I don't know. I'm doing this version of Cabaret for a local theater and love our Emcee who is supposed to reflecting Cumming, but Joel Grey will always be the man when it comes to this role.
Alan's Voice is So Beautiul & remorseful in this song,I never get tired of listening to it over and over again.
He puts so much Emotion into the performance that when you listen to him or in this case watch him he overwhelms you so that you cannot think of anything else and i would love to hear (or see) Joel Gray try to Cover This song and pull it off with half as much passion as Alan Gives it.
I Adore this song so much that I feel it has a place in my soul along with only a choice few others.
He's performing live in London at Lance Horne's album launch at the end of the month. I saw his solo show here in 2008 and it was amazing, so can't wait for this one!
This is actually my favorite of Alan's songs in Cabaret. His emotion as well as his voice is phenomenal. I also like this clip in that the blue lightning is very well captured, which perfectly highlights the mood of this song. Love you Alan! Keep being your awesome self!
@shrubbmeister ...can't barely carry a note? His performance here disproves your comment. How do you think he got the Broadway role? Do you think he fooled the Broadway casting director? Is he fooling everyone but you?
He's even more incredible live than on the recording! This song is so gorgeous too...and he's one of the few men who can pull off wearing a dress and womens' earrings and not look odd ;) haha
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Oh, it's not actually a live performance. If you listen closely the applause and stuff is only for the songs that are actually performed at the Kit Kat Klub - they put that laughter into the recording with the computer to give the listener a sense of the atmosphere in the nightclub. :)
sup man, im a professional singer myself...can blatently tell that allan isnt miming...on top of that, i know him personally, and know that allan would never mime to a recording, he simply wouldnt go on if ill or if told to mime.
His work ethic is too strong and his talent is quite simply too good for miming in my opinion.
Watch closley my friend and if you have any experience in live vocal performance and recorded sound, then you will clearly note that this is a beautiful live rendition.
Yes! It's fabulous. He's on the New Broadway Cast Recording with Natasha Richardson and Mary Louise Wilson, it's great you should get it. The whole cast is fantastic.
We performed this play back in high school, and it was SO much fun... and one of the best performances during our whole run was when the girl singing this song started crying. So sad, so heartbreaking, SO good.
It was a different girl in the cast, I forget which role she usually played. But she was a wonderful singer and definitely made this a memorable performance every night!
I love this video and thank the person who post it. I had never seen him nor heard of him but was moved and appreciate for what is out there and for what we dont know or understand. For this I respect this piece of art and its creator.
i love kabarett with everything since le chat noir...kurt weill, brecht..ute lemper... and the musical "cabaret " to alan is very great in this musical
I didn't see Alan Cummings. I saw it with Raul Esparza who was the only other Emcee to really understand the role (and the best Broadway voice of all the posts!!). Check out the version of him from the Broadway show (it's posted). His delivery is complex and haunting. I think actually he is even better than Alan Cummings. All of the other versions posted range from well sung to crap but none of the other versions are as complex as Esparza's version. Bravo!
It is a concept show, a comparison between the US in the 70's, and Germany just before nazi-control. It's framed in a cabaret night club, and the songs are metaphors for what is going in in the characters' lives who, in turn, are metaphores for large groups of people (ex:the eldery Jewish man who doesn't see the gravity of what's happening around him.)
the original shied away from the inherent darkness of the subject matter, and the film has a completely different plot.
it's an interesting idea, but where do you get it from that the show is comparing the rise of the Nazis in the Germany to the US in the 70's? Do you mean this production specifically, or the piece itself, as it was only written in 1966. And the film doesn't seem to draw any specific comparisons.
WW2 and the rise of the Nazis are seperated by around 6 years of history...Cabaret is set in the early 1930's, and the second world war didn't actually start til 1939.
nope, it takes place in 1931, well before WWII. It shows the change from Weimar Germany, a very free place with no censorship on art, to Nazi Germany, a dictatorship. The Nazis were in power from 1933 on wards, when Hitler became the 'Fuhrer'
Yeah, this was cut out from the original 1966 version. Personally, I couldn't see Joel Grey doing this... but it would be really interesting to watch! Then, Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall added this to this revival, and it stuck ever since.
It can't have been written for his revival, because Streisand recorded it on one of her first albums way back in the 60's. Maybe he just decided to have it inserted. ANyway, it suits the play really well.
Your opinion. It's merely a different interpretation, more overtly sexual and more faithful to the Weimar Republic culture before HItler. The movie was sanitized for American audiences, who are generally considered sexually repressed by Europeans.
