I Just Wanna *bleep* Dance!

[NYadgal]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 12:19am

An oldie but a goodie!
Broadway version

[NYadgal]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 12:20am

And here's the version with Movie clips

[NYadgal]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 12:32am

Don't you just want to dance around the room now?

We need more dancing here.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 6:18am

Kudos to whoever edited the version with all the movie clips! Makes me wish I lived in a world where dancing in unison was the norm. The world would be a much better place.

...and kudos to you Addy for sharing and spreading the joy!

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 6:21am

~when the night falls / my loneliness calls~

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 6:49am

Can any one name them all if they started for the first one?

Chicago

[NYadgal]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 7:32am

That would be a great list to put together. When I first came across these videos, a few years ago, someone posted the order of shows/films in the clips in the YouTube comments. Unfortunately, that link no longer seems to exist.

I'll bet we're up to the task!

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 7:33am

@roscoe (au): Are you talking about the movie clip version of the song? If so, then wouldn't the first one be The Sound of Music?

[NYadgal]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 7:36am

I think he is talking about the Broadway clip video.

(And, as I recall, many of the clips were from Tony or other performances of the shows, instead of a film clip of the actual show).

Updated On: 1/14/14 at 07:36 AM

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 7:45am

Oh okay. My mistake. I didn't get to see that one yet. Thanks. I'll give it a spin.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 10:25am

Alison Jiear is a f***ing genius. I cant remember someone who gave me chills like that the first time I heard them.

Her track from the opera is probably the most listed to on my ipod.

Thanks for posting!

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 10:35am

@doodle: I downloaded the song after seeing the video. It was the theme song to my morning commute and made it that much more bearable.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 11:12am

The original sweet/sad/joyous version by Alison, for which she won the Olivier Award:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW8gQjNkBcY

[Addison D.]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 11:42am

Did Alison Jiear perform on the 'Being Julia' soundtrack? I'm almost certain it's the same name.

If so, her 'Smoke Gets in your Eyes' from that film just slayed me. I bought her then-current album, which, if I recall correctly, I had to order from a small-ish UK distributor. Well worth the effort; it was/is excellent.

She has since fallen off my radar--I will have to fire up the Google and the iTunes and get caught up.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 12:01pm

Yes, Addison, that's her!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42xD72trJ_s

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 8:41pm

I still wish this show(Jerry Springer: The Opera) would come over to the US in some way(tour, off-Broadway, Broadway).

[NYadgal]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 9:07pm

doodle, I've been looking for the version from the Opera. Thank you!!

Brilliant performance.

[somethingbypuccini 2]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 10:49pm

I love her performance in Jerry Springer so much. Beautiful acting, and that voice.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 11:00pm

This was the "song of the summer" a few years ago when we were in Provincetown. The beloved DJ Maryalice who still plays the late-afternoon/early-evening tea dance, on the harbor as the sun sets, would play the extended version at least once an evening. And everyone would crowd onto the dance floor--gay men, lesbians, straight couples--and throw their hands up in the air and sing along, especially the mock-self-pitying "Things are going bad for me. / I am feeling sad for me" and "I'm tired of laughing and I'm tired of crying, / I'm tired of failing and I'm tired of all this trying," as it sailed slowly into the jubilant "I...just...wanna...F*CK...ing...dance!"

[NYadgal]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 11:49pm

I love that.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/15/14 at 7:58am

It was therapeutic.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 1/15/14 at 1:25pm

This song is SO good, on SO many levels!


It's like a 7 layer dip, or a trifle!

[Scripps2]

Posted: 1/15/14 at 1:53pm

I had no idea there was a Broadway version of this - thank you for sharing.

Alison does a riveting and unforgettable version of Another Hundred People as well; I don't know if she's ever recorded it, I've only heard her sing it live.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/16/14 at 10:35am

It wasn't Broadway, it was the West End. The show never came over to the US.

[Scripps2]

Posted: 1/16/14 at 2:36pm

I was referring to the dance video linked at the top of thread rather than "Jerry Spring The Opera" itself.