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#1

Broadway's Not So Love Songs

BWW has an article about not so happy love songs. There are so many other similar I thought I'd start a thread:

1) Another from My Fair Lady -- Show Me
2) Kiss me Kate -- I Hate Men (sung by a straight female)
3) If/Then -- I Hate You.

There must be a bunch of others,so chime in!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Not-So-Happy-Valentines-Day-Broadways-Most-Anti-Love-Songs-20150214#

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Audrey, the Phantom Phanatic, who nonetheless would rather be Jean Valjean, who knew how to make lemonade out of lemons.

Updated On: 2/14/15 at 07:07 PM

#3

Broadway's Not So Love Songs

I Wouldn't Marry You - The Gay Life
Men - Whoop-Up
Quarrel-tet - Whoop-Up
You Don't Know - Here's Love
She Hadda Go Back - Here's Love
What Did I Ever See in Him - Bye Bye Birdie
Shall I Tell You What I Think of You? - The King and I

Updated On: 2/14/15 at 09:24 PM

#4

Broadway's Not So Love Songs

The Very Next Man, from Fiorello
Forget about the Boy, from Thoroughly Modern Millie
What Chance Have I with Love, from . . . a couple of different shows, I think!
#5

Broadway's Not So Love Songs

Don't Marry Me - Flower Drum Song
Wherever He Ain't - Mack and Mabel
#6

Broadway's Not So Love Songs

The Charmin Son Of A Bitch - Jimmy
Jimmy - Jimmy
You're No Good - What Makes Sammy Run
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#7

Broadway's Not So Love Songs

I just thought of another one, from the GIGI movie. (I don't know if it's in the stage musical). The song is "She is Not Thinking of Me."
Audrey, the Phantom Phanatic, who nonetheless would rather be Jean Valjean, who knew how to make lemonade out of lemons.
#10

Broadway's Not So Love Songs

"We Do Not Belong Together"- Sunday In the Park With George. Although there is obviously love between them, it's more heartbreaking, in my opinion, to love someone knowing that they could never love you back fully and then have to move on from that.


#11

Broadway's Not So Love Songs

^In that vein, I think "You Don't Need to Love Me" from IF/THEN fits too. I didn't care about the character in the Beth timeline, but he was all sorts of pathetic unwanted puppy in that song.
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#12

Broadway's Not So Love Songs

^Oh, agreed! I completely forgot about that song… Anthony Rapps character bugged the ever living crap out of me in that musical.

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