"Forbidden Broadway" lyrics question

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 9:21pm

Does anybody know a website where I can find lyrics from "Forbidden Broadway". I am specifically looking for:

Defying Chenoweth
Sondheim's Blues
I Get A Kick Out Of Me

Thanks

[mominator]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 9:27pm

Defying Chenoweth should be on the new CD

[Corine2]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 9:29pm

The new cd will be out in May.
Updated On: 3/3/05 at 09:29 PM

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 9:31pm

Thanks.

[Corine2]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 9:32pm

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 9:36pm

"I've got those everybody loves me but nobody will produce me blues/Those isn't he a genius but don't give him any money feelings..."

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 9:45pm

You're lucky, MEF -- I don't do this for just anyone, y'know.

Here are the lyrics to I Get a Kick Out of Me, transcribed by me:

My story is much too sad to be told
I've played nearly everything, and I'm not very old
The only exception I know is the case
When I'm acting for bourgeoisee(sp?)
Fighting vainly the old ennui
And I suddenly turn and see--
My FABULOUS face!

I get no kick in a show
A Broadway song doesn't thrill me for long
Evita was no happy spree
But I get a kick out of me

Some snort cocaine when they're low
I need no sniff
'Cuz I think 'What's the diff?"
I'm already terrific to see
And I get a kick out of me

I get a kick when I snarl and sneer
And people cheer a-for me
I get a kick though my voice is shrill
'Cuz Frank Rich will still a-dore me

I got no kick in Les Miz
Dying for art
In the part
Of a tart
Broke my heart
At the smart RSC (definitely not the lyrics -- I can't understand what she's singing there)
But I get a kick out of me

I get a kick when I fire my
Machine gun-like vibrato
I get a kick when the lyrics crushed
Into my rushed obligato
I get no kick on a stage
Flashing some guy with my stubby (...something thigh something)
And why I am in this debris

Yes, I get a kick out of me!

Sorry for the mistakes. :)

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 9:48pm

Thanks a million, Gov.

You wouldn't happen to have the full lyrics to "Sondheim's Blues", would you?

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 9:50pm

I've never heard it, but those two lyrics you just quoted make me want to find a recording of it. Fast.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 9:57pm

It's on "Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odessey (sp?)".

[Corine2]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 10:09pm

Buy the cd.
If i gave you the words Gerard would kill me.
WWW.FORBIDDENBROADWAY.COM

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 10:15pm

I have all the CDs. I just don't feel like looking for them.

[JHartnow]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 1:24pm

I saw SVU two weeks ago...and it was hilarious. The highlight for me was seeing Carol Channing during the Tony's spoof!

Defying Chenoweth turns into Defying Subtlety. I can't remember the lyrics off hand, but it starts off with Idina and Kristin (in full WICKED costume) before the Tony's are announced. Kristin tells Idina that it's okay if she doesn't win...she already has a Tony. Idina wins, and that leads into Defying Chenoweth. It was hilarious...the crate, the fan...and a perfect way to end Act I!

[musicaldude57]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 3:58pm

I'll type up the lyrics to "Sondheim's Blues". Just give me a few minutes.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 4:02pm

*hugs musicaldude57*

You are officially my favorite board member.

[Swiftynifty15]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 4:02pm

my signiture thing has some of the lyrics from it. Updated On: 3/4/05 at 04:02 PM

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 4:03pm

Thanks, Swifty. I actually got the lyrics to "Defying Chenoweth" last night, so we can call off the search.

[musicaldude57]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 4:15pm

Here you go:

Sondheim's Blues

Hello folks, it’s me, Stephen Sondheim
Don’t go folks, I won’t be a pain
No, no folks you still get a fond rhyme
It’s just I got a problem that I want to explain

See, I’m under-produced of late
Very ignored
Theatrical budgets are lean
I get my respect, I get my award
But as you suspect
You know what I mean?

