Speculations about the MK secret project

[Lestroid]

I dunno, regardless of what Guy said, those titles sure seem to fit Local Hero to me.  There's even a quote from the movie "you can't eat the scenery".

And consider the song on this list "I Wonder If I Can Go Home Again" vs "Going Home"

I'll have to go back and reread exactly what Guy said about Local Hero, but he's certainly been known to redirect attention if a guess gets too close.

I agree that Guy's statement about Richard being misquoted is likely about Broadway vs a musical in general. I'm betting it's for the theater in London.

At any rate, we'll all know eventually what this mystery project is.

[dustyvalentino]

Didn't realise that was a quote from the film.

Local Hero adaptation makes sense. Only musicals that make money for the most part these days are adaptations and "jukebox" musicals.

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[dustyvalentino]

My second favourite musician is also writing a Broadway musical

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/broadway/7760452/steve-earle-samara-new-play-interview

Can't these guys stick to what they are good at?!

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My guess regarding MK involvement is that probably he was asked by a friend and coudn't say no... I can't imagine MK waking up one day and telling Kitty while drinking his morning tea "mmm, I feel like writing a musical..."

He says no to plenty of stuff that would be a hell of a lot easier than writing a musical.

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[qjamesfloyd]

This is all still speculation. I don't recall anything being announced officially yet. Would it really be that bad if it was a musical? as it is something he has never done before, how can we say if it will be bad or good? And if it is a musical, at least he is doing different things again, unlike most of his contemporaries do!!

[Eddie Fox]

My second favourite musician is also writing a Broadway musical

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/broadway/7760452/steve-earle-samara-new-play-interview

Can't these guys stick to what they are good at?!

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My guess regarding MK involvement is that probably he was asked by a friend and coudn't say no... I can't imagine MK waking up one day and telling Kitty while drinking his morning tea "mmm, I feel like writing a musical..."

He says no to plenty of stuff that would be a hell of a lot easier than writing a musical.

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In my humble opinion writing a musical is the hardest process of music production there is for a non-erudite composer. I simply don't see Mark doing it, it's insanely demanding.

I wouldn't be surprised if the reason behind all the secrecy is the fact that Mark's still trying to figure out if he's the right man for the job.

[Jules]

I dunno, regardless of what Guy said, those titles sure seem to fit Local Hero to me.  There's even a quote from the movie "you can't eat the scenery".

I always saw the film in Spanish so I didn't notice that..
 In which moment is said, by who and what means?

[Rolleyway Man]

This is all still speculation. I don't recall anything being announced officially yet. Would it really be that bad if it was a musical? as it is something he has never done before, how can we say if it will be bad or good? And if it is a musical, at least he is doing different things again, unlike most of his contemporaries do!!

Indeed. There is still absolutely no certainty as to what this project is exactly. For all we know, the writer of the article on Richard Bennett may have got completely the wrong end of the stick. And whatever it is, regardless of how successful it turns out to be or whether it is to everyone's taste, we know from past experience that Mark will do the best job he possibly can. If these song titles are correct, then it's a bit disappointing they've been leaked so early on. I'd much rather find out about the details at the appropriate time, when they are officially made available.

[Jules]

This is all still speculation. I don't recall anything being announced officially yet. Would it really be that bad if it was a musical? as it is something he has never done before, how can we say if it will be bad or good? And if it is a musical, at least he is doing different things again, unlike most of his contemporaries do!!

Paul Simon did it

Sting did it

Steve Earl is going to do it

Any other contemporaries doing it or did it to sum them at the list?

[Banjo99uk]

you cant eat the scenery is at 30 seconds

[binone]

I dunno, regardless of what Guy said, those titles sure seem to fit Local Hero to me.  There's even a quote from the movie "you can't eat the scenery".

I always saw the film in Spanish so I didn't notice that..
 In which moment is said, by who and what means?

Here:

[Jules]

Oh, I see, thanks. It's a Scottish say or it's in the context of selling the village?

[K-alberto]

Even Bruce Sprinsteen...

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/arts/music/bruce-springsteen-broadway-concerts.html?module=WatchingPortal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=2&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2017%2F08%2F09%2Farts%2Fmusic%2Fbruce-springsteen-broadway-concerts.html&eventName=Watching-article-click

[dustyvalentino]

This is all still speculation. I don't recall anything being announced officially yet. Would it really be that bad if it was a musical? as it is something he has never done before, how can we say if it will be bad or good? And if it is a musical, at least he is doing different things again, unlike most of his contemporaries do!!

Paul Simon did it

Sting did it

Steve Earl is going to do it

Any other contemporaries doing it or did it to sum them at the list?

Elton John (Billy Elliot, big hit)

Bono & The Edge (Spiderman, massive flop)

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[dustyvalentino]

This is all still speculation. I don't recall anything being announced officially yet. Would it really be that bad if it was a musical? as it is something he has never done before, how can we say if it will be bad or good? And if it is a musical, at least he is doing different things again, unlike most of his contemporaries do!!

Indeed. There is still absolutely no certainty as to what this project is exactly. For all we know, the writer of the article on Richard Bennett may have got completely the wrong end of the stick. And whatever it is, regardless of how successful it turns out to be or whether it is to everyone's taste, we know from past experience that Mark will do the best job he possibly can. If these song titles are correct, then it's a bit disappointing they've been leaked so early on. I'd much rather find out about the details at the appropriate time, when they are officially made available.

Fair enough. The point of this new subforum is to speculate on forthcoming projects so inevitably there will be some spoilers.

I'll see if we can get it marked with a spoiler warning for people who don't want to know such things.

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[Jules]

This is all still speculation. I don't recall anything being announced officially yet. Would it really be that bad if it was a musical? as it is something he has never done before, how can we say if it will be bad or good? And if it is a musical, at least he is doing different things again, unlike most of his contemporaries do!!

Indeed. There is still absolutely no certainty as to what this project is exactly. For all we know, the writer of the article on Richard Bennett may have got completely the wrong end of the stick. And whatever it is, regardless of how successful it turns out to be or whether it is to everyone's taste, we know from past experience that Mark will do the best job he possibly can. If these song titles are correct, then it's a bit disappointing they've been leaked so early on. I'd much rather find out about the details at the appropriate time, when they are officially made available.

Fair enough. The point of this new subforum is to speculate on forthcoming projects so inevitably there will be some spoilers.

I'll see if we can get it marked with a spoiler warning for people who don't want to know such things.

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if this is "speculation" then it's not spoiler. Spoiler is to reveal something is known to be truth, so, this is or a speculation or a spoiler, but can't be both at the same time.

 

Maybe the right name to this thread might be "Speculations about the MK secret project"