tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926362191208217417.post3534037183805571986..comments2023-05-27T08:23:00.733-05:00Comments on On Chicago Theatre: Barely BelievableZev Valancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239062791827527067noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926362191208217417.post-51096224734428841862009-11-09T13:12:42.324-06:002009-11-09T13:12:42.324-06:00I had just heard about the show and a couple of th...I had just heard about the show and a couple of the numbers in one of my classes before I read that bit of news. (Let's just say that the instructor had a different opinion of the show than you do.) I wonder if the planned Broadway production is possibly riding on the coattails of <i>Spring Awakening</i>'s success. (Although, that show had a book.) <br /><br />Personally, this isn't a show that I think I would care for; I wasn't too thrilled by the two numbers I heard. Maybe it will do well on Broadway because I honestly can think of a lot of people who would go nuts to see it. (Most of them are straight girls.) And they would rush out and go see it simply because it has angst and love and betrayal and drugs and maybe cute guys and a rather contrived plot.<br /><br />And, yes, the fact that the title is in lowercase letters annoys me quite a bit.Monicahttp://fragmentssynapses.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926362191208217417.post-37507513551319804402009-11-09T09:57:32.009-06:002009-11-09T09:57:32.009-06:00Then I used the wrong term--I more meant a score o...Then I used the wrong term--I more meant a score of pop music, highly dependent on power ballads. Not so much sweetness as bombast. Duly noted.Zev Valancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239062791827527067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926362191208217417.post-24337813964303580432009-11-09T09:47:46.546-06:002009-11-09T09:47:46.546-06:00I'm not sure if power-pop is the right term to...I'm not sure if power-pop is the right term to use to describe bare (though, given that I've never seen it, it could be alright).<br /><br />Power-pop is not synonymous with pop music, actually. It usually takes a stripped-down version of modern pop music and amps up the sweetness and energy. Good examples are Big Star and Material Issue, while more mainstream versions might be Cheap Trick or Matthew Sweet.Mr. Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com