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'''"Wicked Little Town"''' is a song from the [[Off-Broadway|off-Broadway musical]], ''[[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical)|Hedwig and the Angry Inch]]'' and the [[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film)|subsequent film adaptation]]. Composed by [[Stephen Trask]], the song is a poetic reflection on the doomed love between two of the characters, Hedwig and [[Tommy Gnosis]]. |
'''"Wicked Little Town"''' is a song from the [[Off-Broadway|off-Broadway musical]], ''[[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical)|Hedwig and the Angry Inch]]'' and the [[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film)|subsequent film adaptation]]. Composed by [[Stephen Trask]], the song is a poetic reflection on the doomed love between two of the characters, Hedwig and [[Tommy Gnosis]]. |
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==Summary and context== |
==Summary and context== |
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The original song is basically about a person who falls in love with someone in a wicked town that seems to be impossible to escape. |
The original song is basically about a person who falls in love with someone in a wicked town that seems to be impossible to escape. In the story of ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'', Hedwig sings the tune as a [[love song]] to Tommy, while in the film, he sings a low-fi version of the song to Tommy when they meet in a donut shop, and later in the film, a full, [[Rock ballad]] [[reprise]] version was created for Tommy to sing to Hedwig. After his relationship with Hedwig was revealed, with his career as a rock icon imploding, Tommy sings that he is sorry for how much he has hurt Hedwig, that he never understood she was "more than a woman or a man" and that now he finally sees how much he took from her by stealing her songs. He also tells her that her ideas about [[soulmates]] and cosmic destiny are preventing her from moving on ("Maybe there's nothing up in the sky but air...") and then, wishing her well, he slips away into the darkness, leaving Hedwig in tears. |
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It is notable that a line in the song, "If you've got no other choice, you know you can follow my voice" is literally played out in the story, as Hedwig stalks Tommy around the country from concert to concert, "following his voice." It could also be said that Tommy followed Hedwig's voice, given his [[hero worship]] of her, his taking on the Tommy Gnosis [[persona]] she devised, and his theft of her songs. |
It is notable that a line in the song, "If you've got no other choice, you know you can follow my voice" is literally played out in the story, as Hedwig stalks Tommy around the country from concert to concert, "following his voice." It could also be said that Tommy followed Hedwig's voice, given his [[hero worship]] of her, his taking on the Tommy Gnosis [[persona]] she devised, and his theft of her songs. |
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==Covers== |
==Covers== |
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Revision as of 02:06, 28 January 2009
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"Wicked Little Town" is a song from the off-Broadway musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and the subsequent film adaptation. Composed by Stephen Trask, the song is a poetic reflection on the doomed love between two of the characters, Hedwig and Tommy Gnosis.
Summary and context
The original song is basically about a person who falls in love with someone in a wicked town that seems to be impossible to escape. In the story of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hedwig sings the tune as a love song to Tommy, while in the film, he sings a low-fi version of the song to Tommy when they meet in a donut shop, and later in the film, a full, Rock ballad reprise version was created for Tommy to sing to Hedwig. After his relationship with Hedwig was revealed, with his career as a rock icon imploding, Tommy sings that he is sorry for how much he has hurt Hedwig, that he never understood she was "more than a woman or a man" and that now he finally sees how much he took from her by stealing her songs. He also tells her that her ideas about soulmates and cosmic destiny are preventing her from moving on ("Maybe there's nothing up in the sky but air...") and then, wishing her well, he slips away into the darkness, leaving Hedwig in tears.
It is notable that a line in the song, "If you've got no other choice, you know you can follow my voice" is literally played out in the story, as Hedwig stalks Tommy around the country from concert to concert, "following his voice." It could also be said that Tommy followed Hedwig's voice, given his hero worship of her, his taking on the Tommy Gnosis persona she devised, and his theft of her songs.
Covers
- The Hi-Fi Version (sung by Tommy Gnosis)
- Ben Jelen in his album "Give It All Away"
- The Lo-Fi Version (sung by Hedwig)
- Soft Charisma in the album "Life Inside The Robot Man"[1]
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