Lifehouse

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

Okay, so that's about dreams and music and Pete's marriage.  I had a hard 
time following the dialog, expecially the boy, so I've likely missed a lot 
of what went on.  Is the full script in the book that the UK people are 
reporting, BTW?  There's still several hours of unused material in the 
different incarnations of this piece, meaning that Pete could write 
plays/musicals around the subject matter for some time--variations on 
LIFEHOUSE themes, maybe?  This piece was very personal, like PSYCHOD, and 
now I can see why Pete has done it all himself rather than with ED.

There were credits at the end that called this LIFEHOUSE, adapted for radio 
by...which seems to indicate there might be other versions of it, like 
PSYCHOD, where there's a radio play version and an all music version that 
has more songs.  My first impression is that the radio play format doesn't 
come across quite as profoundly as all music, or nearly all music versions 
that are open to deeper and broader interpretations.  The script nails it 
down too clearly.  I'd like to hear a rock opera version that tells the same 
story with just music.

My first impression is that it isn't as smooth as PSYCHOD, maybe because 
Pete has adapted the old songs to a new storyline, or maybe because the 
script is so prominent.  The script in PSYCHOD seemed more an integral part 
of the material, and the music was all in the same style, while the 
variations here didn't seem to contribute as well to the mood/feel of the 
piece.  This was pretty scary, BTW, and it certainly spoke to me.


keets

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