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CHESS

Wed, 21 Sept 2005, 10:25 pm
Walter Plinge44 posts in thread
what about WAAPA's CHESS? it was amazing. everything 10/10. but i just love chess. so any one else?

dan

Re: CHESS

Sun, 2 Oct 2005, 10:15 pm
Hobbes hastily harped:

> "Andrew (is that his name?) the freddy guy did really well.
> It's such a bitch of a sing. Were the composers laughing like
> evil villians, rubbing their hands together with villianous
> glee when they wrote this."

No they didn't. Ulvaeaus/Andersson & Rice wrote the role with a specific voice in mind (Murray Head's in fact) FOR AN ALBUM!!!

Please bear in mind that CHESS was only a "show" after the album version shifted considerable units in the charts. Kinda sorta like JCSS.

El

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