Agreed. I think his seizures have toned down now that he's an adult, but still pop up in overwhelming scenarios. It kinda explains the chanting of the word "dumb" right before he hits her if you ask me.
y’know this may be a song that highlights marvin’s suicidal tendencies and is about how nobody cares about or even notices him unless he acts out but like this shit slaps so 🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺
@@rancidprince3133 Exclude to of those bitches and your suddenly in another musical ( it's Jekyll and Hyde I'd recommend listening to the song it's beautiful too )
okay but can we talk about when he says “Marvin holds his breath, his face is underwater, but that’s not a seizure he talk about death, he imitates a slaughter, but that’s not a seizure”? because that probably implies suicidal tendencies and uhhhhhh yeah
It's probably pointjng to actual problems that Marvin is having. His seizures are kind of a way to get attention, which kind of work because the seizures are loud and big and inconvenient. He has actual problems, like suicidal tendencies, but that's not as loud as a seizure, so it doesn't get the attention that it needs.
It's a front. The Marvin that he tries to show us the cocky, confident one who doesn't care what others think, but in reality, he is embarrassed of not having friends and of being kind of wierd
Idk if you know, but Falsettos used to be divided in three parts: In Trousers, The Game Of Chess (I think it's that) and Falsettoland. All of them followed the story of Marvin and everyone around him. Later on, the two last parts were connected and they formed Falsettos. Idk why they didn't add the first part, maybe because it would be too long for theaters.
I am thinking of writing an IB English Literature extended essay on how Trina is developed as a female character throughout the Marvin trilogy. I'm freakin anxious, but also so happy at the same time.
@@balsamicjester3827 Shit, I forgot all about this comment hahaha. I ended up writing it on Spring Awakening, because my teacher thought this one would be kinda messy. Got a good grade on it though!
I never truly understood the whole “Marvin is my very best friend in school” until I started considering maybe he means he’s his own best friend because he is so egotistical and in love with himself. And the giddy seizures are a way of getting attention off of everyone around him because he truly is his only friend (due to his egotism) and the “and I’m embarrassed and ashamed” is how sometimes egotistical people literally hate themselves while also loving themselves at the same time
Also because he probably had trouble making friends in school!! I see it both ways. I would say he has trouble making friends at school BECAUSE OF his egotistical behavior but also his “giddy seizures” could be a cause of that!
@@JesusMartinez-iq3to it makes more sense but i like this version more when it comes to this song, it has more of a underlying meaning this way but I do get why they changed it.
The part at 1:11 is very...disconcerting. It really stands out with just how dark it is. Then again, this entire song is actually really dark if you take a look at the lyrics... I think there's a lot more to Marvin's character than what we're explicitly shown.
Leah Crossan I think you may be confused, The Rape of Miss. Goldberg isn’t about actual rape, the rape is him taking her glasses since she never takes them off 😂. Miss. Goldberg however did make sexual advances toward Marvin at 14(not the other way around). Also this is him reminiscing so he can be “straight” and only think about women. He’s thinking about this before marrying pre-Trina.
I’ve always interpreted this song and the rest of marvins “giddy seizures” to be short intense manic episodes and hearing about them in this musical provides a new lense to look at the rest of the trilogy through, as well as a whole world of possibilities for theories regarding possible diagnosis’ for marvins mental state. we be doing mendels job for him
It's been fine for me because I don't talk about it at school or in public places. Also I live in New England so bullying is more under thumb with schools here.
so it's implied here that marvin having seizures is the only way he can get the help and love he wants; his suicidal behaviour and his other problems are dismissed because they're mental, not physical, "not a seizure". sort of reminds me of when i was struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts i would fake a stomachache/ headache on days where i didn't have the energy to go to school because i felt like a physical illness was a better, more tangible excuse than a mental one (before i opened up about it to my parents). idk i think marvin faking his seizures is interesting from a mental health perspective as well as just him manipulating people for the fun of it
when i was in 10th grade i wrote down all the lyrics to this from memory on a huge dry erase board, then the teacher erased it and asked "who's marvin?" AHAHAHAH
"Marvin is my very best friend in school! It's me...and Marvin" Ik this is just Marvin like low key having a crisis as usual but bc it's Chip I always think of Mendel and Marvin being high school bffs
I've been listening to this and Falsettos often for the past 3 years. I even bought the script for this show 2 years ago because I wanted so badly to dissect it. i don't know what about Bill Finn's music that makes it so addicting , but there's little escape.
