Improv...endearing or annoying?

[mitzo]

Originally Posted by priestofnothing

I'm OK with most all of Stevie's improvisations. It must get boring sometimes for her to sing the same songs thousands upon thousands of times, so to change it up a bit probably keeps it at least a little interesting for her when performing.

The one that she almost always does that I absolutely can't stand though is during "Beauty and the Beast", after the big crescendo or whatever where she holds out the long note at the end of "I never doubted your beauty, I've Chaaaaaaaaanged" like on the record and then afterward she says "Or at least I'm trying to change" Ugh! I hate that! And I cringe everytime I hear it. Sometimes less is more. And in this case I prefer less. Her ad lib just takes away from the whole big drama of the moment that preceded it.

OK. I'm done. Love ya anyway Stevie. LOL.

Oh. I always loved that BATB ad lib, it makes it all sound so .... tragic and despairing.