The MoFo Top 100 Musicals Countdown

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10-30-24

If there's one musical I haven't seen that I should've seen, it's probably Hair.

Loved Alice as a kid but it's been decades. I remember the Disney ride better.

Takoma11

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10-30-24

Originally Posted by stillmellow

Unless...

I'm not sure if anyone has told you how these countdowns work, but we're not supposed to reveal the #1 movie until the end!

SpelingError

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10-30-24

Alice in Wonderland is pretty good, but it didn't make my ballot.

I watched Hair for the group watch. I didn't care for it though.

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10-30-24

On a rewatch, I gave Alice in Wonderland a 4/5.

Alice in Wonderland contains plenty of words, but what it does, arguably better than any other Disney movie to date, is create a world that simultaneously makes no sense, but is so visually, creatively, and thematically indulgent that it excels in taking that world of delusional fantasy from our dreams and trapping it in a bottle.

It's like an addictive fuel for artists,

I, however, do not remember it for it's musical numbers and did not vote for it.

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10-30-24

Alice in Wonderland is a movie that's songs I knew before I saw the movie. The movie is a little too aggressive for me, but I do love the songs.. It is not on my list.
Hair is my #10 and I sang the hell out of those songs. I love the music of that period. I am 62 and my parents were kind of involved in the hippie culture. My dad worked in a coffee house that was quite famous in Philadelphia. My sister and I would run around the coffee house eating brownies and being loud with other kids. It was fun and i am sure my parents were having the time of their lives. I also remember the anti-war movement and the nightly death toll from Vietnam during the news.

gbgoodies

10-31-24

I like the movie Alice in Wonderland, but more for the story and the visuals than for the music and the songs.

I watched Hair for the Group Watch, and it has a few good songs, but the movie is just okay for me. But the ending was good.

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10-31-24

Originally Posted by rauldc14

Top 5 songs so far from the movies that have been unveiled?

1776 - "But, Mr. Adams"
The Greatest Showman - "A Million Dreams"
Calamity Jane - "Secret Love"
Anastasia - "Once Upon a December"
Oklahoma! - "People Will Say We're in Love"
The Jungle Book - "The Bare Necessities"

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10-31-24

Originally Posted by gbgoodies

1776 - "But, Mr. Adams"

Couldn't agree more on that one. It's a masterpiece and the film barely, just barely was cut from my top 25, but was on my short list when I whiddled it down to about 30 musicals. And I just could have easily included it, but instead opted to balance my list out a bit more by including three of my favorite musicals from the 1930s.

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dadgumblah

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10-31-24

I've only seen Alice in Wonderland once so a rewatch is due. I do remember loving it though.

Hair is a great movie with a whole gob of great songs. Although John Savage is one of my favorite actors, and everybody did a good job, this was Treat Williams' film all the way. It feels like a sort-of personal film for me: my boy Savage being in it; Cheryl Barnes, who sings "Easy to Be Hard," is someone I saw in person in the musical "Dreamgirls." My wife and I saw this ages ago it seems and we both loved Barnes as Effie, the star of the show. She brought the house down with "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," earning an eternal and well-deserved standing ovation. And lastly, Don Dacus, who plays Woof, was also in the rock group Chicago for a few years. He's from a town just a few miles from where I grew up. It's hard for me to disconnect from these bits of personal trivia when I think of this movie. Besides my personal feelings, it's just a hell of an entertaining musical.

So far:
#1. On the Town #93 (list proper)
#6. Easter Parade #78 (list proper)
#10. Gigi #85 (list proper)
#12. Calamity Jane #84 (list proper)
#14. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers #71 (list proper)
#25. Neptune's Daughter (one-pointer)

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10-31-24

48. Alice in Wonderland (1951) - I did not know there was an Alice in Wonderland musical out there - I'm surprised I was never exposed to it in my childhood, although come to think of it, maybe I was several times and have simply forgotten about it. It's ringing tiny bells, but even so, had no idea about it being a musical.

