Albums that grow on you... — Page 2

#26

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Posted: 2/17/05 at 7:06pm

YAY ALBERTINE!

"i hate my heart, it disgusts me"

Turtle- i had just heard SOOO much about how grrrreat Side Show was and than i listened to it and was really very underwhelmed.

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"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed

#27

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Posted: 2/17/05 at 7:32pm

The Last 5 Years took awhile to grow on me too. I hate to say this, but so did Phantom, Into the Woods, and Avenue Q.

As far as trying to like something, Follies hasn't had much of an impression of me and neither has Finian's Rainbow - I do seem to be listening to the latter more, though.

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"I would dance in the moon; pale as a fading star that quickly falls from veiw-" Lucy, Dracul

#28

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Posted: 2/17/05 at 7:48pm

Urinetown, it didnt take too long to grow on me, but at first I just thought it was Very Different.

#29

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Posted: 2/17/05 at 7:50pm

Taboo.

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"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912

#30

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Posted: 2/17/05 at 9:04pm

Yes! Go ALBERTINE love!

"On any given day, half the human race is in tears, is in tears"

#31

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Posted: 2/17/05 at 9:50pm

"balboc-by-the-sea, balboc-by-the-sea, happies are we, at balboc-by-the-sea"

the music is so enchanting, i don't know of any other word for it.

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"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed

#32

re: Albums that grow on you...

Posted: 2/17/05 at 9:59pm

High Society
Urinetown (full appreciation came when I saw the show)
Falsettoland
Passion (OBC - I took immediately to the London album)
Sunday in the Park With George
Caroline or Change (repeated listens are needed to fully understand)
Candide (OBC - wasn't really prepared for it the first time out)

Interestingly enough took an immediate like for:

Parade
Assassins
The Wild Party (LaChiusa)
Elegies

Though nothing beats going back to a cast album that you disregarded for some reason or another and finding worth on a random second or third (etc) listen.

#33

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Posted: 2/17/05 at 10:06pm

Listening to an OBCR before i see a show usually will take a while to grow on me... Rent, at first, had an awesome rock sound to it, but i just couldn't get into some of the lyrics and tune-ups... now, they're like the best part and the album all together became amazing to me not to mention seeing the show helped

and Jane Eyre took a while to appreciate and get used to

#34

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Posted: 2/17/05 at 10:21pm

AIDA. It sat on the shelf for years, before someone on this site convinced me to pull it out. I now enjoy the recording very much.

#35

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Posted: 2/17/05 at 10:26pm

i STILL don't like Aida at all (except for the opening, it's gorgeous)

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"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed

#36

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Posted: 2/18/05 at 12:09pm

There are still afew tracks I skip. But some are 'kick ass' to drive too!

#37

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Posted: 2/18/05 at 4:29pm

lol ... my strongest suit? hehe

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"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed

#38

re: Albums that grow on you...

Posted: 2/18/05 at 7:01pm

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM. I sat down to listen to it, and not one song was memorable, except for "Comedy Tonight", but that's only because I knew the song beforehand.

But after I found out I was going to be IN the show, I listened more and now I really love each and every song in the score.

I think it's because it is Sondheim... He is a genius, but nothing is catchy or memorable unless you listen to it 4,000 times.

#39

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Posted: 2/18/05 at 8:27pm

Yeah some of the tune ups in RENT took a while for me to get into. The first time I heard them, I didn't dislike it but I would just skip over those and the voicemails etc. But then I really started listening to them and now I love em.

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I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart. -Scrubs

#40

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Posted: 2/18/05 at 11:20pm

Re Albertine, hands up all those who've read the book!

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Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!

#41

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Posted: 2/18/05 at 11:31pm

J&H

#42

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Posted: 2/18/05 at 11:37pm

Joshua, I agree about Funny Thing. The more I listen the more I love it.

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Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!

#43

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Posted: 2/18/05 at 11:53pm

"Caroline, or Change". The only songs that I originally liked were the ones that The Radio girls sang.

#44

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Posted: 2/19/05 at 12:53am

LVPBlues i'm glad you like LaCusa's Wild Party.... i thought i was the only one..... crazy obsessed for it.....

i really can't get into Pippin except for Spread A little Sunshine......

Updated On: 2/19/05 at 12:53 AM

#45

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Posted: 2/19/05 at 2:16am

No. 'Suit' is a skip track! 'Every Story' then the segue into 'fortune favours the brave'! GOLD!

#46

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Posted: 2/19/05 at 7:52am

BroadwayBaby - it was an interesting experience. I picked it up on a whim and within a few measures of the opening number I knew it was going to be a musical to which I had to pay the utmost attention. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Few other brief comments on the topic:

It took me a while to warm up to "The Threepenny Opera." Couldn't really get into the score. Though the other Weill works I loved on first hearing - "Street Scene", "One Touch of Venus (I would really REALLY like that recording with Melissa Errico and Ron Raines, Mr. Yap!), "Lost in the Stars" and especially "Lady in the Dark."
I also had to warm up to "The Human Comedy" and "Kiss of the Spider Woman".

~K

Updated On: 2/19/05 at 07:52 AM

#47

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Posted: 2/19/05 at 9:28am

Re: Albertine.

Read all six volumes, thank you very much.

#48

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Posted: 2/19/05 at 10:34pm

I would say---

Boy from Oz
Wicked
Brooklyn
Fiddler
YAGMCB--- all were instant loves....


Wonderful Town
Annie
Throughly Modern Millie- grew on me...

#49

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Posted: 2/19/05 at 11:21pm

The only thing that grows on me is body hair and the occasional wart.

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"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

#50

re: Albums that grow on you...

Posted: 2/19/05 at 11:30pm

Do-Re-Mi (w/ Nathan Lane)
Scarlet Pimpernel
Steel Pier

As far as regular music goes, Ashlee Simpson's "Autobiography". At first, I was not exactly a fan. But, the more I listen to it (and the more people make fun of her), the more I find myself sticking by her.