RENT (1996 OBC Recording) - "Today 4 U"

[broadwayxdude06]

lol it should be "christmas day" not "christmas eve" "I must say" haha yes i know it's "i believe" i'm used to the movie version. :)

[Molagbal38]

My school's student body president, Jacques St. Pierre, played Angel in ESA's production of rent.

Like a boss. Seriously. It takes skill to jump and run in heels that tall.

[bridabom73]

This recording is so much more dancey than the movie version. Lol. I love it. :D

[kiarayne123]

this song is so amazing it almost makes u forgot its about angle killing a dog

[KyoSohmaFTW]

this song always wants to make me dance. and learn how to play the drums.

[Gwynyvyr13]

Wilson J. Heredia is the best Angel. Johnson was cool too.

[Femmenition]

Roger in this version so can't sing.

[Hotarunokurai]

@Femmenition Roger in this version is the same guy who plays Roger in the movie...

[Femmenition]

@Hotarunokurai

Who can't sing.

[xXLove2ReadXx]

Wilson Jermaine Heredia = BEST ANGEL EVER! Forever and ever, amen.

[dftba323]

I got to see one of my favorite singers perform as Angel a few days ago. My jaw was on the floor. He's what really drew me into RENT in the first place...

[FictionLover333]

This song is catchy--it randomly pops into my head at the weirdest times. Rent is a good musical.

[strikeforceteen]

um....you don't have you'll see boys...:(

[nixypixy69]

my college put on RENT as our yearly show it was amazing so it is our show at college and means so much to each and everyone of us!

[LocoLizzi]

my friend did rent for fringe

[cbroxs17]

the first time i heard this i was doing my homework and i thought angel was a girl

[Soccerfan217]

You gotta love Jesse and Wilson together lol. They're so cute. =)

[iamtheicekid]

this sounds so much better than the film version of the song

[lumobachster]

i love wilson..

[chelseaarocks]

me too =]

[ranma150]

best angel ever

[LLightwhammy]

I can't wait to see this in toronto

[jaypawhollypawcatz]

lucky! im like the only one in my school who would sing rent in the hallway! some of ma friends like it, but they wont sing it without me xD

[lilmia15xox]

I love RENT! My school is filled with RENT lovers! Its not uncommon to see people in the hallway randomly singing songs from RENT. :)

[trueman5432]

ohhh i love your school where is it lol

[Starbuck0123]

wow... luckyyy!!! I would love for that to happen at my school. xD

[jdthemindfreak]

I study in Midvile, Utah. And it was April 6 and all of us just stared at each other... and I said... no longer rent!! And all the setting my friends and I started singing Seasons of Love, then, Christmas Bells, Happy New Year and La Vie Boheme. Then, my friend Twan who is black, and my Jhon Im a latino, started singing "I'll cover you" then, Shay and Lydia started singing Take me or leave me, and then this semester when we arrived we saw the poster for the auditions, all of my friends & I cast.

[cbroxs17]

@lilmia15xox totally jealous my FRIENDS will even roll their eyes when they see me say anything related to rent

[wannabemeification]

@cbroxs17 omg beat them up lol rent is freakin so awesome.... my fav. characters r Angel, and Mimi..... <3 Angel&Collins...... tear

[eriberri425]

@lilmia15xox OMG! what school do you go to? I wanna go there! i sing rent at my school and only the theater kids know what im singing!!

[musicalette94]

@lilmia15xox hahaha wish my school was like that :D

[Daphnegirl93]

@lilmia15xox Teacher: "Shut up and pay attention!'

You: "... Dearly beloved, we gather here..."

Everyone: *starts dancing on the table*

Teacher: "Every friggin day this happens -_-"

[TechnicolorYear]

@Daphnegirl93 I'd go to that school . . . my dream is to burst into La Vie Boheme on my lunchroom tables, we have the perfect kind for it!!! The really long tables and then the little round tables that the party poopers sit at XD It would be great. Unfortunately no one at my school is cool enough to know Rent ...

[Daphnegirl93]

@TechnicolorYear I'd go to that school too. It'd be like Fame, only with some extra coolness x]

[TechnicolorYear]

@Daphnegirl93 FO SHO XD 

[JKrowlingrockx]

@TechnicolorYear That would be awesome! I'm just imagining the look on the teachers faces...ROFL!!!!XD I wanna break out into Rent songs at school all the time. Rent is just a regular thing bouncing around in my head. But I came so close to singing 'Over the Moon' during chorus. The girl who sits next to me was like "girl, why you even in this class? you can't sing nothing loudly!" I wanted to sing it SO bad, just to show her I could. But it would have made my music teacher mad and he scares me.

[TechnicolorYear]

@JKrowlingrockx Augh I knowww. Or when people are like "You ain't got hardcore skillz!" Or like "You're such a goody-goody" I'm like I WISH you could see me in a performance of La Vie Boheme -.- XD Lol my friend and I started singing it outside afterschool and some kid just like stood there watching, and my friend who wasn't singing was like "wth are you talking about???" and the dude was like "SHHHH I've heard this, I wanna listen!" XD

[Kiinotasha]

@TechnicolorYear LMAO oh that would have been a sight to see, sadly none of my friends where that into rent though they did like it.

