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taytaybooks · 7 years ago
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WHAT I LOVE ABOUT MUSICALS THREAD #2: AMÉLIE
In the previews where they each hold a prop on a pole and then all together the props assemble the fly they all sang about ahhh😍😍 it’s so clever
PROLOGUE: TIMES ARE HARD FOR DREAMERS
The instrumental- it’s so soothing
“I can see the world I’m dreeaming…all arouuund me”
The change from soothing instrumental to jaunty music 😍
WORLD’S BEST DAD
“As my heart fills with love” The “ba bums” and “ahhs” after that line to show her heartbeat ahh and how everyone (the ensemble) hide behind the door and comes out when they sing the “ahhs” for the heartbeat and how they dance oh this show is too much😍
“We can keep her heartbeat stable
Your school is the kitchen table now”
“Would you like to name him?”
“Fluffy”
*looks of disdain and confusion*
WORLD’S BEST FRIEND
The instrumental at the start😍
The fact that a grown man wears a fish costume on his head and sings onstage I mean wow😂
“Listen to your crazy mom droning on now I’m her bla bla bla bla bla” lmao
“Your parents are crazy
But you can count on meeee” the dancing in this scene oml and the fact that a man dressed as a fish holds a smaller fish and smacks it on the ground so it “flops around”
When the instrumental turns slow again😭 And it’s meant to be a sad part but the fish is scootering around on stage singing “goodbye” in a warbled voice😅
WORLD’S BEST MOM
“We’ll be spending the day at Notre Dame” I love how this is sung
“Now the whole world of Paris picks up speed” I love the way everyone on the train moves forward and backward to show the train’s movement
The “ahhs” before Amandine prays for a son
The nuns/holy people with outrageously huge hats😂 And then the holy person with a dinosaur head on his head😂😂
The dummy hitting Amandine and killing her😂😂 and the chalk on the backdrop depicting a dead silhouette with “mom” next to it
Her dad memorialising the mom with a gnome she hated😂😂😂
TIMES ARE HARD FOR DREAMERS
PIPPA SOO IN GENERAL TBH
“All of these towns I’ve never heard of racing paaaast”
“It isn’t what I have, it’s only what I have in store
That matters now, the past can only fade!”
“And I might be a dreamer
But it’s gotten me this far” this resonates with me idk why
“My own museum full of paintings I look through!
Where everything is clear!
It isn’t where I am
it’s only where I’ll go from here
That matters now!
And I am not afraaaid!
As everything I’ll ever need appears
This is how my world gets maaaaade” especially that last note😍
The set change right before the song finishes😍
GOING ROUND IN CIRCLES deserved to stay on the cast recording☕️🐸
THE COMMUTE
“Stopping atop St. Martin’s canal
Skipping a stooone”
“She cracks créme brûlée”
“And how many couples in Paris are having an orgasm right at this moment! ….Fifteen!” Because every Broadway show needs some nasty in there
“Later this evening her life will chanaaange”
THE BOTTLE DROPS
THE FACT THAT A FRIENDS CLIP IS PLAYING ON THE TV SET AHHHHH
Honestly the instrumental to this song and like every song is just so beautiful😍😍
“Fingers slip, a bottle drops, and falling in slow motion”
The instrumental change😍😍😍
“Slowly crack the treasure open”
“A watch that’s waiting to be wound
A treasure waiting to be found
I am Howard Carter stepping into Tutankhamen’s tomb” ahhh
And while the ensemble is speaking I love the small “Give back the box” and “I have to try” in the background
“If I did I could be like Lady Diiii!” That note tho
THREE FIGS
is so jaunty oml yes
“You’re my best friends inside the Seeeeeine”
“Figs all in a BUNCH” the way he says bunch cracks me up every time
“Figaro is bluuue
There’s nothing on his plate
What’s Lucien to doooo?
He finds the guy a date!“
THE GIRL WITH THE GLASS
“Why is it that someone so young and so full of life spends every night alone at her window?
