"Waiting For Life" -Lea Michele @ Upright Cabaret

[ilikecheese766]

She's not feeling the song. The right emotion doesn't come through in her voice.

[coltmanpgc16]

SIng it Lea Girl ommmm.

[jubilicious65]

Glee aired in 2009, this was posted in 2008 so it must be then or before then.

[fluffyrainbowgiraffe]

Was this before she was on glee?

[hesings]

Ususally i love her but on this song her voice doesnt plead enough for the real emotion of the song its just 2 pretty

[comedychick4eva]

Um, why can't both versions be amazing? Because they really are.

[kiyokiruu]

This is amaazing, half the trolls here saying this is terrible don't even have 1/8th of her talent LMAO

[annaaaaax3]

does anyone know what key this is in?

[XxYunaMokoxX]

LaChanze is way better just sayin...>____> but this is the best version ive seen thats not lachanze

[nomadicsheep]

i love the mixing of this with gliding from ragtime in the beginning!

[kathethomas56]

"a stranger, racing down the BEACH" hard not to sharp that note, and she was sharp, but she has an amazing instrument. She'll get there.

[Veniola]

@xobreebreeox woah, I completely forgot about posting that comment. I agree with you, I reckon. I think I just wanted to hear Lea Michele belt it out cause I loooooooove her belt voice. :P

[doni1212]

I don't feel the passion in her rendition. LaChanze's is powerful.

[broadwaybaby05]

This is horrible.

[freddyratly]

OH. MY. GOD. My school did Once On This Island as our school musical and I was in it. I found this video and I was like, "OH MY GOD LEA MICHELE KNOWS THIS MUSICAL EXISTS!"

[mrswac58]

Not what i expected from Lea Michele . She seems feistier than this. But it's nice. Check out my version of the song on my page if you get a chance. Let me know what you think. Thanks

[ariselena1]

@14despain

what do you mean not for a white gitl to sing. Im white and Ive played ti moune (but im defenetly not as good as Lea) i wanna see yoy try to sing it you racist pig!

[noLifetoRevive]

lea is okay..but this is just terrible.

[WendIaBergman]

What camera did you use?

[MissElphieThropp]

@WendIaBergman Canon PowerShot SD750

[WendIaBergman]

@MissElphieThropp Thanks, it's really good quality

[MissElphieThropp]

@WendIaBergman Yeah? It's like, 3 years old. I guess it's pretty good. Haha, thanks

[WendIaBergman]

@MissElphieThropp Welcome and thank you :)

[Veniola]

I have a lot of respect for Lea Michele. I think her voice is amazing. But, I've played Ti Moune. This is a disappointment. This song is loud, proud and bold, but Lea's version is just like a generic love song. It's meant to be belted. You're meant to be sweating and completely out of breath by the end of it. I expected better from Lea Michele :( LaChanze knocks her out of the park, I'm sorry. Though, Lea's voice is spectacular.

[14despain]

not meant for a a white girl to sing...sorry

[amandapearl2]

this is cute I like her more youthful sound....but she's not black and I miss that island flavor

[singinginto2011]

Ummmmmmmmmmmm...YES!!!! :D

[Gloomoo]

shambles and lowerd sooo much

[johnsonyourfired]

was she ever in once on this island?

[reneprom]

@johnsonyourfired no

[khpyroboy]

Im amazed that she knows what Once On This Island is.

[ladidahdidah]

i can't stand her but shes not bad.

[digitalblue1]

Terrible

[jybys]

i love her and her voice but i hate her version

[forluvabroadway]

i love listening to her stuff before glee! she's amazing on glee, don't get me wrong, but i think true fans ar the ones who liked her before she was on tv

[tiklemeangi]

@forluvabroadway I agree with you so much! the show doesnt show her potential! They do something to her voice it sounds like...

