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Klasien 08:24 am UTC 01/09/12 |
| In reply to: | Very Close! - Scaramouche 12:33 pm UTC 01/08/12 |
| By dreaming like this... you mean with that much detail and colour?? 'Cause I could put M Night Shyamalan out of business if I ever manage to write down my dreams... But that's clearly off the topic... GODS I love this!!!!!! I can't wait to see what else you do with this!!! This is nearly as exciting as waiting for Jim... (but you deliver more often???) -K- who has no problem with Jim taking this as a hint or whatever LOL :P :) ;) > > Just wondering how it is coming along! Happy New Year! > > Sorry about this. Taken a lot longer than I thought. Not > gonna give an exact date (cos I keep missing them) but > HONESTLY, you will get a song before end of January. > > > > Btw, I was listening to Come in the Night and pictured it > > being sung by the Joker as a kind of invitation and > > challenge to Batman. It can have a few lyric changes to > > make it fit better, but I thought it would really work. > > > > "Come and play our game". "How do you bury, the skull of > > this 'City'?! How do you bury, a nation of fears?". > > > > I dunno. I thought it would fit well with the musical. > > Very close! > > The song 'Dancing With The Joker In The Pale Moonlight' is > preceded with my version of 'Come In The Night' (although > I would call it 'Let The Revels Begin'). It is to indicate > how the Joker and his goons come together each night and > get ready to stalk/prowl the streets). It is a complete > scene and the songs (almost) blend right into each other. > Picture this... > > Joker is silhouetted on centre stage holding aloft a skull > (think the graveyard scene from Hamlet). To a cathedral > organ backing he sings: > > 'How can I bury the skull of the Batman? > How can I bury Gotham City in fear? > Where you gonna hide my dears, when the Joker comes > calling? > Tonight we're gonna have some fun, so why so serious!?' > > 'Let the revels begin while the night is so young, let the > revels begin call my children together...' > > The goons then start entering from stage left & right, and > sing the lines 'let the revels begin while the night is so > young, let the revels begin call HIS children > together...'. > > Joker needs them, but holds them in contempt, so as each > goon reaches out to shake his hand or high five, he gives > them the finger, kicks them up the arse, slaps them around > the head etc. > > The goons (10-12) are now forming up (to attention) on a > set of bleachers (so they are elevated), and the Joker has > his back to the audience, madly conducting them into > position. He sings the last line 'let the revels begin > call my pack together now...' and then turning to the > audience and indicating with his thumb, says with a > sarcastic dismay: 'an I'm the leader of this bloody > pack'. > > The stage is fairly dark and the goons faces are now > artistically illuminated (think Blair Witch project). > > As they are all about to leave on a 'mission', Joker > shouts: 'Listen up! 5 minutes. Be ready!' He then leaves > stage, exiting through a door and slamming it shut. > > Stage is then illuminated to reveal the goons are in an > abandoned gymnasium, which is acting as their > hideout/clubhouse (there is a small bar with beer kegs, a > dartboard (with a picture of Batman on it), some grotty > sofas, nets are hanging off from the basketball hoops > etc). > > As per every night they are pissed off with the Joker and > sing 'Dancing With The Joker In The Pale Moonlight'. It > starts as a lament...'we sold our souls such a long time > ago, to a psycho with a slash for a smile...' but becomes > more optimistic 'but there's one thing that makes this > life so hedonistical...' before moving into an uplifting > chorus. > > It's actually a comic piece and ends with a topical & > pretty funny (to me) coda. > > Joker then comes back into the room and says (sinisterly) > 'Saddle up boys, lock 'n' load (they all simultaneously > cock their pump action shotguns). Looks like it's gonna be > another dark one tonight!' They all hysterically laugh and > stage goes dark. > > > Oooooh does anybody ever dream like this anymore???? | |
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