faetal on 10/12/2016 at 14:33
Generally, I don't like musicals AT ALL, I'm also not a fan of theatre, opera or even ballet (been to all enough times to have a relatively sautéed opinion). However, there are just some exceptions where the whole is so much more than the sum of its parts that I end up loving it despite myself. I loved Prokofyev's Romeo & Juliet, Jesus Christ Superstar, Rocky Horror Picture Show and Moulin Rouge (which I only watched because I was on a date, but ended up loving it somehow).
Pyrian on 10/12/2016 at 16:09
Quote Posted by henke
"Is that something people do?" I thought. "Is there even any point listening to an album if you haven't seen the play?"
Most of the time the music is better than the production.
SlyFoxx on 11/12/2016 at 03:08
1776...brilliant. And I hate most musicals as a general rule.
demagogue on 11/12/2016 at 03:21
Quote Posted by Thirith
I hated
Rent. It's smug and hypocritical.
Haha, yeah, it is. For some reason people consider it culturally important, so I suggested it more for henke's cultural education than because it's any good.
What is good I forgot to mention: Chicago.
henke on 11/12/2016 at 15:02
Good suggestions, thanks, adding all these to my listening-list.
Just found another good one, The Book of Mormon! :D
[video=youtube;xLb7_UrV3-A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLb7_UrV3-A[/video]
Y'know, of course I've always liked musicals in some capacity. Disney movies, South Park, Baz Luhrman movies, etc. It's more that I never considered the notion that musical albums might be something that could stand on it's own and be worth listening to outside of the movies/plays they belong to. Sure I'd heard of The Book of Mormon when it came out, but I wrote it off as something I'd probably never get to experience because I didn't live in New York or London, and even then tickets to these things can be pretty pricey, I hear.
nickie on 11/12/2016 at 17:41
Oklahoma and South Pacific then West Side Story. I heard those 'on their own' many times as a child. Other than that I was brought up on Astaire and Kelly and the like and still have a great fondness for them. Loosely associated: Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.
henke on 13/12/2016 at 07:09
[video=youtube;h_y9F5St4j0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_y9F5St4j0[/video]
Watched the second half of the Fiddler on the Roof movie last night and it had me oscillating between weeping with joy and crying with sadness. God, that was amazing.
Thirith on 13/12/2016 at 07:30
Fiddler on the Roof works tremendously well at different tones and moods. When they work, musicals can have a sense of exuberance, a certain intensity of feeling, that's hard to replicate in a more naturalistic genre.
Do you like Joss Whedon? I do, and I greatly enjoyed his Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. On the DVD there's also a musical soundtrack for which they wrote a bunch of new songs, and some of them are fantastic.
demagogue on 13/12/2016 at 08:19
Speaking of which, I always liked this treatment.
[video=youtube;nFzdIaBnckg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFzdIaBnckg[/video]
henke on 13/12/2016 at 17:00
Quote Posted by Thirith
Do you like Joss Whedon? I do, and I greatly enjoyed his
Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. On the DVD there's also a musical soundtrack for which they wrote a bunch of new songs, and some of them are fantastic.
Listened to this today. Pretty great! :D
Also listened to the Booth song from Assassins(it's the only Assassins track on Spotify). That one's good too!