Just like you say! I was trying to find a song for my OC's... And wow. I found so much more. (The whole musical is indeed this good and I love it). This really helps a lot. The tone and everything. And the fact that they're not humans, but are kinda intrigued by them Anyways, this song slaps. (Ps: I don't think I mentioned names, but my OC's for this are an inseparable duo that call themselves Seth and Adril -those aren't their real names, but eh-, who at the end of this song were supposed to say: "let's call" in an animatic that'll never see the light, with Felix, who's kinda their leader, making his debut). ♣
Ansley M. If it’s an American adaptation, why not create new characters, instead of making our originals characters American? It would have been a fun movie then.
I adore the double meaning when they sing "they're only human" The male voice says it to demean and belittle them, saying that they're insignificant creatures. While the female voice says it as a sort of defense of them, to say that they're fragile and can't help being the way they are. Awesome song.
It's really good foreshadowing for how they end up interacting with the Death Note holders. Ryuk never saw Light as being equal to him, just a source of entertainment. Rem, though, truly adored Misa and would do anything for her, even die.
I think the writers of this song made Rem mention love and how she’s “fascinated” by it as foreshadowing for her falling in love with Misa. And once again, what results is a VERY beautiful song sung by her. I love this musical.
@@KingNazaru don't know if you've watched the musical, but she's definitely gay for Misa in the musical. She has a whole song about being in love with her which she sings while gently caressing her. In the anime it's more arguable.
Insignificant fun fact: The “doomed to live pushing boulders uphill” is a reference to a king in Ancient Greece, Sisyphus, who tried to outsmart death in order to become immortal. Of course, he was caught, and punished by Hades* to push a bolder uphill, and once he reached the top, he could stop. However, every time he gets close to the top, the bolder crumbles and reforms at the bottom of the hill.
What if Ryuk is the way that he is because he understands the mentality of “one must imagine Sisyphus happy” so it’s the Camus kind of lifestyle where the most immediate pleasure appeals most to him
[RYUK] (sighs) Look at how they crawl around Upon the ground Like little ants [REM] Yes, but how they fascinate Confusing fate With what is merely chance [RYUK] Isn't it a laugh [REM] Isn't it a shame [RYUK] Thinking there is someone in heaven to blame [REM] Yes, but even while blaming fate for the lives that they lead They hope for the lives that they need [RYUK] Living every day till the day they die Never getting answers [REM] Yet still asking why Going through the motions as if there will be a reward [RYUK] While we stay eternally bored! [BOTH] They're only human They don't see Who they are is who they'll always be Only human, after all [RYUK] So they push and they shove [REM] With this thing they call love [BOTH] Till they fall! [RYUK] Isn't it a farce? [REM] Isn't it a waste? [RYUK] Struggling to face what can never be faced [REM] Yes, but maybe death can release something more than we share [RYUK] I really don't know and don't care [BOTH] They're only human Standing still Doomed to live pushing boulders uphill Only human, after all [RYUK] So they give and they take [REM] Hoping someone will help break their fall [RYUK] They will pray, curse, live die Never knowing their truth is another man's lie [REM] Eat, sleep, love, hate Like a leaf blowing in the wind [RYUK] Watch them all vacillate [BOTH] They're only human They can't see [RYUK] All the years they could give you and me [BOTH] Only human, after all [REM] So they give and we take [RYUK] Till their silly hearts break [REM] Looking down from above I'm intrigued by their love [RYUK] So let's call! (spoken:) Hmmm, let's call
The voice for Rem is absolutely stunning and you can tell Ryuk's actor is having fun with it. Such a stark contrast in their voices yet they work wonderfully together for this duet.
This song sounds so dark and twisted, yet so whimsical and magical at the same time, their voices work with each other so well and I'm hypnotised by it, just GORGEOUS!
I feel like the english version shows more bitter feeling towards the humans while the japanese version shows the difference between their personalities more. I'm freaking addicted to both. Help
@@omarsalem1219 'Truth being another man's lie' could be referring to how people VERY often rewrite history to their own means, twisting fact, or how people's feelings for one another are often hidden underneath a mask.
The line here is “not knowing their truth is another man’s lie” which to me seems to touch on the matter on perspective; what’s true to you isn’t true to others, what you think is right others might think is wrong, and so on
I love how they express both Rem and Ryuks own perspectives of humans in this song. Rem is fascinated by the things humans feel including love and romance which is why she mentions it so much. Ryuk is bored and wants entertainment which is why he sounds so nonchalant in certain parts of the song “while we stay eternally bored” “I really don’t know and don’t care” his whole mind set is “if it amuses me, then we’ll talk”.
Time to give the male singer the recognition he deserves. (Seriously, guys.) It's Eric Anderson who you might know as O'Malley from The Greatest Showman.
