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I have been converted
#25re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/27/04 at 8:10pmSammyGal, you rock my world as well. Isn't it freaky how much Euan looks like Boy George in that make-up? In the cd booklet, at the picture where they are all standing together.......you see Boy George and Euan standing side by side and it is like looking into a time travel mirror. ICH BIN WEIRD!!!
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
SammyGal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/04
#26re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/27/04 at 8:29pm
I love to rock people's worlds!!
I know, it's so scary!! But now that I've seen Euan so many times I can tell it's Euan but during the initial viewing, I had to do a double take.
awww Georgie and Euan <333
On a clear day I can see myself for miles ~Taboo
#27re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/27/04 at 8:35pmI really I wish I jumped on this bandwagon long before now. Oh well.......better late than never, right?
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
voidiflostorstolen
Stand-by Joined: 8/27/04
#28re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/27/04 at 9:13pmGlad you found the Taboo CD:) I have loved my London Recording for a very long time.
zbigner
Stand-by Joined: 12/10/03
#29re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/27/04 at 10:51pm
Overall, I think I like the London recording slightly better, but that may just be because I got it first and was already into it when the Broadway version arrived.
Boy Georgre reunited with the rest of Culture Club for an episode of "Storytellers" on VH-1 several years ago, and I still remember it. I had totally dimissed him and the band as products of hype and image. Watching the "Storytellers" episode convinced me I was totally wrong. Boy George is a top notch songwriter whose image kept him from getting the recognition he deserved. I don't know if this Storytellers episode is available on tape or DVD anywhere, but I would really recommend it for Taboo fans.
Zack
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#30re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/28/04 at 12:06amYAY Spider!! Taboo's score is so beautiful... it's unbelievable.
#31re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/28/04 at 12:07amawesome taboo rocks
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#32re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/28/04 at 12:29amTower Records accidentally marked the Taboo CD as only $14.99 instead of $18.99 so I decided to get it instead of Once on This Island and boy am I ever so glad. "Come In From the Outside" is my favorite song. What a great finale. I wish I could have seen the show, but at least the second time around the show will have a better book...hopefully.
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SammyGal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/04
#33re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/28/04 at 12:34am
go Taboo fans go!
and yes Spider, Better Late Than Never! :)
On a clear day I can see myself for miles ~Taboo
#34re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/28/04 at 12:35am
Today in the car I tried to explain to my mother the wonder that was Taboo. I made her listen to Petrified.... still no luck. Her loss. 
SammyGal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/04
#35re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/28/04 at 1:28amHer loss indeed!
On a clear day I can see myself for miles ~Taboo
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#36re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/28/04 at 2:03amOK,OK,OK I've been trying to get the Broadway Cast CD for a couple of weeks (it has only just been released here, Australia). I've read three great reviews in local papers, have enquired at about 5 stores all tell it'll be in soon. Not good enough! Everyone on the board is raving about it! I'm getting anxious, so, I'll give these store a couple more days then it's Amazon here I come.
SammyGal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/04
#37re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/28/04 at 2:12am
good job Oz for selling it!
You'll be happy once you get it! :)
On a clear day I can see myself for miles ~Taboo
LC
Featured Actor Joined: 6/26/03
#38re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/28/04 at 3:04am
Info:
Karma Chameleon/Church Of The Poisoned Mind and Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, are old Culture Club songs. Il Adore and Genocide Peroxide can be found on BG solo albums from the mid/late 90s. The rest, I believe were all written for Taboo, with Fame Game, Dress To Kill, Sexual Confusion, and Come On In From The Outside, written during the Broadway rehearsal period.
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#39re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/28/04 at 12:21pmYay Spider! I am a recent convert as well. Church of the Taboo mind, anyone? I had doubts, but the score is brilliant. It was robbed of Best Score, as was Raul... but that's another rant. I don't really like Boy George's solos, but I love everything else.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#40re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/28/04 at 12:23pm
I spoke of my convertion to TABOO in my review of the cd here on bww.com.
Wonderful score.
#41re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/28/04 at 12:38pmyea im glad we have converted another! it is the best cd i love it and play it all the time. jeffrey carlson, euan morton, raul esparza, the entire cast is fantastic!
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Ustadance
Understudy Joined: 3/23/04
#42re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/28/04 at 1:42pmHowzabout some props to John McDaniel, the musical force who arranged all the music for the show as well as the CD, and produced the CD...? He's also the musical force behind BKLYN, which everyone on this site is dissing up one side and down the other before they've heard the whole thing...just a heads up for all you doubters.
SammyGal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/04
#43re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/28/04 at 1:45pm
go John McDaniel!!
As well as Kevan Frost, he co-wrote most of the music. He's an awesome Englishman.
On a clear day I can see myself for miles ~Taboo
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#44re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/28/04 at 4:04pmThanks to them! So how come Boy George is credited with all the music (except for the fine print) if these other guys did so much?
#45re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/28/04 at 4:06pmIt's all collaborative. Especially with so many rewrites, I guess a lot of people got a say in the music.
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SammyGal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/04
#46re: I have been converted
Posted: 8/28/04 at 4:07pm
because Boy George was the name to attract people since he's famous.
But Kevan is George's right-hand man. He's been his guitarist for awhile and he was at the signing with everyone because George thought he should be.
On a clear day I can see myself for miles ~Taboo
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