5. Don't Fall In Love - Beauty & The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0C8sL89YYo Ok, so this little-known, direct-to-video sequel to Beauty and the Beast was pretty mediocre at best. One of its saving graces is Tim Curry as Forte, the villainous composer transformed into an pipe organ. Unlike most of the castle's staff, Forte doesn't want to return to humanity, presumably because you're significantly harder to kill if you're a twenty foot-tall musical instrument. Because having Tim Curry in a film without giving him a musical number is basically a criminal offence, he gets a lovely segment where he persuades the Beast that falling in love with Belle is a bad idea. And by "persuades", we mean "brainwashes into a psychotic, anti-Christmas rage". The song, which mostly extols the virtues of self-love over getting attached to another living being, includes the brilliant line. If you're turned on,just turn off. This is probably the most direct reference to arousal in any Disney film. But because The Enchanted Christmas went direct to video, very few people have seen the film, let alone had the chance to analyse the lyrics. As a result, Don't Fall in Love is not only one of the most inappropriate songs created by the studio, but also one of the most obscure.
Freddie Rochez
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With a (nearly) useless degree in English literature and a personal trainer qualification he's never used, Freddie spends his times writing things that he hopes will somehow pay the rent. He's also a former professional singer, and plays the saxophone and ukulele. He's not really used to talking about himself in the third person, and would like to stop now, thanks.
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