True I love his raspy croaking voice it gives somthing to ryucks personality plus its great contrast that ryuck is bored with the Shinigami relam and thinks there clowns for his amusment while rem is genuinely infatuated by them
It is very interesting and makes the song even better with how the two voices can harmonize but also be very contrast to each other. I can really feel both their passion and having fun while singing
rem saying "looking down from above, i am intrigued by their love" and misa later singing a song literally titled "when love comes" about rem's sacrifice dont TALK to me
Just saw a Good Omens animatic of this so uh think of that Edit: whoah!! I had no clue this comment blew up so much. Everyone go check out the creator of the animatic, they just uploaded the final version!!
In this kind of song I pictured them ballroom dancing together. If I was staring in the play I'd bring up the dancing and I think it would totally fit. I mean two Death Gods dancing above the humans as they mock their lives and how they'll take from them without them knowing, wouldn't that be just sinister and evil looking.
The only thing i can imagine while listening to this is one impressive scene of the two gods passively watching over everything with slow gestures, as two different scenes happen on either of their sides. on the female voices side, a few families living semi-happy lives that get tragic deaths and their loving, tragic sadness and her fascination of their love for their lost-ones and on the males side more violent deaths like war or senseless killings with slightly more exaggerated facial gestures and how he clearly loves the violence. And how sometimes in the middle they meet where a robber from a shootout drives out in a peelout into a family-mans car leaving a family mourning or your typical mugging with someone waiting for someone never coming home. it's such a vivid image for me.
And you'd be right... but that's not such a bad thing. In the show/manga, the story is more about the interplay between Light and the people chasing him, with a slight niggling sense that in the end all the death was ultimately meaningless. In the end, for all Light's struggles, for all his sacrifice of humanity (both his own and others'), he dies like everyone else at the whim of a shinigami. The musical pumps up the "death is meaningless" to the nth degree and also drives home the themes of love for others that Light sacrifices in his attempt to become a god. Ryuk and Rem represent those aspects of humanity, so they play a large role in the musical. The song "They're Only Human" is sort of a thesis, setting up the struggle between the capriciousness of death and the hope to find some meaning in life.
I literally could not imagine a more perfect Ryuk. And while I'm not sure her voice really fits Rem, it's still bloody gorgeous. This is probably my absolute favorite song from this.
LYRICS: [Ryuk] Look at how they crawl around Upon the ground Like little ants [Rem] Yes, but how they fascinate Confusing fate With what is merely chance [Ryuk] Isn’t it a laugh? [Rem] Isn’t it a shame? [Ryuk] Thinking there is someone in Heaven to blame [Rem] Yes, but even while blaming fate for the lives that they lead They hope for the lives that they need [Ryuk] Living every day ‘til the day they die Never getting answers [Rem] Yet still asking why Going through the motions as if there will be a reward [Ryuk] While we stay eternally bored! [Both] They’re only human They don’t see Who they are is who they’ll always be Only human, after all [Ryuk] So they push and they shove [Rem] With this thing they call love [Both] ‘Til they fall! [Ryuk] Isn’t it a farce? [Rem] Isn’t it a waste? [Ryuk] Struggling to face what can never be faced [Rem] Yes, but maybe death can release something more than we share [Ryuk] I really don’t know and don’t care [Both] They’re only human Standing still Doomed to live pushing boulders uphill Only human, after all [Ryuk] So they give and they take [Rem] Hoping someone will help break their fall [Ryuk] They will pray, curse, live, die Never knowing their truth is another man’s lie [Rem] Eat, sleep, love, hate Like a leaf blowing in the wind [Ryuk] Watch them all vacillate! [Both] They’re only human They can’t see [Ryuk] All the years they could give you and me Only human, after all [Rem] So they give and we take [Ryuk] ‘Til their silly hearts break [Rem] Looking down from above I’m intrigued by their love [Ryuk] So let’s call! Hmmm, let’s call!
Anyone else think of Human by Christina Perri every time Ryuk and Rem sing, “They’re only human” because it sounds exactly like Christina’s line “I’m only human.”
This song is so good! I love how Rem seems fascinated by us but still sees us as entertaining children rather than true equals. I like how Ryuk sees us as so pathetic and worthless yet relies on us for entertainment and to extend his life. I love how its two people confirming life is pointless yet arguing whether that makes life beautiful or empty. Or how they both are choosing the focus on only half of human nature showing that neither fully understands us despite thinking they do. It really feels like the two sides of death having a discussion and I think that is such a delightfully gothic idea for a song
@@thelunarghost It is an angel and a demon who have kind of worked out an Arrangement to help each other from time to time. The apocalypse is days away and they stumble through trying to stop the end of the world.
