What I would give to see "Bombshell" live on stage!! With numbers like this, the spectacle, the detail and the beauty, I refuse to believe it will all be lost and live only in the internet. Turn it into a real musical!!
Δημήτρης Ε. One night only is not enough, do a big show, bring it to my country, is it really that hard? LolI'd give a kidney to watch this performance...
Christy Snell That's what me and my friend don't understand, they're raising money for The Actors Fund, yet they wont release the DVD that could raise ALOT more money? They don't even have to spend money on the disc, they could literally release it as a digital file on itunes, etc.
Honestly that "I'm the queen of the red hot mammas" is perfect. Like it's the epitome of when you're trying to perform when you're not feeling your best so you put everything into that one line as if to get yourself on track when actually you've just used up your last bit of energy so everything else is just exhausted.
This show could have been so great if they had just focused on Bombshell and not all these stupid subplots!! I know that a show about the making of a musical would not be hugely popular in the US, but come on- the drama was too crazy. This material was AMAZING though. Can't wait to attend the concert on Monday!
Special_Effect right? I like the first season infinitely more, since the second barely had any "Bombshell" in it and kept focusing on all the back stories and that other show.. and I am SO jealous you got to go see it!
This is absolutly an amazing scene. It shows how good Megans acting is. Just think about it, she is playing a star like Monroe, but must be bad because of the drugs she is taking.....and all of those feelings
The musical numbers in SMASH were excellent, choreography was brilliant! It's too bad the writers took off in a bunch of different directions in season 2.
Too bad this show did not survive. NBC poured lots of money into this quality project, but the ratings were abysmal. One wonders if the American public that watches broadcast TV is just not "there", or perhaps it would have survived elsewhere on cable or PPV. Who knows? Perhaps if NBC would have given it more time?
Well, from what I can tell (I'm from the Uk so it's more what I've heard) the second season had almost no publicity to announce it so the viewers who watched season one were unaware, then you also bring in the fact that television is different to how it was originally watched, if it's being aired when people are out or at work then they record it, but the Nielsen (think that's the spelling) don't count this as viewing as the adverts in the breaks which are used for bringing in money wont get watched on recordings. Basically because Tv fails to recognize recording a tv show as a view, it got cancelled.
jrwxtx I don't know, I loved the show, but not so much the second season. I felt like it ended very well. I would definitely buy a "Bombshell" DVD and/or go see it on Broadway if that ever happened, but I think they would have to create yet another story line to keep the show going, and nothing else was as interesting as the Marilyn part, in my opinion.
+jrwxtx It's like Daniel said they didn't advertise the second season much so ratings dropped. I didn't know there was a second season until I just happened to see it after something else went off. To be fair the first season didn't get much advertisement either compared to most shows but for season two it was practicaly non-existent
So upset I've only JUST discovered this in 2017😂😂😂 but DAMN BETTER LATE THAN NEVER! I've listened to this about 50 times now... Favourite bits... The drum hits on "he's my big shot valentine" and the "I'm the queen of the red hot mama's" line! LIVING.
This sequence is perfect to a tee - I know Smash is getting made into a stage show, but I wish Bombshell could've been made into a filmed musical like this.
This number is so fantastic, her performance so intricate and detailed, down to each look and step. It's such a shame we can't see more of this story...
