Sound of vs Singing vs Poppins vs My Fair vs West

Inspired by Lindsay Ellis youtube vlogg about musicals I collected the top of classic musicals in a poll. Which is the one you most shamelessly embalish yourself with. Which is your treasure islend guilty pleasure? Is it the doubble whammy with Julie Andrews (Sound of music and Poppins), the whimzickle duo of Singing and My Fair Lady, the unique West Side Story, or the pioneer in Wizard of Oz premiered as early as 1939, perhaps the first great live action fantasy film (fantasy musical) in history.

Edited by Icarium - November 25 2019 at 22:00

My favourite musical is Xanadu.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: My favourite musical is Xanadu.

Xanadu is cool music but not the same legend as thebother listed

I think I have heard something from all of these, but I really love music of "West Side Story"!

ALL are fantastic but I have to go with the one that has stuck with me over the course of my entire life: The Sound of Music. I really thought I was going to grow up and marry Maria (aka Julie Andrews). (And, eventually, I did.)

None. Don't care for musicals. Maybe Paint Your Wagon because at least it has Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood.

BrufordFreak wrote: ALL are fantastic but I have to go with the one that has stuck with me over the course of my entire life: The Sound of Music. I really thought I was going to grow up and marry Maria (aka Julie Andrews). (And, eventually, I did.)

Edited by moshkito - April 04 2020 at 08:28

Cristi wrote: you forgot An American in Paris, starring Gene Kelly and the beautiful Leslie Caron

That's my favourite dance one.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: My favourite musical is Xanadu.

I actually love that too, and the self-titled song from it (ELO & Olivia Newton John).

I took some stick when I said I preferred it to Rush's Xanadu years ago, but one of out creative members ended up creating a gif with Olivia Newton John morphing into Geddy Lee and back again.

moshkito wrote: BrufordFreak wrote: ALL are fantastic but I have to go with the one that has stuck with me over the course of my entire life: The Sound of Music. I really thought I was going to grow up and marry Maria (aka Julie Andrews). (And, eventually, I did.) Are you ready? The only Sound of Music I love dearly ... is ... the song by The Bonzo Dog Band! But the one film that always stuck in my mind VISUALLY was the insanity done in SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS ... which was really well done in the film. Other than that, it's really hard to not like one man dancing with an umbrella in the rain!

This is rather horrible and sad, but I was researching the Heaven's Gate cult, and there is a home Christmas video that thy made with the group singing their own disturbing version of Do Rei Mi off of the Sound of Music (the leaders of the cult called themselves Ti and Do). It kind of burned into my brain so now when I think of that Sound of Music song, their adapted lyrics and voices always come to mind. It's not like Alex DeLarge having "Ludwig van's "glorious Ninth" spoiled by the Ludovico technique as I had never liked The Sound of Music to begin with (and always found it creepy).

My Favourite Things from "Sound of" is in jazz standard aspects one of my absolute favorite melodies of all.

Spessialy refairing to John Coltrains rendition

Edited by Icarium - June 04 2020 at 15:37