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The Guardian ^ | 10/1/25 | Pamela Hutchinson

[Buttons12]

Hated The Sound Of Music. “My Favorite Things” and that “do re mi” song. Just eeewww.

That makes two of us, MM.

[DFG]

Christopher Plummer called the movie “The Sound of Mucus”.

[Pollard]

Saw that/them

[MayflowerMadam]

“The Sound of Mucus”.

LO! I have to agree. I have to admit that I’ve never seen the whole movie.

My senior year in high school, Advanced Chorus was forced to sing a medly of pieces from the soundtrack. It was so offensive that I never went to see the show.

It was fortunate that I already was a senior, so I was spared from future years in Chorus where we might sing that tripe.

[Borges]

Do you like Rodgers & Hammerstein in general?

[MayflowerMadam]

“Do you like Rodgers & Hammerstein in general?”

Yes. 💕💋

Also Lerner and Lowe; Meredith Willson. Lyrics by Yip Harburg are great.

Only two musicals I didn’t like were Sound of Music and West Side Story, although some of the songs in West Side Story are beautiful.

[Borges]

TSOM is filled with unforgettable songs. Edelweiss sounds like a genuine Austrian folk song.

[goo goo g'joob]

In Mary Poppins, I thought she and Dick Van Dyke were adequate support for the dancing penguins

[MayflowerMadam]

“It’s A Small World” is unforgettable, too. 😵‍💫

I’m not saying that the music is bad in that movie; I’m just saying it’s not my cup of tea.

It’s nice that all people don’t have the same taste in music. 🎶

[Borges]

“It’s a Small World” is ultra repetitive and harmonically simple.

[Borges]

Does this change your mind?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV9mEkvJAbE