Other characters that I can see singing this...... 1) Monsieur and Madame Thenardier (Les Miserables) 2) Joker and Harley Quinn (Batman) 3) Mr Compress and Toga (MHA) 4) Dio and Mariah (JJBA) 5) Sweeny Todd and Mrs. Lovett (Sweeny Todd: the Demon of Fleet Street) 6) Hawkmoth and Natalie (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir) 7) Alastor and Charlie (Hazbin Hotel)
God this is such a good song. Helped me came up with two new villains for my dnd game. A pair of gods who are the embodiments of stagnation and change and have have grown bored and the two dance through a city of humans and come up with a plan to rid them of their boredom
Honestly they missed out on a great opportunity to have a reprise of this song. Light could have sung the song later on to justify his actions. It’s okay to kill them because ‘They’re only human.’
It would also show just how big his ego's grown. The power's gone to his head, and he believes he's above humanity, the god of the new world. Yet despite being a "god," he can't escape the same actions he condemns humanity for.
For some reason, this reminds me of a Terry Pratchett quote: "Thunder rolled… It is said that the gods play games with the lives of men. But what games, and why, and the identities of the actual pawns, and what the game is, and what the rules are-who knows? Best not to speculate. Thunder rolled… It rolled a six."
Actually In the death note anime heaven does exist So living a good life does have a reward in life. This fact goes to show that people who use the death note end up as gods of death with no memories of their past.
I love how you can tell that Rem is kind of fascinated with the humans but Ryuk sees them as the Shinigami equivalent to trashy reality TV, and thinks Rem is on his side.
never seen death note, and don't particularly care for anime, but my sister sent me this (bc i'm theater person) and it is a BOP only wish it was on spotify smh
Literally just came to the Death Note concept album because Jeremy is in it and I just gotta say THIS SONG IS LIT. RYUK AND REM ARE JUST VIBING AND I AM LIVING FOR IT.
I got recommended this album and the gender swapped cell block tango (also with Jeremy) in the same day, and now I’m obnoxiously mad at Supergirl for never giving him a chance to properly act.
Rems and Ryuks dynamics here is spot on for their characteristics and I love it Ryuks interest in humans Discord and seeing their emotions and actions as a form of entertainment for his boredom while Rem genuinely loves and Cares about misa an wants nothing more then to protect her and take care of her for her old friend that died for her ^^
man the two tones of thiis song are so wonderful. when rem says "theyre only human" iits more of a lament, she feels piity and iintriigue [and also, of course, love] but the way ryuk says iit iis amused and diisgusted. just the symboliism and dualiity iis [chefs kiiss]
Rem is the character this musical too the most liberties with. I’m not complaining cus an adaptation require changes and the changes to Rems character seem to make sense.
Honestly? Without thinking this is context from Death Note I could definitely see this song as the conversation that two writers have over torturing the characters of their stories. Like, the first writer (Ryuk) finds a lot of fun in making bad stuff happen to the characters in his books, and the second one (Rem) also tortures the characters in her books as much as the first one but has a soft spot for them and is super invested in her characters development or general morality. I don't know why but this would be too fitting if their context was this instead. And like that the lyrics would change a bit, for example instead of singing "They're only humans", they sing "They're only fictional" or something like that.
I never understood why they were happy about the years given to them by the human, arent they "eternally bored" it sounds that at the end of the day they have a pretty miserable existence
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![[Good Omens] They're Only Human COMPLETE Animatic](/img/1.gif)
**This video shows up in my recommended**
Me: tHERE'S A *M U S I C A L* ?
Yes Dexter there's a musical inspired by the anime even the Koreans have one lol
😂😂😂😂😂 me
I was so surprised, first an anime, then a movie, then a Netflix adaptation, now a musical
since 2013...
my reaction!
Tbh, without the context of Death Note, this song is impressively romantic. I see two immortals observing humanity over a glass of wine
Just like you say!
I was trying to find a song for my OC's... And wow. I found so much more. (The whole musical is indeed this good and I love it).
This really helps a lot. The tone and everything. And the fact that they're not humans, but are kinda intrigued by them
Anyways, this song slaps.
(Ps: I don't think I mentioned names, but my OC's for this are an inseparable duo that call themselves Seth and Adril -those aren't their real names, but eh-, who at the end of this song were supposed to say: "let's call" in an animatic that'll never see the light, with Felix, who's kinda their leader, making his debut).
♣
Good Omens Animatic? x3
Good omens- the nutshell
@@clovercalloway I know its perfect!
*gOoD oMeNs aNimATic haS enTeREd tHe CHat*
Rem saying "looking down from above, I am intriged by their love" turned me into a full out lesbian
Interesting transition
ok
@@jareththegoblinking3191 gay
Me too 😔
That’s kinda gay
This song was better than the entirety of the Netflix adaptation.
Mr Snufflekins though willem Dafoe was excellent casting for ryuk.
@@theotherghostgirl337 and since it was a American adaptation I didnt mind the actor playing L he was really good!😊😊
Ansley M. If it’s an American adaptation, why not create new characters, instead of making our originals characters American? It would have been a fun movie then.
