Music Analysis: We Will Rock You
We Will Rock You Review
The music, the show, the actors were amazing!! A good laugh, romance and...ROCK. We Will Rock You, was written by Ben Elton and music and lyrics by the band Queen. With great hits like “Radio Gaga” and “I Want to Break Free”, this was a show that all Freddie Mercury fans will love, and the fans of musical theatre.
Everywhere the kids watch the same shows, wear the same clothes, and think the same thoughts .Its a safe happy ‘Ga Ga” world. Unless you’re a complete rebel, and is ready to rock. The story is based in the future at a time when musical instruments have been banned and kids are no longer able to make their own music. But there is growing resistance from the rebel Bohemians! An underground movement of music lovers is looking for a leader to take them out of the subway and into the real world of rock 'n' roll.
Instead they are made to be Global Soft’s computer simulated virtual boy and girl bands, playing mindless dull boring records. Global Soft, the corporate giant that now controls the planet’s music industry has demolished youth culture, turning all the boys and girls into cyber zombies, where there only mission in life is to consume the company’s products.
The play consisted of many different themes. They learn lessons in survival, friendships and love along the way, comedy, individuality and evilness. They come to the conclusion that it’s all about “doing things for your baby’s”. Killer Queen is an evil dominatrix, chairwoman of Global Soft she is perceived as the villain in this production. She is determined to stop the Dreamer and find and destroy Queens’s musical instruments. Galileo (Noel Sullivan) who has a superb voice. Alongside Scaramouch (Amanda Coutts) who brings much-needed humour to the show. They both have a complicated relationship that spirals to new adventures throughout the play. Their constant banter leads to hit songs in the show such as, ‘Hammer to fall’ and ‘Under Pressure’. Even though their
The music, the show, the actors were amazing!! A good laugh, romance and...ROCK. We Will Rock You, was written by Ben Elton and music and lyrics by the band Queen. With great hits like “Radio Gaga” and “I Want to Break Free”, this was a show that all Freddie Mercury fans will love, and the fans of musical theatre.
Everywhere the kids watch the same shows, wear the same clothes, and think the same thoughts .Its a safe happy ‘Ga Ga” world. Unless you’re a complete rebel, and is ready to rock. The story is based in the future at a time when musical instruments have been banned and kids are no longer able to make their own music. But there is growing resistance from the rebel Bohemians! An underground movement of music lovers is looking for a leader to take them out of the subway and into the real world of rock 'n' roll.
Instead they are made to be Global Soft’s computer simulated virtual boy and girl bands, playing mindless dull boring records. Global Soft, the corporate giant that now controls the planet’s music industry has demolished youth culture, turning all the boys and girls into cyber zombies, where there only mission in life is to consume the company’s products.
The play consisted of many different themes. They learn lessons in survival, friendships and love along the way, comedy, individuality and evilness. They come to the conclusion that it’s all about “doing things for your baby’s”. Killer Queen is an evil dominatrix, chairwoman of Global Soft she is perceived as the villain in this production. She is determined to stop the Dreamer and find and destroy Queens’s musical instruments. Galileo (Noel Sullivan) who has a superb voice. Alongside Scaramouch (Amanda Coutts) who brings much-needed humour to the show. They both have a complicated relationship that spirals to new adventures throughout the play. Their constant banter leads to hit songs in the show such as, ‘Hammer to fall’ and ‘Under Pressure’. Even though their