Brigadoon Vinyl Record

[Galician]

I remember that one well. Watched it when it aired. Yes, it is very stage-y but whaddaya want...it's Lerner and Lowe and it was written in the fifties. All of those fifties musicals were unreal. Think about "Carousel"...spousal abuse, robbery, premarital sex, unwed mothers, murder...but everybody remembers it as a warm and charming piece of work. Go figger...

And let's not forget Showboat with its theme of miscegenation. That was a pretty sticky topic back then. Especially since it was still illegal in most states in the country at the time the show came out.

[walkerk]

The term "Brigadoon" is commonly used to describe the kind of hazy, romanticized view of old Scotland to which Americans are prone.

It appears that the Bank of Scotland has a prominent picture of Brig o' Doon printed on the back of their five pound note. Do they also have a hazy, romanticized view?

[Galician]

No idea. Is that the town or something else?

[macwilkin]

Brig o' Doon = Bridge of (over) the River Doon, where Meg lost her "ain grey tail" to the Cutty Sark.

T.

[Paul Henry]

Brig o' Doon = Bridge of (over) the River Doon, where Meg lost her "ain grey tail" to the Cutty Sark.

T.

but a cutty sark is a short undergarment.......

[tulloch]

Ahh - and I am again enriched by this rabble. Tam O'Shanter and Brigadoon now mean a little more to me. Sweet.

[macwilkin]

but a cutty sark is a short undergarment.......

That was worn by Nannie the witch in Tam O'Shanter, who was known as the Cutty Sark:

Her cutty sark, o' Paisley harn,
That while a lassie she had worn,
In longtitude tho' sorely scanty,
It was her best, and she was vauntie.


T.

[Scotus]

I have never heard of Brigadoon before

I'm now picking myself up from the floor. I didn't think it possible that there are people out there who have never heard of the musical Brigadoon, but... well... there ya go.

[Scotus]

Brice, in spite of Jamie's lack of taste when it comes to classic American musicals, it has some great memorable tunes. It's worth seeing. I'll Go Home with Bonnie Jean is a neat little tune, and there other great classics like The Heather on the Hill.

I'm not old enough to have seen it in the theaters (the Gene Kelly version), but you can get it on DVD.

[BroosterB1]

I was very intrigued when I saw the cover. I have never heard of Brigadoon before, but the bagpipes, obviously, grabbed my attention.

Now this is going to really date me, but as a lad I saw the stage show with Robert Goullet in the "Valley Music Hall Theater" just outside Salt Lake City, always wanted to be in the show but was never at the "wrong" place at the "wrong" time to do Brigadont.

In all my days in the theater I never had the opportunity to do a kilted part, so last year when some one asked I jumped...Right down the rabbit hole........

Now since you had never heard about Brigadoon, lets just talk about that fine form of entertainment known as MUSICAL THEATER <grabbing hat and avoiding shoes, tomatoes and other rotten vegetables being thrown by the rabble> (Hey you either love it or you don't, I can still sing all the songs from Guys and Dolls...Oh Luck be a Lady tonight........night Gracie.......