is it possible for a musical to be practically perfect?

[burntcopper]

Trying to figure out if there's any musical score that's perfect. One where *every* song is brilliant.

There are musicals I love and adore, but there's nearly always one song you don't like that much and skip over/delete from your mp3 player. Anything Goes fails for having 'Easy to Love'. I thought La Cage aux Folles, but then remembered I've never been fond of 'The Best of Times is Now'.

Anyone got any that they can deem perfect or just miss it?

(interestingly, there's film scores I deem practically perfect*, but then those rarely involve lyrics and're often written with a full theme.)

In other news, listened to the Barrowman/Prenger version of 'So Close'. Nope. Daniel Boys does it better. Or has better producers. Something. I think it'd be fine if they did it individually - it *really* doesn't work as a duet - but something's definitely missing.

*Off the top of my head, Pride and Prejudice + Master and Commander for recent ones.

Comments

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

I'm tempted to say The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Return to the Forbidden Planet ... but I haven't listened to either for ages and may have a different opinion now.

[miniosiris.livejournal.com]

Would agree with both of those choices. Also can't think of a track that I skip through when listening to Rent either.

[gmh.livejournal.com]

I personally wouldn't rank the RHPS quite so highly: Sword of Damocles and Dammit Janet are IMO a bit meh.

Little Shop of Horrors?

[xenaclone.livejournal.com]

'Brigadoon'? 'Les Miserables'? 'Romance, Romance'? 'Me and my Girl'? [hushed whisper] 'Sound of Music'?

[andromakie.livejournal.com]

I've been to an awful lot of musicals, and I don't think there are any with a perfect score. I can think of a few that have absolutely no redeeming songs.
I would have to say Les Mis is the closest I think I've ever seen. And even than, I generally hate everything adult Cosette sings. But that's less because of the songs than the character.

[andromakie.livejournal.com]

And my friend just mentioned Ragtime. But again, I don't like one single offering in it. Atlantic City.

[kingbantam.livejournal.com]

The Fix
I do love the La Cage score
A Chorus Line
Cabaret

So many more that are escaping me for now