* Cringes *Aladdin is now part of a four-member boy band who are (sort of) the One Direction of Agrabah.
If you want Aladdin and his human friends to sound good, this is not the way to go.
* Cringes *Aladdin is now part of a four-member boy band who are (sort of) the One Direction of Agrabah.
Yeah I read that part and I felt the same way on it.thelittleursula wrote:* Cringes *Aladdin is now part of a four-member boy band who are (sort of) the One Direction of Agrabah.
If you want Aladdin and his human friends to sound good, this is not the way to go.
Omar, stop crying!Flanger-Hanger wrote:Hooray for "High Adventure" being included!
Each reprise of Arabian Nights has different lyrics in order to narrate the current part of the story.PixarFan2006 wrote:Meh, not really that impressive. There are far too many reprises of the same songs (Arabian Nights has three reprises alone).
That is a joke, right?Aladdin is now part of a four-member boy band who are (sort of) the One Direction of Agrabah.
You'd understand if you were familiar with the original demos, it's actually pretty awesome. They can be found on this set that was released in 1994.disneyprincess11 wrote:That is a joke, right?Aladdin is now part of a four-member boy band who are (sort of) the One Direction of Agrabah.![]()
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Ugh. WHY do they always shoe-horn some talentless new lyricist's cruddy songs in and think we, the audience, aren't going to recognize the IMMEDIATE drop-off in quality when it switches between their new stuff and the original, brilliant Howard Ashman songs? And, yes, you can listen to Somebody's Got Your Back online. (It was performed during the St. Louis run.) It's awful.Flanger-Hanger wrote:Show Breakdown:
ACT I
Arabian Nights - Babkak, Omar, Kassim, Company
One Jump Ahead - Aladdin, Crowd
Proud of Your Boy - Aladdin
Arabian Nights (Reprise) - Babkak, Omar, Kassim
Call Me a Princess - Jasmine, Female Attendants
Call Me a Princess (Reprise) - Jasmine
Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim - Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim
A Million Miles Away - Aladdin, Jasmine
Diamond in the Rough - Jafar, Iago, Aladdin
Friend Like Me - Genie, Company
Arabian Nights (Reprise II) - Babkak, Omar, Kassim
Act One Finale (Friend Like Me/Proud of Your Boy - Reprise) - Genie, Aladdin
ACT II
Prince Ali - Babkak, Omar, Kassim, Genie, Company
Arabian Nights (Reprise III) - Babkak, Omar, Kassim
A Whole New World - Aladdin, Jasmine
High Adventure - Babkak, Omar, Kassim
Somebody's Got Your Back - Aladdin, Genie, Babkak, Omar, Kassim
Proud of Your Boy (Reprise II) - Aladdin
Prince Ali (Reprise) - Sultan, Company, Jafar
Genie's Exit (Somebody's Got Your Back - Reprise) - Genie
Finale Ultimo (Arabian Nights - Reprise IV/A Whole New World - Reprise) - Company
Hooray for "High Adventure" being included!
I'm pretty sure that's the point. From what I understand, I think she's singing this to the suitors to turn them off.Miss Manday wrote: So what do we get? Everyone thinking that Jasmine is the ultimate brat. Which she isn't. She is not the sort of princess to want her money and daddy's jewels and whatnot. She wants her freedom. It is a complete opposite of who she's supposed to be.
But Jasmine is petulant and bratty. I, for one, can't stand her in the film. She's just so...whiny. And her voice...it grates on my nerves. Call Me a Princess is, on the other hand, bratty without being annoying. It's FUN. It's FUNNY. "Other girls cook, but that's not relaxing, Princesses make reservations!/Life's much too short, and, lord, it's so taxing ruling these darn third-world nations!"Miss Manday wrote:Really disappointed that "Call Me A Princess" is in here. Not a fan of the song at all. I don't care that it's all Jasmine being sneaky trying to throw her suitors: out of context, like on a soundtrack, it doesn't come through that way. So what do we get? Everyone thinking that Jasmine is the ultimate brat. Which she isn't. She is not the sort of princess to want her money and daddy's jewels and whatnot. She wants her freedom. It is a complete opposite of who she's supposed to be. And that's why it was originally scrapped from the film.
"To Be Free" would be such a better option. Even if they kept in CMAP and put in To Be Free later, it would at least show "Hey, she isn't really a brat, here's how she really feels!"
Yeah it is pretty dumb. Those songs are awesome ):Prince Edward wrote:Really, really disappointed about how small they have made Jafar's role. He is the villain, and they have cast legendary Jonathan Freeman in the part, yet they have scrapped Humiliate the Boy AND Why Me? Scandalous!
It might and it might not, Aladdin's friends and their songs are pretty awesome. Though kiddies may get bored.Prince Edward wrote: And Aladdin's friends get's to sing through the whole show? I am afraid that this production will become so different from the movie that it will turn people away from it.
I was hyped for this due to Jonathon Freeman being Jafar and his new songs, but now it feels like I've lost my hype to see it, in addition to cutting Iago of all characters is another dumb change not to mention Aladdin and his brothers being in a One Direction Themed Band is just plain dumbthedisneyspirit wrote:Not liking at all they cut off Iago. Abu and maybe Rajah I can understand, but Iago?? And he's getting replaced by the "one Direction" of Agrabah...Plus cutting off "You can Count on Me" and ALL of Jafar's songs...Not cool.
I know this is getting off-topic, but is there a site somewhere that lists what order Ashman and Menken wrote the songs in? Like, how do you know "Humiliate The Boy" was last? I'd love to read through that if you have any info.ProfessorRatigan wrote:I feel that way much more strongly concerning Humiliate the Boy. This was Ashman's VERY last song.
Agreed. A character like Jafar works best when he has somebody to play off of. The Sultan fills that role a little, but Iago was just perfect.thedisneyspirit wrote:As for Iago... again, why not? He couldn't need to be a PARROT/man with a goofy parrot costume to work, maybe just a man with a puppet ala Zazu in the Lion King or change him into a human as Jafar's assistant and that'd work fine too. Seems like a missed opportunity.