I went to a production of Joseph and they did something different with this song. They had a black guy play the pharaoh (he did very well by the way. He also played two other roles) so instead of doing an “Elvis” parody. They did a Prince from purple rain. An it was interesting to see how much they changed and it was very creative and fun to see.
I have to say they wrote the lyrics cleverly, they gave credit to Elvis's songs.....in fact the song is a mixture of both of these especially "all shook up*
Can we talk about how Joseph said he understood the part about the corn, but he wasn't sure about the cows. So he asks Pharaoh to sing it again, but than Pharaoh sings about the corn again. Not the cows. Whaaaat?
He previously played the original Greaseball in the Broadway production of Starlight Express, so he was used to singing Elvis homages in Webber musicals.
My mum 'subjected' me to this as a child,many times, and anything relating to Lloyd Webber... now that I think of it. Three months on from her death and I wish we could sing to this together like we always did when I went home to see her. Appreciate your parents folks, and savour it x
So much for this being Joseph’s story when Pharaoh steals this scene every time! Robert Torti’s reactions to everything Joseph says are especially perfect!
My school is doing this show next year and I'm acting in it and costuming it. Pharoah is the one I'm looking forward to the most to costume because of all the creative freedom I get. Acting-wise I'm really hoping for narrator!
[Pharoh] Well I was wandering along by the banks of the river When seven fat cows came up out of the Nile, uh-huh And right behind these fine healthy animals came Seven other cows, skinny and vile, uh-huh Well the thin cows ate the fat cows which I Thought would do them good, uh-huh But it didn't make them fatter like such A monster supper should Well the thin cows were as thin As they had ever, ever, ever been Well this dream has got me baffled Hey, Joseph, won't you tell me what it means? Well you know that kings ain't stupid But I don't have a clue So don't be cruel Joseph Help me now I beg of you Well I was standing doing nothing in a field out of town Whe I saw seven beautiful ears of corn, uh-huh They were ripe, they were golden and You've guessed it Right behind them came seven other ears Tattered and torn, uh-huh Well the bad corn ate the good corn They came up from behind yes they did Now Joseph here's the punch line It's really gonna blow your mind Well the bad corn was As bad as it had ever, ever, ever been Well this dream has got me all shook up Treat me nice and tell me what it means Hey, hey, hey Joseph Won't you tell poor old Pharaoh What does this crazy dream mean? Oh yeah
I’m doing this in school as a finishing learning assembly and am elvis/pharaoh and I know the lyrics to it! Since we are doing it in Thursday night to parents and am a girl version of elvis/pharaoh lol
This is a really good song. I was in a camp production of Joseph and The Amazing Technical Color Dream Coat. I played Jacob the father. If I ever have an opportunity to be in this musical again I would love to play pharaoh
If Elvis Presley had been at Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat's premiere night at West End 1973 and through the years all the way to Canada/US Tour 1998 and all versions would have been on UA-cam, we could have seen how Elvis would have been like as a pharaoh. Plus if Elvis hadn't left just yet where he would have permanently had his hair combed back and outgrowing, a darkest tan all over his skin, and grown and kept a beard and mustache for life, and with Andrew Lloyd Webber's permission, he would have had the "Song of the King" to be one his most popular songs and he would have sang that song, with these very lyrics, on the Muppet Show, the Jim Henson Hour, Muppets Tonight, Luciano Pavarotti's concerts (as well as performing with Luciano Pavarotti), many Disney movies where he would sing to impress the kids, and Thomas and Friends where he would have voiced and sang as a Futuristic Strong Steam-Locomotive, at Thomas and Friends Big World Big Adventures' (special and series) America parts, who sings to his passengers especially singing to Thomas, Ace, and Nia at a solo Elvis Presley-style musical number, the Academy, Golden Globe, Grammy Awards, still acting in movies and TV series, and at every donation concerts including the Live-Aid concerts. If you like all of this to happen plus saving Elvis Presley's life, you'll need a time machine for it. #TimeMachine #SaveElvisPresley
I think it was cut for time. I think in the original play he sings the *whole* song again. (Though, if they were going to do that, they should have sang the other verse instead - I think they just liked the "flip your lid" part and went with that).
Honestly that narrator went HARD for that first bit like, we didn't deserve it but she hit those notes for ALL of us tbh.
IKR like wow sis went OFFFFF
Ikr
Who is she?
@@EmmaAblett Maria Friedman
Ikr
I had this on VHS as a child and I never realised how risqué all the costumes were. And that scene with Potifa’s wife?! I was too innocent back then
El Gato ya. My parents successfully gave me some fucked up kinks because of tjis movie. I mean, They have an orgy at one point wtf lol
Marissa Does Things ikr
meow My friend was telling me about how this musical awakened some weird sexual things in her.
