The Rocky Horror Show (new Broadway Cast) Raleigh NC

The Rocky Horror Show (new Broadway Cast)

Soundtrack

RCA Records, 2001

REVIEW BY: Christopher Thelen

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 07/17/2001

Admission: In some circles, I'm still a virgin.

No, obviously not in that regard - not with one kid here, and twins on the way.To the diehard legion of Rocky Horror fans, I'm more virginal thanany of the members of Hanson, just because I've never seen thefilm, never gone to the theater with toast to throw at the screen,and never yelled at the movie. (Actually, the last one's not true;I once got thrown out of the theater during a showing of Before Sunrise, but that's because I was screaming, "Thisfilm sucks! I want my money back!" But I digress.)

However, my innocence in regards to the music surrounding thenow-legendary cult show and movie might have worked to my benefitwhen it came time to listen to the new Broadway cast recording of The Rocky Horror Show. There were no preconceived notions ofwhere Meat Loaf should be singing, no expectations of how the musicshould be, with the exception of "Time Warp". And this virgin'sexperience with the music proved to be, well, not bad at all.

To the outsider, most of the music from this show sounds likethey were indeed leftovers from a writing session for a Meat Loafalbum; more than once, I had Bat Out Of Hell flashbacks. But the throwback to early, rawrock and roll works to the advantage of the soundtrack, creating amusical mood that almost anyone can appreciate from the outset.