@@TacoTheHuman it's so unbelievably addicting!! I'm jealous, I only found out abt In Trousers in February, but i still listen to at least half of the soundtrack a day. most days still the full show
lol i am still listening to it almost daily. it's the only music with words that doesn't distract me while i'm studying. probably bc the words are so familiar to me!!
ok idk if this has been said before but i feel like the seizures could represent marvin's homosexuality ? lines like "im counting on your prayers to get me by", "maybe this whole seizure thing is something he invented" and "should his mother be blamed?" make me think so. cause queer people are taught being queer is a choice that you can change (ie the 1st and 2nd line) or that it's their parents fault (the 3rd line). also the chorus "marvin needs love" makes me think if marvin gets love (a *womans* love) it can cure his seizures (ie homosexuality). maybe marvin started telling people he had seizures as a way to explain his disinterest in women or his anger issues/ behavior around guys (the line "pardon me boys and girls but i'm having a seizure" makes me think he used it as an excuse- but i doubt he actually has seizures since its literally never brought up again + using it as a metaphor for homosexuality, to me at least, makes a lot of sense since marvin is in denial about it himself and would never directly/clearly state he's gay). let me know ur thoughts or if i'm reaching.
The arms disappear legs disappear etc is kinda like in How the Body Falls Apart with the heart and groin falling apart, kinda like how the marriage/love fell apart? And also how in The Nausea Before the Game Marvin mentions the body you thought you had that lied-one that could feel attracted to women? It could represent discomfort with romance with women. In this song they’re all like Marvin needs love and Marvin is all like SEIZURE TIME BABY. And in Marvin Takes a Victory Shower, he mentions all the scrubby dubbying of his body, everyone can see Marvin and all that, like him finally accepting being gay, accepting the body he has? Alternatively, I am overthinking.
[MARVIN, spoken] One, two One, two, three One, two, three, four (sung) Marvin is a boy who has giddy seizures He’s laughing all the time Marvin is a boy who has giddy seizures Sometimes they’re fatal When he turns upside down like a ladle Pouring soup, he’s a veritable fool Marvin is my very best friend in school It’s me... and Marvin Lately I’ve been thinking maybe Marvin needs attention Of a private sort Maybe this whole seizure thing something he invented Or is it medicinal? Should his mother be blamed? [ALL] Marvin has a something that most everybody needs: He cannot ever be embarrassed [MARVIN] Marvin is my very best friend in school And I’m embarrassed and ashamed Oh! [HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART] Marvin! [HIS WIFE] Marvin, what are you doing? [HIS TEACHER] Who do you think you are, Marvin [SWEETHEART] What's Marvin doing? [MARVIN] Pardon me boys and girls but I’m having a seizure [LADIES] Oh, Marvin Hey, Marvin [MARVIN] Yes, I’m having a seizure today, hey, hey, hey Watch me laugh (Marvin’s giddy seizures) Watch me cry (Marvin’s giddy seizures) I'm counting on your prayers to get me by [LADIES] Marvin’s giddy seizures [MARVIN] Well my Arms disappear (ah) And my legs disappear (ah) And my knees disappear (ah) And my shoulders disappear (ah) When Marvin throws the best fit of the year [ALL] Marvin’s giddy seizures Marvin needs love He needs love He needs love He needs love Oooooo [MARVIN] Marvin holds his breath His face is underwater But that’s not a seizure [LADIES] Oooooo… [MARVIN] Marvin talks of death He imitates a slaughter But that’s not a seizure [LADIES] Oooooo… [MARVIN] When he begins to shriek like a virgin and his eyes turn an ordinary fizz Nothing’s exactly like I say it is But hey! That’s a seizure! [WIFE] Marvin, what are you doing? [TEACHER] Who do you think you are, Marvin? [SWEETHEART] What's Marvin doing? [MARVIN] Pardon me boys and girls but I’m having a seizure [LADIES] Oh, Marvin Hey, Marvin [MARVIN] Yes I’m having a seizure today, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Watch me laugh! (Marvin’s giddy seizures) Watch me cry (Marvin’s giddy seizures) I'm counting on your prayers to get me by [LADIES] Marvin’s giddy seizures Arms (disappear) Legs (disappear) Groin (disappear) Knees (disappear) [MARVIN] When Marvin throws the best fit of the year [ALL] Marvin’s giddy seizures Marvin needs love He needs love He needs love He needs love Oooooo Marvin’s giddy seizures Marvin needs love He needs love He needs love He needs love Oooooo Marvin’s giddy seizures Marvin needs love He needs love He needs love He needs love Oooooo
When he says “when he turns upside down like a ladle pouring soup” the only thing I imagine that meaning is that Marvin often likes to do handstands to make himself puke and get attention, like it wouldn’t make sense as a simile otherwise
it's setting the tone of Marvin's need for attention and love that's prominent throughout the whole play (it's thought that his "seizures" are just him garnering attention)
actually, i just read something about gelastic seizures, which is "a rare type of seizure that involves a sudden burst of energy, usually in the form of laughing or crying." so its actually quite possible its that!
