people arent talking enough about the whole transformation at the beginning? monique and noel look like two entirely different people bros shapeshifting fr
This whole song and performance perfectly embodies the way a small town teenager will romanticize absolutely anything they find remotely more interesting than their actual life and I think it's genius. I also wanted to be a Monique at 17 lmaooo
Oh, I saw it as a way of crediting him in general, like if he has a role somewhere and people want to find other stuff with him, they'll see he performed here
I like how Noel's shadow looks more feminine than him himself, so it gives this sorta symbolism in my mind that he will never be who he truly wants to be on the outside but he has perfect control over his imagination. Idk just a thought and a weird interpretation in my mind
The final part ( 4:04 ) sounds like a rollercoaster slowly moving up the hill, before it comes careening down quickly, and then comes to a complete halt.
If there’s anything Noel wants. He glamorizes life far beyond his own that catching a life-threatening sickness is more interesting than the life he has led so far. Notice that he wants a life that is at least full of suffering and debaucherous bliss. Whereas he feels the life in high school was so undefined and bland. He’d take anything over going back.
@@Polomance862 Its so tragic too because you know a Monique would have killed to be a Noel, and teen angst aside, I feel for Noel desperation it makes me remember Don Quixote going mad over outdated ideals and grand adventures that only exist in his tales (I do know the Quixote meaning is that life is absolutely as engaging as the tales if not more btw, I just dont have other comparison)
Broken heart a flask of gin Tattooed with a safety pin Teeth all stained with nicotine Running nylons shattered dreams Super crusty holy terror Wild eyes and black mascara
guys this may be stupid but i think the importance of a certain member's part in the song corresponds to how much noel likes them, like: ocean: he absolutely hates ocean and therefore doesnt want her in the song. but because of karnak she HAS to be in it so she just stands in the same pose in the bg in the dark for like 5 minutes constance: he likes constance (i mean who couldnt she's the nicest girl in town) but she doesnt directly interact with him (like touching him and talking to him) and instead is just a background dancer/singer which shows that even though she's nice and all, he doesnt have like a connection to her like he does the others. like think about it, just because she's the nicest girl in town doesnt mean that he has to be close with her. she's nice and he knows that, but they dont really have a friendship like that jane: same as constance, he likes her but he doesnt have a special bond with her or smth like that ricky: ricky has a direct interaction with him (the priest) PLUS he's the one playing the accordion so that's another important part. this shows that he likes ricky a lot mischa: now he REALLY likes mischa as evidenced by the fact that mischa is the one that interacts with him most in the song (the touching, the kissing, the 'i think i am in love with you') and has the most important role in the song next to noel himself i may be thinking too much into this but yeah
There's just something about this song. The acting. The voice. The dancing. I couldn't ask for more. I've been trying to find out more about Kholby and just RTC in the first place. If anyone has recommendations or anything I would love that! Thanks!
This dance routine draws huge inspiration from Liza Minnelli's performance of "Mein Herr" in the movie "Cabaret" - the movie is about the raunchy underground life of Berlin in the late 1920s early 1930s during the rise of the Nazi party, before queer life in Germany was brutally extinguished. Liza Minnelli is just fantastic in everything, her performance of Mein Herr is worth looking up.
@@marsgirllll I think it's like monique was out in the road begging for attention and them were just ignoring her, atleast that was what I understood, and also they needed to get their instruments
Misha's committed to the bit, he understands stage work. If he has to stuck his tongue down a man's throat to sell it, he's gonna do it, he's not homophobic
I don't know what it says about me that this is my favorite character , also the one I can relate to the most, my favorite song in the musical and this performance made me the most emotional (right behind it is Talia and it's not a game)
@Bread what? That makes no sense, how is having a favorite character that turns out wanting to be trans, make them trans? Can't we just like the character?
I know the audience was kinda laughing at his bits, but I can 100% relate to wanting to live a whole different life. I mean, I don't want to be a hooker in post-war france, but the point still stands Also, I LOVE this guys' performance. At some point I out loud said "Holy shit, he's killing it"
bc of your comment i realized one thing and i want to share it typhoid flu is couse of monique death as i understand and do you think that noel is smiling bc he is dying after living the best live and not after his live and cyclone death?
I just now realized this; so you know how Ricky plays “the priest” throughout this song? Well during the second chorus when Monique is down on her knees reaching after random passerbyers, she reaches out for Ricky, the priest, showing either 1; she was so desperate for s*x that she would ride the priest, or 2; she was longing for comfort through religion, and the consistency of a church and a religion and wanted to change her ways
00:44 I can't get over this move here. It almost looks like a struggle to get the heel on was expertly transformed into a sexy leg cross to get an easier angle.
Y'ALL TALKING BOUT HIS SINGING AND ACTING AND ALL BUT NOT ABOUT HOW HE LITERALLY SLAYED THE OUTFIT!!! WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY. BRO WAS MOMMY AND DADDY AT THE SAME TIME!!
