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    Posted: February 22 2015 at 12:56
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

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You need to put on the Bonzo Dog Band's version ... and cry after laughing so hard ... ohhh , please, make sure you do it LOUD!
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West Side Story. Coltrane's rendition of My Favourite Things is a masterpiece, but the Dave Brubeck Quartet did something equally remarkable with songs from West Side Story.
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I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

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Originally posted by Walton Street Walton Street wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:


Mind you, SoM has goats.
and that aint baa,aaa,aaa,aaa,aaaa,aaa,aaa,ad


Heavens, my brother sings this song with a perfect imitation of the goats, it's nearly disquieting.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:


Mind you, SoM has goats.
and that aint baa,aaa,aaa,aaa,aaaa,aaa,aaa,ad
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Originally posted by TeleStrat TeleStrat wrote:

I went with West Side Story because I liked the theme and mainly because of Natalie Wood.

And that's a good enough reason. Also WSS has the best song of the two ("Somewhere")  + the Jet Song, Something's Coming and America.

Mind you, SoM has goats.
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One of my brothers really, really, REALLY likes Sound of Music (and I suspect him to consider Julie Andrews as the Ideal Woman). For my part, I remember having watched this movie wen I was a kid and... couldn't bear it.

I stick to West Side Story: the story has more resonance to the urban child I was, and I prefer the songs. If I wanted to hear a musical set in the Alps, I would write a musical version of Heidi.
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West Side Story.  Leonard Bernstein at his very best.
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Originally posted by VOTOMS VOTOMS wrote:

Coltrane made me a fan of SoM. My Favorite Things is one of the best songs ever.

Oh yes, the Coltrane version is great. 
Suddenly it becomes bitter sweet. It's a subtle mood change.
And what great piano playing on the particular track.
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Coltrane made me a fan of SoM. My Favorite Things is one of the best songs ever.
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Well, since I don't have any street credibility in the first place, I might just as well say: I'm a big SoM fan, saw it, like, 17 times. Most of the songs are really classic songs, very well composed too.
I like West Side Story too, good songs as well, but SoM, both movie and music, are definitely better IMHO.
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I went with West Side Story because I liked the theme and mainly because of Natalie Wood.
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West Side Story, because Alice Cooper adapted the Bernstein/Sondheim piece "Jets" on the School's Out album (1972):
 
Saw this in my first concert ever. I was twelve. Immediately afterward, I sold my ten-speed bike and bought a used guitar. God bless Alice.
 


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Hi,
 
Today, the discussion is rather ... different ... than yesterday. In Brazil, "West Side Story" was more important ... why? LEONARD BERNSTEIN. he was, by that time, already considered the very best American Conductor out there in the world.
 
In terms of dancing and artistic concept, i would say that WSS is much more important, since it brought along a new and more active style of dancing which was VERY new at the time in the world, and was not exactly seen everywhere. That this particular musical made it big is also because it DID have some movie stars, and on top of it, had a couple of songs that ended up making it to radio as hits ... which "SoM did not have!
 
SoM, is the better film, and not just because of the singing, which is very nice, but in many ways it gets buried in the annals of just another musical in the history of Hollywood! West Side Story doesn't even fit in that history of "musicals", since it is best known as a "dance" film, a lot more than a "musical".


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if i have to pick one of these two - then i'll go with The Sound of Music, 
mainly for the scene where that big nun they called "The Bear" beat that Nazi's brains out with a baseball bat.

And you have to give credit for the song "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Gonorrhoea" for pioneering STD awareness in pop culture.  
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Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

It is a great story and a wonderful movie, no doubt.  In fact I probably like the story more, but I like the music from WSS a lot better.


funny Pat..   I love the movie WSS more..the dance choreography was INCREDIBLE.. and it had Rita Moreno's legs (christ almighty ...whew)LOL

but like the music of SoM more. It is Julie Andrews for god's sake.. what a voice she had...just hearing her voice brings makes me feel like a child again..
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It is a great story and a wonderful movie, no doubt.  In fact I probably like the story more, but I like the music from WSS a lot better.
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I've never seen WSS nor do I know the music it contains. Sound Of Music though is shown every Christmas here in DK - numerous of times no less. Loved it when I was 5. Now I'm 7 and my tastes have changed.
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Points: 31165 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2015 at 14:05
Originally posted by Stool Man Stool Man wrote:

Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

WSS.  Sondheim, Bernstein, I mean c'mon.

Rodgers, Hammerstein, I mean c'mon. Wink


Hmm....

Yeah I still win.  Wink
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Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

WSS.  Sondheim, Bernstein, I mean c'mon.

Rodgers, Hammerstein, I mean c'mon. Wink
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