Are we packed? Yes, and by next week I want you to be Pookie? And you should see They've padlocked your building And they're rioting on Avenue B Benny called the cops That fuck They don't know what they're doing The cops are sweeping the lot But no one's leaving They're just sitting there mooing, yeah No way to make a living, masochism Pain, perfection Muscle spasms, chiropractors Short careers, eating disorders Adventure, tedium, no family Boring locations Dark rooms, perfect faces, egos Money, Hollywood, and sleaze Food of Love, emotion, mathematics, isolation Rhythm, feeling, power, harmony And heavy competition Anarchy! Revolution, justice, screaming for solutions Forcing changes, risk, and danger Making noise and making please To me To me To you, and you, and you, you, and you To people living with, living with, living with Not dying from disease Let he among us without sin Be the first to condemn La Vie Boheme La Vie Boheme La Vie Boheme To anyone out of the mainstream (La Vie Boheme) Is anyone in the mainstream? (La Vie Boheme) To anyone alive with a sex drive (La Vie Boheme) Tear down the wall! Aren't we all? (La Vie Boheme) The opposite of war isn't peace It's creation (woo) La Vie Boheme Viva La Vie Boheme
No please no Not tonight please no Mister- Can't you go- Not tonight- Can't have a scene ROGER What? Cafe Owner: Go, please go; You- Hello sir I said no Improtant customer MARK What am I- Just a blur? Cafe Owner: You sit all night -You never buy! MARK That's a lie - That's a lie I had a tea the other day Cafe Owner: You couldn't pay MARK Oh yeah COLLINS Benjamin Coffin III- Here? Cafe Owner: Oh no! ALL Wine and beer! MAUREEN The enemy of Avenue A We'll stay Cafe Owner: Oiy Vey! COLLINS What brings a Mogul in his own mind to the Life Cafe? BENNY I would like to propose a toast To Maureen's noble try It went well MAUREEN Go to hell BENNY Was the yuppie scum stomped? Not counting the homeless How many tickets weren't comp'ed? ROGER Why Did Muffy-- BENNY Alison ROGER Miss The Show? BENNY There was a death in the family If you must know ANGEL Who died? BENNY Our akita MARK, RODGER, ANGEL, COLLINS Evita BENNY Mimi- I'm surprised A bright and charming girl like you Hangs out with these slackers (Who don't adhere to deals) They make fun -Yet I am the one Attempting to do some good Or do you really want a neighborhood Where people p**s on your stoop every night? Bohemia, Bohemia Is a fallacy in your head This is Calcutta Bohemia is dead MARK Dearly beloved, we gather here to say our goodbyes COLLINS & ROGER Dies Irae - Dies Illa Kyrie Eleison Yitgadal V' Yitkadash (etc.) MARK Here she lies No one knew her worth The late great daughter of Mother Earth On these nights when we celebrate the birth In that little town of Bethlehem We raise our glass- You bet your ass to- La Vie Boheme ALL La Vie Boheme La Vie Boheme La Vie Boheme La Vie Boheme MARK To days of inspiration, Playing hookey, making something Out of nothing, the need To express- To communicate, To going against the grain, Going insane, Going mad To loving tension, no pension To more than one dimension, To starving for attention, Hating convention, hating pretension, Not to mention of course, Hating dear old mom and dad To riding your bike Midday past the three piece suits- To fruits- To no absolutes- To Absolut- To choice- To the Village Voice- To any passing fad To being an us- For once- Instead of a them- ALL La Vie Boheme La Vie Boheme MAUREEN Is the equipment in a pyramid? JOANNE It is, Maureen MAUREEN The mixer dosn't have a case Don't give me that face MR. GREY AHHEMM MAUREEN Hey Mister- She's my sister MR. GREY So that's five miso soup, Four seaweed salad Three soy burger dinner, Two tofu dog platter And one pasta with meatless balls A BOY Eww COLLINS It tastes the same MIMI If you close your eyes MR. GREY And thirteen orders of fries Is that it here? ALL Wine and beer! MIMI & ANGEL To hand-crafted beers made in local breweries To yoga, to yogurt, to rice and beans and cheese To leather, to dildos, To curry Vindaloo To Huevos Rancheros and Maya Angelou MAUREEN & COLLINS Emotion, devotion, to causing