I’m currently doing ride the cyclone at my theatre and I play Karnak. We started rehearsing a couple weeks ago and we perform in November. The guy who plays Noel is such a queen. He literally “yassified” the whole cast with his bicycle legs 😭🤌
In my life, I was Noel Gruber who worked at Taco Bell in Uranium City, Saskatchewan But, in my dreams, I played a different role I was Monique Gibeau in post-war France A hooker with a heart of black charcoal I write poems to burn by firelight Drink champagne and guzzle gin Good girls call me "the town bicycle" Don't knock it 'til you've tried my life of sin Oh, Claude, my pimp, knows never mess with me Last prick did that faded quick to black I have no idea where to find him, officers But if you do, please mention that I'd like to have returned The pretty knife That I stuck ten times in his back For I sing songs until the break of dawn I embrace a new man every night My life's one never-ending carnival A world of boozy-floozy flashing light I want to be that fucked-up girl He said, "I think I am in love with you" I've heard that lie a million times before Oh, tonight I give in to the fantasy Take love when you can, when you're a whore For I sing songs until the break of dawn I embrace a new man every night My life's one never-ending carnival A world of boozy-floozy flashing light I want to be that fucked-up girl So now I sell my love for opium In some rat-infested Chinese dive At night I burn myself with cigarettes Just to somehow prove I'm still alive Eight months later, I catch typhoid flu Kicked out, I see the ugly light of day Dying in an alley, a priest kneels down to me "My child, do you have any final words to the Lord you'd like to say?" "Oui. Tell him that, like him, I choose to burn out rather than fade away" For I sing songs until the break of dawn I embrace a new man every night My life's one never-ending carnival A world of boozy-floozy flashing light For I sing songs until the break of dawn I embrace a new man every night My life's one never ending carnival A world of boozy-floozy flashing light I want to be that fucked-up girl I wanna be that fucked-up (girl) Broken heart, a flask of gin Tattooed with a safety pin Teeth all stained with nicotine Running nylons, shattered dreams Super crusty, holy terror Wild eyes and black mascara Broken heart, a flask of gin Tattooed with a safety pin Teeth all stained with nicotine Running nylons, shattered dreams Super crusty, holy terror Wild eyes and black mascara If I could have just one dream (ahh) (If he could have just one dream) I'd be that fucked-up girl! Hey!
I love how this song is relatable to every trans person whether trans masc or fem. because on one hand this could be about the phase of hyperfemme than most trans masculine individuals go through or it could be about the denial phase in trans feminine people. either way it is so gender!
i respect this take as a trans guy myself, but i personally think it’s much more of a drag queen thing than a trans thing! it’s kinda the reason why the word girl is always paired with the “fucked up” phrase lmao, nonetheless as an aspiring drag queen i relate heavily to this song!!
as someone who might still be in denial about being a trans male this song is still very gender i remember before i had the words for it i wanted to be a trans woman bc i thought it'd mean id be a crossdressing man 😭 smth about being androgynous in the other direction just rraah
I’d say it’s about the same until the final part, then that’s when this version really shines. But yeah, most of the “official audio” seems more relaxed then they should be
I really like the official audio, but I often find myself coming to listen to the live versions for this and The Ballad of Jane Doe. I dunno, something about the actual stage versions just sound incredible to me. :)
I love the official audio for its cleanliness. It sounds like an actual song you listen to outside of the context of musicals, but I love this version for the main story it tells, the recorded just seems to take away the actual context . I think I might like the official recorded version better, but I feel guilty saying it because Noel’s really hot in this 😭
something i've never really saw someone talking about, but noel's lament seems to be jewish. the music uses classical elements of jewish music, but even far more important, the dance in the background (4:41-5:00) is like no doubt jewish (especially the way ocean dances it), the going back and forth, the way they lean to the front with their hands behind their back, the leg crossing, the arm raising and falling ect. I don't I just thinks that gives the song even more character lol
I have listened to this over 8000 times at this point and I have finally narrowed it down to every single part in the song. I am dedicated to get this role I don’t care that I am a female I truly want to be that fucked up girl
Omg my kinnie!! I’m also a female human being wandering around and I want to have his role too bad! But all I could land on is Constance, which is not bad cause I love her too, and our Noel is just badass sass despite being a straight man… but man I still want to be that f*cked up girl!
I think it says something that he romanticizes something that would be actually not fun. Like his life was that boring. He just wanted to feel something in its extremes not realizing how much that actually hurts.
Is 3:18 possibly a reference to les mis? I haven't watch ride the cyclone, I just noticed that it's the same vocal increment steps as I dreamed a dream when Fauntine sings 'turn your dreams to shame'. Plus the dying prostitute aspect helps. I'm probably not the first person to notice, just curious tho.