You must have seen a different X-men 2 film than I did cause there was a clear set up for a Storm/Nightcrawler relationship in that movie. Alan did well as Kurt Wagner.
Also Nightcrawler is a little campy in the comics and I think Alan got that across very well.
Who an actor sleeps with or who he doesn't sleep with has f*** all to do with how he does his job.
this faggot fucked up x-men 2. i dont know if nightcrawler is originally gay in the comics origin. but this motherfucker was flaming gay as nightcrawler in xmen2. too much flamboyant cummguzzling i suppose. you know queers. always ready to gleefully, pounce on dick
i dont think he was gay... i loved it... its the reason i watched it. cause i found out he was in it. i love him as a actor and he has a great voice. and i dont care if you think im strange for it either
@AngelEatos41 His emcee was gay. In the finale, he takes off his trenchcoat to reveal a concentration camp uniform and it has a star of David, the sign for a Jew; and a pink triangle, the sign they gave for homosexuals.
@Thewaiter525600 the point the play was making was it shouldnt matter if your a jew or a gay or anything, were you paying attention, its very moving and alan is so amazing!!
@musicalbabe27 Um...I was paying attention and I agree with everything you just said...I was answering someone's question as to whether or not Alan Cumming's Emcee was supposed to be gay...This is one of my favorite shows and I think Cumming, Richardson, Kander and Ebb are geniuses. At what part of my last comment did I make any speculation about how moving the show was or Alan's performance?
@thedict Hey, same person, different login... i wasnt being homophobic, i would never be...trust me. If i remember correctly, bear in mind this was three years ago, i was responding to the comment above mine, the one thats flagged? because i flagged it, tho im not sure why it didnt tag him in my comment back. when i said 'i dont think he's gay' i was refering to Nightcrawler. I know Alan is Bi, and i would NEVER say anything negative about gays, lesbians or Bi's, seeing as im Bi myself.
You know, you can just make it easier on yourself to tag yourself "homophobic" at the end of your comments - that way, we can get the point quicker. Just a thought.
I somewhat agree. I have seen both versions live. The original Joel Gray version feels like 1930s Germany. The Alan Cummings version feels and looks more like 1980s Seattle. Cummings is a good actor but I don't think his singing can compare with Joel Grey's abilty. Sorry :)
Good gracious what a brilliant performance, it's so good it tears at my core. Alan Cumming is such an interesting person and a dynamic performer, I just wanna linger in his essence.
haha, speaking of which, I recommend his fans to check out his perfume commercial spoof ;)
'M.C' (Master of Ceremonies) or Emcee is wearing makeup because he works in a Cabaret-I suppose he could be homosexual, but I think he's most probably a bisexual swinger. The 'Pierrot' or 'Harlequin' makeup was commonly worn by the clowns of such establishments, and I guess it was a way that men could make themselves more eccentric and theatrical. I mean, the women get to flash their flesh and behave like sirens...what do the cabaret-men do?
I think he is singing how Sally feels. The whole show is beautiful! You should read pjcgatsby's comment below this one, he or she- it lol- has a good point about the song.
the meaning?: when there is no hope, caring is a luxury one cannot afford--a political as well as psychological statement. the pain he's expressing in this song lies in the dilema that he cannot rid himself of caring--he's in a conundrum. i love cummings' interpretation. i love everything about him in this show. i literally fell in love with him after seeing him in this production.
During the play, he has a lover who is Jewish ("If you could see her"). The play takes place when Hitler comes to power so I assume she was taken away. He's singing about how he doesn't care about anything anymore. Hope it helped! Alan is the BEST Emcee!!
It isn't really his lover, it's all an act. He sings it with a girl in a gorilla suit after a brick is thrown through Herr Schultz's window. He sings "I Don't Care Much" after Sally and Cliff have a fight, and, if you look closely, you can see that he's wearing a dress, meaning he's supposed to be Sally.
The thing no one here seems to have mentioned is the use of the EMCEE in the show. The Emcee is a metaphor for our collective unconscious and, even within the "world of the show" does not technically exist outside this context. He is a Brechtian device, for the benefit of theater historians, and his relevance throughout the show (with this song as an example) is to be outside the action of the show and looking in and commenting on the characters' predicaments.
Sorry, but that is totally incorrect. "If you could see her" is a cabaret act where he is dancing with a gorilla. He sings the song about how people can't understand why he would love her. Then at the end, he says "If you could see her through my eyes, she wouldn't look Jewish at all". It was a statement how the Nazis looked at Jews like they were animals. This song has nothing to do with the Emcee. It is a musical comment after Sally and Cliff have a big fight about her apathy.
