Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
#0Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 12:13am
Sorry if theres already a thread.
Fav Shows, not so great songs: Totally on opinon
Les Miz: Can't get worked up over Drink With Me
Wicked: Sentimental Man (ugg)
Ave Q: Mix Tape (seems out of place with the show)
#1re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 12:18am
Since everything I've done so far is Sondheim....
Company: Being Alive (I know, I know...but for some reason it doesn't do anything for me....maybe it's because Sondheim was forced to rewrite his original ending song, which was much more pessimistic, for Hal Prince)
"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.
BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#2re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 12:18am
Wicked-Both of the Wizards songs. As much as I love Joel Grey, those songs are just so boring.
Pippin-I Guess I'll Miss the Man
Rent-The "Christmas Bells" songs
#3re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 12:24am
Rent: We're Okay
Urinetown: Don't Be the Bunny
Wicked: Sentimental Man
Aida: Another Pyramid
LSOH: Da-doo
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#4re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 12:31am"The Sad Tale of the Beauxhommes" (Once on This Island)
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#5re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 12:36am
Wonderful Town: Ohio (I know thats like, something everyone loves)
Jane Eyre: Forgiveness
Wicked: Both songs done by the Wizard, plus Something Bad
The Full Monty: Jeanette's Showbiz Number
Follies: Ah, Paris!
..those are the only ones that stick out in my head from shows I really really liked (right now anyway)..coincidentally EpT, my favorite song in Les Mis is Drink With Me. I don't know why but everytime I see Les Mis I like it more and more.
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
Juliette Capulet
Featured Actor Joined: 5/28/03
#6re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 1:18am
Le Pouvoir (Roméo et Juliette - de la Haine à l'Amour)
Prima Donna (The Phantom of the Opera)
Gus, the Theatre Cat and Bustopher Jones (CATS)
Ma Terre, J’ai Tout Perdu (Autant en Emporte le Vent)
Both Joel Gray songs (WICKED)
Tendres Baisers,
Juliette Capulet
AnothaPartofMe
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/04
#7re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 2:16amI can't believe that "Jeanette's Showbiz Number" from The FM and "Another Pyramid" from Aida.... those both are such amazing numbers. Just because the supporting cast is given a number doesn't mean it sucks... watch Another Pyramid and it's dance break and John Hickock was phenomenal as Zoser, especially doing "Pyramid"... Jane Connell brought down the house with her number in the FM. What awful choices to nominate as worst songs... if you're going to pick bad numbers from these shows, try-- THERE ARE NONE. AIDA and FM both are virtually flawless scores.
And if she'll say, "My darling, I'm yours!" I'll throw away my striped tie and my best pressed tweed, all I really need is the girl...
Broadway Matt
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/17/03
#8re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 3:28amnow, i may be old-fashioned here but I was under the impression that people were entitled to have conflicting opinions. i personally love all of the FM score EXCEPT for "Jeanette's Showbiz Number". And I do love "Another Pyramid" but more because I love John Hicock's rendition, not because it's a well-written song. you never know what songs will occur differently to different folks. I may be one of the few people who hates Seasons of Love. you wanna talk perfect score? how about The Last 5 Years, though I'm sure many disagree.
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#9re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 7:26amIn response to BWayBoy88, about I Guess I'll Miss The Man. It depends on how the song is used in the show. The song is ok, but it adds a new depth to the song when used in the context the Fosse used it in the original version of Pippin. Which is why I like it.
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#10re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 8:30am
I'm Not Wearing Any Underwear Today- (Avenue Q)
It is the only song I CRINGE when i hear.
But it is my favorite musical otherwise!
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#11re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 2:02pmParade-Letter to the Governor ("I've heard it in the streets....guv'NAH!" ICH)
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#12re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 2:11pmwhats with all the hatred of "wonderful" from wicked- its one of my favorite songs in the show
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#13re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 2:12pm
I Should Tell You- RENT
I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today- Avenue Q
Bless the Lord- Godspell
Sentimental Man- Wicked
Pilate's Dream- JCS
I have my books and my poetry to protect me...
#14re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 2:25pm
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face from My Fair Lady. Very anticlimactic and dull song at such a pivotal moment in the show.
I agree with Drink With Me from Les Miserables. While it's a poignant and pretty song, but by that time, the show doesn't need any more slow ballads.
Dance With the Devil in The Witches of Eastwick was just too cheesy and didn't work. Mainly, it's the melody. Something more sinister, infectious and driving would be better.
If Only from Whistle Down the Wind. See Drink With Me above.
You Are My Home from the Scarlet Pimpernel always reminds me of a soft-rock radio station.
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#15re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 3:00pm
I agree w/ "I guess I'll miss the man" from Pippin
"Little Lotte" POTO
"Perfectly Nice" and "Slip of a Girl" from Jane Eyre
..Oh, and I kind of agree about "you are my home" but all the same, I LOVE that song :)
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Updated On: 6/21/04 at 03:00 PM
#16re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 3:13pm
I don't like Wonderful or the other song from Wicked that the Wizard sings because I don't really find them enjoyable. Actually Sentimental Man bothers me because, whereas in other parts of the show (ie Dancing Through Life) there are small foreshadowings but Sentimental Man is literally like throwing in your face whats going to happen later on and I think they could have done that in a much more subtle manner.
And, AnothaPartofMe, you don't see me going around yelling at people that Drink With Me is the best song in Les Mis because Les Mis is flawless. Even though I may feel that way about the song, and think it shows the dynamic of the barricades very well, I'm letting other people have their own opinions so I would appreciate it if you did the same. Just because you think a score is flawless doesn't mean everyone else agrees. Besides, it has nothing to do with who is singing it, I just don't like the song. Let me not like it.
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
#17re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 3:17pm
please, go ahead and not like it. :)
I personally hate "Dog Eats Dog" or whatever it's called. BLEH.
Plince! Plince! Nein! T-Rex!!
#18re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 3:19pm
This has nothing to do with the thread, but I read little_sall's post and I had to comment. Don't Be the Bunny from URINETOWN is a CREEPY song. The first time I heard it it scared the crap out of me. Oy..
I have to agree with everyone on the Wizard's songs in WICKED. They are the most pointless songs ever created.
And about I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today, I like that song because it's so random. True, it's not the most articulate song ever written, and no, it doesn't do anything for the plot, but you gotta love Brian. Hehe. It's also the best song to sing in public places.
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Updated On: 6/21/04 at 03:19 PM
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crp2000
Leading Actor Joined: 12/2/03
#19re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 3:20pm
Another Pyramid - AIDA
Like Father, Like Son - AIDA
#20re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 3:21pm
The one thing I like about "Underwear" is the dialogue afterwrds...
(one person clapping)
CE: Get a job!!
Brian: Uh, thank you...honey.
"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.
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#21re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 3:25pm
"...that I'm not wearing underwear to-DAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!"
#22re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 3:26pm
Governor -- GET A JOB!
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Updated On: 6/21/04 at 03:26 PM
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#23re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 3:37pmOptimistic Voices from The Wizard of Oz....that is one scary song. It scares me anyway.
"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.
#24re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs
Posted: 6/21/04 at 3:40pm
i'm still here - follies (the song is so boring and just keeps going on and on)
wonderful - wicked (the song just slows the show down)
the world has gone in sane - jekyl and hyde (i am glad they cut this out of the broadway show i think it's silly)
Puzzlement - king and i
i want to make magic - fame (this is just a really corny song even tho it sounds pretty)
prepare ye the way of the lord - godspell (it's the samething over and over again)
Updated On: 6/21/04 at 03:40 PM
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