So, ever since I was a kid, I have loved musicals and loved singing songs from musicals in the privacy of my own home. I’ve always wondered why more people don’t just break into song in their real lives. Though, I guess the answer is most of us can’t create catchy lyrics that capture the exact spirit of what we’re feeling on the fly.
Though, we could totally do a Zoey’s Playlist type of deal, where we find a real song that captures the general tenor of how we’re feeling at that moment (and because it’s a real song, it would be catchy and musical and all the stuff we non-songwriters can’t do on the fly). And, as an aside, I am so, so, so bummed that NBC canceled Zoey’s Playlist. It was one of my favorite shows.
But, I’m digressing. The other day, I was home and in the kitchen by myself and felt like singing Loverly from My Fair Lady, while I made oatmeal. Fun was had–until I decided to add in a musical spin and promptly spilled my oatmeal. Word to the wise, don’t ad-lib choreography. Practice first. Again, which is probably why real-life musicals don’t happen. A real-life, spontaneous musical would probably be poorly lyricized and badly choreographed, though lots of fun for whoever was doing it–until it all went bad (as it did with the spilling and cleaning of oatmeal; though totally fun up to that point).
It got me thinking, though, if you were thrust into a real-life musical and the spotlight shone on you to sing–what song would you pick and why?
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