I need a REALLY funny relatively obscure song for a cabaret performance. I am a mezzo/belter with a pretty wide range. The past two cabarets I have performed My Party Dress(Kerrigan and Lowdermilk) and The Alto's Lament. Sheet music doesn't need to be available. I was thinking of maybe doing Screw Loose from Cry Baby, but does anyone have any funnier suggestions?
Thanks!
"Don't thank your parents, if you were raised in a nurturing environment you wouldnt be in show business"--Conan O'Brien at the 2006 Emmy Awards
If (you hadn't but you did) I Hate Men 100 Easy Ways (to lose a man) I'm Easily Assimilated Oklahoma (from DRS) As We Stumble Along Jerry Likes My Corn The Swamps of Home Raunchy (from 110 in the Shade)
'I know things now' is one of the most overdone songs from Into the Woods...I would suggest going with something like
-'When the Music Played' from How to Save the World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes or Less -"All The Men In My Life Keep Getting Killed By Candarian Demons" from Evil Dead the Musical -"Anything" from Triumph of Love -"Everybody's Girl" from Steel Pier -"Rita's Confession" from Lucky Stiff
It ought to be done rather fast and the lyrics which are very clever need to be enunciated within an inch of their life. There are many jokes within the song and many double entendres. The audience deserves them all.
Another thing, no one will know the song. Okay maybe a few, but not very many at all. You could stop a show with it and everyone will think its new when it was written in the late 30s-early 40s.
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable."
--Carrie Fisher
"All I've Got" from "Silver's Ghost" - hypochondria at its best! There's a version on a CD called "Showtrain", and I've added a link to a website which sells this CD (or download from i-Tunes). CDs -> Showtrain -> All I've Got