18. Ring of Keys - Fun Home OST
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2015
- From the hit Broadway musical adapted from the graphic novel memoir of the same name by Alison Bechdel. Written by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori. Performed by Sydney Lucas. Disclaimer: I own nothing in relation to this excellent musical. I post this only so more people can enjoy the music.
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The thing people forget is that this song isn't a song about attraction, but about identification. So heartwarming, and what a stunning voice
To anyone wondering, my friend did some reading on the significance of the ring of keys and what she got was:
1. The giant, shiny ring of keys would probably be one of the first things a child would notice.
2. She has a ring of keys instead of a purse, just adding to the list of things she has that aren't stereotypically feminine.
Also didn't the creators say something about children being obsessed with keys because of the element of freedom?
Maddie Barraclough Ooh, I didn't see that. That's another neat point!
Also key rings were a common fashion symbol for butch lesbians at the time, so much so that they kind of became mimetically synonymous with lesbianism itself. Very clever symbolism in the song
Do da da do ddododdo
when she said "no... i mean, handsome" made me so happy
* Cries in baby gay *
“Do you feel my heart saying ‘hi?’” Is the cutest line of a song I’ve ever heard
Every time I listen to this, I constantly murmur "THIS GIRL WAS 11 WHEN SHE DID THIS WHAT THE FUCK" and then I cry forever.
I always cry when I listen to this song, it perfectly captures that feeling of first discovering your "different", the identification, the confusion, the defensiveness and the love all wrapped up in this magnificent scary explosion of emotion ...
This is the theme song for all little future lesbians :-) Every word is perfect
+Heidi Lindholm That's what this song is about. Recognizing yourself in someone else.
+Heidi Lindholm That's what this song is about. Recognizing yourself in someone else.
Heck Ya!
I love how this song captures that moment of identification. That spark when 2 and 2 come together in an explosion of utter emotion, and confusion
What a truly amazing song, it's going to mean so much to the younger generation of LGBT+ people everywhere.
Why does this song give me feels. I'm a straight dude I don't identify with it at all, yet I still cry.
Empathy with the character or it still reminds you of some other thing linked to identification with someone at just the right moment
Daniel Herman ok that’s really sweet u sound like a nice guy lol
Same
Someone just came in the door
Like no one I ever saw before
I feel...
I feel...
I don't know where you came from
I wish I did
I feel so dumb
I feel...
Your swagger and your bearing
And the just right clothes you're wearing
Your short hair and your dungarees
And your lace up boots
And your keys, oh
Your ring of keys
I thought it was s'pposed to be wrong
But you seem okay with being strong
I want...to...
You're so...
It's probably conceited to say
But I think we're alike in a certain way
I...um...
Your swagger and your bearing
And the just right clothes you're wearing
Your short hair and your dungarees
And your lace up boots
And your keys, oh
Your ring of keys
Do you feel my heart saying "hi"?
In this whole luncheonette
Why am I the only one who sees you're beautiful?
No, I mean...
Handsome!
Your swagger and your bearing
And the just right clothes you're wearing
Your short hair and your dungarees
And your lace up boots
And your keys, oh
Your ring of keys
I know you
I know you
I know you
I know you
literally it's like this in real life. You go your whole life feeling slightly off, and in my case I never had the words I needed to explain what i was until I stumbled across "transgender" in a random google search. BAM, there it was. that's what I was. I wasn't a very confused girl. I was a boy. this song made me cry the first time i heard it.
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I think you've sorely misunderstood the entire point of this song.
@@purpleoctopie7722 I don't think he is. This song is about identifying, figuring out who you are.
@@purpleoctopie7722 I don't think he's saying that he thinks this song is about a trans guy, I think he's saying that it's about seeing someone you identify with and everything falling into place, which it is (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though!)
Dear heart, this is a song about butch lesbians.
this happened for me last summer, when i was 13. it was easily just like this song.
I haven't listened to this song since it was new. And it just hit me hard because that spark of realization and finding your identity is exactly what it felt like when I realized I'm a guy.
i heard this song and it made me realize who i truly was. because i had thought of someone i knew in a loving manner as i listened.I love it and i'm loving my new found confidence of self
+Iamacactusbarkbark i know its kinda weird to reply to yourself on a UA-cam video but I'm performing this for a school project. It's gonna be awsome.
how did it go
It went surprisingly well.
