I always thought that this was Glinda's best song. She has so much emotion. It's obvious to the listener that even though she's saying happy things she's absolutely devastated. She has everything she's ever wanted, but it doesn't mean anything to her if she can't have Elphaba back.
My favorite part of this song is when Glinda goes: "There are bridges you cross you didn't know you've crossed until you cross" There's just so much emotion in her voice, while she's talking to the people, she acts so happy (and I think Glinda is trying to live vicariously through the people's happiness with the celebration) and when she's alone she turns all sad and vaguely talks about her regrets. The sadness especially showed through after Figaro left Glinda
This song, if you've seen the play, shows a great example of how media can influence how others perceive some one and how as long as theres a beautiful figure telling you a much more pleasant lie, hardly annoying will look for the worse truth. Gawd I love this play. xD
i think Glinda and Elphie where never the same when they part you can hear the sadness in Glinda's voice if you listen hard enough. i know she seems like a bit of a back stabber sometimes but i think deep down she regrets not going with Elphie
(SPOILER) I love how they take the pure water thing outta context here and have Elphie pretend that water can melt her and her and Fiyero ride off with each other forever at the end of the play. I know she actually dies in the book (I'm reading it) but love this play so much that I refuse to accept that she dies because of how much I love her character.
As a kid I never understood why everyone thought that Elphie was so evil in the Wizard of Oz. She didn’t seem that bad to me and I thought that the Wizard seemed more like the bad guy because he was deceiving the citizens of Oz with that machine and curtain (which you have to wonder why no one ever questioned why a random curtain was hanging in the middle of the room) and for not landing the balloon and waiting for Dorothy as hot air balloons aren’t that hard to land as all you need to do is turn down the flame until it starts to descend and while it’s hard to spot, you can see that the part that holds the flame is directly above the Wizard’s head.
"Getting your dreams, it's strange, but it seems a little, well, complicated... There's a kind of a sort of cost, there's a couple of things get lost" "And if that joy, that thrill, doesn't thrill like you think it will..." I felt that on way too many levels.
3:28 Rebel animals...? But didn't they loose their speeches than? The monkeys were surely still locked in cages in the thrown of Oz back then. Did she rescued other animals while she was gone? I have a feeling that's what she was doing the whole time. Helping intelligent animals and bringing them to her secret home where she used to protect them.
I love how Fiyero is always either the dumbest in the group or the only smart one😂😂😂 (I only call Fiyero dumb in a complimenting way, Fiyero we all love u)
I think the book does a better job at showing the Elphaba's side. If more people read the book, people wouldn't be calling the Munchkins evil and just over hating on the characters they grew up with OZ.
Elizabeth B That's true. While I wouldn't call Elphaba a villain, she isn't exactly spotless, either. She gets Fiyero killed, attempts to assassinate Madame Morrible, and threatens to raise an army against the wizard, plus she threatens to reinstate the office of the Eminence of Munchkinland and install herself as a dictator in Nessarose's place if they don't give her the shoes.
IDK the Munchkins were pretty fucked up. I mean they murdered Turtleheart because they were in a drought, and they go along with the Wizards restrictions on Animals and enslave them just so they have a feeling of control. They’re a pretty shitty people, and though Elphaba doesn’t succeed in her attempts she try. That’s probably why after Fiyero she just lost it.
This song really highlights how Elphaba actually didn't do anything wrong. People talk about how bad she is, but it's really just rumors and made up shit. Glinda, on the other hand, is participating in this system of racism and discrimination out of her own free will, simply because she wanted a high social rank. It's Glinda who should apologise to Elphaba, Elphaba really doesn't have anything to apologise for. While "Wicked" is fantastic overall, this aspect really bothers me: Being part of a racist system of subjugation and fighting against it are seen as equally negative, when in fact, one is wrong and one is right. Well that part, and the fact that Elphaba ends up being with Fiyero and not with Glinda.
Were you happy when Nessa died? Were you happy when Fiyero was turned into a scarecrow? If I had your life there would be some things I wouldn't be too happy about.
