# Live "Sound of Music" -- will you watch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 5, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529 "2013-12-05T00:45:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/1 "2013-12-05T00:45:34Z")
The Carrie Underwood _Sound of Music_ – a live TV broadcast of an adaptation of the original stage version – is airing tomorrow night. Are you going to watch? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/2 "2013-12-05T00:51:32Z")
I would be the only one in my household with any interest. Everyone else groans and says it’s too long! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/3 "2013-12-05T00:51:52Z")
Don’t have a TV, so no. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/4 "2013-12-05T01:09:28Z")
No, I’ll see it live at a local high school next month. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/5 "2013-12-05T01:12:05Z")
I don’t have a TV and don’t like the movie nor reality TV (my sister and Mom watched the Making Of the special which was basically a reality TV show,) but if I did have a TV I might watch it if I were bored because some of the children are pretty talented. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/6 "2013-12-05T01:14:06Z")
Yeah. Maybe not the whole thing, but I’ll tune in out of interest. Why not? ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/7 "2013-12-05T01:23:32Z")
Carrie Underwood? The Sound of Music - Country-style. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/8 "2013-12-05T01:39:23Z")
Absolutely not. I hate hillbilly music. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/9 "2013-12-05T01:44:09Z")
Meh. Underwood’s no Mary Martin. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/10 "2013-12-05T01:45:41Z")
Yes. I gotta DVR it, though; choir practice is the same day. I hope Underwood doesn’t country it up. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/11 "2013-12-05T01:55:27Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Absolutely not. I hate hillbilly music. The Sound of Music is hillbilly music? I heard Carrie Underwood singing the title song, and she was marvelous. Jeez, I never in my life thought I’d be defending a country singer doing The Sound of Music. This coming from a classic rock loving guy. And hey, a live performance could be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/12 "2013-12-05T02:16:16Z")
Who’s playing von Trapp, Simon Cowell? Not as suave as Plummer but with a more forceful “No.” ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/13 "2013-12-05T02:19:44Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Yeah. Maybe not the whole thing, but I’ll tune in out of interest. Why not? I’m much the same. I can always turn off the tv if I don’t like it, but if the singing’s remotely decent I can let that run in the background while I do housework and such. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/14 "2013-12-05T02:27:53Z")
I don’t watch T.V. live, but the DVR is set to record and I will definitely be watching it at some point. I love the original movie (it was the first one I ever saw), and have known every song since I was 9 years old. I’m anticipating that I will end up doing a singalong version. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/15 "2013-12-05T02:37:51Z")
Will the character of Admiral von Schreiber be appearing? I ask because that was the role I played, back in 8th grade: The director had already concluded that my singing was terrible, and that was the largest non-singing part in the play. The part doesn’t show up at all in the movie. Well, OK, even if von Schreiber is in this production, I still won’t be watching, but that’s just because I don’t have a TV, and I already have something planned for tomorrow evening anyway. But I might watch it, if I could. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/16 "2013-12-05T04:57:04Z")
My daughter, the aspiring Broadway performer, is already squeeing about it, because of some of the well-respected Broadway names in supporting roles. She’s got mixed feelings about whether [del]Kelly Pickler[/del] Carrie Underwood has the chops for the role of Maria, and has promised hissy fits if her performance is not up to snuff. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/17 "2013-12-05T05:10:58Z")
> [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > Meh. Underwood’s no Mary Martin. Pass. I think you mean Julie Andrews. Mary Martin was in South Pacific. Anyway, I won’t be watching. I don’t like The Sound of Music - too bland. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/18 "2013-12-05T05:34:48Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > The Sound of Music is hillbilly music? No, but a lot of people have never heard her do so-called legit music. (In this case, legit is a type of musical that uses a lot of vibrato, not a value judgement.) I did find the song on [her tumblr](http://cufacts.tumblr.com/post/68843347324), and I personally am not a big fan. She’s bringing in too much a “nasal” quality to the sound, characterized by too high a larynx and/or too spread an embrasure. She needs more resonance and softening. It’s better than most bad sopranos, who are all resonance and no character, but I still don’t find it that pleasant to listen to. It’s much better than I expected, sure. But it still has too much twang. Anyways, I’ll probably catch it when I can find it online. If it actually is live online, I might try to listen for a while just for the novelty–assuming nothing goes wrong here with the ice storm coming. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/19 "2013-12-05T05:57:18Z")
no im a 23 year old dude ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/20 "2013-12-05T06:02:31Z")
I’m sure Carrie Underwood is fine, but if I want Sound of Music, I’ll watch The Sound of Music. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529.md?page=2)