Ok, Grease!!

Love it? Hate it!!? and if you love it, what is your Fave song from it?


I loved it... My fave song is a toughy though.

Always hated it. Don't know why, though. Just gets on my nerves. It's *sooooo* shallow!

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Eh, I like the movie better because I think the relationship between Sandy and Danny is more endearing; in the movie they have some cute moments together so you can see why they like each other but in the musical they basically hate each other the whole time.

Not a huge fan, but I do love the revival version of "Beauty School Dropout" -INCREDIBLE.

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Okay, I wouldn't call Grease a Broadway masterpiece, but it's all right. The music grows on you after you're forced to sing it a million times (I've done the show.) I enjoy grease for it's "cultural value." The movie was so cheesy but such a part of our American pop culture.

I think the best renditions of songs from Grease is definately on the Live German Concert CD! Everyone sounds great!

Have you heard the revival CD? Seriously, Billy Porter's gospel-ized Beauty School Dropout (it's like 7 or 8 minutes) is one of the best things I've ever heard.

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It's so easy for Sandy to be part of the background instead of at the forefront of the show, which is one thing that the movie (and revival I suppose) sort of fixes, in my opinion.

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Updated On: 8/7/05 at 11:22 PM

Yeah, your Sandy has to be DARN endearing and charismatic to be taken seriously as a real person. Rizzo is just COOL :0)

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Well, Rizzo's a more interesting role. And "Worse Things I Could Do" is (in my opinion) the best song for the women in the show.

On the other hand, part of the reason why I think Grease isn't very powerful sometimes is because there's moments in the show that are very boring. For instance, All Alone at the Drive-In has to be one of the worst songs. These characters are all charicatures of stereotypes of the time period. But if you want to take the show seriously (which you do at points--Worse Things I Could Do being a prime example) songs like the Drive-In song aren't very good.

I also don't think that some of the songs have anything to do with what's going on onstage. How does "Magic Changes" advance Doody's character? It doesn't. While "Freddy My Love" is a cute number, there's no more references to Freddy. It's silly. It's cute. But you can't take it seriously. Same thing with "Mooning." They can all be very funny individually, but when you mix them together, it seems kind of contrived and cheesy.

Grease 2 was the worst idea ever. And seriously, the songs were awful. I think the highlight of that movie for me was "Reproduction."

Listening to "Raining On Prom Night" from the revival CD.

Ahh. I love this version.