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rockfenris2005 07:54 am UTC 12/08/09 |
| In reply to: | re: Bat Is Not A "Jukebox" Musical - LordRahl 05:52 pm UTC 12/07/09 |
| It’s interesting you should say that because “Whistle down the Wind” was the first Andrew Lloyd Webber musical in a long time to be promoted as, e.g. “Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman’s Whistle down the Wind” as opposed to “Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard” or, currently, “Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies”. There’s a reason for that. I don’t understand why the audience on Broadway was laughing either (I’ve seen the footage) because the audience was definitely NOT laughing in Vienna, Stuttgart OR Hamburg. > For the life of me I cant really say what was in their > heads but this is my guess: The audience must have > assumed the "person" who wrote DOTV was not the same > "person" who actually wrote total eclipse, and they > thought "oh how funny, this person is using that big, loud > 80s song in their musical, ha.ha.ha." > > If you watch videos (if any are still up) of the > performance there really isnt anything funny going on. > And when I was there live I didnt think anything laugh > worthy was happening. It was just Sarah and Krolock > walking around singing the song. > > Unfortunately I think the general public is not familiar > with Jim's name, regardless of the familiarity with his > music. It is a shame (though not really his fault > entirely) his name was not more predominantly featured in > the work he has been involved with (everything from the > Bat albums to Whistle Down the Wind). > > > Did DOTV feature Total Eclipse as written for Bonnie? They > > use the music from it in Tanz but aren't the lyrics > > different (apart from being German)? > > > > Was the laughter of the audience you describe because of > > the way it was staged? I mean it wasn't necessarily > > because of the "jukebox" factor, was it? > > > > I don't know. I will trust your judgement. > > > > > Agreed. The general public is going to this thing > > > expecting someone karaoke covering all the songs from the > > > Bat out of Hells. They wont be expecting a story, new > > > songs, or modified versions of what they know. Just look > > > at the audience reaction to Total Eclipse in America... > > > laughter... most embarrassing thing Ive had to be a part > > > of in a long time. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You might not think that the songs are relevant to the > > > > > Peter Pan story but you have to trust that Jim's book will > > > > > be written in a way that makes them relevant. > > > > > > > > It's not what I think that matters. My point is that a > > > > West End show called "Bat Out of Hell - The Musical" will > > > > be seen by the general public as a jukebox musical. > > > > > > > > No one will give a shit how long Jim has been working on > > > > this, or how much it means to him. > > > > > > > > If the songs really fit the story well then he may be > > > > praised for it (Our House, the Madness musical, was an > > > > example of that), but that's all. | |
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