…Unless all her friends are dwarves and I can’t see them"😂😂 good old Dufayel
“Are you an artist?
Every day I come to a canvas with palette and brush
and I ask myself the same question” shit just got deep guys
“Paintings, these paintings"😍
“But in the end it always comes down to…heeeeer”
“But the girl with the glass looks away”
“Just a young girl who doesn’t belong to anywhere,
anywheeeere or anyoooooone” this really shows how lost Amélie can be and its relatable af TBH
HOW TO TELL TIME
“Look down, Monsieur Bretodeau, doooown” I love how she says this honestly😍😂
“On the ledge, a metal box”
“Unlock the box”
“Here’s how to tell time
How to tell time
How to tell time
How to tell time
How to teeeeell
A cognac please!” This whole part is sung so well ahhh
TOUR DE FRANCE
So jaunty and upbeat I love it
“Listen to the squeak of the bakery cart
Leaving a trail of breadcrumbs”
“Looking through the glass
focused on the feast in the grocery window” I love the way she sings this gah Pippa you angel😍😍
“An envelope opens
A cat in a hallway
A filament flashes, flickers and dies
And there goes a hat
Thrown in the air
Thrown in the aiiir” The ensemble around them and the jazz hands ahhhh
“I can feel every stranger in Paris just waiting to collide
How a heart can pull like a moon as we circle each other
Then crashing together
We end up open wide"😍😍
The "ahhs” before she sings “I can see everything clearly now from heeeeere”
GOODBYE, AMÉLIE
The video showing Amélie doing good around the world😂😂😂
The fact that it’s sung be an Elton John lookalike like whattttt and also how the lookalike has a glittery suit and purple hair😂
“We’re an ocean of rowboats you decided to save” I just really like this line
The “oohs” in the background ahhh
Oh, where will we go
Oh, who will appease us” the way they sing this😍
“Saving orphans!
Stopping fires!
I’ve got the high notes and
I’m singing with the choir!
YEAAAAAAAH!” SHE GOT THE HIGH NOTES ALRIGHT DAMN GIRL
BACKYARD
“I’m thinking of shaving my head
And I really want to try crack” ok the fact that the Pippa Soo said this is explanation enough
“Dad you should come and visit me”
“Nope” so blunt😂
“You’re coming with me” cheeky Amélie
The gnome getting excited about going with the Stewardess mmhmmm
WHEN THE BOOTH GOES BRIGHT
I love how the ensemble dresses up and ‘takes photos’ during the song
“There’s the girl you were
There’s the trip abroad
There’s your father’s smile
There’s the face of God” this has like a really cool nostalgic feeling to it
“There’s when she said yes
There’s the next ten years
There’s the loneliness when she disappears” nostalgia and sadness😍
“What’s the use of trying to hide
Or tearing yourself in two” This seems literal and metaphorical and I love it
SISTER’S PICKLE
“You have to give it back to him. Or you could imagine relating to someone you never meet, build no relationship. Become a nun!”
*actually dresses up as a nun as a disguise to give the book back to Nino in a FUCKING sex shop ok then Amélie*  
“Can I help you?”
“No just browsing"😂😂😂
BASICALLY THE WHOLE SONG LMAO
“He’ll think that I’m a nun
And I am not a nun
He’ll think that I am chaste
And I’m not that chaste
Or I could run awaaaay
Leave his book on the shelf
By the lube and the lingerieeee” out of context this is very weird but I love it😂
“It’s hard to go unseen
At least in this instance with so little distance between” I love this because everyone tries to hide the bad parts but you can’t really do that once you get to know someone well which is sort of what she’s afraid of, but not really?
