Blogs are so passe and pretentious. Oh well, here's my blog about music that's stuck in my head when I wake up in the mornings along with adventures of the Cash family and wacky wacky crazy wacky shenanigans.
More music from "Curtains," the production in which I'm currently involved. This one is in my head all the time. It's called "A Tough Act to Follow" Good times.
Should I be proud or embarrassed about this cultural phenomenon that I'm about to share with you?
Back in 1988, just three years after the Superbowl Champion Chicago Bears nearly single-handedly destroyed rap music forever, a Mormon band from Salt Lake City put themselves on the Utah map with a silly rap about Mormons which led to nearly 100,000 cassette tape sales.
That means that this artist, (The Walter Hays Band) made at least 6 figures in sales on this "rap" Just let that sink in.
Also it was stuck in my head. And if you dare, take a listen:
I warned you a couple of posts ago that I was involved in a production and, as is custom for me, my brain has been bombarded with many of these catchy tunes from Ebb and Kander's musical "Curtains"
This one is kind of fun. In Curtains there is a show within a show and a song they keep rehearsing called "in the same boat." In the musical I play the composer who has made 3 different versions of the song, with three different melodies:
(Take some time to listen to all of these- it really is very fun)
Melody #1
Aaaand #2
#3
And then if you stick around to the end of the production, you get to hear all of this happening at once. Such a great moment. Music can be so much fun.
I hope you took some time to enjoy something kind of fun and different today. Have a great week!
