So all this talk about "Big-Ass Rock" and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in my previous post made me want to relisten to The Full Monty, music and lyrics by David Yazbek. I loved the movie, but never got down to New York to see the Broadway show. And David Yazbek was passed over for the Tony on The Full Monty Score and Best Musical as well as for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. In fact, he bills himself on his Web site as a "Two-time Tony Loser"...hehe.

I've always liked The Full Monty CD but I wanted to listen to it again, given how much I love Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

It's always fun to listen to two different scores (The Full Monty and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) by the same composer and pick out the similarities (of course this gets tedious with Lloyd Webber after a while...). In fact, while I was listening to The Full Monty in the car, my youngest daughter commented on the similarity in feel of both the overtures. My oldest daughter heard "Life With Harold" and commented "That is so Here I Am!" (from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels).

After a few listens I've discovered that I really do like this score a lot! Hey, I might even be turning into a bit of a Yazbek fan! Memorable melodies, clever lyrics such as those in "Man" and "Big-Ass Rock", what's not to love?

I don't adore every track, the way I do on Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, but overall I think it's really fun.

I'm sure there's a Tony in Yazbek's future!

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