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| Fantine |
Forbidden broadway Les Mis videoWait a while and you'll see about half of the complete FB Les Mis parody.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yqP2qBmcr0&search=Forbidden%20broadway |
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| The Very Angry Woman |
Oh man.
I'm 99% sure the Enjolras in that clip is Brian Noonan, who really did play Enjolras on tour. Edit: Scratch that. That'll teach me to post before I watch the curtain call. (But Brian Noonan really was in both shows.) |
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| Etoile |
I liked Valjean's song the best. "Pity me...change the key!"
Does anyone know what on earth they were saying in the song to the tune of "Do You Hear The People Sing"? I couldn't understand that one at all. |
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| The Very Angry Woman |
Scroll to the comments: http://www.ninme.com/archives/2005/11/do_you_hear_the.html |
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| Orestes Fasting |
I like the title of the linked post. *snerk* | ||||||
| Lazarus (Adam G) |
I have a recording of this...but I can't understand what they're saying.
I'll check the video out later. |
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| Aimee |
Yep, that's good fun [even if you can't hear it all]. I bet its great to see. | ||||||
| Fantine |
I have the full recording as well. I tried googling the lyrics for you, but I couldn't find them. | ||||||
| Lazarus (Adam G) |
I do like the ludicriously high note at the end of the "Bring Him Home" parody. What is that? A High D above Top G?! 
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| Fantine |
It must be fake though.... right...?
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| Etoile |
Okay thanks! I'll probably end up buying the entire cd if only for the Les Mis parodies. |
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| Lazarus (Adam G) |
No, it's possible to do that. But it's easier for women.
Many tenors can hit those notes. When Colm Wilkinson "rips" at the end of his higher notes, he hits a High-C above Top G. I can get up there into that range, too, but you have to use head voice/falsetto. |
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| musicalsrokmysox |
lyrics of do you hear the people singi don't think you can find the lyrics on line, but i think i heard at least most of them right, the ones in italic are the ones i'm not sure about:do you hear the people sing? singing the hit song from les mis. it is the best show of a classic since they modernized the wiz, better learn the songs by heart and if you don't they'll call you dumb, they'll be atop the record charts when the british come. no more gershwin no more curn we don't need old shows anymore, we'll set ablaze and burn most every stephen sondheim score. come join with the few who have started a musical war. do you hear the people sing? all of the new songs from les mis, even the great andrew lloyd weber wished the songs were really his. you'll be ticketed and pinched if a la cage song you should hum. poor jerry herman will be litched when the british come. do you hear the people sing all of the new songs from les mis? now with our new french revolution we'll decapitate the biz, now les mis is here to stay, miss saigon will leave you numb, phantom will haunt the great white way when the british come. ahhhhhh, ahhhhhh, ahhhhhhh, the british come, for britain and broadway! |
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| The Very Angry Woman |
Re: lyrics of do you hear the people sing
That's funny, because I swear I posted a link earlier in this thread. |
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| convict24601 |
It dounded Falsetto-ish (Is that even a word?) but it is definately NOT impossible to hit. With proper training men can hit female high notes in full voice (head voice) with ease. I have yet to find this ability in my training, but my voice is still developing so I'm not expecting much. |
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| Jordan |
Re: lyrics of do you hear the people sing
Hun, your link didn't include all the lyrics 
Probably lynched. |
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| musicalsrokmysox |
lyrics on lineyeah, you did, but it only had some of the words, not the entire song |
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| Jordan |
Re: lyrics on line
It took you an hour between posts to say the same thing that I posted? Have you even met/encountered TVAW before?