I saw it in Rochester NY and the MC I saw was just as good as the best MCs. When he sang this song I was almost in tears. He had his whole heart in it and it was just emotional
No. He's representing the feelings of the girls, as someone else stated in an earlier comment. That's how I see it. The Emcee has several other costumes as well.
now that i have seen the movie ( i know its WAY diferent from the play).. and ive heard the entire score i can tell that this isnt a three hour humpathon like i thought it was after seeing two ladies. It is really really deep.
It's one of the songs that the cabaret performers do, so it doesn't directly affect the plot, but it sort of carries across the idea that what happened in Germany happened because no one cared, they were living it up in the cabarets and not paying attention to the monstrosities that were happening in their own country. At least, that's my interpretation.
If you believe that the emcee of the show (Alan Cumming) is representing the state of Germany throughout the show; then the song demonstrates the apathy of the German people at that time. It also shows the hopelessness that many people felt they had under the Nazi regime. Alan sings the song like a torch song, where the lyrics contradict the mood. In fact the emcee is trying to convince everyone, even himself, that he doesn't care about the deterioration within the country.
It could also be a response about how Sally Bols feels about her abortion, which led to her ultimate decision to stay in Berlin when it was being taken over by the Nazis.
i've never heard of it in terms of music. i'd like to lok into that. Yes, I did a small workshop on it a few months ago. It was very intense and I've been wanting to learn more about it
Lol when i saw the Tony video of him i thought that he would do awful in this song but he did even better than all of the others (except joel of course)
i LOVE this show...i never ever expected it to go the way that it did, like, i walked away, speechless, just in awe of how heavy the show was...but it was wonderful
Someone please explain the purpose of this song to me and how it relates to the storyline. (btw I've never seen the movie or Broadway production, but I basically know how the story goes.)
the song is immaculate. this video is very poor though. all the nuance is lost in the faux gramophone style (i assume that is what you were trying to do) it doesn't work.
I don't know. I'm doing this version of Cabaret for a local theater and love our Emcee who is supposed to reflecting Cumming, but Joel Grey will always be the man when it comes to this role.
bbridges711 3 months ago
alan is on Rocco's dinner party tonight on Bravo 10 pm with Sam Harris and the one and only LIZA MINNELLI!!!!
MrFrankangelo 5 months ago
Alan's Voice is So Beautiul & remorseful in this song,I never get tired of listening to it over and over again.
He puts so much Emotion into the performance that when you listen to him or in this case watch him he overwhelms you so that you cannot think of anything else and i would love to hear (or see) Joel Gray try to Cover This song and pull it off with half as much passion as Alan Gives it.
I Adore this song so much that I feel it has a place in my soul along with only a choice few others.
DhaliaFrantic 7 months ago 3
this is what would dexter morgan sing if he had to sing while killing someone.
1Alino 8 months ago
He has that accent down. I can't believe he can sing that beautifully and emotionally while maintaining a fake German accent. God he's awesome.
XxMissNoNamexX 9 months ago 3
alan is amazing and sexy
MrFrankangelo 9 months ago 3
He sounds like frankenfurter
afrazzini 11 months ago
I love frankie and i love alan,so i guess i will take that comment as a good one
DhaliaFrantic 7 months ago
@DhaliaFrantic Michael Hall did sing this
ythc11 4 months ago
He's so talented!
He's performing live in London at Lance Horne's album launch at the end of the month. I saw his solo show here in 2008 and it was amazing, so can't wait for this one!
likealullaby7 1 year ago
@jbecker8082 Joel Grey never performed this number.
ChildsPlayPro 1 year ago
@ChildsPlayPro hahah thats soo true
flippadeal 1 year ago
This is actually my favorite of Alan's songs in Cabaret. His emotion as well as his voice is phenomenal. I also like this clip in that the blue lightning is very well captured, which perfectly highlights the mood of this song. Love you Alan! Keep being your awesome self!
Lenora1854 1 year ago
why give a shit what the sexual preferences are of Cummings? he's a great performer, and that has nothing to do with his personal life.
Allikabanna 1 year ago 26
One of the finest actors of our time. I'll watch anything and everything he's in.
MrMoonlight93 1 year ago 6
Perhaps I'm a bit prejudiced by the fact that he once gave me a dirty look when he backed into my elbow, but still, Mr Cumming leaves me cold.
SDePaul7 1 year ago
@SDePaul7 He might've thought you did it on purpose, forgive him.
GirLInSecondLife 1 year ago
Perhaps I'm prejudiced by the dirty look he once gave me for backing into my elbow, but still, Mr. Cumming leaves me flat.
SDePaul7 1 year ago
he is amazing!! is the finale/ending posted anywhere on youtube?
