Раз уж я заговорила про мюзиклы, вот вам еще одно видео.
Когда я была в Нью-Йорке в этом ноябре, сходила на "Матильду". Я очень люблю эту книгу, и мюзикл оказался вполне хорош, но о песнях я поначалу отозвалась довольно пренебрежительно - меня больше впечатлили спецэффекты и няшные декорации.
Но прошло какое-то время, и я поняла, что песни тоже запустили в меня когти.
Моя любимая песня там - Naughty, я ее заслушала до дыр. На самом деле почти во всех песнях у меня есть какие-то любимые моменты. Например, в When I Grow Up мне страшно нравится момент, когда мисс Хани садится на качели и вслед за детьми поет "When I grow up, I will be brave enough to fight the creatures that you have to fight beneath the bed each night to be a grown up..." - это так пронзительно-грустно.
Но в Naughty мне нравится прямо всё.
Смешно, но она почти о том же, что и Defying Gravity: гимн вере в себя."love and fate, and a touch of stupidity"
текстJack and Jill, went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water, so they say
Their subsequent fall was inevitable
They never stood a chance, they were written that way
Innocent victims of their story
Like Romeo and Juliet
T'was written in the stars before they even met
That love and fate, and a touch of stupidity
Would rob them of their hope of living happily
The endings are often a little bit gory
I wonder why they didn't just change their story?
We're told we have to do what we're told but surely
Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty.
Just because you find that life's not fair it
Doesn't mean that you just have to grin and bear it
If you always take it on the chin and wear it
Nothing will change.
Even if you're little, you can do a lot, you
Mustn't let a little thing like, 'little' stop you
If you sit around and let them get on top,
you might as well be saying
You think that it's okay
And that's not right!
Cinderella, in the cellar,
Didn't have to do much as far as I could tell.
Her Godmother was two-thirds fairy,
Suddenly her lot, was a lot less scary,
But what if you haven't got a fairy to fix it?
Sometimes you have to make a little bit of mischief.
Just because you find that life's not fair it
Doesn't mean that you just have to grin and bear it
If you always take it on the chin and wear it
Nothing will change.
Even if you're little, you can do a lot, you
Mustn't let a little thing like, 'little' stop you
If you sit around and let them get on top,
you might as well be saying
You think that it's okay
And that's not right!
And if it's not right!
You have to put it right!
In the slip of a bolt, there's a tiny revolt.
The seeds of a war in the creak of a floorboard.
A storm can begin, with the flap of a wing.
The tiniest mite packs the mightiest sting!
Every day starts with the tick of a clock.
All escapes start with the click of a lock!
If you're stuck in your story and want to get out
You don't have to cry, you don't have to shout!
'Cause if you're little you can do a lot, you
Mustn't let a little thing like, 'little' stop you
If you sit around and let them get on top, you
Won't change a thing!
Just because you find that life's not fair it
Doesn't mean that you just have to grin and bear it!
If you always take it on the chin and wear it
You might as well be saying
You think that it's okay
And that's not right!
And if it's not right!
You have to put it right!
But nobody else is gonna put it right for me
nobody but me is gonna change my story
sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty.Кстати, автор музыки и текстов "Матильды" - Тим Минчин, совершенно офигительный чувак