so william finn wrote three musicals in the marvin trilogy: in chronological order they're in trousers (what this song is from), march of the falsettos, and falsettoland. the 2016 revival combined the latter two into one musical.
[MARVIN, spoken] One, two One, two, three One, two, three, four (sung) Marvin is a boy who has giddy seizures He’s laughing all the time Marvin is a boy who has giddy seizures Sometimes they’re fatal When he turns upside down like a ladle Pouring soup, he’s a veritable fool Marvin is my very best friend in school It’s me... and Marvin Lately I’ve been thinking maybe Marvin needs attention Of a private sort Maybe this whole seizure thing something he invented Or is it medicinal? Should his mother be blamed? [ALL] Marvin has a something that most everybody needs: He cannot ever be embarrassed [MARVIN] Marvin is my very best friend in school And I’m embarrassed and ashamed Oh! [HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART] Marvin! [HIS WIFE] Marvin, what are you doing? [HIS TEACHER] Who do you think you are, Marvin? [SWEETHEART] What's Marvin doing? [MARVIN] Pardon me boys and girls but I’m having a seizure [LADIES] Oh, Marvin Hey, Marvin [MARVIN] Yes, I’m having a seizure today, hey, hey, hey Watch me laugh [LADIES] Marvin’s giddy seizures Marvin’s giddy seizures Marvin’s giddy seizures Oh Oh Oh Oh [MARVIN] Watch me cry I'm counting on your prayers to get me by Well my Arms disappear And my legs disappear And my knees disappear And my shoulders disappear [MARVIN] When Marvin throws the best fit of the year [ALL] Marvin’s giddy seizures Marvin needs love He needs love He needs love He needs love Oooooo [MARVIN] Marvin holds his breath His face is underwater But that’s not a seizure [LADIES] Oooooo… [MARVIN] Marvin talks of death He imitates a slaughter But that’s not a seizure [LADIES] Oooooo… [MARVIN] When he begins to shriek like a virgin and his eyes turn an ordinary fizz Nothing’s exactly like I say it is But hey! That’s a seizure! [WIFE] Marvin, what are you doing? [TEACHER] Who do you think you are, Marvin? [SWEETHEART] What's Marvin doing? [MARVIN] Pardon me boys and girls but I’m having a seizure [LADIES] Oh, Marvin Hey, Marvin [MARVIN] Yes I’m having a seizure today, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Watch me laugh! [LADIES] Marvin’s giddy seizures Marvin’s giddy seizures Marvin’s giddy seizures Arms Legs Groin Knees [MARVIN] Watch me Cry I'm counting on your prayers to get me by Disappear Disappear Disappear Disappear [MARVIN] When Marvin throws the best fit of the year [ALL] Marvin’s giddy seizures Marvin needs love He needs love He needs love He needs love Oooooo Marvin’s giddy seizures Marvin needs love He needs love He needs love He needs love Oooooo Marvin’s giddy seizures Marvin needs love He needs love He needs love He needs love Oooooo
all y'all here for "Whizzer going down" but this is the real bop tf
ok but consider: another sleepless night
Both are bops sorry
All the songs are bops
Jaysong
Facts
also see: how marvin eats his breakfast
the masculine urge to badly analyse this whole album
PLS DO
whats stopping you
I wrote a 16 page analysis on falsettos and in trousers ur welcome
@@lex4103 can we read it 👁👁
@@kiwimints Im still editing it but Im publishing it as soon as it's done
in trousers in its entirety is a bop
I feel like Marvin was having a giddy seizure in Marvin Hits Trina
thats what i think too!
