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#27

re: Cast Recordings That Took You Years to Fall in Love WIth

Posted: 1/30/06 at 10:18pm

The Light in the Piazza. I bought it because I saw the performance from it on the Tony's and while I liked it, I was a little confused as to what the plot was and such. Anyways, I saw the show twice when I was in NY a couple weeks ago and now... well, you know the rest. re: Cast Recordings That Took You Years to Fall in Love WIth
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#28

re: Cast Recordings That Took You Years to Fall in Love WIth

Posted: 1/30/06 at 10:37pm

I had a vinyl copy of "She Loves Me" that I bought at a flea market years ago, and for the longest time I couldn't get into it (I've never seen a stage production of the show). I finally "got it" after hearing Barbara Cook singing the three SLM selections on her first Carnegie Hall album. I love the OCR now (still prefer the Carnegie Hall performances, though).
#29

re: Cast Recordings That Took You Years to Fall in Love WIth

Posted: 1/30/06 at 10:46pm

I had the following recordings for at least a year before I started listening to them...and when I did I didn't stop listening to them for about a month.

The Who's: Tommy OBCR
Chicago NBCR
Cabaret NBCR
Into the Woods OBCR

All of those took me forever to get in to because I was brought into Broadway through RENT and Rocky Horror and didn't like anything that was remotely old...not even before 1990. Now I can't get enough of that older sound.
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#30

re: Cast Recordings That Took You Years to Fall in Love WIth

Posted: 1/31/06 at 12:13am

Like other people...yes Hair Spray

also the first time i heard evita i was a bit ehh..
now i love it!

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#32

re: Cast Recordings That Took You Years to Fall in Love WIth

Posted: 1/31/06 at 1:30am

Not quite "years" but it took a while for Wicked. When I saw the show, I then realized that the music wasn't the most important element. Another that took a while was "Anyone can Whistle." I third Company and add in Into the Woods. I think Sondheim in general takes longer than average to get used to.
Keep your morals, I don't have time. Keep your lovers, I'm changing mine! -The Likes of Us
#34

re: Cast Recordings That Took You Years to Fall in Love WIth

Posted: 1/31/06 at 2:35am

the biggest example i can think of is that it took me a few years to really love parade. i listened to it once (i was probably 14 at the time) and i just couldnt understand music that wasnt base at that point. but as my musical tastes became more sophisticated, i appreciated it. Same goes for the classic sondheim shows. i got those when i was thirteen and it took some time for my ear to grasp them. Same goes for floyd collins, heh. but now that i can appreciate sondheim and guettel, i would never go back!
#36

re: Cast Recordings That Took You Years to Fall in Love WIth

Posted: 1/31/06 at 6:51am

It's interesting to hear that a couple of posters didn't like Wicked at first and then grew to love it.

I had the exact opposite reaction. I enjoyed it very much the first time I heard it and liked it less and less as I listened to it more. Perhaps, it's because I am now able to place the book (of the musical) in between those songs.

Cast Recordings that took me a while to fall in love with:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Romance, Romance
Falsettoland


#40

re: Cast Recordings That Took You Years to Fall in Love WIth

Posted: 1/31/06 at 4:15pm

I wasn't a big fan of HAIR (OBC), but when they did the concert I started listening to it again and fell in love. I adore the concert CD.
ZORBA was another one that took a little time and PACIFIC OVERTURES (which I now just love!)

Nothing took years though.
#41

re: Cast Recordings That Took You Years to Fall in Love WIth

Posted: 1/31/06 at 4:21pm

phantom of the opera
years ago i hated it! now i find the music beautiful and romantic. Tastes change.
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
#43

re: Cast Recordings That Took You Years to Fall in Love WIth

Posted: 1/31/06 at 8:39pm

When I saw the Concert version of PASSION last March, I LOATHED it. Now I own the DVd and think it's actually very good.]

WICKED and PIAZZA also took me a few listens to get in to.
MARGARET: "Clara, stop that. That's illegal." - The Light in the Piazza

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#47

re: Cast Recordings That Took You Years to Fall in Love WIth

Posted: 1/31/06 at 10:08pm

I'm not going to lie, it took me a really long time to get into Sweeney Todd. A friend had lent me the video of the original and I watched about 30 seconds and was way too freaked out to keep watching it. Then another friend sent me the OBCR for my birthday and it took me awhile to listen and even then I only would listen to the first disk...thankfully I've moved on, absolutly love it and am currently listening to the new recording (which I love!!) as we speak...

also A Little Night Music took me quite some time and now it is also one of my favorites
We cannot know what will occur/Just make our journey worth the taking/And pray we're wiser then we were/In the beginning" ~Children of Eden "Risk is everything" ~The Light in the Piazza "I can just see us now in our bathing dresses...you in a nice navy and me? Stripes perhaps." ~Sweeney Todd Tovah Won Me Ovah '06
#48

re: Cast Recordings That Took You Years to Fall in Love WIth

Posted: 1/31/06 at 10:46pm

Not that I hated any of these, but there def was a point when I began listening to them a lot more than when I first got them.

Evita and the Secret Garden--I liked both, but hardly listened to them, until seeing the Evita tour and Secret Garden concert...I really fell in love w/ the music at those performances and now I listen to the two all the time

Also, Spelling Bee grew a lot on me since the first time I got it/listened to it.
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