I disagree with these costumes. Children are watching.
@@rawr333r Should not have been in a musical watched by children.
I love how Joseph didn't know so he looked it up in the Bible 😂😂
Kelly Blake ikr
Blake A true that lol 😂
I know right?! Like how do you look at the Bible for reference when that very book is about the time you’re *currently* living in?
HA!!
deffo not looking in Genesis though lol
And the narrator's scornful look as he does so, though?
Joseph reading the Bible as a cheat sheet and just vibing with the narrator is the best part of this movie.
ABSOLUTELY
Tim Rice must have taken notes from the Muppets how to do self aware humor
tHis Is gONna fLIp yOUr LiD
Vee TDC Oh YeAh
PHAROH IS IN THE BUILDING
Lol
I went to a production of Joseph and they did something different with this song. They had a black guy play the pharaoh (he did very well by the way. He also played two other roles) so instead of doing an “Elvis” parody. They did a Prince from purple rain. An it was interesting to see how much they changed and it was very creative and fun to see.
I saw a production where the Pharaoh was an Elton John parody, complete with outrageous glasses and costume. Best thing I've ever seen.
So in this he is pharo of Egypt with a capital E. As in Elvis. And the lyrics are all Elvis references. How did they fit Prince and Elton John in?
im a black guy and im gonna play the pharaoh
He's wearing blue suede shoes
👌😂
Yeah he’s trying to be Elvis Presley
Oh my gosh I never noticed the shoes!
theyre ALL wearing blue suede shoes
Thank you
"well this dream has got me _all shook up_ , _treat me nice_ tell me what it means". brilliant.
I have to say they wrote the lyrics cleverly, they gave credit to Elvis's songs.....in fact the song is a mixture of both of these especially "all shook up*
"DON'T YOU BE CRUEL Joseph!"
I didn't even notice those ones before!
Tim Rice is a lyrical genius.
doesn't know what the part about the cows means... sings the corn part again
I know, right? :D
I knew I wasnt the only one who caught that!
Actually wO0ow
I think that's intentional, even asking for help the Pharoh does whatever he feels like.
That's why he had to look it up in the bible you can even see him saying "Cows" as he is flipping through the pages 😂😂
Award for whoever did pharaohs makeup. Stunning
Never realised how funny this dude is .. donny actually looks like he was going to laugh at @3:13 😂
Can we talk about how Joseph said he understood the part about the corn, but he wasn't sure about the cows. So he asks Pharaoh to sing it again, but than Pharaoh sings about the corn again. Not the cows. Whaaaat?
This is because if he started with the cows he would be singing the same thing. So, they switched the verses.
No we can't lol
Yes we can.
Pharaoh gives 0 fucks 😂
It was more to give Joseph a bit of thinking time to understand what the dreams mean
2:22 - 2:38 BEHOLD, The only part of the movie where there is no singing.
Irk? XD
The opening
Joseph actually speaks at another part, "Please stop, I dont believe in free love"
Robert Torti, what an electrifying performance!
He previously played the original Greaseball in the Broadway production of Starlight Express, so he was used to singing Elvis homages in Webber musicals.
Believe it or not, that's the dad from Suite Life of Zack & Cody as Pharaoh.
Scsigs knmh
Is he as beautiful as he was here? O:-) O:-) O:-)
And the girls football coach in She’s the Man
He has returned
I knew he always looked familiar
them blue ladies freak me out
MissAbzyBoo Same we watched this in school and everyone was like EWWWWW 😂😂😂
They're sexy as fuck! What are you talking about???
3:54 I like how they shake their butts side to side
They don't freak me out at all
Nyx, goddess of the sky ladies and gentlemen. Freaking people out since 1999.
my favourite song from Joseph
Same
Was I the only one who thought that Pharaoh was Elvis Presley when I watched it?
+God's Not Dead he is based on Elvis
omg same here
Same
My mum 'subjected' me to this as a child,many times, and anything relating to Lloyd Webber... now that I think of it. Three months on from her death and I wish we could sing to this together like we always did when I went home to see her. Appreciate your parents folks, and savour it x
This musical is so damn creative, love it!
Yes!
I didn’t expect to love it myself
My favourite Pharaoh of all time. Forever ICONIC song and scene
So much for this being Joseph’s story when Pharaoh steals this scene every time! Robert Torti’s reactions to everything Joseph says are especially perfect!
I use to fancy pharaoh as a kid in this scene haha
Donny Osmond...heart throb all over again!
Yay! I'm playing Pharaoh next week in a local Joseph production! Love the Pharaoh!