Well apparently He was drunk
i don’t think so but okay
Eli Bliss yeah p much
Agreed. I think his seizures have toned down now that he's an adult, but still pop up in overwhelming scenarios. It kinda explains the chanting of the word "dumb" right before he hits her if you ask me.
y’know this may be a song that highlights marvin’s suicidal tendencies and is about how nobody cares about or even notices him unless he acts out but like this shit slaps so 🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺
"Pardon me boys and girls but I'm having a seizure" Ok that's me I'm sorry
see a doctor about that
oh im very sorry ill leave you alone :)
Ksksks same
i very briefly remember making this comment
@Mystery- Ish yea I got diagnosed with minor brain seizures in 6th grade lmfao
Give me one good reason why this isn't on spotify
Weirdo Witch Of the West because spotify is for rich people
mandalish excuse me I said a *good reason*
Weirdo Witch Of the West yeah you're right. I actually have no idea it sux
mandalish yeah you right
Omfg you don’t understand how mad this fucking makes meeee
William Finn's openers are so goooooooooood
bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch
*FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY F U N N Y*
@@rancidprince3133
Exclude to of those bitches and your suddenly in another musical ( it's Jekyll and Hyde I'd recommend listening to the song it's beautiful too )
@@casp3564
BBBIIICH BICH BICH BICH BICH CICH
also see: falsettoland
okay but can we talk about when he says “Marvin holds his breath, his face is underwater, but that’s not a seizure
he talk about death, he imitates a slaughter, but that’s not a seizure”? because that probably implies suicidal tendencies and uhhhhhh yeah
I don't know how to feel about this dhdhhshdgeywyav
Stop let me enjoy this bop
Lorelei Teeter yeppers
It's probably pointjng to actual problems that Marvin is having. His seizures are kind of a way to get attention, which kind of work because the seizures are loud and big and inconvenient. He has actual problems, like suicidal tendencies, but that's not as loud as a seizure, so it doesn't get the attention that it needs.
:(
“Marvin can never be embarrassed!”
Literally a second later:
Marvin: I’m embarrassed and ashamed
i think the "can never be embarrassed" is more about him not being able to handle it
alex touzet or maybe he’s trying to please others by saying he’s embarrassed and ashamed when he isn’t?
I always thought he IS embarrassed, but he doesn’t let anyone see it
It's a front. The Marvin that he tries to show us the cocky, confident one who doesn't care what others think, but in reality, he is embarrassed of not having friends and of being kind of wierd
chip zien's doing the voice for another character I think
Bruh i had no idea this even existed and i love falsettos what
Idk if you know, but Falsettos used to be divided in three parts: In Trousers, The Game Of Chess (I think it's that) and Falsettoland. All of them followed the story of Marvin and everyone around him. Later on, the two last parts were connected and they formed Falsettos. Idk why they didn't add the first part, maybe because it would be too long for theaters.
Kitkat Ward it was in trousers, then March of the falsettos, then falsettoland
Kitkat Ward it’s March of the Falsettos not “The Game of Chess”
@@fay729 because the second 2 parts have a coherent story, probably
I am thinking of writing an IB English Literature extended essay on how Trina is developed as a female character throughout the Marvin trilogy. I'm freakin anxious, but also so happy at the same time.
Please do!!
did you do it (or are you doing it)?
@@balsamicjester3827 Shit, I forgot all about this comment hahaha. I ended up writing it on Spring Awakening, because my teacher thought this one would be kinda messy. Got a good grade on it though!
Arty Zara Now, release the Spring Awakening one
@@artyzara1799 ooooo is there any way we can read the sa one??
marvin needs love he needs love he needs lo v e OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I never truly understood the whole “Marvin is my very best friend in school” until I started considering maybe he means he’s his own best friend because he is so egotistical and in love with himself. And the giddy seizures are a way of getting attention off of everyone around him because he truly is his only friend (due to his egotism) and the “and I’m embarrassed and ashamed” is how sometimes egotistical people literally hate themselves while also loving themselves at the same time
Also because he probably had trouble making friends in school!! I see it both ways. I would say he has trouble making friends at school BECAUSE OF his egotistical behavior but also his “giddy seizures” could be a cause of that!
