Willkommen, Mein Herr (MM)

I was astonished to find that I was not the good son or the good gay I thought I was when I found that I did NOT have a CD of the Cabaret soundtrack.  What the hell is that about?  Cabaret was heavily featured in the TV show Glee recently (LOVE Glee, by the way – if you’re not watching it and love music, watch it! Wednesdays on Fox) and so I wanted to listen again to Liza Minnelli’s version of ‘Maybe This Time’, which is an incredible song.  But alas, I found I did NOT have it.  I must have remembered having the cassette tape….ah, cassette tape.  I ordered it from Amazon and got it on Monday.  It’s such a good soundtrack – ‘Maybe This Time’ is of course great, but seriously, it’s all about ‘Mein Herr.’

The song starts out slowly and gradually builds up into this frenzied energetic song of awesomeness.  But I can’t discount the rest of the movie.  Every song is fantastic.  The movie itself including all the non-music sections, is endlessly entertaining and you willingly fall into the story of When Brian met Sally.  And oh boy, do they have quite a time together.  Gotta say I thank my Mom for getting me hooked on this movie when I was pretty young.  I remember as a young kid asking her what it meant (and why was it funny) that Joel Grey as the emcee was claiming all the dancers were “wirgins.”  Yes, wirgins in the way that Germans can’t properly say the letter V.  And I believe she skillfully diverted my question with a “would you like another Diet Coke?”  My mom is no fool.  And of course, if you know anything about the second half of the movie, well, it’s somewhat say surprising that she showed it to me as a kid.  That’s why my mom rocks.  It was one of her favorite movies and it became one of mine too.

What the hell am I going on about?  Just that Cabaret is a great flick and if you can find the time to spend about 2 hours or so, Netflix it.  Trust me, you’ll love it.  I would kill for the Broadway revival to come back.   It would be fantastic to see a live performance of this.

In other non-musical news (I know, how non-gay), I went for another 4 mile run in the Park today.  I’m very proud of myself for keeping up with this.  It helps that the Nike+ system keeps me honest.  Work was blech, and I would really like for the week to be over.  And guess what?  It’s my mom’s birthday this weekend.  She’s going to Vegas but I won’t be able to join.  I am sending off a present to her tomorrow that was made with love and some technological work on my part.  Yay MacBook Pro!