i dont know if anyone visits my about page much, but if you do you will know I have been downloading a few songs by Lea Salonga. I remember first hearing about her when Miss Saigon first got big. Call me crazy – but did anyone at a winter olympics do skating to songs from it because I am sure thats where I first rememebered hearing about Miss Saigon.
Anyways – when Disneys Aladdin came out a friend of my brothers got a free double pass to see the film and also the soundtrack and gave them both to mr. my fave bit about the soundtrack was Lea Salonga’s singing (oh – and the song One Jump Ahead….it was so catchy!). I remember wandering around the cd section of Grace Bros back then and seeing a cd available by Lea which I am now finally buying for myself.
the reason this all started was because a girl at my work bought Michael Crawfords Disney Album and played it at work and one of the songs on there was Reflection from Mulan, which Lea did the singing for on the soundtrack. So I ended up downloading it a few days later and it renewed my interest in Lea. thats when i bought the Miss Saigon original cast recording second hand.
i was telling the girl at work about the stuff i have been getting. she is a big fan of musicals and stuff and every few years she goes overseas to see stuff in london and new york – a week after i started at my new job she went to new york for a week and then london for two weeks – amongst other things she went and saw The Beautiful Game 5 times in a week – she has a website about the star of it – David Shannon.
anyways – she kindly informed me that she got to see Lea back when she was in the original staging of Miss Saigon and at the 10th Aniversary concert of Les Miserables at the Royal Albert Hall. i told her i hated her!! 🙂
i now wanna get the recording of that performance and i have read about a 2 cd set you can get of a live performance Lea did but i cant seem to find it – not even on Amazon.com – poop!