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| What you're about to read is a collection of pointers to some of the music I've discovered on the iTunes Music Store, music I like enough that I want to share it. If you're an iPod owner and an iTunes fan (and if you aren't, what are you doing here?), maybe you'll find something new. Click on any of the CD covers to bounce over to the store and sample a few tracks. And then maybe stop by my other blog for a few well chosen words (and maybe a random snark or two). | 
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Fri, 03 Jun 2005 |
| Spamalot / Original Broadway Cast | |
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Here's a philosophical question: Is it better to walk into a musical
having heard some of the music? Or should you go in cold? Which
provides the richer and more satisfying experience?
Okay, on the scale of philosophical questions, I'd say that rates no more than a 3. But let's give it some consideration anyway. Which would you want to do? And how does the answer change if the play is based on a story you know? If you're a Python fan, news that Eric Idle was turning Monty Python and the Holy Grail into a Broadway musical must have filled you with a mixture of joy and dread. On the one hand, anything new (or even newish) from the Pythons is cause for celebration. But there's always the risk of destroying a happy memory with an inferior and exploitive piece of dren. Not that things always turn out that way. With great box office and 14 Tony nominations, Spamalot is clearly a hit. And as the album clearly demonstrates (which shows which side I come down on regarding that philosophical question), they haven't just rehashed a beloved movie. Heck they've rehashed a lot more than that! And now I can't wait for the chance of a trip to New York to see how the story fits together with the songs. Or if... |
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