Ive watched so many covers of this song, nobody comes close to the way Kholby performs and how much of his own he puts into the performance, you can feel the emotion in every word and action of a closeted frustrated teen in a small town that cant live his dreams.
okay the costume change implies that noel just had a slip dress and fishnets under his uniform. what was bro planning to do. did karnak put it there???
words can't express how much I love this. The transformation at the beginning, the acting is amazing, the background dancers, THE SINGING!! Noel is definitely one of the best characters to exist in my eyes,
LYRICS In my life, I was Noel Gruber who worked at Taco Bell In Uranium City, Saskatchewan But, in my dreams, I played a different role I was Monique Gibeau in post-war France A hooker with a heart of black charcoal I write poems to burn by firelight Drink champagne and guzzle gin Good girls call me "The Town Bicycle" Don't knock it 'til you've tried my life of sin Oh, Claude, my pimp, knows never mess with me Last prick did that faded quick to black I have no idea where to find him, officers But if you do, please mention that I'd like to have returned The pretty knife that I stuck ten times in his back For I sing songs until the break of dawn I embrace a new man every night My life's one never-ending carnival A whirl of boozy-floozy flashing light I want to be that fucked-up girl He said, "I think I am in love with you" I've heard that lie a million times before Oh, tonight I give in to the fantasy Take love when you can, when you're a whore For I sing songs until the break of dawn I embrace a new man every night My life's one never-ending carnival A whirl of boozy-floozy flashing light I want to be that fucked-up girl So now I sell my love for opium In some rat-infested Chinese dive At night, I burn myself with cigarettes Just to somehow prove I'm still alive Eight months later, I catch typhoid flu Kicked out, I see the ugly light of day Dying in an alley, a priest kneels down to me "My child, do you have any final words to the Lord you'd like to say?" "Oui, tell him that, like him, I choose to burn out rather than fade away!" For I sing songs until the break of dawn I embrace a new man every night My life's one never-ending carnival A whirl of boozy-floozy flashing light For I sing songs until the break of dawn I embrace a new man every night My life's one never-ending carnival A whirl of boozy-floozy flashing light I want to be that fucked-up girl I wanna be that fucked-up girl Broken heart, a flask of gin Tattooed with a safety pin Teeth all stained with nicotine Running nylons, shattered dreams Super crusty, holy terror Wild eyes and black mascara Broken heart, a flask of gin Tattooed with a safety pin Teeth all stained with nicotine Running nylons, shattered dreams Super crusty, holy terror Wild eyes and black mascara If I could have just one dream (If he could have just one dream) I'd be that fucked-up girl! Hey!
![Noel’s Lament [Official Audio] from Ride the Cyclone The Musical featuring Kholby Wardell](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/6LHl3JWSYAo/mqdefault.jpg)
no one talks about him standing on a chair in those heels while singing i wouldve died
Me too
@@-nameless--uc9zw fr, I'd fall off the chair and just die upon contact with floor
That's what the gin is for
@@thecatinthehatwithabat9903
-mischa
well they’re office pump style, so they’re designed to be easily worn and moved around in. so it was probably easier than you think :)
people arent talking enough about the whole transformation at the beginning? monique and noel look like two entirely different people bros shapeshifting fr
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@@xOxmortal frfrfr
gender envy
agree
@@cory3348 FR OMG
My toxic trait is thinking I can do this entire performance in heels without practice despite the fact that I can't sing
The dance and performance itself? I think I could pull it off. The singing at the same time? Nope I’d fucking die.
Me too!!
be that fucked up girl. we believe in you queen
REAL.
Same, I've never even worn heels 😭
This song’s visuals are wild look away for two seconds and suddenly Noel’s in a dress
and kissing Mischa!
That literally happened to me on my first watch! I looked away and when I looked back he was wearing a dress.
WDYM??? THATS NOT NOEL!! THATS MÓNIQUE IN POST WAR FRANCE(correct me if im wring$
This made me laugh harder than it should’ve
@@1alexxs0canvas3 WHOS NOEL? NEVER HEARD OF HIM. I ONLY KNOW MÓNIQUE/j
Legendary, he really ate
HELP I THOUGHT YOU SAID "HE REALLY ARE"
@@dizzypaws LMAO
@@dizzypaws He really are ❤️
Devoró 💋
naw kholby absolutely DEVOURED
This whole song and performance perfectly embodies the way a small town teenager will romanticize absolutely anything they find remotely more interesting than their actual life and I think it's genius. I also wanted to be a Monique at 17 lmaooo
i tried so hard to be a monique at 17
I am ashamed to admit I'm 21 and I still desperately want to be a Monique
True jajjaja
As a small town teenager, I very much wish to hold as much badass energy as Monique 👑
I started embracing my inner Monique at 11 and still desperately want to be her 😭
the director said “stop, cut!” but he heard “serve cnt”
Fr
When?
@@Idk_about_this-t8q 😭??
@@piroulinee LOL
@@piroulinee I meant when did the director say "stop,cut" ?
I love how even though Kholby played Noel in every production we still must specify its him singing it
Maybe because there's different versions of the musical so they wanted say who's singing???/nm
@@-nameless--uc9zw that’s the joke. kholby was in majority of the earlier productions so most recordings are actually him being noel.