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"what the hell do you think you're doing?!?" lmao
hireikana18 1 year ago
Nobody comes CLOSE to Mr. Cumming's portrayal of the Emcee... A certain childish innocence, yet a sexual deviant... His voice is amazing.
kalebknecht 1 year ago 20
he's bisexual.
cheesecream 1 year ago
Love this song to bad it was not in the movie. Love the fact that alan and Liza are great friends.
ajgroelant 1 year ago
Amazing, I love Alan's acting in this part. His voice is so harrowing and full of mixed emotions, it's rich.
kalebknecht 1 year ago
Interesting to compare Alan with Raul Esparza doing this song in this production, which is also on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=AXc6xicmjbM
cbraslow 1 year ago
@cbraslow i was just comparing the two! their both just stunning right!
musicalbabe27 1 year ago
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He just isn't that good in this role. Joel Grey was the best. He can barely carry a note.
shrubbmeister 1 year ago
i like his version of Emcee, but i do agree Joel is FABULOUS!
Babyndally007 1 year ago
@shrubbmeister ...can't barely carry a note? His performance here disproves your comment. How do you think he got the Broadway role? Do you think he fooled the Broadway casting director? Is he fooling everyone but you?
gabsylv 1 year ago 2
I have to say it He's my favorite Emcee!
jazzymcjazzster 1 year ago 2
does anyone have the entire alan cummings show of this... I would love it on DVD. please email me
geordyskin 1 year ago
So amazing.
thecoolestheidi 1 year ago
thats the best part of alan as mc its a great song
Dravenswraith 1 year ago 5
true talent right there.
chicagorox1929 2 years ago 5
wow it echoed through my ears, such a beautiful voice so loud so lovely so brilliant i love him i want you alan cumming!!! :)
KraziiLolNYC 2 years ago
This is a Beautiful Live Rendition of an awesome song, by a truely inspiring performer.
dieselpower666 2 years ago 4
what is the line from 4:22-4:25?
musicalbabe27 2 years ago
Um the song stops at 2:06.
ChelseatheHolmesian 2 years ago 6
haha! im laughing at ur scarcasim hehe nice one
silvershields 2 years ago
he is soooooo fine! even in a dress and earings
musicalbabe27 2 years ago 6
He's even more incredible live than on the recording! This song is so gorgeous too...and he's one of the few men who can pull off wearing a dress and womens' earrings and not look odd ;) haha
EponineJavert 2 years ago 3
did he record on a revival cast album for cabaret?
bigasista 2 years ago
Yeah, there's a recording, but it's of a live performance. It's still pretty good.
AtLastOnTheGround 2 years ago
is it of the individual songs? and where can i get it?
bigasista 2 years ago
yeah it is. it's good quality but you hear the audience applausing and what not.
it's on Rhapsody. search for Cabaret, and it's a picture of the Emcee's face and above it, it says "The New Broadway Cast Recording."
AtLastOnTheGround 2 years ago
thanks :)
bigasista 2 years ago
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Oh, it's not actually a live performance. If you listen closely the applause and stuff is only for the songs that are actually performed at the Kit Kat Klub - they put that laughter into the recording with the computer to give the listener a sense of the atmosphere in the nightclub. :)
yougottagetagimmick 2 years ago
sup man, im a professional singer myself...can blatently tell that allan isnt miming...on top of that, i know him personally, and know that allan would never mime to a recording, he simply wouldnt go on if ill or if told to mime.
His work ethic is too strong and his talent is quite simply too good for miming in my opinion.
Watch closley my friend and if you have any experience in live vocal performance and recorded sound, then you will clearly note that this is a beautiful live rendition.
dieselpower666 2 years ago
Yes! It's fabulous. He's on the New Broadway Cast Recording with Natasha Richardson and Mary Louise Wilson, it's great you should get it. The whole cast is fantastic.
blackpython 2 years ago
Yes, he's the emcee on the 1998 revival recording.
citysnidget 2 years ago
BAMF
EmceeAuCabaret 2 years ago 3
what a badass
MagnumStellarz 2 years ago 5
one of my favorite songs EVER! I am so glad they put it back in the revival! damn I love Alan
theatrekid07 2 years ago 5
Goodness, I love this song so much.
We performed this play back in high school, and it was SO much fun... and one of the best performances during our whole run was when the girl singing this song started crying. So sad, so heartbreaking, SO good.
ChCoCa22 2 years ago 5
Did you have a girl playing the Emcee? Or did Sally sing the song?
jeeves92 2 years ago
It was a different girl in the cast, I forget which role she usually played. But she was a wonderful singer and definitely made this a memorable performance every night!
