Broadway's Not So Love Songs

[AHLiebross]

Posted: 2/14/15 at 7:07pm

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#

Audrey

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

[adam.peterson44]

Posted: 2/14/15 at 9:11pm

"I Don't Love You" from The Musical of Musicals - The Musical!

[NoName3]

Posted: 2/14/15 at 9:24pm

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

[MCfan2]

Posted: 2/14/15 at 10:07pm

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!

[Fantod]

Posted: 2/14/15 at 10:32pm

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

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/14/15 at 10:32pm

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

[AHLiebross]

Posted: 2/14/15 at 10:53pm

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."

[smallworld]

Posted: 2/15/15 at 9:48am

Men - So Long, 174th Street

[sctrojan65]

Posted: 2/15/15 at 11:01am

"Don't Marry Me" from Flower Drum Song is great.

[promisespromises2]

Posted: 2/15/15 at 11:08am

"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.

[Pootie2]

Posted: 2/15/15 at 11:14am

^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.

[promisespromises2]

Posted: 2/15/15 at 11:18am

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