If melting her actually didn't work in the play, how did people who knew Elphaba from Shiz not see her drinking water or something? And wouldn't Glinda, being Elphaba's roommate, know if she bathed or took showers? Also, if Elphaba could be melted by water, how the heck did she drink or fly through clouds or even live without melting or getting severely dehydrated?
Glinda knew Elphaba wasn’t actually the bad guy, and by the end (feeling guilt over the death of Nessa and Fiero, as well as realizing she cares for her fried) saves her life by warning her about the mob of people coming to murder her. Elphaba gives her the spellbook before faking her death and officially disappearing forever, and Gilda usurps power from the Wizard (blackmailing him to leave with Dorothy). The framing device for the musical is the Ozians throwing a party celebrating Elphaba’s death, and Glinda trying to make them feel Empathy for her friend without breaking her promise to Elphaba and giving away to much of her true life’s story. The song “No One Mourns the Wicked” at the beginning and end has a double meaning. All of the parts Glinda sings (“Goodness knows the wicked’s lives are lonely, goodness knows the wicked die alone, it just shows when you’re wicked you reap only what you’ve sown) about Elphaba to placate the Ozians she actually means about herself. Because she chose security and her selfish dreams over fighting for what she knew was right and protecting her closest friend, she had to spend her life hurting and ultimately losing literally everyone she cared about, and would have to keep up the lie to some degree for the rest of her life even while she was trying to fix all the problems in Oz the Wizard caused, meaning she can never truly connect with anyone ever again.
they say it will melt her because of her evilness, which is supposed to be a more recent development than shiz, like, it isn't a Elphaba-only characteristic that she was born with, but anyone as evil as her would be melted by water and i imagine they don't even think about her drinking or dehidrating because they, consciously or not, don't really think of her as a person anymore?? she's just a symbol of "wickedness" the same as Glinda is a symbol of "goodness" If it wasn't clear enough, the ozians aren't exactly a paragon of critical thinking
@@brookeboren1695 In the book, it was simply a birth defect. Since Elphie was born green thanks to the green elixir, or so it's thought, their mother tries to make SURE Nessa won't be green by taking in a type of (I think it was) flower, which DOES succeed in not making her green, but may also have caused her to never develop arms.
Né bem? Tem alguém mais feliz? Não tem Belo final, pra um lindo casal É como um conto de fadas Que não dá pra ser mais feliz Ou dá Como ser mais feliz? Não há como negar Que é bom partilhar Esse amor que eu sempre quis Meu noivo é tão galã E eu sou sua grande fã Já vejo meu amanhã O meu sonho se tornando O meu final feliz Madame morrible Glinda querida, nós estamos tão felizes por você! Como assessora de imprensa faço questão de assegurar Que toda oz conheça sua história de corageza Eu me recordo tão vividamente No dia em que estiveste com o mágico de oz Sem sequer saber ao certo qual seria o fim Quando à ele se curvou, ele então a batizou De glinda a boa, foi assim Madame morrible E um grito então se ouviu E era a inveja da bruxa Espalhando ódio de quem é ruim Cidadãos Dizem que tudo pode ver, usando um olho a mais Dizem que pode descascar, igual uma cobra faz Dizem que os bichos mais cruéis, incitam a sua mágoa Por ser tão má ela até, derrete com água Fyero Que? Multidão Água, sim, joguem um balde d'água Fyero Cê tá escutando isso? Tão querendo derreter ela com água! Glinda Shh querido! Fyero Essa gente é tão cabeça ôca que acredita em qualquer coisa… Glinda Fyero! Ah sim querido, obrigada… Ele foi buscar um refresco pra mim, ele é tão atencioso! Então não dá pra ser mais feliz Não, não dá pra ser mais feliz Mas eu vou assumir que pode sair Um pouco aquém do esperado Mas não dá pra ser mais feliz Sempre sei como ser feliz Bom, nem sempre Pra sempre feliz, é tudo o que eu quis Mas pode ser complicado Tem um preço que a vida traz Das escolhas que a gente faz É preciso aceitar que o ficou pra trás Não volta mais E se o amor não traz Algo a mais que te satisfaz Mas neste dia tão lindo Com tudo saindo bem Quem pode ser mais feliz? Eu ganhei o que eu sempre quis O meu sonho se tornando o meu final feliz É, ou não é? Todo sonho pede um final feliz Multidão
So- So lemme get this right- They can and have accepted talking Animals for as long as they have existed, but as soon as a green baby comes into the world, she has to die What thE FU-
I always thought that this was Glinda's best song. She has so much emotion. It's obvious to the listener that even though she's saying happy things she's absolutely devastated. She has everything she's ever wanted, but it doesn't mean anything to her if she can't have Elphaba back.
