July 24, 20206 yr Active Members 1 hour ago, AdamSmith said: Is it art compared with the above and their like? We will soon be admiring Willy Wonka. 1 hour ago, AdamSmith said: Is it art compared with the above and their like? We will soon be admiring Willy Wonka. The Wizard of Oz and R & H musicals, Oklahoma, South Pacific, Carousel. Life lessons about bravery, spouse abuse and racial discrimination. Universal themes. Frankly, I am not surprised you would compare The Wizard of Oz with Willy Wonka. Sad.
July 24, 20206 yr Author 56 minutes ago, Buddy2 said: The Wizard of Oz and R & H musicals, Oklahoma, South Pacific, Carousel. Life lessons about bravery, spouse abuse and racial discrimination. Universal themes. Frankly, I am not surprised you would compare The Wizard of Oz with Willy Wonka. Sad. I love The Wiz etc. But for Christ’s sake. To say stage/screen musicals are on the same level as Dostoevsky et al. as works of art...
July 24, 20206 yr Active Members 5 hours ago, AdamSmith said: I love The Wiz etc. But for Christ’s sake. To say stage/screen musicals are on the same level as Dostoevsky et al. as works of art... You keep contradicting yourself. I like and appreciate Dostoevsky as much as you. You compared "The Wizard of Oz" to "Willy Wonka." Now you love "The Wizard of Oz."
July 24, 20206 yr Active Members R & H invented the American musical. That is, lyrics and music that add to the story.
July 26, 20206 yr Author On 7/24/2020 at 12:18 PM, Buddy2 said: R & H invented the American musical. That is, lyrics and music that add to the story. My beef is that American musicals take very fine story lines but them set them to the most schlock music. The direct inverse of what, say, Italian opera does. For which one can of course also complain.
July 26, 20206 yr Active Members 1 hour ago, AdamSmith said: My beef is that American musicals take very fine story lines but them set them to the most schlock music. The direct inverse of what, say, Italian opera does. For which one can of course also complain. Interesting that one thinks Richard Rogers, Irving Berlin, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne composed second rate music. Perhaps Cole Porter George Gershwin were second rate too. Gershwin told Merman to never take a singing lesson. Edited July 26, 20206 yr by Buddy2
July 26, 20206 yr Author 2 hours ago, Buddy2 said: Interesting that one thinks Richard Rogers, Irving Berlin, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne composed second rate music. Perhaps Cole Porter George Gershwin were second rate too. Gershwin told Merman to never take a singing lesson. Well, if you think they hold up against Mozart, Verdi, Rossini, Puccini, Bellini, et al., then good for you.
July 26, 20206 yr Active Members 5 hours ago, AdamSmith said: Well, if you think they hold up against Mozart, Verdi, Rossini, Puccini, Bellini, et al., then good for you. Opera isn't new, around for centuries. The Broadway musical is relatively new.. Showboat and Oklahoma Broadway performer are far better actors/actresses And I enjoy opera too in New York, Chicago, Vienna, Munich, Paris, Prague and Sydney Edited July 26, 20206 yr by Buddy2
July 27, 20206 yr Active Members Adam, your friend, Liam, has started Organ 2 on the other site, a companion to his other thread Organ 1.
July 27, 20206 yr Author 7 minutes ago, Buddy2 said: Adam, your friend, Liam, has started Organ 2 on the other site, a companion to his other thread Organ 1. This epochal event which will overturn the known universe has me up in arms.
July 27, 20206 yr Active Members 5 hours ago, AdamSmith said: This epochal event which will overturn the known universe has me up in arms. Good, I shall keep you informed on Liam.
July 27, 20206 yr Active Members 39 minutes ago, Buddy2 said: Good, I shall keep you informed on Liam. Why?
July 27, 20206 yr Author 1 hour ago, Lucky said: Why? Because life is nothing without a little comic relief?
July 29, 20206 yr Active Members On 7/27/2020 at 11:02 AM, AdamSmith said: Because life is nothing without a little comic relief? You could have spoken up about Larstrup/Liam but did not to save threads about the organ (and other names for the organ thread). Now Liam is posting on the other site.
July 30, 20206 yr Author 8 hours ago, Buddy2 said: You could have spoken up about Larstrup/Liam but did not to save threads about the organ (and other names for the organ thread). Now Liam is posting on the other site. This comment is not comprehensible to me. And what happens on the other site is of utter disinterest.
July 30, 20206 yr Active Members 53 minutes ago, AdamSmith said: And what happens on the other site is of utter disinterest. But, you still have friends at the other site where you were well liked my many people, including me.
July 30, 20206 yr Author 1 hour ago, Buddy2 said: But, you still have friends at the other site where you were well liked my many people, including me. Come over here then and let us continue interacting. The snake venom over there became too much.
July 30, 20206 yr Active Members 12 hours ago, AdamSmith said: Come over here then and let us continue interacting. The snake venom over there became too much. Not everyone wants to constantly read complaining about "snake venom over there." Try to move on to Oz, the read hero as a site owner.
July 31, 20206 yr Author 7 hours ago, Buddy2 said: Not everyone wants to constantly read complaining about "snake venom over there." Then don't. How simple is that?
July 31, 20206 yr Active Members 46 minutes ago, AdamSmith said: Then don't. How simple is that? Yet another question at the end of a comment. Why?
July 31, 20206 yr Author 1 hour ago, Buddy2 said: Yet another question at the end of a comment. Why? Very good!
July 31, 20206 yr Active Members 11 hours ago, AdamSmith said: Very good! We have wasted too much time on Larstrup/Liam All you had to do was read the comments of @TotallyOz
August 2, 20206 yr Author 2 hours ago, Latbear4blk said: Go Tell It on the Mountain Mahalia https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq5aEwtvdRI
August 6, 20206 yr Author On 8/2/2020 at 7:57 PM, AdamSmith said: Go Tell It on the Mountain Mahalia https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq5aEwtvdRI Amazing Grace https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJg5Op5W7yw
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