Spiderman: Turn off the Dark - Broadway's Biggest Musical Failure? (Part 2)
5/30/202638 min
Spiderman: Turn off the Dark - Broadway's Biggest Musical Failure? (Part 2)
In this episode we discuss the genesis story of the band whose two members soundtrack the doomed musical - rock legends U2.
And we start to get a sense of the various egos orbiting the broadway show as it starts to take shape. You could say the warning signs were there from the start....
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First 90 secondsJosh Widdicombe· Host0:00
[tape rolling] Hello and welcome. I am Josh Widdicombe. For today, I'm the curator of a place of incredible artifacts and exhibitions, a place that stores the greatest thing on Earth. This is my Archive of Pop Culture.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:16
[singing] You can change your mind, but you cannot change your heart. Your heart knows when you're hiding. Your heart knows where you are. I'd be myself if I knew who I'd become. You don't have to fly too high to get too close to the sun. See the boy fall from the sky.
Josh Widdicombe· Host1:10
Susie.
Suzi Ruffell· Guest1:18
Josh.
Josh Widdicombe· Host1:18
I want to start this episode by trying to convince you of something that I think you'll be resistant to.
Suzi Ruffell· Guest1:24
You tried to do that in a hotel room 10 years ago.
Josh Widdicombe· Host1:26
I did, yeah.
Unknown speaker1:27
[laughing]