in a very "RENT" mood lately...
so, i was tooling around online yesterday and somehow came across this "you know you're a RENThead when..." thing, and one of the things on it was "you understand all of the references in La Vie Boheme."
uhh, does that mean some people don't get all of the references? i mean, i don't get all of them, i guess, but who doesn't know who langston hughes is? buddah? pablo neruda? seriously.
Dearly beloved we gather here to say our goodbyes
(Dies irae - dies illa, Kyrie eleison
Yitgadal v'yitkadash)
Here she lies, no one knew her worth
The late great daughter of Mother Earth
On these nights when we
Celebrate the birth
In that little town of Bethlehem
We raise our glass - you bet your ass - to
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
To days of inspiration,
Playing hookey, making
Something out of nothing,
The need to express-
To communicate'
To going against the grain,
Going insane, going mad
To loving tension, no pension
To more than one dimension,
To starving for attention,
Hating convention, hating pretension
Not to mention of course,
Hating dear old Mom and Dad
To riding your bike,
Midday past the three-piece suits
To fruits - to no absolutes-
To Absolut - to choice-
To the Village Voice-
To any passing fad
To being an us for once ... instead of a them;
La vie Boheme, La vie Boheme
Mr. Grey: Ahhemm
Maureen: Hey Mister - she's my sister
Waiter: So that's five miso soup, four seaweed salad, three soy burger dinner, two tofu dog platter, and one pasta with meatless balls--
Roger: Eww
Collins: It tastes the same
Mimi: If you close your eyes
Waiter: --And thirteen orders of fries; Is that it here?
All: Wine and beer!
To hand-crafted beers
Made in local breweries
To yoga, to yogurt, to rice and beans and cheese
To leather, to dildoes, to curry vindaloo
To huevos rancheros and Maya Angelou
Emotion, devotion, to causing a commotion
Creation, vacation
Mucho masturbation
Compassion, to fashion, to passion when it's new;
To Sontag, to Sondheim,
To anything taboo
Ginsberg, Dylan Cunnigham and Cage,
Lenny Bruse! Langston Hughes!
To the stage!
To Uta. To Buddha. Pablo Neruda, too.
Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow
To blow off Auntie Em
La vie Boheme
Mr. Grey: Sisters?
Maureen & Joanne: We're close
Angel & Collins: Brothers!
Bisexuals, trisexuals, homosapiens,
Carcinogens, hallucinogens, men,
Pee Wee Herman
German wine, turpetine, Gertrude Stein
Antoniotti, Bertolucci, Kurosawa
Carmina Burana
To apathy, to entropy, to empathy, ecstacy
Vaclav Havel - The Sex Pistols, 8BC
To no shame - never playing the Fame Game
To marijuana
To sodomy, it's between God and me
To S & M
Benny: Waiter! Waiter! Waiter! Waiter!
La vie Boheme
Collins: In honor of the death of Bohemia an impromptu salon will commence immediately following dinner...Maureen Johnson, just back from her spectacular one-night engagement at the eleventh street lot, will perform Native American tribal chants backwards through her vocoder, while accompanying herself on the electric cello -
which she ain't never studied.
Roger: And Mark Cohen will preview his new documentary about his inability to hold an erection on the high holy days.
Mark: And Mimi Marquez, clad only in bubble wrap, will perform her famous lawn chair-handcuff dance to the sounds of iced tea
being stirred...and Roger will attempt to write a bittersweet, evocative song. *pause* That doesn't remind us of "Musetta's Waltz!"
Collins: Angel Dumott Schunard will model the latest fall fashions from Paris while accompanying herself on the 10 gallon plastic pickle tub.
Angel: And Collins will recount his exploits as anarchist - including the tale of the successful reprogramming of the M.I.T. virtual reality equipment to self-destruct, as it broadcasts the words
All: Actual reality! Act Up! Fight AIDS!
*pause for love scene between Roger & Mimi*
Yeah! To dance!
No way to make a living, masochism, pain, perfection
Muscle spasms, chiropractors, short-careers, eating disorders
Film!
Adventure, Tedium. No family, boring locations,
Dark rooms, perfect faces, egos, money,
Hollywood and sleaze!
Music!
Food of love, emotion, mathematics, isolation,
Rhythm, power, feeling, harmony, and heavy competition
Anarchy!
Revolution, justice, screaming for solutions,
Forcing changes, risk, and danger,
Making noise and making pleas
To faggots, lezzies, dykes, cross dressers too
To me!
To me!
To me!
To you, and you and you, you and you
To people living with, living with, living with
Not dying from disease!
Let he among us without sin
Be the first to condemn
La vie Boheme, la vie Boheme
La vie Boheme, la vie Boheme
Anyone out of the mainstream
Is anyone in the mainstream?
Anyone alive - with a sex drive
Tear down the wall--
Aren't we all?
The opposite of war isn't peace...