On the 1985 version they switched it so that his Sweetheart is the one singing and makes more sense
@@JesusMartinez-iq3to it makes more sense but i like this version more when it comes to this song, it has more of a underlying meaning this way but I do get why they changed it.
The part at 1:11 is very...disconcerting. It really stands out with just how dark it is. Then again, this entire song is actually really dark if you take a look at the lyrics...
I think there's a lot more to Marvin's character than what we're explicitly shown.
Leah Crossan I think you may be confused, The Rape of Miss. Goldberg isn’t about actual rape, the rape is him taking her glasses since she never takes them off 😂. Miss. Goldberg however did make sexual advances toward Marvin at 14(not the other way around). Also this is him reminiscing so he can be “straight” and only think about women. He’s thinking about this before marrying pre-Trina.
@@Anon-wq9te hold on- when did miss goldberg ever make sexual advances at marvin- did i miss that?
I’ve always interpreted this song and the rest of marvins “giddy seizures” to be short intense manic episodes and hearing about them in this musical provides a new lense to look at the rest of the trilogy through, as well as a whole world of possibilities for theories regarding possible diagnosis’ for marvins mental state. we be doing mendels job for him
God knows Mendel can't do his job himself
“Marvin holds his breath, his face is underwater, but that’s not a seizure"
No sir, i believe that's called a suicide attempt
That’s what I was thinking 😰
Underrated song*
Do you mean the entire musical?
Jaaysong yes, any William Finn musical is underrated
@@maggieann-mae5189
Except for Falsettos
Cause they had like a revival
the next guy where’s our in trousers revival now
Every once in awhile i remember william finns musicals exist and i have to dedicate 5 hours listening to everything
SAME
ONE TWO ONE TWO THREE *ONETWOTHREEFOUR*
high school was rough for every gay kid lol. This musical is a big "oh god why did I do that in high school" mood
I'm not in high school yet, can't wait to relate to fullest though
It's been fine for me because I don't talk about it at school or in public places. Also I live in New England so bullying is more under thumb with schools here.
yeah i had a very interesting high school time as someone who's ace and had a "well I must like it so why don't i try again" mindset
honestly...marvin is kind of a dream role for me, as weird as that might sound. i love this unhinged little dude so much and his songs are so fun
*pardon me boys and girls, yes im having a seizure*
I love your pfp
bless this playlist, I am soooo pissed it isn't in spotify...
@Cowlan yo what that's awesome
This is such a fucking bop
so it's implied here that marvin having seizures is the only way he can get the help and love he wants; his suicidal behaviour and his other problems are dismissed because they're mental, not physical, "not a seizure". sort of reminds me of when i was struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts i would fake a stomachache/ headache on days where i didn't have the energy to go to school because i felt like a physical illness was a better, more tangible excuse than a mental one (before i opened up about it to my parents). idk i think marvin faking his seizures is interesting from a mental health perspective as well as just him manipulating people for the fun of it
hsidfjsid i listen this daily like??? what a bop
I just saw you on Adventure Zone I--
Oh that's a boppity bop
what a jam honestly
I can't stop listening to this h e lp
when i was in 10th grade i wrote down all the lyrics to this from memory on a huge dry erase board, then the teacher erased it and asked "who's marvin?" AHAHAHAH
I feel like us musical fans all do stuff like that bc I did something very similar this year loll
THIS MADE ME LAUGH MORE THEN IT SHOULD 🤬
@@confetti_kisses427 usually when I have to seem like I’m doing stuff in lectures I just write out lyrics in my notebooks
@@DeadBore i thought I was the only one who does that! I'll be writing whole movie scripts or something
WHAT I DID THIS LAST YEAR HOLY SHIT!?!?!?
If I stop coming back to this assume I’m dead
SAME
same
same
I love the parts where they're all asking what he's doing so much, I don't know why, but just the MAAAAAARVIN- WHATSMARVINDOIN
This is so cheerful for a song about seizures
Maybe not cheerful, more like... A panic attack vocalized
The most accurate song of Marvin that has ever existed, I love it
"Marvin is my very best friend in school! It's me...and Marvin"
Ik this is just Marvin like low key having a crisis as usual but bc it's Chip I always think of Mendel and Marvin being high school bffs
bruH THATS AMAZING
I read a Falsettos reincarnation fanfic where that's a thing that happens
love how chip zien is playing marvin here and then played mendel in the OBC of falsettos!
