Favorite quotes/lyrics thread

[The Imprisoned Songstress]

Hi,

Ah the spoken word. This is a thread for you to discuss your favorite quotes. Sometimes its a small thing that we like or the way it's said. Please offer an explanation as to your reasons for selecting the quote/quotes. This is also a place to discuss your favorite lyrics (this is after all a musical!) Some of my favorite movie quotes are:

"Come & visit your good friend Sweeney!" He is really angry and powerful @ this point.
"Sit, sir, Sit!" I love the smile
"Your barking mad!" Mrs. Lovette should run but she doesn't.
"Half the fun is to plan the plan." This is so true!
will think of more....

[CIA Agente Arenas]

Pretty much the entirety of "Pretty Women" in a shuddery, creeping feeling.


"And who may it be said is your intended sir?"
"My waaaaaaaaard..."
That's creepy. That is so completely and utterly pervy and "...eurgh!" that I've since come to love it.


"Ah! Pretty women,
At their mirrors,
In their gardens,
Letter-writing,
Flower-picking,
Weather-watching."
Dunno about you ladies, but I spend the majority of my time weather-watching.

[The Poetic Protégée]

Flower-picking is my thing...no garden is safe

I love the whole of 'Not While I'm Around'

"Nothing's gonna harm you, not while I'm around.
Nothing's gonna harm you, no sir, not while I'm around.
Demons are prowling everywhere nowadays,
I'll send 'em howling, I don't care, I got ways."

And there's that horrible moment when Mrs Lovett sings the song to tempt Toby from his hiding place...*shudders*

[The Undercover Wonder]

"Mrs Lovett, you're a bloody wonder, eminetly practical and yet appropriate as always. As you've said repeatedly there's little point in dwelling on the past"

Something about those lyrics just get me, and I agree wholeheartedly that there is little point in dwelling on the past, its over and done with, you cant change it, so dont ruin your life obsessing over it.

oh and from the stage production (which Im seeing live on tour in a couple of weeks!!)

"hold your razor high sweeney, raise it towards the sky!"

Just the way it is sung, all high octave soprano style makes me giddy.

[The Idyllic Idealist]

Here are some of my fave quotes:

Sweeney Todd: [holding up one of his razors] At last! My arm is complete again!

I like how he says it, it's a bit of a whisper at the end.

Sweeney Todd: Noooooo! Would no one have mercy on her?
Mrs. Lovett: So it's you. Benjamin Barker
Sweeney Todd: Where's Lucy? Where's my wife?
Mrs. Lovett: She poisoned herself, arsenic from the apothecary round the corner, I tried to stop her, but she wouldn't listen to me, and he's got your daughter.
Sweeney Todd: He? Judge Turpin?
Mrs. Lovett: [nods] Adopted her like his own.
Sweeney Todd: 15 years sweating, and living hell, for a false charge. 15 years dreaming I might come home to a wife and child.
Mrs. Lovett: Well, I can't say the years have been particularly kind to you, Mr. Barker.
Sweeney Todd: No, not Barker. That man is dead. It's Todd now. Sweeney Todd... and he will have his revenge.

I just want to hug poor Sweeney when he says, "Where's Lucy? "Where's my wife?" He looks so sad.
I just like how he says, "No, not Barker..."

Mrs. Lovett: Mr. T, you didn't!
[looks into the chest, sees Pirelli's dead body and gasps. Shuts it]
Mrs. Lovett: You're barking mad! Killing a man what done ya no harm!
Sweeney Todd: [polishing his razor] He recognized me from the old days. Tried to blackmail me. Half me earnings.
Mrs. Lovett: [relieved] Oh, well that's a different matter then. For a moment there I thought you lost your marbles.
[opens the chest again and stares]
Mrs. Lovett: Ugh! All that blood. Poor smeep. Oh well!
[looks through Pirelli's jacket before removing his money pouch and examining its contents]
Mrs. Lovett: Well, waste not, want not!
[tucks it into her bodice]

I like this part because at first Mrs. Lovett was all freaked out and then by the end she doesn't even really care anymore and even steals his "purse." lol
Also, I find it incredible how Sweeney was just explaining why he murdered Pirelli so casually while he was cleaning his razor after he brutally murdered him.