It's creation
Oooooh
La vie Boheme
VIVA, la vie Boheme!!
...just sayin!
--s*
uhh, does that mean some people don't get all of the references? i mean, i don't get all of them, i guess, but who doesn't know who langston hughes is? buddah? pablo neruda? seriously.
Dearly beloved we gather here to say our goodbyes
(Dies irae - dies illa, Kyrie eleison
Yitgadal v'yitkadash)
Here she lies, no one knew her worth
The late great daughter of Mother Earth
On these nights when we
Celebrate the birth
In that little town of Bethlehem
We raise our glass - you bet your ass - to
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
To days of inspiration,
Playing hookey, making
Something out of nothing,
The need to express-
To communicate'
To going against the grain,
Going insane, going mad
To loving tension, no pension
To more than one dimension,
To starving for attention,
Hating convention, hating pretension
Not to mention of course,
Hating dear old Mom and Dad
To riding your bike,
Midday past the three-piece suits
To fruits - to no absolutes-
To Absolut - to choice-
To the Village Voice-
To any passing fad
To being an us for once ... instead of a them;
La vie Boheme, La vie Boheme
Mr. Grey: Ahhemm
Maureen: Hey Mister - she's my sister
Waiter: So that's five miso soup, four seaweed salad, three soy burger dinner, two tofu dog platter, and one pasta with meatless balls--
Roger: Eww
Collins: It tastes the same
Mimi: If you close your eyes
Waiter: --And thirteen orders of fries; Is that it here?
All: Wine and beer!
To hand-crafted beers
Made in local breweries
To yoga, to yogurt, to rice and beans and cheese
To leather, to dildoes, to curry vindaloo
To huevos rancheros and Maya Angelou
Emotion, devotion, to causing a commotion
Creation, vacation
Mucho masturbation
Compassion, to fashion, to passion when it's new;
To Sontag, to Sondheim,
To anything taboo
Ginsberg, Dylan Cunnigham and Cage,
Lenny Bruse! Langston Hughes!
To the stage!
To Uta. To Buddha. Pablo Neruda, too.
Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow
To blow off Auntie Em
La vie Boheme
Mr. Grey: Sisters?
Maureen & Joanne: We're close
Angel & Collins: Brothers!
Bisexuals, trisexuals, homosapiens,
Carcinogens, hallucinogens, men,
Pee Wee Herman
German wine, turpetine, Gertrude Stein
Antoniotti, Bertolucci, Kurosawa
Carmina Burana
To apathy, to entropy, to empathy, ecstacy
Vaclav Havel - The Sex Pistols, 8BC
To no shame - never playing the Fame Game
To marijuana
To sodomy, it's between God and me
To S & M
Benny: Waiter! Waiter! Waiter! Waiter!
La vie Boheme
Collins: In honor of the death of Bohemia an impromptu salon will commence immediately following dinner...Maureen Johnson, just back from her spectacular one-night engagement at the eleventh street lot, will perform Native American tribal chants backwards through her vocoder, while accompanying herself on the electric cello -
which she ain't never studied.
Roger: And Mark Cohen will preview his new documentary about his inability to hold an erection on the high holy days.
Mark: And Mimi Marquez, clad only in bubble wrap, will perform her famous lawn chair-handcuff dance to the sounds of iced tea
being stirred...and Roger will attempt to write a bittersweet, evocative song. *pause* That doesn't remind us of "Musetta's Waltz!"
Collins: Angel Dumott Schunard will model the latest fall fashions from Paris while accompanying herself on the 10 gallon plastic pickle tub.
Angel: And Collins will recount his exploits as anarchist - including the tale of the successful reprogramming of the M.I.T. virtual reality equipment to self-destruct, as it broadcasts the words
All: Actual reality! Act Up! Fight AIDS!
*pause for love scene between Roger & Mimi*
Yeah! To dance!
No way to make a living, masochism, pain, perfection
Muscle spasms, chiropractors, short-careers, eating disorders
Film!
Adventure, Tedium. No family, boring locations,
Dark rooms, perfect faces, egos, money,
Hollywood and sleaze!
Music!
Food of love, emotion, mathematics, isolation,
Rhythm, power, feeling, harmony, and heavy competition
Anarchy!
Revolution, justice, screaming for solutions,
Forcing changes, risk, and danger,
Making noise and making pleas
To faggots, lezzies, dykes, cross dressers too
To me!
To me!
To me!
To you, and you and you, you and you
To people living with, living with, living with
Not dying from disease!
Let he among us without sin
Be the first to condemn
La vie Boheme, la vie Boheme
La vie Boheme, la vie Boheme
Anyone out of the mainstream
Is anyone in the mainstream?
Anyone alive - with a sex drive
Tear down the wall--
Aren't we all?
The opposite of war isn't peace...
It's creation
Oooooh
La vie Boheme
VIVA, la vie Boheme!!
...just sayin!
--s*