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| Posted by: lowwriter 01:39 am EDT 04/05/23 | |
| In reply to: Bad grosses - dramedy 12:04 am EDT 04/05/23 | |
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| The problem with Bad Cinderella is that most of the score is totally forgettable except Only You, Lonely You. | |
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| re: Bad grosses | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 12:07 pm EDT 04/05/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Bad grosses - lowwriter 01:39 am EDT 04/05/23 | |
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| You didn't find the title song, with its cribbing - I mean "homage" - of Rodgers and Hammerstein to be an infectious earworm? | |
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| re: Bad grosses | |
| Posted by: J.Collins 02:13 am EDT 04/05/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Bad grosses - lowwriter 01:39 am EDT 04/05/23 | |
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| I've never understood why this is used as a criticism. If you've forgotten the majority of the score, isn't that a reflection on your memory for melodies? I don't see why it's the fault of a composer that you can't remember their music | |
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| Last Edit: lowwriter 01:08 am EDT 04/06/23 | |
| Posted by: lowwriter 01:06 am EDT 04/06/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Bad grosses - J.Collins 02:13 am EDT 04/05/23 | |
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| What I meant to say is that most of the score is so banal and boring that I had no reason to listen to the songs ever again except the one song I mentioned. | |
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| Last Edit: EvFoDr 02:53 pm EDT 04/05/23 | |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 02:51 pm EDT 04/05/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Bad grosses - J.Collins 02:13 am EDT 04/05/23 | |
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| I'll go a step further and say that regardless of the REASON why a person may not remember the melodies--be that a function of the melodies themselves or a person's memory for melodies--I don't get why the assessment of memorable or not is so often used as a measure of success or listener enjoyment, or quality. I tend to think that melodies that are memorable after one viewing of a show are either familiar to begin with (derivative?), very simple, or repeated so many times that it's inevitable they would be remembered. None of these makes a melody good, necessarily. I didn't walk out of Caroline or Change remembering the melodies, but thought it was exceptional and couldn't wait to see it again and get the recroding for a deeper dive. On the other hand I certainly walked out of La Cage humming The Best of Times. It's a long repetitive song that is also then reprised. And all towards the end of the show. And that's great too. Love them both. There is room for all. But remembering the songs doesn't make them good, and not remembering them doesn't make them bad. Maybe what people really mean is they didn't LIKE the songs. Whichs is totally valid. |
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| Posted by: KingSpeed 10:28 am EDT 04/05/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Bad grosses - J.Collins 02:13 am EDT 04/05/23 | |
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| It’s easier to remember the title song of “Hello Dolly” after one listening than it is to remember any song by Michael John LaChiusa. It’s simple and repetitive. | |
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| Posted by: AlanScott 05:02 pm EDT 04/06/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Bad grosses - KingSpeed 10:28 am EDT 04/05/23 | |
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| That's true, but I have found LaChiusa sometimes does have songs that are sort of catchy, songs that stick in your head and that you can at least partly sing when the show is over. | |
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| THE WILD PARTY's Score | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 06:58 pm EDT 04/06/23 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 06:57 pm EDT 04/06/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Bad grosses - AlanScott 05:02 pm EDT 04/06/23 | |
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| I saw The Wild Party a single time at the Virginia months before the cast album was released and couldn't get "People Like Us" out of my head (among other songs from that incredible score). | |
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| Posted by: Revned 02:28 am EDT 04/05/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Bad grosses - J.Collins 02:13 am EDT 04/05/23 | |
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| I agree. If immediate memorability/hummability of the songs were the main criterion for quality, we would be obligated to acknowledge MAMMA MIA! as the greatest of all musicals. | |
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| Posted by: KingSpeed 10:25 am EDT 04/05/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Bad grosses - Revned 02:28 am EDT 04/05/23 | |
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| But dramedy didn’t say Bad Cinderella was the greatest of all musicals. Just said “decent.” | |
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