Hal Duncan's Blog, page 19

Go ye and read this if you're wondering what the fuck this is.

This song follows on from the previous.


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"Comfort My Cunt (Reprise)"

VAGINA:His power in the puddle drowned,His seed all spattered on the ground.Oh, such a waste, to throw awayThe bliss for which my cunt has prayed,Comfort my cunt.Comfort my cuntLABIA/CLITORIX;So lovers are when full of fire.They come as quickly as desire.They

Go ye and read this if you're wondering what the fuck this is.


Yes, Virtuoso has become something of a shameless rip-off of Pirelli from Sweeney Todd... except with an accent mashing up French, German, Italian and Spanish. I figure he's trying to be "cosmopolitan."


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"Les Goots of Virtuoso"
[Scene: The streets of Sodom. VIRTUOSO stands outside his dildo shop. Enter VAGINA, LABIA and

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Another disco number, lashings of "Disco Inferno" with a little hint of "Soul Man" in that "strange flesh."

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"Blessings from Gomorrah"
[Scene: A grove. BOLLOX lazes on the grass, fondling himself. Enter PEEN.]PEEN:Sire, O, sire!There's a stranger at the gatesFrom Gomorrah or tomorrowLooking cool the way he waitsHe was sent from

Go ye and read this if you're wondering what the fuck this is.

There's some big liberties being taken with the source here. In the original, it's General Buggeranthus who recounts the second-hand confession of a random woman he's encountered who once tried it on with a horse. I figured it would work better attached to an actual character; also, in the world of musicals a female triplet like this

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Musically, this reprises/develops the theme of "With My Prick I Shall Govern the Land." Just so's you know. It's a pity you can't hear how it sounds in my head, actually. It's, like, totally anthemic.


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"The Gift of Sodomy"

[Enter BOLLOX, BORASTUS and PUCKENELLO.]BOLLOX:Since I've buggered human arse I findMy cock to cunt is not

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I don't know if it's because I picture General Buggerman as something of a handlebar-moustached General Melchett from Blackadder Goes Forth, but I can only imagine him singing in the terribly posh, perfectly enunciated tones you'd expect in a Noel Coward song, or from some Gilbert & Sullivan major-general, modern or otherwise.


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You're not going to have chanced on this entry without knowing the backstory, are you? Me rewriting The Farce of Sodom as a musical? If you're like "Whuh?!" go here. Otherwise...

With this number, I'm not sure it isn't just a continuation of "A Helping Hand," but it feels like there should be a break between them. I'm tempted to move this to after the next song coming up, indeed, stage it with

Going by the order in the original Restoration play I'm adapting to a pornotropic Spectacular Spectacular, the previous Prickett and Swivia scene should actually come directly before this, but I rather think it might be better to introduce them earlier, with "A Most Obliging Friend" coming after "The Two-Timer's Waltz" and before "Comfort My Cock." This, then, would stand as a jaunty wee opener

Apparently the big finish to Act One of Sodom! The Musical is a disco number. It's certainly got a beat not unlike that of "Disco Inferno" in my head. I'm sure the opening's riffing off something in particular actually but I'll be damned if I can think what.


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"Fuck Me Again (And Again And Again)"

CUNTIGRATIA
To the grotto, come, help me unwind.
Got a General running through my mind.
Hear

From Sodom! The Musical. Again, following on directly from the previous post. Yes, that's two posts in the space of ten minutes or so! Well, I had both songs written, and the other one's only wee. Anyway


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"Of All the Pricks to Choose"

[Scene: A portico next to a garden adorned with naked statues of both sexes in various postures. In the middle of the garden is a woman representing a