This song is sad because she has so much hope and sees this celebration and she doesn't know how it is about her death. Just seeing her happy and having hope is sad but this song is also really just a great happy song. (sorry if that made no sense)
Well as stated “no witch ever truly dies” (it says something like that) it’s been rumored that she comes back but I don’t know how they’d incorporate that but yeah
@@jvpolkim That is EXCLUSIVELY to the above musical adaptation of the story, which (if we're being honest with ourselves) "Disney"-fied a TRAGIC character MEANT to die (she IS the "Wicked" Witch of the West, after all). In the source novel (Gregory MacGuire's _WICKED: The Life & Times of The Wicked Witch of the West_ written in 1995, as the first in the 4-part *Wicked Years* saga), she LEGITIMATELY MELTS FOR REAL. She genuinely turns into a puddle from an accidental Mercy Kill administered by Dorothy Gale (she was trying to put out a fire that had initially burnt the Scarecrow, but had spread unintentionally to Elphie's black, flammable dress with matching hat & cape) & NEVER COMES BACK. Emotionally racked Glinda has a teary breakdown in front of Fiyero X Elphaba bastard love child Liir in the first sequel titled _Son of a Witch_ upon their first - and, as it stands, their only - meeting, after which she resigns herself to watching over him from afar via her crystal ball like your typical Fairy Godmother as he undergoes his own journey of self-discovery, but not before bequeathing him with the charred broom she took as a keepsake following the news of Elphie's demise & the subsequent departures of both The Wizard (charlatan magician & worst-father-ever-to-Elphie that he is) and country bumpkin farm girl Dorothy Gale (who used Nessarose's magicked shoes to wish herself & her yapping terrier Toto home by simply clicking her heels together 3 times whilst repeating the iconic phrase, "There's No Place Like Home", as Glinda used her magic to heighten what residual power the enchanted footwear had to make Dorothy & her dog disappear back to Kansas from whence they came). Following The Cowardly Lion's own tale _A Lion Among Men_ focusing on his new role as King of Beasts in the Forest (and one of the few sentient Animals still remaining), the finale sequel _Out of OZ_ centers around Liir & his coven nursemaid wife Candle's green-tinted daughter, ironically but fittingly named Rain.
@@susanstorm7910 The irony of a song titled "No One Mourns the Wicked" when fans, Glinda, Dorothy, and even the ashamed charlatan Wizard after the fact do mourn Elphie's death (which is only staged in the musical, whereas in the 1995 novel, her melting scene is genuine & she never comes back, with the sequel books focusing on Elphie & Fiyero's lovechild Liir [Son of a Witch] and later, Liir & his nursemaid coven wife Candle's green-tinted daughter rather conveniently named Rain [Out of OZ]).
The celebration is about her death and in the book we know that the man who sends Dorothy to kill her is actually her father... Well, I didn't cry, I swear.
+Matthew Maddalena -- It is meant to be belted which is why they chose her for the original, Broadway opening, Elphaba. It's how the producers and director wanted it then. It's also about her energy and her commitment as Elphaba. Theater is not just about voice quality; there is so much more to it. Idina and Kristen had it all. Many of the others just had the voice.
The curse of wicked is that Kristin and Idina’s voices are so unique, when you go to see it live with whoever the cast is, it doesn’t sound right because it’s not them
The Atlanta show at the Fox Theatre was incredible. Elphaba and Glinda were cast incredibly well. I was disappointed with Fiyero, but... oh well -- a small concession!
It's hard to believe that a month ago I had not even heard of Idina Menzel and now I can't get enough of her. Not only does she sing with her incredible vocal chords and opens her mouth WIDE so as to get the most of each syllable, but her eyes are also incredibly expressive.
You can definitely see she inspired herself on Margaret Hamilton's performance in the Wizard of Oz movie. The way she walks and moves her hands... I think it's amazing, she really is a younger Wicked Witch of the West. Hannah Corneauh performed very well too. This song is one of my favorites, it manages to be so sad and happy at the same time.
