Tuesday, 21 December 2010

Disney songs

Growing up i was always a Disney fan,  along with watching shows like Fireman Sam and Postman pat -   i used to watch Disney movies on video over at a friend's house.

One of the first disney movies i ever saw was the Hunchback of notre dame-   that was after i saw Toy Story and later the cinematic re-release of the Little Mermaid and the live action 101 dalmations movie.

But to me Beauty and The Beast is my personal favorite,   so much so that i have memorized every single song from the movie as well as the lines and can recite them well off by heart,    i have quite a few songs from that movie stuck in my head -    mainly Be Our Guest,   Belle,   and the Gaston song.   In fact i can sing the Gaston song extremely well and sing Gaston's parts in a brilliant impersonation of the character's voice.

Now this may seem weird but unlike most i wasn't rooting for the princess or the hero -   i root for the villain everytime,    and that doesn't just for animated disney films -   that goes for non disney animated films too,  because the villains always seem to have the best song in the movie.

But i still have Prince Ali,   Poor Unfortunate Souls,   Be Prepared,   The World's Greatest Criminal Mind and many other disney songs stuck in my head and i  can sing the lyrics to those perfectly -  i   can also sing Be Our Guest and Les Poissons brillantly.

Sometimes i sing to myself and sometimes i sing to my stuffed animals,   now some of you make think it's weird but hey.... it's the closest thing i have to an audience,   i  can sing rather well i'm told but i don't do it often because i rarely get the chance too.

In addition to writing song parodies on Amiright i also have written a few original songs too including one about Simon Cowell.    One of the first song parodies i ever sang was a parody of the song Solitare by Laura Brannigan,,  titled Baudelaires -  the song was about the three orphan children from the Lemony Snicket books -    i even had it recorded on a tape recorder.

And if i may confess,   there is one Disney song that made me cry -  it was Can You Feel The Love Tonight from the Lion King -   it was the part towards the end where Timon sings: "And if he falls in love tonight,  *sniff*  it can be assumed"  and Pumba responds:  "His everydays with us are history"  and both of them sing: "In short our pal is dooooomed."   and the two of them start crying,   and believe it or not that part always makes me cry -   i'm not sure why if it's either because i'm happy because Simba got reunited with Nala around that part or because i'm sad because Timon and Pumba are going to miss their best friend.

But in a big way,    Disney has been a big part of my childhood and i'll never outgrow it,   i don't think anyone will.

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