Hairspray's dick lyrics! How un-Linda Blair-esque!
Hairspray's dick lyrics! How un-Linda Blair-esque!
#0Hairspray's dick lyrics! How un-Linda Blair-esque!
Posted: 7/3/04 at 3:58pm
Mr. Marc, I do not understand one line of IT TAKES TWO from HAIRSPRAY, and it bothers me.
Lancelot had Guenevere,
Mrs. Claus has old Saint Nick,
Romeo had Juliet
and Liz, well, she has her dick.
the LIZ line confuses me!!
Marcmylove, who is said dickful Liz? and why exactly is she dickful?
Aghhhhh....
-d.b.j-
Vary My Days.
Updated On: 7/6/04 at 03:58 PM
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#1re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/3/04 at 3:59pmWhy, I do believe that it refers to Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard "Dick" Burton!
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Updated On: 7/3/04 at 03:59 PM
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#2re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/3/04 at 4:00pmYes.. it refers to Liz Taylor.
#3re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/3/04 at 4:02pm
oh.
damn. i guess i am just stupid.
sorry.
-d.b.j-
Vary My Days.
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#4re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/3/04 at 4:03pmDon't apologize.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#5re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/3/04 at 4:21pmSometimes, it sounds like he is saying "and Liz, well, she had a dick."
CCM '10!
#6re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/3/04 at 4:22pmhahha i never got that line too. In my own demented mind i though it was talking about something else.
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
CurtainUp
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/9/04
#7re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/3/04 at 5:08pmya, definite double entendre (sp?)
Rosencrantz: "Be happy - if you're not even HAPPY what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on."
- from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
#8re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/3/04 at 5:14pmI thought it ment Liz was a man...
Broadway Matt
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/17/03
#9re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/3/04 at 5:16pmmaybe it's best left undefined so each person can have their own interpretation. it is what you make it.
"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers
#10re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/3/04 at 5:21pm
OK, I feel really ancient now.
Liz & Dick!!! Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton!!
Good God, I'm old!!!
But gee, when I was a kid, I heard of Fred & Ginger even though they were before my time!
anyway students, Liz & Dick were the original "Benifer", meaning only that they were THE show biz couple who couldn't make a MOVE without it being in every paper. And they were both married (to other people) when they met.
I am gonna go change my Depends now...
Updated On: 7/3/04 at 05:21 PM
#11re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/3/04 at 5:49pm
i am sorry....do you still love me, my wonderful Tevye/Marc?
Or can I be Tevye?
-d.b.j-
Vary My Days.
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#12re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/3/04 at 5:53pmha ha ha ha ha. Poor Marc. I am a wee-thing in my early 20s and I Knew who they were. It is more a problem of people not earning their "gay card"... not age.
#13re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/3/04 at 5:58pm
Hey, I have my Gay Card. 
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#14re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/3/04 at 6:00pmBut did you earn it through hard work and passing yoru gay history and fashion exams or did you simply sleep with the right people and skip the actual card-earning process???
#15re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/3/04 at 6:01pm
Hmmm... I'm gonna go with the second one...
#16re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/4/04 at 12:18am
Marc, there's no reason to feel ancient! I was 15 when I first saw Hairspray and I knew that it was reference to Taylor and Burton.
I personally like when lyrics have references like that, because it makes me feel smart when I understand them! I got to harass my sister AND mom who didn't get the reference, but then they didn't get a lot of things.
Bottom line: Don't feel ancient Marc, just pity those who don't get it. 
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#17re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/4/04 at 12:36am
Marc, you're not ancient
they are uncultured
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#18re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/4/04 at 1:09amWOW! AREN'T YOU GUYS SPECIAL? YOU KNOW WHAT HE MEANT!
CCM '10!
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#19re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/4/04 at 1:13amI can make you feel special when it sucks to be you
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#20re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/4/04 at 1:32amI still think Liz has a dick!
CCM '10!
#21re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/4/04 at 2:02am
hey hey heyyyyyy guys...i am cultured...
-d.b.j-
Vary My Days.
beacon1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/04
#22re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/4/04 at 5:48pm
Marc,
You CAN'T be old...because that means I'm old, too! And I will not have that. Not at all! I'm as sharp as I've ever been...
Now...what were we discussing...?
Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?
Patrick Wilson Fans --New "UnOfficial Fan Site". Come check us out!
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#23re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/4/04 at 6:06pm
"I was 15 when I first saw Hairspray ....."
Marc, move over and pass the Geritol, it's almost time for Matlock......
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
[http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/]
"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#24re: Marc Shaiman's lyrics! I have a problem......
Posted: 7/4/04 at 6:09pm
Sure you don't mean Perry Mason, Margo? 
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Videos