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Vin 07:57 pm UTC 01/04/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Bat Stage Songs ? - Smeghead 07:19 pm UTC 01/04/07 |
| Thanks, Smeg. > They were both written for the scene where Baal convinces > Wendy to run away with him... the difference is that BFG > actually is about that... whereas Bat has very little to > do with it... that is why the scene has Baal saying to > Wendy "You'll like our home... Neverland... and Neverland > feels... LIKE THIS!" and then he sings Bat Out Of Hell... > I never liked that... He's kind of forced to put the > song Bat into Neverland because he's using the name Bat > Out Of Hell the musical as a promotional gimmick... so I > hope he comes up with a better way of getting the song > into the show. > > > I've heard before that BooH and BfG were written for the > > same scene, but that seems odd since the one song ends > > with the death of the singing character, and the other, as > > far as I can hear, does not. > > > > I turn this one over to the Neverland Scholars among > > us... > > > > > I would love to see Surf's Up used (a fantastic song which > > > hasn't been heard much, and I can envisage a great staging > > > of this). > > > > > > I think Bad For Good and Bat were both originally written > > > for the same Neverland scene ?? > > > > > > I prefer Bad For Good within the context of Neverland, and > > > I could see Bat therefore, being performed as a deliberate > > > encore (as Bo Rhap is in We Will Rock You & Dancing Queen > > > is in Mamma Mia)?? > > > > > > > > > > In the original staging there was no song for that scene > > > > in the play. Jim wrote the song after the Neverland > > > > Workshop and claimed it was written for the scene where > > > > Baal takes Wendy's virginity. > > > > > > > > > I would love to see "Surf's Up" in there. What was Jim's > > > > > original staging? Was it Peter and Wendy slow dancing in > > > > > the surf? Why do I have that in my head? > > > | |
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