Watching this again on BBC2 - a truly dreadful film despite hugely talented Tommy Steele and two real hit songs (more than you get in most musicals these days)... Flash Bang Wallop and Half A Sixpence.

There hasn't been a decent hit song in a musical since the 90s with "No Matter What" from "Whistle down the wind". Despite Hamilton being massively successful, it doesn't have any hit songs in it.
I still think that Grease is one of the best with hit upbeat song after hit song, and two of the top 20 biggest selling singles in the uk ever.

Try Dear Evan Hansen Robbie.

I never saw the appeal to musicals.

Grease was soppy and yucky, The Apple was a mess, Blues Brothers was a novelty followed by a dreadful and pointless sequel like Grease 2, Fame was okay but I just preferred the TV show better, Sgt Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band is a great way to piss off my mates who are Beatles nerds.

I can only watch The Wiz if I am drunk, Purple Rain was dated by the mid 90s, Popeye you can only watch if you're drugs or hard alcohol, I am surprised Sly and Dolly got work after Rhinestone.

Can't Stop The Music was ahead of it's time, it could of been a good biopic. I still haven't seen Xanadu but I do like the soundtrack.

I still remember seeing Cabaret in a seedy movie theatre it wasn't an adult theatre but theatre where homeless, courting couples and horny gay men went.

Green Man wrote:
I never saw the appeal to musicals.

Grease was soppy and yucky, The Apple was a mess, Blues Brothers was a novelty followed by a dreadful and pointless sequel like Grease 2, Fame was okay but I just preferred the TV show better, Sgt Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band is a great way to piss off my mates who are Beatles nerds.

I can only watch The Wiz if I am drunk, Purple Rain was dated by the mid 90s, Popeye you can only watch if you're drugs or hard alcohol, I am surprised Sly and Dolly got work after Rhinestone.

Can't Stop The Music was ahead of it's time, it could of been a good biopic. I still haven't seen Xanadu but I do like the soundtrack.

I still remember seeing Cabaret in a seedy movie theatre it wasn't an adult theatre but theatre where homeless, courting couples and horny gay men went.

I really like the film of "Fame", but I wouldn't call it a musical. Its a drama with a soundtrack, like Flashdance. People aren't randomly bursting into song on the street. I like Cabaret, but the last version I saw in Wimbledon last year, completely changed the story so that Emcee was the main character and Sally Bowles was reduced to a minor role. They had turned it into an LGBT musical, which I wasn't expecting and would have preferred it in it's original format.

robbiex wrote:
Green Man wrote:
I never saw the appeal to musicals.

Grease was soppy and yucky, The Apple was a mess, Blues Brothers was a novelty followed by a dreadful and pointless sequel like Grease 2, Fame was okay but I just preferred the TV show better, Sgt Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band is a great way to piss off my mates who are Beatles nerds.

I can only watch The Wiz if I am drunk, Purple Rain was dated by the mid 90s, Popeye you can only watch if you're drugs or hard alcohol, I am surprised Sly and Dolly got work after Rhinestone.

Can't Stop The Music was ahead of it's time, it could of been a good biopic. I still haven't seen Xanadu but I do like the soundtrack.

I still remember seeing Cabaret in a seedy movie theatre it wasn't an adult theatre but theatre where homeless, courting couples and horny gay men went.

I really like the film of "Fame", but I wouldn't call it a musical. Its a drama with a soundtrack, like Flashdance. People aren't randomly bursting into song on the street. I like Cabaret, but the last version I saw in Wimbledon last year, completely changed the story so that Emcee was the main character and Sally Bowles was reduced to a minor role. They had turned it into an LGBT musical, which I wasn't expecting and would have preferred it in it's original format.

I have never seen Flashdance, it's looked very hammy to me even back then.

robbiex wrote:
Green Man wrote:
I never saw the appeal to musicals.

Grease was soppy and yucky, The Apple was a mess, Blues Brothers was a novelty followed by a dreadful and pointless sequel like Grease 2, Fame was okay but I just preferred the TV show better, Sgt Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band is a great way to piss off my mates who are Beatles nerds.

I can only watch The Wiz if I am drunk, Purple Rain was dated by the mid 90s, Popeye you can only watch if you're high drugs or hard alcohol, I am surprised Sly and Dolly got work after Rhinestone.

Can't Stop The Music was ahead of it's time, it could of been a good biopic. I still haven't seen Xanadu but I do like the soundtrack.

I still remember seeing Cabaret in a seedy movie theatre it wasn't an adult theatre but theatre where homeless, courting couples and horny gay men went.

I really like the film of "Fame", but I wouldn't call it a musical. Its a drama with a soundtrack, like Flashdance. People aren't randomly bursting into song on the street. I like Cabaret, but the last version I saw in Wimbledon last year, completely changed the story so that Emcee was the main character and Sally Bowles was reduced to a minor role. They had turned it into an LGBT musical, which I wasn't expecting and would have preferred it in it's original format.

I thought Cabaret had LGBT elements to it unless I just found it camp just like the Batman and Robin TV show. Sweet Charity is worse than poking an infected wisdom tooth.