I feel like at this point at least half of the view are me.
Smol Trashlord I'm the third quarter then...
this song was brought to you by the 'has seizures but doesnt fear or oppose death' gang
i am part of the gang lmao
i have listened to this show at least once a day since february, that’s how good it is. a small addiction.
I've been listening to this and Falsettos often for the past 3 years. I even bought the script for this show 2 years ago because I wanted so badly to dissect it. i don't know what about Bill Finn's music that makes it so addicting , but there's little escape.
@@TacoTheHuman it's so unbelievably addicting!! I'm jealous, I only found out abt In Trousers in February, but i still listen to at least half of the soundtrack a day. most days still the full show
lol i am still listening to it almost daily. it's the only music with words that doesn't distract me while i'm studying. probably bc the words are so familiar to me!!
i would commit the unholiest of acts for this to be back on spotify
someone upload them as podcasts i’ll keep my mouth shut
@@pumpkinroxy3000 they did lol
@@alya.27 LETS GO THANK U
I WOULD DIE FOR INSTRUMENTALS OF THIS ENTIRE ALBUM IVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR SO LONG SOMEONE _P L E A S E_
THIS IS INCREDDDDIBLEEE
I KNOW RIGHT??
Uhhh why didn’t they revive this???
I guess it's too obscure and it's nearly 40 years old
y’all sleepin on one extremely good musical omg
And I’m back for the hundredth time
Wow what a bop
SOMETIMES THEY'RE FATAL AHHAH
S T op
Take a shot everytime they say Marvin
i'd rather not get alcohol poisoning thanks
Yeah i guess I'll die
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you'd be dead
marvin is said approximately 33 times
Bop
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ok idk if this has been said before but i feel like the seizures could represent marvin's homosexuality ? lines like "im counting on your prayers to get me by", "maybe this whole seizure thing is something he invented" and "should his mother be blamed?" make me think so. cause queer people are taught being queer is a choice that you can change (ie the 1st and 2nd line) or that it's their parents fault (the 3rd line). also the chorus "marvin needs love" makes me think if marvin gets love (a *womans* love) it can cure his seizures (ie homosexuality).
maybe marvin started telling people he had seizures as a way to explain his disinterest in women or his anger issues/ behavior around guys (the line "pardon me boys and girls but i'm having a seizure" makes me think he used it as an excuse- but i doubt he actually has seizures since its literally never brought up again + using it as a metaphor for homosexuality, to me at least, makes a lot of sense since marvin is in denial about it himself and would never directly/clearly state he's gay). let me know ur thoughts or if i'm reaching.
The arms disappear legs disappear etc is kinda like in How the Body Falls Apart with the heart and groin falling apart, kinda like how the marriage/love fell apart? And also how in The Nausea Before the Game Marvin mentions the body you thought you had that lied-one that could feel attracted to women? It could represent discomfort with romance with women. In this song they’re all like Marvin needs love and Marvin is all like SEIZURE TIME BABY. And in Marvin Takes a Victory Shower, he mentions all the scrubby dubbying of his body, everyone can see Marvin and all that, like him finally accepting being gay, accepting the body he has? Alternatively, I am overthinking.
Omfg you’re brilliant
i'm back to listening to this on repeat
I'm sorry but I love this musical-
[MARVIN, spoken]
One, two
One, two, three
One, two, three, four
(sung)
Marvin is a boy who has giddy seizures
He’s laughing all the time
Marvin is a boy who has giddy seizures
Sometimes they’re fatal
When he turns upside down like a ladle
Pouring soup, he’s a veritable fool
Marvin is my very best friend in school
It’s me... and Marvin
Lately I’ve been thinking maybe Marvin needs attention
Of a private sort
Maybe this whole seizure thing something he invented
Or is it medicinal?
Should his mother be blamed?
[ALL]
Marvin has a something that most everybody needs:
He cannot ever be embarrassed
[MARVIN]
Marvin is my very best friend in school
And I’m embarrassed and ashamed
Oh!
[HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART]
Marvin!
[HIS WIFE]
Marvin, what are you doing?
[HIS TEACHER]
Who do you think you are, Marvin
[SWEETHEART]
What's Marvin doing?
