Hedwig "Origin Of Love" John Cameron Mitchell In-Store

[klimtZ23]

Jhon is gorgeous.

[carlosgaldamez]

this is a great song and record! i drove from LA to San Antonio, Great hwy music.

[QAFgurl]

Such a gorgeous man. Gorgeous voice. Amazing actor. He's brought the list of actors I'd like to meet up to 5.

[twistedkarm]

he has such a beautiful soul all his movies are great

[LIYAHLOVER]

This song always gets me teared eyed and choked up

[broadwaycakes]

@jimmeecrazee my thoughts exactly o.o

[vinylflowersss]

I love him. He seems like such a sweet soul. Best song ever

[artadmirer]

I just LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOVE his voice!!!!!! It´s precious!!!!!!!!!

[OffTehWall]

can they please do this at the Amoeba in SF?

[WebCasualty]

Chills. Beautiful.

[RadCelebrity46]

How did i get to this i just seached up Cameron Mitchell ?

[halation777]

God I love this!!

[nshame1]

@ThyJoly HE LOOKS LIKE JULIETTE LEWIS AND THA WOMAN FROM BROTHERS AND SISTER, RACHEL G. LOL. SO BEAUTIFUL!!!

[OldWB1]

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

[paulbratter]

LOVE it. 'Hedwig...' is such an amazing show.

[JOEPAGANWOLF]

Awsom

[emoreno1011]

this song forever will be with me !

[AnoRighthere]

Awwww,,;( Are there some who know where u can experience him live? It would be Great!! ;( lovingly greeting from -danmark ^^,

[Turkeyinthehay]

Amazing... Dude, I don't care who you sleep with: you're just full on sexy!

[felipealember]

Simply Magic <3

[TheFloridastage]

When is this show coming back to FL?! What about BROADWAY?! I saw the tour with Colbert/Deluca. AMAHZING!

[joeharter1]

@TheFloridastage It's coming to Empire Stage in Fort Lauderdale in May! An Infinite Abyss Production!

[kozoty]

cute...

[toriboy25]

;( so lovely

[kimvans01]

He is so talented! And did I mention sexy, as a man or woman he is perfect! <3

[cardboarddawg]

@preshisangil actually Stephan Trask wrote the soundtrack and lyrics

[mommytosnakes]

He'll be 48 in April. Born April 21 1963.

[miracomovuelo3000]

Genio

[knightsintodreams]

what;s with his head tilts? GAH so sexy, i have to steal that from him

[midnight1995raven]

awww hell no!! He didn't do my favorit part... were the hell is the passion, what is with all this funny sounding crap? Bring on the passion please. *begs*... *on my knees i beg* (also i liked that nice haircut in the movie mutch better than the one you have now.. if that means anything.. probably not, but just a suggestion -_-)

[midnight1995raven]

@midnight1995raven forget what is said, it's plenty for me ^^

[midnight1995raven]

@jimmeecrazee what he is 46 years old!!???!! Holly shit!! lol

[kathygraves]

I LOVE HIMM HE'S AWESOME!!!

[DanielJamesLewis]

I would love to hear how he stays so young looking.

[emocional90]

@jimmeecrazee he still looks hot doesnt he?

[luvweirdos]

I'm just sad that John's gay cause I've got a total crush on him

he's a gorgeous man/woman and I'm head over heels in love with his songs and him.....^^

[emocional90]

@luvweirdos if in real life doesnt have a 1inch i Merrie him:P

[luvweirdos]

@emocional90 i merely meant he made a gorgeous woman as well as a pretty man and i'll totally take it up with him whether he was a man or a woman, ah....<3

[actor41]

During hedwig's filming John had to apply so much makeup that he would shave his 6 I clock shadow through is makeup and then have it get touched up.

[fransuaqj]

What a beautiful song, what a beautiful movie, what a beautiful voice and what a beautiful man

[66fiveandahalf]

@fransuaqj Not a thing to add to that! Right ON!

[sSurrenderDorothy]

Very annoying Guitar Face.

