cast recordings you have to listen to a lot to like them??

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 12/12/08 at 8:16pm

Are there any cast recordings you have to listen to a lot before you get hooked on them??

I really love Sutton Foster and my friend shared with me a few songs from Little Women and I honestly did not like it at all. Astonishing was just plain weird I though, but now that I listen to it more and more I have caught on and learned to like it.

Any others with yall?
Updated On: 12/12/08 at 08:16 PM

[dramarama2]

Posted: 12/12/08 at 8:17pm

Oh, you're just asking to be slaughtered.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 12/12/08 at 8:24pm

Just a heads-up, but people on this site generally get really upset if you refer to a musical's cast recording as a 'soundtrack,' because technically, a soundtrack is for a film.

But for me, "Jane Eyre" and "Evita." Also, there were a few songs from Sweeney Todd that I didn't really like until repeat listens, though I can't for the life of me remember what they were anymore. The only song from that show that I don't love is "Wait."

[dramarama2]

Posted: 12/12/08 at 8:26pm

Damn I was hoping you'd impale them.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 12/12/08 at 8:31pm

Ahh, my username is a misnomer, my friend. But no harm done, post was corrected, and I'm sure the OP won't make that mistake again.

Updated On: 12/12/08 at 08:31 PM

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 12/12/08 at 8:32pm

haha nope
and it just goes to show how nice some people can be
so thanks Schmerg for the heads up

[dramarama2]

Posted: 12/12/08 at 8:54pm

Much better

It took me a while to warm to The Drowsy Chaperone

[A Fleur De Toi]

Posted: 12/12/08 at 9:13pm

I'm probably gonna get skewered for this, but [title] took quite a while for me. At first, I was like, seriously, what is this ****? But then it sinks in and I haven't been quite the same ever since.

[Madcap Maisie]

Posted: 12/12/08 at 9:27pm

Sweeny

[MrSweetNAwful]

Posted: 12/12/08 at 9:51pm

First time I listened to See What I Wanna See I hated it, thought it was too heavy, graphic and disturbing, but not in a good way. But I couldn't get Big Money out of my head after I heard it so I listened to it again a few weeks later and kinda liked it, then I listened to it again a few weeks after that and thought it was great. Now, it's one of my favorite shows!
I found Dirty Rotten Scoundrels to be all over the place and too pop-comercial on my first listen. I stopped after Ruprecht.
I still can't listen to Passion but I know I'll love it someday.

Updated On: 12/12/08 at 09:51 PM

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 12/12/08 at 10:13pm

The first time I listened to Into the Woods (please don't kill me), I thought, "What the hell is this? It's totally tuneless."

It definitely took me a while to warm up to Jelly's Last Jam as a show in general.

[DMsquared2]

Posted: 12/12/08 at 10:17pm

LoveMusik

[LuPonatic]

Posted: 12/12/08 at 10:50pm

The Light in the Piazza actually. It took a couple times on most songs for me to get into it, but now I LOVE it!

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 12/12/08 at 11:26pm

I didn't like DROWSY at all until I actually saw it.

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 12/12/08 at 11:38pm

mmm yeah I was kinda the same way with Piazza
it took a few times but its so magical <3
especially if you get the chance to see it live
but i looove it too

[ifuweregay93]

Posted: 12/12/08 at 11:58pm

I had seen Jersey Boys on the Tony Awards (I was only 13) and I didn't like it. I requested tickets for my 15th birthday this year, I went, and then next thing I know I'm sitting front row seeing Frankie Valli live at the "Tribute On Ice" special!

[sleepyguy1717]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 12:03am

Not a recording, but I could not stand Kerry Butler's voice for the longest time. Then, when I saw her on the Tony's I was amazed. Ever since I can't stop listening to her!

[lakezurich]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 12:13am

"Sunday In The Park With George" took a few listens for me. But it became one of my favorites.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 12:16am

Same here. It's mostly Sondheim that I have to listen to a few times before I catch on. Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music were the hardest for me, but now they're two of my favorite Sondheim shows. Especially Sunday. A Little Night Music I hated until I heard the Judi Dench recording.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 12:23am

I abosolutely hated Next to Normal when I saw it at Second Stage, but now that I'm listening to some of the music again I'm starting to warm up to it. I guess I just wasn't ready for the emotional shock of it. Maybe if I ever get around to seeing it down in DC I'll like it better.

I also never really liked Cole Porter, but Anything Goes is slowly starting to change my opinion of his music.

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 12:27am

Passion was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the title of this thread.

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 12:36am

The Light in the Piazza and Sunday In the Park With George. I enjoyed Sunday while watching it but never liked just listening to it until I just played it several times.

[[tos]fan999]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 1:04am

I listened to A Little Night music once last year and hated it.
The Overture just happened to come on my shuffle playlist a few eeeks ago, and I thought it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever heard. So I decided to listen to the rest of the album.

Now I cannot stop listening to it.

[MrSweetNAwful]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 1:53am

I'd also like to add to Sunday in the Park with George, though technically it was the DVD I had trouble with before I'd even heard the cast recording. My aunt had a copy of the performance and I couldn't even get through the first act on my first two attempts.

[Sondheim_Geek]

Posted: 12/13/08 at 2:15am

3hree
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Sunday in the Park with George