@@shayla106 I agree completely!!!!!lol but I meant the races like I didnt mind they changed L's race becouse it was American
the youtube animated fairy odd parents parody was better than the Netflix adaptation.
I adore the double meaning when they sing "they're only human"
The male voice says it to demean and belittle them, saying that they're insignificant creatures.
While the female voice says it as a sort of defense of them, to say that they're fragile and can't help being the way they are. Awesome song.
Male is ryuk female is rem btw
It's really good foreshadowing for how they end up interacting with the Death Note holders.
Ryuk never saw Light as being equal to him, just a source of entertainment. Rem, though, truly adored Misa and would do anything for her, even die.
That’s what I was thinking!!!!!
@@siaskies1704 Apparently Rem saw Misa in a mother-daughter way and it makes me so sad 😭💕
@@zeldie2375 in the anime, it's strongly implied. in the musical?? Queen is crushing on Misa HARD
Movies may or get it right, but you can always trust theatre
Yap
@@jay-kun4020
Fap
Ace R It’s Theatre Kid’s Stand! [ Dedicated To Lore ]! (Is that how you write it? I don’t really watch JoJo)
Rent: Exists
Theatre is safe in an unstable way. But it isn't shifty. It won't sneak around the streets in a suspicious bowler cap.
Rem: belting her heart out and killing it
Ryuk: would rather murder his own children then slip out of character
They both did amazing y’all aren’t giving ryuk enough credit he sounds so on character
that higher "after all" goes so hard
every so often a new fandom gets ahold of this song and it blows up again
Though no franchise could be better than Death Note itself 😉
Nobody cares but.. Pinning the fact Im here from the Good Omens fandom getting ahold of it!
the hazbin fandom is coming for it, my girlfriend sent this to me saying it's lucifer and lilith vibes and it is
@@draculaura_keyblade Yo ur gf is right
I'm here from a DHMIS animatic.
Ryuk is my new favorite disney villain.
Disney Mocker it is a joke
Noooo Disney will find your comment and buy death note 😖😂
Yeah.
Nope ryuk does nothing evil
@@zackoir4163 do half of Disney villians do anything wrong? Nope.
rem: looking down from above im intrigued by their love
me: should i tell her
69 likes so lucky...
@@breadloaf666 nice
@@f_mva I ruined it for you. Here you go :)
@Cinnamon Roll >:0
420 now
I think the writers of this song made Rem mention love and how she’s “fascinated” by it as foreshadowing for her falling in love with Misa. And once again, what results is a VERY beautiful song sung by her. I love this musical.
well done sherlock
I say love Rem loved Misa, but wasn’t in love with her.
@@KingNazaru don't know if you've watched the musical, but she's definitely gay for Misa in the musical. She has a whole song about being in love with her which she sings while gently caressing her. In the anime it's more arguable.
@@mysterysunfurled In the anime and manga, Rem’s love for Misa was platonic.
@@KingNazaru Musical was hella gay tho, there's a difference between the musical, anime and the manga
For those that are also wondering, Carrie Manolakos is the female singer in this song. Her voice is simply _divine._
thank you
She’s in Lizzie the musical if any of you wanted more of her :D
I thought she was only human
Then what about the male:(?
THANK YOU SM
Insignificant fun fact: The “doomed to live pushing boulders uphill” is a reference to a king in Ancient Greece, Sisyphus, who tried to outsmart death in order to become immortal. Of course, he was caught, and punished by Hades* to push a bolder uphill, and once he reached the top, he could stop. However, every time he gets close to the top, the bolder crumbles and reforms at the bottom of the hill.
Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought of this!
I got another reason to love this song. The writing really is amazing.
I actually got this one and I’m glad somebody else got it too but wasn’t it hades who punished him because he was dead in the underworld?
Yay another greek mythology fan
What if Ryuk is the way that he is because he understands the mentality of “one must imagine Sisyphus happy” so it’s the Camus kind of lifestyle where the most immediate pleasure appeals most to him
[RYUK]
(sighs)
Look at how they crawl around
Upon the ground
Like little ants
[REM]
Yes, but how they fascinate
Confusing fate
With what is merely chance
[RYUK]
Isn't it a laugh
[REM]
Isn't it a shame
[RYUK]
Thinking there is someone in heaven to blame
[REM]
Yes, but even while blaming fate for the lives that they lead
They hope for the lives that they need
[RYUK]
Living every day till the day they die
Never getting answers
[REM]
Yet still asking why
Going through the motions as if there will be a reward
[RYUK]
While we stay eternally bored!
[BOTH]
They're only human
They don't see
Who they are is who they'll always be
Only human, after all
[RYUK]
So they push and they shove
[REM]
With this thing they call love
[BOTH]
Till they fall!
[RYUK]
Isn't it a farce?
[REM]
Isn't it a waste?
