![]() "Now I am on the shoreline, but I'm still lost at sea," he sings. 10 I Won’t Say (I’m In Love) Hercules Walt. In "Wild Uncharted Waters," Prince Eric yearns to see the mysterious young woman who saved him from drowning. From 'A Whole New World' to 'Under the Sea,' it is time for us to dive deep into the best original songs Alan Menken has composed for Disney. "We came up with this idea: what is she feeling when she first comes on land? And so John DeLuca and myself and David Magee came up with this idea for a song called “For the First Time,” which allowed for a full montage of her experiences on land." "Ariel had one song, and we had to hear more from her, even though she loses her voice to become a human," he explained. The film's director, Rob Marshall, told Deadline in a story published May 17 why the team added a new song for Ariel. The new songs, “For The First Time” and “Wild Unchartered Waters,” are sang by Halle Bailey (Ariel) and Jonah Hauer-King (Prince Eric), respectively. The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice is a four-disc box set highlighting the creative evolution behind the music of Disneys The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. “There are some lyric changes in ‘Kiss the Girl’ because people have gotten very sensitive about the idea that (Prince Eric) would, in any way, force himself on (Ariel)," he told Vanity Fair. Menken said he updated the lyrics to promote consent. In the new version, the last two phrases have been revised to, "Use your words, boy, and ask her / If the time is right and the time is tonight / Go on and kiss the girl." ![]() The original lyrics are, "Yes, you want her / Look at her, you know you do / Possible she want you too, there is one way to ask her / It don’t take a word, not a single word / Go on and kiss the girl." To move things along, Sebastian the crab sings “Kiss the Girl” while the duo are on a boat. Changes to 'Kiss the Girl'Īriel has three days once on land to have a kiss of "true love" with Prince Eric. ![]() But, the stipulations of their agreement say Ariel will regain her voice if she gets Prince Eric to fall in love with her, and kiss her, in the next three days. “We have some revisions in ‘Poor Unfortunate Souls’ regarding lines that might make young girls somehow feel that they shouldn’t speak out of turn, even though Ursula is clearly manipulating Ariel to give up her voice,” he told the outlet.īy the end of the song, Ariel gets legs, but Ursula has her voice now. ![]() Menken told Vanity Fair last month that he changed the lyrics to encourage women to be vocal. "You’ll have your looks, your pretty face / And don’t underestimate the importance of body language, ha! / The men up there don’t like a lot of blabber / They think a girl who gossips is a bore! / Yet on land it’s much preferred for ladies not to say a word / And after all dear, what is idle babble for? / Come on, they’re not all that impressed with conversation / True gentlemen avoid it when they can / But they dote and swoon and fawn / On a lady who’s withdrawn / It’s she who holds her tongue who get’s a man." ![]()
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