[Insert 80's pop icon]! The Musical

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[Insert 80's pop icon]! The Musical

Posted: 8/17/04 at 1:26am

No, not really. But I was watching an ABBA concert on TV and wondering why did ABBA, of all people, get a musical based on their songs. Or even Peter Allen? What other bands/singers should have their songs adapted for a musical?

My picks:
- Michael Jackson (Really. But maybe it would work better as a Movin' Out-type show.)
- U2
- Elton John

"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)

"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater

"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell

Updated On: 8/17/04 at 01:26 AM

re: WHAM! The Musical

Posted: 8/17/04 at 1:31am

Well I know queen is being used for "We will rock you" currently at Paris Las Vegas, not sure if it ever was on broadway or even off before hand though. I would love to see Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin, or the Beach Boys... ok so the last one would be corny and peppy... but every once in a while we need a little sap in our lives

You, you are the worst thing to happen to musical theater since Andrew Lloyd Webber... and you I just don't like you.

re: WHAM! The Musical

Posted: 8/17/04 at 3:09am

What about? --

"I'm Rick James, Bitch -- The Musical"

Act One Closing Showstopper -- Rick sings a love song to his crackpipe and then goes downstairs and burns the girl he's got kidnapped and chained to the wall of his basement with it.

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

re: WHAM! The Musical

Posted: 8/17/04 at 3:10am

How about.... STOP! No more revues! They are illegitimate!!

Who can explain it, who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons, wise men never try -South Pacific

re: WHAM! The Musical

Posted: 8/17/04 at 3:38am

It's a testament to the crappiness of current music that there isn't enough versatility in today's artists to be able to carry a show. Unless the show is only about love. Heartache. Sex. Can you imagine N*Sync or Nickelback musical? (GAH!)

re: WHAM! The Musical

Posted: 8/17/04 at 4:01am

Yeah, it's the sad truth. The real talent aren't appealing. The labels don't want anything to do with them. Which is what brings me to my sad conclusion: "how can they believe there's life on other planets, if they don't have it on our own??" Think about it

Who can explain it, who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons, wise men never try -South Pacific

Updated On: 8/17/04 at 04:01 AM

re: WHAM! The Musical

Posted: 8/17/04 at 6:09am

Personally I think Hanson and the Spice Girls should collaborate.

re: WHAM! The Musical

Posted: 8/17/04 at 6:18am

Personally I'd rather them not exist

Who can explain it, who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons, wise men never try -South Pacific

Updated On: 8/17/04 at 06:18 AM

re: WHAM! The Musical

Posted: 8/17/04 at 9:23am

ABBA probably got a musical based on their songs because:

1. The songs are very melodic and often have narrative lyrics.

2. They are the world's #1 selling pop group of all time.

3. Their music has proven to stand the test of time.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

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re: WHAM! The Musical

Posted: 8/17/04 at 9:40am

DYNASTY! The Musical

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#11

re: WHAM! The Musical

Posted: 8/17/04 at 9:44am

What about their other REVUE musical, Abbacadabra?

What's it about??

Who can explain it, who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons, wise men never try -South Pacific

#12

MJ

Posted: 8/17/04 at 10:21am

I agree with Michael Jackson... they need to make a musical using his music.

And if she'll say, "My darling, I'm yours!" I'll throw away my striped tie and my best pressed tweed, all I really need is the girl...

#13

MJ

Posted: 8/17/04 at 10:26am

BEN: The Musical

#14

MJ

Posted: 8/17/04 at 10:31am

Dokken: The Musical.

#15

MJ

Posted: 8/17/04 at 10:43am

WHAM: the Musical

Thou giveth fever.

#16

MJ

Posted: 8/17/04 at 10:50am

How about a grandiose overblown rock opera using the grandiose overblown music of composer Jim Steinman?

A Pat Benatar musical, anyone?

Updated On: 8/17/04 at 10:50 AM

#17

MJ

Posted: 8/17/04 at 1:33pm

RICK SPRINGFIELD: The Musical

#18

MJ

Posted: 8/17/04 at 1:41pm

"I wish that i had Jessie's girl" just finished watching 13 going on 30 for the fourth time.

*Kristen*

#19

MJ

Posted: 8/17/04 at 1:47pm

Peter Allen got a musical because he's really popular in Australia. ABBA got a musical because tons of the Broadway tourist audience (and plenty of New Yorkers, too) have ABBA Gold in their CD collections. Simple as that.

#20

MJ

Posted: 8/17/04 at 1:52pm

I went to see 13 going on 30 just for the Rick Springfield references.

#21

MJ

Posted: 8/17/04 at 2:07pm

Maybe they should do a musical about the year that 27-year-old Rick Springfield lived (romantically) with 15-year-old Linda Blair.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#22

MJ

Posted: 8/17/04 at 5:36pm

ABBA got their songs made into a musical because:

1: Homosexuals love ABBA.

2: Homosexuals love Broadway musicals.

#23

MJ

Posted: 8/17/04 at 5:38pm

The B-52's.... definitely the B-52's

I sing for myself. I sing when I want, whenever I want to, just for me. I sing for my own pleasure. Do you understand that?

#24

MJ

Posted: 8/17/04 at 5:38pm

They do?

#25

MJ

Posted: 8/17/04 at 5:38pm

I Saw The Sign: The Ace of Base Musical.

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