Avenue Q!

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So there've been mentions of Avenue Q on my flist and I had NO idea what it was but one bored day on Limewire and I found music. :| Since I uploaded all these for miss_charmed, I figured I'd upload them for you.

I swear, it doesn't really even matter if you don't get the story, sort of. LOL. I just love musical music. :P

(For the curious, Avenue Q's made up of muppet-type characters. The musical's mostly a parody of Sesame Street, or something. I'm sure some of you would be more familiar with this than I am, lol.

1. What Do You Do With a BA in English / It Sucks to Be Me
   Track 2/3 of the CD, in which our characters compare the relative misery of their lives with each other.
   I come into this country
   For opportunities
   Try to work in Korean delis
   But I am Japanese!
   
   
2. If You Were Gay
   What I can only imagine to be the equivalent of Bert talks about how it's perfectly fine if his roommate, Ernie-equivalent (Ernie's the yellow kid, right? :| I always mix them up), were gay.
   If you were queer
   I'd still be here
   Year after year
   Because you're dear to me
   And I know that you
   Would accept me too
   If I told you today
   "Hey guess what! I'm gay!"
   (But I'm not gay)
   
   
3. Everyone's a Little Bit Racist
   Actually pretty smart. Everyone IS a little bit racist. Cool song.
   Everyone's a little bit racist sometimes
   Doesn't mean we go around committing hate crimes
   Look around and you'll find
   No one's really color blind
   Maybe it's a fact we all should face
   Everyone makes judgments... based on race
   
   
4. The Internet is for Porn
   Haha, it's just silly. And true. :P
   The internet is really really great
   ..For Porn!
   I've got a fast connection so I don't have to wait
   ..For Porn!
   
   
5. Fantasies Come True
   Oh, I love this. It's so wistful and cute and then maybe also a little sad. Awwww.
   But I never thought
   The things in my head
   Could really happen
   In my bed
   
   
6. My Girlfriend (Who Lives in Canada)
   Denial song if there ever was one, hah.
   So soon I'll be off to Alberta--
   I mean Vancouver!
   Shit her name is Alberta
   she lives in Vancouver
   SHE'S MY GIRLFRIIIIEEEEND
   
   
7. There's a Fine, Fine Line
   I read this line somewhere and I was pleasantly surprised to realise it came from this song.
   There's a fine, fine line
   Between love and a waste of time.
   
   
8. There Is Life Outside Your Apartment
   I thought of myself when I read the title of this song, I kid you not. *headdesk*
   There is cool shit to do
   But it can't come to you
   And who knows, dude, you might even score
   There's a life outside your apartment
   But you've got to open the door
   
   
9. The More You Ruv Someone
   Love and hate defined, lol.
   The more you ruv someone
   The more you want to kirr them
   The more you ruv someone
   The more he make you cly
   ...
   That's why you ruv so strong
   You want to make him DIE
   
   
10. Schadenfreude
    Schadenfreude's German for happiness at the misfortune of others, which is what this song is about. It's cool. :P
    Don't you feel all warm and cozy
    Watching people out in the rain?
    That's Schadenfreude
    People taking pleasure in your pain
    
    
11. I Wish I Could Go Back to College
    Oh, college. This one's one of the first I heard, and consequently loved. Honestly, I'm still in college and already I don't think I want to leeeeeeeeaaaaave. Oops.
    I wish I could just drop a class
    Or get into a play
    Or change my major
    Or fuck my TA
    I need an academic advisor to point my way
    
    
12. The Money Song
    One of the vaguer songs, I keep not paying attention when this comes on.
    All I’m asking you
    Is to do what
    Jesus Christ would do.
    He’d give me a quarter,
    Why don’t you?
    
    
13. For Now
    Whatever it is, everything's temporary, and only for now. :D
    Everyone's a little bit unsatisfied.
    Everyone goes 'round a little empty inside.
    Take a breath
    Look around
    Swallow your pride
    For now...
    For now...

Comments

[bribitribbit.livejournal.com]

YOU'VE DISCOVERED IT!

I love Avenue Q so much.

*downloads Everyone's a Little Bit Racist because that's the only one she doesn't have*

[foxtrot-pasta.livejournal.com]

*DL'ed them all except the Internet is for pr0n and If you were gay, cause had them already*

You know, Before listening to Everyone's a little bit racist I used to hate that expression, because I thought that not everyone is--I certainly am, sometimes, but that couldn't apply to everyone, surely. But then, if you listen to that song it makes more sense. So yeah ^^

[h311ybean]

I love Avenue Q! My friend gave me a copy of the soundtrack last year and it's so dang funny!

[ladyofthesnitch.livejournal.com]

Yes, YES! I haven't seen it (of course not!) but the OBR is freakin' hilarious. "The Internet is for Porn" always makes me giggle. And "There's a Fine, Fine Line" always gets me. :)