[MARVIN]
Pardon me boys and girls but I’m having a seizure
[LADIES]
Oh, Marvin
Hey, Marvin
[MARVIN]
Yes, I’m having a seizure today, hey, hey, hey
Watch me laugh (Marvin’s giddy seizures)
Watch me cry (Marvin’s giddy seizures)
I'm counting on your prayers to get me by
[LADIES]
Marvin’s giddy seizures
[MARVIN]
Well my
Arms disappear (ah)
And my legs disappear (ah)
And my knees disappear (ah)
And my shoulders disappear (ah)
When Marvin throws the best fit of the year
[ALL]
Marvin’s giddy seizures
Marvin needs love
He needs love
He needs love
He needs love
Oooooo
[MARVIN]
Marvin holds his breath
His face is underwater
But that’s not a seizure
[LADIES]
Oooooo…
[MARVIN]
Marvin talks of death
He imitates a slaughter
But that’s not a seizure
[LADIES]
Oooooo…
[MARVIN]
When he begins to shriek like a virgin and his eyes turn an ordinary fizz
Nothing’s exactly like I say it is
But hey!
That’s a seizure!
[WIFE]
Marvin, what are you doing?
[TEACHER]
Who do you think you are, Marvin?
[SWEETHEART]
What's Marvin doing?
[MARVIN]
Pardon me boys and girls but I’m having a seizure
[LADIES]
Oh, Marvin
Hey, Marvin
[MARVIN]
Yes I’m having a seizure today, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
Watch me laugh! (Marvin’s giddy seizures)
Watch me cry (Marvin’s giddy seizures)
I'm counting on your prayers to get me by
[LADIES]
Marvin’s giddy seizures
Arms (disappear)
Legs (disappear)
Groin (disappear)
Knees (disappear)
[MARVIN]
When Marvin throws the best fit of the year
[ALL]
Marvin’s giddy seizures
Marvin needs love
He needs love
He needs love
He needs love
Oooooo
Marvin’s giddy seizures
Marvin needs love
He needs love
He needs love
He needs love
Oooooo
Marvin’s giddy seizures
Marvin needs love
He needs love
He needs love
He needs love
Oooooo
its been so long since ive heard in trousers LETS GO!!!
i finally found the prequel to falsettos yay
n i c e
y’all this song still slaps
still here. still my favorite musical
When he says “when he turns upside down like a ladle pouring soup” the only thing I imagine that meaning is that Marvin often likes to do handstands to make himself puke and get attention, like it wouldn’t make sense as a simile otherwise
DUDE THAT MAKES SM SENSE TY FOR THIS
William Finn is a genius omg
wait is marvin singing this
Haley Claus yup
Ya
@Leah Crossan We should make a religion out of Chip Zien...
yeah
@Confetti Koala already exists, we’re a called Zienists 😂
"Pardon me boys and girls but I'm having a seizure"
??bop
mavin's giddy seizures, marvin needs love, you grow up, you get old, you hate less
this is great. also anyone know where i can get the 1985 album?
There isn't one. :/ It sucks.
there is a bootleg although it isnt the actual performance
4 years late but there is a recording of stephen bogardus as marvin singing whizzer going down!
i kinda relate to him
"pardon me boys and girls but I'm having a seizure" gives me such will graham vibes
nice
hey guys it’s me again
Hiya
so his "giddy seizures" are him begging for attention/love in immature ways?
Ye
1:33 who do you think you are, Marvin?
this is my anxietys theme tune 🥰
turn up to 2x
HAHAHSJHDD PLEASE I CANT STOP LAUGHING HAHSHD
Why the fuck isnt this available on Spotify.
spotify doesn't have good taste
So Marvin is Marvin’s very best friend?
Yes
No one likes Marvin
Marvin’s gay seizures.
wh,,,wh,at is this,,
A bop
this is what runs through my brain on a daily basis
It's from a musical called In Trousers, which is basically a prequel to a musical called Falsettos with the same characters.
Does anyone know what happened to Joanna Green? I tried researching her but nothing came up.
