Aladdin - My Finest Hour (Deleted Song)

[@gdplayer8768]

This song is basically 80% dialogue, 20% singing

[@Dylan_-tu7zk]

Most people think this is one of the worst ones, but after listening to it a few times, I actually really like it.

[@jamestolbert1856]

I love it!

[@jamestolbert1856]

It represents his entire character!

[@ProdByClockwerk]

It fits Jafar character so well!

[@whatok3273]

Nice to finally see it, glad it was cut out. There's too much talking, "Why Me" should've been in the movie

[@aladdinarchives]

what ok I agree, it's more "talking as music plays" than actual singing. I love "Why Me" but I feel like the reprise they went with fit best for this scene. I would've loved to see "Why Me" earlier in the film though, Andreas Déjà suggested in an interview that it could've been sung while Jafar was putting on his old man disguise and I think that would've made for a nice scene

[@TrollMalefico1984]

I've listened to all the versions Jafar has for his "conquer", I must say I really liked "Why me?" until I heard this one. Since it's unfinished it sounds worse, but with the right instrumental part and a polish on the vocals it could bomb every other unreleased song and even the original release. Imho.

[@whatok3273]

@@TrollMalefico1984 Here’s the official HD recording of “Why Me”: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKCznWWLdsh-htU

[@whatok3273]

@@TrollMalefico1984 also here’s an HD recording of “Humiliate The Boy”: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZTCZ5qoiN2cm68

[@TrollMalefico1984]

@@whatok3273 Thanks! I've listened to them all previously, anyway. Despite the fact that My Finest Hour is unfinished, it still is my favorite now ^_^ (maybe I didn't explain myself well before :) )

[@disneyknightspadilla1406]

2:11 I wish that should’ve happened in the movie because I like the part when Abu and Raja teamed up together to stop Jafar while trying to protect their owners . But only to for Jafar to turn him back into a monkey while shrinking his age into a cub.

[@sammywestenberger9303]

R.I.P. Robin Williams & Gilbert Gottfried

[@jerramaurice7836]

I miss them both dearly

[@mikechicago6200]

Comedic geniuses and sucks they didnt used any of these 3 Jafar songs....they were cool

[@Natalia_Marlene]

Let's have an F in The Chat for The Voice Actor of Genie and Of Course Gilbert Gottfried, Voice Actor of Iago 😢😭😭

[@loganstanding3373]

I’ve been looking for this song

[@JacobSernaGarciaHog188]

2:49 my favorite part

[@evilcoolicebro8420]

The best part

[@jamestolbert1856]

I love this song so much!

[@Kulmara]

The scene wasn’t cut, but the removing this song was the right call. The Prince Ali reprise is waaay better, and this song is literally just the same scene but with an itty, bitty bit of extra singing… and Iago suggesting where to send the tower.

[@akrzton1]

I pointed this out in my Aladdin and the Yellow Belt videos when I was in East McKeesport approaching McKeesport. Imagine if this musical number crossed over with The Lion King since those 2 belts cross with each other!

[@akrzton1]

Also on Frankstown Road in Penn Hills!

[@cgdurrant]

Adding a song that is "about" Jafar wouldn't make too much sense this late in the movie. Whereas reprising Prince Ali makes alot of sense, given that this is the moment that is about Aladdin's reversal of fortune.

[@Tartubeman]

So This is where Jafar's leitmotif came from!

[@aladdinarchives]

Yep! I think it's neat that they used the music from this even though the song didn't make the cut

[@jeremiahnapier2516]

Where did this leitmotif played in the cartoon? Or in which score it sounded? Please, respond.

[@Tartubeman]

@@jeremiahnapier2516 It's all over kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpi9hZ6He5abnas and kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWmbqohjqsuehKc

[@yrooxrksvi7142]

@@jeremiahnapier2516 Literally EVERYTIME Jafar is on screen.

[@matthewmessenger4576]

Good

[@nanir8542]

I love this

[@-i_own_you_-]

There were so many jafar songs and scenes all deleted

[@leociresi4292]

Slave! I make my third wish, I wish to be, an all powerful genie!

[@ProdByClockwerk]

Why me and humiliated boy sound waaaay to peppy and happy for Jafar. This version fits the Jafar Character to a t!

[@xs0528]

I’ll say!

[@MovieEnforcer]

0:44 sounds a bit like the imperial march.