For me, if the actress doesn't tear up, she's not playing the role right. Especially at "isn't it?"
Listening to the song without watching and you hear everything she is saying between the lines. I agree 100%
My favorite part of this song is when Glinda goes: "There are bridges you cross you didn't know you've crossed until you cross" There's just so much emotion in her voice, while she's talking to the people, she acts so happy (and I think Glinda is trying to live vicariously through the people's happiness with the celebration) and when she's alone she turns all sad and vaguely talks about her regrets. The sadness especially showed through after Figaro left Glinda
Fiyero* darn autocorrect
That's my favorite part too. The follow up to that line just drips sadness and regret. Hits me right in the heart every time I listen to it.
That's my favorite part of this song too. I think it's Glenda's best song there's so much emotion in it
I have a feeling that the emotion there isn't Glinda's, but Kristin's.
Tamara Unklesbay same!!!
This song, if you've seen the play, shows a great example of how media can influence how others perceive some one and how as long as theres a beautiful figure telling you a much more pleasant lie, hardly annoying will look for the worse truth. Gawd I love this play. xD
i think Glinda and Elphie where never the same when they part you can hear the sadness in Glinda's voice if you listen hard enough.
i know she seems like a bit of a back stabber sometimes but i think deep down she regrets not going with Elphie
(SPOILER) I love how they take the pure water thing outta context here and have Elphie pretend that water can melt her and her and Fiyero ride off with each other forever at the end of the play. I know she actually dies in the book (I'm reading it) but love this play so much that I refuse to accept that she dies because of how much I love her character.
As a kid I never understood why everyone thought that Elphie was so evil in the Wizard of Oz. She didn’t seem that bad to me and I thought that the Wizard seemed more like the bad guy because he was deceiving the citizens of Oz with that machine and curtain (which you have to wonder why no one ever questioned why a random curtain was hanging in the middle of the room) and for not landing the balloon and waiting for Dorothy as hot air balloons aren’t that hard to land as all you need to do is turn down the flame until it starts to descend and while it’s hard to spot, you can see that the part that holds the flame is directly above the Wizard’s head.
Because she isn't really happier. She truly was Elphaba's friend.
Most underrated song
They throw a party after hearing someone's dead, they can't talk about "wicked".
"Getting your dreams, it's strange, but it seems a little, well, complicated...
There's a kind of a sort of cost, there's a couple of things get lost"
"And if that joy, that thrill, doesn't thrill like you think it will..."
I felt that on way too many levels.
3:28
Rebel animals...?
But didn't they loose their speeches than?
The monkeys were surely still locked in cages in the thrown of Oz back then.
Did she rescued other animals while she was gone?
I have a feeling that's what she was doing the whole time.
Helping intelligent animals and bringing them to her secret home where she used to protect them.
Oh what a celebration we'll have today
Let's have a celebration the Glinda way
I didn't know a celebration could be selfish and rude
This song has such a beautiful bittersweet tone..
She is reincarnated in the book but lived in the musical. simple as that.
Wow. that pretty much sums it up
I love how Fiyero is always either the dumbest in the group or the only smart one😂😂😂
(I only call Fiyero dumb in a complimenting way, Fiyero we all love u)
I love the version when she goes up to an f6
She's not even wicked but oz is wicked
[sighs] I was talking about the hypocrisy of "good" people wishing death on anyone, whatever they think of that person... or did you miss that memo?
