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Subject: Pop Songs which Could Be Used in A Musical!
It may sound like a really strange topic at first...but just think about it.
Songs in musicals describe the situations around them, and tell you a story, or describe a situation. So many popular songs do this. I always think that 'The Bluetones - After Hours' should have been put in a comedy musical. Whenever I hear it, I think about posting a thread on here. And now I'm doing it. Whilst listening to that song ;D I could really imagine it being there. If you don't know the song - get a hold of it and you'll see what I mean! (Hopefully! :))
So are there any songs that you can think of?
Subject: Re: Pop Songs which Could Be Used in A Musical!
Hey! Well, what would happen if I show any signs of liking musicals or even thinking about them ??? :) :D ;D Btw, I've never studied interior design or anything like that :P
Musicals, musicals, musicals. Hmmm. I think a lot of Queen songs lend themselves to be thought of as songs in a musical. They're so theatrical to begin with there's no big leap there. Renaissance , Styx, Pink Floyd, and Radiohead follow suit with their Theme albums. But the one I just thought of would be a musical about the 80s titled, The Neon Age. It's a blatant copy of Cabaret's sleaze, but all 80s! Including a soundtrack by A Flock Of Seagulls, Duran Duran, Erasure, Depeche Mode, David Bowie, and Midge Ure!
Subject: Re: Pop Songs which Could Be Used in A Musical!
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I think a lot of Queen songs lend themselves to be thought of as songs in a musical. They're so theatrical to begin with there's no big leap there.
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Isn't that why Ben Elton wrote the musical "We Will Rock You" with the surviving members of Queen?
Of course there's also "Mamma Mia!" with the ABBA tunes.
Subject: Re: Pop Songs which Could Be Used in A Musical!
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Hey! Well, what would happen if I show any signs of liking musicals or even thinking about them ??? :) :D ;D Btw, I've never studied interior design or anything like that :P
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You and interior design - my, I thought you'd be well suited to that job actually! ;D
Subject: Re: Pop Songs which Could Be Used in A Musical!
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You and interior design - my, I thought you'd be well suited to that job actually! ;D
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Just because I care about matching colours doesn't mean... oh! I already said too much :P
Subject: Re: Pop Songs which Could Be Used in A Musical!
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I already said too much :P
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Yes, far, far too much ;D
Only messing with you TB, finding just the right shade of purple is top on my list of priorities ;D
(Oooh, by the way - I bought Idlewilds current album, 'Remote Part' today! It sounds really good on first listen - Sorry about the tangent, and now back to my musicals thread...)
Subject: Re: Pop Songs which Could Be Used in A Musical!
Ummmm Pet Shop Boys - Go West can replace the song from the Sound of Music as in... "The Hiillllls Are Aliiive with the Sound of Muuuuusiiicccccc".
Subject: Re: Pop Songs which Could Be Used in A Musical!
ANYTHING POPPY, IS OH SO SLOPPY,
SO IM SO SURE, IT COULD BE A BROADWAY FEATURE!
Subject: Re: Pop Songs which Could Be Used in A Musical!
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Ummmm Pet Shop Boys - Go West can replace the song from the Sound of Music as in... "The Hiillllls Are Aliiive with the Sound of Muuuuusiiicccccc".
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I can see PSB's "Left To My Own Devices" and "I Normally Wouldn't Do This Kind Of Thing" lending themselves to musicals as well...
Subject: Re: Pop Songs which Could Be Used in A Musical!
I guess it ain't necesarrily just pop songs. :)
Britney Spears "Cinderella"(Alright, the name's already taken by a fairy tale, a musical, a Disney movie, other adaptations of the story, and a 1980s hair band)
Michael Jackson "Beat It"(Inspired by "West Side Story")
Anything by Pink Floyd
Styx "The Grand Illusion"
Styx "Mr. Roboto"
Any song I wrote for my rock opera, "My Life in Hell"
Subject: Re: Pop Songs which Could Be Used in A Musical!
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I guess it ain't necesarrily just pop songs. :)
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I meant the term 'pop' as in popular music, as opposed to classical, not as in 'pure bubble gum, teen pop music' . :)
Subject: Re: Pop Songs which Could Be Used in A Musical!
Weird Al "Eat It"
Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven"
Black Sabbath "Iron Man"
Avril Lavigne "Sk8r Boi"
Cinderella "Nobody's Fool" :P :P :P :P
Prince "1999"
David Bowie "Ziggy Stardust" :o :)
Britney Spears "Dear Diary"
Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive"
Rick James "Superfreak"
Nelly "Hot in Herre" :P :P :P
Ray Parker Jr. "Ghostbusters"
Devo "Whip It"
Rolling Stones "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"
Pink Floyd "The Wall"
Theme from Spongebob Squarepants
Subject: Re: Pop Songs which Could Be Used in A Musical!
You could probably just take about any pop song and put it into a musical some how if you really wanted to i am sure you could find a way to do it.