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I don't get the praise, hosannah's, hooplah. There must be some rules about musical pop songs (yes, I get that they function within a larger plot and may have to express more direct lines,) but Spring Awakening, to me, is just Duncan Sheik with different singers. Can someone clarify? Has someone seen it? (I searched the ILM archives, nothing, so apologies before hand.)

― Jubalique (Jubalique), Saturday, 27 January 2007 14:35 (eighteen years ago)

yeah I saw it a couple weeks ago (got the tickets as a brithday present)and I thought the songs were good in theatre context, advancing the plot while sounding in theory anyway like actual free-standing rock songs for the most part. haven't listened to the soundtrack album yet, but my wife did and enjoyed it. also I'm totally unfamiliar w/Duncan Sheik's work so I can't comment. Worth noting that Sheik wrote the music and somebody else did lyrics.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Saturday, 27 January 2007 14:59 (eighteen years ago)

it wasn't the best musical I've seen, that would be the recent revival of Sweeney Todd, and for that matter I'm more of a rock guy than a theatre uh person. so I can't really explain why I liked Spring Awakening so much but I did.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Saturday, 27 January 2007 15:02 (eighteen years ago)

the best musical ever is You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, for real.

― richard wood johnson (rwj), Saturday, 27 January 2007 16:32 (eighteen years ago)

Best musical evah thread to the thread!

So that may explain why listening to Spring Awakening ain't doin' much for me. Was the storyline good? It's just gotten such raves from ppl and critics I thought it'd be more interesting.

― Jubalique (Jubalique), Saturday, 27 January 2007 17:26 (eighteen years ago)

my ex-roommate is in the cast, but i've shamefully not seen it yet.

― joseph (joseph), Saturday, 27 January 2007 18:51 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

Spring Awakening was amazing.

The music isn't really 'rock' per se and at times is a little predictable but I really like it. especially "The Word of Your Body".

― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 2 February 2008 21:24 (seventeen years ago)

and yes I've seen it.

― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 2 February 2008 21:25 (seventeen years ago)

I saw this. The word "bathos" comes to mind. But I did think the pit band was good and I enjoyed them in a nerdy musician way.

― Hurting 2, Saturday, 2 February 2008 22:25 (seventeen years ago)

Emm...that's probably the worst criticism I've ever seen of the show, but hey, whatever floats your boat! :)

The book (based on Franz Wedekind's 19th century play) is loads more intelligent than the majority of theatre out there right now.

The music is supposed to be the antithesis, the raw emotion of each one of the characters. The lyrics are somewhat simple (at times they are admittedly cheesy), the music emotive, sometimes cliched, and not really rocking, but it works.

It's basically what Rent could have been if Rent had a brain (not saying I dislike REnt but...no comparison!).

― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 2 February 2008 23:32 (seventeen years ago)

four years pass...

listening to the original cast recording of this right now

man they really really REALLY should take the autotune off of Lea Michele on Glee

― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 21:05 (thirteen years ago)

oh also this is reaffirming that I don't really care at all about the music of Duncan Sheik

― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 21:10 (thirteen years ago)

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