Oh, I thought Gabby was amazing. Different from Sydney, but every bit as good.
this is a powerful song.
It is.
This song makes me get teary every time. She really captures the half knowing, half confused emotional reaction of a kid finding her kin for the first time.
Ugh I LOVE THIS. I can so relate. I remember when I was in high school, there was a classmate of mine who was totally open about his bisexuality. Wore a black leather jacket. Long black hair. Scruffy beard (as much as a teenage boy could have anyway lol) rode a motorcycle. Didn't give a damn at all what anyone thought or said. I always knew I was different, but as a 14 year old high school freshman seeing this gorgeous hunk of a man who loved women and men (even though I only liked guys but hadn't yet admitted that to myself at the time and wouldn't for at leadt another 4 years) it just....ugh. Seeing that kind of "swagger and bearing" gave me confidence, even though he and and I never really associated.
Why am I sobbing? It just makes my heart break in half.
I love this song! And what a cast album.
Saw Fun Home yesterday it was amazing
the dykery......im right there with you small Al...i see a butch and my whole brain goes "im like you!! can you tell!! Im like you!!"
tHIS SONG MAKES ME WANT TO CRY BUT IN A GOOD WAY?? LIKE, IM ACTUALLY CRYING HELP
Quarantine has taken me here, I love this song...
I feel like crying right now
Sydney Lucas is amazing
this song is a wonderful exploration of that feeling when you unpeel a layer of yourself and start to realize your identity.
hi, it's pride month of 2020. giving everyone who's not "out" yet a VERY BIG VIRTUAL HUG. I actually planned on coming out this year, but i'm quarantined with my parents and i feel like if they don't like me being gay, everything would be awkward. ha ha :) hang in there, okay? we'll be free soon.
This is so relatable
I found this song incredible when I watched it being performed, it fills you with so much emotion, I knew that I had to see the whole musical. Omg in context this hits so much harder, what an incredible, unique piece of theatre
I'm not a lesbian but I still relate to this being bisexual. I felt like this when i liked a girl after years of liking boys c':
I wish I recognized who I was at that age. So much time wasted figuring out who I am.
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A BUTCH WOMAN!!! 💗💗💗💗💗
Your swagger
Lace up boots
Short hair
Right clothes
Lydia deetz?!
if you’ve read the comic you’d know she looks nothing like lydia lol
no one:
me at 11:58 pm: *sobbing because im pan but my parents are homophobic*
I love Sydney Lucas and Beth Malone.
this reminds me of when i was like 10 and i saw my friends older sister. i thought she was really pretty. that is exactly when i knew i liked women. it just changed something for me.
This song makes my pansexual heart feel very full
I'm a straight female, but a strong supporter of the LGBT 🏳️🌈 community, this song is just so cute ☺️
A vine sent me here... I really just gotta listen to this soundtrack already.
WHAT VINE
Well I couldn't find it again but it was a dude dancing to the talking bit in the beginning
dunkaroos
Ok who's singing this? Because her singing is outstanding!
Sydney Lucas I think
I will never understand the ring of keys part, anyone else?
Meghan Robertshaw back in the day, having a ring of keys on your belt was a lesbian symbol, so making a big deal about them in the song is symbolic of being gay
It's that Little Alison sees a woman who LOOKS like she (little Alison) FEELS inside -- she sees the physical, kinetic, energetic representation of the person she herself has sensed she really wants to be (hates dresses, keeps taking the barrette out of her hair, wishes she could wear boys' clothes, etc), and she's never before seen evidence that anyone else in the world feels that way, but here's this grownup woman embodying that identity...down to this object that women just don't ever carry -- a ring of utility keys. This very masculine symbol of power and fixing things and physical labor. And Alison fixates on it because, well, keys open things...and this delivery woman opens Alison's eyes to the idea that maybe being a lesbian is fine; maybe living authentically is exactly right.
to add on to the first two replies, i believe i heard that its also about keys being the first thing a child would notice. Little Allison is right at the height to see a shiny ring of keys on a belt loop. i think its probably tying back to Allison being young here as she identifies with this woman without knowing why
A ring of keys is a lesbian (and particularly butch) symbol BECAUSE it was a standard of people who worked in manual jobs (like delivery). It was inherently gender non-conforming, so Alison immediately related to it. it's basically the first two comments combined. It's gay like her and gender non conforming like her, and she's never seen anyone like her before
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