Playing on the internet for as long as I can

[dreamflower]

OK, I am having a lot of fun finding vids lately. This one is hilarious: "One Ring to Rock Them All"

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[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

In case you run out of things to do stuck in the snow, I just found ALL OF WHITE CHRISTMAS ON YOUTUBE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2FJl_ediZA

(Don't know if that's really your thing...but it's one of the two best musicals ever in my opinion. :-) )

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

Best part of that video: Bilbo as Freddie Mercury!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dreamflower]

Well, it's certainly one of my favorite Christmas movies!

So, what's your other favorite musical?

[dreamflower]

That part was hilarious! I loved how the partying hobbits fit right in with the spear-thumping orcs! LOL!

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

Singin' in the Rain. :-)

(I also LOVE An American in Paris, Anchors Aweigh, Royal Wedding, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and countless others... :-) )

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

(and as one of my friends once said--I have just used my exclamation point quota for the day)

[dreamflower]

I love musicals too! How do you feel about "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", "Oklahoma", "State Fair" and "Lost Horizon"?

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

I was JUST listening to "Sobbin Women" because Howard Keel is magnificent, and I love that song. I like most of the songs from Oklahoma, but I don't like the musical as a whole...it gets kind of weird. I haven't actually seen State Fair or Lost Horizon. (When you said State Fair, I immediately thought Carousel, and was going to say that Bill's soliloquy is INCREDIBLE, but I don't really like the story...)

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

(and after Sobbin' women and Puttin' on the Ritz and several selections from White Christmas, I turned on Queen's greatest hits because I saw that clip. Haha! My musical tastes are...eclectic, I suppose. :-) )

[dreamflower]

Mine too! Given the choice, I will usually turn on either classical or sometimes Celtic or New Age, but I love country and rock and folk and show tunes, medieval and Renaissance, film scores, Native American (especially flute). While I don'te generally like rap or hip-hop, there are even some of those that I do-- it all depends on the song and the artist...

[dreamflower]

Carousel has pretty music, but I agree-- the story is sort of depressing. Same goes for West Side Story-- great music, but depressing story (of course, Romeo and Juliet was depressing, too! And since that's what WSS is, it's no wonder!) Oklahoma is ubiquitous here-- up until a couple of years ago it was the state song. I like most of the music from it though. Again you are right about the musical as a whole.

Seven Brides is delightful stuff with the singing and the dance! But I don't believe there will EVER be a re-make of it-- it's too politically incorrect.

I wonder if there's any "Seven Brides" fanfic out there?

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

YES! I don't usually like celtic and new age, because I don't like the singers generally. I've realized that ultimately I want to hear voice, and I am picky about how those voices sound. So I love love LOVE opera, but am quite picky about which singers i'll listen to. And the same goes for rock, country, pop, Medieval and Renaissance (though I don't often find singers I hate in Medieval/Renaissance performance groups), broadway, 30s/40s-ish music.... I've never heard a rap or hip hop song I liked...but I haven't really tried either. : -)

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

It is too politically incorrect. That might be why I like it so much! Hehe. And I'm not sure if the idea of Seven Brides fanfic is more hilarious or disturbing. I'll get back to you on that. :-D

I actually like WSS better than Romeo and Juliet, and think it's sadder, but less depressing. Romeo and Juliet is about two adolescents who get carried away by their passion and do stupid things. While WSS is just as whirlwind, there is a lot more going on I think--you've got Maria's desire to be a real American and Tony's desire to leave the gangs behind and become a responsible individual...it's like there's more at stake. When he dies, something real has been lost, I think. If Romeo and Juliet hadn't died, bad stuff would've happened anyway. Romeo would forget Juliet like he had forgotten Rosalind a day earlier. I think stories about complete emptiness are depressing, but WSS is about loss, which is sad.

Does that distinction even make sense?

[dreamflower]

Fortunately I am not real picky about singer's voices. In fact, sometimes I really like "amateur" interpretations. I suppose that comes from listening to a lot of bardic circles in SCA, where the songs are often great and the singers only so-so. And them some are wonderful too.

I like comic opera-- I get a kick out of Gilbert and Sullivan! But actual operas, I like some of the music-- especially some soprano arias (thanks to my music major roommate in college, who expanded my taste) but I really can't get into listening (or watching) serious opera all the way through.

Pop music, some I like, some I don't-- but I don't care much for the current crop of pop singers, especially a lot of the girl singers who all seem to sound just alike and are overproduced as well. Not to mention that they all stand pigeon toed to sing nowadays! I don't know what's up with that.

The DH is really into country music-- or was. He doesn't think most of the new singers sound country enough. I like a good many country songs. My favorite ones are those with really upbeat tunes and angsty lyrics, LOL!

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Gilbert and Sullivan, but the only recordings I've found that I can bear are Penzance, Mikado, and Pinafore done by the WNO, and a (REALLY INCREDIBLE) Neville Marriner conducted Yeomen of the Guard. (It's a cast of world class singers. Gilbert and Sullivan has never had such a good cast, probably never will). Unfortunately, I literally cannot force myself to sit through a Doyle Carte performance, so I don't know any of the less famous ones. Ah well... But again, I love more "high" opera--Mozart, Rossini, Purcell, Handel, Wagner, (NOT PUCINNI!), Tchaikovsky, etc.

I don't like overproduced music, and there is so much of it. But I think there are some really good female singers out there...though come to think of it, the strongest singers I can think of off the top of my head are Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Nettles--so country. :-) I prefer male singers (in any genre) though, and I think there are a lot of good male singers out there in pop and country.

[dreamflower]

Well, I've not heard any recordings of G & S, but when I still lived in Mississippi, I went to local productions of Penzance and Pinafore (the female lead in both was sung by a friend of mine).

Most music today seems to be overproduced. I remember a few weeks ago watching a documentary on 60s music (which was "my" music-- that is, the music of my teens) and I couldn't help but notice how "raw" and real it sounded compared to most of today's music.

I generally listen to more female singers-- but not necessarily because I prefer them over male-- I enjoy male singers just as much. But it seems that a lot of the songs I like tend to be covered by females more. Actually, my true preference in vocal music is when it's sung by more than one person. I love duos, trios, quartets and choirs! I think one of my favorite things in ANY musical genre is a capella harmony! I just love it when our choir at church does that!

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

Hence the Renaissance music? :-)

[dreamflower]

I am sure that's a good deal of the appeal of it for me. Plus, when it's instrumental you can dance to it. *grin*

I think the Renaissance dance is one of the things I miss most about SCA.

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

Not a capella, but beautiful harmonies, an some of the best of the sixties, in my opinion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTb4xDUd8gI

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

Oh and also, on the Anthology CDs, they have "Because" only the vocal tracks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlKd6Y0yRFI

I COULD LISTEN TO THIS ALL DAY.

[dreamflower]

OMG! YES! *sigh* Those four lads were musical geniuses.

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

You're preaching to the choir. Believe me! :-)

[dreamflower]

*sigh* You made my evening! Now THAT'S harmony!

[shirebound]

Brilliant! That must have taken so long to put together.

[addie71.livejournal.com]

That's fantastic!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

That was fun. You'd like the radio station I wake up to. They're playing "Some Enchanted Evening" at the moment.

[ansostuff.livejournal.com]

Hihi!

[dreamflower]

I'm sure! The timing was perfect! I am so envious of people who are talented vidders!

[dreamflower]

Isn't though?

[dreamflower]

Ah! "South Pacific"! Hmmm...wonder if anyone's made an LOTR vid with THAT?

[dreamflower]

Hi! Fun, isn't it?

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is great. Thanks, Barbara.