ChCoCa22 2 years ago
I had no idea I added this song back in for the revival.
Does anyone know when in comes in relation to the rest of the play?
Clickhereandsave 2 years ago
I believe it's II-5 after What would you do
DylHsu 2 years ago
I love this video and thank the person who post it. I had never seen him nor heard of him but was moved and appreciate for what is out there and for what we dont know or understand. For this I respect this piece of art and its creator.
0rionlaw 2 years ago
i love kabarett with everything since le chat noir...kurt weill, brecht..ute lemper... and the musical "cabaret " to alan is very great in this musical
3moctezuma3 2 years ago 6
so amazing.
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fabulous!!!!!
ritabrugre 2 years ago
I didn't see Alan Cummings. I saw it with Raul Esparza who was the only other Emcee to really understand the role (and the best Broadway voice of all the posts!!). Check out the version of him from the Broadway show (it's posted). His delivery is complex and haunting. I think actually he is even better than Alan Cummings. All of the other versions posted range from well sung to crap but none of the other versions are as complex as Esparza's version. Bravo!
breiver 3 years ago
I see what you mean. I am in love with Alan Cumming's portrayal of the Emcee, he revolutionized the character and made him HILARIOUS.
But Raul actually makes him a multidimensional character.
AtLastOnTheGround 3 years ago
So haunting, I love it (and him).
LaFeeVerte1209 3 years ago
OH GOD IM SCARED...
ive never wanted to see this but i made myself......oh wow. im scrred now. AHHHHHHHH!!!!
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funwithJuliaxxx64 3 years ago
Probably my favorite song on the whole play, but I'm sad they took out Money makes the World go Round
theatrekid07 3 years ago
What exactly is Cabaret about? I've... never heard of it....
TinaTheTerrible 3 years ago
It is a concept show, a comparison between the US in the 70's, and Germany just before nazi-control. It's framed in a cabaret night club, and the songs are metaphors for what is going in in the characters' lives who, in turn, are metaphores for large groups of people (ex:the eldery Jewish man who doesn't see the gravity of what's happening around him.)
the original shied away from the inherent darkness of the subject matter, and the film has a completely different plot.
BloorigardEtcetera 3 years ago 4
it's an interesting idea, but where do you get it from that the show is comparing the rise of the Nazis in the Germany to the US in the 70's? Do you mean this production specifically, or the piece itself, as it was only written in 1966. And the film doesn't seem to draw any specific comparisons.
nekonuk 3 years ago
it's a CLASSIC!!! this production with Alan is a revival. the original had Joel Grey & Liza Minelli!!! C'mon now :)
(it takes place during WWII & the rise of Nazi)
theatregeek84 3 years ago 2
WW2 and the rise of the Nazis are seperated by around 6 years of history...Cabaret is set in the early 1930's, and the second world war didn't actually start til 1939.
nekonuk 3 years ago
Sorry, no... Jill Haworth... Liza didn't come along until the movie.
InDragForLife 3 years ago
nope, it takes place in 1931, well before WWII. It shows the change from Weimar Germany, a very free place with no censorship on art, to Nazi Germany, a dictatorship. The Nazis were in power from 1933 on wards, when Hitler became the 'Fuhrer'
mgrh001 2 years ago 3
Yeah, this was cut out from the original 1966 version. Personally, I couldn't see Joel Grey doing this... but it would be really interesting to watch! Then, Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall added this to this revival, and it stuck ever since.
Stynch13 3 years ago
ohh!! I love him in this, every time!
bumblingb 3 years ago 3
I didn't know this song was from Cabaret - why the heck did they leave it out of the movie version...?
cmhmuscle 3 years ago
the song was written specifically for the revival and alan cumming
EnvisionWhirledPeas 3 years ago
It can't have been written for his revival, because Streisand recorded it on one of her first albums way back in the 60's. Maybe he just decided to have it inserted. ANyway, it suits the play really well.
cmhmuscle 3 years ago
oh wow i didn't know that. i want to hear streisand sing it now
EnvisionWhirledPeas 3 years ago
The song was originally written to be sung by Sally, but was cut from the original production. Alan took it for his own.
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princessneko21 3 years ago
Your opinion. It's merely a different interpretation, more overtly sexual and more faithful to the Weimar Republic culture before HItler. The movie was sanitized for American audiences, who are generally considered sexually repressed by Europeans.
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codnose 3 years ago
You must have seen a different X-men 2 film than I did cause there was a clear set up for a Storm/Nightcrawler relationship in that movie. Alan did well as Kurt Wagner.