From a purely technical standpoint, you can see 1 bad thing and 1 good thing from this, actually. You can actually hear the strain whenever she first hits it and the tongue is not relaxed, and then the SECOND she relaxes that tongue and it lays flat (about 1:25), it releases and there is some spin and the sound is much more relaxed and less strained.
Idina Menzel! How I wish I could see her play Elphaba on stage! I really hope that she will be Elphaba when they make a movie of Wicked! She is amazing! Love her voice
The first time I watched the musical and got to this song, I loved the music but I was feeling so sad, it felt so cruel for poor Elphaba that she had this vision.
when was the last time they had indina and other original cast in the musical itself?? none of the other elphabas sound right to me. i was introduced to wicked with indina's voice on it as elphaba
That's because you were introduced to wicked from the album :p Idina got very popular very quickly with those who hadn't heard of her before hand after wicked, she did a few things before that, but her fame really skyrocketed after it. Immediately after she stopped doing elphaba she was asked to play Maureen in the rent movie because she was an original cast member. She also apperead on shows in between when she was maureen and elpheba but ultimately she became elpheba... the point is she either is tired of singing the songs over and over again, is busy with life, or you know just hasn't been asked to sing it lately. She did when you wish upon a star at the super bowl though so that was cool. And no I'm not following you just see your stuff on Google plus and for some reason need to comment on it XD
It's a google plus thing if you comment on a video I see it on my wall :p the only reason I haven't commented on everything to mess with you is because I don't know jack shit about relationships especially bi or lesbian ones and I really would rather not comment on the videos for Amv's mainly because you and I have grown to have much different tastes though you'll be happy to hear I can watched a subbed anime without a problem now
So, I was watching the Disney movie Enchanted, and I was looking at the credits and I'm like... " Amy Adams... Patrick Dempsey... James Marsden... Idina Menzel...." O_O *Freaks out*
correction that seem's should be a sees, and let me reword the rest of that sentence: She sees something terrible approaching, something different, arriving in a red balloon, this is a clear reference to the wizard.
It's kinda funny, and sad, but by the end, people were having a celebration about her. And when they saw her, they did scream. It just wasn't for a positive reason.
lol the way the book tells, or so in the begininng when Nanny and Elphaba's mother are recalling, it is mentioned that a man gave Elphaba's mother a liquid in a green bottle, one which she kept, and then she couldn't remember anything else. This perhaps suggest that she was raped by this mysterious figure and therefore he is elphaba's father, but then again Elphaba's mother wasn't exactly the most loyal person to her husband.
Add to this, even Nessarose isn't fully Frex's daughter either, because she was conceived due to a threesome between Frex, his wife and their mutual love interest Turtle Heart, whereby Nessa is more so Turtle Heart X Frex's wife's child than she is Frex's daughter, yet Nessa still gets preferential treatment over her green-skinned stepsister Elphaba, whose own biological father IS the charlatan Wizard.
(i have yet to finish the book ) i was inclined to believe that this was indeed elphaba's father, mostly due to the musical's plot, but what confuses me is that toward the end of that little introduction chapters, in which elphaba is a child, elphaba seem's a terrible thing aproaching in a red ballon, a clear reference to the wizard, so this plot can't be relevant in the book can it? it wouldn't add up. I guess i'll have to wait till i get there lol
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first, I think Elphaba never found out that he was her father. Second, I don't think it's meant as 'lovers'... just a team as in 'being partners' ... ;)
That's exclusive to the musical only. In the book, she dies & never comes back. The sequel novels focus directly on Fiyero X Elphie bastard lovechild Liir (Son of a Witch) and Liir & his coven nursemaid wife Candle's green-tinted daughter Rain (Out of OZ).
No doubt she is a great performer but she isn't the best singer, I have seen the show with 10 different elphabas, and they have much more of a trained controlled voice. Less of a shout.
Not spammed at all lol (4 years later ). Nobody cared what you thought obviously and I am sure Idina would not take offense to anything you had to say. I definitely don't share your opinion.