2020 and I still love this
Same
You wouldn’t think this is the same master mind behind phantom of the opera
As a millennial theatre kid, I never imagined myself being a fan of ALW’s shows.
I was watching this in school and when I saw his hair I was like.............ELVIS
Wiped think that what they was trying to make it look like
@@madfilmsvlogs1042 that is what Andrew Lloyd Webber was doing.
Lol I love the part where he starts dancing too and then is like “nah I’m done “ 😂
I remember watching this in school, and as soon as Pharaoh took off his hat thing, everyone flipped out.
my parents were probably trying to convert me to catholicism but i converted to musicals instead
Old testament/ if they were real ever to convert you, you'd be watching Jesus Christ Super Star
@@lisakarwoski697 i actually played annas in jcss last year lol!
Facts
Who says you can’t do both? I do
Difference between a synagogue of Satan like Catholicism/other denominations and what is actual true Biblical Christianity
I was obsessed with Elvis when I was in first grade and this scene made me freak out like crazy
I saw this in London with Jason Donovan. The king forgot his lines. He was so funny. X
He sounds like Elvis Presley!! And I went to go see with this with my grandparents and I loved every minute of it!!!! They love it too
He does sound like Elvis. I love the way they wrote the character, lol
…That’s the point - being that he’s the King of Ancient Egypt he’s also the King of Rock and Roll! 🤦♀️
They really went and made Pharaoh hot like damn
I haven't watched this since I was a kid and never did I realized that most of the characters were made to look almost naked.. xD
The audience are supposed to be schoolchildren, so this was a bad call from the directors.
@@Musicienne-DAB1995 Not really, many kids movies hint at sexual things/ adult jokes, to keep the parents entertained of course
the blue ones? their just representing Nut (the sky)
Bruh, the narrator went off with those first few notes. Like damn sis, you didn't need to slay that much.
How Joseph is the most beautiful he could ever be and to live thank goodness 😅
Seeing this show next Thursday night and I can’t wait for this song
My school is doing this show next year and I'm acting in it and costuming it. Pharoah is the one I'm looking forward to the most to costume because of all the creative freedom I get. Acting-wise I'm really hoping for narrator!
Everyone loves Jesus Christ Superstar but I love Joseph, highly underrated works of ALW
I’ve never seen JC Superstar
He looks in the bible to look at what pharaoh's dreams were all about
[Pharoh]
Well I was wandering along by the banks of the river
When seven fat cows came up out of the Nile, uh-huh
And right behind these fine healthy animals came
Seven other cows, skinny and vile, uh-huh
Well the thin cows ate the fat cows which I
Thought would do them good, uh-huh
But it didn't make them fatter like such
A monster supper should
Well the thin cows were as thin
As they had ever, ever, ever been
Well this dream has got me baffled
Hey, Joseph, won't you tell me what it means?
Well you know that kings ain't stupid
But I don't have a clue
So don't be cruel Joseph
Help me now I beg of you
Well I was standing doing nothing in a field out of town
Whe I saw seven beautiful ears of corn, uh-huh
They were ripe, they were golden and
You've guessed it
Right behind them came seven other ears
Tattered and torn, uh-huh
Well the bad corn ate the good corn
They came up from behind yes they did
Now Joseph here's the punch line
It's really gonna blow your mind
Well the bad corn was
As bad as it had ever, ever, ever been
Well this dream has got me all shook up
Treat me nice and tell me what it means
Hey, hey, hey Joseph
Won't you tell poor old Pharaoh
What does this crazy dream mean?
Oh yeah
I’m doing this in school as a finishing learning assembly and am elvis/pharaoh and I know the lyrics to it! Since we are doing it in Thursday night to parents and am a girl version of elvis/pharaoh lol
More power to ya
PHAROH IS IN THE BUILDING
This is making me love rockabilly again
PHARROH IS IN THE BUILDING!!!
Starlight Express called, they want Greaseball back.
It's not an Andrew Lloyd Webber show without an Elvis reference. I'm sure if he could have worked it into Phantom of the Opera, he would have.
"This dream has got me *all shook up.*" ...subtle.
The Pharaoh was also the dad in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody!
3:32 - This character is always there in ALW musicals. Whether it’s the Pharaoh in Joseph or Tugger in Cats, it’s really always the same guy.
Omg I literally said the same thing
I would say Herod is this equivalent in JCSS, haha.
Except Phantom :P
Clearly the lost prince in Bad Cinderella, right? 😆
He was also Greaseball in Starlight Express
Those blue cheerleaders, hot damn.
3:32 gives me the end of Rum Tum Tugger vibes
That's exactly what was I thinking about!
