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proud of your boy

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

… thanks to annie’s survey, i’m currently on disney mode >.<

 

 

Did you know that in Disney’s Aladdin, the title character was supposed to have a mom? Then again, it’s just one of those ideas that got scrapped out.

Anyhoo, the composing duo Howard Ashman and Alan Menken wrote a song covering this angle. It’s called Proud of Your Boy. The song is basically about Aladdin’s relationship with his mother and according to Ashman, it was his favorite song in the film. This is one of the last things he (Ashman) worked on before he died of AIDS in 1991 which makes it even more tragic that it didn’t make the cut since they changed the storyline.

 

       PROUD OF YOUR BOY
        Proud of your boy
        I’ll make you proud of your boy
        Believe me, bad as I’ve been, Ma
        You’re in for a pleasant surprise

        I’ve wasted time
        I’ve wasted me
        So say I’m slow for my age
        A late bloomer, Okay, I agree

        That I’ve been one rotten kid
        Some son, some pride and some joy
        But I’ll get over these lousin’ up
        Messin’ up, screwin’ up times

        You’ll see, Ma, now comes the better part
        Someone’s gonna make good
        Cross his stupid heart
        Make good and finally make you
        Proud of your boy

        Tell me that I’ve been a louse and loafer
        You won’t get a fight here, no ma’am
        Say I’m a goldbrick, a good-off, no good
        But that couldn’t be all that I am

        Water flows under the bridge
        Let it pass, let it go
        There’s no good reason that you should believe me
        Not yet, I know, but

        Someday and soon
        I’ll make you proud of your boy
        Though I can’t make myself taller
        Or smarter or handsome or wise

        I’ll do my best, what else can I do ?
        Since I wasn’t born perfect like Dad or you
        Mom, I will try to
        Try hard to make you
        Proud of your boy


Here’s the link to the clip of the original demo (sung by Alan Menken) put to storyboards in the two-disc special 10th anniversary edition of the DVD. It also includes commentaries from Ed Gombert (Story Supervisor), John Musker & Ron Clements (Producers/Directors), and of course, Alan Menken.

 

The DVD also includes Proud of Your Boy sung by the Gaiken, and three other songs in test versions: You Can Count On Me, Humiliate the Boy, and Why Me in the special features section.

 

 

 

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