Not really. Elphie's still misunderstood and bitter. The Wizard is still her shamed humbug of a father. Madame Morrible is still the truly manipulative and wicked headmistress of Shiz University who conspires with The Wizard to get rid of all the sentient, talking Animals and anyone whom they perceive as going against their regime. Glinda is still an annoying dumb blond who forsakes friendship & fulfillment for popularity with the elite. The only major significant changes are that Nick Chopper is still the Tin [Woods]Man and not Boq, Nessarose has no arms instead of being confined to a wheelchair, literal diamond stud Fiyero as prince of the Vinkus (Winkie is a demeaning term used for enslavement written up by biased news sources to paint Elphie as evil) is not the Scarecrow, and both Fiyero and Elphie DIE FOR REAL in the book.
This song is sad because she has so much hope and sees this celebration and she doesn't know how it is about her death. Just seeing her happy and having hope is sad but this song is also really just a great happy song. (sorry if that made no sense)
It's all the Wizard's and Madam Morrible's fault, you can see the big change in her from this song to No Good Deed.
Kimberly Everill it's make sense don't worry 😉 and yes this sond is so sad 😢💔💚
Well as stated “no witch ever truly dies” (it says something like that) it’s been rumored that she comes back but I don’t know how they’d incorporate that but yeah
She didn't die though she faked her death
@@jvpolkim That is EXCLUSIVELY to the above musical adaptation of the story, which (if we're being honest with ourselves) "Disney"-fied a TRAGIC character MEANT to die (she IS the "Wicked" Witch of the West, after all). In the source novel (Gregory MacGuire's _WICKED: The Life & Times of The Wicked Witch of the West_ written in 1995, as the first in the 4-part *Wicked Years* saga), she LEGITIMATELY MELTS FOR REAL. She genuinely turns into a puddle from an accidental Mercy Kill administered by Dorothy Gale (she was trying to put out a fire that had initially burnt the Scarecrow, but had spread unintentionally to Elphie's black, flammable dress with matching hat & cape) & NEVER COMES BACK. Emotionally racked Glinda has a teary breakdown in front of Fiyero X Elphaba bastard love child Liir in the first sequel titled _Son of a Witch_ upon their first - and, as it stands, their only - meeting, after which she resigns herself to watching over him from afar via her crystal ball like your typical Fairy Godmother as he undergoes his own journey of self-discovery, but not before bequeathing him with the charred broom she took as a keepsake following the news of Elphie's demise & the subsequent departures of both The Wizard (charlatan magician & worst-father-ever-to-Elphie that he is) and country bumpkin farm girl Dorothy Gale (who used Nessarose's magicked shoes to wish herself & her yapping terrier Toto home by simply clicking her heels together 3 times whilst repeating the iconic phrase, "There's No Place Like Home", as Glinda used her magic to heighten what residual power the enchanted footwear had to make Dorothy & her dog disappear back to Kansas from whence they came). Following The Cowardly Lion's own tale _A Lion Among Men_ focusing on his new role as King of Beasts in the Forest (and one of the few sentient Animals still remaining), the finale sequel _Out of OZ_ centers around Liir & his coven nursemaid wife Candle's green-tinted daughter, ironically but fittingly named Rain.
"a celebration throughout Oz, that's all to do with me"
That gets me every time 😟
me too. Simple fact from the first time I heard this song in 2003.
I mourn her :(
@@susanstorm7910 The irony of a song titled "No One Mourns the Wicked" when fans, Glinda, Dorothy, and even the ashamed charlatan Wizard after the fact do mourn Elphie's death (which is only staged in the musical, whereas in the 1995 novel, her melting scene is genuine & she never comes back, with the sequel books focusing on Elphie & Fiyero's lovechild Liir [Son of a Witch] and later, Liir & his nursemaid coven wife Candle's green-tinted daughter rather conveniently named Rain [Out of OZ]).
The classic foreshadowing in musical 😍
It’s about her death 😢
Oh my gosh she’s so happy she could melt. These lyrics are frickin good
The I Don’t Know Show they are 😊
Yes they are and the music itself. Whoever orchestrated this and also the writer himself both deserve huge credit. Its brilliant.
