Shawn Patterson, Oscar- and Grammy-nominated songwriter, presents four songs from his upcoming musical about Sarah Palin, "It Came From Wasilla" - Plus: "Snacks and Socks" about current events in Oregon

By Patrick

The composer and songwriter Shawn Patterson, who received an Oscar- and a Grammy nomination for his truly awesome song "Everything is Awesome" from the even more awesome "Lego Movie"...

...makes good on his promise to write a musical about Sarah Palin and published the first four songs from the upcoming musical on the website www.itcamefromwasilla.com. We very much hope that the musical will finally find its way on stage, as the published songs are wonderful and very witty!

These four songs are called:

1. WE'RE ALASKA (AND WE ARE BETTER THAN YOU)

2. AMATEURS BUILD THE ARK

3. NORTHERN LIGHTS

4. TROOPERGATE

The lyrics show that Shawn Patterson has done some diligent research about Sarah Palin and the environment she emerged from. Also, the lyrics of the song "Troopergate" are a very accurate narration of the facts of one of Sarah Palin's famous scandals.

I cannot embed the songs here, but you can listen to them on the mentioned website (screenshot):

So, enjoy the songs! We cannot wait for the next ones! :-)

The website explains:

Welcome to the brand new stage musical from Academy Award and Grammy nominated Composer and Songwriter Shawn Patterson, “It Came From Wasilla”. From the remote, no rules frontier of tiny Wasilla, Alaska, this is the unknown, fictional / non-fiction story of Governor Sarah Palin and her best friend, Jesus that you never heard.

Set on a mission to lead the USA with their hard-core conservative values; Sarah and Jesus climb, seek, bumble and destroy their way all the way to the top of the presidential campaign trail. Along with husband Todd, bratty teen daughter Bristol, white trash boyfriend Levi Johnston, and Sarah’s faithful staff, this ensemble story is a genuine rags to riches tale with heart.

Necrophilia, power, sin, witchcraft, teen pregnancy, greed, lust, politics, corruption, black mail, religion and more all set to over the top catchy songs; this is dark musical comedy at it’s finest. It’s “The Wizard of Oz” meets “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure”… meets a fully loaded crack pipe. This musical is currently being shopped in both New York and Los Angeles.

We do hope that Shawn Patterson will be successful in bringing this musical to the big stage. After all, the public interest in the Palin-family never ceases, as the current new very public "baby-battle" proves.

Also, Sarah Palin can be seen as the person "who started it all", who brought the "crazy" into mainstream politics. Donald Trump is her rightful heir, and it is definitely worth to explore where the crazy came from. It comes from a little town in Alaska, where a night in the "Mug Shot Saloon", just round the corner of Sarah Palin's house, is regarded as a great night out.

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BONUS 1:

Just today, Shawn Patterson also uploaded a brand-new song on youtube, about some Yahoos in Oregon, which you will certainly enjoy: "Snacks and Socks."

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BONUS 2:

This one is of course unrelated to Sarah Palin, but on the internet, we can also be heroes, just for one day:

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BONUS 3:

For the occasion, in memory of David Bowie - one of the most beautiful music-videos ever published:

Oscar-nominated songwriter and composer Shawn Patterson currently writes a musical about Sarah Palin - Title: "It Came From Wasilla"

By Patrick

Sarah Palin, former Republican vice-presidential candidate and Governor, already inspired quite a number of artists during her reign of terror as America's most notorious right-wing political entertainer. The winking bi-polar bear from Alaska over the years triggered the creation of a number of artworks, for example paintings like this one:

A large collection of fascinating paintings and other graphics featuring Sarah Palin can be found here.

These days, Sarah Palin pretty much falls apart right in front of our eyes, mercilessly exposed especially by her bizarre speeches and her fruitcake interviews. It really has become a pitiful display, almost too embarrassing to watch.

However, she still manages to inspire artists. Shawn Patterson is the composer and songwriter of the song "Everything is Awesome", written for highly acclaimed "Lego Movie", for which he for example earned nominations for an Oscar and a Grammy.

In case you haven't heard the song yet - here it is, and there's a pretty good chance you might want to listen to it over and over again:

There is even an one-hour-version - and the version from the Oscar night.

Shawn Patterson

So, what has Shawn Patterson to do with Sarah Palin? Nothing, it seems - at first.

However, that is not true at all.

In a major recent interview with the "Daily Beast", Shawn Patterson explains that he has great and sincere plans in regards to Sarah Palin:

That musical. We must talk about it. It’s about, and correct me if I’m wrong, Jesus and Sarah Palin saving the world?

Yup. It’s called It Came From Wasilla. It’s really over the top. It’s very silly. I haven’t really discussed it much publicly. It’s a buddy picture [laughs]. Jesus arrives to the Promised Land of Alaska to retool and save the world with Sarah and make sure things are set right with the GOP. It’s a very wild telling. It’s not based on specific factual events in her life. I’ve seen a lot of parody done on her on YouTube and this and that. I haven’t been impressed with very much of it. This is more Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz meets Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure got hold of a crack pipe. I am confident that it’s going to upset some people.

Oh I’m sure she’s going to be thrilled.

[Laughs] You know, she may like it. There’s elements about it that, without giving too much it away, the goal is that the audience feels a lot of sympathy towards the character. And not in a “she’s pathetic” way. But, again, it’s not exactly Sarah Palin. I want to say it’s a character heavily inspired by her. There’s not a lot of specifics that take place from her life.

Oh boy, oh boy, I hope that Shawn Patterson knows what he is getting into...LOL!!

Jesus and Sarah Palin saving the world! Sounds promising. After all, if there is one thing that this world truly needs, than it's to be saved!

But seriously...while Shawn Patterson says that the audience might feel "a lot of sympathy towards the character", we should not forget that it is Sarah Palin, the Queen of hate and vindictiveness, who we are dealing with here.

Apart from being quoted verbatim, there are probably only two other things that Sarah Palin hates more: Being parodied, and watching other people trying to make money with "her name."

So even with tons of "sympathy", there is no way she is going to like such a musical one bit, and this also applies to her shrinking group of fanatic fans, who of course never like anyone apart from Sarah Palin anyway.

But do not get me wrong here: I am not suggesting that Shawn Patterson is writing such a musical for money. I get the impression that he really has fun with the subject matter. In fact, this appears to be a pretty risky project. Would for example somebody on Broadway really touch this material? Would people really want see a musical that features Sarah Palin?

Time will tell. In any case, I am very curious what the result will look like.

Sarah has always been an entertainer in the first place, therefore it would only be appropriate for her "character" to end up on Broadway one day. Also, "Sarah the politician" is more like a fictional character anyway. She was always just trying to play a role. In her whole life as a "politician", there is not one single political idea or thought that could be connected to Sarah Palin.

Apart from the statement that all the bad guys should be killed...

So, let's see if Jesus can bring her back on the right path. One can still hope!

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UPDATE:

Shawn Patterson retweeted us:

Here is his twitter.

He liked our post and would also like our readers to know that he is represented by Amos Newman at William Morris Endeavor.

Yes, he is serious about this project.

By the way, any ideas who should play the role of Queen Esther...oops, I meant Sarah?