Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Raúl Esparza
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Brooke Elliott & Raúl Esparza & Euan Morton
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Sarah Uriarte Berry
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Raúl Esparza
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Jeffrey Carlson
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Boy George
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Cary Shields & Euan Morton & Brooke Elliott & Raúl Esparza
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Euan Morton
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Jeffrey Carlson & Euan Morton
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Boy George & Cary Shields & Sarah Uriarte Berry & Euan Morton
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Euan Morton
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Boy George & Jeffrey Carlson & Euan Morton
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Boy George & Taboo Original Broadway Cast
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Brooke Elliott
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Jeffrey Carlson & Euan Morton
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Cary Shields
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Boy George
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Raúl Esparza
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Boy George & Jeffrey Carlson & Cary Shields & Raúl Esparza & Euan Morton
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Sarah Uriarte Berry
Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Taboo Original Broadway Cast & Sarah Uriarte Berry & Jeffrey Carlson & Cary Shields & Raúl Esparza & Brooke Elliott & Euan Morton
In Taboo’s opening number, Philip Sallon introduces the audience to the 1980s London counter-culture club scene where the musical takes place. This is a dark, strange group of people who self-identify as “freaks” and do what they can to avoid blending in with the norm.
PHILIP
Give me a freak
Any day of the week
I'm comfortable with those you call demented
Give me a freak
Not someone meek
With space between their ears that can be rented
I like noise
Aggressive boys
Hookers, thieves and queers and those confused
If you knew
What I knew
You'd be a freak too
I'm known in all the wrong places
I'm one of those faces
You'll never forget
And those who may not adore me
Could never ignore me
I'm placing a bet
I can be real shallow if I try
But there's so much more to me than meets the eye
My manner can be misconstrued as trite
ENSEMBLE
Yeah, right!
PHILIP
I'm irrepressible - a creature of the night
These rags don't tell the whole story
I live for the glory of turning your heads
ENSEMBLE
And while he has your attention
He'd kill for a mention
PHILIP
In the popular press
I'm the holy mother of invention
I'm so hip I never need to try
The perfect cure for your anal retention
I'm unforgettable, a creature of desire
SOME FREAKS-------------------------OTHER FREAKS
I'm known in all the wrong places----Gimme, gimme a freak
I'm one of those faces-----------------Any day of the week
You'll never forget---------------------I'm comfortable with
-----------------------------------------Those you call demented
And those who may not adore me---Give me a freak
Could never ignore me----------------Not someone meek
I'm placing a bet----------------------With space between
-----------------------------------------Their ears that
-----------------------------------------Can be rented
I can be real shallow if I try-----------I like noise
But there's so much more to---------Aggressive boys
Me than meets the eye---------------Hookers, thieves and
-----------------------------------------Queers and those
-----------------------------------------Confused
My manner can be--------------------If you knew
Misconstrued as trite-----------------What I knew
I'm irrepressible-----------------------You'd be a freak too!
A creature of the night
ALL
You'd be a freak too!
SOME FREAKS-------------------------OTHER FREAKS
You know I'm known------------------Gimme, gimme a freak
In all the wrong places----------------Any day of the week
I'm one of those faces----------------Freak, freak, freak freak
You'll never forget...-------------------Freak, freak, freak freak
You'll never forget
ALL
You'll never forget
SOME FREAKS-------------------------OTHER FREAKS
You'll never forget...-------------------Gimme a freak...
You'll never forget---------------------Gimme a freak...
ALL
Gimme a freak... gimme a freak
Gimme a freak... gimme a freak
Gimme a freak
Give Me A Freak / Ode To Attention Seekers was written by Boy George & John Themis & Richie Stevens & Kevan Frost.