Oh, I saw it as a way of crediting him in general, like if he has a role somewhere and people want to find other stuff with him, they'll see he performed here
@@miles2593 ohh oops, I'm sorry-
Yes!
watched this musical over 7 times and am still bewildered on how his wig stays on. ive been in musical theatre my whole life and am still baffled
and the fact he gets the bangs right the first time without a mirror??????
Also he does the entire thing in HEELS
elastic!
Double-sided flex tape
But genuinely if I had to guess it's probably double sided tape of some kind
@@championCynthia2348 yeah he seems to be fixing it in place somehow when he first puts it on
I listened to this song without context and was like "damn this woman has a deep voice"
In the best way possible
😂😂😂
He would have said "What a compliment" 😂😂
I love that Mischa and Jane were just having a party at that last bit
Time stamp?
4:41 till the end of the song
but they were all doing the dance? Constance and Ocean were doing the same thing? 😅
I loved Ocean
@@_eggs.benedict_1166 Yeah, but I don't know why it seems like Mischa and Jane are having more fun
I like how Noel's shadow looks more feminine than him himself, so it gives this sorta symbolism in my mind that he will never be who he truly wants to be on the outside but he has perfect control over his imagination. Idk just a thought and a weird interpretation in my mind
With the ammount of symbolism shadows have in the rest of the musical, you're probably right
Just like how Jane’s shadow in her song looks like angel wings. ✨
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Woahhhh!! That is actually good!!
The final part ( 4:04 ) sounds like a rollercoaster slowly moving up the hill, before it comes careening down quickly, and then comes to a complete halt.
It's a really good polka
I love this. it literally does!!
Hah, how ironic!
@@a_thxna Not irony if it was intentional
Ahan good interpretation
He smiles when he sings about catching typhoid flu! Really shows how tragic Noel is
3:26
"You make me weep just looking at you. So, so tragic."
Ever so relatable
If there’s anything Noel wants. He glamorizes life far beyond his own that catching a life-threatening sickness is more interesting than the life he has led so far.
Notice that he wants a life that is at least full of suffering and debaucherous bliss. Whereas he feels the life in high school was so undefined and bland. He’d take anything over going back.
@@Polomance862 Its so tragic too because you know a Monique would have killed to be a Noel, and teen angst aside, I feel for Noel desperation it makes me remember Don Quixote going mad over outdated ideals and grand adventures that only exist in his tales (I do know the Quixote meaning is that life is absolutely as engaging as the tales if not more btw, I just dont have other comparison)
RIP Noel Gruber. You would've loved Will Wood.
REAL
YES OMG
mann all of you are my people fr
for real i just got into Ride the Cyclone and Noel immediately made me think 'Will Wood fan'
HE DIED????
Broken heart a flask of gin
Tattooed with a safety pin
Teeth all stained with nicotine
Running nylons shattered dreams
Super crusty holy terror
Wild eyes and black mascara
I want to be the fucked up girl
I gonna be that fucked up girlllllllllllllllll
its so fun to sing
super crusty
Thanks for this! I wasn't exactly sure what they were saying. All I could hear was "nicotine." :p
holy terror
guys this may be stupid but i think the importance of a certain member's part in the song corresponds to how much noel likes them, like:
ocean: he absolutely hates ocean and therefore doesnt want her in the song. but because of karnak she HAS to be in it so she just stands in the same pose in the bg in the dark for like 5 minutes
constance: he likes constance (i mean who couldnt she's the nicest girl in town) but she doesnt directly interact with him (like touching him and talking to him) and instead is just a background dancer/singer which shows that even though she's nice and all, he doesnt have like a connection to her like he does the others. like think about it, just because she's the nicest girl in town doesnt mean that he has to be close with her. she's nice and he knows that, but they dont really have a friendship like that
jane: same as constance, he likes her but he doesnt have a special bond with her or smth like that
ricky: ricky has a direct interaction with him (the priest) PLUS he's the one playing the accordion so that's another important part. this shows that he likes ricky a lot
mischa: now he REALLY likes mischa as evidenced by the fact that mischa is the one that interacts with him most in the song (the touching, the kissing, the 'i think i am in love with you') and has the most important role in the song next to noel himself
i may be thinking too much into this but yeah
That’s honestly, super cool! Amazing attention to detail dude👍🏽
I LIKE THAT 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
loving the critical thinking ❤
squeeze keys*
this is late but tysm for your complements yall :D i really appreciate it
There's just something about this song. The acting. The voice. The dancing. I couldn't ask for more. I've been trying to find out more about Kholby and just RTC in the first place. If anyone has recommendations or anything I would love that! Thanks!
The best thing I could find was that he has a UA-cam channel
@@mchaela4045 Don't be shy, leave the link.