a commotion, Creation, Vacation MARK Mucho masturbation MAUREEN & COLLINS Compassion, to fashion, to passion When it's new COLLINS To Sontag ANGEL To Sondheim FOUR PEOPLE To anything taboo COLLINS & ROGER Ginsberg, Dylan, Cunningham and Cage COLLINS Lenny Bruce ROGER Langston Hughes MAUREEN To the stage! PERSON #1 To Uta PERSON #2 To Buddha PERSON #3 Pablo Neruda, too MARK & MIMI Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow To blow off Auntie Em ALL La Vie Boheme MAUREEN And wipe the speakers off before you pack JOANNE Yes, Maureen MAUREEN Well- Hurry back MR. GREY Sisters? MAUREEN We're close ANGEL, COLLINS, MAUREEN, MARK & MR GREY Brothers! MARK, ANGEL, MIMI & 3 OTHERS Bisexuals, trisexuals, Homo Sapiens, Carcinogens, hallucinogens, men, Pee Wee Herman German wine, turpentine, Gertrude Stein Antonioni, Bertolucci, Kurosawa Carmina Burana ALL To apathy, to entropy, to empathy, ecstasy Vaclav Havel- The Sex Pistols, 8BC To no shame- Never playing the fame game COLLINS To marijuana ALL To sodomy It's between God and me To S & M BENNY Waiter...Waiter...Waiter ALL La Vie Boheme WRONG: COLLINS In honor of the death of Bohemia an impromtu salon will commence immediately following dinner... Mimi Marquez, clad only in bubble wrap, will perform her famous lawn chair-handcuff dance to the sounds of iced tea being stirred. ROGER And Mark Cohen will preview his new documentary about his inability to hold an erection on high holy days. MARK And Maureen Johnson, back from her spectacular one-night engagement at the eleventh street lot, will sing Native American tribal chants backwards through her vocoder, while accompanying herself on the electric cello- Which she has never never studied. MARK And Roger will attempt to write a bittersweet, evocative song (Roger picks up a guiter and plays) MARK That doesn't remind us of 'Musetta's Waltz' COLLINS Angel Dumott Schunard will model the latest fall fashions from Paris while accompanying herself on the 10-gallon plastic pickle tub. ANGEL And Collins will recount his exploits as an Anarchist- Including the tale of his successful reprogramming of the MIT virtual reality equipment to self-destruct as it broadcasts the words: ALL 'Actual Reality - Act Up - Fight AIDS!' RIGHT: COLLINS In honor of the death of Bohemia an impromtu salon will commence immediately following dinner Maureen Johnson, back from her spectacular one-night engagement at the eleventh street lot, will sing Native American tribal chants backwards through her vocoder, while accompanying herself on the electric cello- which she aint never studied. ROGER And Mark Cohen will preview his new documentary about his inability to hold an erection on high holy days. MARK And Mimi Marquez, clad only in bubble wrap, will perform her famous lawn chair-handcuff dance to the sounds of iced tea being stirred...And Roger will attempt to write a bittersweet, evocative song (Roger picks up a guiter and plays) MARK That doesn't remind us of 'Musetta's Waltz' COLLINS Angel Dumott Schunard will model the latest fall fashions from Paris while accompanying herself on the 10-gallon plastic pickle tub. ANGEL And Collins will recount his exploits as an Anarchist- Including the tale of his successful reprogramming of the MIT virtual reality equipment to self-destruct as it broadcasts the words: ALL 'Actual Reality - Act Up - Fight AIDS!'
Nothing short of brilliant. Rest In Power Johnathan Larson
Thank you so much for posting this. The OBC soundtrack is getting harder and harder to find.
Yeah😕
spotify had the AUDACITY to remove half of the originals and rename the soundtrack "best of"
FUCK yall
you better download the soundtrack
Yes what is UP with that!!
For real.
Nobody will ever make a peice of performance art, be it a musical, concert, or a talent show that has the essence of Johnathan's work
This is one of the best songs ever
Undeniably
This song gets stuck in my head constantly! It has such a fun and catchy beat to it.
I love this song so much!
It’s sad that there are more replies then actual comments
They were the best ❤️
Are we packed?
Yes, and by next week
I want you to be
Pookie?
