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Offline Mince

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Re: The Beau Peep musical---an update.
« Reply #45 on: September 28, 2010, 10:25:16 AM »
'a sweet-talking b@st@ard'

What does the second @ stand for?

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Re: The Beau Peep musical---an update.
« Reply #46 on: September 28, 2010, 11:12:29 AM »
It stands for 'how not to proofread'. Next question?

Fyodor

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Re: The Beau Peep musical---an update.
« Reply #47 on: October 01, 2010, 10:29:40 AM »
Last one sounds very Victoria Wood to me.

Offline Roger Kettle

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Re: The Beau Peep musical---an update.
« Reply #48 on: October 01, 2010, 06:57:49 PM »
Funnily enough, all her songs sound very Jake Thackeray to me! (For old site members only).
I meant to mention earlier that, according to the script, the backing singers on The Nomad track are...the vultures!

Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: The Beau Peep musical---an update.
« Reply #49 on: October 01, 2010, 08:46:57 PM »
They've got some neck!
Nostalgia is not what it used to be. 😟

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Re: The Beau Peep musical---an update.
« Reply #50 on: October 02, 2010, 07:18:57 AM »
Finally caught up with this topic....

Thought the last one was very Victoria Wood and then found that Fyodor thought the same....spooky.  I had also frazzled my brain trying to think of the name of the guy who used to sing on Bernard Braden's show because there was a similarity there too.  Finally read through all the pages, only to find little bro had thrown Jake Thackray into the mix on the final page.  Brain cells having cooled down, I am happy to settle for the fact that whoever has been the inspiration.....I loved all of them.


Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: The Beau Peep musical---an update.
« Reply #51 on: October 05, 2010, 05:29:34 PM »
My fault, Diane. Your status as No 1 Member was misunderstood by the forum, which held that you were too important to have access.

Try now.

How about now.

"Sorry, but you are not allowed to access the gallery"
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Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: The Beau Peep musical---an update.
« Reply #52 on: October 05, 2010, 06:42:12 PM »
Are you in a foreign country?
Nostalgia is not what it used to be. 😟

Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: The Beau Peep musical---an update.
« Reply #53 on: October 06, 2010, 04:53:21 AM »
Sort of. I mean we do get Coronation Street and can buy Ovaltine.
People will come from strange lands to hear me speak my words of wisdom. They will ask me the secret of life and I will tell them. Then maybe I'll finish off with a song. The Nomad

Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: The Beau Peep musical---an update.
« Reply #54 on: May 15, 2012, 12:12:45 AM »
How about Horlicks?
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Offline Roger Kettle

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Re: The Beau Peep musical---an update.
« Reply #55 on: July 16, 2012, 07:55:06 PM »
Latest Update:
The script is nearing completion and I have now heard around a dozen songs. I can report that it is coming along very nicely indeed. The latest snippet from Kenny (one of the composers) is that a West End producer is going to look at the whole thing when  it's all completed. Of course, this means nothing at the moment and Kenny has warned me not to get too excited about it.
I certainly didn't buy a tuxedo today.

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Re: The Beau Peep musical---an update.
« Reply #56 on: July 17, 2012, 03:29:24 AM »
I certainly didn't buy a tuxedo today.

It's a small world - nor did I!
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Re: The Beau Peep musical---an update.
« Reply #57 on: July 17, 2012, 01:36:56 PM »
I certainly didn't buy a tuxedo today.

It's a small world - nor did I!

Already have one, but not sure if I still fit in it.

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Re: The Beau Peep musical---an update.
« Reply #58 on: July 23, 2012, 03:13:04 PM »
I'm writing a review of the songs as they play in the background, as it's easier to keep the points fresh. Please don't get offended at my superior tone.

In My Time: There's a missed opportunity to filch a gag here. When the singer reminisces about how he could got to the shop with a few francs and come away with loads of stuff, maybe the blonde could be jettisoned in favour of a couple more valuable items. the punchline could be: "you couldn't do that these days - too many bloody security cameras"
The song is obviously a demo, played on a digital keyboard. In the actual performance, I think it could be started on a single instrument, perhaps played by a performer on stage (even a kids xylophone), but joined later by increasing instruments from the house band, building up to a crescendo. It's a great parody on an "Impossible Dream" type showstopper, it needs that big treatment. I like this song.

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Re: The Beau Peep musical---an update.
« Reply #59 on: July 23, 2012, 03:20:18 PM »
The Nomad.
When it started, I hated it. By the end, I wanted a part in the show.
I think this song could be a huge club hit - it needs a pumping bass line, it needs speeding up a wee bit, the timing lags a fraction, and a studio tech could give some pointers as to what club FX could be filched, but I'm already hearing a sort of scratch DJ theme underlying it. The "Arabian" music sting that runs through it sounds like like a Chinese thing, but it could be that an Arabian pipe sound with that warble contribution would do the trick.