This is how you write an “I Want” song for a musical. Stephen did that. 👌🏾
So good to see someone who can ACT singing it without trying to impress with crazy notes. I love it.
The celebration is about her death and in the book we know that the man who sends Dorothy to kill her is actually her father... Well, I didn't cry, I swear.
+Matthew Maddalena
-- It is meant to be belted which is why they chose her for the original, Broadway opening, Elphaba. It's how the producers and director wanted it then. It's also about her energy and her commitment as Elphaba. Theater is not just about voice quality; there is so much more to it. Idina and Kristen had it all. Many of the others just had the voice.
J Z correct
The curse of wicked is that Kristin and Idina’s voices are so unique, when you go to see it live with whoever the cast is, it doesn’t sound right because it’s not them
Lauren I’ve never had that problem watching it lol, everyone’s got a unique voice
The Atlanta show at the Fox Theatre was incredible. Elphaba and Glinda were cast incredibly well. I was disappointed with Fiyero, but... oh well -- a small concession!
That celebration is her death...
Idina is not dead
Paige Hall they’re talking about elphaba
@@youwillneverfindme2396 elphaba not idina
Idina Menzel is simply amazing! her voice, acting, emotions and everything. She is my favorite! haha
Ever since seeing that tumblr spoof I fully expect whitney houston to sing the last "and I"
Sophovot nice profile pic
It's hard to believe that a month ago I had not even heard of Idina Menzel and now I can't get enough of her. Not only does she sing with her incredible vocal chords and opens her mouth WIDE so as to get the most of each syllable, but her eyes are also incredibly expressive.
That last note... O.o
You can definitely see she inspired herself on Margaret Hamilton's performance in the Wizard of Oz movie. The way she walks and moves her hands... I think it's amazing, she really is a younger Wicked Witch of the West. Hannah Corneauh performed very well too.
This song is one of my favorites, it manages to be so sad and happy at the same time.
She sooooooooo deserved that tony
She got it!
@@RareCandeh they know
can't believe its been 10 years
can't believe its been 4 years since your post..
Can’t believe it’s been 15 years
17 yr currently
17 years..
18 years 😌
The electric guitar in this show is STUNNING! Omfg
Lol, her tongue when doing the last high note
From a purely technical standpoint, you can see 1 bad thing and 1 good thing from this, actually. You can actually hear the strain whenever she first hits it and the tongue is not relaxed, and then the SECOND she relaxes that tongue and it lays flat (about 1:25), it releases and there is some spin and the sound is much more relaxed and less strained.
@Robert Lee, Countertenor No she did not
awful technique
@Robert Lee, Countertenor shes had one of the best attendance record in wicked history lol
@Robert Lee, Countertenor for someone who hates her so much, you sure are watching all of the videos of her singing and commenting on them all
It's so terribly sad to think of the foreshadowing and what her vision was actually showing her. The books also have that aspect of misread visions.
For all you people bitching about Idina's technique I'd like to see you do all that she's done.
fr she’s been doing it for 30 years and is still going strong.
Yaaaaaaaaaaas Idina is the og Maureen and Elphie for a reason
She is the best Elphaba but Katie Rose Clarke was a way better Glinda than Chenoweth.
"The wizaard........ ANDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIII
AND AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIYAH!
The wizard Maaaah naaaaaaah!!!!!
I think I got it mixed up XD
@@HEDELEX???? XD
That Idina's tongue and eyes at the end of the clip!! :D
Best Elphalpha ever!!!!!
Idina Menzel! How I wish I could see her play Elphaba on stage! I really hope that she will be Elphaba when they make a movie of Wicked! She is amazing! Love her voice
It's not, but I trust Cynthia to do it well unlike a certain brownface wearing celebrity
Broadway rejected idina because of her age, but still idina is heard incredible..
Love her voice! She definitely deserves her Tony!
Already had one...
I love the orchestration in these songs. I wish they'd release the official backing tracks and the score from this musical.
