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Post by steve10086 on Dec 1, 2017 20:42:49 GMT
Am I the only one who hated this at the ENO? Pointless, good effects, dreadful choreography, 2 songs I knew and silly storyline. Just curious about the “2 songs I knew” part of that. Should there have been more?! |
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Post by Seriously on Dec 2, 2017 10:44:09 GMT
I think the point of a Jukebox musical is that you know more than 2 songs!
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Post by steve10086 on Dec 2, 2017 10:55:21 GMT
I think the point of a Jukebox musical is that you know more than 2 songs! Well if you go to a musical called “Bat Out Of Hell the Musical” and you don’t know the 7 songs from the album “Bat Out Of Hell” you’ve only really got yourself to blame if there aren’t enough songs you know!!! |
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Post by Seriously on Dec 2, 2017 10:57:24 GMT
Yes, the sign of a good musical is homework.
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Post by jgblunners on Dec 2, 2017 11:01:54 GMT
I went in knowing only a handful of Steinman songs and had an amazing time. I didn't feel that I needed to have done any research to enjoy the show more.
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Post by danb on Dec 2, 2017 11:02:27 GMT
Yes, the sign of a good musical is homework. No, the sign of someone making an effort to enjoy something is homework. If you’re just going to something to either just say you’ve seen it or to judge it you should be prepared to take the rough with the smooth. I have been sticking Hamilton into my day to day musical ‘routine’ to give myself the best chance of enjoying it. |
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Post by Seriously on Dec 2, 2017 11:05:50 GMT
What homework did you do for Cats?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 11:10:16 GMT
Put on a bodysuit and rolled around my neighbour's garden while yowling.
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Post by steve10086 on Dec 2, 2017 11:59:35 GMT
Yes, the sign of a good musical is homework. If that was aimed at me then it’s ridiculous. You don’t need to do any homework to enjoy Bat Out Of Hell, but someone saying they only knew 2 songs on a show based on an album of 7 songs (plus follow up albums and other stuff) is rather pointless. |
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Post by Seriously on Dec 2, 2017 12:02:12 GMT
It was aimed at danb, who seems to disagree with you.
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Post by steve10086 on Dec 2, 2017 12:08:11 GMT
It was aimed at danb, who seems to disagree with you. In which case I’m happy to apologise, though I don’t actually think danb and I really do disagree on this very much. It’s musicalmarge who seems to think that if you go to a “jukebox” musical (which this isn’t really anyway) by a songwriter whose songs you aren’t familiar with, that it’s the shows fault when you don’t know the songs. How anyone can not know: Bat Out Of Hell Dead Ringer For Love It’s All Coming Back To Me Now I’d Do Anything For Love is beyond me anyway, so only knowing 2 songs implies someone has been sticking their head in the sand for a long time. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 2, 2017 12:16:59 GMT
I don’t own a single Meatloaf record but I knew LOADS of the songs!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 12:46:20 GMT
I fail to see how the number of songs you know from a show before you see it could impact on your enjoyment? I only recognised three songs from Sunset Boulevard but I still came out loving it. If you go into a musical without knowing much about it, it’s your own choice. You can’t then blame your dislike for the show on the decision that you’ve made, that’s pretty absurd. Not liking the show because you don’t like the songs is one thing. Not liking the show because you don’t know them is lunacy.
