Friday Night Is Musical Music Night

[Noodley]

A bit of a change this week, with Musicals as the featured theme.

Whip crack away crack away, with the Deadwood Stage!

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdHFacoZy9s

 

[Fab Foodie]

Good choice Noodley (BTW, sorry, can't get into the new avatar...).

Great start, Doris Day is Fab!

But I'll try and trump it with some Barbara Streisand from 'Funny Girl'

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6i3zq2sGzE

 

[Chuffy]

Musicals? Doris Day? Are you homosexuals?

Perhaps I should introduce myself? How d'yer do I, think you've met my, faithful...handyman.

 

[Cubist]

Musicals? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

[John the Monkey]

Let's Call the Whole Thing Off.

Sing-A-Long-A-Satan

 

[Noodley]

BTW, sorry, can't get into the new avatar....

Neither can I, does not look right at all. But Fletch needed a wee break. He will be back very soon. In fact I reckon he's hiding in the bus coming through my gate now....

 

[Speicher]

A question for Noodley? I can remember a musical from the same era as John's first link. It was in a room, yes, I know bear with me. The camera work was such that it looked like Fred Astaire or who ever it was, was dancing up the walls and along the ceiling, but in fact was just brilliant camera work. Can you remember the name of the film?

 

[Chuffy]

Neither can I, does not look right at all. But Fletch needed a wee break. He will be back very soon. In fact I reckon he's hiding in the bus coming through my gate now....

At first glance I thought it was Sid James. How disappointed I was...

But Noodley, there's no need to put out the red light.

 

[Noodley]

Almost with us...Summer Nights:

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blcvkFqeKac

 

[Abitrary]

Modern musicals are dire, even in an ironic way. Just a disatrous waste of time.

I enjoy stuff like Weill and Brecht. Apart from that there is really no other option apart from an original greek tragedy. If people could hear a chorus from a sophocles or aeschylus piece then they might see a faint glimmer of the underpinnings of modern musical drama.

And before anyone runs away to get into all this stuff, because I'm into it, then don't bother because you'll just dilute it. It's not on youtube anyhow.

 

[Noodley]

A question for Noodley? Can you remember the name of the film?

Royal Wedding?

 

[Fab Foodie]

A question for Noodley? I can remember a musical from the same era as John's first link. It was in a room, yes, I know bear with me. The camera work was such that it looked like Fred Astaire or who ever it was, was dancing up the walls and along the ceiling, but in fact was just brilliant camera work. Can you remember the name of the film?

Putting on the Ritz?

Towards the end of this there's a bit...

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6i3zq2sGzE

 

[John the Monkey]

A question for Noodley? I can remember a musical from the same era as John's first link. It was in a room, yes, I know bear with me. The camera work was such that it looked like Fred Astaire or who ever it was, was dancing up the walls and along the ceiling, but in fact was just brilliant camera work. Can you remember the name of the film?

Is it from Royal Wedding? MGM used a special set that revolved to make it appear as though Fred was dancing up the walls and onto the ceiling.

 

[John the Monkey]

Well, it is from "South Pacific"...

Nothing Like a Dame

 

[Speicher]

Yes, I think that is the one. I had thought it was two people dancing, perhaps that is another bit of the same film. I had tried searching for "dancing up the walls".