Post by Delia on Feb 2, 2021 9:38:30 GMT
Don't know if anyone else was as excited as we were at the weekend, to hear the The Top 20, most popular Musical Song Ever. On Elaine Paige's slot after lunch on Sunday.
This had been advertised all week on Radio 2. We set our topbox to "Record" and sat down excitedly, to hear some of the best ever songs from musicals, which we love. During the first 4 songs, we had only heard two of them in the past! Out of dozens and dozens of wonderful, memorable songs.... We began to be suspicious. Then Elaine said that they had been voted for by the listeners from a shortlist.
That gave us a clue - the whole thing was engineered, as instead of giving everyone the chance to name their favourite ones, they were being steered towards their choices. Did anyone do the voting, and if so, what were the number of songs to choose from?
Eventually, we did like the last two songs voted at the top, from Le Miserables, but sadly they were then sung by Alfie Boe, who is not the best one to choose from, from the many versions of these. What a huge disappointment the whole thing was - we felt flat afterwards.
This had been advertised all week on Radio 2. We set our topbox to "Record" and sat down excitedly, to hear some of the best ever songs from musicals, which we love. During the first 4 songs, we had only heard two of them in the past! Out of dozens and dozens of wonderful, memorable songs.... We began to be suspicious. Then Elaine said that they had been voted for by the listeners from a shortlist.
That gave us a clue - the whole thing was engineered, as instead of giving everyone the chance to name their favourite ones, they were being steered towards their choices. Did anyone do the voting, and if so, what were the number of songs to choose from?
Eventually, we did like the last two songs voted at the top, from Le Miserables, but sadly they were then sung by Alfie Boe, who is not the best one to choose from, from the many versions of these. What a huge disappointment the whole thing was - we felt flat afterwards.
Anymore to come?