I think the book does a better job at showing the Elphaba's side. If more people read the book, people wouldn't be calling the Munchkins evil and just over hating on the characters they grew up with OZ.
Elizabeth B
That's true. While I wouldn't call Elphaba a villain, she isn't exactly spotless, either.
She gets Fiyero killed, attempts to assassinate Madame Morrible, and threatens to raise an army against the wizard, plus she threatens to reinstate the office of the Eminence of Munchkinland and install herself as a dictator in Nessarose's place if they don't give her the shoes.
I think the book shows how she loses her mind bit by bit, and in the end she can't even understand what Dorothy really is
IDK the Munchkins were pretty fucked up. I mean they murdered Turtleheart because they were in a drought, and they go along with the Wizards restrictions on Animals and enslave them just so they have a feeling of control. They’re a pretty shitty people, and though Elphaba doesn’t succeed in her attempts she try. That’s probably why after Fiyero she just lost it.
I'm dead inside like Glinda daying inside for Elphaba because in ALL URUGUAY there is not the book of Wicked. Man *:(*
This song really highlights how Elphaba actually didn't do anything wrong. People talk about how bad she is, but it's really just rumors and made up shit. Glinda, on the other hand, is participating in this system of racism and discrimination out of her own free will, simply because she wanted a high social rank. It's Glinda who should apologise to Elphaba, Elphaba really doesn't have anything to apologise for. While "Wicked" is fantastic overall, this aspect really bothers me: Being part of a racist system of subjugation and fighting against it are seen as equally negative, when in fact, one is wrong and one is right. Well that part, and the fact that Elphaba ends up being with Fiyero and not with Glinda.
Were you happy when Nessa died? Were you happy when Fiyero was turned into a scarecrow? If I had your life there would be some things I wouldn't be too happy about.
Could you feel in her voice than even having all she always wanted, she wasn't happy? She is fucking pretending guys
@@brunacristina3708 .... it was a joke....
your exacttly right she lived with them in Munchkinland
Oh you should read the others, the book about her son is great.
The author was just VERY colorful with the book
If melting her actually didn't work in the play, how did people who knew Elphaba from Shiz not see her drinking water or something? And wouldn't Glinda, being Elphaba's roommate, know if she bathed or took showers?
Also, if Elphaba could be melted by water, how the heck did she drink or fly through clouds or even live without melting or getting severely dehydrated?
Glinda knew Elphaba wasn’t actually the bad guy, and by the end (feeling guilt over the death of Nessa and Fiero, as well as realizing she cares for her fried) saves her life by warning her about the mob of people coming to murder her. Elphaba gives her the spellbook before faking her death and officially disappearing forever, and Gilda usurps power from the Wizard (blackmailing him to leave with Dorothy). The framing device for the musical is the Ozians throwing a party celebrating Elphaba’s death, and Glinda trying to make them feel Empathy for her friend without breaking her promise to Elphaba and giving away to much of her true life’s story. The song “No One Mourns the Wicked” at the beginning and end has a double meaning. All of the parts Glinda sings (“Goodness knows the wicked’s lives are lonely, goodness knows the wicked die alone, it just shows when you’re wicked you reap only what you’ve sown) about Elphaba to placate the Ozians she actually means about herself. Because she chose security and her selfish dreams over fighting for what she knew was right and protecting her closest friend, she had to spend her life hurting and ultimately losing literally everyone she cared about, and would have to keep up the lie to some degree for the rest of her life even while she was trying to fix all the problems in Oz the Wizard caused, meaning she can never truly connect with anyone ever again.
they say it will melt her because of her evilness, which is supposed to be a more recent development than shiz, like, it isn't a Elphaba-only characteristic that she was born with, but anyone as evil as her would be melted by water
and i imagine they don't even think about her drinking or dehidrating because they, consciously or not, don't really think of her as a person anymore?? she's just a symbol of "wickedness" the same as Glinda is a symbol of "goodness"
If it wasn't clear enough, the ozians aren't exactly a paragon of critical thinking
well, for one thing, she washed herself with oils, though i dont understand what the difference is
I havent heard this since I was in sixth and seventh grade a decade ago.
