My next musical moment in a 2004 movie comes from A Different Man, a darkly comic film about Edward (Sebastian Stan), a man with a serious facial deformity who receives a revolutionary treatment that makes him look… like Sebastian Stan.
He assumes a new identity and does his best to enjoy the life he denied his former self, but can’t shake his deep insecurity. The problem is compounded when he meets Oswald (Adam Pearson), a man with an even more severe facial deformity, but a confidence and swagger Edward could never begin to achieve.
In this clip, Oswald takes the stage at a karaoke bar and delivers a captivating performance of Rose Royce’s ‘I Wanna Get Next to You.’
Edward sits in the audience and watches the performance with a mixture of disbelief and jealousy. He thought he never sang karaoke because of his disfigurement, but realizes it’s so much more complicated than that.
Here’s a clip from the movie, and a full version of the song performed by Pearson is embedded at the bottom of the post.
Waitin’ on you
Aaahhh baby to see things my way
But not a word do you say
You won’t even look my way, yeah
Girl I’m spendin’ my dimes
Wastin’ my time
Talkin’ till I’m black and blue
Uh can’t you see
I wanna get next to you
Dreams of you when I go sailing by
When ever your eyes meet mine
Your so fine
And girl you make me feel so insecure
You’re so beautiful and pure
Why must you be unkind
And tell me I’m not your kind
Blowin’ my mind
Girl my, my money is low and I know
That I can’t take you to the fancy places
You might wanna go
Still I wanna get next to you
I wanna get next to you
Baby yeah
I Wanna Get Next to You
911
Aah aah aah aah aah
Aaahh yeah
Girl you can bend me, shape me, make me
What ever it takes to please you
I’m willing to do
Cause you’re my dream come true
And I wanna get next to you
Baby yeah
I wanna get next to you
I wanna make you mine for all of time
(I wanna get next to you)
I promise I’ll never make you blue
I wanna get next to you
So let love begin between me and you
(I wanna get next to you)
Girl I’m in love with you
(I wanna get next to you)
Haven’t seen this one, and not sure I’m going to.
I watched part of it and opted to move on to something else. I may catch the rest at some point. I would like to see the scene described in your comments.