Grown Ups Musicals

Yesterday I decided to do a big old fashioned musical sing-along to cheer myself up. And this is what happened. They're mostly soprano type sing-alongs (sorry...I at least left out Phantom, just because I can hit those notes doesn't mean I should sing those songs) 1. I'm Not Afraid of Anything- Songs for a New World This song is the literal definition of convincing yourself you aren't afraid of anything by singing about it. 2. What Baking Can Do- Waitress Unpopular opinion, I like singing this one more than 'She Used to Be Mine'. And it's just..lovely. 3. Always Starting Over- If/Then How bitter am I that I didn't see If/Then? very. This song feels like Idina when she's REALLY good, and when she's good she's good when she's not..well. But also this song feels like my life. So I enjoy belting my face off to it. 4. Get Out and Stay Out- 9 to 5 When is Stephanie J Block telling a trash man to get the fuck out not a mood? ...

This week in honour of Hammy Ham, we're doing a journey through pop-rock musicals. This is a particular nerdy interest of mine, so forgive the level of nerding. It's not exhaustive, and there's a lot more to the formulation of pop-rock influences on musical theatre, but that perhaps is a book not a blog....but here's a start.... Playlist is here  1. Aquarius- Hair  Hair is generally accepted as the first 'Rock Musical' in that it went away from traditional musical theatre styles (Think Sweet Charity or Rodgers and Hammerstein) and used both pop-rock style music and a different style of storytelling...in the case of Hair not much storytelling as it's a series of vignettes style moments and nonsensical moments (don't do drugs kids). But it still plays by the musical theatre 'rules' with this opening number. (If you want Gavin Creel to break your heart, listen to 'Easy to be Heard' on this album, sublime). Those hippies get everywher...