CaptnBob Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 From the March 1960 High Fidelity: "Rodgers' score was a major disappointment. A curious mixture of semireligiosity, saccharine sweetness, and bland good nature, it almost wholly lacks the invention and individuality of the composer's earlier scores ... unusually banal ... a stodgy religious chant ... sung ... with an intensity it neither deserves nor benefits from ... distinctly uninspired lyrics ... badly miscast ... verges on the unbearable ... dirge in folk music form. No, I fear "The Sound of Music" is hardly destined for immortality." Just in case the critics were getting you down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Popularity over time notwithstanding, I tend to agree with the reviewer, very few musicals are decent enough as productions much less listenable on the hifi as a score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tube fanatic Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Popularity over time notwithstanding, I tend to agree with the reviewer, very few musicals are decent enough as productions much less listenable on the hifi as a score. Am I so old that I still find the scores from Paint Your Wagon and South Pacific enjoyable??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Am I so old that I still find the scores from Paint Your Wagon and South Pacific enjoyable??? Do you one better, or at least a lot more obscure. Soundtrack album from a TV show called "Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years" from around 1962 or so. My copy is either the first or second LP I owned. I still have the other: The Mercury Living Presence "1812" recording. Also still like the soundtrack(s) from "Victory at Sea." On all the above, as the British say "Not a lot, mind you, but I LIKE them." Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Sure Dave but none of those are musicals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatnoop Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 i thought i was getting old (i am) but you guys are older than dirt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tube fanatic Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 i thought i was getting old (i am) but you guys are older than dirt! I prefer the titles "well worn" or "mellowed over time!!!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I thought the Sound Of Music came out in the early 70's. What is the 1960 bit? JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tube fanatic Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I thought the Sound Of Music came out in the early 70's. What is the 1960 bit? JJK The original Broadway production of Sound of Music was in 1959 (now I must really be showing my age!!!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I have the soundtrack on vinyl (inherited) if anyone wants it. Can't remember off hand if its the movie or the broadway version. Check out prices for the lp I don't think it's worth much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Although this is a bit of a mind blower...http://cgi.ebay.com/JULIE-ANDREWS-CHRISTOPHER-PLUMMER-SOUND-MUSIC-/160632913758?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item256677bf5e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted August 11, 2011 Moderators Share Posted August 11, 2011 Fastest growing format in 2010 http://whoknew.news.yahoo.com/?nc&vid=26245521 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 i thought i was getting old (i am) but you guys are older than dirt! I prefer the titles "well worn" or "mellowed over time!!!!!" I'm getting there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeFord Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Fastest growing format in 2010 http://whoknew.news.yahoo.com/?nc&vid=26245521 Starting from zero helps a bunch in the "growing" contest. Leading format, by zillions, MP3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Mom dragged me to the movie, South Pacific. She said I'd like it because it is a war movie. As I kid, a didn't get it. And there was a product at Jones Beach Theater later. About 10 years ago I saw a production of South Pacific in Dallas. In a converted warehouse. The orchestra was one side of the square and the production was on a main floor. It was the best live theater I've ever seen. Unfortunately, it was closing night or I'd have gone back twice. - - - - The discussion of anything after South Pacific reminds me of debates about ranking the best rock of the '60's. IMHO, you have to take Sgt Peppers off the table. And Tommy, too. They skew the sample. - - - - South Pacific was so good that anything which followed could not measure up. WMcD - - - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Sure Dave but none of those are musicals. Mea culpa. Thought we were talking sound tracks... Back to my hovel. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldenough Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Mom dragged me to the movie, South Pacific. She said I'd like it because it is a war movie. As I kid, a didn't get it. And there was a product at Jones Beach Theater later. About 10 years ago I saw a production of South Pacific in Dallas. In a converted warehouse. The orchestra was one side of the square and the production was on a main floor. It was the best live theater I've ever seen. Unfortunately, it was closing night or I'd have gone back twice. - - - - - - - - South Pacific was so good that anything which followed could not measure up. WMcD - - - I got dragged along with my parents to see South Pacific when I was a kid in England. We had gone to the beach but the weather sucked, so they decided a movie was a good idea.....I was maybe 8 yrs old, Iv'e been in love with Mitzi Gaynor ever since, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 She is still with us. http://missmitzigaynor.com/ WMcD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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