Fat bottomed, karma chameleon, take a chance on me musicals!

Now I love the music of Abba and Queen (and even Boy George had a couple of really good tunes) but does anyone else think that it's rather sad that most of the "new musicals" are basically someone's greatest hits thrown together with a very dodgy plot? That said, I'll be going to see "We Will Rock You" anyway!

Hello everyone who knows me. I'll email you soon.

Cheers,
Gill

I wonder if anyone bored and brilliant out there can spin out a title and synopsis for a fictional musical of this 'stolen pop song' type, using as many song titles/lyrics as possible? Of course, it'd have to make sense....

Ooh a challenge!!
Do I have a bidder? Or will I once again embarass myself on the board by speaking nonsense?
=)

The title "Come Together" has many connotations but could be the collecting of many different songs and people of different backgrounds to a concert or event for the finale.
If you want an Australian flavour of the sixties/seventies such as the forthcoming Long Way To The Top tour, use the Hoadly's Battle Of The Bands theme.

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SAD SONGS SAY SO MUCH

Yesterday.
Downtown.
At The Hardrock Café.
Down On the Corner.
I Saw Her Standing There .
Drinking Rum and Coca-cola.
After Midnight.
Who's That Girl?
Hello.
Hello Again.
I'm Sorry.
Who Are You?
She Didn't Even Remember My Name.
Walk On By.
Wait.
Pretty Woman.
Talk To Me.
Leave Me Alone.
Hey Little Girl.
DonÂ’t Leave Me This Way.
ItÂ’s Too Late.
She's Out Of My Life.
Someone That I Used To Know.

This Happened Once Before.
I Remember When I Was Young.
All Those Years Ago.
1999.
She Was Only Sixteen.
I Was Only 19.
ItÂ’s My Party.
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.
It Had To Be You.
Hey Baby.
Do You Want To Dance?
IÂ’d Like To Get To Know You Well.
How Do You Do?
Son Of A Preacher Man.
My Old Man's A Dustman.
When Will I See You Again?
WeÂ’ll Meet Again.
Saturday Night At The Movies.
Sitting In The Back Row.
Come A Little Bit Closer.
Then I Kissed Her.

It Started With A Kiss.
It's Only The Beginning.
Come And Get It.
LetÂ’s Spend The Night Together.
You Can Leave Your Hat On.
Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll.
Like WowÂ…Wipeout.
That's The Way I Like It.
Perfect.
Just the Two of Us.
So Happy Together.
Eight Days A Week

I Should Have Known Better.
All Things Must Pass.

Along Came Jones.


Saturday Night.
Homeward Bound.
WhatÂ’s Going On?
Shiny Happy People.
In My Room.
Shout!
My Boyfriend's Back.
I Can See Clearly Now.
Horror Movie.
You Can't Do That.
Just When I Needed You Most.
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?

Torn Between Two Lovers.
I Want To Break Free.
Before You Accuse Me.
YouÂ’re No Good.
I CanÂ’t Get No Satisfaction.
I Touch Myself.
ItÂ’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.

Slip Sliding Away.
Is She Really Going Out With Him?
God Only Knows.
The Winner Takes It All.
IÂ’m A Loser.

She's Got Her Ticket.
Little Green Bag.
The Last Train To Clarkesville.
The Midnight Special.
The One After 909.
Am I Ever Going To See Your Face Again?
ThatÂ’ll Be The Day.
Please DonÂ’t Go.
Tell Me Why.
Because.
This Diamond Ring.
I'm Not Like Everybody Else.
You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth.
Too Late To Turn Back Now.
Don't Ask Me Why.
Gonna Get Along Without You Now.
Don't Let It Get To You.

There She Goes.

CanÂ’t Get Her Out Of My Head.
Drive My Car.
Route 66.
Way Out West.
Hotel California.
To Her Door.
White Room.
Knock On Wood.
Who Can It Be Now?
Is There Anybody Out There?
I've Got To Get A Message To You.
She Cries Your Name.
Oh No Not You Again.
I Hear You Knocking But You CanÂ’t Come In.
IÂ’m Gonna Get Me A Gun.
Come On Eileen.
I Want You.
Let's Stick Together.
We Can Work It Out.
Baby Come Back.
Don't You Love Me Anymore?
No Reply.

You Can't Always Get What You Want.

What About Me?
Don't Get Around Much Anymore.
No Particular Place To Go.
Not Responsible.
Sorrow.
I Drink Alone.
Heartbreak Hotel.
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer.
Tequila.
Whiskey In The Jar.
Cheap Wine.
I'll Never Fall In Love Again.
Most People I Know Think That IÂ’m Crazy.


I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.
I Remember You.
Those Were The Days.
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now.
Wouldn't It Be Nice?



Years From Now.
Out Of Mind Out Of Sight.
Living Next Door To Alice.
Hello, I Love YouÂ….

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What the hells wrong with you bwoy?

(37! 38! 39! from the top!)

Alan!

Mercy! Remind me never to play against you at Song Lyrics in any incarnation of Soap on a Rope/Comedy Sportz/The Big Hoo Haa, Craig!! You've been polishing your act on tour!!

And once again, a quick reminder - Cut Snake Comedy presents The Big Hoo Haa, Improvisational comedy (both long form and shorter games) premieres tonight, Friday the 14th of June, at the Fremantle Hotel, High Street, Fremantle, at the Roundhouse end of the street. Tickets are $8 and $10, from memory, and tonight features, amongst others, such talented improvisers as Sam Longley, Glenn Hall, Claire Hooper, and Maggie McPhee. And it's on, 3 fridays a month, from now on!

See you there! (I will be working the till tonight!)

Toby

What can one say!!!! I'm still trying to string two together. You must have stayed up all night thinking that lot up.

Top stuff crg

ROFL More!!! More!!! More!!!

*Applauds madly*
Brilliant!

Your...er...thingy has inspired me to whip out some of the old vinyl again and play those vintage songs.

Either that, or I could just go see one of the shows Gill mentioned and help them cash in on people's sentiments for old songs. Nah. Bananarama are living/were living proof that revivals don't always give you the experience that the original can give.

This was sent to me by the redoubtable Pamela- I think it a worthy addition to this discussion.

"Booking opens for Madness musical

Booking has opened for the new West End musical Our House.

It opens at London's Cambridge Theatre on October 16 following previews from September 30.

Our House has been written by Tim Firth and features hits from 80s band Madness, including Baggy Trousers, It Must Be Love, Driving My Car, House Of Fun and Night Boat To Cairo.

The musical will also feature two new Madness songs."

The obvious question arises- who's next?

El