@@yourlocalanarchylovingcatguy ua-cam.com/users/itchytooth He doesn't have many videos though
Thanks
This dance routine draws huge inspiration from Liza Minnelli's performance of "Mein Herr" in the movie "Cabaret" - the movie is about the raunchy underground life of Berlin in the late 1920s early 1930s during the rise of the Nazi party, before queer life in Germany was brutally extinguished.
Liza Minnelli is just fantastic in everything, her performance of Mein Herr is worth looking up.
obsessed with the way Mischa lifts Ocean from the stage. ALSO OCEAN JUST STAYING IN ONE POSE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE SONG??
She switches pose around 2:40 but it’s still so impressive!
I know this is Noel’s song but other than him I lived Ocean’s part in here
i think its bc its noels song and fantasy so he doesnt want ocean to be a major part in it but she has to be in it bc of karnak 😭
@@h0neypuddles YES HAHA
@@h0neypuddles YOU SEE HOW MUCH HE DISLIKES HER BEFORE THE SONG AND THIS DETAIL IS SO SMART
4:55 IS NOBODY GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS PART???? THE WAY HE COULD PULL OF A HIGH ASF NOTE IS JUST >>>>>
It was crazy impressive!
You're talking about it.
So good like fr
NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT HOW HE DID THAT ALL IN HEELS?
i would of died 😅
Kholby probably got used to it after playing noel for 10 years
You're talking about it. So it doesn't matter if anyone else does.
@@englishatheart Genuinely curious, why are you so pissed off? All your comments on this video just give off annoyed energy.
I don’t know why Jane literally just walking normally across the stage at 2:33 is sending me so hard but here we are
"Hello, goodbye"
and then, I kid you not, she walks across the stage. funniest shit I’ve ever seen.
@@mostdefinitelynotdarkreunion truly
jane and the space jesus guy are like men that pass by monique and she sells her body for them ig
@@marsgirllll I think it's like monique was out in the road begging for attention and them were just ignoring her, atleast that was what I understood, and also they needed to get their instruments
Please rise for our national anthem:
Honestly
@@itsevie7865 YESS 😭😭😭
🕴
Are we not gonna talk about that high note? That was absolutely beautiful. 100/10
right
No.
FRR
This song is gender and it isn't gender at the same time, and I think that's beautiful.
"I wish I could be a girl" will woods
@@thatonemusickid08 I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT! my favorite part is at 1 : 54 from “it’s been a point of contention between myself”
@@thatonemusickid08 i/me/myself?
@@spiriox yes
@@thatonemusickid08 based
WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT MISHA AND NOEL MAKING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SONG?!
I DONT KNOW WE SHOULD THOUGH
Misha's committed to the bit, he understands stage work. If he has to stuck his tongue down a man's throat to sell it, he's gonna do it, he's not homophobic
Literally that’s all anyone talks about
@@chicagaming4399 where
@@FizStick 2:05
i love Mischa's little "hey" at the end
after not watching rtc and only compilations, i can say mischa and noel have my heart so far
I don't know what it says about me that this is my favorite character , also the one I can relate to the most, my favorite song in the musical and this performance made me the most emotional (right behind it is Talia and it's not a game)
Well... Says here you are trans.
@Bread what? That makes no sense, how is having a favorite character that turns out wanting to be trans, make them trans? Can't we just like the character?
@@rubyblood8764 it's a joke babes
@@rubyblood8764 it's a joke babes
@@cascharles3838 looks like they got triggered fr fr
Imagine relating to Noel on a personal level... couldn't be me👀
Finally the comment I was looking for
@@mookymyers7462 FR
*I feel called out*
I know the audience was kinda laughing at his bits, but I can 100% relate to wanting to live a whole different life. I mean, I don't want to be a hooker in post-war france, but the point still stands
Also, I LOVE this guys' performance. At some point I out loud said "Holy shit, he's killing it"
The smile when he says typhoid flu omg I can’t stop replaying that part
bc of your comment i realized one thing and i want to share it
typhoid flu is couse of monique death as i understand and do you think that noel is smiling bc he is dying after living the best live and not after his live and cyclone death?
I just now realized this; so you know how Ricky plays “the priest” throughout this song? Well during the second chorus when Monique is down on her knees reaching after random passerbyers, she reaches out for Ricky, the priest, showing either 1; she was so desperate for s*x that she would ride the priest, or 2; she was longing for comfort through religion, and the consistency of a church and a religion and wanted to change her ways
me when he sings songs until the break of dawn 🤩🤩🤩🤩
4:11
real
Me when he embraces a new man every night😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
me when my life's one never ending carnival 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
me when his world is fully of oozy boozy floozing flashing lights 🤧🤧🤧
00:44 I can't get over this move here. It almost looks like a struggle to get the heel on was expertly transformed into a sexy leg cross to get an easier angle.
the fact that the first time he couldnt get the heel on instead of freaking out he improvised and did the sexy leg thing
I THOUGHT THAT WAS PLANNED!!! That's some excellent improv!!!
