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rockfenris2005 04:19 am UTC 02/20/17 |
| In reply to: | The show means so much to ALL of us - Jacqueline 12:12 am UTC 02/20/17 |
I had dreams last night about catching a flight somewhere. That's never happened before haha. I'm not making any promises but let's just see what comes up in the next few months. I saw a bit of "Heaven can wait" on Facebook and melted and shook. I don't know if I melted or shook first. > I wish we could have all seen it. I'm sure with time, we > will. The support and well wishes from everyone - > including those that could not attend - means so much to > Jim and the success of the production. > > > Wanted this to work so badly. > > Remember the disappointment with "Dance of the Vampires" > > and "Bat out of Hell 3". > > And the pressure, with this, because it was "Neverland" > > and also just Jim getting another musical produced in > > general, something I really wanted to see him succeed at. > > Pre-production on this one I think has been going on for > > about twelve years, but of course goes back about nearly > > 50 years, which they've said. Jim would have started > > working on "Dream Engine" I imagine in 1968 which is 50 > > years next year. A big bonus for all this working out btw > > would--at last--be a nice big box set for "Bat out of > > Hell" like one of the Pink Floyd Immersion releases but > > we'll see. I haven't got my hopes up. > > > > I deliberately didn't have my hopes up about this but I > > was secretly crossing my fingers. I still am. You just > > never, never know. And now the next thing is what the > > reviews are going to be like. "Les Mis" is the longest > > running musical in West End history, but that got some > > shocking reviews back in the day, and I can just imagine > > saying the usual stuff about over the top and bombastic. > > As if these are bad things, btw. I don't understand how > > over the top and bombastic is a negative thing!! Explore > > those emotions to the fullest degree. Jim like Wagner > > Verdi and Puccini before him is the embodiment for that > > for me. > > > > I also always thought that "For crying out loud" and "I'd > > do anything for love" in a musical is like Rodgers and > > Hammerstein having "If I loved you" and "You'll never walk > > alone" in "Carousel". "If I loved you" btw was also a > > twelve minute long scene. > > > > I haven't seen the show. I don't know when I'm going to. > > But I can also tell you, from down here, I could feel the > > buzz. All the way over here. So that's really cool. I fell > > asleep right around the same time Act One would have been > > blasting away in the theatre. But were people going to > > hate or love it? > > > > Again, so relieved & thrilled with what I'm hearing so > > far. I have a feeling that none of us can ever quite > > explain the feelings we get listening to Jim's music, and > > experiencing those worlds, but I've tried to. For > > instance, the chorus for "Braver than we are" is like > > morning sunshine in Venice I imagine, and "Original sin" > > is like mist in Transylvania and a wolf about to cry out. > > > > As crazy as this is going to sound, I fell in love as I > > would with a person to "It just won't quit" and "Not > > allowed to love". The opening of "It just won't quit" > > just... can't explain that. I can only imagine what it > > would have been like sitting in the theatre hearing that, > > and "Not allowed to love" which I can't stress enough how > > immense that song is to me. It's one of the finest songs > > I've ever heard in my life and always wanted it to be out > > there and stuff. > > > > Well, I'm really glad. And thanks for all the photos and > > posts that have been forthcoming. I think I'm just more > > relieved than anything else. | |
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