The amount of ignorance on this issue is amazing.
Bitch about something no one has even heard or seen yet.
If they want to do a musical and work with Spiderman, it's ok, no matter if some fans like musicals or Spiderman or not. Maybe this will be very original and great in the end. I'm sure all of you will run to see it if you have the chance to. I know I would.
U2 have always had various side projects. For all I care they could write an opera or an orchestral piece and it would be fine for me, because I respect their interest in different musical genres and in trying out different things.
Your defense here is convoluted and not really to the point. Do I want to hear the music? Yes. Would I go see the play? Maybe, especially if it received glowing reviews from non-biased critics. The point here is Spiderman. Spiderman. It sounds like Bono's sons chose this project for them. So could it be good? Yes. But would I have preferred they chose a different project? Definitely.
Overall, I've mostly shrugged my shoulders when this project has come up, but the fact that this may have stolen away some relevant musical creativity is a bit off-putting for me. Not to mention the length of wait for the new album.
And finally, your accusation of ignorance is off-base, offensive, and frankly laughable.
Look, I'd be all for Bono and Edge doing some amazing music for a musical...I guess. As long as the u2 album kicks ass.
But Spiderman? Lame. It's been done to death in the movies. Blah. High art? Yeah.....about spiderman........gimmee a fucking break.
maybe i'm alone in this, but i have no interest in this project whatsoever. i just want a strong U2 album.
It's been done pretty much except as they said for incidental linking music which would pretty much have to wait for the fine tuning of the production. Bono and Edge have been working on this since 2005. The 18 songs have been completed ages ago. When Taymor was doing interviews for Across the Universe she mentioned several times that they had written the music. A workshop reading was done last summer where the songs were performed and dry read through of the play was done. This news has been coming out in dribs and drabs for three years now. This is however the most detail that has been contained in one article up to this point.
Dana
Your friendly neighbour ?
The musical ?
Edge's heyday comment: 3 words - Andrew Lloyd Webber.
And here you come again with your defiant aggression towards everyone who has one negative or even slightly negative, or even hints at the possibility of it being less than great, attitude.
Jesus, get a life and stop being the den mother of this frickin board.
You think Spiderman is cool. Awesome. Go rent all three movies. Maybe go dress up in the costume and listen to HTDAAB for the millionth time.
Happy New Year.
Andrew Lloyd Webber = overratedYour friendly neighbour ?
The musical ?
Edge's heyday comment: 3 words - Andrew Lloyd Webber.
last unicorn has as much right to state her opinions and or expectations as anyone does. She defends U2 because there is so much negativity around everything that hasn't even been released, that it just ridiculous & it get's old - after a while and she feels the need to speak up. Many of us do.
You know what?
Cool.
Let u2 write the music for "Spiderman: The Musical" on Broadway.
Let them think it's the only good musical since the 1960's.
Let them make it the most expensive show ever to put on, meanwhile Bono is campaigning for funding for Africa.
Let everyone here think it's awesome.
And again, Happy New Year.
Well, according to Evan Rachel Wood, the music is "the best work they've done."
Evan Rachel Wood - News
I really feel as though it is quite premature to be condemning this project when we have heard nothing but positive things (from the aforementioned, Julie Taymor, Bono, etc.,.).
EDIT: And just hearing how enthusiastic Wood is about the project makes me happy...
Snippet from Evan Rachel Wood Interview, The Wrestler - MoviesOnline
MoviesOnline: Have you gotten any of the music yet for Spider-Man?
EVAN RACHEL WOOD: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I had to do a read through of it for Marvel in person, kind of an audition. So yeah, I’ve heard all the music and it’s so good. It makes me cry.
MoviesOnline: Did you work with Bono and The Edge on the songs themselves?
EVAN RACHEL WOOD: Yeah. They were coming, going “We wrote this song. Sing it.” Jim Sturgess who played Jude in “Across the Universe” did the workshop with me. We’re still trying to convince him to play Spider-Man, but I got to read it with him and he’s such a huge, huge U2 fan. There was one time he was learning the song and Bono and The Edge were playing the other parts so they were basically being his back-up singers and I just remember taking him to the side and going “Bono and The Edge were just your back-up singers. Can you just enjoy this moment right now for me, please? It’s 4th of July. We’re never going to forget this.” You know, it was awesome. It was amazing.
the music from it may be good, and i am really looking forward to hear it.
but a musical ??? thats the most far from rock n roll i can think of.. I hate musicals and I hate my favourite band being involved in it. Now they are really going back to the mainstream... However, I´m still looking forward to hear the music.
but a musical ??? thats the most far from rock n roll i can think of.. I hate musicals and I hate my favourite band being involved in it. Now they are really going back to the mainstream...
See, it's this kind of close minded shit that really bugs me... Not only that, but it's just wrong. Musicals aren't mainstream, and you've never heard of rock musicals? Where have you been?
While I agree with most of what you've said, some of today's biggest musicals are the essence of "mainstream" in all of the predictable ways that that term suggests. Andrew Lloyd Webber (whom someone mentioned earlier in positive tones) is, I think, the worst thing that has ever happened to musical theatre. Successful, yes (very), but cheesy and maudlin in the extreme. Edge was on to something when he suggested that the 40s to 60s were a highpoint in musical theatre; there were many more shows, and many of these were artistically groundbreaking.
I had to chuckle when someone mention Webber's name as being an argument against Edge's quote.
Edge was on to something when he suggested that the 40s to 60s were a highpoint in musical theatre; there were many more shows, and many of these were artistically groundbreaking.
MoviesOnline: Are the songs the type that in the tradition of a musical you have to listen to them in the context of the story or are they more stand alone?
EVAN RACHEL WOOD: No, I think you can hear them just on their own. And that’s one of the cool things about it being Bono and The Edge is that they actually sound like hit songs. So, no, I think the soundtrack will be good too because they’re like pop songs.
chuckle all you want! i loved Cats!
chuckle all you want! i loved Cats!
the music from it may be good, and i am really looking forward to hear it.
but a musical ??? thats the most far from rock n roll i can think of.. I hate musicals and I hate my favourite band being involved in it. Now they are really going back to the mainstream... However, I´m still looking forward to hear the music.
While I agree with most of what you've said, some of today's biggest musicals are the essence of "mainstream" in all of the predictable ways that that term suggests. Andrew Lloyd Webber (whom someone mentioned earlier in positive tones) is, I think, the worst thing that has ever happened to musical theatre. Successful, yes (very), but cheesy and maudlin in the extreme. Edge was on to something when he suggested that the 40s to 60s were a highpoint in musical theatre; there were many more shows, and many of these were artistically groundbreaking.
And the man's written probably the most famous musicals of the last decades...Edge was wrong with his quote on musicals is what was the issue anyway.