Heart (Broken) - 11

The eleventh track of Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog's Commentary: The Musical, Heart (Broken). Main Parts by Joss Whedon, Backing by Jed and Zack Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen.

Lyrics:

Joss: A caveman painted on a cave,
It was a bison, t'was a fave,
The other cavepeople would rave.
They didn't ask "Why?"
Why paint a bison if it's dead?
When did you chose the color red?
What was the process in your head?
He told their story,
What came before he didn't show,
We're not supposed to--

Homer's Odyssey was swell,
A bunch of guys that went through hell,
He told the tale but didn't tell,
the audience why.
He didn't say, "Here's what it means"
And "Here's a few deleted scenes"
"Charybdis tested well with teens"
He's not the story,
He's just a door we open if,
our lives need liftin'...

But now we pick - pick - pick - pick - pick it apart,
Open it up to find the tick - tick - tick - of a heart,
A heart...
Broken.

It's broken by the endless loads
Of "making of's" and mobisodes.
The tie-ins, prequels, games and codes the audience buys.
The narrative dies,
Stretched and torn,
A spoiler warning...

We're gonna pick - pick - pick - pick - pick it apart,
Open it up to find the tick - tick - tick of a heart.
A heart...
Broken.

Jed: Joss, why do you rail against the biz?
You know that's just the way it is
You're making everybody mis--

ZW: These out-of-date philosophies are for the dinner table please,
We have to sell some DVDs...

Jed, Zack, Maurissa: Without these things you spit upon.
You'd find your fame and fanbase gone...

MT: You'd be ignored at Comic-Con...

Joss: I sang some things I didn't mean,
Okay, let's talk about this scene,
I think it's great how Ryan Green--
Oh, This is no good!
I thought J-Mo would back my play,
Now Zack and they all say-

We're gonna pick - pick - pick - pick - pick you apart,
Open you up and stop the tick - tick - tick of a heart.
A heart...

Goodbye.


Thanks to Spidra for transcribing the lyrics.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Dr
• Horrible
• Sing-Along
• Blog
• Commentary
• the
• Musical
• Commentary!

[bendude606]

All these comments are saying that this is a song bashing FOX.

But, it's equally bashing the fans, basically. Special features, analyzing things, interviews, spoilers.

That's us. NOT FOX. So, I think it's bashing FOX, but also saying to the fans, "hey! Just enjoy it!". I agree with the bashing FOX thing but not the latter thing. But, I think it's pretty obvious that this song is not looking very highly on the fans.

[CommentaryTheMusical]

I don't know if it's bashing Fans so much as it's bashing Fan Culture, or rather the generalised marketing perception of fan culture.

[AlecDraven]

"You'd be ignored at Comic-Con."

Joss? Never gonna happen.

[milkshakz18]

I think im offically in love with Joss Whedon.

[spenserrid]

sounds more like he's upset at the fans for making that prequel.

[anaemia]

@bendude606 I think this very discussion is what the song is bashing.

You're pick-pick-picking it apart.

[gregrtodd]

@bendude606

Glad to hear the Irony bypass surgery was a success.

Get well soon

[ElleAri94]

...he didn't say anything about sequels. Can we keep asking for a sequel? As a writer I understand his frustration...but I really want a sequel.

[thatcosplaykid]

Joss's got a nice singing voice. It's not like he's going to be recording a platinum album and touring the world, but he's really quite good.

[PetiteOzma]

@CommentaryTheMusical It's also Joss making fun of himself a bit too...

[spacecowboy5000]

@CommentaryTheMusical I have to agree with bendude606. I've been in fandom over 20 years and that's all most fans do; pick things apart, over analyze everything, etc. Now there's "shipping" too. I mean individual fans here. But when I became friends with an actor who did popular SF I started understanding. The job of acting is hard and when someone nitpicks it's frustrating and irritating. Fans insist a show/movie should be done like this. It gets to be a bit much for them. But they love fans.

[Exayevie]

"Joss! Are you say- what are you trying to say?! ...Songs can hurt like a fist."

As a semi-obsessive fan... this was sorta my reaction ;) But don't worry, Joss, I'll never ignore you at Comic Con!

[MrVampireSlayer]

@Amethystasheryn I'm the same.

[Amethystasheryn]

XD This song makes me feel kinda bad, because I am the kind of person who can't watch a show without indulging a horrible nagging need to look up behind-the-scenes features and interviews to figure out what the cast and crew thought of it. It almost makes me nervous if I don't know.

Still, that aside, I love this song anyway. :) Charybdis testing well with teens and "You're making everybody mis" especially. ;)