“I’m not finished with the boy- I mean the book
So I will hold him- hold it till tomorrow” mmhmm girl suuuure keep being in denial sister
And that part at the end where the instrumental changes and ahhhh
“This is so weird” haha no kidding Nino😂
HALFWAY
THIS SONG IS A MASTERPIECE
The instrumental gahhh I swear this song makes me cry
The red fabric backdrop with the equations and waves projected onto it is so cool😍
“But whenever the boat gets halfway there
There is always halfway more”
“In my mother’s schoolhouse
There was always halfway to goo
To gooooo”
“I hear you breathing"😂😂😂
“Who are you?”
“I’m a mystery wrapped in an enigma trapped in a paradox disappearing into thin air”
“Me too"😂
"Little boat, big ocean
I’m the girl with the copper spyglass
who prays that today she will spot her shore
All at once a lighthouse
All at once through the copper spyglass
A light telling me to lean in on the oar
I start to row
But before I can get anywhere
From point A to point B
I am at that kitchen table
where I’ll always be at sea"😍😍😍 this part always gets me when I’m feeling lost and alone and I love the visual projection of it with Amélie moving towards Nino and the sailboat projected onto the red fabric moving towards him too, but then both the boat and Amélie stop and move back away from him ahhh😍💔
"Little boat big oceaaaan” ahh Pippa why is your voice so magical
WINDOW SEAT
“Unsuspended in mid-air And I can see everything from here”
“If I could reach you from Machu Picchu
Then I would say everything I would give anything” this is sweet even if it’s fabricated haha
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE GNOME
Basically the fact that a grown man is dressed as a gnome and singing this fucking song lmao  
I love how they project the Polaroids for the audience to see
Also the fact that the flight attendant/stewardess and the gnome have a little romance going on
“I admit he looks good as a guard
But I want him back in my backyard”
“Do you see that crack in his clay”
“His black paint’s fading to grey”
“Travelling the world is tremendous
But for a garden gnome it’s gotta be hard” poor guy just wants his damn gnome back man
“The stewardesses, they always wonder, doesn’t matter where I roam
She asks "are you one of Santa’s elves?”
And I say “ma'am I am a gnome”
“Back before these feelings made me feeeel thingsss” this is so relatable honestly
“Dad this is Suzaaaanne” girl I see you😂 but seriously Amélie is so pure she matchmakes her own dad and boss gah
THIN AIR
“The frame tries to hide you
Just like a disguise
But I know that face
From the look in your eyes
So I’m reaching out to you”
“Whooooo are you now
When all youuu have is thiiin aiir around youuuu”
“It’s easy to vanish when no one’s around
Your footsteps fall silent as snow on the ground
And I may be hammered but I can hear my heart pound
And it’s reaching out to youuu
Reaching out to youuuuu”
As I’m typing this I’m realising I very well may just be in love with the whole song….
Also ADAM CHANLER-BERAT
“It’s too easy to disappear these days
There you go but nobody sees it
You leave a photo behind for a stranger to see
But now you’re so close I swear I can feel you
No more stories just show me the real you
And I promise that I’ll let you see the real me” awwww Nino😍
“So who are you now
When all I see is a face that hides way love until
You’re alone in a place you
Hide away until you’re alooooone
With thin aiiiiiiiiiiir
Arouuuuund you” 😍😍😍especially how the first line is sung
WRITING ON THE WALL
Amélie’s disguise when she spray paints the quote lmaooo😂
So this song is pretty short but it sounds so ethereal and beautiful😍
Like honestly who would even think it’d be a random as quote from an aspiring writer😂😂
BLUE ARROW SUITE
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SONG I LOVE IT WITH ALL MY HEART
The soft, magical sounding instrumental after “bring five francs”
“Here on a hill
There sits a great cathedral
Where I’ve left a trail
That only goes so far
Here I can keep him moving forward
And keep things as they are
Halfway to love
And just close enough
To Sacre-Couer"😍😍😍 it’s so beautifully sung and the words ahhh
"I know my heart Is speaking with a murmur
Making the sound that only I can hear
All I can manage is a whisper
Of this heartbeat trapped inside
Here in this place
Grant me the grace
To be amplified” and then the instrumental changes ahhh it’s so beautiful
The hats the ensemble in the carousel are wearing😂😂
“Maybe I can try and stay
Just stand right here
Here he comes!
