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#26

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/20/11 at 11:11pm

It's not the words exactly, but in "A Way Back to Then" from [title of show], I find "Kool-Aid mustache and butterfly wings" very forced and does not flow at all with the music.

#27

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/20/11 at 11:22pm

Most of the lyrics in The Book of Mormon strike me as odd.

There, I said it.

#28

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 12:38am

Don't get me wrong: I love The Book of Mormon as much as everyone else, and Sal Tlay Ka Siti is one of my favorite songs from the show.

But, sadly, unicorns don't fly.

EVEN WORSE, from Baptize Me . . .

Moths flutter, but not in their cocoons. Keeping them from fluttering is kinda the whole point of their confinement.

Why couldn't she just sing, "like a moth from a cocoon?"

:-/

#29

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 1:00am

I think that as a whole Hasa Diga Eebowai is completely vile.

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#30

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 2:34am

Most of his lyrics for Wicked are pretty puzzling and random.
"Nessa I must confessa". Really Schwartz? He does better with lyrics when someone else writes the music.

And I don't think you're supposed to get a warm, fuzzy feeling during "Hasa Diga Eebewoi". It's meant to make you uncomfortable.

The Koolaid line in title of show has always made my skin crawl.

Oh and anything from The Wedding Singer...

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#31

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 2:59am

^ To be fair, the actual lyric is...

"something to confess, a..."

There IS a comma, but it's still a stupid lyric.

#32

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 3:17am

I was surprised when I read that was the actual lyric.....I don't understand why performers don't take a slight pause between "confess"" and "a". (I guess it would be written that way through)

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#33

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 8:47am

The first thing that came to mind was Hasa Diga Eebowai. Don't mean to be inflammatory to fans of the show, because actually I find that this song is stuck in my head a lot, but I cannot believe that a song (and score) like Book of Mormon has become such a tremendous success, because it's so very crude and at times revolting. I hope this isn't the future of Broadway scores...

#34

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 9:14am

When people are criticizing Hasa Diga Eibowei, are they doing so because of the content or because of the actual songwriting? I guess people can be offended (I personally think it's hilarious), but as a piece of songwriting I don't see anything particularly wrong with it.

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#35

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 9:16am

>"If you want my gravy, pepper my Ragu." - Chicago

Damn line gives me monkey nerves, every time!<

The Chicago lyric is "if you want my gravy, pepper my ragoût," meaning the stew, not ragu, the bolognese sauce and definitely not Ragu, capital R, the jarred spaghetti sauce.

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#36

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 9:54am

haha! I did know that Smaxie. I was just being lazy copy/pasting.

>But, sadly, unicorns don't fly.<
to be fair, it isn't the writer claiming that unicorns fly. It's a character relating that their mother believes that unicorns fly. Characters are allowed to sing their own misguided beliefs without it being considered the songwriter's error.

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#37

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 9:56am

Don Black's great lyrics from DRACULA, the musical:
"I wish I had wings, no that's not true. If I had wings how could I help flying straight to you." - Mina, the female lead... what?! so random!

"To trample on a flower, to catch a butterfly and then just tear off its wings. It's worse then all of these things." ("Before the Summer Ends") This is sung by Mina's husband.

#38

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 10:07am

Not disgusting, just an odd lyric "Don't Look At Me" in Follies:

"So just look at us/fat, turning gray/still playing games, acting crazy"

"still playing games acting crazy" just strikes me as odd, because they aren't playing games nor are they acting crazy. They just saw eachother for the first time in 30 years, there wasn't time for game playing or crazy actin'.

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#39

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 10:19am

I think most of the lyrics on the concept album of Love Never Dies are just bad, that being said there are a couple exceptions here and there...

#40

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 11:17am

"So just look at us/fat, turning gray/still playing games, acting crazy"

Surely this is more about party small talk and character self-deception, especially on the part of Sally.

#41

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 11:32am

What jasonf said. I especially love the lines about not telling another culture what to do before living a few days in their shoes.

As for other weirdo lyrics, is Miss Saigon's "if you want to die in bed" actually a saying? And does it mean during sex or being shot in your own bedroom? I may be dense.

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#42

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 11:42am

Lizzie, I've always taken it to mean, die peacefully at home, rather than as the victim of war/crime/political assassination, etc.

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#43

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 11:50am

Going back a page, I'm going to disagree and suggest that Cole Porter knew EXACTLY what he was writing when he wrote "You're The Top". This the same man who invites his lovers to taunt and hurt him, who wrote songs so dirty and lesbianic Ethel Merman flat-out refused to sing them.

Not sure which he identified as, but I'm fairly certain that he and every other gay man in the audience in 1934 (and a few hip straights, I'm sure) got the in-joke.

#44

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 11:53am

I have maggots in my SCROTUM.

Book of Mormon...nuff said.

#45

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 12:01pm

From "With Anne on My Arm":
"We start a conflagration that's cause for alarm."

Who uses the word 'conflagration' over something like 'wild fire' or the like?

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#46

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 12:05pm

because they aren't playing games nor are they acting crazy.

She sings at him for two minutes before she'll let him look at her.

Updated On: 6/21/11 at 12:05 PM

#47

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 12:08pm

Funny, I think "Hasa Digga Ebowai" is the best song in Mormon. And I don't love the show.

#48

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 12:08pm

Hmmm...ok, that explanation makes sense to me!

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#49

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 3:22pm

I'm not criticizing the songwriting; as I stated in my post, I find the song to be catchy! I find if repulsive because it's blasphemous, and while I'm not entirely religious, I know it's highly offensive to many!

#50

Lyrics that strike you as odd or disgust you

Posted: 6/21/11 at 3:46pm

I have no sympathy for anyone who complains about Book of Mormon offensive. It has warning signs, and it is printed on the ticket about the content. There are more things to worry about in life than being offended by a song in a musical.

I agree about the Wicked Lyrics, they are a bit random, but then they kinda work with the show. It wasn't written to be analysed like we all love to.