GOD BLESS THIS IS LOVELY SONG
Bruh this film is my childhood, how did I forget about it 😂
Dumba dumba dumba dumba doo!
😏🤣love that part.
Growing up, I always loved the color blue. Think I know why…
So did I
@2:47 Joseph/Donny checking the script for the answer 😂
Old Panto/vaudeville joke but still hilarious
When I was younger I had a crush on the pharaoh..
LMAO.
Joseph: COWS
Pharaoh:CORN
Making the Phroah into an Elvis type of character has to be one the most clever things ever done in musical theatre!
Awesome song.
God how fun it must’ve been to play Pharoah
I saw Robert Torti perform with Micharl Damain at The Pantages in Hollywood!!
I’m joseph and my friend oliver is pharaoh! This is so good!
Memphis, Egypt + Memphis, TN = Pharaoh Elvis
Makes sense.
I can't believe I really used to think Cats was Webbers horniest musical
SUCH a good movie!!! Im buying it!!!
With all these musicals based on real events and people, what would they think if they knew of these, especially Joseph!
Partially without Joseph, there would be no Hamilton
This is a really good song. I was in a camp production of Joseph and The Amazing Technical Color Dream Coat. I played Jacob the father. If I ever have an opportunity to be in this musical again I would love to play pharaoh
Pharaoh is in the building!!!
Amazing acting everyone
The writer really cooked this one!🔥🔥🔥
GOD I love this film
This used to be my favorite song in this omg
When the girls swarm Joseph when Pharaoh grants Joseph the position of his deputy, I love how he’s like: Back off, he’s my Joe! 😂😂😂
I think he's more like, "They should be swarming ME! How dare they get a new idol!"
mythra 717 yeah but I ship Joseph and Pharaoh so I like to think it’s territorial behaviour over Joseph
He's even wearing blue suede shoes
i remembered when i was a child i loved the pharaoh so much
i wanted to be him and I was in love with him
nothing changed HAHA
I can't wait for my school to present tis musical in March!!!! 📿
I’d love to play pharaoh so I can sing this song
Saw this in the westend, phillip schofield was joseph, it was amazing 👏
Wow thank
We are doing this at school and it’s not even close as weird as this
WOW I like your song😃😃☺☺😉😉😘😘😘💓💓💓👏👏👏👍👍👌
He is good.
I was so obsessed with Pharaoh back then 🤣🤣
I love you Elvis
I saw this on stage and when this part started, a lady nearby just started freaking out lol
When we did Joseph’s as a play in our school I was an Egyptian princess and I had to Fan the pharroh whilst he sang this😂
I love when thay say babshoowadywa
BABSHOOWADEWA
If anyone is interested obviously he didnt sing and dance but the pharaoh name is Sesostris I
The best Robert Torti 🥰🥰
“It’s good to be the king.” - Mel Brooks.
If Elvis Presley had been at Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat's premiere night at West End 1973 and through the years all the way to Canada/US Tour 1998 and all versions would have been on UA-cam, we could have seen how Elvis would have been like as a pharaoh. Plus if Elvis hadn't left just yet where he would have permanently had his hair combed back and outgrowing, a darkest tan all over his skin, and grown and kept a beard and mustache for life, and with Andrew Lloyd Webber's permission, he would have had the "Song of the King" to be one his most popular songs and he would have sang that song, with these very lyrics, on the Muppet Show, the Jim Henson Hour, Muppets Tonight, Luciano Pavarotti's concerts (as well as performing with Luciano Pavarotti), many Disney movies where he would sing to impress the kids, and Thomas and Friends where he would have voiced and sang as a Futuristic Strong Steam-Locomotive, at Thomas and Friends Big World Big Adventures' (special and series) America parts, who sings to his passengers especially singing to Thomas, Ace, and Nia at a solo Elvis Presley-style musical number, the Academy, Golden Globe, Grammy Awards, still acting in movies and TV series, and at every donation concerts including the Live-Aid concerts. If you like all of this to happen plus saving Elvis Presley's life, you'll need a time machine for it.
#TimeMachine
#SaveElvisPresley
High school teachers: you can’t pull this stuff in college
College:.....
Didn’t Joseph ask Pharaoh to tell him the part about the cows again? So why did Pharaoh tell him about the corn again?
Pharaoh's a savage
I think it was cut for time. I think in the original play he sings the *whole* song again. (Though, if they were going to do that, they should have sang the other verse instead - I think they just liked the "flip your lid" part and went with that).
Rocking the double winged eyeliner since BC
Is no one talking about how Pharaoh look like Elvis?!?
that’s the point
He's the King. 😂
Wait did the Spinx head's eyes move?!?
i’d love to play this guy
this hits differently now