When we're feeling down and low, Then our favorite word is no 'Cause it points the way to go. Let's be bad. Who knows what will come tomorrow? Neighbor, lose the sauce and sorrow. Here's some sugar you can borrow. Let's be bad. Don't want to be boring Our twenties are roaring Let's punish the flooring Yeah drummer man, do what you can Tonight the (whoo!) will hit the fan! If you need some more enticing, Here's a girl with twice the spicing We're the cake, but she's the icing! Let's be bad. Let's be bad. If you say something is taboo, Well, that's the thing I want to do. Do it till we're black and blue, Let's be bad. Guns and gangsters suit me fine. Al Capone is a buddy of mine. He's my big-shot valentine. Let's be bad. If spirits are sagging If feet are 'a dragging Fall off of that wagon. The piano hums to the bass and drums, And I'll be dancing when Hoover comes. Don't care if you've tied the knot, Most folks want what they ain't got. Melt the ice, some like it hot. Let's be bad. Here's my whistle, make it "wetter." Let me wear that scarlet letter. When I'm bad I'm even better. Let's be bad. Say "bye-bye, propriety!" No polite society Give me notoriety! Let's be bad. Bring on the vices! Don't care what the price is! I'll add the right spices, When the stand-up bass slaps you in the face, Well, it ain't my husband I'll embrace. I can't see the use in waiting. Your lips are intoxicating Do my hips need some translating? Let's be bad. If I drown in bathtub gin, Notify my next of kin, They might grieve, or might jump in! Let's be bad. Who wants plays and O'Neill dramas? Gershwin is the cat's pajamas! I'm the queen of the red-hot mamas! Let's be bad. Each crook and G-man Each cop and he-man Just stick with me, man! Every joint's a juke with my red-hot uke, And just like Judas once said to Luke, Here's the key for my ignition, Hit the gas to my transmission! When you hear the things I'm wishing' You won't offer opposition! Let's prohibit Prohibition! Let's be bad! Some like it hot, and that ain't bad!
I agree it's one of her most memorable. Then againI don't care too much for the Mr. & Mrs. Smith songs. And this is really the only one where we really get to see her in full costume with choreography.
What I'm trying to say is that I can feel the actress over the character. Like her movements and actions and words feel pre-empted and practised. With Megan it just feels natural...
I'm team karen I've loved her better in everything else but ivy in this number embodies marilyn like no other performance in the whole series i have to admit.
It wasn't meant to be an insult. Some things can be easier pulled off on the stage but I do take back the 'real acting' comment. (And some things cannot be pulled off on stage.) People get so critical when it comes to Monroe. The public was mixed on Michelle Williams and I thought she did a great job of capturing MM during that time period of her life. Actually this tv show works because they don't have to sustain the character for very long. There, now I've kind of insulted the show.
Why do they want to be bad well thats really bad if they are bad. They should not do that because thats very very very naughty and big poeple do not do that
Neither one of them fully embodies Marilyn but they each have their moments of out shining the other. If this were a movie, neither one would do a very good job, but it's basically a play, so all you need is a general broad sweep of Marilyn to pull it off. On stage there are no close ups, there's no real acting where they have to become Marilyn. This is why it works for either actress, so I don't get why people are making it a contest between the two. It's a great show.
When we're feeling down and low, Then our favorite word is no 'Cause it points the way to go. Let's be bad. Who knows what will come tomorrow? Neighbor, lose the sauce and sorrow. Here's some sugar you can borrow. Let's be bad. Don't want to be boring Our twenties are roaring Let's punish the flooring Yeah drummer man, do what you can Tonight the (whoo!) will hit the fan! If you need some more enticing, Here's a girl with twice the spicing We're the cake, but she's the icing! Let's be bad. Let's be bad. If you say something is taboo, Well, that's the thing I want to do. Do it till we're black and blue, Let's be bad. Guns and gangsters suit me fine. Al Capone is a buddy of mine. He's my big-shot valentine. Let's be bad. If spirits are sagging If feet are 'a dragging Fall off of that wagon. The piano hums to the bass and drums, And I'll be dancing when Hoover comes. Don't care if you've tied the knot, Most folks want what they ain't got. Melt the ice, some like it hot. Let's be bad. Here's my whistle, make it "wetter." Let me wear that scarlet letter. When I'm bad I'm even better. Let's be bad. Say "bye-bye, propriety!" No polite society Give me notoriety! Let's be bad. Bring on the vices! Don't care what the price is! I'll add the right spices, When the stand-up bass slaps you in the face, Well, it ain't my husband I'll embrace. I can't see the use in waiting. Your lips are intoxicating Do my hips need some translating? Let's be bad. If I drown in bathtub gin, Notify my next of kin, They might grieve, or might jump in! Let's be bad. Who wants plays and O'Neill dramas? Gershwin is the cat's pajamas! I'm the queen of the red-hot mamas! Let's be bad. Each crook and G-man Each cop and he-man Just stick with me, man! Every joint's a juke with my red-hot uke, And just like Judas once said to Luke, Here's the key for my ignition, Hit the gas to my transmission! When you hear the things I'm wishing' You won't offer opposition! Let's prohibit Prohibition! Let's be bad! Some like it hot, and that ain't bad!
