By Warrigal Mirriyuula
Getting In Touch With My Inner Gay Guy
It’s a great pity that men who enjoy a little musical theatre every now an then are often dismissed as tired and emotional gays guys with little or no grip on reality. It’s said that the merest sight of Judy Garland can send them into paroxysms of hand flapping and gushing praise.
Well I enjoy a well turned out musical and frankly my inner gay guy has helped me out of some scrapes that the deployment of my more masculine tendencies would have seen me throttled, or worse.
So; got ya tights on? It’s time we went into our dance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icr71H1nb3Q
There’s No Business Like Show Business from Annie Get Your Gun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C6J9gij5SQ
Oh What A Beautiful Morning from Oklahoma!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuHAh-2xGxw
If I Loved You from Carousel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAYUuspQ6BY
Why Can’t The English Teach Their Children How To Speak from My Fair Lady
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLuwyTzAQH8
Hernandos Hideaway from The Pyjama Game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QS7wWzwak4
“America” from West Side Story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LzmdovYoAI
Consider Yourself from Oliver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oimHJCURbo
The Lambeth Walk from Me And My Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wCXr_6wgns
What’s The Matter With Kids Today from Bye Bye Birdie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkRIbUT6u7Q&feature=related
Money Makes The World Go Around from Caberet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95cECKO3-A8&feature=related
I Will Wait For You from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GY-dgWfjwM
Lullaby In Ragtime from The Five Pennies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ9rSeu1CR0
The Music Goes Round and Round from The Five Pennies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_QffCZs-bg
Tonight from West Side Story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMauNjr7_ZE
Tenterfield Saddler from The Boy From Oz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7kzsZreG0o&feature=related
Sit Down You’re Rocking The Boat from Guys and Dolls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc80tFJpTuo
Sweet Transvestite from The Rocky Horror Picture Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRnbtRPC6v4
Thank Heaven For Little Girls from Gigi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akGziOmgEvs
Hello Dolly from Hello Dolly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPKH-BJ5rO4
Flash Bang Wallop from Half A Sixpence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaY4OeSbN30
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire from High Society
Window Dresser's Arms, Pig & Whistle 
I like” Kids, what’s the matter with kids today?”
That was always the most popular piece at Strathfield’s Vic’s Caberet where I used to go to on Saturday nights. All dressed up and hair pushed forward into a slight wave with brilliantine to keep it wavey for a couple of hours.
Anyone smelling of Alcohol would be shown the door. That’s where I met that girl that I took to Woy Woy to show her the devastation of a Willy Willy.
The ceiling at Vic’s caberet had one of those rotating balls with hundreds of little mirrors that would throw fascinating light effects on all the dancers. Of course they were also the days of girls on one side and boys on the other side except when dancing. After the dance both sides would return to their respective sides.
I think, I used to smoke Graven A in packets of 10 and sometimes shouted myself to a bottle of Fanta.
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Just to set the story straight, pardon the pun, but the pictures and music are complied by Warrigal
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Hung, doesn’t matter whose choice they are I like the selection today; maybe it was chosen by ‘Lucy’ ,the Inner Girl of Waz…
It might be a good thing to put the name of the Author up as well, not just name of the bloke who’s helping the blog host 🙂
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Yes you are right H
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Sorry, Hungs. My inner gay guy must be buried far too deep into inner sanctum of my soul! Can’t stand musicals. Can’t cope with the mythicus interruptus they cause. I’ll cop some opera but only when separated into its different constituents: music, heard on its own, story, told on its own, drama, staged as such. Same with ballet. Delighted to hear the music, enjoy the aerobics and the staging, love to hear the story but put them all together and it’s a minestrone cooked by a caveman.
Musicals are a horrible hybrid to my inner gay guy’s ears, eyes and veins.
Yet I’ll sing chim, chiminee,cheroo till the cows come flying back.
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On the weeks that you guys get tired of compiling a pile of tunes, please give us one that we listen to exclusively all week…
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Anything from the Westside Story will do me, and of course there nothing more romantic than The Umbrellas of Cherbourg…
Lots of good stuff there Hungie, we have visitors here, so will listen later…can’t wait.
Good work, Inner Gay of Hung,( four year old Tom used say ‘gail’ instead)
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You’re obviously older than your Steve Miller photo Hung.
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Thanks JL
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