Billy Elliot: the music...

A few weeks ago on Any Dream Will Do they had as a guest one of the young men who played Billy Elliot in Billy Elliot: the Musical singing (and dancing) the song "Electricity" and I was most impressed. I'd liked the movie, but knew nothing about the stage show.

So when I saw the CD of the musical for sale at the shop down the street, I bought it.

I'm listening to it at work as I'm working on the bank statement. I have discovered it makes me cry in a way the movie never did. Especially the song about Billy's letter from his mother; and the dialogue at the beginning of "Electricity".

Really, not many things make me cry, but this musical pushes all my buttons. Les Miserables does too, but the music alone doesn't do it, I have to be actually watching the show and getting to the heroic bits. Billy Elliot is heroic in another way.

Any Dream Will Do: The last week...

Tonight maaseru came down to my place and we watched Week 11 of Any Dream Will Do. Now at last I don't have to avert my eyes from certain websites, mailing lists and LJs because I know ( who Joseph is. )

I'm still humming the Joseph music...!