Wait if Nessa is the wicked witch of the east but has no legs how did her legs show when the house landed on her
She was in a wheelchair and couldn't walk. Not legless.
In the book she didn't have arms.
Why doesn't she have arms in the book????? What happened to her arms???????
@@brookeboren1695 In the book, it was simply a birth defect. Since Elphie was born green thanks to the green elixir, or so it's thought, their mother tries to make SURE Nessa won't be green by taking in a type of (I think it was) flower, which DOES succeed in not making her green, but may also have caused her to never develop arms.
@@nottelling6855 oooooh... mk
Yes, she doesn't have an arm
Né bem?
Tem alguém mais feliz?
Não tem
Belo final, pra um lindo casal
É como um conto de fadas
Que não dá pra ser mais feliz
Ou dá
Como ser mais feliz?
Não há como negar
Que é bom partilhar
Esse amor que eu sempre quis
Meu noivo é tão galã
E eu sou sua grande fã
Já vejo meu amanhã
O meu sonho se tornando
O meu final feliz
Madame morrible
Glinda querida, nós estamos tão felizes por você!
Como assessora de imprensa faço questão de assegurar
Que toda oz conheça sua história de corageza
Eu me recordo tão vividamente
No dia em que estiveste com o mágico de oz
Sem sequer saber ao certo qual seria o fim
Quando à ele se curvou, ele então a batizou
De glinda a boa, foi assim
Madame morrible
E um grito então se ouviu
E era a inveja da bruxa
Espalhando ódio de quem é ruim
Cidadãos
Dizem que tudo pode ver, usando um olho a mais
Dizem que pode descascar, igual uma cobra faz
Dizem que os bichos mais cruéis, incitam a sua mágoa
Por ser tão má ela até, derrete com água
Fyero
Que?
Multidão
Água, sim, joguem um balde d'água
Fyero
Cê tá escutando isso? Tão querendo derreter ela com água!
Glinda
Shh querido!
Fyero
Essa gente é tão cabeça ôca que acredita em qualquer coisa…
Glinda
Fyero! Ah sim querido, obrigada…
Ele foi buscar um refresco pra mim, ele é tão atencioso!
Então não dá pra ser mais feliz
Não, não dá pra ser mais feliz
Mas eu vou assumir que pode sair
Um pouco aquém do esperado
Mas não dá pra ser mais feliz
Sempre sei como ser feliz
Bom, nem sempre
Pra sempre feliz, é tudo o que eu quis
Mas pode ser complicado
Tem um preço que a vida traz
Das escolhas que a gente faz
É preciso aceitar que o ficou pra trás
Não volta mais
E se o amor não traz
Algo a mais que te satisfaz
Mas neste dia tão lindo
Com tudo saindo bem
Quem pode ser mais feliz?
Eu ganhei o que eu sempre quis
O meu sonho se tornando o meu final feliz
É, ou não é?
Todo sonho pede um final feliz
Multidão
4:53-5:03 😍😭😍😭😍
That line confuses me
When Morrible sings 'finally a day that's wicked-witch free', thats not true cuz Morrible is wicked
So-
So lemme get this right-
They can and have accepted talking Animals for as long as they have existed, but as soon as a green baby comes into the world, she has to die
What thE FU-
They do start to enslave and take speech from talking animals
sad- poor glinda
They believed she was evil...or did you miss that memo?
When Morrible sings 'finally a day that's totally wicked witch free' that's not true because morrible herself is a wicked witch.
Some terrible green blizzard.
Yep, that's the whole point of the story.
glinda sounded sad??? why.......
haha, that made me laugh :D
Thier asking for someone to be killed...
3:50
umm...
seriously dude?
No, you said a general statement and said nothing like that.
4:40