Monday, October 13, 2014

I Want More -Lestat

Keeping up with the Halloween theme, here is one from Elton John's 2006 Lestat, based on the Anne Rice novels about the vampire Lestat. In the 1990s they made the movie, Interview with the Vampire, starring Tom Cruise as the titular vamp, along with Brad Pitt as Louie, and Kirsten Dunst as Claudia. 
In this number, recently turned child vampire, Claudia is having a musical temper tantrum when Lestat and Louie find her dining on the maid...But the blood-thirsty and hungry child just wants MORE! It's quite a fun song with a fair bit of great belting. (See video below!)
Here are the lyrics:


Don't chastize me, I'm a child acting as a child does

You ply me with lifeless dolls when what I want is blood
You took me from the streets to complete this union
Do you expect some little saint kneeling for communion
I want more, I want mooore!
Look at you, you disapprove like two fussy mothers

Who are you to criticize the habits of another
Did I rock the family boat by dining on the help
Aren't I just the little beast, well I can't stop myself
I want more, I want mooore!
I don't want their milk and honey, they can keep those fine herb teas

I don't need their chocolate hot and sweet, it's thick and red for me
For everyone that comes along knocking on this door
Don't blame me, it's your fault that I want mooore!

[DIALOGUE]
Look at me, I'm so sweet, I'm innocent and charming

But all you see is some spoiled brat, a child so demanding
Don't fuss so, you both know the rapture of the bite
Is not monstrous, it's just Claudia's, healthy appetite
And I want more, I want mooore!
Should I be the little miss, and while away the hours

I think not, I'd rather hunt than cut up paper flowers
Thanks to you, things I do verge on the obscene
What a pair of hippocrites, well this cat wants her cream
I want more, I want more, I want mooore!



[DIALOGUE]
I wander through the streets at night and find a charming couple

Who fear that such an angel lost could find herself in trouble
They can't resist my trembling lip, my eyes so filled with tears
They rest my head upon their necks... aaah, oh dear!
Mooore! I want more, I want MOOORE!!!
I don't want their milk and honey, they can keep those fine herb teas

I don't need their chocolate hot and sweet, it's thick and red for me
For everyone that comes along knocking on this door
Don't blame me, it's your fault that I want more!

I want moore! 
I want MORE!
I want MOOORE!
I WANT MORE!!!

Here's a performance of Allison Fischer, the original Claudia, bringing down the house:



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