The entire lyric of Real Nice Clambake from Carousel
First, they're all nostalgic about food they just ate an hour ago (if I get as full as they say they are, I'm usually thinking about anything BUT food an hour later!), and then they compare the food to being "fit for an angel's choir." Not only does the lyric not make a whole lot of sense (angel's CHOIR???) but I've NEVER heard anyone praise a meal like that.
There are bridges you cross You didn't know you crossed Until you've crossed
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
scooter, I wouldn't call those the worst musical theatre lyrics. I actually think they perfectly suit their purpose in the show. I mean, the song is a farcical little ditty to give the sailors a little break from the thinking about the war. A girl dressed as a guy sings it to a guy dressed as a girl, for goodness' sake!
It's weird. That lyric in So Much Better has always bothered me, and I wondered why they never re-wrote it. I then heard an early demo with Kerry Butler, and in the same spot they rhyme "love me again" with "love me again" so I think they must have made a conscious decision to repeat a line there. Though I can't figure out WHY!
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freeadmission, I do think that the lyrics to "Honey Bun" are certainly SOME of the worst ever, regardless of the context. Looking at his other work, Hammerstein was certainly clever enough to have come up with something better that also fit the bill for context and purpose.
Those lyrics bite.
IMHO, of course.
P.S. I personally like the "Clambake" lyrics...
Itty Bitty Geisha?
Toyland?
Gypsy Pasadoble?
Just a few popular favorites...
redhot, at least Schwartz managed to get in three verb tenses of the same word. That has to be some kind of achievement.
"I'll cut you, Tracee Beazer!!!!
...Just kidding. I'd never cut anyone." -Tina Maddigan, 9/30/06, WS stage door
Avatar: JULIE "EFFING" WHITE, 2007 TONY WINNER. Thank God.
I'm thinking about legally changing my name to Lizzie Curry...
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
I loved that show, but I laugh every time I hear those lines. James Barbour delivers them with such conviction that it's almost silly. Of course, a preposition should never end a sentence, either!
I know they're not terrible in the long run, but I just hate them: "When a Pseudolus can move, The universe shakes But I'll never move Until I'm free!"
"Let's open up a restaurant in Santa Fe Our labors would reap financial gains...
We'll open up a restaurant in Santa Fe And save from devastation our brains"
That has ALWAYS bothered me. I love the music but the lyrics in that song--especially that part--just make me cringe. I always tell myself that maybe Larson would have fixed it had he lived.
haha you can tell how old(or young) everyone is by the answers
If you think LB or wicked etc have the worst lyrics you havent heard a lot.
from Carrie the musical-song-Out For Blood
Its a simple little gig you help me kill a pig , and ive got some plans for the blood. Chop kill the pig pig pig , kill kill kill and make it bleed, get the blood blood blood oh blood , kill the pig make it bleed get the blood its all we needs, out for blood
Of course Carrie had some amazing songs but this one was bloody awful
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
I've been L-U-M-B-E-R-E-D lumbered, And I don't L-I-K-E it one small bit. I'm too young to be a father; There are lots of things I'd rather be-- Like working down a coal P-I-T pit! -Stop the World, I Want to Get Off
Wow! A grown man can spell 3 and 4 letter words! I'm so impressed! After that song, I was forced to shut off the CD for sheer annoyance.
"And I feel it move me
Like a fire deep inside
Something bursting me wide open
Impossible to hide
And suddenly I'm flying
Flying like a bird
Like electricity
Electricity" - Electricity from Billy Elliot The Musical
I'd also like to add that "Stop the World" is also by Leslie Bricusse...surprise
"And I feel it move me
Like a fire deep inside
Something bursting me wide open
Impossible to hide
And suddenly I'm flying
Flying like a bird
Like electricity
Electricity" - Electricity from Billy Elliot The Musical
That has ALWAYS bothered me. I love the music but the lyrics in that song--especially that part--just make me cringe. I always tell myself that maybe Larson would have fixed it had he lived.
Actually, a lot of Larson's stuff pre-collaboration was about brains splattering and things like that.