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Pudding 04:01 am UTC 10/16/07 |
| In reply to: | re: It's a bit of a conundrum for me - rockfenris2005 03:28 am UTC 10/16/07 |
| Cats is one of those shows I refuse to see. It has a pretty decent score, but fucking hell DANCING CATS! how wrong is that? I've never seen a Kenwright production of WDTW, I saw the original and thought it was fantastic, shortly after I bought the CD(s) So going from listening to a CD to watching the show (as it is now) I can see how you might not be a great fan of it. Apart from No Matter What and If Only, which are two songs I can't stand, the whole score is pretty great...IMO > That's an interesting point. I saw "Cats" and "The Phantom > Of The Opera" and the music, at least, didn't live up to > what I was used to... It was like the CD had 4 orchestra > pits or something. The music didn't sound full. But that > said, it makes sense when you see all the elements > together. But I wasn't judging "Whistle" on all of its > elements, which is why I felt Bright Eyes' post was a > complete distraction (what's a better word?) from mine, > because I was just judging by its score. Would the score > sound better in the theatre? I don't know. I didn't see > the London Aldwych show and I don't want to see the tour > because I'm against Kenwright's changes > > > Actually it is Ryan. > > > > I thought Sunset Boulevard was poor until I saw it. Same > > with Tell Me On A Sunday and Evita. Joseph went down in my > > opinion after I saw it. Whistle has to be fully > > appreciated in all its glory, to appreciate all its glory, > > same with Phantom and JCS. > > > > So to answer Bright Eyes question: Just out of > > curiosity, have you ever attended a production on stage of > > an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical? Or are you just judging > > from recordings and other written sources. > > > > Your answer would be no, but you have listened to the > > CD's, is that correct? > > > > > > > Actually no it isn't. Susan asked me if I'd "seen" the > > > shows. I don't see that as particularly the same thing as > > > "hearing the music". When I said "Whistle" had one of > > > Webber's worst scores, I didn't mean the whole show was > > > terrible. I meant that I thought the score was terrible. > > > To me, there's a difference and from my experience seeing > > > musicals LIVE, the orchestrations and the arrangements > > > always sound better on the CD. It loses half its magic and > > > the focus is more on the performing. Whereas I was judging > > > the music itself > > > > > > > It's a fair point though Ryan, because if you've seen a > > > > full production of a particular show then your point of > > > > view might change. > > > > > > > > The beauty about musicals is that they're to be enjoyed > > > > both visually and musically. > > > > > > > > I've personally seen Phantom, Jesus, Evita, Tell Me On A > > > > Sunday, Joseph, Sunset and Whistle. And my opinion of the > > > > shows changed after I had actually seen them. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That's none of your business, Susan. > > > > > > > > > > > Just out of curiosity, have you ever attended a production > > > > > > on stage of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical? Or are you > > > > > > just judging from recordings and other written sources. | |
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