[tangomaureen09]

beautiful....but what's with the music from gliding at the beginning? ik she was in the show and all but whatt! i still love her anyway

[ViveLeFrance98]

i think she sounds wonderful! i would not want to watch lea try to sing like lachanze, that would be lame. she put her own spin on it which is admirable and idk ppl are saying she changed the key, i dont think she did?

[WildQueenie]

Why is she singing this in a lower key than the original, and then mixing on top of that? One or the other would be fine, but both just makes this song seem a lot less exciting. In my opinion, this performance is really lacking in passion overall.

[meredithchandler73]

Using the music from "Gliding" from RAGTIME underneath the beginning of the song was...weird.

I like Lea's voice at times, but her performance of this song was just not that impressive. Search for LaChanze singing it - either the original Broadway recording or from a benefit performance she did in 2002 (about 10 years after the original Broadway show). In a word: AMAZING!

[mojojero]

I love Lea Michele even before Glee! This totes makes me happy! =]

[NYCBound91]

I love that she's mixing most of this! I do mostly mixing on my Musical Theatre songs and this gives me hope. :)

[isabelgalan711]

she's more than just a broadway performer! go lea michele sarfati

[choirgeek822]

i dont like the acompaniment at the begining

[idareyou2move24]

@choirgeek822 it was in three instead of four... i dunno, artistic decision by the music director.

[honeysweetsugarickle]

she's amazing! :D

[crazyrandom3]

I immediately recognized this is from Once On This Island. I love this song! :)

[bellaluce]

Am I just crazy or are they playing the beginning of "Gliding" from Ragtime at the top of the song?

Or is that the real beginning of waiting for life?

[KaitlynCwriter]

This was part of a cabaret she did, so her voice was probably worn out a lil' bit and she didn't want to belt all ten+ songs she sang.

I still think she belts/mixes the right parts, and it's fine. :)

[tobe140]

the song doesnt have to be belted. she sounded amazing.

[lyfe3000]

Maybe she was sick or her voice was tired!

[mulioctaveman]

She's not belting this song like it's meant to belted. I love her but u don't sing, "Waiting For Life To Begin" and not belt it, especially when you CAN belt it!

[Flake1324]

her mix is gorgeous

[mulioctaveman]

But she's not even mixing. She's using head voice, and not even legit sound it's more stylized. I just wish she had belted it or mixed it.

[beffcow]

Are you drunk? She's obviously mixing most of the time here, and belting on a few notes. I'd say as far as note placement goes, this is pretty much identical to LaChanze's version.

[mulioctaveman]

This is in no way identical to LaChanze's version. Lachanze is far more impressive than Lea Michelle anyway. Lechanze uses belting and a an immensely strong mix. Unlike this. Did you listen to the key change? It was just not strong enough in my opinion.

[beffcow]

If you listen to the portion after the key change, however, you'll hear that all of the notes on the higher end of the song's range are clearly mixed or belted. You can't dispute with the fact that those notes wouldn't sound anything like this if she were using head voice.

[musikphantom1881]

@beffcow I feel that her timbre is just too unlike LaChanze's to be identical. Even if the placement is similar, they just sound very different to me (Both are incredible)

[JamesDurbins1stfan]

@beffcow not really. LaChanze belts like crazy. She belts things that are too low to belt. And least she's softer and only belts in the strong parts

[liliekinz]

haha we did Once On This Island for our school musical :]

she should play Ti Moune

[greenemerald152]

aww i played timoune in like the 7th grade

[Flatonmyface]

no....i hate this version. she is good, but annoying.

[ateneodude]

I love Once on this Island! I love Lea Michele! :D

[soda9]

are u kidding?

[notgoinnowhere]

I love this arrangement!

[bwaygurl105]

She's A Broadway Super Hero.

End of story.

[dtmcentee]

@bwaygurl105 true dat! lol such an amazing belt she has

[lostONstage710]

dood! this is from once on this island! like, one of my favorite musicals ever!!! she rocks this song like no other!!

[byrnegirl141]

Thanks for uploading all these videos!

[sup9412]

shes amazing beyong words