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Everyone

I'm welcome back to the sound of musicals

欢迎回来

曲外之音

And this is the second episode for the musical cats

Hi Oliver

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So last time we were talking about cats

And we summarized or you summaried the plot or the knoon plot for cats

Basically a bunch of cats trying to go to kitty heaven

Yeah

Kick go to kitty heaven

And start their new life

Um so are there any things

Ms well there they're a little bit harder to find that in most musicals

But one of the more obvious ones is the idea of rebirth

They go to the heavyside layer that version of heaven

And they are reborn using their cat nine lives

And that's quite an interesting idea

Though because it's you only get one cat a year to go

So they have to choose who deserves it

So it is seen as an honor or as at least a good thing is a rare opportunity

Seen there's like like a prize or a benefit

Or something they get to go

They get to start again

And then they can come back

And as everything again that they've lost in their life

This time through age jor or theure real illness

Um speaking of age

I think one of the reasons

That number memory is so popular

Is because it's so sad

And it kind of it's not just about cats is not just about an individual

It speaks to office

Because all of us will age will all die

Will all lose our useful energy

Yes

It is one of the few songs

Which you can really connect within this musical

A lots of them and introduction songs

Does there's some very strange songs and some very good songs

But this one it stands out

Because everyone can connect to it

She sings about the happiness of the past

And

And what she used to be like

And what she is like now and it's another strong theme of this musical is the idea of losing things

Another characher

Guss

I think his name a sparaguous

But they call him guss

He used to be an actor

But he became ill and his hands

His pause shake

And so he can't act

And

And that through injury and through illness

Now he can't do what he used to do

And his song is looking back at his time as an actor

And his the his crowning moment of playing this part

But of course now he can't do that

And they're all backwards

And remembering what it was rather than doing it now so um so a lot of reminissing about the good days that are past

Tense

That are gone there is yeah

A lot

Lot of looking and ththinking

It's a what i one to be like

But

But not

Not can't

Can't do it anymore

I think everyeveryone in their lives will reach that point things you use to be able to do

So easily and simply

Now it's challenge

And then you can't do it at all i'm reminded of athletes and dances and sports players to use a phrase

They age out they kind of they can't do it anymore

They're too old

Their bodies can't do what they used to do

And the character grazsebela who sings memories

She can't dance anymore

And that's something she used to enjoy and used to be very good at um yeah

It is really sad

Because it reminds us of our own mortality

Our own aging process

Um yeah

The limits we have on our time yeah

It's very a little bit sad

When we think about it too much

Exactly

Exactly

But i mean before we get more into that

And then get both of us and our audience depressed

Because t's move on to the music numbers

Because that's a lot cherrier apart from the song memory

I think let's save memories for later

And move first into a bit more of a happier number

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Um can i propose in the prologue is the jeelical songs for elical cats

Yeah

That's good

It's a nice introduction number

Yeah

Especially

That after you told us or told me last time time elicical is just another corrupted version of dear little

And this song makes a lot more sense

Dear little cats yeah

Elical cat

I love jelical cats because obviously the chorus keep seeing

Because jelicicals can and jelicals s do

对

Jellicals do and jelicals s can

If you ever had a cat don't know

If you ever ver had a cat before have yes ah you to have have ccat s

If you look at the lyrics

If you really examinate lyrics

You see this is so apt

How they are describing the cats for example

There's bits that says we can obviously referring to the cats themselves we can dive through the air like a flying tripies

We can turn double summer assaults

Bounce on a tire

We can run up the wall

We can swing through the trees

We can balance some bars

We can walk on wire

Yeah

I think i saw my cat do at least two of those things

If they it's very good

Yeah

There's a lot of say wordplays and questions and things

Cats can do which is quite fun things like day

You look at a king

Would you sit on his throne

And yeah

I just remember my cat sitting in the chair

My dad chair

My dad came in from work look at the cat

The cat stad back

And then went back to sleep

And did not move

And would not move from my dadd's chair

So yeah

My cat always gives me the look

When she does that

She gives me the look like what's a problem

Then it's the look

It's is so what do you want

You're bothering me

It's that kind of look yeah

And the lyrics also has a fair bit of cultural reference

I thought we can perhaps go a little bit into it

And then maybe walk through for our audience for example in this song

It says can you write on a broom stick to places far distant

This is obviously talking about the which and their familiar

Their cats

Right

It is yes

So it was the idea

That which is in the fifteen

Sixteen

Seventeen centuries

When they became a which

They could sum in familiiliar

Which was

Was like a demon animal or something a connection with the devil

Who that gave them their which powers and quite

Often it was a cat

More often than not it was a black cat

Which is wife for some people

Black cats are unlucky

Nowadays

Yeah because they there basically had a packed with deemonds

And then it says familiar with candle was book and was bell

That's one i don't really get

So this is a reference to the church

The catholic church

So when you were found to to be doing something against the church

Or when you had upset the church a lot

Such as the ladies who were accused of being

Chchch did they would it's called x communication

Basically they kick you out of the church

You're not allowed to be part of the church

And that in plor christians that means they couldn't go to heaven

They were stuck they could not go to heaven

There was no coming back from it

And what they did is they would

They blew out a candle sitting like the light is gun

They closed a book

Because the bible was not open to them

And then they rang about to let everybody know that this person is no longer part of the church