And you should see
They've padlocked your building
And they're rioting on Avenue B
Benny called the cops
That fuck
They don't know what they're doing
The cops are sweeping the lot
But no one's leaving
They're just sitting there mooing, yeah
No way to make a living, masochism
Pain, perfection
Muscle spasms, chiropractors
Short careers, eating disorders
Adventure, tedium, no family
Boring locations
Dark rooms, perfect faces, egos
Money, Hollywood, and sleaze
Food of Love, emotion, mathematics, isolation
Rhythm, feeling, power, harmony
And heavy competition
Anarchy!
Revolution, justice, screaming for solutions
Forcing changes, risk, and danger
Making noise and making please
To me
To me
To you, and you, and you, you, and you
To people living with, living with, living with
Not dying from disease
Let he among us without sin
Be the first to condemn
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
To anyone out of the mainstream (La Vie Boheme)
Is anyone in the mainstream? (La Vie Boheme)
To anyone alive with a sex drive (La Vie Boheme)
Tear down the wall! Aren't we all? (La Vie Boheme)
The opposite of war isn't peace
It's creation (woo)
La Vie Boheme
Viva La Vie Boheme
No please no
Not tonight please no
Mister- Can't you go-
Not tonight- Can't have a scene
ROGER
What?
Cafe Owner:
Go, please go;
You- Hello sir
I said no
Improtant customer
MARK
What am I- Just a blur?
Cafe Owner:
You sit all night -You never buy!
MARK
That's a lie - That's a lie
I had a tea the other day
Cafe Owner:
You couldn't pay
MARK
Oh yeah
COLLINS
Benjamin Coffin III- Here?
Cafe Owner:
Oh no!
ALL
Wine and beer!
MAUREEN
The enemy of Avenue A
We'll stay
Cafe Owner:
Oiy Vey!
COLLINS
What brings a Mogul in his own mind to the Life Cafe?
BENNY
I would like to propose a toast
To Maureen's noble try
It went well
MAUREEN
Go to hell
BENNY
Was the yuppie scum stomped?
Not counting the homeless
How many tickets weren't comp'ed?
ROGER
Why Did Muffy--
BENNY
Alison
ROGER
Miss The Show?
BENNY
There was a death in the family
If you must know
ANGEL
Who died?
BENNY
Our akita
MARK, RODGER, ANGEL, COLLINS
Evita
BENNY
Mimi- I'm surprised
A bright and charming girl like you
Hangs out with these slackers
(Who don't adhere to deals)
They make fun -Yet I am the one
Attempting to do some good
Or do you really want a neighborhood
Where people p**s on your stoop every night?
Bohemia, Bohemia
Is a fallacy in your head
This is Calcutta
Bohemia is dead
MARK
Dearly beloved, we gather here to say
our goodbyes
COLLINS & ROGER
Dies Irae - Dies Illa
Kyrie Eleison
Yitgadal V' Yitkadash (etc.)
MARK
Here she lies
No one knew her worth
The late great daughter of Mother Earth
On these nights when we celebrate the birth
In that little town of Bethlehem
We raise our glass- You bet your ass to-
La Vie Boheme
ALL
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
MARK
To days of inspiration,
Playing hookey, making something
Out of nothing, the need
To express-
To communicate,
To going against the grain,
Going insane,
Going mad
To loving tension, no pension
To more than one dimension,
To starving for attention,
Hating convention, hating pretension,
Not to mention of course,
Hating dear old mom and dad
To riding your bike
Midday past the three piece suits-
To fruits- To no absolutes-
To Absolut- To choice-
To the Village Voice-
To any passing fad
To being an us- For once-
Instead of a them-
ALL
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
MAUREEN
Is the equipment in a pyramid?
JOANNE
It is, Maureen
MAUREEN
The mixer dosn't have a case
Don't give me that face
MR. GREY
AHHEMM
MAUREEN
Hey Mister- She's my sister
MR. GREY
So that's five miso soup,
Four seaweed salad
Three soy burger dinner,
Two tofu dog platter
And one pasta with meatless balls
A BOY
Eww
COLLINS
It tastes the same
MIMI
If you close your eyes
MR. GREY
And thirteen orders of fries
Is that it here?
ALL
Wine and beer!
