"Oh...DUH!" moments with shows and cast recordings- Page 2

[HollyGolightly2]

Posted: 8/6/09 at 8:59am

I've got a ton, but here's my most recent one:


I was staring at the Miss Saigon logo, when suddenly, I had a revelation:

"... OMG! It's a helicopter!!"
Updated On: 8/6/09 at 08:59 AM

[Cuneas]

Posted: 8/7/09 at 10:44pm

I listened _religiously_ to "Aspects of Love" for _years_ without picking up on the implication that maybe, just maybe, Alex is Jenny's real father.

I can't tell you how much more sense the character motivations made when I realized that. In my defense, no-one ever comes out and says it (Alex's "We _are_ just cousins" and "unnatural" comments are probably the strongest implications, and they're pretty subtle...)

Still, I considered this my second favorite show of all time for about five years before Stephen Citron of all people pointed it out...

Boy, did I feel stupid.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 8/7/09 at 10:58pm

Every time I listen to La Vie Boheme (A or B), I discover something new.

[byebyebaby12]

Posted: 8/8/09 at 2:49am

It took me a few listens to figure out that in "Next to Normal", that Diana was being hypnotized during "Catch Me I'm Falling"

[broadwayworldreader]

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

I remember listening to rent way before the movie coming out and being too young to understand half of the references in La Vie Boheme. I ended up asking my dad what S&M was. Looking back on it I can't help but realize how embarassing that was/is.

I had an oh duh moment as soon as I heard the opening of Legally Blonde because it sounds exactly like Comfort and Joy from Bat Boy. Now I can't listen to Ohmigod You guys without hearing bat boy. Thanks Larry O'Keefe!

[broadway122]

Posted: 8/8/09 at 11:32am

I didn't realize that, that Gabe wasn't singing "Catch Me I'm Falling" until I saw it last Thursday. I felt so dumb. I thought Diana was literally walking to a room. I thought Gabe was leading her there to make her loose it and go crazy. I think both Arron and Louis sound the same when they sing. ::palm to forehead majorly::

And I always wondered if the movie in "Didn't I See This Movie" was a real one. I just found out it was today. lol

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 8/8/09 at 2:35pm

Off topic: Sondheim repeats crap all throughout his musicals too. It isn't just Webber.


On Topic: I first experienced RENT by the cast recording and I always assumed that Mimi and Maureen were the same person, but two personas. Don't ask. lol

[claudioislove]

Posted: 8/8/09 at 8:03pm

"I remember listening to rent way before the movie coming out and being too young to understand half of the references in La Vie Boheme."

SAME.

When my school was doing Crazy for you this year, a week before the show, i realized that Zangler was the "old chap" they saw on the train who "frankly" didn't look like he was going to make it. Though granted, when I explained this to people, they hadn't realized this either.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 8/9/09 at 9:52am

I was just listening to Les Miz last night, and during 'One Day More' when Javert sings the lyric,

I will join these little schoolboys,
They will wet themselves with blood!

I JUST caught the 'with blood' at the end. I had never even heard the 'with blood till then'. I had always heard it as, 'I will join these little schoolboys, They will wet themselves...ONE DAY MORE'.

Updated On: 8/9/09 at 09:52 AM

[RachelO]

Posted: 8/9/09 at 1:27pm

I was in a production of Bye Bye Birdie last month, and the vast majority of the cast had no idea that Lou was a dog until closing night.

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 8/9/09 at 1:44pm

I just learned what the words in the verses of America are. I thought "immgrant" was "eee-meh-meh"