Audio By Carbonatix
Everyone wants to write a musical nowadays. And I don’t get it.
Why musicians feel the need to write songs for musical theater is beyond me. I suppose it’s another creative outlet, but to harsh critics of musicals (like myself) it seems they’re nearly all watered-down versions of both song and story. So why bother?
The latest rock star turned musical writer is Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos. He says that he plans to write a musical about a relevant musician and claims that it’s a brilliant idea that he’s had for a long time. (A musical by a musician about another musician? Riveting.) It’s also shocking because of his recent outbursts aimed at Epic records. Wonder if they’ll put out the soundtrack…
More Monday music news after the jump…
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