Les Miserables: A Song For Everyone

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(A new fanmix idea I’m taking out on the road – one song for each character. Has it been done before? Almost definitely. But not by me!)

(…yes I am aware there was a musical…)

Listen to it here!

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Valjean
I’m A Changed Man – Otis Redding
You did this, baby
You did that
You little girl you showed me where I was at
Now I’m a changed man
I’ve been baptised
And I’m a changed man
I’m a brand new guy, yeah, yeah

Javert
A Man Comes Around – Johnny Cash
Whoever is unjust let him be unjust still.
Whoever is righteous let him be righteous still.
Whoever is filthy let him be filthy still.
Listen to the words long written down,
When the man comes around.

Fantine
Torn – Natalie Imbruglia
I’m all out of faith
This is how I feel
I’m cold and I am shamed
Lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed
Into something real
I’m wide awake and I can see
The perfect sky is torn
You’re a little late, I’m already torn

Bishop Myriel
Heaven’s Here On Earth – Tracy Chapman
Look around
Believe in what you see
The kingdom is at hand
The promised land is at your feet
We can and will become what we aspire to be
If Heaven’s here on earth

Fauchelevent
Everybody’s Changing – Keane
So little time
Try to understand that I’m
Trying to make a move just to stay in the game
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody’s changing
And I don’t feel the same

Tholomyes
Start Wearing Purple – Gogol Bordello
Start wearing purple, wearing purple
Start wearing purple for me now
All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish
I promise, it’s just a matter of time
I know you since you were a twenty, I was twenty,
and thought that some years from now
a purple little little lady will be perfect
for dirty old and useless clown

Cosette
Just A Little Girl – Amy Studt
‘Cause I’m just a little girl you see
But there’s a hell of a lot more to me
Don’t ever underestimate what I can do
Don’t ever tell me how I’m meant to be
You say I’m just a little girl, just a little girl
How can I compare? What do I know?
What have I got to share?
But there’s nothing in this world, nothing in this world
That could hold me down, can’t you hear me?

Marius
Shining – Kristian Leontiou
Who am I to break this young girl’s heart
How the mighty rise and fall
I will not be beaten
You have yet to see me shining, shining
I will not be beaten
You have yet to see me shining, shining
I won’t take this lying down

Eponine
Bones – Ms Mr
Dig up her bones but leave the soul alone
Lost in the pages of self made cages
Life slips away and the ghosts come to play
These are hard times
These are hard times for dreamers
And love lost believers

Thenardier
The Rake’s Song – The Decemberists
I had entered into a marriage
In the summer of my twenty-first year
And the bells rang for our wedding
Only now do I remember it clear
Alright! Alright! Alright!
No more a rake and no more a bachelor
I was wedded and it whetted my thirst
Until her womb start spilling out babies
Only then did I reckon my curse

Madame Thenardier
My Man – Billie Holiday
It cost me a lot
But there’s one thing that I’ve got
It’s my man
It’s my man
Cold or wet
Tired, you bet
All of this I’ll soon forget
With my man
He’s not much on looks
He’s no hero out of books
But I love him

Gavroche
Children Of The Revolution – Bono/Gavin Friday/Maurice Seezer
Well you can bump and grind
And it’s good for your mind
Well you can twist and shout
Let it all hang out
But you won’t fool the children of the revolution
No you won’t fool the children of the revolution

Enjolras
Uprising – Muse
They will not force us
And they will stop degrading us
And they will not control us
We will be victorious, so come on
Interchanging mind control
Come let the revolution take its toll
If you could flick a switch and open your third eye
You’d see that we should never be afraid to die

Grantaire
Sick, Sober and Sorry – Gene
When this storm passes
When the clouds starts to break
I will stand in the sunshine
Awaiting my fate
I hope it comes quickly
I hope I feel no pain
Just hold me in those arms again
Please don’t stop me from drinking […]
At the Tower of London
I swear I heard you cry
“For one taste of a good man, I would die”

Combeferre
The Scientist – Coldplay
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh, take me back to the start.
I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling your puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart

Courfeyrac
You’re My Best Friend – Queen
You’re the best friend
that I ever had
I’ve been with you such a long time
You’re my sunshine
And I want you to know
That my feelings are true
I really love you
You’re my best friend

Jehan
The Parting Glass – Emily Kinney and Lauren Cohan
Of all the comrades that e’er I had, they’re sorry for my going away,
And all the sweethearts that e’er I had, they would wish me one more day to stay,
But since it falls unto my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I’ll gently rise and I’ll softly call,
Goodnight and joy be with you all

Joly
Miracle Drug – U2
Freedom has a scent
Like the top of a new born baby’s head
The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I’ve seen enough I’m not giving up
On a miracle drug
Of science and the human heart
There is no limit
There is no failure here sweetheart
Just when you quit

Bousset
If I Had A Million Dollars – The Bakenaked Ladies
If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well, I’d buy you a house
I would buy you a house
And if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
I’d buy you furniture for your house

Feuilly
Winterborn – The Cruxshadows
So bury fear, for fate draws near
And hide the signs of pain
With noble acts, the bravest souls
Endure the heart’s remains
Discard regret, that in this debt
A better world is made
That children of a newer day might remember
And avoid our fate

Bahorel
Riot – Three Days Grace
You’re not the only one
Refusing to go down
You’re not the only one
So get up
Let’s start a riot
Let’s start a riot […]
If you feel so empty
So used up, so let down
If you feel so angry
Just get up

Mabeuf
Gimme Shelter – The Rolling Stones
Oh, a storm is threat’ning
My very life today
If I don’t get some shelter
Oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away
War, children, it’s just a shot away
It’s just a shot away […]
Ooh, see the fire is sweepin’
Our very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost its way

Madame Hucheloup
Dead Hearts – Stars
Tell me everything that happened,
Tell me everything you saw.
They had lights inside their eyes…
They had lights inside their eyes…
Did you see the closing window,
Did you hear the slamming door?
They moved forward and my heart died…
They moved forward and my heart died…
Please, please tell me what they looked like,
Did they seem afraid of you?
They were kids that I once knew…
They were kids that I once knew…

Gillenormand
Children Will Listen – Barbara Streisand
Careful the tale you tell.
That is the spell.
Children will listen…
How can you say to a child who’s in flight,
Don’t slip away and I won’t hold so tight?
What can you say that no matter how slight won’t be misunderstood?
What do you leave to your child when you’re dead
Only what ever you put in it’s head

Claquesous
Red Right Hand – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
A shadow is cast wherever he stands
Stacks of green paper in his
red right hand
You’ll see him in your nightmares,
you’ll see him in your dreams
He’ll appear out of nowhere but
he ain’t what he seems

Gueulemer
The Boogie Monster – Gnarls Barkley
At first I was scared when
I looked at his eyes
But now that I know him I’m not that surprised
I’m just waiting on the sun to rise
Oh how I wish that old sun would rise […]
I used to wonder why he looked familiar
Then I realized it was a mirror

Babet
Dentist – Steve Martin (Little Shop Of Horrors OST)
Son, be a dentist!
People will pay you to be inhumane
Your temperament’s wrong for the priesthood
And teaching would suit you still less
Son, be a dentist!
You’ll be a success!

Montparnasse
Suited and Booted – My Life Story
Suited and booted run a flick comb through my hair
And if you don`t speak the word on the street
You’re nah nah nah nah no one there
All dressed up and I’m in my prime
All dressed up and I wear what I am
I`m soon to be seen
Coz the city is me

Azelma
Keep The Streets Empty For Me – Fever Ray
Morning, keep the streets empty for me
I’m laying down eating snow
My fur is hot, my tongue is cold
On a bed of spider web
I think of how to change myself
A lot of hope in a one man tent
There’s no room for innocence
Take me home before the storm

The Young Thenardiers
Don’t You Forget About Me – Simple Minds
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
Down, down, down
Will you recognise me?
Call my name or walk on by […]
Will you call my name when you walk away
Or will you walk away?