cast recordings you have to listen to a lot to like them??
cast recordings you have to listen to a lot to like them??
#1cast recordings you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/12/08 at 8:16pm
Are there any cast recordings you have to listen to a lot before you get hooked on them??
I really love Sutton Foster and my friend shared with me a few songs from Little Women and I honestly did not like it at all. Astonishing was just plain weird I though, but now that I listen to it more and more I have caught on and learned to like it.
Any others with yall?
Updated On: 12/12/08 at 08:16 PM
#2re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/12/08 at 8:17pmOh, you're just asking to be slaughtered.
A little known fact is that in the original screenplay, Pan's Labyrinth was Pan's FLAByrinth. Hmmmmmmm...glad they changed it.
#2re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/12/08 at 8:24pm
Just a heads-up, but people on this site generally get really upset if you refer to a musical's cast recording as a 'soundtrack,' because technically, a soundtrack is for a film.
But for me, "Jane Eyre" and "Evita." Also, there were a few songs from Sweeney Todd that I didn't really like until repeat listens, though I can't for the life of me remember what they were anymore. The only song from that show that I don't love is "Wait."
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#3re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/12/08 at 8:26pmDamn I was hoping you'd impale them.
A little known fact is that in the original screenplay, Pan's Labyrinth was Pan's FLAByrinth. Hmmmmmmm...glad they changed it.
#4re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/12/08 at 8:31pm
Ahh, my username is a misnomer, my friend. But no harm done, post was corrected, and I'm sure the OP won't make that mistake again.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Updated On: 12/12/08 at 08:31 PM
#5re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/12/08 at 8:32pm
haha nope
and it just goes to show how nice some people can be
so thanks Schmerg for the heads up
#6re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/12/08 at 8:54pm
Much better 
It took me a while to warm to The Drowsy Chaperone
A little known fact is that in the original screenplay, Pan's Labyrinth was Pan's FLAByrinth. Hmmmmmmm...glad they changed it.
#7re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/12/08 at 9:13pmI'm probably gonna get skewered for this, but [title] took quite a while for me. At first, I was like, seriously, what is this ****? But then it sinks in and I haven't been quite the same ever since.
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#8re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/12/08 at 9:27pmSweeny
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#9re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/12/08 at 9:51pm
First time I listened to See What I Wanna See I hated it, thought it was too heavy, graphic and disturbing, but not in a good way. But I couldn't get Big Money out of my head after I heard it so I listened to it again a few weeks later and kinda liked it, then I listened to it again a few weeks after that and thought it was great. Now, it's one of my favorite shows!
I found Dirty Rotten Scoundrels to be all over the place and too pop-comercial on my first listen. I stopped after Ruprecht.
I still can't listen to Passion but I know I'll love it someday.
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
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"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
Updated On: 12/12/08 at 09:51 PM
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
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#10re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/12/08 at 10:13pm
The first time I listened to Into the Woods (please don't kill me), I thought, "What the hell is this? It's totally tuneless."
It definitely took me a while to warm up to Jelly's Last Jam as a show in general.
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#12re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/12/08 at 10:50pmThe Light in the Piazza actually. It took a couple times on most songs for me to get into it, but now I LOVE it!
#13re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/12/08 at 11:26pmI didn't like DROWSY at all until I actually saw it.
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#14re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/12/08 at 11:38pm
mmm yeah I was kinda the same way with Piazza
it took a few times but its so magical <3
especially if you get the chance to see it live
but i looove it too
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#15re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/12/08 at 11:58pmI had seen Jersey Boys on the Tony Awards (I was only 13) and I didn't like it. I requested tickets for my 15th birthday this year, I went, and then next thing I know I'm sitting front row seeing Frankie Valli live at the "Tribute On Ice" special!
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#16re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/13/08 at 12:03amNot a recording, but I could not stand Kerry Butler's voice for the longest time. Then, when I saw her on the Tony's I was amazed. Ever since I can't stop listening to her!
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#17re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/13/08 at 12:13am"Sunday In The Park With George" took a few listens for me. But it became one of my favorites.
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#18re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/13/08 at 12:16amSame here. It's mostly Sondheim that I have to listen to a few times before I catch on. Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music were the hardest for me, but now they're two of my favorite Sondheim shows. Especially Sunday. A Little Night Music I hated until I heard the Judi Dench recording.
#19re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/13/08 at 12:23am
I abosolutely hated Next to Normal when I saw it at Second Stage, but now that I'm listening to some of the music again I'm starting to warm up to it. I guess I just wasn't ready for the emotional shock of it. Maybe if I ever get around to seeing it down in DC I'll like it better.
I also never really liked Cole Porter, but Anything Goes is slowly starting to change my opinion of his music.
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#20re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/13/08 at 12:27amPassion was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the title of this thread.
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#21re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/13/08 at 12:36amThe Light in the Piazza and Sunday In the Park With George. I enjoyed Sunday while watching it but never liked just listening to it until I just played it several times.
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#22re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/13/08 at 1:04am
I listened to A Little Night music once last year and hated it.
The Overture just happened to come on my shuffle playlist a few eeeks ago, and I thought it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever heard. So I decided to listen to the rest of the album.
Now I cannot stop listening to it.
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#23re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/13/08 at 1:53amI'd also like to add to Sunday in the Park with George, though technically it was the DVD I had trouble with before I'd even heard the cast recording. My aunt had a copy of the performance and I couldn't even get through the first act on my first two attempts.
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
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#24re: soundtracks you have to listen to a lot to like them??
Posted: 12/13/08 at 2:15am
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Sunday in the Park with George
