Sound of Music vs. My Fair Lady

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It's the big heavyweight fight of lovliness - Julie Andrews vs Audrey Hepburn.

Wouldn't it be Lovely Do Ri Me
Street Where You Live vs. 16 Going on 17
Ordinary Man Eidelweiss

Personally, I can't split 'em. Best song there is probably Eidelweiss, but street Where You Live runs in close.

Well . . . whatcha reckon, ILMers?

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 10:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Hard to choose. I mean, I love the sounds of music, particularly if it is good music. On the other hand, a fair lady may be quite beautiful too...

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Geir . . . you berk.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Never could get into MFL. OTOH, the sight of those von Trapp kids running around in their parents' drapery... classic.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:06 (twenty-three years ago)

The Sound of Music is my favourite movie of all time. And I'm not ashamed to admit it at all. And I hate musicals. Basically, it wins no matter what it's up against.

― edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:17 (twenty-three years ago)

The Sound Of Music is better than anything ever. It makes me cry. You know it's what the BBC are going to show when the four-minute warning sounds? That idea makes me cry too.

*Audrey Hepburn is sexier tho.

― pete b. (pete b.), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:19 (twenty-three years ago)

B-b-but Rex Harrison YAY v. Christopher Plummer BOO - FITE!

You guys *do* know J Andrews was in the stage MFL but lost the part in the film MFL when the studio wanted Audrey Hepburn, whose singing voice is dubbed in by jobbing Julie Andrews impersonator Marni Nixon.

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Ah but people, surely you can see that "Climb every Mountain" is over-rated twaddle, while "Wouldn't it be Loverley" is superb and joyous?

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:32 (twenty-three years ago)

And extra points to Suzy. Rex Harrison is the best non-singing singer in the world . . . EVAH!

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:34 (twenty-three years ago)

over-rated

by whom??

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:35 (twenty-three years ago)

'Climb Every Mountain' is maybe a weak link when the nun sings it early on, but it comes into its own at the superb and joyous final shot as the camera pulls back to show the family - yes! - climbing the mountain! Nun shall pass!

― pete b. (pete b.), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:38 (twenty-three years ago)

CLimb every Mountain is always being touted as the best thing in sound of music - happy, inspirational etc etc - but I can't see it myself - it just seems dull, relativly lacking in melody compared to the rest of the musical, and, to be honest, just a little bit rubbish.

The nun can't sing, either.

Good point about the final shot though . . . hmm, maybe it is a good tune after all . . .

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:41 (twenty-three years ago)

CLimb every Mountain is always being touted as the best thing in sound of music

I'm more of a "Lonely Goatherd" person. But I would be, wouldn't I?

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:42 (twenty-three years ago)

I love Jody Beth Rosen more with every post. Lonely Goatherd!

― edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:58 (twenty-three years ago)

I love you too, man! *sloppy hug*

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 12:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Julie Andrews' lovliness infects us all! < HUG>I LOVE EVERYONE

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 12:03 (twenty-three years ago)

See, the Sound of Music fills everyone with love. If only they had singing governesses in Iraq, there would be no war.

― edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 12:48 (twenty-three years ago)

When I was in 6th grade Chris Plummer moved in next to my friends while doing a long run at the Guthrie and was an utter cunt. My friend's family brought him a welcome to the neighbourhood cake (remember, this is Minnesota and friend's mum was Camp Fire leader so he's bloody lucky it wasn't nasty peanut butter BARS) and he was like 'oh, whatever' to the five kids who brought it there.

He just kind of went straight to video in all our estimations from then on.

I'm on the Lonely Goatherd/So Long, Farewell/I Am Sixteen tip though. I loathe CEM.

My Fair Lady I like more for the Shavian cartoon misogyny and class stuff. When I was about 12 I was really into Shaw.

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 12:54 (twenty-three years ago)

MFL MFL MFL!!!

― dave q, Tuesday, 25 March 2003 12:57 (twenty-three years ago)

MFL by a million billion miles. Street Where You Live is one of my favourite, most swooningly crushed out songs ever. AND the movie/musical is freakin funny and it has PICKERING in it! "Hair colour? Oh, average... height? Medium..."

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 12:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah - Sound of Music, definitely. My Favourite Things has to be one of the most evocative songs ever written, & translates fantastically into jazz.

― Jez (Jez), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 13:00 (twenty-three years ago)

My Fair Lady is my favourite movie! Sound of Music was forced upon me too much in primary school so I don't enjoy it. It's not as funny either. Yes MFL = way better.

― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 13:01 (twenty-three years ago)

my fair lady versus *any* muzikal is an
easy enough fight let alone
going up against the sound of poxy music.
'hymn to him' wins all on it's own.

oh, and by the way, *astonishingly* i found out recently,
that the NME, in 1995 when they did their
'50 best film soundtracks of all time' issue
in amongst all the 'natural born killers', then-cool
stuff, and 'shaft' and what not from the 70's was
'my fair lady' !