[RYUK]
Struggling to face what can never be faced
[REM]
Yes, but maybe death can release something more than we share
[RYUK]
I really don't know and don't care
[BOTH]
They're only human
Standing still
Doomed to live pushing boulders uphill
Only human, after all
[RYUK]
So they give and they take
[REM]
Hoping someone will help break their fall
[RYUK]
They will pray, curse, live die
Never knowing their truth is another man's lie
[REM]
Eat, sleep, love, hate
Like a leaf blowing in the wind
[RYUK]
Watch them all vacillate
[BOTH]
They're only human
They can't see
[RYUK]
All the years they could give you and me
[BOTH]
Only human, after all
[REM]
So they give and we take
[RYUK]
Till their silly hearts break
[REM]
Looking down from above
I'm intrigued by their love
[RYUK]
So let's call!
(spoken:) Hmmm, let's call
Thank you very much for the lyrics and your dedication for taking the time.. In name of every listener of this pieces uwu
Musical Gamer
Thank you so much xx
you are very much appreciated
is it call? i always heard cull
The voice for Rem is absolutely stunning and you can tell Ryuk's actor is having fun with it. Such a stark contrast in their voices yet they work wonderfully together for this duet.
I’m getting strange Hades/Persephone vibes from this song...
Oof, same.
Ooo, yeah, it does.
It really does! You can imagine the two characters almost ballroom dancing as they sing xxx
Someone make an animatic of this
@@jonathanwiener4979 we need to as Daria Cohen to give it a whirl! xxx
This song sounds so dark and twisted, yet so whimsical and magical at the same time, their voices work with each other so well and I'm hypnotised by it, just GORGEOUS!
Meghan Robertshaw I know right?
I feel the exact same way, Meghan. The doctrine is so incorrect, but it is whimzy and beauty in the same way an old music box can have.
I know it's very fitting 😁
It makes me have mixed feelings
@@echolynn13 Hiya 5ussttttftfttttttttdfftftttttdtttfttttfttdtrftrttfttdfttdttfttd555ttrt5df
okay but like why is this a bop
Right??????
Beebop
@@cloudedthoughts1681 cowboy ?
Because Ryuk is here for the luls
@Natalia don’t question it, it just is
I can see this being a very popular song on TikTok
Jaaaammmeess???!!!
TheOdd1sOut bet it can blow up real quick
OwO.......who thus
*nuzzles the screen*
Who knew that James is into death note
@@Rachel-bf1nm who said I'm judging, I love death note
This song was a religious experience. Absolutely fantastic.
Rem is my religion
@@SaferWafer Her voice is definitely angelic
I feel like the english version shows more bitter feeling towards the humans while the japanese version shows the difference between their personalities more.
I'm freaking addicted to both. Help
This gives me a Sweeney Todd vibe or just Tim Burton vibe
It gives me Little Priest vibes
Sweeney Todd!!!
They both follow the same tempo and notes of the little priest
Same. Major Sweeney Todd vibes
Just watched Sweeney Todd yesterday, this song fit surprisingly well-
"Never knowing the truth is another man's lie". That line hit hard
I don't get it
@@omarsalem1219 he point at the God is lies
Well no I kinda want a different interpration because that's dumb
@@omarsalem1219 'Truth being another man's lie' could be referring to how people VERY often rewrite history to their own means, twisting fact, or how people's feelings for one another are often hidden underneath a mask.
The line here is “not knowing their truth is another man’s lie” which to me seems to touch on the matter on perspective; what’s true to you isn’t true to others, what you think is right others might think is wrong, and so on
*i really don't know and don't care*
Me when someone asks me a question
I love how they express both Rem and Ryuks own perspectives of humans in this song. Rem is fascinated by the things humans feel including love and romance which is why she mentions it so much. Ryuk is bored and wants entertainment which is why he sounds so nonchalant in certain parts of the song “while we stay eternally bored” “I really don’t know and don’t care” his whole mind set is “if it amuses me, then we’ll talk”.
who's the voice of Rem she's absolutely stunning
Andrea Imsland Carrie Manolakos. Apparently, she also played Elphaba on Broadway and it clearly shows here.
Idk, hope this is helpful
And who voices ryuk?
@@achilles647 it's Eric Anderson
@@llosna-art thank you I love you
Anime + musicals has me SHOOKETH
Watch the Black Butler musical. It's only in Japanese but still good.
@@pakparker9264 yes, especially the Noah's arc circus and tango on the campania! it's my fav!
There's even a BLEACH musical out there too.
Same
Time to give the male singer the recognition he deserves. (Seriously, guys.)
It's Eric Anderson who you might know as O'Malley from The Greatest Showman.
