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rockfenris2005 04:25 am UTC 11/07/10 |
| In reply to: | re: Crash Scene - steven_stuart 03:31 am UTC 11/07/10 |
I always envisioned the crash as something Peter was imagining and describing to Wendy, even though it doesn't happen. The lyrics are not supposed to be taken literally then, in that sense. It's a little like the use of songs in plays by Brecht (or prays by Blecht...No, that one was never staged ;-) > > > The only thing I disagree with is your opinion regarding > > > the crash scene. > > > > That's fine. You ask 10 people to write a scene for BOOH > > then you will get 10 different versions. As Meat has said > > in interview, everyone pictures these songs in their mind > > very differently. > > Oh yes. Don't get me wrong. I loved what you wrote. Its > just that Jim sees "BOOH" as the ultimate crash song. He's > very proud that it is a better crash song than some of the > crash songs that have influenced him, like "Leader Of The > Pack". > > It would be interesting if other posters could give their > opinions. Does "BOOH" have to be a crash song? > > > If the context was say about an outlaw/renegade being > > chased by the Police then I would keep the crash in, but > > for Peter Pan it doesn't make sense (to me). > > Have you read the Stuart Beattie "BOOH" treatment? He > creates the situation you describe for the outlaw who > survives the crash and comes back as a popstar. > > I'm not trying to question your judgement but if Jim's > Peter Pan is a very different Peter Pan, then why can't he > have a motorcycle crash (that he survives) at the end of > Act One? > > > Well if Jim has written the scene with a crash, then the > > 'crash' section of the song will of course work. I can't > > see a crash (and someone dying) making sense at all, > > except if Bat is the last song and Jim decides to kill > > Peter off, but I wouldn't write it like that. > > There is no way on earth that Jim would kill Peter off. Oh > my goodness. That would be terrible. > > > >Didn't you like his idea of having the heart fly out of the body? > > > > Never heard this before. On first impressions it sounds > > silly, and how do you do that on stage? > > With great difficulty. Jim imagines wonderful things but > then someone else has to figure out how to make it > happen. > > > > As JD mentioned, the lyrics for "All Revved Up" have been slightly changed. I > think this is to make it a suitable opening number. > > > > I can see 'Revved Up' as the opening number, but I would > > prefer 'Bat'. See my new post shortly as to how I envisage > > 'Revved Up'. > > What song other than "BOOH" could send the audience out on > a high for intermission? What would you place at the end > of Act One? Do you think its okay to have "BOOH" twice in > the show, as long as are two very different versions (as > you said Jim suggested)? | |
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