47. Hair (1979) - Hair really impressed me the one and only time I saw it - enough for it to make my ballot (I have to say that despite only watching it from start to finish once, I did watch a few of the songs on YouTube numerous times over the days that followed.) You don't have to agree with what the young people say or do in this, it's their endearing belief in what they're singing about that gives them that special glow young people are blessed with. I think I used to break out into song quite often when I was really young, even if it was either when I was alone, or just to belt out a line or two to try and spread cheer. Solidarity through music is a hallmark throughout the world, no matter which culture you come from. All of that is exemplified here, where rebellion meets all kinds of grubby realities where youthful exuberance meets stone cold materiality. Great songs as well - really great songs. I'm whistling "Hair" as I type. I had Hair at #14 on my ballot.

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Seen : 34/54
I'd never even heard of : 9/54
Movies that had been on my radar, but I haven't seen yet : 11/42
Films from my list : 6

#47 - My #14 - Hair (1979)
#59 - My #5 - Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
#60 - My #23 - Annie (1982)
#72 - My #22 - Yellow Submarine (1968)
#92 - My #8 - Tommy (1975)
One-pointer - My #25 - Shock Treatment (1981)

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10-31-24

Originally Posted by Citizen Rules

I feel like there are two MoFo camps posting here...those that love classical musicals and those that don't but like Disney. Both camps are fine, but geez is there a huge gulf between the two groups or what.

That's not a gulf. That's just me in the middle hating both of you.

Originally Posted by dadgumblah

This even after our 6th grade music teacher made us listen to the album (don't remember if it was the movie soundtrack or the Broadway album, whichever existed at the time, way back then) over and over.

Surely there are laws against that?

Originally Posted by Little Ash

I have not seen either Oklahoma! nor The Little Mermaid.

Me neither and I almost certainly won't.

That said, I love Flounder. One of the best Christmas presents I ever had was from my sister 20 odd years ago when she bought this one of these.

Originally Posted by Holden Pike

Because yes, of course there are those terrific songs brought to life by some stunning and iconic choreography by Twyla Tharp, staged largely around Manhattan and Central Park.

Did their parents have a peech inspediment or something?

For the first time I think I've actually seen both entries! Alice I saw as a kid a couple of times (and someone bought a Walt Disney LP with songs from various films when I was small so I do know a few of the songs from it) and I had Hair at #23. The film is OK, but I love so many of the songs that I had to have a place for it here. As a (very) long haired man from my late teens, the title track was almost an anthem for me in my late teens/early 20's, which is the perfect time for these songs (and probably) this film too. Nice to see it just break the top 50.

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Little Ash

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10-31-24

Originally Posted by Citizen Rules

You know the movies that have what many consider to be socially taboo stuff in them. They probably got some votes but I could see others' not voting for them because of content.

I did not feel comfortable putting The Other Cinderella (1977, Pataki) on my ballot without rewatching it first, to see if I wanted to basically sign off on the, "eh, you just need to ignore the racism and homophobia of the jokes."

Though, maybe closer to what you may have voted for, I'm realizing what I wrote about Top Hat was me confusing the title with Swing Time. And black face scene aside, I didn't care for Swing Time (which left me without any interest for searching out for Top Hat). I guess if Swing Time shows up later, I'll go back and copy & paste what I wrote there.

Little Ash

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10-31-24

Originally Posted by PHOENIX74

It's a musical in the same way a lot of the classic Disney films are also musicals. Though Alice's musical numbers are delightfully unhinged in their topics, IIRC. If Alice had crossed my mind, I probably would have included it on my ballot. I always say The Black Cauldron was my favorite Disney film as a kid growing up, partly because it's known as the unloved one these days, but I somehow forget Alice in Wonderland when I say that, because that's such an obvious answer (and it doesn't immediately jump to mind when thinking classic Disney films).

I haven't seen Hair.

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