True I love his raspy croaking voice it gives somthing to ryucks personality plus its great contrast that ryuck is bored with the Shinigami relam and thinks there clowns for his amusment while rem is genuinely infatuated by them
Thank you so much I've heard of him before now
It is very interesting and makes the song even better with how the two voices can harmonize but also be very contrast to each other. I can really feel both their passion and having fun while singing
Ryuk sounds perf and Rem is on fire!!!
rem saying "looking down from above, i am intrigued by their love" and misa later singing a song literally titled "when love comes" about rem's sacrifice dont TALK to me
Just saw a Good Omens animatic of this so uh think of that
Edit: whoah!! I had no clue this comment blew up so much. Everyone go check out the creator of the animatic, they just uploaded the final version!!
Ray Charles same
Same!
same omg
Rose crease sAME
Me too!!!
Ryuk + Rem = Jesse + James
Iki Hiyori The way you word it makes it seem like Ryuk is Jesse and Rem is James
@@cutetiger678 hell yeah
@@cutetiger678 makes sense
I mean most of the time James turns out to be the female in the costumes
This gave me chills throughout the whole song
When I heard there was a death note musical I wondered
"What was that lunatic smoking"
Now I wonder
"What was that Genius smoking?"
In this kind of song I pictured them ballroom dancing together. If I was staring in the play I'd bring up the dancing and I think it would totally fit. I mean two Death Gods dancing above the humans as they mock their lives and how they'll take from them without them knowing, wouldn't that be just sinister and evil looking.
Living everyday, 'till the day they die.
*Well, yeah.*
The only thing i can imagine while listening to this is one impressive scene of the two gods passively watching over everything with slow gestures, as two different scenes happen on either of their sides. on the female voices side, a few families living semi-happy lives that get tragic deaths and their loving, tragic sadness and her fascination of their love for their lost-ones and on the males side more violent deaths like war or senseless killings with slightly more exaggerated facial gestures and how he clearly loves the violence. And how sometimes in the middle they meet where a robber from a shootout drives out in a peelout into a family-mans car leaving a family mourning or your typical mugging with someone waiting for someone never coming home. it's such a vivid image for me.
This is perfect, especially how the scenes fit together.
Mark Hamill as Ryuk
Have him do his Joker voice and he would be the best Ryuk ever
I definitely hear it!
@@BookBat THIS IS A REQUIREMENT. 👏👏👏🖤
Hell can't argue there I mean look at his Joker work! Ok here comes idea of Hardly and Joker singing this o.O
*Am I the only one or I am the only one who just suddenly Imagines La Muerte And Xibalba from The Book Of Life singing this*
Dude i loved that movie!!
I haven't heard that movie in a long time
GENIUS
YESSSSSS
Now that I think about it, this song really tells the whole story of Book of Life.
Came from a good omens animatic who else did? 🤔🤔🤔
That's me! And what a beautiful one at that :D
Wallis Gloom me too my dude
My man of culture right here
Ryuk could be portrayed by Gabriel, Beelzebub, angels/demons because of their apathy towards humanity.
Me
I watched Thomas Sanders' video and omg Joan and Val sound so similar to this
Dude I thought the same thing
omg same wth
SAME!!!
@Alanna Bolger its lesser known Broadway songs
@Alanna Bolger you're welcome
I love Death Note in its entirety, but can’t help but feel the Shinigami steal the show in the musical.
And you'd be right... but that's not such a bad thing. In the show/manga, the story is more about the interplay between Light and the people chasing him, with a slight niggling sense that in the end all the death was ultimately meaningless. In the end, for all Light's struggles, for all his sacrifice of humanity (both his own and others'), he dies like everyone else at the whim of a shinigami.
The musical pumps up the "death is meaningless" to the nth degree and also drives home the themes of love for others that Light sacrifices in his attempt to become a god. Ryuk and Rem represent those aspects of humanity, so they play a large role in the musical. The song "They're Only Human" is sort of a thesis, setting up the struggle between the capriciousness of death and the hope to find some meaning in life.
I literally could not imagine a more perfect Ryuk. And while I'm not sure her voice really fits Rem, it's still bloody gorgeous. This is probably my absolute favorite song from this.
LYRICS:
[Ryuk]
Look at how they crawl around
Upon the ground
Like little ants
[Rem]
Yes, but how they fascinate
Confusing fate
With what is merely chance
[Ryuk]
Isn’t it a laugh?
[Rem]
Isn’t it a shame?
[Ryuk]
Thinking there is someone in Heaven to blame
[Rem]
Yes, but even while blaming fate for the lives that they lead
They hope for the lives that they need
[Ryuk]
Living every day ‘til the day they die
Never getting answers
[Rem]
Yet still asking why
Going through the motions as if there will be a reward
[Ryuk]
While we stay eternally bored!
[Both]
They’re only human
They don’t see
Who they are is who they’ll always be
Only human, after all
[Ryuk]
So they push and they shove
[Rem]
With this thing they call love
[Both]
‘Til they fall!
[Ryuk]
Isn’t it a farce?
