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"NO MORE MR. NICE GUY"

From NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET! THE MUSICAL

Original song by Alice Cooper, with additional lyrics by Diane N. Tran


SONG TYPE:  Hard Rock

SCENE PLAYER(S):
   - Freddy Krueger, the murderer
   - Katherine Krueger, his six-year-old daughter
   - Child custody lawyer
   - Prepubescents (three to five)  
   - Male chorus (offstage)

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Outside the federal courts, FREDDY KRUEGER has gotten free from his murder trail due to a technicality.  He should be pleased, but isn't because he looses custody of his six-year-old daughter, KATHERINE KRUEGER, and after a tearful goodbye, she is taken away by a CHILD CUSTODY LAWYER supplied by the city.  KATHERINE hugs close a teddy bear, which has long stitches across its belly, a souvenir from a previous kill of his, which he begrudgingly gave to his daughter because she wanted it.

She drops the teddy bear accidentally before exiting offstage, but
LAWYER turns stops to pick up the teddy bear, notices the stitches, and throws the bear at the alleged Springwood Slasher.
    CHILD CUSTODY LAWYER (spoken spitefully):
         Burn in hell, Krueger!
Exit LAWYER.  Picking up the stuffed bear, FREDDY silently contemplates his situation and concern that be may never see his daughter again, as he traces the stitches with his fingers.  Spotlight on him, alone, a flood of emotions boil over within him.
    FREDDY (sung mournfully):
         Oh, you always were such a sweet, sweet thing
         So young and free
         I stand here helpless to see you stolen away
         My lil' princess-to-be
         Don't you believe what they say in those papers
         That you can't be seen ... with me
         And I'm gettin' real shot down
         And I'm ... feelin' mean

    FREDDY, CHORUS (sung violently):
         I'm sayin', no more Mister Nice Guy
         No more Mister Cl-e-e-ean
         No more Mister Nice Guy
         They say, I'm sick, I'm obsc-e-e-ne
He throws the bear offstage in a fury; he puts on his hat and razor glove.
    FREDDY (spoken):
         They don't know me very well
         I'm just a sweetheart

    FREDDY (sung):
         Don't you believe what they say in those papers
         Now you can't be seen ... with me
         And I'm feelin' real shot down
         And I'm ... gettin' mean

    FREDDY, CHORUS:
         Singin', no more Mister Nice Guy
         No more Mister Cl-e-e-ean
         No more Mister Nice Guy
         They say, I'm sick, I'm obsc-e-e-ene
He hungrily stalks a church playground with a small group of naughty PREPUBESCENTS who are cautiously lighting cigarettes, sipping beer, and reading the centerfold of a Playboy magazine.
    FREDDY:
         I wandered through the streets that night
         And somethin' caught my eye

    CHORUS:
         Nice guy

    FREDDY:
         Daddy snuck amongst the parks and playgrounds
         Blades wavin' high
         I hid behind incognito
         I arrived and rose ... the Springwood Slasher
         Tipped his hat and sliced 'em 'cross the nose

    FREDDY (spoken):
         Laughin', no more ... nice guy!

    FREDDY, CHORUS:
         No more Mister Nice Guy
         No more Mister Cl-e-e-ean
         No more Mister Nice Guy
         I say, I'm sick, I'm obsc-e-e-ne

         Screamin', no more Mister Nice Guy
         No more Mister Cl-e-e-ean
         No more Mister Nice Guy
         Baby, I'm sick, I'm obsc-e-e-ne
         E-e-e, e-e-e, e-e-e-ne
He steals the cigarette from the lips of one of the disemboweled victims, takes a long drag, and exhales a heavy, heavenly sigh and cold chuckle.
    FREDDY (spoken):
         How sweet — Fresh meat
He undoes his pants and turns his back to audience, facing the dead children, as the lights go dark.
    CHORUS (sung):
         Nice guy, yeah!
End scene.
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"Welcome to prime-time, bitch...!"

