all crying because it was over...

[tuggymonster1]

@Kimmlez lucky bastard! just kidding, you are so freakin' lucky!

[AzureBluee]

2:22 - 2:39. Wow.

[sexijay101]

LOVE LOVE LOVE DIS SONG

[pilchard96]

every time i hear this I think of the tragedy that is how Jonathan Larson never got to see how this song, amongst its companions in the musical, have changed the world.

R.I.P :(

[MamaMiaBaby93]

Im singing the solo part in my winter concert at school. were doing seasons of love and we audtioned and i got the part of joanne's solos including that last mind blowing note. im so honored.and im just 13! hope i can live up to this..! <3 viva la rent

[baseballlvr6]

@MamaMiaBaby93 thats amazing!

[KCSROXX]

omg when that woman hit that hit note i completely melted :D

[Milllie91]

This was my childhood. And my adulthood. Shit, RENT is amazing.

[originality32]

no broadway show will ever be able to top rent

[ABBAJorge]

I LOVE THIS MOVIE AND AWESOME PLAY! =-)

[stagiestpizza]

love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sasuhale1125]

Our youth theater is doing this! :D

But we're doing it for Fringe so it had to go from two and a half hours to eighty eight minutes :<

[Pfilipino]

Fringe? what? isnt that a show?

[SkylarMitchelNick]

My school is doing the full on musical, not clean at all. But then again, my school has a bad rep as it is, so we arent that great around anyways. But I landed the part as Mark, which i dunno why but the manager thought i was a guy, so it all works, lol. so im happy :-P

525,600 minutes = 1 year! :-D

~Skylar~ (yersh im a girlly!)

[sk8rguy871]

Contact?

[GravityGrave]

omg that's SO awesome! And incredibly cool of your manager to do the REAL version and not the "school version"... I think it's an insult to the maturity of high schoolers for parents and teachers to think that RENT is too mature for the high school environment... i wish you and your group the very best of luck! ^_^

btw, i think it's almost fitting in a way that a girl is playing a male role, it's staying true to the spirit of RENT! <3

[pianomatteo]

@GravityGrave it stinks, but it's true. depending on the environment/setting of the school the real version can be totally acceptable and fitting, and in others not at all. It's sad, but that's just how it is. You can only push the people, the district, and the students so far with such controversial subject matter.

[megagleek1]

@pianomatteo i completely agree with both of you i do high school theater and were not allowed to do rent !!!

[PrincessVoldemort]

@SkylarMitchelNick My school will never do Rent. It would cause controversy in my conservative shit town. I'm in the liberal minority.

[1140jp]

whaaat!??!

so many people are saying that they are putting this on for their schools...

but my school says that it is too inappropriate =(

fml x[

[GypsyPrincess1486]

well there is a school edition (I think the language is clean)

[SmileyFace4646]

@GypsyPrincess1486 i looked at the school edition on mtishows.com and i'm pretty sure it's not 100% clean but it's definitely cleaner. I know they cut the song "contact"

[1violaplayr]

Get the school edition, then.

[thishatandyou]

Measure your life in loveee.

[mydadsaloser]

man this song gives me chills :) love it my schools doin it for our musical aswell should be good

[ANiMEPANiCx13]

i still cant believe this got off broadway

[lonelyoptimist99]

I know =(

[yourworstnightmare51]

-tilts head- Off Broadway? I went to see it in SF on Sunday.

[AlyssaLillian]

It still tours. But Broadway is in New York.

[thirdysaruca]

@ANiMEPANiCx13 i understand you, i thought they're just gonna have a break from performing. Turns out it's gone from the stage. At least we have it in our memories :)

[thoamsxxman]

I love how he wrote this song as pretty much a dare to one of his friends, and it became the signature song of RENT. And such a great song it is. Gwen still gives me chills.

[broadwaydude2378]

there's a story behind this song?

[thoamsxxman]

His friends bet him that he could write everything but a gospel-esque song. He proved them wrong.

[AriaSkye42]

FAVORITE SONG! ahhh I love it so much I cried when I heard it live. I cried a lot that night, haha.

[BillyxDx]

Does the person who plays Joanne Fredi i think, does she hit that note in this song?

[thoamsxxman]

No, in the play, there is a soloist just for this song. This one is the amazing Gwen Stewart.

[pinkviolinistt]

i don't care if you can hit that high note, if you can that's great, but it will never be as great as the way gwen hits that note. she created that note and everything is merely a weak attempt at recreating it

[ysscaffolding]

alright shes allowed to be proud that she can do the high note.

feel free not to jump on her for it

[LoversRose09]

This is my favourite song of Rent which is fantastic (saw it yesterday)

[jn256]

please do tell me you mean you just saw the live play yesterday? lol j/k everyone should see rent!

[theatrefreak13]

this song is amzing. RENT is amazing!!!

[broadwaytwilighter22]

I'm so proud of myself because I can hit the high note on the riff the woman sings!

[ajkharrypotter6]

meh to i love this musical

[xosrakateox]

you should be proud! that's one hella difficult note to hit.

[breathmusic]

hella. good word

im guessing your from the bay area? (or at least NorCal?)

[xosrakateox]

haha. no. sadly. i'm from new england. :D

[broadwaytwilighter22]

thanks so much!

[bballgrlmusician]

Very iconic song from Rent. My aunt even asked me to play this at her funeral ( not that she's dying anytime soon) on the piano that should be fun.

[Spiffylee]

Wait, her dying or playing the song?

[bballgrlmusician]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT HER DYING!! PLAYING THE SONG!!!!! lol tho

[teddyteddyteddybear]

The only reason Jonathan Larson wrote this song is because one of his friends said that he couls write any kind of song except a goaspal song.

[teddyteddyteddybear]

mesure life in loooooooooooooahhhhhhhhhve

[shoppa123]

lol my friends hate me cuz i've been singing this nonstop for like 6 days...

[dancerboy8]

I love this song so much

RENT is amazing