Just Gonna Plug This Fan Restoration Here - Dr. Saperstein Restores A Lot Of Original Footage And Uncensors

The Muppet Christmas Carol goes even harder when you realize this guy wrote all the songs

THINE HOLY TROOPS ART NO MATCH FOR MINE ARMY INFERNAL. ARISE MY LEACHES

KILL KILL KILL DIE DIE DIE TEN THOUSAND PLAGUES UPON THEE

My piece for Not Just Songs: A Phantom Of The Paradise 50th Anniversary Zine! (breakdown under the cut)

i must have a crap ton of space between my ears because it took me this long to figure out why some folks (myself included) may not have recognized "Somebody Super Like You" as a rework/musical mutilation of "Phantom's Theme"

The chord progression of Phantom's Theme's verses is altered slightly in Somebody Super, so the brunt of the similarity comes from the "i-VI-i-VI" heard at the very start of each verse - and from a musical standpoint, those chords on their own aren't terribly unique. You can hear them in the guitar riff of Echoes and the overture to ALW's Phantom Of The Opera, among oodles of other examples.

Interestingly, within the film, the progression is also in the verses of "Old Souls" (albeit in the key of C minor), which'd lead one to think that Somebody Super and Life At Last were both ripping it off, just different parts of it, when this wasn't actually the case

The similarities between Somebody Super and Phantom's Theme would've been made obvious during the bridge, which introduces a key change and a contrasting, major chord progression, kept identical in both songs. Issue being: the bridge of Phantom's Theme wasn't included in the film, likely for the sake of pacing. it's a creative decision that 100% made sense for the scene, but would unfortunately have musical repercussions later down the line.

probably common knowledge but that's my autism for the day

oghhggh winslow were really in it now arent we

he can't keep getting away with it

Is this a bedbuge

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, privately commissioned 7 color screen print on pearlescent paper. APs on sale 2/21.

Happy 1974 everyone!!! Big things ahead

the crushing guilt of being unproductive vs the exhaustion of being burned out. fight.