I've never seen this untill now and I was not ready for that kiss at 2:07
Fr!!
So intimate
SAMEEEE! I WASN'T READY FOR THAT!
Was anyone ready for it?
Just putting it out there, this song and Masochism Tango give me similar vibes 👀
Was it because it's a tango?
@@drendraleigh4722 Possibly, maybe it's because they're both tragic but happy?
@@huh4012 they're both a comedic over-the-top tango of misery
Stalkers tango, Masochism Tango, Cell Block Tango
There, all the Tangos
that explains...
Y'ALL TALKING BOUT HIS SINGING AND ACTING AND ALL BUT NOT ABOUT HOW HE LITERALLY SLAYED THE OUTFIT!!! WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY. BRO WAS MOMMY AND DADDY AT THE SAME TIME!!
LMAO FR
SO REAL
LMAO READING THIS MADE ME DIE 😭
ONGGG
I’m currently doing ride the cyclone at my theatre and I play Karnak. We started rehearsing a couple weeks ago and we perform in November. The guy who plays Noel is such a queen. He literally “yassified” the whole cast with his bicycle legs 😭🤌
good luck! and the dude who plays noel sounds so cool!
@@taylor_ackThank you! :)
HOW DID JT GO
HOW DID IT GO?
How did it go man??
In my life, I was Noel Gruber who worked at Taco Bell in Uranium City, Saskatchewan
But, in my dreams, I played a different role
I was Monique Gibeau in post-war France
A hooker with a heart of black charcoal
I write poems to burn by firelight
Drink champagne and guzzle gin
Good girls call me "the town bicycle"
Don't knock it 'til you've tried my life of sin
Oh, Claude, my pimp, knows never mess with me
Last prick did that faded quick to black
I have no idea where to find him, officers
But if you do, please mention that I'd like to have returned
The pretty knife
That I stuck ten times in his back
For I sing songs until the break of dawn
I embrace a new man every night
My life's one never-ending carnival
A world of boozy-floozy flashing light
I want to be that fucked-up girl
He said, "I think I am in love with you"
I've heard that lie a million times before
Oh, tonight I give in to the fantasy
Take love when you can, when you're a whore
For I sing songs until the break of dawn
I embrace a new man every night
My life's one never-ending carnival
A world of boozy-floozy flashing light
I want to be that fucked-up girl
So now I sell my love for opium
In some rat-infested Chinese dive
At night I burn myself with cigarettes
Just to somehow prove I'm still alive
Eight months later, I catch typhoid flu
Kicked out, I see the ugly light of day
Dying in an alley, a priest kneels down to me
"My child, do you have any final words to the Lord you'd like to say?"
"Oui. Tell him that, like him, I choose to burn out rather than fade away"
For I sing songs until the break of dawn
I embrace a new man every night
My life's one never-ending carnival
A world of boozy-floozy flashing light
For I sing songs until the break of dawn
I embrace a new man every night
My life's one never ending carnival
A world of boozy-floozy flashing light
I want to be that fucked-up girl
I wanna be that fucked-up (girl)
Broken heart, a flask of gin
Tattooed with a safety pin
Teeth all stained with nicotine
Running nylons, shattered dreams
Super crusty, holy terror
Wild eyes and black mascara
Broken heart, a flask of gin
Tattooed with a safety pin
Teeth all stained with nicotine
Running nylons, shattered dreams
Super crusty, holy terror
Wild eyes and black mascara
If I could have just one dream (ahh)
(If he could have just one dream)
I'd be that fucked-up girl!
Hey!
i can write it from my memory
it's getting creepy 😓
Thank youuu
I love how this song is relatable to every trans person whether trans masc or fem. because on one hand this could be about the phase of hyperfemme than most trans masculine individuals go through or it could be about the denial phase in trans feminine people. either way it is so gender!
i respect this take as a trans guy myself, but i personally think it’s much more of a drag queen thing than a trans thing! it’s kinda the reason why the word girl is always paired with the “fucked up” phrase lmao, nonetheless as an aspiring drag queen i relate heavily to this song!!
@@spencerarteaga9114 I'm also a trans guy who loves drag and I also relate to this song heavy lol, I love it
i’m genderqueer (afab) and bro this song IS gender- i wanna be that fucked up girl and also i want to be micha the soundcloud rapper at the same time
as someone who might still be in denial about being a trans male this song is still very gender
i remember before i had the words for it i wanted to be a trans woman bc i thought it'd mean id be a crossdressing man 😭
smth about being androgynous in the other direction just rraah
@@queertearss SAME
Gender. Just the embodiment of gender
EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING
U GET IT
ABSOLUTELY.
Jealousy
I want his gender
2:34 “I embrace an new man every night” *Jane walks by*
I relate to this song in a way a trans guy only can
YOU GET IT YOU GET IT!!!
YOU SEE ME!! YOU GET ME!!!
YOU!!! YOU YOUNG MAN GET THE FEELING!!