[Rem]
Isn’t it a waste?
[Ryuk]
Struggling to face what can never be faced
[Rem]
Yes, but maybe death can release something more than we share
[Ryuk]
I really don’t know and don’t care
[Both]
They’re only human
Standing still
Doomed to live pushing boulders uphill
Only human, after all
[Ryuk]
So they give and they take
[Rem]
Hoping someone will help break their fall
[Ryuk]
They will pray, curse, live, die
Never knowing their truth is another man’s lie
[Rem]
Eat, sleep, love, hate
Like a leaf blowing in the wind
[Ryuk]
Watch them all vacillate!
[Both]
They’re only human
They can’t see
[Ryuk]
All the years they could give you and me
Only human, after all
[Rem]
So they give and we take
[Ryuk]
‘Til their silly hearts break
[Rem]
Looking down from above
I’m intrigued by their love
[Ryuk]
So let’s call!
Hmmm, let’s call!
Anyways, A Good Omens animatic brought me here lol
Kinda lowkey mad this isnt on spotify
They made a cover
There's also kind of a podcast for it-
Anyone else think of Human by Christina Perri every time Ryuk and Rem sing, “They’re only human” because it sounds exactly like Christina’s line “I’m only human.”
???? What
Yeah, I hear it too.
Same
bro like,,,, I know I'm gay but everytime rem says "looking down from above I'm intrigued by their love" I can feel myself leveling up
This song is fantastically nihilistic. I love it.
This song is so good! I love how Rem seems fascinated by us but still sees us as entertaining children rather than true equals. I like how Ryuk sees us as so pathetic and worthless yet relies on us for entertainment and to extend his life. I love how its two people confirming life is pointless yet arguing whether that makes life beautiful or empty. Or how they both are choosing the focus on only half of human nature showing that neither fully understands us despite thinking they do. It really feels like the two sides of death having a discussion and I think that is such a delightfully gothic idea for a song
those ending vocals from rem are amazing
Rem's voice is literally the only reason for me to live
i like how their perspectives are totally different but they still have the same end thought
I can’t stop imagining Crowley and Aziraphale in my head while listening to this
Thank you amigo
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Same
this needs more attention
I love how they both say “they’re only human” as if to make it into a double meaning. Incredible poetry.
I can very easily see this being a waltz between the two of them. *Writes down choreography*
I love how you can hear Rem go from "isnt it a shame" "isnt it a waste" to "I'm intrigued by their love" as she develops an interest in Misa
The Good Omens Animatic brought me here and I've never been so happy!
What is UP with this good Omens animate and WHY is it fiddeling with my BFFs and Is idea of an angel of hell and heaven living together ??
@@thelunarghost It is an angel and a demon who have kind of worked out an Arrangement to help each other from time to time. The apocalypse is days away and they stumble through trying to stop the end of the world.
"Dommed to live pushing boulders uphill" is such a clever line
1:33
Other characters that I can see singing this......
1) Monsieur and Madame Thenardier (Les Miserables)
2) Joker and Harley Quinn (Batman)
3) Mr Compress and Toga (MHA)
4) Dio and Mariah (JJBA)
5) Sweeny Todd and Mrs. Lovett (Sweeny Todd: the Demon of Fleet Street)
6) Hawkmoth and Natalie (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir)
7) Alastor and Charlie (Hazbin Hotel)
This song does have "A Little Priest" vibes.
And def hades and Persephone
I would like to propose the idea of traitor au jiro and denki singing this
@@Stellerstatic_idol That would be amazing somebody make an animation
WalkingTrashCan an animation or a cmv would be amazing
So awesome! Thank you so very much for putting together this playlist. Let's hope they finally do this musical here in the States!
Jeff Anderson call it America and not “the states” that just sounds weird
Hamivel
The State
They could have said something worse lol just think
@Jeff Anderson
oMg Your name looks like my teachers and I freaked
Thank you for making this playlist oh my g o d
Why is this so good?????? I was expecting it to be OKAY but this is really really good!!
Sonja Ippolito same here i'm still shook
that key change was ✨juicy✨
making scenarios in my head with this>>>
This musical needs so much more hype for real
Ikr
1:34 "One must imagine Sisyphus happy."
i will personally go door to door petitioning for Death Note the Musical to get a revival
God this is such a good song. Helped me came up with two new villains for my dnd game. A pair of gods who are the embodiments of stagnation and change and have have grown bored and the two dance through a city of humans and come up with a plan to rid them of their boredom
Let me just say- I've never had an ad on this video and I'll forever appreciate that
@Hadley McCulley half the time me too
Honestly they missed out on a great opportunity to have a reprise of this song. Light could have sung the song later on to justify his actions.
It’s okay to kill them because ‘They’re only human.’
It would also show just how big his ego's grown. The power's gone to his head, and he believes he's above humanity, the god of the new world. Yet despite being a "god," he can't escape the same actions he condemns humanity for.
