Songs That Could Pass For 'Non-Show Tunes'- Page 2

[jasonf]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 8:22pm

Most of these songs would NEVER work on the radio. Period.

[Go2The80's-radness]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 8:35pm

my friend who dosnt know squat about musicals turned on my I-Pod. i was listening to D.R.S.
The last half of the sing Great Big Stuff was on.
after the song was over, she asked me who the band Dirty Rotten Scoundrels were.

so maybe that could pass as a non-show tune but maybe not!

[Becky2]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 9:13pm

All I Ask of You from POTO might work. At least, they sort of released it as a promotional single along with a couple of other songs before the show opened.

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 9:48pm

THere are a few songs from L5Y that might work, my mother hates showtunes and she actually got through the whole of that cast recording and actually liked a few of the songs (namely "Goodbye Until Tomorrow" and "The Next Ten Minutes") so maybe try some of those.

[TomMonster]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 9:49pm

Lot's of stuff from the Jersey Boys CD.

There's also disco Sweeney...(seriously, back in the early 80's--red disc and all!)

[bwayboi4life42]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 10:53pm

Well, obviously lots of stuff from the Jersey Boys CD, since all of those songs were made famous by the Four Seasons a really long time ago and are still played on the radio a lot today.

And, besides, they are not showtunes.

Updated On: 7/29/06 at 10:53 PM

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 7/29/06 at 11:28pm

I was listening to "One Song Glory" from Rent and, my sister said "what band is that?'
Updated On: 7/29/06 at 11:28 PM

[brdwybound2]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 3:08am

Haha I'm pretty sure this doesn't count, but I heard Billy Joel's Movin' Out on the radio the other day, and then I went and listened to the soundtrack when I got home. So I guess it wasn't technically from the musical since the song came out a really long time ago, but it IS from a musical. And I guess that would apply to some other shows derived from bands and songs.

[froggy2]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 3:24am

Aida - Easy As Life, Elaborate Lives, Written in the Stars

DRS - Love Is My Legs (heh.)

Hairspray - I Know Where I've Been

I could totally hear "Maybe I Like It This Way" from The Wild Party resung in a laid-back, Norah Jones sort of style.

I agree with whoever suggested "As Long As You're Mine" from Wicked. And "I'm Not That Girl".

Ooh, and also, "Once Upon A Time".

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 3:34am

RENT is hardly sophisticated. And don't most songs have some kind of plot, or atleast involve story?

(Besides country ballads.)

[Mark_E]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 4:19am

Following up on All I ask of You, they also released Phantom of the Opera, Wishing you were somehow here again and Music of the Night.

The Videos are on the phantom dvd.

[Sant]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 6:12am

"Cold" - WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND
"Try Not To Be Afraid" - WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND
"All That Jazz" - CHICAGO
"I Know Him So Well" - CHESS
"One Night In Bangkok" - CHESS
"There's A Fine, Fine Line" - AVENUE Q
"Our Kind Of Love" - THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
"Another Suitcase In Another Hall" - EVITA

[bwayboi4life42]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 11:58am

Barbra Streisand also recorded "All I Ask of You" as a solo. I liked it, but it was still very show-tuney.

[ErinDillyFan]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 1:16pm

Let me make a wild guess and say all the songs from Mamma Mia!

"One Night In Bangkok" - CHESS did get a lot of radio play.

Reworked show tunes were a staple of the pop charts until the middle of the 70s. This may deserve its own thread, but what is the last show tune (written original for the stage) that made it into the top 40?

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 1:18pm

All That Jazz? I'd think that's very showtune-y. You see that on every one of those generic "Broadway Hits" CDs.

[[e-mail]]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 1:40pm

Memory and Written in the Stars I could both see working in a non-showtune sense.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 2:06pm

Bunch of songs from Aida, Wicked, Bright Lights, Big City, Brooklyn, Lestat (there's some good songs in there!) and Rent.

Obviously every song from every jukebox musical that's ever graced the Broadway stage or West End if you're We Will Rock You.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 2:25pm

Let's not forget Godspell, Hair, and Smokey Joe's Cafe.

Posted: 7/30/06 at 2:31pm

There's a lot of songs from Rent and The Wedding Singer that could pass as non-show tunes. Not to mention that Phil Collins had a hit with "You'll Be In My Heart" before Tarzan came to broadway.

[Jesus]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 2:33pm

Or Jesus Christ Superstar. The song of the same name, as well as several others in the show all had huge radio appeal when it was first released way back in '69. I could see it doing well today with the right sound, the 1992 Aussie release maybe.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 2:33pm

Isn't Smokey Joe's Cafe a revue though?

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 2:34pm

My roommate once heard RENT, without knowing it beforehand, and knew the songs were showtunes and not "actual" rock songs.

THE FEELING WE ONCE HAD from THE WIZ, I think, would work well.

And you have SHE TOUCHED ME from DRAT, THE CAT - which Babs made famous before the show came out, anyway.

[Producer2]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 2:54pm

"You Can't Stop The Beat" from Hairspray minus the dialogue

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 2:59pm

You Can't Win - The Wiz

Under Separet Covers - A Class Act

Saturday Night in the City - TWS

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 3:08pm

Ah! No. You Can't Stop the Beat would NOT work as a non showtune.