YOU GET ME!!
ABSOLUTELY COULDN'T AGREE MORE
Most straight republican governor
this is the most accurate comment I have ever read
Now THIS THIS is accurate
George santos moment
Donald Trump in sexy lingerie.
LMAOOOO.
Listening to this song from the actual musical is better than listening to the official audio
I’d say it’s about the same until the final part, then that’s when this version really shines. But yeah, most of the “official audio” seems more relaxed then they should be
I really like the official audio, but I often find myself coming to listen to the live versions for this and The Ballad of Jane Doe. I dunno, something about the actual stage versions just sound incredible to me. :)
dadadada live performance is very emotional!! and staging dances is just a twinkle. I love this song with all my heart
I love the official audio for its cleanliness. It sounds like an actual song you listen to outside of the context of musicals, but I love this version for the main story it tells, the recorded just seems to take away the actual context . I think I might like the official recorded version better, but I feel guilty saying it because Noel’s really hot in this 😭
this is my i/me/myself
NAH FR I WAS LIKE “post-war France will wood?”
Same.
YOU ARE A GENIUS AND SO CORRECT
REAL
WHY ARE WE EVERYWHERE
3:31 ma'am please don't smile like that when i'm in such a vulnerable state i beg of you
Now I aint gay but…
4:34 I love how he sings the word carnival 😭
Ooommgg same! I wait through the whole song just to hear the word, carnival and how he sings girl.
That’s something that never exited my mind since a year ago
something i've never really saw someone talking about, but noel's lament seems to be jewish.
the music uses classical elements of jewish music, but even far more important, the dance in the background (4:41-5:00) is like no doubt jewish (especially the way ocean dances it), the going back and forth, the way they lean to the front with their hands behind their back, the leg crossing, the arm raising and falling ect.
I don't I just thinks that gives the song even more character lol
it definitely feels very ashkenaz at parts lol ur onto something here jeremy
I *was* wondering the inspiration behind the last piece of music, I felt like it had cultural roots or something
As a gay Jewish theater kid, god I love this.
no when i heard it i thought it was hava nagila at first…
Me after I'm done being a boy: 0:01
So aggressive with that kiss and for what LMAO
That chair 9 months later:
🤰
more like monique between 2nd and 3rd verses
I CAN'T EXPRESS HOW MUCH I LOVED THE "My life's one never ending carni *val* ~" ON THE LAST OMGGG
FRR
carniVAAAAAHHHL ugh i love it
Nobody ever mentions how he was wearing the dress under his choir outfit, which means he died in it, WHICH MEANS HE WORE IT TO THE AMUSEMENT PARK💀😭
Pretty sure in universe he didn't. It's just a trick so he can transform into Monique quick
2:26 THAT CAUGHT ME SO OFF GUARD WHAT 💀
FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE NOTICED IT THAT CAUGHT ME SO OFF GAURD TOO JDJDJRJE 😭😭😭
I have listened to this over 8000 times at this point and I have finally narrowed it down to every single part in the song. I am dedicated to get this role I don’t care that I am a female I truly want to be that fucked up girl
LMFAO SAME
Mood
Omg my kinnie!! I’m also a female human being wandering around and I want to have his role too bad! But all I could land on is Constance, which is not bad cause I love her too, and our Noel is just badass sass despite being a straight man… but man I still want to be that f*cked up girl!
same LMFAO
I think it says something that he romanticizes something that would be actually not fun. Like his life was that boring. He just wanted to feel something in its extremes not realizing how much that actually hurts.
Is 3:18 possibly a reference to les mis? I haven't watch ride the cyclone, I just noticed that it's the same vocal increment steps as I dreamed a dream when Fauntine sings 'turn your dreams to shame'. Plus the dying prostitute aspect helps. I'm probably not the first person to notice, just curious tho.
It's possible! The character of Noel really likes French films and stuff so I like to think it's the character himself making a reference
Constance hitting those sticks together at 1:55 is sending me and I don't know why
Same 😭 idk why tho
she’s so cute 😭
1:22 I just realized he was doing the "Sign of the Cross"!
Ok, but the beginning where he messed up the shoe and played it off with the kick oml
brilliant improv
It was so good
I thought it was planned until I went to the comments!!
I absolutely love the rest of the choirs dancing in the background here 4:41
this right here is a man born to perform on a stage
The way he sings “cigarettes” at 3:14 is satisfying for no apparent reason
"😩 At night 🌃 I 🔥BURN🔥 myself WITH 👹CIGARETTES🚬"
4:26 and on til the last carnival is itching a scratch in my brain
im not even that into theater but i would die to play this role
real
REAL
How much you wanna bet all the contraltos and gay men of theater are dying to play Noel? I know I am
He would make an AMAZING Dr Frank-N-Furter!!
OMG YEAS
This is the gayest think I’ve ever seen and I love it
“If the other choir members find out I can shapeshift they will tell the church” 💀
4:49 best thing ever
I tried to do that but I destroyed my throat 😓
I re-opened the video for this shot.