I supposed because cats are that a blackcats like he said associated it was which craft

And was demons

That's why they probably in kicked out of the church

I definitely so yeah

Yeah

They would not have been allowed anywhere near the church

And

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I mean in the famous

Which trials in the us

They were a lot of women loves of their lives

After being accused of witchcraft

Yeah

And there are lots of cultural references about you know different things

Ted and of english

English speaking history and just general set of western history

If you're interested

You can always go more into it

And you know also really like the nonsensical just word play ay a sort of like a linguistic experiment towards the end

You know the part

I'm talking about

When they are singing

Practical cats

Dramatical cats

Pramamaticcats for natical cats or autorical atat dealthy oracle cat

And it's like a long thing let me see how many twenty two works

Twenty two adjectives

Long adjectives to describe cats

嗯 Yeah

It's a really strange verse

But the more i think about it

The more i kind of see why it's there these are role adjectives

Which have described people's opinions towards cats

At some point in history and in some culture around the world for example cats in ancient egypt used to be seen as being special to

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Best the cat got us

So mynical cats

Mynical cat and clerical cats may be is also connected to that religious thing

Yeah

I see

I see

See like cynical cats

Cats are generally seen as pretty skeptical cynical critical

They're not like the warmest animals at least they don't warm up to you

Dogs do like put ort of

Immediately

Yeah

Definitely as it says they are practical cats

They don't do things

Unless

They does a benefit fodom so so very interested

You can always check out all of these words

But now let's listen to that bit

And see how many of these adjectives can you recognize

Okay anything else you like uh in terms mumusic

There is another good song

Which ii enjoy

Which was bustopfor jones

Oh

I love that one

That is also very rich in cultural references

It is yes

It is definitely

So in some of them my missed

Until i was looking into it

But yeah

It's about a big cat

Like this is the rich cat

This is the high life cat

He is huge

You know what he is the fat cat

He is the fat cat

Yeah

That's ah if you guys don't know the meaning

A fat cat

This is a basically has a metaphoral meaning

So fat cat can be a cat

Which is very fat

But fat cat can also be a very rich and like a very wealthy and influential person

Right yes

So anyone who is like successful in business

Infeential ich often very well dressed

They can be described as as fat can't ant

And it says that he obviously is epeicably ly ressed it's like for example

The lyrics says for comon place mousers have such well cut trousers

Yeah

So it's this the cat here he does look very nice for his size

He described as being a large twenty five pounder

Wow

He's a big cuup

And then also talking about cultural references

It says in a hall of sajjes saying james is

Is it the same james says i'm thinking about like saying james is park

Yes yes

It's in london

I'm saint jjames 's park

And it also connects with the name of bromo in the next

The name of this braommo of counts

哎 Which Oh

Boo

Bromo the dandy

The original dandy that said

Yeah

I didn't know this

This is new for me

But yeah

Bob brommo was a yeah

He was the original dandy

He had a

He was fashion on iconis described as when was was looking online nice clothes es um aa shop selling nice clothes to people in london

In safe james es

And he says where all of us proud to be nodded or about to buy bustfer jones

Yeah

So he's very cat

Very push very nice

Nice

Fat cat at okay

Let's listen to that

It he does caught tops he has eight all nine clubs for che's the cat we all ree as he walks down the street

In his coat of the stadius black no commonplace mouses have such welkcomtrtrousers or such chaining peackup all back in the whole of sentain

This is less

Smaras the naames

He's the name of this

This ample of ccats

Bostter

Jojonspan

Okay

I think we have a little bit of time left i guess boliver vocuers through maybe memory

Which is the most famous number in this is yes

Memories is the one

That famous knows you say the musical cats they think of this song ong

And it's not just from this musical

A lot of famous singers have made their own version of this song

And outside from mumuical ical just albums and singsingand i think it's fantastic

I really enjoyed a song

It's sad

It's grizbellla remembering her past

And it's all about her memories

And how things used to be

I remember the time

I knew what happiness was it is one of the lion

She says and life was beautiful

Then and she's looking back wards and sing it

It's very sad

Yeah

It is very sad and it's very difficult

Sing it's got a lot of high notes

It does

Yeah

It does it's very difficult

And the original actracy played the part of cririzbela atlying page

Many people think she did it the best

And it is very very good

Yeah Yeah

I guess it also gives a little bit of hope towards

And because we also know in a story to izzbella did or was chosen in the end to go to heazat layer to be reborn did she ends the song

She was saying a new day has begone and like another day dawning that sort of think yeah

So it does all at night time

It begins by saying midnight

And then half way through its daylight

And then it's dawn coming and the lights of a new day

Yeah Yeah

So you just have a little bit of a positive ending there yeah

嗯 Okay

So we're gonna end today's program with that song and it is sad

But it's great to be back

And thank you oliver for coming to the show

Thank you for having me back again

It's been great to be back

Okay

Can't wait for our next musical talk

And if you guys have any request leave as a comment in the comment section will see you next time is my name or lol

Memory on the night

New world happened this one

Let the memory never get every street weeseems faitit realless the morning

Someone moten than the streeen got hhs