Enduring 'The Sound of Music'

[angka]

My wife likes musicals. I hate them. Okay.

So of course my two year old likes musicals now, too. If it turns him gay I will proudly support his lifestyle choice. That's as much as I get to say without getting slapped.

As far as 'The Sound of Music' is concerned, I was never so happy to see the Nazis put a stop to a public play as I was about fifteen minutes ago.

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. This too, shall pass.

It can't go on forever. Or can it??

[grasswire]

2. I can take everything...

.....except the reprise of "Climb Every Mountain" -- and that just sets my teeth on edge in the same way a squawky violin affects a cat.

Were you watching the movie?

[short bus president]

3. It's on in the summer?

I thought Satan reserved that torture for the holiday season.

[angka]

5. ahaha no.

you see, i just got us a shiny new HDTV big screen, and she's got it on (wait for it) DVD. so it's pretty much god help me.

and when she breaks out 'state fair' i'm sticking a gun in my mouth. that's it.

[short bus president]

6. ever microwave a DVD?

I haven't but it works wonders for shitty CDs.

Maybe you could tell your wife that someone on DU suggested microwaving the DVD to, I dunno, release some special "Easter Egg" features or something. Maybe worth a try, but you'll have to aim to get all of 'em in one batch - she won't fall for it twice.

[clar]

4. LOL

Also not a musical fan. On the local VT news tonight they covered a concert in Stowe, home to all the Von Trapps. They had the grandchildren of the children, attired in dirndles and leiderhosen warbling out the old chestnuts and the childen, now grandparents, also so attired, warbling right along. Sounded awful. So glad I wasn't there.

[alfredo]

7. Nothing will compare to my sound Of Music horror story

I was stationed in a top secret site in the top of a mountain. To defeat eavesdropping on our work we had no windows, and there was cover music or white noise. The cover music was the soundtrack for The Sound of Music. It was OK the first week, but the weeks turned into months, the months into years. Over those years, the tape stretched, turning the music into what could be described the sound of Satan with his balls clamped in a vise.

One saving grace was there was room at the end for another song. So the song they found to fill the space was Jumping Jack Flash by the Stones. His voice was badly distorted, but it was not near as horrifying as the sound of those horrid kids singing the do Re Mi song. It was like taking LSD then drinking Drano.


three years of a constant loop of that damnedable musical was more than a man could handle.

[madaboutharry]

9. Your story reminds me of my grandfather

He worked for Sears in the appliance department selling washing machines. Every November, the day after Thanksgiving, they started playing Christmas music. Every third song was "Rudolf the Rednose Reindeer" by some elevator trio. My grandfather hated that song until the day he died.

[Maddy McCall]

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[Catshrink]

10. The heeeeeeeeeeeels are alive....

oh vomit. I hate that treacly crap.

But, I loved Singin' in the Rain and a few others I'm too tired to think of. Gene Kelly was awesome. So was Fred Astaire. And of course, Ginger -- backwards and in high heels. OMG, heeeeeeeeeeeels again.

[alfredo]

11. Sit down and cleanse you brain with

some Coltrane. it does it every time.

[Mari333]

12. when my youngest was about 4

he sat through Mary Poppins 8 times a day...why???? I dont know...
all I know is, it was like water torture for me...
Im so glad he is now on his own, and he can watch TV minus my ears being infiltrated by the likes of whatever else he is into watching.......

[angka]

15. repetitive child aspect

i don't know how they handle it. my kid is currently in an 'ice age' phase. he demands to watch it at least twice or more every day. try to put in another movie, he gets pissed off. we had this absolutely despicable fisher price little people video that also he demanded to watch over and over, until i degaussed the fucker.

guy said something about microwaving dvds?

[phaseolus]

21. Dis-cuh-uh-uh-uh-ver-hing Eh-h-h-die...

:7

[angka]

22. no! no! goddamn you!

lolol

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

13. There is an ice cream truck that drives around my neighborhood

and it always plays "The Entertainer," that Joplin song from "The Sting." I don't know who drives the truck, but I feel sure he will snap at some point and kill us all.

Also, I have "Evita" on my DVD list right now and I'm going to torture my husband by making him watch it very soon.

[GreenInNC]

14. sound of music

You think you have it bad...

In a moment of weakness I told my wife I would take her to see The Sound of Music and she took me up on it. We are going this Friday to the Off Broadway touring show. I better get lucky for doing this.

[grasswire]

16. my pal is like that with Irish music

My pal is a popular piano-bar entertainer. One year I went with him when he played the Elks Club on St. Paddy's day in a blue-collar town. Lord Almighty. It was a six hour gig. Guests started buying him shots of tequila so he would play more Irish tunes, and the full glasses eventually covered the top of the plaintive renditions of "My Wild Irish Rose" that day.

[IggleDoer]

17. "The Hills Are Alive ..."

- and they're coming to get me.

[chimpymustgo]

18. I love the Sound of Music.

Great music, great love story, great heroism, great scenery.

Julie Andrews is magnificent. Christopher Plummer adorable. The children... marvelous.

[Ediacara]

19. me too

in fact, I think I am goign to rent it tonight

[Iverson]

20. constructive suggestion

Although I cannot recommend taking LSD before watching that movie (LSD is illegal), I can recommend turning down the sound and making up your own dialogue. My wife and I did this about 1981, and it's fun!

[CBHagman]

24. The S of M (sounds kinky, huh?) has gone the "Rocky Horror" route

Recently there have been screenings of "The Sound of Music" for those who want to dress up in costumes, sing along with the lyrics, shout advice to the actors, etc. It's got campy appeal.

They had one such screening in my area, and I'm almost sorry I missed it.

I guess people just fall into the pro-SOM or anti-SOM camp, and that's all there is to it. I grew up on it and tend to like it. That said, I drew the line at chasing around Austria looking for all the sites used in the film. My traveling companion wanted to do that...eek!

[Aristus]

23. 'The Sound of Mucus'?

My sympathies, bro. Try gnawing your arm off and scurrying away!

[Skittles]

25. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU

with the exception of the Rocky Horror Picture Show and Chicago, I f***ing HATE MUSICALS.

[Kat45]

26. "So Long, Farewell" particularly grates on my nerves.

I get especially annoyed when the kid rhymes 'you' with adieu'. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

Funny thing is, I loved that movie when it was out, when I was a kid. But I guess that's because I was just a kid then. It's a good story, but I hate hate hate musicals. Then included "Chicago," which I thought I might like because I kinda like the music in it. But nope, I found it so boring. The songs went on way too long. I prefer more story, less music.

[angka]

27. they use music in musicals to fill in when they have no story.

which means that they suck suck suck what a waste of celluloid.