BOOP! Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
BOOP! Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
#1BOOP! Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 4/24/25 at 12:52pm
Releases June 6 digitally, physically, and on vinyl! Music by David Foster, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead
Physical and vinyl copies are now up for preorder on Amazon.
Oh look, a bibu!
Updated On: 4/24/25 at 12:52 PM
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#2BOOP! Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 4/25/25 at 10:09am
She Knocks Me Out was released on streaming services this morning
Spotify: She Knocks Me Out (Ainsley Melham)
#3BOOP! Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 4/25/25 at 10:19am
I don't dislike "She Knocks Me Out" but it sounds so much like a 2004-ish pop song
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#4BOOP! Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 4/25/25 at 10:32am
TylerJia said: "I don't dislike "She Knocks Me Out" but it sounds so much like a 2004-ish pop song"
That's actually a very interesting observation, because it sounds like it was written with Michael Buble in mind, so you're probably not too far off!
While most of the musical numbers in Boop have a more jazz/big-band feel, Dwayne's track was crafted to be a bit different. "I took this opportunity to take a 'pop' approach just for this one song," Foster tells Parade. "It just felt like at that point in the show, it could handle a more modern-sounding track."- https://parade.com/entertainment/boop-the-musical-first-listen-she-knocks-me-out
#5BOOP! Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 4/25/25 at 11:21am
^ That’s really interesting to read. I’ve seen the show a few times now and listened to the released tracks…a lot. I really can’t wait for the full thing, I just find this show to be totally joyous.
#6BOOP! Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 4/25/25 at 11:41am
Interestingly, "She Knocks Me Out" was one of the two songs that was added during the Chicago run. The other was a re-written finale, so this was the only song that fully added a scene to the show. I found the song to be great fun and was sorely needed for the character.
#7BOOP! Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 4/25/25 at 1:35pm
Jordan Catalano said: "^ That’s really interesting to read. I’ve seen the show a few times now and listened to the released tracks…a lot. I really can’t wait for the full thing, I just find this show to be totally joyous."
I couldn't agree more. I really can't remember the last time I've genuinely loved so many shows in a single season, but Boop is one that I left with my heart rate up and gushing to anyone who would listen. It's just pure Broadway joy, and everything that makes me love musical theatre. Very excited for this full recording, and thanks for the heads up about the new track drop!
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#8BOOP! Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 4/27/25 at 5:53pm
Can we all agree that Boop would really work as a film?
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#9BOOP! Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 4/27/25 at 5:59pm
Globefan said: "Can we all agree that Boop would really work as a film?"
No.
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#10BOOP! Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 4/27/25 at 6:20pm
Globefan said: "Can we all agree that Boop would really work as a film?"
Given that it already did as "Enchanted," sure.
#11BOOP! Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 4/27/25 at 7:46pm
I feel the opposite. This song made me want to buy a ticket. The positive notices toward Jasmine Amy Rogers also had some influence.
#12BOOP! Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 4/28/25 at 2:30am
Between "Where I Wanna Be", "Something to Shout About" "Why Look Around the Corner" and "She Knocks Me Out" it seems the composer as a rare gift of knowing how to make a [Merrily]Humm-am-am-am-am-able Melody[/Merrily].
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
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