| re: Bad grosses |
| 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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