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Avenue Q Original Broadway Cast Recording Explicit Lyrics
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Track Listings
| 1 | The Avenue Q Theme - Avenue Q Ensemble |
| 2 | What Do You Do with a B.A. in English / It Sucks to Be Me |
| 3 | If You Were Gay - Rick Lyon |
| 4 | Purpose - John Tartaglia |
| 5 | Everyone's a Little Bit Racist |
| 6 | The Internet Is for Porn |
| 7 | Mix Tape |
| 8 | I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today - Jordan Gelber |
| 9 | Special |
| 10 | You Can Be as Loud as the Hell You Want (When You're Makin' Love) |
| 11 | Fantasies Come True |
| 12 | My Girlfriend, Who Lives in Canada - John Tartaglia |
| 13 | There's a Fine, Fine Line |
| 14 | There Is Life Outside Your Apartment - Jordan Gelber |
| 15 | The More You Ruv Someone |
| 16 | Schadenfreude - Rick Lyon |
| 17 | I Wish I Could Go Back to College |
| 18 | The Money Song - Rick Lyon |
| 19 | School for Monsters / The Money Song (Reprise) - Rick Lyon |
| 20 | There's a Fine, Fine Line (Reprise) / What Do You Do with a B.A. in English? (Reprise) |
| 21 | For Now |
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Avenue Q will only fuel the frustration of those who think that Broadway has given up on sophisticated entertainment geared to adults. "Whatever happened to Cole Porter's witty rhymes and mature subject matter?" they'll say. Well, it's hard to deny that Avenue Q's main frame of reference is Sesame Street and that its humor can be very broad--yes, there's profanity and puppet sex. But the show also displays heart ("The More You Ruv Someone" typically begins with "Why can't people get along?") and a pretty satisfying zany streak. Musically, the score is rooted in 1970s pop, with nods to the aforementioned Sesame Street. The excellent cast, dominated by John Tartaglia and Stephanie D'Abruzzo, does it justice, milking the humorous numbers for all they're worth and finding pathos in the more straightforward ones. Not bad for a childish show. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 5.62 x 4.92 x 0.33 inches; 3.84 Ounces
- Manufacturer : Masterworks Broadway
- Item model number : 2194209
- Original Release Date : 2003
- Run time : 1 hour and 1 minute
- Date First Available : December 12, 2006
- Label : Masterworks Broadway
- ASIN : B0000BZK1R
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #64,266 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #695 in Musical Soundtracks & Scores
- #28,810 in Pop (CDs & Vinyl)
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I went to college with one of the composers, and I knew as soon as I read the song titles on this album that I would LOVE this show -- not only because Bobby is such a talented musician, but because the show's sense of humor is very much based on the experiences that our generation had in college and beyond.
In a nutshell, you will LOVE this show if you meet these two basic criteria:
1) You have a genuine fondness for Sesame Street. If you grew up loving the muppets and enjoying the simple truisms and upbeat tunes of Sesame Street songs, then you will appreciate the music and the style of the show. As a 30-year-old parent of a toddler, I have found myself falling in love with Grover and Prairie Dawn and the gang all over again as I watch the show with her and see it through her (delighted!) eyes. We own a 25th anniversary DVD of the best musical numbers from Sesame Street, and I think my husband and I have even more fun watching it than our daughter does, because as adults, we have come to realize that the musicians who write Sesame Street songs are BRILLIANT composers with strong backgrounds in numerous musical genres. The same can be said for the writers of Avenue Q -- sometimes it takes a very complex understanding of music theory and history to write songs that are so truly simple in their catchy melodies and so simply true in their clever lyrics.
If you are NOT a child of the Sesame Street generation, you may feel that the music of Avenue Q is simplistic or annoying and that the messages are trite or immature. But those of us in the know appreciate that this music is genius. (And the cast members' ability to channel Frank Oz and the other talented actors who have provided years of muppet "voices" is truly astounding.)
2) You can appreciate anti-PC "Gen Y" humor. Like South Park and the Simpsons, this type of humor is meant for people who have had political correctness drilled into them for so many years that they've realized it's time to LIGHTEN UP! If you could write a paper on why one should use the term "Asian-American" instead of "Oriental," then you'll probably be highly amused (and a little relieved) by the simple but true observances in "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist." If you spent four years on a liberal campus where homosexuality was not only tolerated and accepted but perhaps even a bit hip and cool, then I bet you'll love hearing "Ernie" try to convince "Bert" that it's okay to be gay. If your women's studies class taught you all about why pornography is degrading to women, you'll likely laugh to hear an exasperated Kate Monster try to dismiss the notion that for most men (and plenty of women!) the Internet is, at least in large part, for porn. And anyone who has been ashamed to admit that they sometimes long for the safety, camaraderie and freedom of college life will instantly identify with a song about just such a sentiment.
Those who should skip Avenue Q include 1) people who think that a show is only worth listening to if the chords and rhythms are as complex as Sondheim, and 2) anyone who hasn't at one time considered Jim Henson a minor deity. (Don't get me wrong -- Sondheim is, of course, also a god -- but I think there is a place on Broadway for music that is less overtly cerebral and more hummable.)
