So...this was the first song ever to make me cry.it was 2002.I found a cassette of the les miz original London cast and listened to it and Michael ball's rendition of this song had me in floods without having ever seen the show.

Now on film though,eddie something or other, weeps his way through the song without missing a note and it is one if the most beautiful things I have ever seen or heard. His singing is less vocally powerful than one usually hears in the stage version, but for the intimacy of film it works perfectly. His voice is so beautiful and he's crying his eyes out while doing it. As a singer I have mad respect for him. Never mind the acting aspect where he is able to convey such a raw grief on camera, but do you know how hard it is to sing well while crying? Throat gets tight, nose gets stuffy, breath control becomes very difficult. This guy has amazing technique to be able to pull this off with such effect.

Last edited by inmyarms (April 11, 2014 12:02 am)