ANIME SPOILERS
That'd be great for the anime scene where he kills the Yotsuba executives, Aiber and Wendy. But I like the Musical ending.
i’m so glad the voice actor for rem sounds much more feminine compared to the anime. rem and misa are my fav unrequited love lesbian pair
The "looking down from above, iam intrigued by their love" is just so powerful, i didn't know a line in a song can be given so much emotion
this is such a BOP
Imagine Waltzing to this. I do it every time I listen.
Why do I just see Rem and Ryuk dancing the tango while singing this? It just has that feel.
They NEED to make a Broadway English version. The music is SO good I swear-
For some reason, this reminds me of a Terry Pratchett quote: "Thunder rolled…
It is said that the gods play games with the lives of men. But what games, and why, and the identities of the actual pawns, and what the game is, and what the rules are-who knows? Best not to speculate. Thunder rolled… It rolled a six."
I'm currently reading the manga series and only just realized there was a whole musical and everything to it . Like wow
And believe it or not, the musical actually improved upon aspects of the manga. For example, Misa's character. Now, that's how you do an adaptation.
I bet they sell Apples at the concession stands at the Theatre
Actually In the death note anime heaven does exist So living a good life does have a reward in life.
This fact goes to show that people who use the death note end up as gods of death with no memories of their past.
Well maybe Light remebers a little and uses Ryuk to fill in the blanks. Since he did seek him out to hear the story.
true
Well... that's not cofirmed but ok
@@thenarnutdonut1373 ya but I like to thing that's the reason a death god would seek out the story and know about Ryuk's Apple addiction
@@soulishere3869 Omigod, what if Ryuk vaped or something and it was apple flavored and thats why he like apples so much?
I love how you can tell that Rem is kind of fascinated with the humans but Ryuk sees them as the Shinigami equivalent to trashy reality TV, and thinks Rem is on his side.
never seen death note, and don't particularly care for anime, but my sister sent me this (bc i'm theater person) and it is a BOP
only wish it was on spotify smh
A theater person who hasn't seen death note, now that's new
It's like Beetlejuice and the Wicked Witch of the West
I just wish I had her vocal range so I can sing this while dressed in a goth aesthetic outfit
Literally just came to the Death Note concept album because Jeremy is in it and I just gotta say THIS SONG IS LIT. RYUK AND REM ARE JUST VIBING AND I AM LIVING FOR IT.
I got recommended this album and the gender swapped cell block tango (also with Jeremy) in the same day, and now I’m obnoxiously mad at Supergirl for never giving him a chance to properly act.
Rems and Ryuks dynamics here is spot on for their characteristics and I love it Ryuks interest in humans Discord and seeing their emotions and actions as a form of entertainment for his boredom while Rem genuinely loves and Cares about misa an wants nothing more then to protect her and take care of her for her old friend that died for her ^^
man the two tones of thiis song are so wonderful. when rem says "theyre only human" iits more of a lament, she feels piity and iintriigue [and also, of course, love] but the way ryuk says iit iis amused and diisgusted. just the symboliism and dualiity iis [chefs kiiss]
This song gives me huge 2 gods dancing and singing together while looking down at the humans vibes
honestly the harmonies in the song are EVERYTHING
I have listened to this on repeat so many times.
Rose Kitty same 😂
Same
As have I.
Dayum...where did Rem get that high pitched voice.
It’s her singing voice! She still sounds horrible when she’s not singing
Rem is the character this musical too the most liberties with.
I’m not complaining cus an adaptation require changes and the changes to Rems character seem to make sense.
This song gives me major carnival vibes
Honestly? Without thinking this is context from Death Note I could definitely see this song as the conversation that two writers have over torturing the characters of their stories. Like, the first writer (Ryuk) finds a lot of fun in making bad stuff happen to the characters in his books, and the second one (Rem) also tortures the characters in her books as much as the first one but has a soft spot for them and is super invested in her characters development or general morality. I don't know why but this would be too fitting if their context was this instead. And like that the lyrics would change a bit, for example instead of singing "They're only humans", they sing "They're only fictional" or something like that.
"Never knowing that truth is another man's lie" made me shudder, I love this song and I only discovered it 6 minutes ago
Sweeney Todd meets JandH omg great!
Lesley Plowman I was seriously just thinking that this sounds a lot like A Little Priest!!!
Utsuho Reiuji isn't it a waste.
Iris Underhill Seems a downright shame!
Anyone else here cos of Sam Fennahs animation test?
I never understood why they were happy about the years given to them by the human, arent they "eternally bored" it sounds that at the end of the day they have a pretty miserable existence
"Living every day... 'till the day they die..."
Yeah that's how it works Ryuk
Ryuk: let’s call.. let’s call...
My dumbass: 911 what’s your emergency
This musical is so good I'm have a heart attack help