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OriginalGeek

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22. "9. Mamma Mia (what can I say, I loved the music and have seen it six times)"
Fri Apr 13, 2012, 11:41 AM
Apr 2012

Nothing at all wrong with that. Well choreographed and admirably performed. I loved it too.

My wife didn't want to see it - I had to go by myself.


The funny part is I didn't grow up listening to Abba.

I grew up listening to commercials for Abba records on TV. I only ever knew the hooks - and only a few seconds of each as the commercials back then would scroll a list of all the songs on the record and and play snips of some of them. Much later after leaving home I would be somewhere and hear a ABbba song come over the store's loudspeakers or pass by a radio that was playing something and the hooks would remind me of my youth spent watching UHF stations after school. Gilligan's Island, Leave it To Beaver, Gomer Pyle, Hogan's Heroes etc... all interspersed with commercials for records.


re: OP - I would add Saturday Night Fever and Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Fiddler on the Roof is an outstanding musical! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2012 #1
Thanks sakabatou Apr 2012 #2
A few: elleng Apr 2012 #3
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut RZM Apr 2012 #4
Anything by Rogers & Hart mulsh Apr 2012 #5
W/o knowing your tastes, here's a few: Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #6
The Music Man was by Meredith Wilson Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2012 #8
Ah...I stand corrected. The lyrics of some of those songs are amazing. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #9
Willson -- double L n't grasswire Apr 2012 #41
"Seven Brides..." also has Jane Powell. Graybeard Apr 2012 #25
She had such a strong voice for such a small woman. And I'd kill for her figure! nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #34
Jesus Christ Superstar bluedigger Apr 2012 #7
A clip...or two... Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #10
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg JVS Apr 2012 #11
Hair HeiressofBickworth Apr 2012 #12
No Joe Shlabotnik Apr 2012 #13
West Side Story Sanity Claws Apr 2012 #14
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog CBGLuthier Apr 2012 #15
Kiss Me Kate lovemydog Apr 2012 #16
Big River. grntuscarora Apr 2012 #17
Kiss Me Kate: 1999 revival. Graybeard Apr 2012 #18
A Couple With Political Hue grilled onions Apr 2012 #19
I recommend the following avebury Apr 2012 #20
"9. Mamma Mia (what can I say, I loved the music and have seen it six times)" OriginalGeek Apr 2012 #22
My fave Valjean is Colm Wilkinson sakabatou Apr 2012 #29
Sweeney Todd: In Concert 2001 Graybeard Apr 2012 #21
Gypsy, Damn Yankees Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #23
There's so many to choose from ceile Apr 2012 #24
The Unsinkable Molly Brown warrior1 Apr 2012 #26
Book of Mormon. cbayer Apr 2012 #27
Company......the quintessential '70's musical by........... mrmpa Apr 2012 #28
Another yes for Sondheim. soleiri Apr 2012 #33
Let's not forget "A Little Night Music." CBHagman Apr 2012 #36
Genesis - "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" HopeHoops Apr 2012 #30
Ragtime Bertha Venation Apr 2012 #31
Ragtime DryHump Apr 2012 #47
7 Brides for 7 Brothers was the 1st I saw,, benld74 Apr 2012 #32
Three Penny Opera pscot Apr 2012 #35
Kurt Weill was an underappreciated genius. Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2012 #40
His work with Maxwell Anderson wasn't too shabby either Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #44
The only Kurt Weill opera I have seen is "Street Scene". It was wonderful. Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2012 #45
Rocky Horror Picture Show Major Nikon Apr 2012 #37
Phantom of the Opera snacker Apr 2012 #38
A Chorus Line peacefreak Apr 2012 #39
Porgy & Bess, Victor Victoria, Man of La Mancha, Sweet Charity, Thoroughly Modern Millie... grasswire Apr 2012 #42
oh and Camelot! grasswire Apr 2012 #43
I like "Singng in the Rain" too Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #46
Sunday in the Park w/George-Sondheim MichiganVote Apr 2012 #48
Rent suninvited Apr 2012 #49
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