I dont even think the actors or bill finn know she just DIPPED
*Me, trying out all the emotions in Animal Crossing:*
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I can't be the only one who thinks Chip is a hottie
you'd be correct... I'm just short of obsessed with him tbh
FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE
My brain during gym class
what is this song even about
Marvin trying to get attention if you still wanted to know
The Atheistic Gay it’s been so long since I could tell
Noelle ah thank you
it's setting the tone of Marvin's need for attention and love that's prominent throughout the whole play (it's thought that his "seizures" are just him garnering attention)
actually, i just read something about gelastic seizures, which is "a rare type of seizure that involves a sudden burst of energy, usually in the form of laughing or crying." so its actually quite possible its that!
marvin needs therap-...oh...
fire song
can someone please explain the "arms disappear legs disappear etc" thing to me
Ah I need an answer too. Maybe he loses control (or pretends to lose control) of his body?
Wait so is this related to Falsettos or no
so william finn wrote three musicals in the marvin trilogy: in chronological order they're in trousers (what this song is from), march of the falsettos, and falsettoland. the 2016 revival combined the latter two into one musical.
This song is about a very straight boy... very...
IM BACK Y'ALL
I’m so confused is this the end or beginning of the musical please someone help I think just listened to the whole thing backwards
beginning
Ally Caticorn thanks I was spooked for a second, as it turns out, they just rearranged some stuff in the 1985 version and that’s what confused me.
he's so bipolar #same
Expiditon the musical
This now reminds me of the Jeffery Dahmer documentary I watched yesterday FUCK
h a
Nobody:
My Dad when there's flashing lights:
I'm here because of Falsettos let's do this shit
[MARVIN, spoken]
One, two
One, two, three
One, two, three, four
(sung)
Marvin is a boy who has giddy seizures
He’s laughing all the time
Marvin is a boy who has giddy seizures
Sometimes they’re fatal
When he turns upside down like a ladle
Pouring soup, he’s a veritable fool
Marvin is my very best friend in school
It’s me... and Marvin
Lately I’ve been thinking maybe Marvin needs attention
Of a private sort
Maybe this whole seizure thing something he invented
Or is it medicinal?
Should his mother be blamed?
[ALL]
Marvin has a something that most everybody needs:
He cannot ever be embarrassed
[MARVIN]
Marvin is my very best friend in school
And I’m embarrassed and ashamed
Oh!
[HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART]
Marvin!
[HIS WIFE]
Marvin, what are you doing? [HIS TEACHER]
Who do you think you are, Marvin? [SWEETHEART]
What's Marvin doing?
[MARVIN]
Pardon me boys and girls but I’m having a seizure
[LADIES]
Oh, Marvin
Hey, Marvin
[MARVIN]
Yes, I’m having a seizure today, hey, hey, hey
Watch me laugh
[LADIES]
Marvin’s giddy seizures
Marvin’s giddy seizures
Marvin’s giddy seizures
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh [MARVIN]
Watch me cry
I'm counting on your prayers to get me by
Well my
Arms disappear
And my legs disappear
And my knees disappear
And my shoulders disappear
[MARVIN]
When Marvin throws the best fit of the year
[ALL]
Marvin’s giddy seizures
Marvin needs love
He needs love
He needs love
He needs love
Oooooo
[MARVIN]
Marvin holds his breath
His face is underwater
But that’s not a seizure
[LADIES]
Oooooo…
[MARVIN]
Marvin talks of death
He imitates a slaughter
But that’s not a seizure
[LADIES]
Oooooo…
[MARVIN]
When he begins to shriek like a virgin and his eyes turn an ordinary fizz
Nothing’s exactly like I say it is
But hey!
That’s a seizure!
[WIFE]
Marvin, what are you doing? [TEACHER]
Who do you think you are, Marvin? [SWEETHEART]
What's Marvin doing?
[MARVIN]
Pardon me boys and girls but I’m having a seizure
[LADIES]
Oh, Marvin
Hey, Marvin
[MARVIN]
Yes I’m having a seizure today, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
Watch me laugh!
[LADIES]
Marvin’s giddy seizures
Marvin’s giddy seizures
Marvin’s giddy seizures
Arms
Legs
Groin
Knees [MARVIN]
Watch me
Cry
I'm counting on your prayers to get me by
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear
Disappear
[MARVIN]
When Marvin throws the best fit of the year
[ALL]
Marvin’s giddy seizures
Marvin needs love
He needs love
He needs love
He needs love
Oooooo
Marvin’s giddy seizures
Marvin needs love
He needs love
He needs love
He needs love
Oooooo
Marvin’s giddy seizures
Marvin needs love
He needs love
He needs love
He needs love
Oooooo