Also Nightcrawler is a little campy in the comics and I think Alan got that across very well.
Who an actor sleeps with or who he doesn't sleep with has f*** all to do with how he does his job.
devokillian 3 years ago 3
Alan Cumming is a musical theatre legend.
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this faggot fucked up x-men 2. i dont know if nightcrawler is originally gay in the comics origin. but this motherfucker was flaming gay as nightcrawler in xmen2. too much flamboyant cummguzzling i suppose. you know queers. always ready to gleefully, pounce on dick
lonuslies 3 years ago
i dont think he was gay... i loved it... its the reason i watched it. cause i found out he was in it. i love him as a actor and he has a great voice. and i dont care if you think im strange for it either
AngelEatos41 3 years ago 37
@AngelEatos41 His emcee was gay. In the finale, he takes off his trenchcoat to reveal a concentration camp uniform and it has a star of David, the sign for a Jew; and a pink triangle, the sign they gave for homosexuals.
Thewaiter525600 1 year ago
@Thewaiter525600 the point the play was making was it shouldnt matter if your a jew or a gay or anything, were you paying attention, its very moving and alan is so amazing!!
musicalbabe27 1 year ago
@musicalbabe27 Um...I was paying attention and I agree with everything you just said...I was answering someone's question as to whether or not Alan Cumming's Emcee was supposed to be gay...This is one of my favorite shows and I think Cumming, Richardson, Kander and Ebb are geniuses. At what part of my last comment did I make any speculation about how moving the show was or Alan's performance?
Thewaiter525600 1 year ago
@Thewaiter525600 alan cumming's emcee is bi. not gay. he has a fantastic voice.
zac613 1 year ago 2
@AngelEatos41 he's openly bisexual though and he is an amazing actor
hollmonster 5 months ago
@AngelEatos41 lol, project your own homophobia onto everyone else much?
thedict 3 months ago
@thedict Hey, same person, different login... i wasnt being homophobic, i would never be...trust me. If i remember correctly, bear in mind this was three years ago, i was responding to the comment above mine, the one thats flagged? because i flagged it, tho im not sure why it didnt tag him in my comment back. when i said 'i dont think he's gay' i was refering to Nightcrawler. I know Alan is Bi, and i would NEVER say anything negative about gays, lesbians or Bi's, seeing as im Bi myself.
TakerRaven 3 months ago
You know, you can just make it easier on yourself to tag yourself "homophobic" at the end of your comments - that way, we can get the point quicker. Just a thought.
LiquorMeUp 3 years ago 6
Such a great moment in the show, around when Sally Bowles decides to eff all, drop Cliff and stick around with the Germans and the drugs.
jhutch524 3 years ago
He is SO awesome!! To hell with John Stamos!
wc213 3 years ago 5
Amen. This is one of the best versions I have ever heard of this song. But Alan definately kicks Stamos' greek ass
TomCollinsgirl 3 years ago 5
wow. just...wow. i think alan cumming is so amazing as the emcee. so so so great.
spinnersend517 3 years ago 3
I never thought anyone could compare to joel grey, but alan cumming is brilliant!!!
madameguillotine69 3 years ago 5
I somewhat agree. I have seen both versions live. The original Joel Gray version feels like 1930s Germany. The Alan Cummings version feels and looks more like 1980s Seattle. Cummings is a good actor but I don't think his singing can compare with Joel Grey's abilty. Sorry :)
allthatfun 3 years ago
Good gracious what a brilliant performance, it's so good it tears at my core. Alan Cumming is such an interesting person and a dynamic performer, I just wanna linger in his essence.
haha, speaking of which, I recommend his fans to check out his perfume commercial spoof ;)
bumblingb 3 years ago 4
i cant believe im sitting here trying not to cry...
god he's amazing
emochickadee1313 3 years ago 4
i gave up on trying not to cry a long time ago :) it's all just to much when he's this spectacular...
xXPureMorningXx 3 years ago 2
'M.C' (Master of Ceremonies) or Emcee is wearing makeup because he works in a Cabaret-I suppose he could be homosexual, but I think he's most probably a bisexual swinger. The 'Pierrot' or 'Harlequin' makeup was commonly worn by the clowns of such establishments, and I guess it was a way that men could make themselves more eccentric and theatrical. I mean, the women get to flash their flesh and behave like sirens...what do the cabaret-men do?
MarieEtOlivia 3 years ago 2
This makes my heart simultaneously cry and smile. Alan Cumming is amazing as the Emcee, and Cabaret breaks my heart. thanks tons for putting this up
cheers
xx
9381190 3 years ago 3
I agree. <3
nanashix2 3 years ago
Why was in makeup and in drag? His he gay? but it was a beautiful song :D
anhaFay 3 years ago
I think he is singing how Sally feels. The whole show is beautiful! You should read pjcgatsby's comment below this one, he or she- it lol- has a good point about the song.
