The Evolution Of Dreamgirls(Hard To Say Goodbye)

Quite a few changes here.the main change is the songs titleIt was once I Got Feelings(all the way up to the Broadway version)
Other changes:

Project#9-Each girl has her own full verse, including Effie, explaining their feelings(Michelle-marriage,Lola-solo success,Deena-movies,Effie-forgivness(?)the tempo is much slower

Boston Tryout-Same as 9,but Effies part is taken out and they add,what I like to call, The Mesh(all three girls singing overlaps each other)

Broadway version 1-Pretty much what we here today,but no verses,just the Mesh

Broadway version 2-What we hear today(removal of the Mesh) except Deena sings the entire 1st verse alone.

Movie version-Deena shares both verses.

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• Dreamgirls
• Hard To Say Goodbye

[TheDIVA3482]

sheryl lee ralph

[babyboi1002]

@TheDIVA3482 ummmmm Im not buying that lol

[TheDIVA3482]

OMG This really made me cry. I remember singing this like it was yesterday! Thank you.

[babyboi1002]

@TheDIVA3482 ....welcome....you performed in a production of Dreamgirls???

[Sox575]

Hey babyboi1002,

This is AMAZING! Where did you get the audio from the actor's workshop of this song that plays at the beginning? That's Nell Carter @ 02:21 mark.

Carter was supposed to be in the "Effie" role. I read that DG creator Tom Eyen saw Nell in a musical called "Your Arms Too Short To Box With God" and wanted to build a musical around her and some friends.

The workshop with Ralph & Carter was the writing part of the show. More please!

[babyboi1002]

@Sox575 I though it was Holiday who they found from "Your Arms Are Too Short"..... I thought they got the idea for Nell from Aint Misbehavin

[legedaryone]

I really wish they wouldve kept the interchanging lyrics in the middle

[legedaryone]

Wow it just hit me that Decembr 21, this year marks the 30th anniversery of DreamGirls!

[Sox575]

@babyboi1002 LOL, you're probably right! I know someone was from "Arms Too Short..." I might have mixed the two up.

[rocky362]

is it just me or the versions featuring LLB the band sounds awsome more authentic for the time period

[ninetiesbaby10]

@babyboi1002 Thats fine for them but I am entitled to my own opinion, an opinion on which you and "the critics" have no consequence

[babyboi1002]

@ninetiesbaby10 and the critics would agree :)

[ninetiesbaby10]

@babyboi1002 In your humble opinion

[babyboi1002]

@ninetiesbaby10 Well,she was a horrible Deena

[ninetiesbaby10]

@babyboi1002 View cadillac records.....she can pull of varying degrees of diva...from demanding songstress to complete bitch

[babyboi1002]

@lf1234 Pop Princess? Yes . Diva? No

[lf1234]

@babyboi1002 , oh, I think Beyonce could've pulled off "diva". It just wasn't in the script. I kinda wish she had been more of a diva and demanded more material and music and "diva" moments beyond just Listen.

[babyboi1002]

@lf1234 they are more focused on casting a pretty girl(Beyonce) than a girl who can pull off the "diva" part of Deena

[lf1234]

I love LLB's version- the standout Deena among all of them because she doesn't follow the blueprint that SLR created. I wish they would cast more "colorful" Deena's like her in more productions.

[youndatmonkee]

@mark91345 Linda is amazing!!!!

[chopsnslams]

The Korean cast has great voices. Great inclusion there!!

[babyboi1002]

@youndatmonkee working on it

[youndatmonkee]

Do u have any other LLB STUFF?

[youndatmonkee]

@babyboi1002 LLB is amazing!!

[babyboi1002]

I will...I'm working a collection of the most well known Deena's...Beyonce,Sheryl,and Linda