my school is doing this musical and I’m on the stage crew but whenever the cast practices this song I’m just like “A B C D- god this dudes a genius E F”
It's so hard to truly appreciate this song unless you see it live. Most shows have some kind of effect where you see the letters visually as they're sung throughout the song. A lot of shows have blocks that get pushed out with the letters, one I saw recently had these really glowy letters on cards, it's truly mindblowing.
@commanderjames5564 when did u see it? Bc u might of seen me as matilda bc for thr past yesr I've had to play multiple characters twice a month bc I'm really athletic and good at singing I still have to keep doing it for 2 more yesrs
This scene was mindblowing !! the way they pushed letters in the holes of the gates while singing the alphabet and climbing on the letters boxs was really spectacular
I HAVE to listen to it on repeat, all the songs from Matilda actually. I’m the student stage manager for the Matilda production here. I just get to listen to all the music being sung over and over during rehearsal.
I went to see this show live. The songs were okay but this is the one that stuck out to me the most. The song is pretty cool itself but as they were singing two boys were climbing up the gate while letters from the alphabet were being pushed into holes in the gate beneath them and each step they made they stepped on that letter. It was a truly epic sight to witness, the rest of my friends just talked about Mrs Trunchbull and such afterwards so I didn't bother to bring up this musical number
me and my friend Alexa died when miss trunchbull came out on the scooter yelling "maggots". I've seen this twice this year. one of my favourite musicals!
We did this show at my school and it was so much fun. It was raining and we were all running around barefoot in the rain singing Bruce, and nowhere else would it be so socially acceptable to burst out singing in the rain. It was so much fun but we got in trouble for being all wet when we had to go on in 20 mins. We all ran to the school bathrooms and used the hand dryers to dry our hair before we changed into our costumes. Revolting children was the best song we did but the entire play was just amazing. A lot of us actually cried after the last show and now because of coronavirus we probably can't put on a school show, which is really upsetting because the play is the highlight of my year.
So you think you're A-ble To survive this mess by B-ing a prince or a princess You will soon C There's no escaping trage-D. And E-ven, If you put in heaps of F-fort, You're just wasting ener-G, 'Cause your life as you know it is H-cient history. I have suffered in this J-il, Been trapped inside this K-ge for ages, This living L. But if I try I can rem-M-ber Back before my life had N-ded, Before my happy days were O-ver, Before I first heard the P-ling of the bell. Like you, I was Q-rious, So innocent I R-sked a thousand questions But unl-S you want to suffer listen up And I will T-ch you, a thing or two. U, listen here, my dear, You'll be be punished so se-V-rely if you step out of line, And if you cry it will be W should stay out of trouble, And remember to be X-tremely careful. Y? Just you wait for Phy-Z!
This is basically my school! It's so strict. We're not allowed to wear: Frilly or knee high socks No earrings No ribbons on shoes or headbands None uniform day is banned We have to stand up when a certain member of staff comes into the room Every year group have different ties Every year group are separated on different yards. Not allowed to die our hair any unatural colours or dip dye it Girls can't have the hair cut shorter then the ears Boys can't have patterns on their hair No white socks Dt's can be up to 5:00 and we finish at 2:45 No make up
+RemzieBradford11 Similar for us, but because our school is so traditional, girls have to wear skirts and boys must wear trousers as well as boys having to do rugby, hockey and cricket and girls hockey, netball and tennis. Also school is from 8-20 to 5-10 with matches on Saturdays (usually in the mornings).
I thought this song meaning is about bullying but now I can understand it as being the older students of the school warning the newer students new to the school that's so sad
For a while I was like, It would be cool if they did the letter z And then I realised that, while where I am, z is pronounced zeeOther places pronounce it Zed Phys. Ed was the letter z in the hidden alphabet
I have to sing this with the other big kids. Try to sing from ''Like you I was curious'' to the end of the song and try to tell me you weren't struggling for breath (no taking a breather in the middle of the line a.ka. ''And if you cry *breath* there will be double)
This kinda reminds me of my middle school. It wasn't ALL bad, but my 8th grade LAL teacher was pretty much a combination of the Trunchbull and Professor Umbridge from Harry Potter.
My teacher asked me to write a letter to the new sixth graders and I wrote down the lyrics to this song. They freaked. My friend's brother actually went running around the halls looking for the Torture Room. :)
Gawd its been a while since I last heard this. I only came back to this because I preformed two songs from this musical with an ensemble. We did miracle and then this one. Brings back gooood memories :3
Here's the lyrics with the letters put in where they appear: So you think you're A-ble To survive this mess by B-ing a prince or a princess? You will soon C There's no escaping trage-D. And E-ven If you put in heaps of F-ort You're just wasting ener-G 'Cause your life as you know it is H-ient history. I Have suffered in this J-l I've been trapped inside this K-ge for ages This living L, But if I try I can rem-M-ber Back before my life had N-ded Before my happy days were O-ver Before I first heard the P-ling of the bell. Like you I was Q-rious So innocent I R-sked a thousand questions But unl-S you want to suffer listen up And I will T-ch you a thing or two. U, listen here, my dear You'll be punished so se-V-rely If you step out of line And if you cry it will be W should stay out of trouble And remember to be X-tremely careful Y? Y? Y? Y? Did you hear what he said? Just you wait for phy-Z!
I’m doing this song in a summer show in England 🏴. There’s two parts to the show. Matilda the musical and Queen- we will rock you. I’m so glad I’m doing this.
^^ Correction, both of you are technically right. It is "Living 'ell" like "Hell" but with a British accent. They're using a play on the accent itself to assist the alphabetical theme.
I once went to a musical theatre summer camp which would have an acting lesson, a singing lesson and a dance lesson every day for five days, on the first day we had dance first in the morning which was the hardest and the second day we had it last so we started telling a guy who wasn't in on the first day about it and then started singing this, absolute banger
LUCKY! I go to a private catholic school and we cant even wear bracelets, necklaces, earrings larger then dimes, ribbons, or even any shoes that arent black leather. In the younger grades, we werent even allowed to have our hair down!
The choreography is so creative and amazing. If you hear during the second time they sing the chorus, there are background singers emphasizing certain letters, they use letter blocks and stick in light up ones into these gates. It's fantastic.
like seriously how clever can you even be!!! this is amazing!!! i saw the play in london tonight and it was brilliant!! i just couldnt!! its definitely my favourite play! and im american so it was even more of a treat! I LOVED IT!
This song is great but the alphabet interwoven through it is one of my favorite parts that you get to see on stage. Someone should make a kinetic typography version so everyone can see the emphasis on the letters.
Saw this yesterday in Edinburgh, and like the top comment said the sequence with the climbing and the letters of the alphabet will stick for me for months I’m sure.