Number1ricky 3 years ago
Please add more of the Great Alan Cumming in Cabaret. I wanna see him do the Money Song!
PeleH20 3 years ago
new obsession.
fucking love him
CorbyTheJoker 3 years ago 3
Heart wrenching. I love it.
Neranae 3 years ago 2
Alan = <3
XxBogeymanxX 3 years ago
the meaning?: when there is no hope, caring is a luxury one cannot afford--a political as well as psychological statement. the pain he's expressing in this song lies in the dilema that he cannot rid himself of caring--he's in a conundrum. i love cummings' interpretation. i love everything about him in this show. i literally fell in love with him after seeing him in this production.
pjcgatsby 3 years ago 3
Its a good song, but it sounds really chopped up here. Get it on itunes, it sounds so much better
JJMMBB9944 3 years ago
Alan i love you
pinkgirlever 3 years ago
Encore!
His face is so beautifully expressive and emotional, like his voice. This is brilliant, i'm off to buy the soundtrack! Thank you for sharing
MarieEtOlivia 3 years ago
Is this in the Donmar Warehouse production or the 1998 Broadway production?
wc213 3 years ago 2
Can someone explain the context/meaning of this song?
oohshizz146 3 years ago
its about the girl's fears and disappointing over boys
TJ1415 3 years ago
During the play, he has a lover who is Jewish ("If you could see her"). The play takes place when Hitler comes to power so I assume she was taken away. He's singing about how he doesn't care about anything anymore. Hope it helped! Alan is the BEST Emcee!!
PhantomsMask5 3 years ago
It isn't really his lover, it's all an act. He sings it with a girl in a gorilla suit after a brick is thrown through Herr Schultz's window. He sings "I Don't Care Much" after Sally and Cliff have a fight, and, if you look closely, you can see that he's wearing a dress, meaning he's supposed to be Sally.
wc213 3 years ago
The thing no one here seems to have mentioned is the use of the EMCEE in the show. The Emcee is a metaphor for our collective unconscious and, even within the "world of the show" does not technically exist outside this context. He is a Brechtian device, for the benefit of theater historians, and his relevance throughout the show (with this song as an example) is to be outside the action of the show and looking in and commenting on the characters' predicaments.
sammyfischer2005 3 years ago 5
Sorry, but that is totally incorrect. "If you could see her" is a cabaret act where he is dancing with a gorilla. He sings the song about how people can't understand why he would love her. Then at the end, he says "If you could see her through my eyes, she wouldn't look Jewish at all". It was a statement how the Nazis looked at Jews like they were animals. This song has nothing to do with the Emcee. It is a musical comment after Sally and Cliff have a big fight about her apathy.
siroakleigh98 3 years ago
This is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard.
taiyo888 3 years ago 2
The guy at the end, "What the hell do you think...!"
taiyo888 3 years ago
I'm crying!
Kali1789 3 years ago 3
I just do not get the whole Alan Cummings thing.
Different strokes, I guess.
blkchk 3 years ago
beautiful! it's been in my head all day
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago 3
If you give this less than five stars, it should only be because the clip isn't the entire song. The performance is amazing. Absolutely amazing.
nightflier021 3 years ago
genius. brilliant. the best. i cry each time i hear it.
bwaygirl234 3 years ago 2
best performance I ever saw, 4 times in fact
kendowney 3 years ago 2
why all the insensitive cropping? would you snip off the edge of a van gogh?
gwittera 3 years ago 4
good comment.
gwittera 3 years ago
the. only. emcee.
dramavirtuoso 3 years ago
i am on tour with the show and i play the same person it is very fun
flipm0de504 3 years ago
This is easily my favorite song from this show. When I saw it (Alan wasn't the emcee unfortunately) it made me cry. Such a good song.
lilywhitedmb 3 years ago 2
I saw it in Rochester NY and the MC I saw was just as good as the best MCs. When he sang this song I was almost in tears. He had his whole heart in it and it was just emotional
TomCollinsgirl 3 years ago
Does he play a transvestite?
chocokat11 3 years ago
No. He's representing the feelings of the girls, as someone else stated in an earlier comment. That's how I see it. The Emcee has several other costumes as well.
leighcd7 3 years ago
He was proving the sexual freedom of the club, so he does not care what people define as man or woman
TomCollinsgirl 3 years ago
Such an amazing performance. If only I hadn't been like 8 years old when this was being performed. I so would of been there.
magicpants2000 4 years ago 2
now that i have seen the movie ( i know its WAY diferent from the play).. and ive heard the entire score i can tell that this isnt a three hour humpathon like i thought it was after seeing two ladies. It is really really deep.