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Post by steve10086 on Dec 2, 2017 13:11:54 GMT
I fail to see how the number of songs you know from a show before you see it could impact on your enjoyment? I only recognised three songs from Sunset Boulevard but I still came out loving it. If you go into a musical without knowing much about it, it’s your own choice. You can’t then blame your dislike for the show on the decision that you’ve made, that’s pretty absurd. Not liking the show because you don’t like the songs is one thing. Not liking the show because you don’t know them is lunacy. Precisely! |
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Post by Dawnstar on Dec 2, 2017 13:20:26 GMT
How anyone can not know: Bat Out Of Hell Dead Ringer For Love It’s All Coming Back To Me Now I’d Do Anything For Love I only recognise 2 out of those 4 song titles & I do actually own a Meatloaf CD. (My Dad's contribution to my sex education was to give me a Meatloaf CD & tell me to listen to Paradise By The Dashboard Light.) |
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Post by steve10086 on Dec 2, 2017 13:23:47 GMT
How anyone can not know: Bat Out Of Hell Dead Ringer For Love It’s All Coming Back To Me Now I’d Do Anything For Love I only recognise 2 out of those 4 song titles & I do actually own a Meatloaf CD. (My Dad's contribution to my sex education was to give me a Meatloaf CD & tell me to listen to Paradise By The Dashboard Light.) Are you young? If so, they could be before your time, which is fair enough. But I doubt you’d have gone to the show *expecting* to know the songs in that case, which is fine. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Dec 2, 2017 13:28:26 GMT
Are you young? If so, they could be before your time, which is fair enough. But I doubt you’d have gone to the show *expecting* to know the songs in that case, which is fine. 32 so sadly not that young any more. I haven't seen the show but if I do (haven't decided yet, afraid it might be too loud for me) I think I'd expect to recognise any songs used that were on the CD but not any that weren't. |
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Post by danb on Dec 2, 2017 14:15:29 GMT
I fail to see how the number of songs you know from a show before you see it could impact on your enjoyment? I only recognised three songs from Sunset Boulevard but I still came out loving it. If you go into a musical without knowing much about it, it’s your own choice. You can’t then blame your dislike for the show on the decision that you’ve made, that’s pretty absurd. Not liking the show because you don’t like the songs is one thing. Not liking the show because you don’t know them is lunacy. Precisely! I knew nothing about Sunset the first time I saw it but fell in love with it the second those strings started up. In this instance it was to the shows advantage that Andy only used about five different melodies throughout the whole show, because they just sucked you back in every time they were re-used.... ...but I don’t really understand why you would go to a musical based on the music of someone you don’t know then complain that you didn’t know any of the songs. It just sounds wasteful when you could go and see Thriller for 20p and know most of the songs! 😃 |
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Post by steve10086 on Dec 2, 2017 16:02:07 GMT
I knew nothing about Sunset the first time I saw it but fell in love with it the second those strings started up. In this instance it was to the shows advantage that Andy only used about five different melodies throughout the whole show, because they just sucked you back in every time they were re-used.... ...but I don’t really understand why you would go to a musical based on the music of someone you don’t know then complain that you didn’t know any of the songs. It just sounds wasteful when you could go and see Thriller for 20p and know most of the songs! 😃 If a show is new to me, but has an existing cast recording, I will usually listen to it beforehand as I do tend to enjoy them more when I know them. But funnily enough, Sunset is also one of my “instant likes” - loved it from that very first viewing. |
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Post by ceebee on Dec 2, 2017 20:27:53 GMT
How anyone can not know: Bat Out Of Hell Dead Ringer For Love It’s All Coming Back To Me Now I’d Do Anything For Love I only recognise 2 out of those 4 song titles & I do actually own a Meatloaf CD. (My Dad's contribution to my sex education was to give me a Meatloaf CD & tell me to listen to Paradise By The Dashboard Light.) My dad gave me "house of fun" by Madness. |
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Post by danb on Dec 2, 2017 20:39:32 GMT
My Dad took the opportunity whilst explaining ‘what that machine was in the toilet’. No tenuous musical links here 😂
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Post by steve10086 on Dec 4, 2017 12:30:29 GMT
Tickets now on sale for the Dominion run!
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Post by ali973 on Dec 4, 2017 12:41:57 GMT
I got a ticket for the first preview and sometime mid-May. Wasn't intending to be in London until Monday but I thought..why not.
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Post by viserys on Dec 4, 2017 13:03:06 GMT
All booked again.
I had hoped that the two front rows would be as cheap as they were for An American in Paris but no dice. Still, the front row for £55 is not a terrible deal considering the ludicrous prices in the rows beyond.
Gah, I can't believe I'm so excited about a jukebox musical.
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Post by steve10086 on Dec 4, 2017 13:11:36 GMT
I wanted Row A but chickened out when I saw they were cheaper. Not knowing what the view will be like, I didn’t want a repeat of my experience in the front row at Manchester, where the front of the set blocked half of the show!
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