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rockfenris2005 06:54 am UTC 04/14/16 |
| In reply to: | Broadway Fans? - Marklbetya 11:48 pm UTC 04/13/16 |
I got interested in musical theatre THROUGH Jim Steinman because I got "The Very Best of Meat Loaf" as a Christmas present when I was 12 years old. And when I was looking through the lyrics, it said "Home by now/No matter what" Andrew Lloyd Webber/Jim Steinman. Knew that name! I even recognized him from the news once but I don't know what they were talking to him about. And that was the beginning. Then when I first used the internet, "naturally" I typed Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman, and came to this site, "Dream Pollution", where I found out about "Whistle down the wind", which was actually where those songs were from, and all the rest. The rest is history, so they say. I got interested in Andrew Lloyd Webber in a big way. I heard the original double album "Jesus Christ Superstar" on the original vinyl, with the big star on the front cover, and Ian Gillan as Jesus, and wow. It was all such a revelation. But I'd seen "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" right around that time as well because of the Meat Loaf connection and I wanted to check it out, and just always remember thinking. Wow this movie is odd! And I love "Fiddler on the Roof". I had never actually really known what the full thing was like until I watched the movie a few years ago now (Norman Jewison again I think, who did "Jesus Christ Superstar" the film, another one I love, with the great Ted Neeley, who of course sang "Come in the night" with Meat Loaf and the Neverland Express later on) and just thought wow. "Sunrise, sunset", "Anatevka" stick with me most in my mind now. Rodgers and Hammerstein of course are brilliant and all. I just feel a bit "disappointed" with "The Sound of Music" compared to the other ones because it lacks something. I think the critics at the time actually talked about this maybe. But I just got things from "Carousel", "South Pacific", "The King and I", even "Oklahoma!" that I didn't get from "The Sound of Music", and I think "If I loved you" is one of the most beautiful love songs ever written in the history of the world. Meat said at his "Last at Bat" concert that he'd searched for a love song that was better than "For crying out loud", and while I can see what he's getting at, I think this one's definitely up there. Even just the melody would rip my heart out. And "You'll never walk alone" is now linked so vividly in my mind with the ending of "Heavenly Creatures" the Peter Jackson movie based on the Parker Hulme murder in New Zealand in 1954. (I still think, FWIW, Jim could have done a cool adaptation of Peter's other movie from the 90s "The frighteners" with Michael J. Fox.) THEN we - my friend and I - got our rock musical produced a couple years ago, which was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. > We all know Jim is theatrical and has had some success > (and some disappointments) on the Broadway stage. And I > also see some references to Broadway shows peppered > throughout this board, which got me wondering. > > How many of us are fans of Broadway, and of those who are, > what are you favorite shows? More modern stuff, or > classics? I lean heavily toward the classics. > > Personally, I think My Fair Lady is the best and most > complete show ever, with no song not clever, appropriate > and/or memorable. > > Others on my list: Wicked (only modern show on my list), > Fiddler on the Roof, Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma (as R&H must > be represented), and my guilty pleasure, Damn Yankees. | |
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