Do You Hear The People Sing? by lazarus57

lazarus57 - Do You Hear The People Sing?

lazarus57

Apr 22, 2025 09:20am

WHEEL OF FORTUNE - ROUND 4 FINAL<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/JUD7/5b835a3229_M6ZM_media.jpg"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/hYZugdq.gif"> "Do You Hear the People Sing?" ("<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">French</a>: À la Volonté du Peuple", literally To the Will of the People, in the original French version) is one of the principal and most recognisable songs from the 1980 musical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(musical)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Les Misérables</a>. It is sung twice in the stage musical.<h2>Overview</h2>The song, composed by Claude-Michel Schönberg (music), Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel (original French lyrics), and Herbert Kretzmer (English lyrics) is first sung in Act I by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enjolras" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Enjolras</a> and the other students at the ABC Cafe as they prepare themselves to launch a rebellion in the streets of Paris during the funeral procession of General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Maximilien_Lamarque" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jean Maximilien Lamarque</a>. The song is sung again in the finale as the final song of the musical. This second version, which immediately follows a number by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Valjean" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jean Valjean</a> and others, is sung by the entire cast with revised lyrics, and becomes progressively louder with each stanza.The song is a revolutionary call for people to overcome adversity. The "barricades" referred to in the song are erected by the rebel students in the streets of Paris in the musical's second act. They are to draw the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_(France)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">National Guard</a> into combat and ignite a civilian uprising to overthrow the government, but their rebellion eventually fails. <ul><li>At a special concert marking the tenth anniversary of Les Misérables in 1995, "Do You Hear the People Sing?" was sung by 17 different actors who had played Jean Valjean around the world. Each actor sang a line of the song in his own language. The languages sung were English, French, German, Japanese, Hungarian, Swedish, Polish, Dutch, Norwegian, Czech, Danish, and Icelandic.</li></ul><h3>Use as a protest song</h3><h3>Use in politics</h3><h3>On 16 September 2016, during his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign,_2016" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">presidential campaign</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Donald Trump</a> used the song in a rally in Miami under the parody title Les Déplorables, a response to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hillary Clinton</a>'s controversial "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basket_of_deplorables" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">basket of deplorables</a>" label.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_You_Hear_the_People_Sing%3F#cite_note-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[20]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_You_Hear_the_People_Sing%3F#cite_note-21" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[21]</a> On 15 November 2022, it was among the songs played before Trump announced his 2024 presidential campaign.</h3><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.1cRwqHOnObjwuhQdt5QrTwHaK0?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain" alt="Do You Hear the People Sing? (print), Michael McCain | Les miserables ..."><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.e1e3144214a94d5541d37724baac0d7a?rik=1LeJS%2b405LlmXw&riu=http%3a%2f%2fvignette4.wikia.nocookie.net%2flesmiserables%2fimages%2f2%2f2e%2fDoYouHearThePeopleSing.png%2frevision%2flatest%3fcb%3d20130206114500&ehk=CvcCbpVQ66BT5OmmqiDp7eDogrelshdbYC9ZoTJEbYc%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0" alt="Do You Hear the People Sing? | Les Misérables Wiki | FANDOM powered by ...">