I was never much of a musical person, or more accurately… I never thought I was much of a musical person, but since returning from New Zealand I have discovered the true greatness of musicals.

While in NZ, I saw part of Sweeney Todd, and the complete High School Musical 3. I wasn’t hopeful for HSM… I didn’t think I would enjoy it, I didn’t think it was my thing, I didn’t think the songs would get stuck in my head for days on end, I didn’t think I would be driven to downloading the OST, I didn’t think it would start me on an epic musical quest… I was wrong about all these things, and to honest? I’m glad i was wrong. Musicals are fucking awesome.

since returning from nz I have seen:
High School Musical 1
High School Musical 2
High School Musical 3 (again)
Hairspray
Sweeney Todd
Mamma Mia
Across the Universe
Rent
Moulin rouge (again, but not since I was a kid)

and with the help of the ever wonderful Jade and the ever wonderful Tenani, I have managed to plan out the next few I will watch with my musical buddy Angie (who can be seen here) and the list is as follows, the first 3 being the musts.

Grease
West Side Story
Singing in the Rain
Wizard of OZ
Phantom of the Opera
Chicago
The Producers
Dreamgirls
Gone With The Wind
The Sound of Music
My Fair Lady

The other part of this blog spawned from the continuation of me and Tenani’s chats about musicals, and how deprived my childhood must have been because I haden’t seen some of the classics such as My fair lady and the Wizard of OZ (I have seen most of oz, just never seen it beginning to end un-interupted). I mentioned that my childhood was also deprived because I had seen very little disney… of the 10 Disney films Tenani named as “musts” I could honestly say I had only seen properly and and could remember 3 of them, others I had seen parts of or seen completley when very very young, but didn’t really remember. In Tenani’s mind this Disney Deprivation was a calamity beyond words, and I was inclined to agree with him, I always wished I had seen more of those classic films but once I reached a certain age it just seemed I was too old to be watching them…

My reasoning for this tragic childhood Disney deprivation, by my understanding is as follows. I am the youngest of 3 children, while I am 18, my brother is 24 and my sister is 26, therefore when I was a kid my maturity and development levels were pulled up by them, so while other kids where watching disney, I was watching Xfiles and Bond. I have decided I must fix this so I have decided I will list Tenani’s 10 “disney musts” here and strike them off as I watch/rewatch them over the comming weeks. I will also cross off the musicals musts mentioned earlier as I watch them, just to keep record.

-Lion King*
-Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
-Beauty and the Beast
-The Little Mermaid
-Bambi
-The Jungle Book*
-Toy Story*
-Aladdin
-Pinocchio
-Fantasia

(* indicates one of the 3 I do remember)

Maybe after watching all those I can finish Zelda or Mario on the Nintendo64… another thing I never quite did…

don’t be afraid to comment… I’d love some feedback or suggestions on other Disney or Musicals musts.

anyway, the website is laced with easter eggs and the like so have a browse around and tell me what you think!

also the other day I received a lovely postcard from (would you believe it) John, the “JOJ network” as he calls it has been expanding latley and the postcard line (photo’s taken by him, with his website printed on them) is one of those expansion

All the cool people watch Johnofjordan
okey dokey, see you all next time!

now, GO HUNTING FOR EASTER EGGS!