Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Answers on. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 The Muppets Take Manhattan about 3 years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Definitely The Rocky Horror Picture Show OST back in October. My favorite musical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I'm heterosexual btw... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 South Park; Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted December 1, 2016 Author Share Posted December 1, 2016 I'm straight, too, but I love musicals! A STAR IS BORN (1954) is great. Garland is fantastic, and Mason never turned-in a better performance, in his life. I really want the 1976 version to be on R2 Blu ray. Maybe if I watch closely, now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 4 minutes ago, Richard said: A STAR IS BORN (1954) is great. Garland is fantastic, and Mason never turned-in a better performance, in his life. Her performance of "The Man That Got Away" will without fail make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up no matter how many times I've heard it. Her greatest song. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Would have been Aladdin live in London last Friday, if the West End hadn't suffered that power cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 The last musical I actually saw in a live performance was Anything Goes on Broadway back in 2012. It was Sutton Foster's final weekend in the role she won a Tony for and I was charmed from beginning to end. It's a shame she hasn't been able to break through into TV or film in a major way, she's a wonderful performer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted December 1, 2016 Author Share Posted December 1, 2016 51 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: Would have been Aladdin live in London last Friday, if the West End hadn't suffered that power cut. Have they offered you tickets for an alternate date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Refunds. I was only there for four days, so a different date wouldn't have worked anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,466 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I can't remember what or when was the last time, but I periodically listen to musicals -- especially a rotation between Disney soundtracks, CHESS and Eric Woolfson's stuff. Maybe Lloyd Webber on a good day. But it's mostly more contemporary things; I'm not too fond of old Broadway/Hollywood musicals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Sunday in the Park with George I can,t stomach that many musicals unrelated to Sondheim A24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 1 hour ago, Thor said: I'm not too fond of old Broadway/Hollywood musicals. As always, it seems we are precise opposites. I miss when musicals were jazzy, bubbly affairs with silly throwaway narratives that were just there to hang the catchiest songs you've ever heard on to. Gershwin, Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Kern, Berlin, Bernstein (On the Town era). I stop being interested in musicals once Sondheim made them pretentious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 But Sondheim's work is mostly terrific. It's not his fault others can't keep up Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I don't doubt his talent, his musicals just aren't my thing. All overcomplicated and the songs too integrated with the storytelling. I just have very specific taste! I'd rather listen to Anything Goes or Lady Be Good or Showboat than Company or A Chorus Line or whatever. Basically, once the nerdy theater kids took over Broadway I stopped caring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I love this performance Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I'm not a very big fan of the Jazzy musicals (except for Chicago, though it's more of a subversion of the genre). I saw 42nd Street earlier this year and was bored out of my mind by both the story and the music. *edit, what a coincidence!* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 1 minute ago, Romão said: I love this performance Love it! This is one of the best things I've ever seen: On the Town and Wonderful Town are two of the best things Leonard Bernstein ever did. Romão 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 So what kind of musicals do you like, Mr. Big? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 1 minute ago, Disco Stu said: So what kind of musicals do you like, Mr. Big? The gooey pretentious kind! (Les Mis, Phantom of the Opera) Though I'm honestly not that big into musicals (not yet at least) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 5 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Love it! This is one of the best things I've ever seen: On the Town and Wonderful Town are two of the best things Leonard Bernstein ever did. Oh, that's nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 2 minutes ago, Not Mr. Big said: The gooey pretentious kind! (Les Mis, Phantom of the Opera) Though I'm honestly not that big into musicals (not yet at least) Hahaha! Literally as soon as the credits were rolling for the Les Mis movie (which I realize most fans of the musical don't like much) I turned to my wife and said, "That might be the worst musical I've ever heard." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 4 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Hahaha! Literally as soon as the credits were rolling for the Les Mis movie (which I realize most fans of the musical don't like much) I turned to my wife and said, "That might be the worst musical I've ever heard." The movie is really awful to be fair. The musical itself is sort of a guilty pleasure for me. It's weirdly paced and has sappy lyrics but the melodies themselves are wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Loved the arrangements in that film. Don't care about the singing, but the music itself was awesome. Would love to get the recording sessions of that one with just the orchestral parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Just now, BloodBoal said: Loved the arrangements in that film. Don't care about the singing, but the music itself was awesome. Would love recording sessions of that one. The recording is so dry and lifeless though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 You're dry and lifeless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Hey, that's all right. All you need to do is drink and you'll be OK! