MIX TAPE from AVENUE Q

[Here I Am]

Posted: 3/8/17 at 1:51pm

 Hi all! On Friday evening I am taking my boyfriend to see his first professional New York show. He loves the music from Avenue Q and I want to surprise him with the same exact mix tape that Princeton gives Kate Monster  during the show. I've downloaded all of the songs, but I can't figure out if the song stuck on you is the Lionel Richie version or the Elvis Presley version. 

 

 I know they sold these CDs as a joke at the Broadway fleamarket several years back. Does anyone know for sure which version she gives him? Odd question, I know. But please humor me Lol.

 

 Thank you so much in advance! 

[barcelona20]

Posted: 3/8/17 at 2:16pm

So you're making a mix cd then not a mix tape?

[uncageg]

Posted: 3/8/17 at 2:29pm

Kate Monster holds a cd in the show.

[haterobics]

Posted: 3/8/17 at 3:15pm

Lionel Richie, I'd imagine.

[Phantom4ever]

Posted: 3/8/17 at 4:16pm

barcelona20 said: "So you're making a mix cd then not a mix tape?

 

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Aren't mix-cds still called mix tapes, and thereby becoming an anachronism?  Kate Monster has been holding up a CD and not a tape for years now, even though it was definitely a tape originally. Funny that there is no way to update it any further. And what would it be updated to? A playlist on Spotify or something like that?

Oh and based on the frame of reference for these characters I would guess the Lionel Ritchie version too. 
 

Updated On: 3/8/17 at 04:16 PM

[Here I Am]

Posted: 3/8/17 at 5:36pm

 Yes, I am making a mix CD, not a mix tape ha ha. Thank you so much for all of the responses! Any more thoughts on here? 

[elephantseye]

Posted: 3/8/17 at 6:00pm

If it helps any, all of the fan-made ones on Youtube and Spotify use the Lionel Richie one, so I'd assume that's what you want.

[Here I Am]

Posted: 3/8/17 at 6:21pm

 That definitely helps, thank you so much!  

[UrNotAMachine]

Posted: 3/8/17 at 7:19pm

Make sure you use the version of Goodnight Saigon from "the Russia concert!"

[blm2323]

Posted: 3/9/17 at 1:09am

My high school volleyball players still call them mixtapes - even their playlists on their phones. 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Posted: 3/9/17 at 8:45am

Here I Am - your post is pretty adorable.  I hope your boyfriend knows he's a lucky guy.  

[Here I Am]

Posted: 3/13/17 at 4:00am

UPDATE: I e-mailed the composer Jeff Marx and it turns out that you were all correct, they did indeed mean the Lionel Richie version.

My boyfriend absolutely loved the show as well as the mix tape/CD! 

UrNotAMachine - YES, I certainly did use Goodnight Saigon from the Russia concert. Haha!

Rumpelstiltskin - YOUR comment was super sweet! But honestly, I'M the lucky one... :)

 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 3/13/17 at 9:56am

It always makes me uncomfortable that he asks to use her bathroom then stinks it up. Don't they live in the same building?

[Here I Am]

Posted: 3/13/17 at 5:50pm

LMAO TotallyEffed!! You're so right! I don't know why he didn't just go to his own apartment, especially if he was trying to impress her lol. 

[hork]

Posted: 3/13/17 at 6:42pm

I always thought that was weird, too. But they are puppets. It's a different culture. 

[RUkiddingme]

Posted: 3/13/17 at 6:47pm

I was given a cd from an original cast member.

It has 20 songs on it.

10 – Stuck On You is by Elvis

20 – Secret bonus track is Michael Jackson’s Wanna Be Startin Somethin’