musicals.
So I’ve been thinking a lot lately that there really haven’t been any great fantastic musicals that have come to the film industry lately and I think thats horrible. I’m a huge fan of broadway and plays and musicals and I was basically raised on watching The Sound of Music, so I just think it’s really sad that there are no longer any Broadway plays that are being turned into movies. I mean I realize that the musicals are far better on the stage than they will ever be on the silver screen but not everyone gets to go to New York all the time to see all the musicals that are coming out and I think it would be a great way for them to reach a broader audience. Also, I think musicals are a great way for the industry to make a profit because both Hairspray and Rent which both recently came to film after being Broadway plays had tremendous success in the movie world. I just think that people need to start watching those old musicals again like The Music Man and Oklahoma! and Singin in the Rain or that they should make remakes of the old movies because I love the musicals so much and I’ve really missed having them around.
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today we had a project meeting and I think that it went really well! I’m actually really excited about the ideas that we came up with and I think the final result will be fantastic. For my part I don’t even come in until the 80’s which is the perfect decade for me since I love the 80’s anyways so that’s good. I think our biographies and the way that we have written the story of the band and how the band started and how it progressed is very interesting and includes everyone. I’m glad that we chose the idea that we did because I think this is more creative than anything else than we could have done.
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I started reading Glimpses the other day and I was pretty excited about it based on the summaries I had read about it and the things we had talked about in class about it, but I have to say that I am pretty disappointed by what I have read so far. I’m finding it to be rather boring and in fact I’ve fallen asleep while reading it many times, and I haven’t even gotten through the Brian Wilson part. I’m also finding it to be incredibily depressing, I mean maybe it’s supposed to be that way because the character is supposed to be figuring out his life and finding out that he’s not supposed to be in the loveless marriage that he’s in but it’s all just very sad. The book does show how music can affect people’s lives in many ways though which is a good thing.
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I wouldn’t say that I’m obsessed with music like some people say, but I do think that it’s definitely a huge part of my life and huge part of the person that I have become. What music has been for me has changed over the years and has changed with me as I have grown up. Like when I was younger I used to listen to all the pop music (backstreet boys, spice girls, etc.), but I also used to listen to my mom’s music which was more folk-like music (James Taylor, Carly Simon, etc.) and that’s the direction I eventually went in. I’ve grown into the music that I now listen to, like when I was younger I never would have listened to the indie or rock music that I listen to now because it’s too mature for someone who was so young, but now that I’ve grown up it’s perfect for me. I feel like the music I have always fits every mood that I’m in and can always fix every problem that I have. If I’m sad I just go listen to something to help me get through it, and it’s nice to know that at least I’ll always have my music to help me get through the more emotional times in life. And as Dr. Campbell asked in class if we always have music in our heads, I do constantly. Songs always get stuck in my head, there is rarely a time when I don’t have music playing in my brain. So yes, music is a huge part of my life, I think more than I actually ever realized.
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So I started reading High Fidelity last night and I absoluetly love it! It is my favorite book out of all the books that we have read so far for the class. I think it’s because it’s so entertaining and because it’s acutally a real novel like The Committments was instead of the other books and them just telling facts. High Fidelity hasn’t acutally gotten into telling any facts yet about bands, but it does mention musicians or records and I find myself being like “yay I have that” or whatever. I’m just happy to be reading something that mentions things that I love so much and something that I can relate to instead of just reading something with just facts about bands. I also love how Rob owns a record shop and I love the characters that are involved with the story, and I love how the whole story doesn’t just revolve around his shop and his music, but it involves how the music fits into his world and how it helps him through his life in hard times. It’s awesome.
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