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Permalink Reply by Contradiction on
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I kind of hunched up when the "lead" girl was singing. Her voice was painful. o.e I don't know what would possess anyone to write music like that in the first place.
clever gif placement, btw
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Permalink Reply by EndOfTheEarth on
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Was it the voice that was painful, or the music? I know some of the music in that play sounded a bit odd, but far from painful.
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Voice. I don't have tolerance for such high notes.
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Ah, alright then. I can understand that. That role does hit a lot of high soprano bits.
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I prefer Opera to most modern music in that I'd take people who can sing well in a language I don't get to people who add unneeded lyrics to atmosphereless music and have no classic singing instruction.
(And this is very true. I saw one of the Jonas Bros. sub in for the character of Marius during the Nth Les Miserables anniversary concert. Painful)
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Permalink Reply by nathan_p on
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(That's just terrible.)
vOv It's not my thing and for whatever reason seems slightly goofy. The technical skill I can absolutely admire -- I can't sing a note.
It pains me listening to some modern music -- I'll hear a good line that could continue into something neat, but then some asshole starts yapping overtop.
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1) Pirates of Penzance is in English; It's a Gilbert and Sullivan Musical. Granted, it's complex English, but still English.
2) Most of the comedy in the show revolves around complex jokes and logic puzzles. Unless you're fast on your feet, you'll miss a good chunk of them; it's not like the watered down slapstick, insults, and toilet humor that modern comedy leans upon.
3) If the actors are good enough, then a high school musical can be just as good as the same show on Broadway.
How many of these were lacking/went over your head? I saw the 1983 film version, and thought it was a good show, though not the sort a modern audience would be sophisticated enough to understand.
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1. Meh, technicalities. What would you call the music style, then?
3. Well, yeah. That would be the issue. I guess I should have said my high school drama club. We're far from bad, but that musical is not a good idea.
How many of these were lacking/went over your head?
I have no idea. Their words were literally incomprehensible. I have no idea what the words they were saying were.
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Was it "Modern Major General" that threw you over the edge, or another part?
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No, it was the female soprano parts. Which were frequent.
Modern Major General was the best bit, actually.
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Regarding incomprehensible, from what I understand of that writing pair, they did a lot of "patter songs" which sound a little like this (or, as EndOf said, "Modern Major General"), which are very, very hard to sing to meter while fitting in all the words in a comprehensible manner. Unless you're a natural motormouth / auctioneer and talented singer, it takes a while to master the patter song.
Having a high school club do a musical that has a shitload of songs where both the rhythm and the words are important is... uh, audacious.
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