American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....

[StephanieJBlockFan]

American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#1

Posted: 11/7/09 at 5:02pm

What is it and what's it about?

[Pgenre]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#2

Posted: 11/7/09 at 5:04pm

Google much? (Apparently not)

P

[millie_dillmount]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#2

Posted: 11/7/09 at 5:06pm

You don't even need Google (though you are correct Pgenre); you can find tons of information about that "American Idiot musical or whatever" if you did a simple search on the board:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=1005472

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=1004572

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=1004266

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=1004106

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

Updated On: 11/7/09 at 05:06 PM

[blaxx]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#3

Posted: 11/7/09 at 5:10pm

Unfortunately, it's not about Stephanie J. Block. Or Whatever...

Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

[Kad]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#4

Posted: 11/7/09 at 5:37pm

Hell, you could just figure it out by the phrase "American Idiot musical".

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[LizzieCurry]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#5

Posted: 11/7/09 at 5:38pm

No, actually, I don't think she could.

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

[Jordan Catalano]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#6

Posted: 11/7/09 at 5:41pm

It's the Carrie Prejean story. Everyone knows that.

[sing_dance_love]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#7

Posted: 11/7/09 at 5:48pm

HAHAHAHA, Jordan!

"...and in a bed."

[HumATune]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#8

Posted: 11/7/09 at 8:07pm

“Or whatever” is right. There's maybe five minutes tops, of plot. It's a glorified Green Day covers concert.

[winston89]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#9

Posted: 11/7/09 at 9:49pm

Um...to say that Green Day's American Idiot is nothing more then a glorified Green Day cover band concert, that's like saying that the Broadway production of Tommy is nothing more then a Who cover concert when in fact that isn't the case at all.

"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear" Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll

[HumATune]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#10

Posted: 11/7/09 at 10:25pm

Well I haven't seen Tommy so I cannot compare. Have you seen American Idiot Winston? This is the basic template of the show: one minute of dialog followed by five or six songs in such rapid succession that you have no time to blink. 29 songs in an 80 minute show is a bit much. The plot is rather abstract/conceptual; there is barely a book. This is more like a very long music video in terms of storytelling. To me it seems more an interpretive piece based off of Green Day songs rather than a musical. I don't think it was bad…but I did leave wondering "what did I just watch?".

[StephanieJBlockFan]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#11

Posted: 11/7/09 at 11:35pm

Well thanks everyone for you answers and sourness! I kinda want to see this!

[LizzieCurry]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#12

Posted: 11/8/09 at 3:54am

Um...to say that Green Day's American Idiot is nothing more then a glorified Green Day cover band concert, that's like saying that the Broadway production of Tommy is nothing more then a Who cover concert when in fact that isn't the case at all.

I've seen both American Idiot and Tommy and actually did feel that way.

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

[winston89]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#13

Posted: 11/8/09 at 6:44am

Lizzie, I am confused. Are you saying that you did or didn't feel that both Tommy and American Idiot were nothing more the glorified cover bands?

Hum A Tune, keep in mind that if you listen to the original Tommy album by The Who that came out in 1969, you would realize that there is no talking at all and that it is just song after song. However, with that being the case it is still a story one can follow without any problem.

There are some rock operas that you need to read the summary to fully understand and to follow. Good examples of this are American Idiot and The Who's Quadrophenia. But, that doesn't prevent them from being rock operas. In fact, there were a lot of Green Day fans who didn't realize that American Idiot was in fact a rock opera until they read that the album told a story.

"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear" Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll

[HumATune]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#14

Posted: 11/8/09 at 11:07am

I’m of the belief that you should be able to go into a musical cold and follow the plot, but to each his or her own. American Idiot was just too much. I felt like I didn’t have to time emotionally digest what was happening onstage before the next song started and that lessened the impact of each song. Many people loved the show, but it’s not a form of storytelling that everyone will enjoy.

[LizzieCurry]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#15

Posted: 11/8/09 at 3:53pm

I've never been a fan of The Who, and I've never been a fan of Green Day. However, it's not that I actually disliked either one -- they were just kind of "there" to me.

When seeing Tommy and American Idiot, I felt like I was just being taken through all the songs with the assumption that I had already heard them and studied them. Neither was the case, and couldn't really enjoy either show fully.

Like HumATune, I didn't feel like they worked if you went in cold.

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

[MusicSnob1]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#16

Posted: 11/8/09 at 6:26pm

Winston, how can you contribute that argument towards the issue if you've never even seen "American Idiot" ? Seriously.

When I think about you, I touch myself.

[winston89]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#17

Posted: 11/8/09 at 10:17pm

Musicsnob1, Keep in mind that in my original post I never said if I had seen American Idiot or not. I did in fact see it. However, I don't think that you can really call me out on doing so or not when I never really mentioned either way if I had seen the show or not in my original post.


I do think that Tommy was dramatized in god knows how many formats prior to the musical hitting Broadway that its' target audience already knew the story and then some. I do think that had the orchestrations been different and had it been produced ten years later the fanbase would be very different. But, that is neither here nor there.
American Idiot has a lot of songs that were played almost non stop since the album came out and they are ones that people really got to know.

I think that American Idiot does have a very loose plot but a plot nonethelss and one that is hard to follow. I went in there knowing what happened and knowing the full story, and I think that seeing it onstage helped to make clear a couple of points that I was having trouble figuring out before

"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear" Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll

[husk_charmer]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#18

Posted: 11/9/09 at 9:42am

I am always fascinated that Winston manages to see shows on both coasts at such a young age...

http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer

[winston89]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#19

Posted: 11/9/09 at 9:56am

If you need to know, my mother grew up in the area that American Idiot is playing in. I went to visit some family around the time of the opening and saw it when I was there.

"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear" Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll

[MusicSnob1]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#20

Posted: 11/9/09 at 10:32am

LOL

What a coincidence!

When I think about you, I touch myself.

[winston89]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#21

Posted: 11/9/09 at 12:06pm

MusicSnob, it doesn't really matter how I saw it does it? I mean, according to you it wouldn't be right for me to contribute to a conversation based on a musical I never saw right? Therefor, it doesn't matter if I saw it onstage or hell even a bootleg video recording of it. All that matters is that I did see it to be able to contribute to the conversation.

"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear" Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll

[millie_dillmount]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#22

Posted: 11/9/09 at 12:10pm

How 'bout them apples...

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

[husk_charmer]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#23

Posted: 11/9/09 at 5:42pm

Therefor [sic], it doesn't matter if I saw it onstage or hell even a bootleg video recording of it. All that matters is that I did see it to be able to contribute to the conversation.

Aha...that answers my question. Carry on.

http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer

[MusicSnob1]

re: American Idiot Musical Or Whatever.....#24

Posted: 11/9/09 at 6:39pm

Haha

When I think about you, I touch myself.