Beggar Woman: [to Sweeney] 'ey, don't I know you, mister?

This part just kills me, honestly. She was just about to say Barker or whatever and then Turpin had to come along and ruin everything AGAIN!! I really hate what happens after she said that too.

Mrs. Lovett: Barker, his name was. Benjamin Barker.
Sweeney Todd: What was his crime?
Mrs. Lovett: Foolishness.

I don't really agree with that. Benji wasn't foolish, he was innocent. The only crime that was committed was by Turpin and Beadle. Turpin's crime was his jealousy, greed, and he abused his power as a judge. Beadle's crime was being greedy and doing every bloody favour Turpin asked him.

Sweeney Todd: I do. I'm Mr. Sweeney Todd from Fleet Street. I have opened a bottle of Pirelli's Elixir and I say to you, it is nothing but an errant fraud, concocted from piss and ink. And furthermore, "Signor", I have serviced no kings, yet I wager that I can shave a cheek with ten times more dexterity than any street mountebank.

I love how Sweeney says, "I do". It's so cute. ;D

Sweeney Todd: "Don't I know you?" she said. You knew she lived!
Mrs. Lovett: I was only thinking of you!
Sweeney Todd: [angry] You lied to me!
Mrs. Lovett: [sings] No, no, not lied at all! / No, I never lied!
Sweeney Todd: [sings] Lucy...
Mrs. Lovett: Said she took the poison, she did, / Never said that she died. / Poor thing, she lived...
Sweeney Todd: [in unison] I've come home again...
Mrs. Lovett: But it left her weak in the head, / All she did for months was just lie there in bed...
Sweeney Todd: [unison] Lucy...
Mrs. Lovett: Should've been in hospital, / Wound up in Bedlam instead, / Poor thing!
Sweeney Todd: [unison] Oh, my God...!
Mrs. Lovett: Better you should think she was dead. / Yes, I lied 'cause I love you!
Sweeney Todd: [unison] Lucy!
Mrs. Lovett: I'd be twice the wife she was!
Sweeney Todd: [in unison] What have I done?
Mrs. Lovett: [in unison] I love you! Could that *thing* have cared for you like me?
[he turns toward Mrs. Lovett in anger]
Sweeney Todd: Mrs. Lovett, / You're a bloody wonder, / Eminently practical and yet / Appropriate as always. / As you've said repeatedly, / There's little point in dwelling on the past!
Mrs. Lovett: Do you mean it?
Sweeney Todd: [in unison] No, come here, my love... / Not a thing to fear, my love...
Mrs. Lovett: [in unison] Everything I did, / I swear, / I thought / Was only for the best!
Sweeney Todd: [in unison] What's dead is dead!
Mrs. Lovett: [in unison] Believe me! Can we still be married?

I feel terrible just thinking of how Sweeney must be feeling after he realized he killed his Lucy. It was sad when he was singing too.
I really hate it when Mrs. Lovett had the nerve to say that she'd be twice the wife Lucy was! It's so cruel, I mean it's partly her fault Lucy died.
Holy smokes, Sweeney looked pretty scary but hot when he turned around and started singing to Mrs. Lovett. I feel chills down my spine at that part.

Man in street - greets Todd after competition: Congratulations, Mr. Todd. May I ask you, sir, do you have your own establishment?
Mrs. Lovett: He certainly does. Sweeney Todd's Tonsorial Parlor, above my Meat Pie Emporium in Fleet Street.

I absolutely LOVE the look Sweeney gave that guy. I don't know why, I just like it! ;D

Beadle: [after the judge has sentenced a boy to death by hangin] Thank you, your honor, just the sentence we wanted.
Judge Turpin: Was he guilty?
Beadle: Well, if not, he'd certainly done something to warrant a hanging.
Judge Turpin: What man has not?

I really hate Turpin, that poor little boy!

Sorry, it's so long!

[The Undercover Wonder]

From the play

*A little Priest*

Lovette: (spoken) Now then, this might be a little bit stringy,
but then of course it's... fiddle player!
TODD: No, this isn't fiddle player -- it's piccolo player!
LOVETT: 'Ow can you tell?
TODD: It's piping hot!
LOVETT: Then blow on it first!