― piscesboy, Tuesday, 25 March 2003 13:06 (twenty-three years ago)

John Coltrane could translate most things nicely into jazz, tho

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 13:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Geir . . . you berk.

Oh... I forgot it's your fair lady. Then I am sorry, I will of course go for the sound of music as that lady belongs to you, apparently...

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 13:15 (twenty-three years ago)

'Edelweiss' is nice, I have nothing AGAINST SOM just a lot FOR MFL

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 13:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh... I forgot it's your fair lady. Then I am sorry, I will of course go for the sound of music as that lady belongs to you, apparently...

GROAN!

(It's a good job I didn't mention Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - goodness only knows what bad joke would be dragged from the depths . . .)

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 13:17 (twenty-three years ago)

My Fair Lady for me. I like the songs much better, "Wouldn't it be lovely" & "I'm getting married in the morning" just basically make me happy whenever I hear them. Audrey Hepburn's ridiculous faux-cock-er-knee accent is actually quite charming & loveable, the sets and costumes are quite possible the best thing ever, I like the way that when the person who dubbed Audrey H's songs comes it, it's sometimes quite glari ngklt er glaringly obvious, Rex Harrison's song abt why can't a womyn be more like...ME? is often unfairly, but soemtimes quite effectively deployed by my dear wife in argmnts. Apart from the RUBBISH ending, there is nothing not ti like abt this film. The sound of music is GRATE, but not as good as My Fair Lady. Or South Pacific, or High Society, now that I think about it. Damn, now I want to watch some musicals.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 13:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Seriously speaking, "The Sound Of Music" may possible be one of the worst musicals ever, so I will go for "My Fair Lady", which did at least contain several good songs.

However, "Chess" remains my favourite here. :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 13:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Ah Geir, you'd best not be plying your trolling trade again! I thought you of all characters would like Eidelweiss at least!

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 13:34 (twenty-three years ago)

My Fair Lady every time, though that run of tunes in SOM from COnfidence to So Long Farewell is pretty hard to beat. But in the best of all possible world s it would of course be Julie Andrews in My Fair Lady.

― Pete (Pete), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 13:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Nicole to thread, dammit! :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 13:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Pickering to thread!

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 14:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Also, what's better: an adaptation of Pygmalion or the story of a family who wound up doing dinner theatre for fucking skiiers in Vermont? You people fled the Nazis for THIS? Eh?

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 14:21 (twenty-three years ago)

the latter.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 14:23 (twenty-three years ago)

(btw, where's that Shaggs movie??)

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 14:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Jody, that was a *rhetorical* question. You're welcome to Vermont apres-ski dinner theatre, but LIFE IS BETTER THAN THAT.

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 14:40 (twenty-three years ago)

it's really not.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 14:43 (twenty-three years ago)

I'll gladly go with My Fair Lady. Even songs like "Why Can't the English Learn to Speak," with that post-Gilbert & Sullivan feel to it, are good.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 15:56 (twenty-three years ago)

It's 'Why Can't The English Teach Their Children How To Speak?' and it's a question I still ask myself every single day.

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 16:31 (twenty-three years ago)

'How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?' is a question I still ask myself every day. I mean, how do you?

― pete b. (pete b.), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 16:50 (twenty-three years ago)

There' both fantastic, but I lean towards "Sound of Music" for two reasons:

1) I played Max Detweiler in our school's production (and got to sing the songs that were cut for the movie, "No Way To Stop It" and "How Can Love Survive?").

2) When the drama club went to see "My Fair Lady" at the Chanhassan Dinner Theatre, a bunch of assholes decided they were going to spend the bus ride back home spitting on me, resulting in everyone involved getting detention (INCLUDING ME). This is one of my worst memories of junior high (although the amount of shit I gave all of the teachers/administrative people involved was beyond classic; "I bet you if I was WHITE you wouldn't give me detention!" *cue uncomfortable shuffling and protestations*).

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 16:59 (twenty-three years ago)

five years pass...

climb every fuckin mountain

― Surmounter, Monday, 9 March 2009 15:32 (seventeen years ago)

cuppa tea!

― Mark G, Monday, 9 March 2009 15:36 (seventeen years ago)

my fair lady by a street, i've never been able to sit through the sound of music.

― Anthony, I am not an Alcoholic & Drunk (darraghmac), Monday, 9 March 2009 15:37 (seventeen years ago)

this is actually Mary Martin v Julie Andrews, as they're both embalmed movies of stage shows.

― Dr Morbius, Monday, 9 March 2009 15:39 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

It's the big heavyweight fight of loveliness - Eric H vs Glenn Kenny!

http://slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/the-sound-of-music/1862

http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/some_came_running/2010/11/image-of-the-day-111910.html

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 November 2010 13:02 (fifteen years ago)

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