[@ernestocervone4056]

Aladdin with ost of star wars

[@ma3mc3mu-X]

2:43-4 Anyone notice Aladdin has a slight gut?

[@GMC6523]

Actually I like this version much better than the prince Ali song from Jafar either why me version

[@akrzton1]

This song should cross over with The Lion King in McKeesport.

[@xs0528]

I’ll say. This song or “Humilate the Boy” woulda made more to this story.

[@lizzychrome7630]

Dang, no wonder this was cut.

[@friedmarc837]

This is way better than "Why Me?"

[@xs0528]

I’ll say!

[@King_Nex]

My personal favorite is Humiliate the Boy

[@xs0528]

@@King_Nex Mine, too! Either this or that song shoulda been in the movie, not the Prince Ali reprise!!

[@redstreak9430]

Why Me > this > Humiliate the Boy imo. Idk where to rank Prince Ali Reprise but I think it works overall even if Jafar didn’t get a dedicated song to himself. It is interesting that this is the closet to the final movie.

[@shinyscraggy9172]

Humiliate the boy is better than all of them except maybe the prince Ali reprise

[@xs0528]

@@shinyscraggy9172Ya. Talk about disrespect. That song was Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s last song b/f Howard’s death, and Disney cut it!

[@gdplayer8768]

Nah. Humiliate the boy is way better than this

[@alexanderwaters2925]

Genie: You know al I'm getting eally- i don't think you're him. tonight The part of al will be played by a tall, dark, and sinister ugly man.

[@GalaxyRoyal]

If I have to do a Top 3 of Jafar’s deleted songs: 1. *Why Me?* Glad that it’s in Aladdin musicals as Jonathan Freeman played Jafar on stage until his final performance in 2022 2. *My Finest Hour* it explains his desire to feel evil and powerful for making a threatening villain 3. *Humilate The Boy* No comment, glad that it wasn’t included in the Final Cut which would’ve made Jafar silly and a villain parody. Came here after I met Paolo Domingo as the French voice of Aladdin from the 90s at a convention this year in 2024 but he only voiced Aladdin in the first animated movie, The Return Of Jafar and Kingdom Hearts 2 on PlayStation 2. 🇫🇷

[@WDI2008]

Did Howard Ashman or Tim Rice write the lyrics to this?

[@aladdinarchives]

Tim Rice!

[@lars7282]

It would’ve made the finale a bit more sophisticated, but it didn’t fit the movies vibe tbh

[@TechWizard28]

Jafar got the rennegan

[@isaiahadams1996]

It’s cool but “Why Me” was much better

[@xs0528]

Really?🤨

[@lucasmouraquaresma]

This deleted song is taken from the workprint?

[@aladdinarchives]

No, it was a bonus feature on Disney+ and on the Diamond Edition Blu-ray

[@xs0528]

@@aladdinarchives I’ve got to c that!

[@omegaman6494]

Would've preferred Humiliate the Boy to this, but this is still cool

[@xs0528]

Ya.

[@alexciarlo280]

Who sang This does anyone know?

[@juam1]

Jonathan Freeman as Jafar and Gilbert Gottfried as Iago

[@blingblingboy100m4]

0:52

[@bootslime]

2:41

[@j.p3289]

Too much talking, but cool to see the Proto Jafar Prince Ali song.

[@ayagodes5618]

Not the movie's finest hour 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@worldofartloveartwork1472]

I personally miss Abu as an elephant.

[@disneyknightspadilla1406]

I like the part when Abu and Raja teamed up together to stop Jafar before he turned them back into a monkey and a cub . That way, he has no two fearless beasts to interfere him.

[@ninjaworshipper]

this is the worse than the other deleted songs. glad this was cut, but Why Me? was good

[@xs0528]

Really?

[@bigfanofsb653]

This sucks. Half of the song is speaking and the song itself has a medicore melody in addition to lyrics that don't match the pace of the song. "Why me" is much better.

[@TrollMalefico1984]

It doesn't have to be entirely sung to be good. We have too much singing in Disney's films anyway.

[@bigfanofsb653]

@TrollMalefico1984 But the talking moments aren't naturally inserted. They felt jammed into the middle of the verses, making the song have almost no flow. Also, you do realize you're watching a musical right. They are going to sing a lot.

[@cr7069]

Prince Ali reprise is better!

[@GretchenLinton]

R.I.P. Robin Williams and Gilbert Gottfried!