We Will Rock You
Went to see the We Will Rock You musical at the weekend. Took the whole family
Grandma, wife and kids (8 and 14).
It may not be high brow and it is a bit silly, but what a great show.
I was greatly entertained, my son (8) nearly wet himself with excitement and was on the
edge of his seat for the whole 4 hours.
Queen certainly penned some great songs.
The overall singing/dancing and musicianship was top notch (one of the guitarists is ex Wishbone Ash)
I certainly recommend it.
I've never seen the West End show but I am very familiar with it, because my school is doing a production of it and I'm playing guitar for it. The songs are just brilliant, there is no getting around that (although I'm not too keen on how some of them have been re-arranged). I'm having to play a lot of the harder solos which are very well-known, so there is very little margin for error - I have to get them exactly right. That goes for Bohemian Rhapsody, in which I'm supposed to actually come onstage. I also have to do the really fast, difficult C major lick at the end of the Seven Seas of Rhye solo (which is normally bounced between two guitarists) on my own. That's the bit I'm least looking forward to.
The plot-line is just horrifically, embarrassingly awful but there comes a point when that transcends shiteness and becomes rather endearing
I'm absolutely loving playing in it though, brilliant music. Very very much looking forward to performing.
My name is Connor and I have a GAS problem.
I also have some videos of myself playing guitar. Here they are.
4 hours!!!
Wow, must be good to keep an 8 year old interested for that long.
Brilliant show, seen it at least 8 times. It has been interesting watching how that cast changes have altered the show as time goes along. For my money, the original Galileo and Scaramouch will never be bettered, but there are some staggeringly good performances from all. Laurie Wisefield and Neil Murray are the stalwarts of "The House Band", but you'll still see many other fine guitarists come along.
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FOUR HOURS?!?!
Shitting hell! That's longer than Les Mis!
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Would love to have seen the show at the beginning. There must have been alot of script changes, with all the references to new technologies (iphone, internet, etc), which 10 years ago where not quite as influential on our lives.
Twas funny watching my son look a little sheepish during "Fat Bottomed girls" which a stage full of very very gorgeous women dressed up in kinky underwear.
It felt longer than that when I went to see it. My mum loved it; however, I was not sold on it (that's my polite way of saying it was f awful). My special lady got to see it in Australia, the local cultural references were really lost on her.Originally Posted by JonEve
Saying that, my opinion isn't going to keep Ben Elton awake at night.
"You do things your way and you put your life in God's hands. You do things someone else's way and you take your life in your own hands." Confucius
Yeah, the script changes are constant and keep the whole thing alive. It is nice to see the very brief Band Cam section that has come in too. Last time I saw it, Kevin whatsisname "Curly Watts" was Pop and did a very creditable job too. Drop me a PM if you'd like a recording of the original Cast as I happen to have one.
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I'm still traumatised by the thought of Buckethead coming onstage.
Thats very impressive. Hope it goes well.I've never seen the West End show but I am very familiar with it, because my school is doing a production of it and I'm playing guitar for it. The songs are just brilliant, there is no getting around that (although I'm not too keen on how some of them have been re-arranged). I'm having to play a lot of the harder solos which are very well-known, so there is very little margin for error - I have to get them exactly right. That goes for Bohemian Rhapsody, in which I'm supposed to actually come onstage. I also have to do the really fast, difficult C major lick at the end of the Seven Seas of Rhye solo (which is normally bounced between two guitarists) on my own. That's the bit I'm least looking forward to.
The plot-line is just horrifically, embarrassingly awful but there comes a point when that transcends shiteness and becomes rather endearing
I'm absolutely loving playing in it though, brilliant music. Very very much looking forward to performing.
Trying to see the blue sky, above the rain.
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