She has a great voice
I can watch this on repeat! She set the bar so high; AMAZING!!
Idina is one of my favorite Elphaba, next to Donna vivino, she truly deserved more credit
The first time I watched the musical and got to this song, I loved the music but I was feeling so sad, it felt so cruel for poor Elphaba that she had this vision.
I’m so happy I could melt 😬😶😮
This song, 'The Wizard and ' will always remind me of my visit to Manhattan, New York!
Flawless
Idina is amazing!!!!!
The wizard.... AAAAAND IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII WILL ALWAAAAYS LOOOOOVE YOOOOOOOU
she is truly amazing and has some wonderful talent,and i wish i could be in wicked some day.
or just get a movie about it
My fav song
1:25 her tongue slays
her tongue has so much tension in it
Ahhh imagine an alternate reality where Idina got to do a movie version in like 2006 or so…
This songs will always remind me of Manhattan, New York and the Gershwin Theatre!
Magical so good !
FLAWLESS
They need to upload the whole broadway show
she may not have gotten a celebration but she got a world famous musical.
that voice is sooo damn good no great no awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A-FRICKIN-MAZING
when was the last time they had indina and other original cast in the musical itself?? none of the other elphabas sound right to me. i was introduced to wicked with indina's voice on it as elphaba
That's because you were introduced to wicked from the album :p Idina got very popular very quickly with those who hadn't heard of her before hand after wicked, she did a few things before that, but her fame really skyrocketed after it. Immediately after she stopped doing elphaba she was asked to play Maureen in the rent movie because she was an original cast member. She also apperead on shows in between when she was maureen and elpheba but ultimately she became elpheba... the point is she either is tired of singing the songs over and over again, is busy with life, or you know just hasn't been asked to sing it lately. She did when you wish upon a star at the super bowl though so that was cool. And no I'm not following you just see your stuff on Google plus and for some reason need to comment on it XD
KGT Witty I HAVE BEEN WONDERING THAT DAMMIT!! XDD like how the hell were you finding everywhere i happened to comment lol.
It's a google plus thing if you comment on a video I see it on my wall :p the only reason I haven't commented on everything to mess with you is because I don't know jack shit about relationships especially bi or lesbian ones and I really would rather not comment on the videos for Amv's mainly because you and I have grown to have much different tastes though you'll be happy to hear I can watched a subbed anime without a problem now
KGT Witty YES! FINALLY! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG I HAVE WAITED FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT! XD =w=
yyyeeeeaaaa so that's nice, STILL NOT WATCHING BLACK BUTLER!!!!!
If you ever need an example of foreshadowing...
*this is some serious foreshadowing...*
Some _wicked_ foreshadowing. *rimshot*
My favorite part of this song will always be the “with me!”
She's my favorite actress.
I do so love this music
The Wizard And I is my favorite song
this is my favorite music I love you
awsome
She is Elphaba. The entire time. 🧜♀
Oh this just warms my heart!
When Elphaba sings The Wizard And I, I think she is so cool
So, I was watching the Disney movie Enchanted, and I was looking at the credits and I'm like...
" Amy Adams... Patrick Dempsey... James Marsden... Idina Menzel...."
O_O
*Freaks out*
I watched wicked at the theatre like 2 weeks ago
I watched it one week ago two weeks ago, two weeks ago a week ago and three weeks ago today - At the Apollo Victoria station, 19:30?
correction that seem's should be a sees, and let me reword the rest of that sentence: She sees something terrible approaching, something different, arriving in a red balloon, this is a clear reference to the wizard.
It's kinda funny, and sad, but by the end, people were having a celebration about her. And when they saw her, they did scream. It just wasn't for a positive reason.
saying im in love with her would be HUGE understatement.....
Does anyone knows where I can watch the full clips as High definition as this?
lol 1:28
brilliant
i love the uh at the end of her I :)
Stop at 1:28
She’s looking wicked
good
The only true Elphaba
And that’s how you win a tony
Was it ever confirmed if they shot this specific entire show or has everyone ignored knowledge of it?
