Comments | heard_of_it: don't try to tempt me, you've no hope/i don't like women, i don't take dope

chicafrom3 in heard_of_it

don't try to tempt me, you've no hope/i don't like women, i don't take dope

Jul 16, 2007 22:14

So next Sunday I'm going to see a conservatory production of Chess with my parents, who know absolutely nothing about the show except that it's my favorite musical. And this has reminded me of my long-standing intention to pimp the show out here.

Chess was written by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (the guys from ABBA) with Tim Rice (the guy who ( Read more... )

80s, chess, clips, musical

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Neat! sakru909 July 17 2007, 04:00:48 UTC

Sounds pretty cool might go see that sometime! I've started to get a liking to unsympathetic characters because most of the time they're the most real.

Re: Neat! chicafrom3 July 17 2007, 04:09:39 UTC

I have a serious love for unsympathetic characters, which sounds like a bit of a contradiction but whatever, I want my heroes to be selfish, spoiled, cruel, nasty, whatever, and then smacked down viciously by life. I identify more with them that way.

nerdork July 17 2007, 04:50:05 UTC

Well, I'm quite familiar with "One Night in Bangkok," anyhow! And I love characters who are commonly deemed unsympathetic. I think I'll make an attempt to check it out.

chicafrom3 July 17 2007, 21:07:37 UTC

Yay! xD

ainbthen July 17 2007, 05:20:02 UTC

Unf. Oh god, Chess. I *love* Chess. I have the concept album and I know the whole thing by heart. Such a good story, and the music is amazing. I really get a kick out of informing coworkers when One Night in Bangkok comes on what the song is really about, since no one seems to know.

I so agree with you about everything you said. Chess is awesome, and everyone who likes musicals should see it!

chicafrom3 July 17 2007, 21:08:22 UTC

I tend to get a little overenthusiastic about it, or so my coworkers say, so I'm glad to have someone confirm the awesomeness. :D

alanahikarichan July 17 2007, 06:04:13 UTC

Chess. <3 Each song from the concept album has between 270 and 380 plays on my iTunes, and that doesn't count how often I play it on my iPod. (Needless to say, I know it by heart, and my family is quite sick of it. XD ( ... )

chicafrom3 July 17 2007, 21:11:10 UTC

As much as I love the show, I have to admit that this upcoming performance will be the first time I've seen it live. And it's a conservatory program, which isn't ideal, but whatever, it's Chess.

"Where I Want To Be" is without a doubt my favorite song. It's the one I put on a loop when I'm at the low point of my depression cycle, because it's pretty much perfectly what I feel at that point, all paranoid and running for my life/and never looking back/in case there's someone right behind/to shoot me down/and say he always knew I'd fall.

♥

alanahikarichan July 17 2007, 21:44:33 UTC

I've just moved to a much bigger city than the one I was in before, so hopefully it'll run at a nearby theater at some point in the near future. :D Oooh, I think there's a couple community theaters, too. Maybe I could even be in it... *daydreams* That would be even more awesome than being in Fiddler on the Roof.

Hahaha! That's totally playing right now. XD *Loves her iTunes, yes she does* It's a very awesome song, it is. <3

pxr5 July 17 2007, 12:57:27 UTC

I have the album, and the "chess moves" promo videos, but never thought to look for online fandom for it.

I never did manage to see it live :-(

(of course, my actual favorite musical is War of the Worlds, but Chess comes a close second...)

chicafrom3 July 17 2007, 21:12:09 UTC

There's not much of an online fandom, but there's a little. There's some fic around, and at least one LJ community, and, um, I think that's it, but still, it's there. ;D

Aww. Close second is good, though! And War of the Worlds is excellent, I can't deny that.