Yeah, I hate it when people Yoda-ize their sentence structure. It's like saying, "I don't think I could live/If me a pony you didn't give." And I hate when Amber says, "These steps are perfect ammunition," (What does that even mean?) and a host of other lines from that song.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Legally Blonde... just... no. and of course Zanna, Don't!- It looks like love and it sounds like love and it seems like love and it feels like love and it walks like love and it talks like love and it runs like love and it skips like love and it hurts like love dissappoints like love dissappears like love reappears like love and it shouts like love and it seems like love so guess what my friend I think. I think I got love.
Oh, I rather like that line... because the way she sings it so tenderly is hilarious, especially in front of Warner's posh friends.
However, I hate the part that goes, "I'll be there on Monday nine o'clock, and we will see who wants a walk." (I assume those are the words? They just don't make sense.)
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Schmerg, regarding David Zippel, you're absolutely right. His lyrics are incredibly witty and clever in City of Angels, a score where the puns in the lyrics are as fast and impressive as the vocalese-style melodies.
I love the show. And hey, I kind of even love the song. But really:
Good morning starshine The earth says hello You twinkle above us We twinkle below
Good morning starshine You lead us along My love and me as we sing Our early morning singing song
Gliddy glub gloopy Nibby nabby noopy La la la lo lo Sabba sibby sabba Nooby abba nabba Le le lo lo Tooby ooby walla Nooby abba naba Early morning singing song
Singing a song Humming a song Singing a song Loving a song Laughing a song Singing a song Sing the song Song song song sing Sing sing sing sing song
The ones who thought I'd fall WHO SHOWED ME HOW TO FAIL!!!!!!!!!! Who helped me to prevail
Makes no sense. Who showed her how to fail? Those stupid sorority sluts did, so why the hell would she be thanking them? She should thank Emmett for showing her NOT to fail, but that sounds weird. It makes NOOOOOO sense whatsoever. One of the most atrocious lyrics that Broadway has ever seen.
Uh, I don't know about you, but when I'm feeling down, I like to take whatever little comforts I can find. If the only comfort I have is "at least I have my health", "at least I'm not stupid", "at least I'm not THAT person who I don't think very much of", then it may be small, but I'll still seize hold of it with both hands.
Sometimes it's perfectly possible to attribute your successes to people who didn't help you in any real way. Have you never had someone say "you're a failure, you'll never succeed at [task]", causing you to reply "well I'll show YOU, skipper!" and go right ahead and succeed anyway?
It shows a generosity of spirit and an awareness of self and others to be grateful to some "stupid sorority sluts" for helping her succeed, even though all they really did was demonstrate what failure would be like.
That's a great interpretation, Weez... I never thought about it that way. I always just assumed Elle was being sarcastic! You're right, your version makes a lot more sense in context.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
"However, I hate the part that goes, "I'll be there on Monday nine o'clock, and we will see who wants a walk." (I assume those are the words? They just don't make sense.) "
I had assumed the line was "and we will see who walks the walk". As in, talk the talk, walk the walk.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Yeah, someone told me that a few posts later... and I was deeply ashamed. I always seem to be doing this; Joe Biden is pretty gaffe-free compared to me.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Bumping this back to life with some lyrics from "Side Show." I just discovered this show, and while I love the cast and several of the songs... the lyrocs just make me a bit sick.
In "Come Look At The Freaks:" Come see our elegant geek Refined but deadly Chicken necks delight his incisors Their heads decorate the mud His favorite cocktail drink? It's warm chicken blood!
Ew.
In "More Than We Bargained For"
"I thought they were performers In a sad, bleak show But here I am I fit right in Into a freak show"
And
I think Violet's sweet on me Sweet's very hard to ignore Daisy mentions you with glee I think we're getting more Than we bargained for
In "Feelings You Have Got To Hide:"
Why do you feel that way? Feelings aren't for display Let's announce love today
And enough rhyming 'bride' with 'hide' and 'guy' with every single word that rhymes with it!
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Is this exclusive to lyrics? If not... I HATE in Wicked:
After Fiyero rolls on stage in response to "you're sleeping", when he says "Of course, it's daytime." It's so awkward. Nobody laughs. Is that really the best they could come up with?
And whomever said from RENT "It's a candy bar wrapper", agreed. Also an awkward line. Updated On: 1/10/09 at 08:09 PM
'Nessa, uh, Nessa, I've got something to confess-a reason why'
would flow a lot better if there was a bigger pause, so it clearly wasn't 'confessa', just 'confess....a reason why'.
I don't really get 'sooner buy Defying Gravity'.
However, I really like 'there are bridges you crossed you didn't know you crossed until you crossed' as a line. Some people obviously don't get what they mean of not being aware of something before it's too late and it's happened, but I think it's quite clever.
One of the few times in Wicked when the 'trying too hard to be creative' lyrics pay off.