[TechnicolorYear]

@lilmia15xox LUCKYYYYY

[dramaqueen7777777]

@lilmia15xox I want to go to your school!! Haha xx

[beccacecca94]

@lilmia15xox OMG I want to go to your school! XD I love rent too, but no one over here have seen it.. :/

[Wellimtierd]

@lilmia15xox Can I go to your school? haha (:

[tuggymonster1]

@lilmia15xox no fair! half of my school doesn't know what a musical is apart from High School Musical.

[chelseaarocks]

i was waiting for you dontcha know

=]

[jaypawhollypawcatz]

a box of captain crunch willl taste sooo good!!! loll

[percycatmill5]

oh LOVE IT!!

[IQ178]

This sounds like the guys from the 2006(?) movie

[PessimisticOptimist2]

it is :]

and the movie was from 2005 :]

[nylove13]

cuz its them.....

[eriberri425]

@IQ178 2005 and haha thats because it his him all of the obc members are in the movie too except for joanne and mimi

[Blazun05X]

@IQ178 Because it is...every single one of the guys from the original broadway cast did the movie...actually only Mimi and Joanne were different people

[rentwickedchick]

I love how roger says 'doncha know! its sooo hott!

[Skunkypoo216]

i wish they coda made the muvie version jus lyke the Broadway version! it wod b sooo much bettr (even tho it woda been looonger) o well who cares! it woda been bettr. bt wodnt it hav2 b rated R??

[actorkidrox]

Yes it would have. If you're looking for something like that, I'd go out and get RENT: Filmed Live on Broadway, with Adam Kantor as Mark Cohen and Will Chase as Roger Davis. I promise you won't regret it. And it would be longer. The feature film fruns at 135 minutes, while the Broadway version runs at about 152 minutes

[xxxmissblondzyxxx]

Omg. This is so much better then the movie version especially the intro!

[TheHarlequinHeroine]

It isn't the same without the intro.... It's so funny!

[theatrefreak13]

I LOVE Amgel!!!

[calliesaiyan]

i LOVE this song... Angel Rulz.. even if he is a doggie killer.

[Nikanaiko]

Oh wow! This sounds soooo much better than the movie version!

[kateavalanche]

It's been so long since I saw RENT, I'd forgotten a lot of little things.

This made me smile, remembering the words and dancing around.

Thanks for posting :)

[teddyteddyteddybear]

i love the begining!!!! Have you even seen the stage version of Rent???? Or did you just see the movie???????

[caelin1994]

I have just seen the moviee.

[kateavalanche]

If you can't make it to new york to see it live (which you absolutely need to do someday if you love Rent), I think there's a bootleg version on video google. just search RENT OBC or something like that.

[rory1494]

um..GOSH...maybe its the REAL intro to today 4 you!!!! either ur a REAL HORRIBLE RENTHEAD....or just a renthead wannabe

[twiggy647]

Isn't Rent about measuring your life in love and spreadig love? Yea, maybe they're a horrible Renthead, but if you are a dedicated Renthead you shouldn't be so rude.

Measure Your Life In Love.

[rory1494]

yea.....sry.... i was having a REALLY REALLY bad day....and this song made it even worst (well...like...my teacher was like sorry but i cant accept a assignment i did, so he practically kicked me (like Collins was kicked outta college)...any ways...thats not important...i was just mad that day :D..... still.... RENT ROCKS!)

[twiggy647]

Ha, that's okay! Don't apologize to me! XD

I'm sorry you had a bad day...

I agree, Rent is the best!

[rory1494]

yea.....just a complicated day :D...but still... RENT IS THE BEST!

[rentwickedchick]

well said! BTW, who loves the intro? i was just singing it with a bunch of my friends!

[rory1494]

:D....its so fun to sing with a group..just fooling around :D...i do dat with my BFF's...for like...the ENTIRE school day....teachers end up gettin pissed :D

[Nejitard2]

Yeah. Sometimes during homeroom we practice our genderbent version of RENT. It annoys everyone because my school's full of RENT haters.

[rory1494]

speakin of which...just today i was coming to Jersey from Florida..and the entire ride me and a bunch of friends just popped the movie in and started singing along :D (the live broadway one...not the movie....tho we saw the movie and did the same thing:D)

[renrocksdaworld]

me and my friend Trevor sing RENT songs all day, but we mostly do I'll Cover You and this. My other friends get so pissed cause they hate RENT with a passion

[xxoosweeneytodd]

why? Its the best part!

[PhantomDawg594]

I love the genuine old-schooliness of this song. The whole synthesized back music and the use of "4" and "U" as opposed of "for" and "you."

Sure, nowadays, that's considered cheesy, but it was sorta revolutionary then, I guess.

[PhantomDawg594]

AAHH! Love this song. :D

[roxyluver]

This is such a fun song. I love it. xD