[TheAndyLoraProgram]

He's so amazing! Thats my hero!

[BellatrixMortem]

I can't believe he's 46!!!

I totally love this song :D He's such a handsome man and such a beautiful woman, oh my oh my <3

[emocional90]

@BellatrixMortem i think he is 41

[SerpentGoddess]

Wait....he's 46???!! Seriously? WTF...I want whatever skin creme he uses lol

[emocional90]

@SerpentGoddess i think he is 41 that's what wikipedia saids

[SerpentGoddess]

lol It's amazing how much he looks like Hedwig, even without the wigs, make-up, etc. You can still see it, plain as day, shining through. Wonderful song and performer. Thanks for the upload :)

[wouldabeensidsgirl]

who cares if he's gay or straight? why should that affect how you think of his artistic abilities? gay, straight, white, black, purple, green... he's an amazing actor, singer, and person.

[KUROTOCAGE]

本物だぁぁぁ！！！  見れてＬＵＣＫＹ！！ \（＾O＾）/

[brunoblood]

That's the pain

That cuts a straight line down through the heart

We call it love..

[MimeAscension]

JCM is an absolute treasure. Beautiful, beautiful voice. Beautiful soul.

[atharaxis]

He is amazing!

[alecklunatic]

Amo la película. No se ha escrito ni cantado una historia de vida gay como ésta. Gracias por regalarnos tan magnánimo arte. ;)

[ektorhugo]

I Love John and can't wait for more from him!

[strawberrybell567]

I love going to Amoeba Music! <33 they have everything there!!

[ghoststar]

can a straight guy find this guy attractive (in so many ways)? cool guy, this one.

[popcornapples]

Beautiful man and beautiful women. With wig or without he's a beautiful person with a beautiful voice.

[mauroshman]

I really love it this acustic version!!!

[chica044]

This is great! So beautiful when everyone is singing along. Amazing song. One of my favorites ever.

[Ladylemonylonen]

he is so sexxy!!!

[Rocketjay12]

Hedwig is a masterpiece! John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask are musical geniuses!

[LeftFalangie]

WHY is he so freaking beeeeayouuutiful??? Ahhhh!!!

[Ayjona]

If I wasn't already bi-happy, John Cameron Mitchell might very well convince me to cross the line into shared territory ;-)

[TheSydneyVicious]

*dies of amazingness and jealosy*

[elfaygobaca]

He is so f-ing adorable here! MY kids would kill for his autograph, FmBm2.  You are lucky.

[09215384770]

love him so much

[ananoduerme]

Su voz es INCREIBLE!!

[jerseyjimomm]

Best. Video. Ever. I love the "flogging the dead horse" line at the end. Fan-f'n-tastic. Thanks for posting.

[catfishanthony]

5 star fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dogbsas]

Lo amo

[Slippie]

Speechless...

<3 <3 <3

[MrJezebel81]

that was spectacular. beautiful, just beautiful. and the film is a masterpiece in itself.

[FmBm2]

I was there!

You can just imagine his face when a 10-year-old me showed up to get my CD signed. Was totally obsessed with Hedwig at the time.

[killmedudes]

cool my name is cameron to

[NoxaAliene]

oh, so awesome,

this HAS TO GO TO MY FAVS!

[blackwidow1417]

he was right back into hedwig persona with the closing eyes and swaying XD. Love this song.

[soysg1girl]

I always tear up with this song. It's so great watching him doing it live!! thanx

[FuzzyPinkAliens]

He's so pretty. :3

[FoxbaseTiger]

Hedwig & the Angry Inch is one of the best movies I have ever seen. Amazing songwriting! John Cameron Mitchell is incredibly talented.

[FuzzyPinkAliens]

I love the androgenous quality to his voice. Fantastic movie, beautiful music. xD

Though, I believe Stephen Trask had written "Origin of Love", if I'm wrong, by all means correct me.

[FoxbaseTiger]

I think that you are correct. I did read that both Stpehen Trask and John Cameron Mitchell are credited for the songwriting. Regardless, this movie, and the soundtrack, is brilliant! :-D

[ih8spam1]

Ok, one of the best voices I have ever heard. See'n the movie and all, and does not disappoint.