What I would give to see "Bombshell" live on stage!! With numbers like this, the spectacle, the detail and the beauty, I refuse to believe it will all be lost and live only in the internet. Turn it into a real musical!!
preach!
Yes, it was a really fantastic fictional musical that deserves to be made into a real musical.
Δημήτρης Ε. One night only is not enough, do a big show, bring it to my country, is it really that hard? LolI'd give a kidney to watch this performance...
Robert Araujo Hell, put it on DVD. I'd pay serious money to own it.
Christy Snell That's what me and my friend don't understand, they're raising money for The Actors Fund, yet they wont release the DVD that could raise ALOT more money? They don't even have to spend money on the disc, they could literally release it as a digital file on itunes, etc.
Honestly that "I'm the queen of the red hot mammas" is perfect. Like it's the epitome of when you're trying to perform when you're not feeling your best so you put everything into that one line as if to get yourself on track when actually you've just used up your last bit of energy so everything else is just exhausted.
Megan Hilty is freaking fabulous.
This show could have been so great if they had just focused on Bombshell and not all these stupid subplots!! I know that a show about the making of a musical would not be hugely popular in the US, but come on- the drama was too crazy. This material was AMAZING though. Can't wait to attend the concert on Monday!
Special_Effect right? I like the first season infinitely more, since the second barely had any "Bombshell" in it and kept focusing on all the back stories and that other show.. and I am SO jealous you got to go see it!
Special_Effect i
How do I watch the series?😭💔
I feel like this performance is the closest hit on Marilyn in the whole show. Her voice and actions are PERFECT.
"i'm the queen of the red hot mamas" definitely my favorite part!
This is absolutly an amazing scene. It shows how good Megans acting is.
Just think about it, she is playing a star like Monroe, but must be bad because of the drugs she is taking.....and all of those feelings
I will never understand how someone CANNOT love Megan
I hate when people say Ivy can't do the 'real' side of Marilyn. Even that little bit when she first came on set had that nuance. Damn, Hilty
The musical numbers in SMASH were excellent, choreography was brilliant! It's too bad the writers took off in a bunch of different directions in season 2.
How do I watch the series?😭😭😭😭💔
I absolutely adore her as Marilyn!
i love the chaotic vibe of this full performance it's a perfection depiction of this part of her life
Best performance from smash, hands down.
Too bad this show did not survive. NBC poured lots of money into this quality project, but the ratings were abysmal. One wonders if the American public that watches broadcast TV is just not "there", or perhaps it would have survived elsewhere on cable or PPV. Who knows? Perhaps if NBC would have given it more time?
Well, from what I can tell (I'm from the Uk so it's more what I've heard) the second season had almost no publicity to announce it so the viewers who watched season one were unaware, then you also bring in the fact that television is different to how it was originally watched, if it's being aired when people are out or at work then they record it, but the Nielsen (think that's the spelling) don't count this as viewing as the adverts in the breaks which are used for bringing in money wont get watched on recordings. Basically because Tv fails to recognize recording a tv show as a view, it got cancelled.
jrwxtx I don't know, I loved the show, but not so much the second season. I felt like it ended very well. I would definitely buy a "Bombshell" DVD and/or go see it on Broadway if that ever happened, but I think they would have to create yet another story line to keep the show going, and nothing else was as interesting as the Marilyn part, in my opinion.
+jrwxtx It's like Daniel said they didn't advertise the second season much so ratings dropped. I didn't know there was a second season until I just happened to see it after something else went off. To be fair the first season didn't get much advertisement either compared to most shows but for season two it was practicaly non-existent
God she is just so good.
So upset I've only JUST discovered this in 2017😂😂😂 but DAMN BETTER LATE THAN NEVER! I've listened to this about 50 times now... Favourite bits... The drum hits on "he's my big shot valentine" and the "I'm the queen of the red hot mama's" line! LIVING.
this is (in my opinion) the best song on smash season 1, megan hilty's voice is incredible and so powerful
I will never understand ho they would ever choose Karen over Ivy to do Marilyn's part. It gets me on my nerves!
