Has High School Musical had it's day?

[DJ Jules]

Something occurred to me last weekend as I dropped my 6yr old daughter off at a kids party where the DJ was playing HSM as I left...

A short while ago when HSM 3 was released it was all the rage amongst the 4-8yr old crowd, but now the 4yr olds of that time have pretty much outgrown it, and the next bunch of 4yr olds haven't even heard of it.

So, has it has it's day? And if it has, what has come up in it's place? A few kids have asked me for Hannah Montana, but now Miley Cyrus seems to have gone a bit Britney on us, I'm not sure how much longer that's going to last for!

I've haven't done a kids party since Feb, so I'm interested to know what the more active kids entertainers on the forum are finding?

JUlian

[BeerFunk]

It was always going to have a limited shelf-life, it's my understanding that 'Glee' is the in-thing with the kids these days :D

[Jiggles]

Glee is as big as HSM may be even bigger! They go mad for it!

[DJ Jules]

Glee is as big as HSM may be even bigger! They go mad for it!

At least HSM was original - Glee is a bunch of average-ish re-recordings of old songs :D

Still, no accounting for taste

Julian

[rob1963]

it's my understanding that 'Glee' is the in-thing with the kids these days :D

That's certainly true if the singles charts are anything to go by!


At least HSM was original - Glee is a bunch of average-ish re-recordings of old songs :D

Very true!

Also, I wonder if anyone has gone to play a classic, but ended up cueing & playing the Glee Cast version by mistake?

[The_Blue_Dragon]

Yes I get asked for Glee songs alot. HSM has had its day now as kids now say its for babies hahaha

To make sure I dont play the wrong song I just have the artis labled as "Glee Cast"

[Larry B Entertainment]

Also, I wonder if anyone has gone to play a classic, but ended up cueing & playing the Glee Cast version by mistake?

I often get asked for the Glee version of Dont stop believing more than the the original.

[sleah]

At least HSM was original - Glee is a bunch of average-ish re-recordings of old songs :D

Still, no accounting for taste

Julian

Yes! Sooo that's why I'm not buying, even though the charts are full of Glee tracks - I got them all already;):D



Also, I wonder if anyone has gone to play a classic, but ended up cueing & playing the Glee Cast version by mistake?

Nope, more likely the otherway around, deliberately;);)

[James]

Aren't they all just a rip off of Fame?

[womble]

At least HSM was original - Glee is a bunch of average-ish re-recordings of old songs :D

Still, no accounting for taste

Julian

While they may be covers, I would disagree with the "average-ish" comment. Some of those kids could walk onto a west-end stage tomorrow, and some of the adults have come straight out of Broadway - Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel both just came off the back of a long run in Wicked and that Rachel girl easily competes with both of them.

There's some serious lungs in that show.

[DJ Jules]

Also, I wonder if anyone has gone to play a classic, but ended up cueing & playing the Glee Cast version by mistake?

I once played the Bob the builder version of the Proclaimers "I'm gonna be" in a club. At the moment if I type in "Stop believing" I get four versions, a dance version from "Love 2 Club", the original, 2 copies of the Glee version and the Lady Gaga mashup (Just stop believing).


There's some serious lungs in that show.

I agree - I was talking more about the overall presentation/production...


While they may be covers, I would disagree with the "average-ish" comment.

There's a few places where I prefer the originals, and some places where I prefer the Glee re-recordings (hence the "ish" :D ).

Julian

[DazzyD]

I always thought Glee was just a way of keeping the High School Musical format alive and bring it to a TV audience who might not have the Disney Channel :shrug:

[Dynamic Entertainment]

Never watched Glee, and prefer the originals.

Andy yeah, i think HSM has had its day...until they fetch out Number 4!

[Mayhem 1]

Gentlemen:

In my experience HSM is still as big as ever I still get loads of requests for it.

I did a poll at my last three parties and asked the children which they prefer and HSM came out on top big time.