Maile has been watching a new series called Schitt’s Creek starring Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara and we’ve been obsessed with this scene. Moira is trying out for the Jazzagals and IÂ think she nails it.
There are so many funny nuances to her impromptu performance. My favorite is the song itself – stuck in my head for days – with its perfectly enigmatic, absurd opening line featuring the word Log. Makes me laugh, every time.
There are only a few lines before she’s incoherent, lost in loony scatting. And the whole thing is done with such false-modesty and confidence.
Someone held me on that log, it should have been you
Someone’s arms were big and strooong, it should have been you
I warned you I was lonely, but you didn’t seem to care
no, no, no, [starts scatting]… a woman’s tears… [scat solo]
Someone left me on that log, it should have been you
What is it that is so tender and hilarious about bad singing done with utter conviction?! When it’s not intended as comedy, which is most of the time, we have to not laugh. But here we have full permission and it’s a gloriously guilty pleasure.
It’s also such a pleasure to see Catherine O’Hara doing her amateur auditions again because we are already such fans of Waiting for Guffman, and this audition scene in particular from 20 years ago.
This is definitely one of my favorite scenes! But she actually sings, “Someone held me all night looooong”. Her accent does totally cover that “n” though!
Oh, and the last line is “Someone loved me all night long”….haha
Thanks, Asbjorn. That’s funny, we thought she said “log”!
I believe she is saying in her scat were:
” Someone held me all night long, it should have been you.”
Someone’s arms were big and strong, it should have been you.”
What is that song though?!! I must listen to it! No searches have resulted in any results!! HELLLPPPP!