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| ErikProuvaire |
Ten Little BulletsCould anyone provide me with a link to an mp3 of Gavroche's new song, "Ten Little Bullets"? |
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| The Very Angry Woman |
Is YouTube good enough?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rXyLTORGa2I |
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| kitty17794 |
I saw that last night...I prefer the "Little People" original version to this... 
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| Jordan |
Yikes. I work with a guy called Jacob Levine. Sorry, totally O/T. |
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| The Very Angry Woman |
I totally don't, but it seems like you're not alone. |
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| Aimee |
I really like this new bit [or is it an original bit from way back put in?] its what he sings in the book so I think thats fab.
However I hate the way the kid does it. I wont criticise too much before I know what production this is. It's not the actual revival is it? because if it is I'm shocked at his performance. |
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| Lara |
Actually, he doesn't sing Ten Little Bullets in the book. In the book he sings original poetry by Hugo which I guess you could call "La Faute a Voltaire". If you want to hear it sung, get the Original French Concept album. | ||
| Orestes Fasting |
It is the revival. |
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| Quique |
Yeah, unfortunately, his performance of the song = buttmunch. | ||
| Orestes Fasting |
And in conjunction with Drewjolras. Yeeergh. | ||
| Quique |
Drewjolras. lol.
Not too fond of him either. Aaron on the other hand... 
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| Orestes Fasting |
Oh, Aaron is fabulous. I can't believe there were people who wanted Drew to take over full-time when Aaron was injured. | ||
| The Very Angry Woman |
The Drewbies are only on par with Jekkies and Pimpies when it comes to blind loyalty. (I like Drew and all, but there's no way he'd be a fan-favorite-Enjolras, even if management appears to be fond of him.) |
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| Orestes Fasting |
Oh, I like him too. As Grantaire. As Enjolras he's really not my cup of tea. | ||
| The Very Angry Woman |
I liked his Enjolras a little more when I had only heard him, not seen him. (I didn't realize it was possible to gesture with your forehead.) But I don't think he's neccessarily doing anything management can't tell him to stop doing, if they want him to take over.
Then again, I could be biased because I really, honestly, thought he was fantastic in Lestat. (Inversely proportional to the quality of the show itself.) |
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| olly |
Hmm... I wasn't too keen on the quality of Gavroche's singing. | ||
| Quique |
I think his singing is OK. It's his acting I didn't like. Too wooden. | ||
| Lazarus (Adam G) |
I like Ten Little Bullets better. It's dark, and it fits the tone of the show. I still hate Garvoche, though.
Sarich is decent as Enjolras, but he's not in my top ten. He was great in JCS, and was the best in Lestat, but Les Miz really isn't his show. |
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| LesMisForever |
The lyrics are somewhere in the book, i think. So, from this perespective it is faithful, but they seem to be out of context here.
Bishops and clergies (Or shall we say the religious institution) most of the time sided with governments (unless they were fighting their own causes) and in many cases they added some kind of "divine" auras to kings, or came up with some religious dictions against revolutions. And i am not talking about the Christian religious institution only here. But, in the musical, the Bishop is highly sympathetic character, and the key to Valjean's transformation, so singing about giving the bishops a bullet is rather strange, and out of place. |
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| Orestes Fasting |
Though if you look at the book, the Bishop of Digne represents deeply-held, personal religion rather than the Church or any other sort of institutional/organized religion. Ten Little Bullets isn't really that out of place in taking aim at various social institutions.
The lyrics were not in the book--they were written by James Fenton--but any attempt to stick Gavroche's songs from the book into the musical would have required explaining why Gavroche had such a bee in his bonnet about the bourgeoisie instead of the faceless Leaders Of The Land. |
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| LesMisForever |
I totally agree with you. I didn't mean anything different, and it is my fault, i guess, if that didn't came across. I jsut want to stress your last observation. You need to have prior knowledge of the story, or history, for those lyrics to make sense. But, if you are someone who hasn't got a clue about history (and there are plenty of those ..no offence meant here  ) you will find them little bit out of place, since the figure of the Bishop you have met in the musical is that of a great person.
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| Eponine93 |
I just think this new song is kind of anti-climatic. Is he only shot once in this? I couldn't quite tell with his acting.
When I saw this clip, I wanted to stand up and yell: "Shoot him again!" Which sounds harsh, but it's true. Gavroche can't only be shot once. It's way too anti-climatic. |
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| Lazarus (Adam G) |
I always yell that. |
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| Orestes Fasting |
Really? I thought he got shot too many times. When I saw it before the revival, the first shot was always a near miss, the second one wounded him, and the third one killed him. Now it seems like he gets hit on the first shot. Or does he? Can't tell with his acting. |
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| Eponine93 |
Exactly, that's my problem. I think he only gets shot once, but I can't tell if he's being shot or not. The other ones are just misses, I think, but I really can't tell.
I think the fact he gets shot more than once gives you time to react, somewhere along the lines of "They didn't just shoot the little kid, did they? And...ow... again... did he just die? Did they just kill the little kid?" It makes you realize just how horrible the French army is. When he only gets shot once, it can look like it was an accidental bullet that hit him rather than an actual attempt to kill a little kid. That's just my preference though. I think the fact he only gets shot once really anti-climatic. |
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| Lazarus (Adam G) |
Do you really think an young kid like Garvoche could sustain that many bullets without collapsing? | ||
| Colle |
I got to see the video with "Ten Little Bullets" on it. Since I do have some knowledge of French history, I got the lyrics. I am not sure yet if I like "Ten Little Bullets" or "Little People" better, I have to give it more thought. | ||
| Eponine93 |
Ok, he does get shot more than once. I saw the other kid, and he gets shot three times (I think.) Some lady sitting nearing us was having a panic attack every time he got shot, it was so hard not to laugh. Now that I've seen the whole revival, I actually think "Ten Little Bullets" was a better choice. It's a good song.
The only problem is I have sentimental value associated with "Little People" and now it's pretty much gone from the show. |
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| gavvie86 |
bonjour all. im new to this forum (but not to the show). i was a regular back at the old lesmis.com forum, le cafe, that seems to be no longer with us. though i wonder if there is no way to encourange them into reinstating it. regardless. i believe he is meant to get shot twice in the musical with the first shot you hear being a near miss (they used to have it more obvious taht this one startled him. in the novel at least five specific bullets nearly miss the gamin before he is killed. he is shot once, sings one more verse and then is shot a second time killing him. and since in the musical they make no point of where in particular the bullet hits him so if it just hit a limb he would sure be able to survive till the second shot silences him. and as for the song itself i quite like it. i was written befoer the show initally ran, the first time but was never used. so im glad to see it finally take its place in the show. plus its a more defiant and mocking song to the guard then little people was (as much as i love little people) which goes more in line with his personality in the book. less fear more youthful bravery and defiance. merci mes amis. and i hope to enjoy this forum a lot. anyone else old "le cafe"ers? |