This is all my friend's fault! I've been helping my friend, ~Lady-Rorschach, co-write her Nightmare on Elm Street fanfic, "Innocent Demon", which is a re-invention of life of Freddy Krueger before was "killed" by the parents of Springwood. Not too long ago, she uploaded a Nightmare on Elm Street! The Musical song list as a joke. I, as did a few others, screamed, "Holy shit, that's awesome! I would pay to see this! We should totally do this!" So a few of us are knocking our heads together to make this a reality, based on the films (specifically Dream Child, Freddy's Dead, and intro to Freddy vs. Jason), the Freddy's Nightmares TV series, our fanfics, and our personal theories of the character of Freddy Krueger.

Technically, I don't know anything about music composition, but I do know poetry and enough general knowledge about musicology to muddle my way through, learning more as I go, along with a handy-dandy rhyming dictionary at hand and a ton of patience. Baby steps, baby steps...

On the song list, Abri wrote song title "No More Mr. Nice Guy," where Freddy goes on a rampage after loosing custody of his daughter. Although I attempted to try to think of original lyrics, Alice Cooper's song of the same name was all I could hear — on a loop! I'm going to bow to his greatness of the King of Shock Rock, who ironically played Freddy's abusive stepfather Mr. Underwood in Freddy's Dead (and met in person not too long ago at Texas Frightmare Weekend — he was a sweetheart!) and took his original song and tweaked the words slightly (à la Weird Al) in order to work it into the story, constructing like a Stephen Sondheim libretto/script. This song was inspired by the episode "No More Mr. Nice Guy," the pilot from Freddy's Nightmares TV series (which was a poor man's Tales of the Crypt) and it is perhaps the best episode of the series and then the series promptly went down from there... (Any dialogue that labeled as "spoken" should be "spoken in song"! "Sins of the Father" will be composed as a separate song. Don't be mad, Alice — I love you, babe!)

A Nightmare on Elm Street © Wes Craven/New Line Cinema.
"No More Mr. Nice Guy" (original song) © Alice Cooper, with additional lyrics by Diane N. Tran.
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~ZADRgirl2113 Jan 24, 2013  Hobbyist Writer
Amazing work your gallery is awesome too! Innocent Demon is really awesome too! :dance:
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*tranimation-art Jan 28, 2013  Professional Filmographer
Awwww, thank you! That really means a lot to me! I worked very hard on INNOCENT DEMON, but sadly I don't get a lot of appreciation or recognition for my writing.
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~ZADRgirl2113 Jan 29, 2013  Hobbyist Writer
You're welcome! I think you should continue innocent demon,I wanna finish it. Even if nobody else reads it, I'll read it! :eager:
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*tranimation-art Jan 29, 2013  Professional Filmographer
I have full intention of continuing INNOCENT DEMON. The next chapter is finished, but because people don't really comment on it, I don't intend to post the chapter until about March. Each chapter should be scheduled for about every four months. This way, gives time for people time to read it and comment on it (if they every do). When I post the chapters close together, I don't seem to get many comments at all... It's strange really.
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~ZADRgirl2113 Jan 29, 2013  Hobbyist Writer
Awesome!! I'll be sure to read them and comment on them, whenever I can! :D
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*tranimation-art Jan 29, 2013  Professional Filmographer
See my journal entry. I just posted creativity statuses on the chapters for INNOCENT DEMON.
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~MiyukiAkatsuki122 Mar 18, 2011  Hobbyist Artist
i think i just.. i.. you.. adjsinakhdj -faints-
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*tranimation-art Mar 18, 2011  Professional Filmographer
Uh-oh, you okay? (fans you, gets out smelling salts)
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~MiyukiAkatsuki122 Mar 18, 2011  Hobbyist Artist
@_@.. I-I'm fine.. just.. astounded, as always..
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*tranimation-art Mar 18, 2011  Professional Filmographer
Thanks! Hahahaha! I wasn't too sure how a singing Freddy would be taken, but...he use to rap, so why not...
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