From Moulin Rouge to AI

I have to be honest. I'm not really a big fan of music. Sure, I know a great song when I hear one but I don't exactly tune in to the radio everyday or watch MTV or follow all the latest acts out there. That's why when I watched Moulin Rouge, a musical that uses the songs of other artists, I don't know half (or even more!) of the songs that were played.

Enter American Idol. Even if I am not a big fan of music, I am a big fan of reality or talent shows, hence my idolizing Idol. By watching this show, I've been learning a lot about music. I get to hear new songs, learn who sang music that I like, and get to know more about the different genres. This week, the theme was the music of Queen. And the song that was sung by the last contestant was "The Show Must Go On." And it was a song from Moulin Rouge!

Hearing the song was such a joy to me... It was so weird hearing it in a non-musical movie way! And hearing it in that arrangement made me realize the genius of Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge's director. I mean, how the heck can he create such a gret story and find songs that would fit that story?!?! Genius, really I tell you. Now if I can only find out the origins of the other songs in the movie...