[Consequence]

He's so cute!

[FuzzyPinkAliens]

How can he forget the words!? HE SANG THIS IN THE DAMN MOVIE! XD

[shadowpony]

He sang it on stage first and foremost.. He's adorable! Love his voice....

[locojohnston]

mmmm i love him

[Magamaguitam]

Muito Obrigada, Flá!!!

Saudaçóes carinhosas para vocé e os tuos!

Mine;-)

[corinne13136]

Awesome, awesome, rad, beautiful, awesome! :D

[SanguinarySolace]

S'good shit.

[tiffinnisaintranae]

this song is just pretty---- straight or for those who arent........

good song ....

[certificate18flix]

great song from a great film.

[axxel97]

amazing.. no words!!! :)>-

[GarnetSandy]

never stop flogging, the horse is alive! - okay, wait, don't flog, pet!!

[mipantera]

He absolutely kicks butt!!!

[rjteeter]

Holy shit, he sounds like Robin Williams!

[ih8spam1]

Yes, he has one of the best voices that I've ever heard. But, he did not write any songs. It was Stephen Trask that did ALL the song writing. Ok, yes, I do feel better getting that straight.

[byebyecitybyebye]

Actually, they both wrote most of the songs, this one first, it's an adaptation of Aristophanes' story of the origin of love, as recounted by Plato in his Symposium. The musical started as a series of sketches loosely based on a German woman John Cameron Mitchell knew as a child.

[kjane225]

He is just amazing.

[preshisangil]

does it matter if he's gay or not? he writes fucking beautiful and amazing music. and he is a very pretty woman by the way he kind of reminds me of juliette lewis. whatever you guys piss me off talking about things that don't matter. How about this song. Talk about that.... its beautiful and something to think about as well as the whole movie.

[SuperJaneEyre]

I agree...that's why I was making fun of the people who were originally debating whether he was gay or not but instead everyone took me seriously and it made the whole discussion even more intense and took attention away from JCM's gorgeous voice and Steven Trask's amazing music.

So I completely take responsibility for the derailment of the comments on this video. I'm not being true to the spirit of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

[OhLookItsMapheu]

@preshisangil i agree, but, John didn't write the music. Stephen Trask did.

But that said, John pours so much emotion into every song, like at the beginning of wig in a box, you can almost fell Hedwigs heart breaking. He really is amazing.

[foofinargin]

@preshisangil yes i thought the same thing.he reminds me of Juliette Lewis.

[jambi880]

@preshisangil He didn't write this song. Stephen Trask did.

[honaloochieboogie]

@preshisangil he didn't write it. stephen trask composed and wrote all the music for hedwig and the angry inch. john cameron mitchell just wrote the screenplay and performed (obviously) as hedwig.

[amaris1500]

@preshisangil I think he looks like her too! He is quite pretty in any form. And this is one of my favorite songs, no matter who wrote it. I love his voice. (and the movie is a fav too!)

[jstripoli]

@preshisangil He didn't write this song.

[OldDunc]

@preshisangil -- Well, yes it does matter if he's gay or not. That question is often used to nicely, gently, politely closet people, to deny that there are gay people in the world, to make us go away. It matters that he's gay because it's true, because he's openly gay, and it's important that it be acknowledged and not minimized or brushed aside.

[inkdinokc75]

John Cameron Mitchell is openly gay. He does alot of work for GLAAD. And has done numerous Pro-Gay films. Check out Shortbus. Good flick. I am not gay but have a brother who is. And we actually met John in Chicago. During a benefit for children born with AIDS. Great guy. Sorry to burst those bubbles who thought he was straight.

[billyboh78]

Well, it is not Wikipedia that is saying he is gay; it is an interview which is only quoted by Wikipedia. Good reading.

[DamonTheHoodooMan]

Not trying to be offensive, but I hope u all know that John Cameron Mitchell is actually gay. Go to Wikipedia for proof. Although this song is good.