This short clip contains in my opinion the saddest and most poignant foreshadowing in musical theatre.
lol the way the book tells, or so in the begininng when Nanny and Elphaba's mother are recalling, it is mentioned that a man gave Elphaba's mother a liquid in a green bottle, one which she kept, and then she couldn't remember anything else. This perhaps suggest that she was raped by this mysterious figure and therefore he is elphaba's father, but then again Elphaba's mother wasn't exactly the most loyal person to her husband.
Add to this, even Nessarose isn't fully Frex's daughter either, because she was conceived due to a threesome between Frex, his wife and their mutual love interest Turtle Heart, whereby Nessa is more so Turtle Heart X Frex's wife's child than she is Frex's daughter, yet Nessa still gets preferential treatment over her green-skinned stepsister Elphaba, whose own biological father IS the charlatan Wizard.
(i have yet to finish the book ) i was inclined to believe that this was indeed elphaba's father, mostly due to the musical's plot, but what confuses me is that toward the end of that little introduction chapters, in which elphaba is a child, elphaba seem's a terrible thing aproaching in a red ballon, a clear reference to the wizard, so this plot can't be relevant in the book can it? it wouldn't add up. I guess i'll have to wait till i get there lol
Yes, it is relevant and The Wizard IS Elphaba's biological dad in _Wicked_ (both book & musical).
She's celebrating her own death...dang......that's dark.
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@sakurachan REALLY! How did I not know that
What the heck is that instrument in the beginning? sounds like someone playing a metal saw lol
it's an electric guitar
first, I think Elphaba never found out that he was her father. Second, I don't think it's meant as 'lovers'... just a team as in 'being partners' ... ;)
Besides, she had Galinda and Fiyero as her lovers, already.
@@TherealRNOwwfpooh Periodt
She doesn’t die I just saw it
That's exclusive to the musical only. In the book, she dies & never comes back. The sequel novels focus directly on Fiyero X Elphie bastard lovechild Liir (Son of a Witch) and Liir & his coven nursemaid wife Candle's green-tinted daughter Rain (Out of OZ).
is it me or a part sounds wobbly
Eeeeeeeee
blue and green should not be worn together
see her tongue @W@
No doubt she is a great performer but she isn't the best singer, I have seen the show with 10 different elphabas, and they have much more of a trained controlled voice. Less of a shout.
Willemijn Verkaik is better. Both are great but I preferred Willemijn's interpretation of Elphaba better than Idina's.
rheejuvin8 and why would that be?
@@orchishmamukherjee5250 fight, fight
Goodness I forgot how bad she was - no offence! but im sure i gonna get spammed straight away for having a different opinion!!!
She has very poor technique.
Alan Manning she actually sounds really good and healthy in this particular performance
Not spammed at all lol (4 years later ). Nobody cared what you thought obviously and I am sure Idina would not take offense to anything you had to say. I definitely don't share your opinion.
I don’t share your opinion, but I’d like to learn why it is your opinion
Arianas was better
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
Poor vocal!
I disagree
Jack Sale Tell me about it...
Almost everything's different in the book though
Not really. Elphie's still misunderstood and bitter. The Wizard is still her shamed humbug of a father. Madame Morrible is still the truly manipulative and wicked headmistress of Shiz University who conspires with The Wizard to get rid of all the sentient, talking Animals and anyone whom they perceive as going against their regime. Glinda is still an annoying dumb blond who forsakes friendship & fulfillment for popularity with the elite. The only major significant changes are that Nick Chopper is still the Tin [Woods]Man and not Boq, Nessarose has no arms instead of being confined to a wheelchair, literal diamond stud Fiyero as prince of the Vinkus (Winkie is a demeaning term used for enslavement written up by biased news sources to paint Elphie as evil) is not the Scarecrow, and both Fiyero and Elphie DIE FOR REAL in the book.
ugh...it's just like nails on a chalkboard.
1:28 And that face is why IDINA is Elphaba 🔥💚😭