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
people arent talking enough about the whole transformation at the beginning? monique and noel look like two entirely different people bros shapeshifting fr
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killed to be a Noel, and teen angst aside, I feel for Noel desperation it makes me remember Don Quixote going mad over outdated ideals and grand adventures that only exist in his tales (I do know the Quixote meaning is that life is absolutely as engaging as the tales if not more btw, I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)
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
@@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
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.
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
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
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!!
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’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 😭🤌
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
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 😭
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.
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
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.
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"
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!
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!
@@impala2215in the “Works and Progresses” video of Ride The Cyclone, Noel and Mischa kiss so aggressively the mica started making rustling sounds. It starts during the 16:44 second mark
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 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.
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,