[SuperJaneEyre]

John Cameron Mitchell? The man who created Hedwign? GAY?! IMPOSSIBLE!

[DamonTheHoodooMan]

I tried not to beleive it myself, but according to Wikipedia, he came out to his true self to family and friends. Too bad.

[SuperJaneEyre]

Pfft that's just wikipedia tho, they make up stuff all the time.

Or if not he's probably just saying that he's gay because that's so "in" right now. The media has made people think like being gay is cool and he's just cashing in on that so more people will listen to his music.

I refuse to believe that John Cameron Mitchell is gay. He is like so the straightest guy ever.

[DamonTheHoodooMan]

Wikipedia is a site of fake content, yes, but some is real. I don't really know what to beleive.

[SuperJaneEyre]

Well *I* believe he's straight! I mean like at least I hope so, it'd just be silly if he liked guys! He sings so well and he's so cute lol he *needs* to like girls...like me lol...

like wikipedia also says that Neil Patrick Harris on How I Met Your Mother is gay, but even his character is like super into girls, and if he were gay he wouldn't be able to do that cause he'd think it was gross right? haha

so I don't think it's true!

[DamonTheHoodooMan]

You may be right. The reason that Wikipedia has so much fake content is because of foolish users to the site who have a problem with certain people(like John), decide to edit it so it seems as the person they need to get back at is getting a bad image. So I guess I just don't know.

[SuperJaneEyre]

Exactly!

I mean there's no proof. I mean like he did a movie that had like a drag queen in it but like it ended with the drag queen deciding to just be a guy again, so there goes that theory.  Stupid people trying to make him sound gay just cause of that.

It'd be like if someone spread rumors about like Wesley Snipes or Patrick Swayze doing drag or something just as crazy...and if it was on wiki people would believe it, even without proof.

People will believe anything!

[DamonTheHoodooMan]

Theres a statement hard to argue with.

[OldDunc]

@SuperJaneEyre - Mitchell doesn't play a "drag queen" in Hedwig, he plays a sort of transsexual -- "sort of" because it doesn't appear that Hedwig really thinks he's a woman before his surgery, he gets the surgery at the insistence of his boyfriend in order to get out of East Germany. The surgery is notoriously "botched," leaving him with the Angry Inch. Some drag queens / female impersonators are transsexual, some are transgendered, some are merely cross-dressers; these are not the same.

[SuperJaneEyre]

@OldDunc

omg I'm still getting in trouble for that post? I was sarcastically responding to someone on here who said he couldn't believe JCM was gay and he took it at face value so I saw how long I could drag it out...I guess my apology and admitting that I was kidding was buried...sorry I pulled you in, too :/ I def. learned to never be a sarcastic on youtube ever again lol

For the record: LOVE Hedwig, LOVE JCM, and I'm a transsexual haha.

[chenandlerbob]

so if only straight actors can play straight roles, then only murders can play murders? your logic is kinda weird. actors are trained to pretend, they would suck if they could only be characters that were like themselves.

[SuperJaneEyre]

I know, I was just trying to mess with that one guy because I couldn't believe that someone could possibly doubt that the creator of Hedwig was gay :/

I figured my statements were so over the top that people wouldn't take them seriously...I even had my girlfriend help me come up with the most ridiculous sounding things possible...talk about backfiring lol

for the record, love John Cameron Mitchell, and I adore Hedwig. And I'm a gay transwoman lol.

[chenandlerbob]

sorry, misunderstood. sarcasm often gets lost over the internet.

[hmori090]

Oh my God, it's John Cameron Mitchell, the guy who wrote Short bus!

[hmori090]

That guy singing is totally hot. I love this song, and he does a great job.

[frttee6]

god, he's so adorable! what a wonderful, wonderful person.

[anstanch]

I think he is so amazing. His talent has no end. Love, love, love him!

[nunekhiia]

hes so cute!!!!!!!!