I’ve got those
“Everybody loves me,
But nobody will produce me” blues
That “Isn’t he a genius,
But don’t give him any money” feeling
That “Isn’t he a work of art,
But not fun enough”
“He’s okay for elitist, but not populist” stuff
Those “Don’t put on my albums
When you want some dinner music” feeling
Those “I’ve won a lot of Tony’s but
My shows don’t show a profit” blues

Did ya hear the one about Glenn Close?
You’re gonna love this!
She says she’ll do Night Music
“Revival!” she says,
Isn’t that a thrill!
“Send in the Clowns”
But then she gets an offer much better
She says, “Cruella Deville”
“Ya ha ha ha!”
The Dodgers say they’ll back me
“We’ll do it,” they say
“If you get Bernadette”
(to himself) Wow! A job!

But Bernadette is busy
“Forever,” she says
“I’m tired of being your pet.”
(He pulls a rubber chicken out of his pants)
Say it isn’t so, Bernadette!

I just flew in from a workshop of Wise Guys and are my rhymes tired. What do you get when you cross a TV mini-series with a pretentious you British director? The new cast of Follies. Take Hal Prince… please! (He bangs the rubber chicken into the microphone.) Say, is this chicken on?

I’ve got those
“Everybody loves me,
But nobody will produce me” blues
Blah! Blah! Blues!
That “Don’t put on Assassins if you plan on
Disco dancing” feeling.

That “Will you write a song for me
Like ‘Losing My Mind’”
If you want a star like me
Then kiss my behind
Those “Actors love my lyrics but they hate to
Memorize them” feeling

Those “Write for me I need you
Sondheim is prestigious”
As Julie Andrews told me once,
“You’re brilliant but egregious.”
I’ve sunk so love I’m writing songs for
Kathy Lee and Regis
Those “God, that’s good!”
“But, too weird.”
“What was that?”
“What a genius!”
Everybody love my writing
But the Weisslers find it biting
Good-bad-start-stop-rich-bloke-hit-flop
“Ev’rybody loves me
But nobody will produce me” blues!

[musicaldude57]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 4:15pm

Here you go:

Sondheim's Blues

Hello folks, it’s me, Stephen Sondheim
Don’t go folks, I won’t be a pain
No, no folks you still get a fond rhyme
It’s just I got a problem that I want to explain

See, I’m under-produced of late
Very ignored
Theatrical budgets are lean
I get my respect, I get my award
But as you suspect
You know what I mean?

I’ve got those
“Everybody loves me,
But nobody will produce me” blues
That “Isn’t he a genius,
But don’t give him any money” feeling
That “Isn’t he a work of art,
But not fun enough”
“He’s okay for elitist, but not populist” stuff
Those “Don’t put on my albums
When you want some dinner music” feeling
Those “I’ve won a lot of Tony’s but
My shows don’t show a profit” blues

Did ya hear the one about Glenn Close?
You’re gonna love this!
She says she’ll do Night Music
“Revival!” she says,
Isn’t that a thrill!
“Send in the Clowns”
But then she gets an offer much better
She says, “Cruella Deville”
“Ya ha ha ha!”
The Dodgers say they’ll back me
“We’ll do it,” they say
“If you get Bernadette”
(to himself) Wow! A job!

But Bernadette is busy
“Forever,” she says
“I’m tired of being your pet.”
(He pulls a rubber chicken out of his pants)
Say it isn’t so, Bernadette!

I just flew in from a workshop of Wise Guys and are my rhymes tired. What do you get when you cross a TV mini-series with a pretentious young British director? The new cast of Follies. Take Hal Prince… please! (He bangs the rubber chicken into the microphone.) Say, is this chicken on?

I’ve got those
“Everybody loves me,
But nobody will produce me” blues
Blah! Blah! Blues!
That “Don’t put on Assassins if you plan on
Disco dancing” feeling.

That “Will you write a song for me
Like ‘Losing My Mind’”
If you want a star like me
Then kiss my behind
Those “Actors love my lyrics but they hate to
Memorize them” feeling

Those “Write for me I need you
Sondheim is prestigious”
As Julie Andrews told me once,
“You’re brilliant but egregious.”
I’ve sunk so love I’m writing songs for
Kathy Lee and Regis
Those “God, that’s good!”
“But, too weird.”
“What was that?”
“What a genius!”
Everybody love my writing
But the Weisslers find it biting
Good-bad-start-stop-rich-bloke-hit-flop
“Ev’rybody loves me
But nobody will produce me” blues!

Updated On: 3/4/05 at 04:15 PM

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 4:25pm

[gravity87]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 4:37pm

anyone still care to post defying chenoweth?