Birthday Shuffle Sixth Edition - Day 28

I love musical theatre.

And, you know that there is always that one song

that gets the audience moving...

In "Grease" I think this is the one...

And when I'm riding my bike, it gets me moving too...!

Birthday Shuffle Year V - Day 22 - I Hope I Get It

While this isn't the music from "A Chorus Line" the movie... I think you get the idea...


I've written before that I love musicals.  And this is one of my favorites.  It's a story about dancers trying to reach their dreams.  Which is probably why I have liked "So You Think You Can Dance" for the last 10 years.  Again, people working hard to reach their dreams.

Not to make a political commentary, but as I have been watching the Tour de France and watching SYTYCD this summer, I think sports and dance are the only places left where people who work hard get rewarded for their effort and not just for showing up.  There's no free ride.  If you don't put in the time, you don't have a chance to win the prize.

Ok, and off the soapbox.  What's your favorite musical?

MyPod Birthday Shuffle IV - Day 11 - Don't Forget Me

One of the things on my bucket list is to write a musical.

I posted a few months ago that I think I even had a topic.

But, I digress.  I have a lot of music that comes from musicals.

This is one of those songs.  "Smash" was a short-lived TV show

about bringing a musical to Broadway.

This is one of the songs from that show...

Now that's what I call an ending...!

Here's Ivy's version:

And here's the Karen version...


You'd understand if you had watched the show.

Ok, so, I've got to learn how to write a musical...

#1609 - On Peter

On vacation so this will be short.  Given that it's Good Friday, I thought I would share an idea that's been lingering in my head for some time now.  I've always wanted to write a musical and collaborate with a friend of mine who's a talented musician.  Many topics have crossed my mind, but the one that's been mulling around the longest is to do one on the story of Peter the apostle.

He was an older man when he was chosen.  He was close to Jesus and chosen as the first leader of the church.  He died as Christ died on a cross, but upside down.  I'm still working the direction I want to take, but I actually have the lyrics to a couple of songs almost complete.

He was a man with many faults, and he denied knowing Jesus three times.  Even so, he was the first pope, and is traditionally the guardian to the gates of Heaven.  And, on Easter Sunday, it's recognized that Peter enters the tomb and sees that Jesus is no longer there.  And, by some tradition, he was the first apostle to see the risen Christ.  I think it makes for a great basis for a play... N'est pas?

MyPod Birthday Month #16 - One Night in Bankok

I don't know what to say about this song

other than I have a lot of music from musicals on my iPod

and this one comes from the musical Chess

composed by some guys from ABBA

I liked the beat...

Enjoy..!