I have just discovered [Title of Show]. I have no idea how I've missed it for so long, so I post this for those of you who have also somehow missed this. It's two guys (and eventually two girls) trying to write a musical. "Monkeys and Playbills" is essential, as is "Die Vampire, Die!" (Je suis whore!). If you can listen to these songs and not laugh, you've either never had trouble writing and never dreamed about what might happen, or you have no soul.
I found the whole thing on Rhapsody. I can't find a decent version of "Monkeys and Playbills" on Youtube (most of the eliminate the beginning which is, IMO, essential to the funny), but
here's "Die Vampire, Die!"There is a kid's version, with all the cursing edited out, but if you ask me, cursing in frustration is part of writing. And Die Vampire, Die just wouldn't be the same without it.
Here's a sample verse from "Die Vampire, Die" so you'll believe me:
The last vampire is the mother of all vampires and that is the vampire of despair.
It’ll wake you up at 4am to say things like:
“Who do you think you’re kidding?”
“You look like a fool.”
“No matter how hard you try, you’ll never be good enough.”
Why is it that if some dude walked up to me on the subway platform
and said these things, I’d think he was a mentally ill asshole,
but if the vampire inside my head says it,
It’s the voice of reason?