TODD:
The history of the world, my sweet --
LOVETT:
Oh, Mr. Todd,
Ooh, Mr. Todd,
What does it tell?
TODD:
Is who gets eaten, and who gets to eat!
LOVETT:
And, Mr. Todd,
Too, Mr. Todd,
Who gets to sell!
TODD:
But fortunately, it's also clear
BOTH:
That [L: But] ev'rybody goes down well with beer!

LOVETT: (spoken)
Since marine doesn't appeal to you, 'ow about... rear admiral?
TODD: Too salty. I prefer general.
LOVETT: With, or without his privates? "With" is extra. <-- Everybody in the audience cracked up at this part...and there is a long break between 'with or without his privates?' and 'With is extra'

*Ballad Of Sweeney Todd (prolouge)

In conspicuous Sweeny was,
Quick and quite and clean 'e was.
Back of his smile, under his word,
Sweeny heard music that nobody heard.
Sweeny pondered and Sweeny planned,
Like a perfect machine 'e planned
Sweeny was smooth, Sweeny was subtle,
Sweeny would blink and rats would scuttle.
Sweeny! Sweeny! Sweeny! Sweeny!
Sweeny!

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd
He served a dark and a hungry god
What happened then, well that's the play,
And he wouldn't want us to give it away. Not Sweeney,
Not Sweeney Todd, The demon barber of Fleet Street.


*Finale*

TOBIAS:
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker man.
Bake me a cake —
No,no,
Bake me a pie —
To delight my eye,
And I will sigh
If the crust be high ...

Mr. TODD.

Pat him and prick him and mark him with B, and put him in the oven for baby and me!

*Ballad of Sweeney Todd*

GHOSTS
(variously)
Sweeney wishes the world away,
Sweeney’s weeping for yesterday,
Hugging the blade, waiting the years,
Hearing the music that nobody hears.
Sweeney waits in the parlor hall,
Sweeney leans on the office wall.
No one can help, nothing can hide you--
Isn't that Sweeney there beside you?
Sweeney wishes the world away,
Sweeney's weeping for yesterday

GHOSTS
Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd!
He served a dark and a hungry god!
TODD
(sharply to Mrs. Lovett)
To seek revenge may lead to hell.
MRS. LOVETT
(coldly to him)
But everyone does it, if seldom as well--
TODD AND MRS. LOVETT
--As Sweeney...
GHOSTS
As Sweeney Todd...
The Demon Barber of Fleet...




Oh and everyone should see it on stage if they ever get the chance. It is AMAZING!!

[The Idyllic Idealist]

Now for my favourite lyrics:

No Place Like London

At the top of the hole sit the privileged few
Making mock of the vermin in the lower zoo
turning beauty to filth and greed...

There was a barber and his wife
and she was beautiful...
a foolish barber and his wife.
She was his reason and his life...
and she was beautiful, and she was virtuous
And he was naive.

The first verse is so true, and the second is really sweet.

The Worst Pies in London

Mrs. Mooney has a pie shop!
Does her business but I notice something weird.
Lately all her neighbors' cats have disappeared!
Have to hand it to her --
Wot I calls, "enterprise"!
Poppin' smeeps into pies!
Wouldn't do in my shop!
Just the thought of it's enough to make you sick!
And I'm tellin' you, them pussycats is quick...!

That is sooooo nasty!

Poor Thing

There was a barber and his wife
And he was beautiful
A proper artist with a knife
But they transported him for life
And he was beautiful...

She wasn't no match for such craft, you see
And everyone thought it so droll!
They figured she had to be daft, you see
So all of them stood there and LAUGHED, you see
Poor soul! Poor thing!

He most definitely is beautiful! ;D
Poor Lucy I can't believe no one helped her.

My Friends

You there, my friend,
(I'm your friend too, Mr. Todd.)
Come, let me hold you.
(If you only knew, Mr. Todd.)
Now, with a sigh,
(Ooh, Mr. Todd,)
You grow warm in my hand...
(You're warm in my hand...)
My friend,
(You've come home)
My clever friend...
(Always had a fondness for you, I did...)

I kind of feel bad for Mrs. Lovett. She's practically pouring out her soul and he's not even listening.