SUMMARY: Politically enlightened, college-educated children of the 70s and early 80s who know the lyrics to the "Rubber Duckie" song and remember life before Elmo and political correctness will most likely adore Avenue Q. Everyone else should probably skip it.
The musical, in case you missed it, is essentially Sesame Street aimed at Generation X- the twenty-somethings and thirty-somethings of the big city, out of college and frustrated as hell that life STILL doesn't make sense. A mixture of Henson-like puppetry and live actors, and characters that charm, embarrass, and amuse the listener.
The music... WOW. The orchestration is right out of the 70s and early 80s. If it weren't for the words (which don't carry nearly as much swearing as the EXPLICIT LYRICS warning might have you believe, though it is there), you could EASILY imagine the tunes being used on Sesame Street back in the days before it became the Elmo Show.
Speaking of, there are two songs on this record which are dead-on PERFECT pastiches of Sesame Street education through song. Rod and Nicky- the show's Bert and Ernie equivalents- have a tour de force when Nicky reassures Rod that he'd still be his friend "IF YOU WERE GAY", much to Rod's consternation. Not long after, teacher's aide Kate Monster has her first solo lesson on the Internet ruined by the reclusive Trekkie Monster, who insists that THE INTERNET IS FOR PORN. Either song, by itself, is worth the rest of the album.
Even without the spoken dialogue of the musical (and you can tell a lot's been left out, even without reading the liner notes), you quickly develop a rapport with the characters. Princeton's the liberal-arts major just out of college who thinks that, despite his useless B.A. IN ENGLISH, he'll change the world. Kate wants to open a school for monsters. Christmas Eve, possibly the most overplayed Japanese woman ever, is JUST A LITTLE BIT RACIST just like the other characters. And the building's super is Gary Coleman, who has a word or three to sing about SCHADENFREUDE, joy at the misery of others.
Best of all, although the characters are obviously stuck in dead-end ruts, and IT SUCKS TO BE them, they still have the same hope and essential optimism that flavors Henson's works. They talk about relationships, infidelity, and sex, including a full-cast showstopper that claims YOU CAN BE AS LOUD AS THE HELL YOU WANT (When You're Making Love). They also sing about love, tolerance, helping others (and helping yourself). Even in the essential transience of time (the final song, FOR NOW, reprises the Avenue Q theme and IT SUCKS TO BE YOU with different lyrics), the characters find hope and reaffirmation. Life is cruel, hard, and it sucks, and people make mistakes, but nothing bad lasts forever, so focus on the good things when they come.
Most musicals have pointless songs with forgettable contrived lyrics. Not so Avenue Q, whose songs touch the heart and mug the funny bone. Of course, the content is aimed at today's American culture, so even this excellence is only FOR NOW... so grab it while you can.
And hope like hell for an Avenue Q road show.
My favorite songs in the show are: It Sucks to Be Me (which I wish was a separate track from What Do You Do With a BA in English, but it's not. Ah, well.), If You Were Gay, Purpose, Everyone's A Little Bit Racist, There is Life Outside Your Apartment, Schadenfreude (favorite!), I Wish I Could Go Back to College (other favorite!), and The Money Song. I truly do love all of the songs in this show, though, and that's very rare for me. Yay, Avenue Q!
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But how good can a cast be if the material is bad - the material here is top-notch. Some songs are shamefully hilarious, among them "What do you do with a B.A. in English?" (especially if you have an M.A. in English), "It Sucks to be me", "The Internet is for Porn" and "My Girlfriend, who Lives in Canada". Other songs, however, provide the show with a heart, most notably "Fantasies Come True" and "There's a Fine, Fine Line". Then there is "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist", urging people to give up their faux-political correctness in order to live in a better world.
Sure, the show is even better on stage - the Bad Idea Bears don't get enough presence on the CD - but this is as good as it gets, this is Ethel-Merman-in-"Annie-Get-your-Gun"-good (and the show per se is certainly better than "Annie Get your Gun") so it would be foolish not to own this CD; please don't be a fool!
I had seen a very brief clip of the format of the show so knew what it was about and had also seen the Explicit Lyric warning on the album so had a fair idea of what to expect. What I didn't expect though was such a witty, lyrically excellent and melodic musical. I downloaded this very late one evening and listened to it only once that evening and yet the very next day I found myself singing lines from a few of the songs which had instantly stuck with me. Having now listened to it several times I find it an ouststanding piece of work.
The story of the inhabitants of Avenue Q, a mixture of humans and puppets in the style of Sesame Street all living together and going through the crises of life that face us all - love, political correctness, flat sharing, unemployment - this is a very grown up musical despite what the use of puppets might suggest.
I am so pleased I purchased this alum as it has some cracking songs - 'It Sucks To Be Me', 'Purpose' and 'Schudenfreude' stand out.
「If you were guy」,「The Internet is for porn」,「I'm not wearing underwear today」
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