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| The Very Angry Woman |
Re: lyrics on line
That could be a problem. |
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| Jordan |
Re: lyrics on line
Let's not let this get ugly... The Les Mis board works best when the revolve isn't caked with blood
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| Orestes Fasting |
The ones posted at the link are inaccurate anyway. Here's the whole thing, as far as I can discern it:
What show takes you up in the air When you come to call? It's Broadway's big love affair But not really Broadway's at all But I saw it and I didn't mind Compare it to other shows and you'll find Just like the poster says, God knows, It's less miserable than other shows You'll try get in To watch the people spin Ooh l� l� l� Les Mis�rables Javert gets sunk And Eponine goes punk Ooh l� l� l� Les Mis�rables Valjean gets caught And everyone gets shot Ooh l� l� l� It's not Hedda Gabler It's hot, it's chic C'est tr�s, tr�s magnifique Les Mis�rables At the end of the play we're another year older And we're often exhausted from playing the poor Randy Graff fell in the band, and the turntable's making us dizzy Trevor Nunn yells a command, and it's throwing us all in a tizzy And there's gonna be hell to pay At the end of the play At the end of the play see the audience smoulder Sitting flat on their butts for three hours or more They can't wait to get back home and to read the libretto in bed To decipher whatever went on--and what we said Better read your synopsis At the end of the play There was a time when shows were fun And they used bright lighting And the shows weren't so long And the songs weren't so biting There was a time Then it all went wrong I dreamed a show in days gone by Where all the scenery looked so pretty I didn't sing one song then die And all my costumes weren't so gritty I did a tapdance and I smiled And pathos wasn't overstated My lips were red, my hair was styled I didn't act so constipated But now that misery's in style It's artistic if you suffer So they tore my dress apart And the chorus girls walk lame I dreamed a show in days gone by Neil Diamond didn't sing my hit song A pretty girl they'd glorify And Act One wasn't so damn long Come watch us grovel in the dirt Then buy a souvenir and don it Rich folks pay twenty bucks a shirt That has a staving pauper on it I dreamed a show in days gone by Where all the sets weren't piles of rubble I didn't have to belt high E And be as miserable as me God it's high This song's too high Pity me Change the key Bring it down Bring it down It's too high It's too high Much too high If I seem to be grief-stricken When this song goes on and on Empty songs with empty lyrics All about the dead and gone Oh no, �tienne, you're simply a confused and worried child. Let me explain the plot of the show to you so you can understand the way it's styled: Jean Valjean is a convict who's being chased by the policeman Javert, who doesn't know that he's now a mayor and has adopted Cosette, the little waif daughter of Fantine, who dies in Act One--and that's why Jean Valjean must run! (Ah, yes.) Then he becomes involved in a French Revolution--but not the big famous one, a little later one you thought you didn't know anything about--where Jean Valjean watches everyone get caught, except for (Marius!) Yes! Marius! Who loves Cosette instead of Eponine, who joins the revolutionaries and runs up the barricade where she gets... (Pregnant?) ...shot. After she sings a long ballad very much like Jean Valjean, who dies peacefully knowing that he has driven Javert to jump off a bridge and has significantly changed France by being an all-around nice guy--and c'est fini, our story's done! How did you like that? (Zzzzz.) Do you hear the people sing Singing the hit songs from Les Mis? It is the best show of a classic Since they modernized The Wiz! Better learn the songs by heart And if you don't they'll call you dumb They'll be atop the record chart When the British come! No more Gershwin, no more Kern We don't need old shows anymore We will set ablaze and burn Most every Stephen Sondheim score Come join with the few who have started a musical war! Do you hear the people sing All of the new songs from Les Mis? Even the great Andrew Lloyd Webber Wished the songs were really his! You'll be ticketed and pinched If a La Cage song you should hum Poor Jerry Herman will be lynched When the British come! Do you hear the people sing All of the new songs from Les Mis? Now with our new French Revolution We'll decapitate the biz! Now Les Mis is here to stay Miss Saigon will leave you numb Phantom will haunt the Great White Way When the British come! For Britain, Broadway! |
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| Etoile |
Thanks for posting the lyrics!
HAH! That's exactly what happened to me...funny. |
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| musicalsrokmysox |
haha, you don't speak french do you? the l� l� l� that you wrote means there, there, there, i'm pretty sure it's just supposed to be la la la, as in a happy little song kindda way, correct me if i'm wrong... | ||||||
| musicalsrokmysox |
btw, gayboy, i resent that comment that my posts repeat others, when i posted my thing i don't remember seeing yours, it must've not loaded for some odd reason | ||||||
| Fantine |
Actually, "Oh la la" is a famous French expression. |
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| Orestes Fasting |
Haha, you're not familiar with French idioms, are you? |
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| The Very Angry Woman |
It's called clearing your cache. |
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| Jordan |
You and I really must get married at some point. 
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| Orestes Fasting |
By the way, does anyone know what the line right before "It's hot, it's chic" is? It's the only one where I can't make out what the bloody hell she's saying. | ||||||
| The Very Angry Woman |
"It's not Hedda Gabler."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedda_Gabler |
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| Orestes Fasting |
Thank you. *trots off to edit* |