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Confusion?
editThere seems to be some confusion over what makes a movie a Jukebox Musical.
I've removed three movies from this list. In the case of A Hard Day's Night, the album was the soundtrack from the film, hence the film is not a jukebox musical. In the cases of Tommy and The Wall, although the music was released and became popular prior to being made into a film, the source material was produced as a complete work and the film closely follows it.
A Hard Day's Night is still erroneously listed as a Jukebox Musical. It most certainly is not.107.221.229.121 (talk) 04:06, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
Also, I'm not sure about Singin' in the Rain or Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny, but I haven't removed them from the list as I don't know the history of the former and have never even seen the latter.
Incidentally, I added American Pop to the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dovregubben (talk • contribs) 11:22, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
- I'd say Tenacious D is definitely just a musical, by the definition on the page at least. As far as I remember, none of the songs were released except on the soundtrack.--98.148.172.122 (talk) 15:37, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Xanadu
editIs Xanadu a jukebox musical? It's based on the film, and the songs were written as a soundtrack to the film, except for two additional ELO songs, but I don't feel those alone make this a jukebox musical. --Cowduck (talk) 08:31, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
- It's common in revivals/adaptations of musicals to add a couple of non-original songs, so if the definition is "preexisting" then you are correct, that alone does not make it a jukebox musical. But if the definition is "popular music" then Xanadu obviously is one. --LowRise (talk) 04:16, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Scott Warfield
editThis article is riddled with problems that reflect shoddy pseudo-scholarship. Read Scott Warfield, "Leader of the Pack: The First Jukebox Musical," Americas: A Hemispheric Music Journal 32:1, especially the first 5-6 pages on the origins of jukebox musicals and problems with the recent scholarship. Why is this scholarly article not given more weight here? That would seem to be the Wiki thing to do.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:b420:c110:f472:239e:7d39:d5e9 (talk • contribs) 00:44, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- You added a note after the first sentence of this article saying that the reader should go and read Warfield instead for
the best definition, description, and history
and saying that in your view his writingcorrects and clarifies much of the current version of this article
. - The wiki thing to do would be to quote that definition, if Warfield is considered to be a reliable source, and to improve the text of the article. --Belbury (talk) 06:29, 12 May 2025 (UTC)