The Sound of Music Vs. West Side Story!
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Topic: The Sound of Music Vs. West Side Story!
Posted By: SteveG
Subject: The Sound of Music Vs. West Side Story!
Date Posted: January 29 2015 at 18:34
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Which evil demented and demonic gothic horror do you like better: The Sound of Music or West Side Story? Warning: Sensitive persons should refrain from this poll!!
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 29 2015 at 18:35
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hahhahah. YOU are the one that is evil.  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 29 2015 at 18:40
Who me? 
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: January 29 2015 at 18:41
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In Brazil these movies were named: "A Noviça Rebelde": The Rebel Nun "Amor, Sublime Amor": Love, Sublime Love ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 29 2015 at 18:46
| ^What...? Why? |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 29 2015 at 18:49
yes you. I did choose.. but damnit man. It is evil to make one choose. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
SteveG wrote:Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: January 29 2015 at 19:20
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I'll go with the Sound of Music. I just like the story better. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: January 30 2015 at 10:27
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My Fair Lady :D ------------- "I know one thing: that I know nothing" - SpongeBob Socrates |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: January 30 2015 at 13:01
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Here are the dates of when The Sound Of Music was Number One in the UK album chart 5 June 1965 - 14 August 1965 (10 weeks) 16 October 1965 - 25 December 1965 (10 weeks) 19 February 1966 - 30 April 1966 (10 weeks) 25 June 1966 - 13 August 1966 (7 weeks) 1 October 1966 - 4 February 1967 (18 weeks) 25 March 1967 - 13 May 1967 (7 weeks) 20 May 1967 - 27 May 1967 (1 week) 3 June 1967 - 10 June 1967 (1 week) 18 November 1967 - 25 November 1967 (1 week) 2 December 1967 - 23 December 1967 (3 weeks) 27 January 1968 - 3 February 1968 ( 1 week) 23 November 1968 - 30 November 1968 (1 week) Total: 70 weeks. And here's when West Side Story was Number One: 23rd June-28th July 1962 (5 weeks) 1st-8th September 1962 (1 week) 15th-22nd September 1962 (1 week) 29th September-20th October 1962 (3 weeks) 17th-24th November 1962 (1 week) 15th-22nd December 1962 (1 week) 12th-19th January 1963 (1 week) Total: 13 weeks. I prefer the songs on The Sound Of Music. Also it was the album that knocked Sgt Pepper off the top spot after five months, even though by that time it had already been around for well over two years. ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: January 30 2015 at 13:06
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WSS. Sondheim, Bernstein, I mean c'mon. |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: January 30 2015 at 13:27
Rodgers, Hammerstein, I mean c'mon.  ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: January 30 2015 at 14:05
Hmm.... Yeah I still win. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 30 2015 at 14:08
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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. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: January 30 2015 at 14:27
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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. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 30 2015 at 14:57
funny Pat.. I love the movie WSS more..the dance choreography was INCREDIBLE.. and it had Rita Moreno's legs (christ almighty ...whew) 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.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: January 30 2015 at 16:18
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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. ------------- "I know one thing: that I know nothing" - SpongeBob Socrates |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 02 2015 at 16:22
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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". ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 02 2015 at 21:21
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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. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: February 02 2015 at 22:40
| I went with West Side Story because I liked the theme and mainly because of Natalie Wood. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: February 03 2015 at 02:24
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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. |
Posted By: VOTOMS
Date Posted: February 03 2015 at 04:29
| Coltrane made me a fan of SoM. My Favorite Things is one of the best songs ever. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: February 03 2015 at 07:13
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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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: February 03 2015 at 20:11
| West Side Story. Leonard Bernstein at his very best. |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: February 04 2015 at 05:16
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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. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: February 04 2015 at 09:28
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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Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: February 04 2015 at 09:38
------------- "I know one thing: that I know nothing" - SpongeBob Socrates |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: February 05 2015 at 03:02
Heavens, my brother sings this song with a perfect imitation of the goats, it's nearly disquieting. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 05 2015 at 19:53
The hills are alive with the sound of mucus.  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: February 06 2015 at 02:18
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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. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 22 2015 at 12:56
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! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |