The movie starts off with Hedwig and his band singing to uninterested geriatrics in a Denny's-styled restaurant. Upon first hearing, I didn't really like the song much, but after a few more listens, it became one of my favorites. The best part is the beginning - "Don't you know me? I'm the new Berlin Wall, baby. Try and tear me down!"
2. Origin Of Love
Tan told me that his Writing 39B class watched the movie, and he suggested that I listen to this song specifically since it also tied in to what I was learning in Humanities Core. The song tells the exact story of Aristophanes' theory of human evolution, so it's pretty long at 5:26. Nevertheless, it's an educational one.
3. Angry Inch
The funniest and most obscene song in the movie. I laugh every time Hedwig sings, "Long story short, when I woke up from the operation, I was bleeding down there. I was bleeding from the gash between my legs. My first day as a woman and already it’s that time of the month. But two days later the hole closed up, the wound healed, and I was left with a one inch mound of flesh where my penis used to be, where my vagina never was, a one inch mound of flesh with a scar running down it like a sideways grimace on an eyeless face. Just a little bulge, it was an angry inch." In the movie, Hedwig's body movements and facial expressions go along with the words perfectly.
4. Wicked Little Town (Tommy Gnosis Version)
Michael Pitt sang this pretty well, but there's always been something about him that I didn't like, especially in that movie he did with Ryan Gosling and Sandra Bullock, Murder By Numbers. Must be his lips.
5. Wig In A Box
It picks up in the middle and gets fun when he invites you to sing along.
6. The Long Grift
I think this might be my favorite. "Look what you've done, you gigolo..." Takes colloquial words and sets them to slow music.
7. Hedwig's Lament
Ah, piano. Not much to say about this one, I should listen to it more.
8. Exquisite Corpse
Good rock number. I love it when Miriam Shor comes in. Her high voice contrasts nicely with Hedwig's deeper tone.
9. Midnight Radio
When I was driving Mantog to school, Hedwig sang "Rain... falls... down..." and a few drops of rain splattered on my windshield and then suddenly stopped. It was so freaky. Well, it might've been bird crap, but still, what a coincidence! So that's what I think about every time I hear this song now.
10. Nailed
A song about Jesus Christ getting nailed. I don't really listen for the subject matter.
11. Sugar Daddy
This is one of my favorites too. It's fun, lighthearted and country. After watching Hedwig sing and dance to this, I've come to the conclusion that John Cameron Mitchell should've been born a woman. All would be right in the world.
12. Freaks (With Girls Against Boys)
The worst song on the album. My god, what the hell?
13. In Your Arms Tonight
Similar to "The Long Grift" in style, but a little more upbeat.
14. Wicked Little Town (Hedwig Version)
Different version but still good.
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