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| A thousand skull ties! | |
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Scaramouche 07:44 pm UTC 05/29/12 |
| At the link is the new Batman demo I promised for the end of last year...Dancing With The Joker In The Pale Moonlight'. It's primarily a comic ensemble number for the 'goons' and comes early in Act 1. It's preceded by a 'Gotham' version of Jim's 'How Do You Bury The Skull Of Your Country?' A single spotlight slowly reveals Joker posed on a raised platform holding aloft a skull, which he stares at (think the graveyard scene from Hamlet). With a cathedral organ backing, he sings How Can I Bury The Skull Of The Batman? 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 I'm gonna have some fun, so why so serious? Let the revels begin while the night is so young Let the revels begin call the pack together The 'goons' start emerging one by one, from stage left & right. Joker holds them in disdain, and as they approach to shake his hand, they get a series of put downs, (the finger, kicks up the arse, slaps across the head etc). They start to gather centre stage on a stepped/raised platform, and join in on the 'Let the revels begin...' mantra. Let the revels begin while the night is so young Let the revels begin call the pack together........ x 10 All the goons (around 10) have now assembled on the stepped platform centre stage and are standing to attention, but still singing, with their faces up lit (think Queen in the Bo Rhap video). The Joker is now in front of them, with his back to the audience and 'madly conducts' his choir, with arms flailing in all directions. He sings the last line alone, with arms raised high and wide... Let the revels begin, all my children together now... (the 'pack' is slowly lit). He then turns to the audience, sarcastically rolls his eyes (indicating to the goons with his head) and sighs '...and you think you've got problems?' He then turns to the goons and shouts: 'Five minutes! Be ready!' and exits off stage, slamming a previously unseen door. Stage is slowly lit to reveal the goons on bleachers inside an old abandoned gymnasium. This is their clubhouse/hideout. There is a basketball hoop with a torn net hanging down. A small makeshift bar with several beer kegs. A dartboard. Old car seats & packing cases for seats. Litter is strewn everywhere. Life with the Joker hasn't turned out the way they all thought and they lament their predicament (we sold our souls such a long time ago...), but they stick around due to the one upside that outweighs everything else....the hunt, the kill, the search & destroy...they then sing 'Dancing With The Joker in The Pale Moonlight'. Contrary to the demo, each line of the verses, pre-choruses & coda are to be sung by a different goon. The choruses and outro are to be all the goons together (when listening to the demo try to hear bigger group vocals).. During the Dance Macabre section, the only gay goon amongst the group (think Louie Spence/Mario Cantone/Richard Simmons) emerges with a flying ballet leap and 'jazz hands', wearing a tight vest and illuminous leg warmers. He sings the dance macabre/so macabre lines and is answered by all the other goons (they're the only steps we know...). As they sing that's how you're all gonna go...they fill the stage left to right, and turning to face the audience, they all now have weapons in their hands (primarily pump-action shotguns but one has a blunderbuss, one has a ridiculously large M134 chain gun with bullet belts over him, and one goon, the 'runt', has a pathetically small single chamber pistol. With a simultaneous 'cock' of their weapons, they are raised and then fire red confetti out into the audience (4:30 on the track). Hearing the blast, Joker returns to the stage and the goons then sing the coda. After each section the Joker continues to show his disdain with sarcastic responses ('really', 'uh-uuuh', 'whatever'). He is impressed by the 'thousand skull ties' line and responds accordingly. The song then moves into the final outro section, and again try to hear more voices doing these lines. As the song ends it's time for them to head out into the pale moonlight to 'work', and Joker tells them to 'saddle up...' Hope you enjoy and here are the lyrics: Dancing With The Joker In The Pale Moonlight Words & Music by David J Smith © 2011 We sold our souls such a long time ago To a psycho with a slash for a smile He promised us riches and fortune and fame He promised me a trip down the Nile But promises, promises, they soon turned to dust We’re only hired help making minimum wage Yearning for salvation in a world full of shit Yet burning with insatiable rage But there’s one thing that makes this life so irresistible That makes it all worthwhile When the light starts to fade and the dark starts to creep And the psycho starts to crack his evil smile You’ll always find us, you’ll always find us, you’ll always find us…1 2 3 4 Dancing with the Joker in the pale moonlight There’s just no other way to live So we’re dancing with the Joker in the pale moonlight tonight An every night An dancing with the Joker, what a wonderful thrill An amazing adrenalin rush So we’re dancing with the Joker in the pale moonlight tonight An every blood shot night We’ve sacrificed everything & then more To a freaky megalomaniac Too much for him is always never ever enough Will we ever please the leader of our pack? An he’s mad an he’s bad, so very dangerous to know He’s a sadist who will feast on your fear Have you heard he likes to decorate with ribbons of blood? Have you seen the way his pencils disappear? But there’s one thing that makes this life so hedonistical That makes us feel so alive When the moon starts to rise and the night starts to howl And the psycho starts his maniacal jive You’ll always find us, you’ll always find us, you’ll always find us…5 6 7 8 Dancing with the Joker in the pale moonlight It’s an addiction for which there’s no cure So we’re dancing with the Joker in the pale moonlight tonight An every night An dancing with the Joker, is the ultimate sin Just take a look at the glint in our eyes So we’re dancing with the Joker in the pale moonlight tonight And every reckless, excessively excess, always hysterical, so orgiastical, bacchanalian night, every bacchanalian night, so many bacchanalian nights! Dance, dance, dance macabre They’re the only steps we know So, so, so macabre That’s how you’re all gonna go They say that the Batman has some wonderful toys They say the Devil has all the best tunes They say that Dolly Parton has magnificent hits But the Joker has all the best goons! ‘really?’ They say that the Batman has a humongous cave They say that Arkham has all the best loons They say that Gordon Ramsey has incredible meat But the Joker has all the best goons! ‘uh huuuuh…’ They say that the Batman has amazing lycra They say that Disney have all the best ‘toons They say that Lady Ga Ga has some monstorous balls But the Joker has all the best goons! ‘whatever…’ They say that the Batman has some wonderful toys They say the Devil has all the best tunes They say that Jimmy Steinman has a thousand skull ties… ‘A thousand skull ties? And I thought I was over the top…’ But the Joker has all the best goons The Joker has all the best goons The Joker has all the best goons The Joker has all the best goons The Joker has all the best Better than all the rest Come put us to the test What else will rhyme with ‘est’ Joker has all the best goons The Joker has all the best goons The Joker has all (I said) The Joker has all (I said) The Joker has all the best goons The Joker has all the best goons The Joker has all the best goons Gotham City What a pity You’re outta luck Who gives a fuck? Oh God another dark one tonight! Cos the Joker has all the best goons The Joker has all the best goons The Joker has all the best goons The Joker has all the best goons The Joker has all (I said The Joker has all (I said) The Joker has all the best goons The Joker has all the best goons The Joker has all the best goons Ga – oooons Ga – oooons Ga – ooooooooooooons! Dancing with the Joker in the pale moonlight, oh yeah! Saddle up boys, lock an load Looks like it’s gonna be another dark one tonight… | |
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