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I feel bad for singling out Sondheim now when I feel like I really meant Lloyd Weber, whose musicals make me want to never stop vomiting. The Lloyd Weberization of Broadway is a crime against art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Do Animated Musicals count? Prince of Egypt Really love the songs in this one. Even more than the score and most (if not all) other Disney musicals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Thomas and the King by John Williams and that must be a year or so ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,466 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 13 hours ago, Disco Stu said: As always, it seems we are precise opposites. I miss when musicals were jazzy, bubbly affairs with silly throwaway narratives that were just there to hang the catchiest songs you've ever heard on to. Gershwin, Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Kern, Berlin, Bernstein (On the Town era). I stop being interested in musicals once Sondheim made them pretentious. Yes, I'm the polar opposite of a lot of folks on a lot of different things, so no surprise there. Don't get me wrong, though -- I can still marvel at the visual beauty and choreography of something like Busby Berkeley's 42ND STREET, but I almost never listen to this stuff on album. I prefer stuff that is more melodramatic, perhaps oriented towards pop or other contemporary forms. Sondheim is good in doses. Kurt Weill, I can appreciate -- but prefer stuff that references him rather than the original (like NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS -- one of my alltime favourite scores/musicals)). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I prefer Kurt Weill via Bobby Darin Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 13 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I feel bad for singling out Sondheim now when I feel like I really meant Lloyd Weber, whose musicals make me want to never stop vomiting. The Lloyd Weberization of Broadway is a crime against art. Now that is something I can agree with. I abhor Lloyd Webber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,466 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I'm aware that Lloyd Webber is popular to hate in some circles, but I've always liked some of his best known musicals -- LES MIS, PHANTOM, JESUS CHRIST, EVITA, even bits of CATS. I like music that wears its emotions on its sleeve, and is not afraid to go grandiose when doing so. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 There's a big difference between being emotional and being corny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,466 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 24 minutes ago, Romão said: There's a big difference between being emotional and being corny I like 'corny'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 This isn't why I don't like his musicals, but it doesn't help that Weber himself is a right twat (to use the English terminology). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 17 hours ago, Romão said: Sunday in the Park with George I can,t stomach that many musicals unrelated to Sondheim As you know, I love Burton's Sweeney Todd. It's not your typical jolly, carefree, lightweight sing & dance musical. It's intelligent, dark, sad, yet lyrical and beautiful. Burton accomplishes to turn it into a movie first rather than a filmed Broadway piece. Sunday In The Park With George is very good too but I only know it from the clips on youtube and from listening to the album on Spotify. Mandy Patinkin is born to sing Sondheim. Into The Woods was a disappointment. Perhaps it never should have been produced by Disney. Other musicals that I can vouch for are The Wizard Of Oz, Julie Taymor's Across The Universe and Jesus Christ Superstar, although one could consider that a Rock Opera. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 186 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I've been listening to Hamilton a lot lately, and will definitely try to see it live when it comes to London next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 The last one I listened to was Fiddler on the Roof (from the 1971 film), which I play every few months or so and is my favourite musical. The last one I saw live was The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre, where I thought I was gonna pass out from laughter. But me and my family love musicals; we tend to go see one every Boxing Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 19 hours ago, Thor said: I can't remember what or when was the last time, but I periodically listen to musicals -- especially a rotation between Disney soundtracks, CHESS and Eric Woolfson's stuff. Maybe Lloyd Webber on a good day. But it's mostly more contemporary things; I'm not too fond of old Broadway/Hollywood musicals. Nice. FREUDIANA is good, but it should be remembered that it started-out life as an APP record. 4 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I prefer Kurt Weill via Bobby Darin ...or even the Pet Shop Boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,466 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 2 hours ago, Richard said: Nice. FREUDIANA is good, but it should be remembered that it started-out life as an APP record. Yeah, I know. It's bloody brilliant! But I also like GAUDI, THE GAMBLER (crappy sound quality, though) and the POE stuff. I'm still looking for a cheap copy of the SOMEWHERE IN THE AUDIENCE cover CD, and I hope his last musical DANCING SHADOWS will get a release one day. Even if some of the material is based on old APP material in most of these, I dig the original material too, and now that Woolfson is gone, it should be a proper excuse to release the remaining stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I largely hate the (modern) genre barring a handful of classics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 1 minute ago, Prerecorded Briefing said: I largely hate the (modern) genre barring a handful of classics. Same here. Can't stand most of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 On 12/1/2016 at 5:39 PM, BloodBoal said: You're dry and lifeless! On 12/1/2016 at 5:40 PM, Not Mr. Big said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share Posted December 3, 2016 9 hours ago, Jilal said: Same here. Can't stand most of them. Yeah, me, too. Er...which ones are we talking about? 9 hours ago, Prerecorded Briefing said: I largely hate the (modern) genre barring a handful of classics. 9 hours ago, Jilal said: Same here. Can't stand most of them. Yeah, me, too! I hate the lot of them! They're all horrible, and rubbish!!! Er...which ones are we talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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