Green Finch and Linnet Bird

My cage has many rooms, damask and dark...
Nothing there sings, not even my lark.
Larks never will, you know, when they're captive.
Teach me to be more adaptive.
Ah...

Johanna must've really felt like she was caged. She never left her room in the movie.

Johanna

Do they think that walls could hide you?
Even now, I'm at your window.
I am in the dark beside you...
Buried sweetly in your yellow hair!

This verse is too sweet for words.

Pirelli's Miracle Elixir

Toby: Wanna buy a bottle, missus?
Sweeney: What is this?
Mrs. Lovett: What is this?
Sweeney: Smells like piss...
Mrs. Lovett: Smells like "EW!"

Sweeney: Looks like piss...
(Mrs. Lovett: Wouldn't touch it if I were you, dear!) Sweeney: This is piss, piss with ink.

Gosh, the things people do for money!

Wait

I've been thinkin' flowers,
Maybe daisies,
To brighten up the room!
Don't you think some flowers,
Pretty daisies,
Might relieve the gloom?
Ah, wait,
Love, wait.

I love how Mrs. Lovett sings this song, it sounds kinda soothing.

Pretty Women

Proof of heaven as you're living,
Pretty women! Yes, pretty women!
Here's to pretty women,
Pretty women,
Pretty women,
Pretty women

I love this song. It's funny because when Sweeney sings, it's sweet, but it's so not cool when Turpin sings it.

Epiphany

And I'll never see Johanna
No I'll never hug my girl to me - finished!
Alright! You sir, you sir, how about a shave?
Come and visit your good friend Sweeney.
You sir, too sir? Welcome to the grave.

I will have vengenance.
I will have salvation.
Who sir, you sir?
No ones in the chair, Come on! Come on!
Sweeney's. waiting. I want you bleeders.
You sir! Anybody!
Gentlemen now don't be shy!

Not one man, no, nor ten men.
Nor a hundred can assuage me.
I will have you!
And I will get him back even as he gloats
In the meantime I'll practice on less honorable throats.
And my Lucy lies in ashes
And I'll never see my girl again.

The first verse is sad, the second was really angry and the third is angry sounding at the beginning and sad at the end again. There was a lot of emotion in this song.

Have a Priest

TODD: What is that?
LOVETT:
It's fop.
Finest in the shop.
And we have some shepherd's pie peppered
With actual shepherd on top!
And I've just begun --
Here's the politician, so oily
It's served with a doily,
Have one!
TODD:
Put it on a bun.
Well, you never know if it's going to run!
LOVETT:
Try the friar,
Fried, it's drier!
TODD:
No, the clergy is really
Too coarse and too mealy!
LOVETT:
Then actor,
That's compacter!
TODD:
Yes, and always arrives overdone!
I'll come again when you have JUDGE on the menu!

I love how Sweeney says, " What is that?" and the expression on his face is funny too. ;D I love the whole politician bit too, it's all true lol.

Johanna (Reprise)

And you'd be beautiful and pale and look too much like her
If only angels could prevail we'd be the way we were
Johanna
I feel you, Johanna
Wake up, Johanna!
Unnerve the bright red day
We learn Johanna, to say
Goodbye

I love all the verses but this one's one of the sweetest.

God, That's Good!

[Lovett]
bless my eyes!
Fresh Supplies!

This song is really gross lol, and that verse is funny in a sick way.

By the Sea

TODD: Anything you say...

LOVETT:
Think how snug it'll be underneath our flannel
When it's just you and me and the English Channel!
In our cozy retreat kept all neat and tidy,
We'll have chums over ev'ry Friday!
By the sea!
Don'tcha love the weather?
By the sea!
We'll grow old together!
By the seaside,
Hoo, hoo!
By the beautiful sea!

I love how Sweeney says, "Anything you say." It's funny how during the whole song, he's distant and has such a sour look on his face while Mrs. Lovett fantasizes about their dream life. I like how this song sounds.

Not While I'm Around

Demons are prowling everywhere, nowadays,
I'll send 'em howling,
I don't care, I got ways.

No one's gonna hurt you,
No one's gonna dare.
Others can desert you,
Not to worry, whistle, I'll be there.

Toby sounds so adorable singing this song.

Overall, I love all the songs. ;D
Sorry, this is so long too.