The contest – Paroles de la chanson – Sweeney Todd.
Fiche technique.
Musique : Stephen Sondheim.
Label : Elektra / Nonesuch.
Sortie : 11 décembre 2007.
Film : Sweeney Todd : le diabolique barbier de Fleet Street.
The contest.
Interprétée par Sacha Baron Cohen, Johnny Depp et Tomothy Spall.
(Pirelli)
I am Adolfo Pirelli.
Da king of da barbers.
Da barber of kings.
E Buon Giorno, good day.
I blow you a kiss.
And I, da so famous Pirelli.
I wish-a to know-a who has-a the nerve-a to say.
My elixir is piss.
Who says this ?
(Sweeney Todd)
I do. I’m Mr. Sweeney Todd from Fleet Street. I have opened a bottle of Pirelli’s Elixir and I say to you, it is nothing but an arrant fraud, concocted from piss and ink. Furthermore, Signor, I have serviced no kings, yet I wager that I can shave a cheek with ten times more dexterity than any street mountebank.
(Pirelli)
You hear dis foolish man? Now please you will see how he will-a regret-a his-a folly.
(Sweeney Todd)
Who’s for a free shave? Will Beadle Bamford be the judge ?
(Bamford)
Glad, as always to oblige my friends and neighbors. The fastest, smoothest shave, is the winner.
(Pirelli)
Now signorini, signori.
We mix-a da lather.
But first-a you gather.
Around signorini, signori.
You looking a man.
Who have had-a da glory.
To shave-a da pope.
Mister Sweeney, whoever.
I beg-a your pardon.
You’ll probably say it was only a cardinal.
Nope.
It was-a da Pope.
To shave-a da face.
To cut-a da hair.
Require a grace.
Require da flare.
For if-a you slip.
You nick da skin.
You clip-a da chin.
You rip-a the lip a bit beyond-a repair.
To shave-a da face.
Or even a part.
Widout it-a smart.
Require da heart.
Not just-a da flash.
It take-a panache.
It take-a da passion for da art.
To shave-a da face.
To trim-a da beard.
To make-a da bristle.
Clean like a whistle.
Dis is from early infancy.
Da talent give to me by God.
It take-a da skill.
It take-a da brains.
It take-a da will.
To take-a da pains.
It take-a da pace.
It take-a da graaaaaaaaaaaaace.
(Bamford)
The winner is Todd.