Screw that!
Run away!” Amélie is forever relatable and so cute😂😍
And then the “ahhs” after the last verse (if you saw my Anastasia post you probably realised I have a thing for “ahhs”)
THE LATE NINO QUINCAMPOIX
The fact that she’s so paranoid and has such an overactive imagination that this whole song is basically her imagining a scenario where he gets hit and almost dies
The part where the ensemble joins in😍
“Current flows through Nino’s arteries
Which stops his heart
As train parts tear his limbs apaaaart” lovely imagery😂😂 and their reactions lmaoo
“Who has time for a guy like that
For a guy who doesn’t know
How to tell time
How to tell time
How to tell
Ahhhhhhh"😍😍 when Nino arrives and everyone else goes crazy lmao😂😂
A BETTER HAIRCUT
The instrumental is so jaunty?upbeat? Idk I just know that I love it
"Everything was going perfect
In the circus
Until the day he dropped me
And then dropped me for the tattooed lady”
“She broke her leg in seven places”
“I did"😂😅 the usual you know
"And it seems that every single guy I know
Has another lady on the side show”
“You know our girl’s a fragile egg”
“Don’t break her heart”
“Or break her leg"😂 this whole song goes from funny to sweet lmao
"She’s not a waitress who will take your order”
“Bring your food or fill your refills”
“Except when working at the Windmills” 😂😂 when they forget she actually works as a waitress lmao but very good message, this musical is/was gold😍 I miss it so much😭😭
“Can you prove?”
“That youuuuu are a looooover for the ages
Can you proooove that”
“Youuuuuuu are not highly contagious"😂😂😂
I love that they shove him & his table out of the way so they can dance
"Love is just another diagnosis
Like bacterial vaginosis” Oml this song kills me 😂😂😂 WHO WROTE THESE LYRICS
“I love her and I don’t know her name” Nino is such a sweetheart awww
“All the while while love infects us
The side effect is that love connects us” this extended metaphor is weird af but it works so well and I love it because it also manages to give us all a great message😍👏👏
STAY
THIS SONG IS SO CUTE I LOVE IT
“But don’t expect me to play fair”
“I hear you coming
What can I do to
Drown out this drumming”
“No turning back now that you took the breadcrumbs
And I lost the way
And arrows fall out of thin air
If I could just find the right words to say
Would you stay right there
I like you right there”
“Stay where you are
Safe enough range
Try to move closer
You’ll only get halfway
Pin down your heart
Put out the flame
Don’t come any closer
But don’t move awaaaay”
And the canon effect of Nino and Amélie (he kind of like echoes her?) in “stay where you are” and “pin down your heart”^😍
HALFWAY (REPRISE)
“Is it true that you’ve solved Zeno’s paradox?” I love the way she sings this gah
“I have to do more than stay”
“Even though I am always halfway there”
“I could meet you there halfway” I ship them so much
AND THEN THEY KISSSSSSS
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
AKA THE SONG I WOULD SELL MY SOUL FOR ITS SO BEAUTIFUL
“Where do we go from here
Now that you are standing by my side
After all there’s more to life than holding you” 😍😍
“After all there’s more to life than we can see
Will there be troubles?
I don’t know
Will there be sweet things?
I hope so
Will there be time to keep on dreaming when this dream is over?” This is so realistic ahhh I want to legitimately cry, such a real and beautiful love😍
“What happens when you can’t hold on
Or when I can’t hold on to you?”
I love the faces they make when taking pictures in the photo booth😂
“What’s gonna happen?
I don’t know
But whatever happens
Here we go
What’s gonna happen
And where do we go
From here?” A perfect ending to a perfect musical that deserved better❤️
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