Comments on: The Very Model of A Modern Booty Song

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:51:06 +0000

Hilarious!
Susan
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By: BilliamE

BilliamE — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:44:11 +0000

Not all patter songs are fast. Take for instance “When I Was A Lad” from H.M.S. Pinafore. Clarity is necessary, I’ll give you that…

By: BilliamE

BilliamE — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:40:05 +0000

“Jeepers”, you state your opinion as quite an authority on the matter. I’ve actually performed in all of the G&S shows except Iolanthe and Patience and in my opinion I think this spoof is pretty funny. I’m no expert on G&S, but I do know that they themselves were social satires presented as a send-up of classical operas. So the idea of using a rap song and presenting it as a patter song is pretty clever since that’s the kind of thing that G&S was all about.

By: H2

H2 — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:38:46 +0000

That was about as bad as that movie adaptation. I watched it on TV a few years back and gave up part way through – if you think that is what G&S should be like then that is a real shame! As others have said, this is not “Major-General” and I wouldn’t say it was in the G&S style, either. Needs to be sung at about 10 times the rate for a start (while still maintaining clarity) …

By: jeepers

jeepers — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:32:29 +0000

Sorry, not clever. Not funny. Not well done.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:43:55 +0000

The tune isn’t from Gilbert and Sullivan (the scene is ‘Modern Major General’ but not the song), but it is definitely in the style of Gilbert and Sullivan. That’s why it’s clever.

By: Stephanie T.

Stephanie T. — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:39:45 +0000

Rex Smith was a broadway actor. He made his debut in 1978 with the musical Grease. He then went on to modest success with the 1979 teen romance, “Sooner or Later” which produced his top ten hit “You Take My Breath Away”. No that was not Richard Marx’es older brother with the huge teased up long hair, that was Rex Smith. lol. Anyway, from I understand, during the early eighties Smith became Andy Gibbs “oh crap! He’s on drugs so now we have to get this guy”, guy. What I mean by that is that Andy Gibb was fired from Solid Gold due to a little “sniff-sniff” and refusal to show up to tapings. Hasselhoff was busy with Knight Rider, Leif Garret was also high as a kite so they had to get someone who could sing and that the girls would swoon for. Enter broadway singer Rex Smith. Actually he was not that bad. I think that he should go back to Broadway. Anyway, the spoof is cute, a little chuckle but that is it. It would have been better if the writers connected “Modern Major General” to “BGB”.

By: Molly

Molly — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:04:42 +0000

(sigh) Some people are just so clueless……..

By: tbag

tbag — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:29:50 +0000

Not funny at all. Is it just the word butt that makes people think anything is funny? Maybe you could play that tune at a funeral. Now that would be even less funny.

By: tbag

tbag — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:29:41 +0000

Not funny at all. Is it just the word butt that makes people think anything is funny? Maybe you could play that tune at a funeral. Now that would be even less funny.