[sigmund5]

Last year he was to come to this small hick city in Indiana because the library under pressure from the right removed his film. He was to give a lecture/ask questions after the screening of short bus....then a snowstorm hit..damn...the Christians must have been praying hard

[NoSignOfPain]

and when he does the "I'm gonna kill em all with my hammer, like i killed the giants" part, his voice sounds exactly the same as in the movie when Hedwig says "What poor unfortunate creature had to die for you to wear that?"

I love it :D

[XxTriselleyxX]

that was one of the best parts of the movie for me haha. "What poor unfortunate creature had to die for you to wear that?" what a great voice

[Boonedaba]

... My aunt trudy? I relpied... Just walked away ladies and gentlemen. Just walked away...

[NoSignOfPain]

It is amazing how his facial expressions, and stage presence are the same when he is himself and when he is Hedwig.

[dumpypotatoes]

I <3 John Cameron Mitchell

[ngelizzious]

Es magnifico, James, me encanta su vicion, su sencilles y las letras que compone son geniales, el OST de Hedwig es la ley.

[rushdee75]

mi amor q lindo es

[zedsdead55]

Oh!!! he's just so great, i only recently discovered hedwig and the angry inch and i can honestly say it's one of the most moving films i've ever seen. and now that i have, i will always be a fan.

it's got everything:

it has kickass glam rock

it's super emotional in the greatest way

and it's totally funny.

love the movie, love john cameron mitchell

[xFictionPrincess]

I would give anything to be able to play this song acoustically

[kismetprismatism]

me too

[gracefullcorn]

i love him.i am bulgarian so i i would like to say a thing about him-istinski talant,umen i zadulbo4en 4ovek(real talant,smart and observative man).obi4am go(i love him)

[VeroniqueAime]

Yay we share the same birthday! I love the talent of this man. He is still a quadruple threat in my opinion.

[BrianBubonic]

Happy Birthday to John!

[aegeanman35]

In my first trip to USA I had recently I had a dream... to have the chance to see Hedwig live in a theatre... fortunately at least I found the original soundtrack at Amoeba Records in San Francisco... and then came back to my country having it as a troop... Thank you very much John for what you gave us so far... In Greece we do love your work! Hope you'll have the chance to share your music here too live :)

[charlottedane2026]

John your creativity is awe inspiriting. I absolutely love this song. Thank you so much for being brave enough to follow your.

[dolafbrown]

how special was THIS!! Way to go John!

[AriesThor6]

he should put a band togheter and dress up and get the whole Hedwig show.

[jtwig]

Oh this was so cool :)

[benbook]

Love him

[Shinjikari777]

esta cancion es genial, y la historia q cuenta es sencillamente magnifica

[zoomvisora]

es mi novio, pero èl no lo sabe aún :P...la pelicula fue linda

[bonger4lyfe]

so enjoyable

[capollo84]

Ho scoperto questa canzone in ritardo. è fantastica!

bellissima. lui bravissimo. ottimo cantante, ottimo attore!

Ci vorrebbe una versione in lingua italiana per aprire la mante dei miei connazionali ottusi!!!

[MercureMadHatter]

: )

[lilmilye]

love john

[54spiritedwill54]

Wonderfull

[Dysunctional]

Yay!

[KaraPoynter]

I LOVE this song <33

[happykitty23]

love him

[xFictionPrincess]

this made my day, thank you so much for posting it!

[breeder99]

That's me playing guitar with John in this clip. It was at Amoeba records in Hollywood for the release of the compilation C.D Wig in a Box. I met John through my old band, The Breeders. He asked if I'd acompany him on a song called "Two Headed Boy" by Neautral Milk Hotel which we did before this song. Origin of Love was not planned, but I learned it that morning just in case. We tried it back stage and he decided to do it. I'm so glad that there is a document of it.

[BrianBubonic]

Thanks for checking in. I wish I wasn't so far from the stage. It would have been a bit less shaky.

[RudigerVT]

Breeder, you done good -- real good.

[sweetdreamspantoponr]

Ugh, so goooood.

[RunAmokinPitts23]

yea.. he's way cutier as a guy