Definitely one of the most fascinating numbers in the series!
Ivy is WAY better than karen!
WOW! Ok Megan just blew me away!
This sequence is perfect to a tee - I know Smash is getting made into a stage show, but I wish Bombshell could've been made into a filmed musical like this.
This number is so fantastic, her performance so intricate and detailed, down to each look and step. It's such a shame we can't see more of this story...
Loved this segment. Megan Hilty is great.
When we're feeling down and low,
Then our favorite word is no
'Cause it points the way to go.
Let's be bad.
Who knows what will come tomorrow?
Neighbor, lose the sauce and sorrow.
Here's some sugar you can borrow.
Let's be bad.
Don't want to be boring
Our twenties are roaring
Let's punish the flooring
Yeah drummer man, do what you can
Tonight the (whoo!) will hit the fan!
If you need some more enticing,
Here's a girl with twice the spicing
We're the cake, but she's the icing!
Let's be bad.
Let's be bad.
If you say something is taboo,
Well, that's the thing I want to do.
Do it till we're black and blue,
Let's be bad.
Guns and gangsters suit me fine.
Al Capone is a buddy of mine.
He's my big-shot valentine.
Let's be bad.
If spirits are sagging
If feet are 'a dragging
Fall off of that wagon.
The piano hums to the bass and drums,
And I'll be dancing when Hoover comes.
Don't care if you've tied the knot,
Most folks want what they ain't got.
Melt the ice, some like it hot.
Let's be bad.
Here's my whistle, make it "wetter."
Let me wear that scarlet letter.
When I'm bad I'm even better.
Let's be bad.
Say "bye-bye, propriety!"
No polite society
Give me notoriety!
Let's be bad.
Bring on the vices!
Don't care what the price is!
I'll add the right spices,
When the stand-up bass slaps you in the face,
Well, it ain't my husband I'll embrace.
I can't see the use in waiting.
Your lips are intoxicating
Do my hips need some translating?
Let's be bad.
If I drown in bathtub gin,
Notify my next of kin,
They might grieve, or might jump in!
Let's be bad.
Who wants plays and O'Neill dramas?
Gershwin is the cat's pajamas!
I'm the queen of the red-hot mamas!
Let's be bad.
Each crook and G-man
Each cop and he-man
Just stick with me, man!
Every joint's a juke with my red-hot uke,
And just like Judas once said to Luke,
Here's the key for my ignition,
Hit the gas to my transmission!
When you hear the things I'm wishing'
You won't offer opposition!
Let's prohibit Prohibition!
Let's be bad!
Some like it hot, and that ain't bad!
It was originally for Showtime, where it would of have had a better chance.
She is everything
this is my most favourite song from bombshell. too bad its just a youtube clip
SHES FLIPPIN PERF! Megan is dream wifey real talk lol
This is my favorite performance in Smash!
this was her best performance of season 1 in my opinion
I have to agree with all good comments. She's absolutely gorgeous!
Megan is one of my absolute fav broadway singer of this era!
Brilliant!!
The thing for me is I can see Katherine right through Karen. It looks like she's acting. But Megan exudes Ivy and Marilyn. She's effortless...
I agree it's one of her most memorable. Then againI don't care too much for the Mr. & Mrs. Smith songs. And this is really the only one where we really get to see her in full costume with choreography.
I think Katharine McPhee looks absolutely perfect as a flapper
NBC shoud be grounded for that behaviour
I´m so, so sad that they cancelled the show!!!
The ending>>>>
What I'm trying to say is that I can feel the actress over the character. Like her movements and actions and words feel pre-empted and practised. With Megan it just feels natural...
This song makes me feel really sad for marilyn
Megan Hilty dominated this song! She plays the perfect Marilyn and it's the most perfect replica of the whole season
...and all the bad for her began with the pills...(v_
I love it
i really love this one lol
priceclub4L
SOOOO GOOOOOOD!!
I would love to see Bombshell on Broadway or anywhere for that matter
I'm team karen I've loved her better in everything else but ivy in this number embodies marilyn like no other performance in the whole series i have to admit.
megan is the new marilyn
Just realized they have the same actor for Billy Wilder in this number as they have for Lee Strasberg in Dig Deep.....
