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arishaWhat is your favourite Disney song? I mean if you are only allowed to pick ONE. xD
Mine, believe it or not, is The Little Mermaid's "Poor Unfortunate Souls." I love how theatrical it is, I love its tongue-twister lyrics (this is one of the songs that convinced me of Howard Ashman's brilliance), I love that shot of Ursula popping through Eric's head, when I was younger and less self-conscious I used to wander around the house singing the tune Ariel sings at the end, and of course I love the shot of Ariel emerging from the water (how typical Disney fan of me xD; ). I also love the analysis of this scene that can be found in From Mouse to Mermaid - basically, gender is a construct and this scene is Ursula the drag queen teaching Ariel how to be a woman. SO INTERESTING!! Definitely this scene is one of the reasons I think gender in Disney is a ton more complicated than most people give it credit for. (aha, the feminism-in-animation essay I wrote in second year was titled "She Who Holds Her Tongue" because of this song. xD ) ((And speaking of that essay, yes I am still working on my hardcore awesome Mulan entry! I just had to get over my Disney bitterness first. :/ ))
Hahaha, you know what is weird? I can remember watching this movie and being too young to be able to read the writing on Ursula's contract. xD;
What is your favourite Disney song that didn't make it into its movie? xD Herein lies the answer to that mysterious comment I made in my last entry, because if we are allowed to count songs that got cut, my most very favourite Disney song is Aladdin's "High Adventure." And oh my gosh I cannot believe I found that on YouTube, because it's not even among the deleted songs that were included on the DVD - I think the only place you can find it is on the Music Behind the Magic CD set that's been out of print for over a decade. Anyway, this demo comes from the time during the production of the movie when Aladdin had three friends and they were going to include the genie of the ring as well as the genie of the lamp. I think this song is hilarious but awesome and I can't think about it too much or it starts to really depress me that it didn't make it into the movie at all. D:
And while we're looking up Music Behind the Magic songs on YouTube, some of my other deleted favourites are:
Aladdin: "Call Me a Princess" - this song is stuck in my head pretty well five days a week D:
Aladdin: "Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim" - please note this movie was originally set in BAGHDAD. I've heard gossip that the DVD release was delayed because of the war in Iraq; if they hadn't changed this detail, maybe we never would've got a DVD release at ALL. (Oh, Disney ...)
Aladdin: "Arabian Nights (Reprise #3)" - originally "Arabian Nights" was going to have several reprises, including this depressing one. ahaha I love that they were going to put this in a kid's movie. ^^;;
Aladdin: "How Quick They Forget" - Al's friends lament how Al has dumped them for a girl xD;
Aladdin: "Arabian Nights (Reprise #4)" - this was eventually altered slightly and used at the end of Aladdin and the King of Thieves, but I actually think I like this version a little better, with the two voices at the end.
There's a lot of deleted songs from Aladdin because it went through a lot of rewrites. ^^;; (Including one by Ted and Terry~~~!) I only really have these to link to from the other two Menken-Ashman films:
Beauty and the Beast: "Prologue (Instrumental)" - the narration at the beginning is pretty well my favourite part of the movie, but the music by itself is gorgeous!!
The Little Mermaid: "Silence is Golden" - I actually find this a bit creepier than "Poor Unfortunate Souls" ^^;
Okay that's it for now! Hopefully soon I'll write a real entry. :P
Mine, believe it or not, is The Little Mermaid's "Poor Unfortunate Souls." I love how theatrical it is, I love its tongue-twister lyrics (this is one of the songs that convinced me of Howard Ashman's brilliance), I love that shot of Ursula popping through Eric's head, when I was younger and less self-conscious I used to wander around the house singing the tune Ariel sings at the end, and of course I love the shot of Ariel emerging from the water (how typical Disney fan of me xD; ). I also love the analysis of this scene that can be found in From Mouse to Mermaid - basically, gender is a construct and this scene is Ursula the drag queen teaching Ariel how to be a woman. SO INTERESTING!! Definitely this scene is one of the reasons I think gender in Disney is a ton more complicated than most people give it credit for. (aha, the feminism-in-animation essay I wrote in second year was titled "She Who Holds Her Tongue" because of this song. xD ) ((And speaking of that essay, yes I am still working on my hardcore awesome Mulan entry! I just had to get over my Disney bitterness first. :/ ))
Hahaha, you know what is weird? I can remember watching this movie and being too young to be able to read the writing on Ursula's contract. xD;
What is your favourite Disney song that didn't make it into its movie? xD Herein lies the answer to that mysterious comment I made in my last entry, because if we are allowed to count songs that got cut, my most very favourite Disney song is Aladdin's "High Adventure." And oh my gosh I cannot believe I found that on YouTube, because it's not even among the deleted songs that were included on the DVD - I think the only place you can find it is on the Music Behind the Magic CD set that's been out of print for over a decade. Anyway, this demo comes from the time during the production of the movie when Aladdin had three friends and they were going to include the genie of the ring as well as the genie of the lamp. I think this song is hilarious but awesome and I can't think about it too much or it starts to really depress me that it didn't make it into the movie at all. D:
And while we're looking up Music Behind the Magic songs on YouTube, some of my other deleted favourites are:
Aladdin: "Call Me a Princess" - this song is stuck in my head pretty well five days a week D:
Aladdin: "Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim" - please note this movie was originally set in BAGHDAD. I've heard gossip that the DVD release was delayed because of the war in Iraq; if they hadn't changed this detail, maybe we never would've got a DVD release at ALL. (Oh, Disney ...)
Aladdin: "Arabian Nights (Reprise #3)" - originally "Arabian Nights" was going to have several reprises, including this depressing one. ahaha I love that they were going to put this in a kid's movie. ^^;;
Aladdin: "How Quick They Forget" - Al's friends lament how Al has dumped them for a girl xD;
Aladdin: "Arabian Nights (Reprise #4)" - this was eventually altered slightly and used at the end of Aladdin and the King of Thieves, but I actually think I like this version a little better, with the two voices at the end.
There's a lot of deleted songs from Aladdin because it went through a lot of rewrites. ^^;; (Including one by Ted and Terry~~~!) I only really have these to link to from the other two Menken-Ashman films:
Beauty and the Beast: "Prologue (Instrumental)" - the narration at the beginning is pretty well my favourite part of the movie, but the music by itself is gorgeous!!
The Little Mermaid: "Silence is Golden" - I actually find this a bit creepier than "Poor Unfortunate Souls" ^^;
Okay that's it for now! Hopefully soon I'll write a real entry. :P
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Date: 2009-02-09 05:16 am (UTC)And of course! They were perfect, and should always have been so. :p