Why is no one is talking about the fact Mischa mouths the words “I think I am in love with you”!!!!!
it's attractive af
I can't even explain how much I love 4:05 to the end in words
no bc me to 😭
ME
I can’t explain how much I love that you have given me my new favourite timestamp
#Relatable
⟟ like the thing Mischa does with his leg
Ive watched so many covers of this song, nobody comes close to the way Kholby performs and how much of his own he puts into the performance, you can feel the emotion in every word and action of a closeted frustrated teen in a small town that cant live his dreams.
Rip Noel gruber. You would've hated the boyfriends webtoon - someone in another video about Noel's lament.
So gay people?
Role call lol
...ye
rip noel, you wouldve loved the concept of gender fluidity.
Im so glad im not the only one who thought of that
RIP Noel, you would've loved HRT
MY FAVORITE COMMENT FJDNJDJCNX
RIP Noel, He would've loved r/EggIRL
OHMMGFBBE BYEEE
@@vambrosiaofficialNOEL WOULD NEVER USE REDDIT SMHHH.
"whags ur gender?" *noels lament.*
real
"CANT YOU KEEP IT IN YOUR PANTS FOR ONE SECOND YOU HORRIBLE SUCCUBUS" best part lmfaoo
Hello queer community
HELLO‼️‼️
Hiii
Why hello there
Greetings
okay the costume change implies that noel just had a slip dress and fishnets under his uniform. what was bro planning to do. did karnak put it there???
4:06 obsessed with this part ❤
🎉🎉🎉 HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR CONTINUED LOVE. 🎉🎉🎉
you are sooo talented
kholby ily
HELP KHOBLY??
This is way Better then the Spotify version 👁👄👁
Yes XD
there is no heterosexual nor cis explanation for this
there is cis one and there is no hetero bc this is song about gay men experience
3:53 is 𝓘𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓬!
The high notes are so impressive
I'm soooo happy people are finding this musical the songs are amazing!
Reasonably, this should have been treated like I/me/myself.
nah it shouldn't bc its not about gender at all
5:05 HEY!!
the growl is impressive also
THAT'S WHAT IM SAYING
Ironically, my friend who introduced me to Ride the Cyclone is also named Claude
words can't express how much I love this. The transformation at the beginning, the acting is amazing, the background dancers, THE SINGING!! Noel is definitely one of the best characters to exist in my eyes,
how’s the gender crisis going?
Very well thank you :D You?
his hand flaps for every hit at 4:46 i love it
rip noel he would've loved six: the musical
2:42 the guy holding noels chair : 🗿
LYRICS
In my life, I was Noel Gruber who worked at Taco Bell
In Uranium City, Saskatchewan
But, in my dreams, I played a different role
I was Monique Gibeau in post-war France
A hooker with a heart of black charcoal
I write poems to burn by firelight
Drink champagne and guzzle gin
Good girls call me "The Town Bicycle"
Don't knock it 'til you've tried my life of sin
Oh, Claude, my pimp, knows never mess with me
Last prick did that faded quick to black
I have no idea where to find him, officers
But if you do, please mention that I'd like to have returned
The pretty knife that I stuck ten times in his back
For I sing songs until the break of dawn
I embrace a new man every night
My life's one never-ending carnival
A whirl of boozy-floozy flashing light
I want to be that fucked-up girl
He said, "I think I am in love with you"
I've heard that lie a million times before
Oh, tonight I give in to the fantasy
Take love when you can, when you're a whore
For I sing songs until the break of dawn
I embrace a new man every night
My life's one never-ending carnival
A whirl of boozy-floozy flashing light
I want to be that fucked-up girl
So now I sell my love for opium
In some rat-infested Chinese dive
At night, I burn myself with cigarettes
Just to somehow prove I'm still alive
Eight months later, I catch typhoid flu
Kicked out, I see the ugly light of day
Dying in an alley, a priest kneels down to me
"My child, do you have any final words to the Lord you'd like to say?"
"Oui, tell him that, like him, I choose to burn out rather than fade away!"
For I sing songs until the break of dawn
I embrace a new man every night
My life's one never-ending carnival
A whirl of boozy-floozy flashing light
For I sing songs until the break of dawn
I embrace a new man every night
My life's one never-ending carnival
A whirl of boozy-floozy flashing light
I want to be that fucked-up girl
I wanna be that fucked-up girl
Broken heart, a flask of gin
Tattooed with a safety pin
Teeth all stained with nicotine
Running nylons, shattered dreams
Super crusty, holy terror
Wild eyes and black mascara
Broken heart, a flask of gin
Tattooed with a safety pin
Teeth all stained with nicotine
Running nylons, shattered dreams
Super crusty, holy terror
Wild eyes and black mascara
If I could have just one dream
(If he could have just one dream)
I'd be that fucked-up girl!
Hey!
This made me feel some typa way
YOUR USERNAME💀💀💀