Total Eclipse of the Heart + Meat Loaf = Does Not Compute
Because I spent the 80s not being into pop music, I was mostly unfamiliar with Meat Loaf, so naturally I have been matching up the musical numbers with their originals courtesy of Wikipedia and YouTube. So...
Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are - miles better as a vampire song. Original Sin - becomes two vampire songs (as with the above, the odd line is retained but in new contexts. This actually works.) Seize the Night - becomes the overture. Ed. No - it's the other way round! That one appeared in the musical first, and then went to Meat Loaf.
I am beginning to wonder if anyone has tried feeding Meat Loaf garlic. But really I have fallen in love with the whole ridiculous thing. It is mad, but it works. It is the ultimate answer of "Yes!" to the question as to whether pop songs can be repurposed for the stage. They can, triumphantly (or in the case of Broadway, disastrously, because they lost the whole concept). Oh dear. I find myself seriously considering a trip to Germany next summer. A I stop in Berlin for a weekend before heading off to the Alps for some hiking could work nicely...
Also, there needs to be a musical/TEotH Video crossover.
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Date: 2015-10-20 06:47 pm (UTC)Because I spent the 80s not being into pop music, I was mostly unfamiliar with Meat Loaf, so naturally I have been matching up the musical numbers with their originals courtesy of Wikipedia and YouTube. So...
Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are - miles better as a vampire song.
Original Sin - becomes two vampire songs (as with the above, the odd line is retained but in new contexts. This actually works.)
Seize the Night - becomes the overture. Ed. No - it's the other way round! That one appeared in the musical first, and then went to Meat Loaf.
I am beginning to wonder if anyone has tried feeding Meat Loaf garlic. But really I have fallen in love with the whole ridiculous thing. It is mad, but it works. It is the ultimate answer of "Yes!" to the question as to whether pop songs can be repurposed for the stage. They can, triumphantly (or in the case of Broadway, disastrously, because they lost the whole concept). Oh dear. I find myself seriously considering a trip to Germany next summer. A I stop in Berlin for a weekend before heading off to the Alps for some hiking could work nicely...
Also, there needs to be a musical/TEotH Video crossover.