MIMI & ANGEL
To hand-crafted beers made in local breweries
To yoga, to yogurt, to rice and beans and cheese
To leather, to dildos, To curry Vindaloo
To Huevos Rancheros and Maya Angelou
MAUREEN & COLLINS
Emotion, devotion, to causing a commotion,
Creation, Vacation
MARK
Mucho masturbation
MAUREEN & COLLINS
Compassion, to fashion, to passion
When it's new
COLLINS
To Sontag
ANGEL
To Sondheim
FOUR PEOPLE
To anything taboo
COLLINS & ROGER
Ginsberg, Dylan, Cunningham and Cage
COLLINS
Lenny Bruce
ROGER
Langston Hughes
MAUREEN
To the stage!
PERSON #1
To Uta
PERSON #2
To Buddha
PERSON #3
Pablo Neruda, too
MARK & MIMI
Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow
To blow off Auntie Em
ALL
La Vie Boheme
MAUREEN
And wipe the speakers off before you pack
JOANNE
Yes, Maureen
MAUREEN
Well- Hurry back
MR. GREY
Sisters?
MAUREEN
We're close
ANGEL, COLLINS, MAUREEN, MARK & MR GREY
Brothers!
MARK, ANGEL, MIMI & 3 OTHERS
Bisexuals, trisexuals, Homo Sapiens,
Carcinogens, hallucinogens, men,
Pee Wee Herman
German wine, turpentine, Gertrude Stein
Antonioni, Bertolucci, Kurosawa
Carmina Burana
ALL
To apathy, to entropy, to empathy, ecstasy
Vaclav Havel- The Sex Pistols, 8BC
To no shame- Never playing the fame game
COLLINS
To marijuana
ALL
To sodomy
It's between God and me
To S & M
BENNY
Waiter...Waiter...Waiter
ALL
La Vie Boheme
WRONG:
COLLINS
In honor of the death of Bohemia an impromtu salon will commence immediately following dinner...
Mimi Marquez, clad only in bubble wrap, will perform her famous lawn chair-handcuff dance to the sounds of iced tea being
stirred.
ROGER
And Mark Cohen will preview his new documentary about his inability to hold an erection on high holy days.
MARK
And Maureen Johnson, back from her spectacular one-night engagement at the eleventh street lot, will sing Native American
tribal chants backwards through her vocoder, while accompanying herself on the electric cello- Which she has never never
studied.
MARK
And Roger will attempt to write a bittersweet, evocative song
(Roger picks up a guiter and plays)
MARK
That doesn't remind us of 'Musetta's
Waltz'
COLLINS
Angel Dumott Schunard will model the latest fall fashions from Paris while accompanying herself on the 10-gallon plastic
pickle tub.
ANGEL
And Collins will recount his exploits
as an Anarchist- Including the tale of
his successful reprogramming of the
MIT virtual reality equipment to self-destruct as it broadcasts the words:
ALL
'Actual Reality - Act Up - Fight AIDS!'
RIGHT:
COLLINS
In honor of the death of Bohemia an impromtu salon will commence immediately following dinner Maureen Johnson, back from her
spectacular one-night engagement at the eleventh street lot, will sing Native American
tribal chants backwards through her vocoder, while accompanying herself on the electric cello- which she aint never
studied.
ROGER
And Mark Cohen will preview his new documentary about his inability to hold an erection on high holy days.
MARK
And Mimi Marquez, clad only in bubble wrap, will perform her famous lawn chair-handcuff dance to the sounds of iced tea being
stirred...And Roger will attempt to write a bittersweet, evocative song
(Roger picks up a guiter and plays)
MARK
That doesn't remind us of 'Musetta's
Waltz'
COLLINS
Angel Dumott Schunard will model the latest fall fashions from Paris while accompanying herself on the 10-gallon plastic
pickle tub.
ANGEL
And Collins will recount his exploits
as an Anarchist- Including the tale of
his successful reprogramming of the
MIT virtual reality equipment to self-destruct as it broadcasts the words:
ALL
'Actual Reality - Act Up - Fight AIDS!'
La vie boheme!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉
I’m the dramaturg for my high school production of rent so I have to learn what all this stuff they are mentioning in this song is.
Major props to anyone who can survive sodomy between themselves and God.
Lol 😁
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how they cut out the 'is the equipment in a pyramid' parts
No they didn't?
2:06
5:04