Carrie x 3

Certainly there is much to be said about CARRIE: The Musical, most of it being negative or, at the very least, incredibly sarcastic. But I genuinely enjoy Carrie's big Act 2 song "I'm Not Alone". As staged, it's rather silly number in which Carrie uses her powers of telekinesis as she's getting ready for prom to mobilize hair brushes and whatnot and to do a nice little waltz with her prom dress. But the song itself is just delightful. Here's a short clip from opening night in Stratford Upon Avon (which is such a weird place to open this, or any, show)--the final 2 minutes. (The song, with all the dancing and what not, was almost 7 minutes long. Why? Whyyyyyyyyy?)

Well, time has passed, and young women needed new material for their books, so they've started to bring this out. The first is young Natalie Weiss with a more reasonable 3.5 minute cut of the song. She has a lovely voice and has some sassy fun riffs around the 3min mark (as in, you'll watch from 3min to the end about 5 times). PS: this video has been viewed over 61,000 times.

As YouTube viewing begets YouTube viewing, watching Ms. Weiss led me to an alternate video of a young woman named Ellie Borzelleri. She doesn't have the same sarsaparilla riffs that Natalie did or the low notes for "somebody's by my side as I face the unknown," there are a few slightly pitchy moments, and her gesticulating is a bit awkward. But I love the tone and resonance of her voice (I think that's the right word for it), and find her performance to be somewhat more genuine than Natalie's. This video has "only" been viewed some 800 times. (Technically it's 824, but I don't want to count MY viewings.)

Here's the kicker, she's SIXTEEN in this video. According to her Facebook Fan Page--yes, I "became a fan" of Eleanor Borzilleri, don't mock--she turned 17 less than a month ago. She just finished her High School's production of FOOTLOOSE. Can I get a capital What-The-What?

And don't forget, tomorrow is Happy Song Saturday!