It's not that bad to be a little bad. Sometimes you need to make a mistakes.
Let's comment on a show about broadway insulting stage acting as a craft. That's sure to go over well :)
Ivy is the better actress for Marilyn but I believe Karen had the better Marilyn voice.
She looks more like anna nicole than monroe
I think Marilyn was reincarnated in Megan or something.
My friend katherin did a tap solo to let's be bad.
Okay ivy rocked that so don't hate on ivy she is awesome and she makes a awesome mrs.monroe
It wasn't meant to be an insult. Some things can be easier pulled off on the stage but I do take back the 'real acting' comment. (And some things cannot be pulled off on stage.) People get so critical when it comes to Monroe. The public was mixed on Michelle Williams and I thought she did a great job of capturing MM during that time period of her life. Actually this tv show works because they don't have to sustain the character for very long. There, now I've kind of insulted the show.
This Reminds me of Gatsby For Some Reason
Well you don't Katharine much to see her right through Karen .
Wait, wait, wait. Is that Krysta Rodriguez as one of the trio of girls at the beginning?!
Why do they want to be bad well thats really bad if they are bad. They should not do that because thats very very very naughty and big poeple do not do that
God you sound like an 6 year old
Neither one of them fully embodies Marilyn but they each have their moments of out shining the other. If this were a movie, neither one would do a very good job, but it's basically a play, so all you need is a general broad sweep of Marilyn to pull it off. On stage there are no close ups, there's no real acting where they have to become Marilyn. This is why it works for either actress, so I don't get why people are making it a contest between the two. It's a great show.
this song is the whole reason Ivy IS Marilyn.Karen couldn't do this.Maybe the cildish innocence but not the drugged up part
I don't want to be mean to Katherine Mcphee....but Meghan Hilty is definitely the better Marilyn Monroe. :)
When we're feeling down and low,
Then our favorite word is no
'Cause it points the way to go.
Let's be bad.
Who knows what will come tomorrow?
Neighbor, lose the sauce and sorrow.
Here's some sugar you can borrow.
Let's be bad.
Don't want to be boring
Our twenties are roaring
Let's punish the flooring
Yeah drummer man, do what you can
Tonight the (whoo!) will hit the fan!
If you need some more enticing,
Here's a girl with twice the spicing
We're the cake, but she's the icing!
Let's be bad.
Let's be bad.
If you say something is taboo,
Well, that's the thing I want to do.
Do it till we're black and blue,
Let's be bad.
Guns and gangsters suit me fine.
Al Capone is a buddy of mine.
He's my big-shot valentine.
Let's be bad.
If spirits are sagging
If feet are 'a dragging
Fall off of that wagon.
The piano hums to the bass and drums,
And I'll be dancing when Hoover comes.
Don't care if you've tied the knot,
Most folks want what they ain't got.
Melt the ice, some like it hot.
Let's be bad.
Here's my whistle, make it "wetter."
Let me wear that scarlet letter.
When I'm bad I'm even better.
Let's be bad.
Say "bye-bye, propriety!"
No polite society
Give me notoriety!
Let's be bad.
Bring on the vices!
Don't care what the price is!
I'll add the right spices,
When the stand-up bass slaps you in the face,
Well, it ain't my husband I'll embrace.
I can't see the use in waiting.
Your lips are intoxicating
Do my hips need some translating?
Let's be bad.
If I drown in bathtub gin,
Notify my next of kin,
They might grieve, or might jump in!
Let's be bad.
Who wants plays and O'Neill dramas?
Gershwin is the cat's pajamas!
I'm the queen of the red-hot mamas!
Let's be bad.
Each crook and G-man
Each cop and he-man
Just stick with me, man!
Every joint's a juke with my red-hot uke,
And just like Judas once said to Luke,
Here's the key for my ignition,
Hit the gas to my transmission!
When you hear the things I'm wishing'
You won't offer opposition!
Let's prohibit Prohibition!
Let's be bad!
Some like it hot, and that ain't bad!
this is my most favourite song from bombshell. too bad its just a youtube clip