3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
#03 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 3:52pmWHAT ARE YOUR 3 PICKS FOR GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY(PAST AND PRESENT)
"If I have something to say, the whole world (BroadwayWorld) should hear it." - Thenardier
Derek
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/03
#1re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 4:11pm
Hmmmm:
LUCK BE A LADY (Guys and Dolls)
IF I WERE A RICH MAN (Fiddler on The Roof)
ROSES TURN (Gypsy)
I also think those 3 shows are probably the quintessential musicals of broadway!
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#2re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 4:18pm
everythings coming up roses
give my regards to broadway
anything you can do
Elphie6689
Stand-by Joined: 7/24/04
#3re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 4:37pm
Don't Rain On My Parade
On My Own
Defying Gravity
"And if I'm flying solo.. at least I'm flying free..."
#4re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 4:38pm
I'm going to name some masterpieces, whether or not they are the greatest songs in broadway history is a matter of opinion
Johanna (Act II Sequence) - Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Montage : Rain on the Roof - Follies
Overture - A Little Night Music (does anyone else find this just one of the most incredible things to listen to?)
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#5re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 4:42pmIt would be too hard to name 3 greatest songs of Broadway ever; I just wanted to say that I adore the ALNM overture. So beautiful.
PleaseChangeMe
Featured Actor Joined: 8/24/04
#6re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 4:51pm
Lot's Wife (or) Epilogue from Caroline or Change.
The Worst Pies In London from Sweeney Todd.
Overture (and Finale)from A Little Night Music.
vidkidd
Swing Joined: 11/21/04
#7re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 5:44pm
I nominate - (scary that all the one's on my list are Sondheim related) - Rose's Turn, The Tonight Quintet from West Side Story, and Epiphany from Sweeney Todd.
There are a Million songs I think are amazing in tons of shows... lots of Ragtime, "What would I do" from Falsettos, even "A New Argentina" from Evita.... and on and on.
Updated On: 11/22/04 at 05:44 PM
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#8re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 5:50pm
Give my Regards to Broadway - (George M. Cohan)
There's No Business Like Show Business (Ethel Merman - Annie Get Your Gun)
My Man (Fanny Bryce - Zigfield Follies)
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mamie4 5/14/03
A click for life.
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superperson
Stand-by Joined: 8/30/03
#9re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 6:23pmYou can't possibly name only three songs. But here are ones that I think should be in the top 10: A Little Priest, Brother Can You Spare a Dime?, Maria, Guys and Dolls, If I Were a Rich Man, Cabaret, Do You Hear the People Sing, Oklahoma, 42nd Street, Defying Gravity. Updated On: 11/21/04 at 06:23 PM
#10re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 6:25pm
On My Own
Last Midnight
One Song Glory
#11re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 6:51pm
"Dont rain on my parade" from Funny Girl
"Tonight Quintet" from West Side Story
"If I loved you" from Carousel
There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.
The Grovers Corners Yenta
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/3/04
#12re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 6:57pmOklahoma......Hello Dolly.........Tradition { Fiddler}
"Friends are the people you chose as family."....Me.
#13re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 8:16pm
I agree that you can't really have only three, and I also think that it's all a matter of personal opinion.
So, my top ten personal favorites, in no particular order:
1. "Epiphany," SWEENEY TODD (well, the entire score really!)
2. "Stars," LES MISERABLES
3. "Defying Gravity," WICKED
4. "The Ballad of Booth," ASSASSINS (again, really the entire score)
5. "Finishing the Hat," SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
6. "Confrontation," JEKYLL AND HYDE
7. "Maria," WEST SIDE STORY
8. "Poor Wandering One," THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
9. "Heaven on Their Minds," JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
10. "Trouble," THE MUSIC MAN
And so many more of course.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#14re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 9:06pmon my own, lullaby of broadway, oklahoma
#15re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 9:18pm
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For Good
Defying Gravity
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
billygoatgirl300
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/04
#16re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 9:32pm
What I did for Love
On My Own
One
The towel waving reminded me of a Per?nist rally. I kept chanting "Evita!" whenever they'd pan to the crowds. - SM2
#17re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 9:38pm
Give my regards to Broadway
There's No Business Like Show Business (I don't like this song because I HATE Annie Get Your Gun, but it is very well known)
But personally:
Bui Doi; Helicopter Song (Miss Saigon)
Stars; Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (Les Mis)
Defying Gravity (Wicked)
Come friends (Pirates of Penzance: real title?).. with the pirates singing and a little policeman background
One Song Glory (Rent)
Rio (The Boy From Oz)
okay... so maybe I have a few more than three... and I know that I will probably add more later
oops
NIL MAGNUM NISI BONUM "No greatness without goodness."
RENThead, enLIGHist, Ozalot, Grobanite, Ringer, Pickwick LW, Wicked, Lost, American Dreams, West Wing
Lea S. Hugh J. Adam P. Idina M. Matt M. Taye D.
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#18re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 9:39pm
There is no possible way to list three.
But I would have to say:
Corner of the Sky
Fine Fine Line (Ties with It Sucks To Be Me)
Rose's Turn
#19re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 10:03pm
Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat~GUYS AND DOLLS
A Little Priest~SWEENEY TODD
If I Were A Rich Man~FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#20re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 10:51pm
The Impossible Dream
One
Give My Regards to Broadway
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
Updated On: 11/21/04 at 10:51 PM
BlueEyedKate
Understudy Joined: 10/26/04
#21re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 10:56pm
My Top Picks...(in no particular order)
1. "Give My Regards to Broadway"
2. "Cabaret"
3. "Luck Be a Lady"
4. "There's No Business Like Show Business"
5. "Tradition"
6. "Rent"
7. "One Day More"
#22re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 10:59pmYou should put Defying Gravity in there BlueEyedKate around number 5.
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#23re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 11:01pm
I have a list of about 100 songs.
Three is impossible!
Evita
Swing Joined: 11/1/04
#24re: 3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Posted: 11/21/04 at 11:08pm
OK, I have....more than three songs (I'm following the pattern)
What I Did For Love
Epiphany (Sweeney Todd)
Don't Cry For Me, Argentina (EVITA)
Defying Gravity
One Song Glory
I Can't Do It Alone
A Little Priest
Johanna (Judge Turpin's Version)
Lament (Evita...does anyone else LOVE this song?)
No Good Deed
Don't Rain on My Parade
Enjoy!
~*~Evita~*~
Currently: FASTRADA in Pippin
Dream Role: Mimi in RENT
"No day but today."
"PATTI: Would you mind if I sang?
JACK: Shut up, Patti LuPone! Shut your brassy, magnificent trap! I don't wanna hear you sing. I don't wanna cut your hair. And I certainly don't wanna hear you singing while I'm cutting your hair! Got it?! Now I'm talking to my best friend, so stand back, Buenos Aires!"- from Will & Grace
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