Selendomono 4 years ago
he definitely topped this performance and set a new standard - I saw this show LONG ago and he made me cry...that's something I rarely do.
KakoiDedikuSan 4 years ago
Alan is just so amazing.
Homepie 4 years ago 3
If you'd like to see another version of this, Adam Pascal's rendition was just uploaded. Not taking away from Alan...just sharing info.
patchchat 4 years ago
Alan Cumming is amazing in this movie!
Kinda disturbed that he's wearing womens clothes though...
alibug33122 4 years ago
(fyi, i know it's a musical. everything is just a movie to me =] )
alibug33122 4 years ago
Well if the song wast in the movie, what is the plotline behind it? I never saw the newer versions of the play and i have been wondering.
Selendomono 4 years ago
It's one of the songs that the cabaret performers do, so it doesn't directly affect the plot, but it sort of carries across the idea that what happened in Germany happened because no one cared, they were living it up in the cabarets and not paying attention to the monstrosities that were happening in their own country. At least, that's my interpretation.
TheToastyOne 4 years ago
If you believe that the emcee of the show (Alan Cumming) is representing the state of Germany throughout the show; then the song demonstrates the apathy of the German people at that time. It also shows the hopelessness that many people felt they had under the Nazi regime. Alan sings the song like a torch song, where the lyrics contradict the mood. In fact the emcee is trying to convince everyone, even himself, that he doesn't care about the deterioration within the country.
grneyemike 4 years ago
It could also be a response about how Sally Bols feels about her abortion, which led to her ultimate decision to stay in Berlin when it was being taken over by the Nazis.
grneyemike 4 years ago
I may be wrong but that fist grab looks alot like a part of the Suzuki Method (I recommend looking it up for other actors out there)
love the song
love Cabaret
Alan Cumming is a great actor
raisinsandtea 4 years ago
I've heard of Suzuki method, but only in terms of music (that's all wikipedia has in their article). Is there a branch of it specifically for acting?
LaVieja 4 years ago
i've never heard of it in terms of music. i'd like to lok into that. Yes, I did a small workshop on it a few months ago. It was very intense and I've been wanting to learn more about it
raisinsandtea 4 years ago
(swoons)
I love his voice!
uh..just wish he wasn't wearing girl attire but still...
I LOVE HIM!
(heavy sigh)
GrangerSparkles1 4 years ago
i dont remember this song when i saw the movie in theatres... what i s the deal?
Selendomono 4 years ago
This song was not in the movie, but in the original play ! :D
valastairekelly 4 years ago
Lol when i saw the Tony video of him i thought that he would do awful in this song but he did even better than all of the others (except joel of course)
Selendomono 4 years ago
Alan Cumming just milks this song and makes all the girls sigh.
Chriswren9 4 years ago 2
i LOVE this show...i never ever expected it to go the way that it did, like, i walked away, speechless, just in awe of how heavy the show was...but it was wonderful
livelovelaugh27 4 years ago
Someone please explain the purpose of this song to me and how it relates to the storyline. (btw I've never seen the movie or Broadway production, but I basically know how the story goes.)
Landlubber0918 4 years ago
He's basically singing about how the woman feels. That's why he's wearing her dress and stuff.
Jathis 4 years ago
If you listen really carefully you can hear his scottish accent. That's so cute.
breeandsparkle 4 years ago
i LOVE alan cumming :)
lfcmike12 4 years ago
omg hes weird
im going to have that face is going to be in my head ALL day
he ok i geuss at sing but the make-up and the way he has it on i no he didnt pick it but
ahhh lil-scary
Kisiha636 4 years ago
the song is immaculate. this video is very poor though. all the nuance is lost in the faux gramophone style (i assume that is what you were trying to do) it doesn't work.
gwittera 4 years ago
beautiful! it's been in my head all day
Beedledeedledee 4 years ago
Alan is AMAZING. Thanks for posting this!
Clayford27 4 years ago 6
This has been flagged as spam show
He's so gay it's sickening!! He's a dumbass.
sueishere25 4 years ago
Dude bunnydevil yoo said "that's one lucky GUY", he's getting re-married to a man? I know that hes Bisexual, but thats hott!
unarmedadrian 4 years ago
omg!
unarmedadrian 4 years ago
lol but its funny wen hes done a guys all like"WHAT THE HELL D-" lmfao!
unarmedadrian 4 years ago