Favorite Song From The 2014-2015 Season- Page 2

[jv92]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 4:08pm

Oh, I have a bunch, and I'm including Off-Broadway!

"Telephone Wire" from FUN HOME (I was hesitant to list this, because it was also my favorite song LAST season, but FUN HOME is on Broadway now, so what the hell?)

"My Shot" from HAMILTON

I also thought "What Say You, Meg?" from THE LAST SHIP was very pretty, despite feeling that the show would have worked better as a song cycle. Essentially, it is a song cycle (for me, at least). 

However, I have an absolute, number-one favorite, and it's not so much a song as a musical scene. It moved me very much, and was my favorite moment in THE VISIT... 

"In the Forest Again" 

With a season that included wonderful new scores on Broadway by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron, Jason Robert Brown, and Kander and Ebb, and an Off-Broadway triumph from Lin-Manuel Miranda, I'd say it was a musically sound season. 

Updated On: 5/4/15 at 04:08 PM

Posted: 5/4/15 at 4:09pm

"The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance" from THE LAST SHIP

"Come to the Fun Home" from FUN HOME

"A Musical" from SOMETHING ROTTEN!

and

"On the Edge of Time" from DOCTOR ZHIVAGO

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 4:09pm

Oh, and how could I forget Ring of Keys?

[GottaHaveAGimmick]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 4:12pm

I'm going with "I can Cook Too" from On the Town and "A Musical' from Something Rotten. Still have to see The Visit.

[goldenboy]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 4:17pm

A Musical from Something Rotten

I Love Betsy from Honeymoon in Vegas.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 4:17pm

Technically, "I Can Cook Too" is from the 1944-1945 season

[adam.peterson44]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 4:33pm

A Musical from Something Rotten

All This Time and Dead Man's Boots from The Last Ship

[broadwayboy223]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 4:51pm

I really like most of the Doctor Zhivago ballads. And "If You Ever See Me Talking to  Sailor" from The Last Ship.

[HSky]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 5:00pm

I'm partial to "A Musical" from Something Rotten and "Ghost Story" from The Last Ship.

[BrerBear]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 5:09pm

"Ring of Keys" just won't leave my head.

[oncemorewithfeeling2]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 5:17pm

I've realized I have a few this season and that makes me quite happy:

You, You, You--The Visit

When Your Feet Don't Touch the Ground--Finding Neverland (I loved the show in Cambridge, felt disappointed on Broadway, but this song is stuck in my head.  I find myself singing it at least once or twice a day!)

Welcome to the Renaissance--Something Rotten

The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance - The Last Ship

and like so many...

Ring of Keys--Fun Home

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 5:42pm

Days and Days- Fun Home

Telephone Wire- Fun Home

Love and Love Alone- The Visit 

[Fantod]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 5:43pm

If we're doing both on and off-Broadway this season, wouldn't Fun Home be last season?

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 6:00pm

"Telephone Wire"-no question. The urgency and heartbreak is gorgeous. 

[Glittergrrl]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 6:03pm

Ring of Keys.. It's lovely.  It has heart.  It has humor.  It's just a perfect song.

i also love Telephone Wire and Maps.  Those make me ache.  In a good way.  I like sad.

[JoseLee_]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 6:09pm

I would love to answer this IF the cast recordings for this season came out already. It feels like they are all coming out so late.

[RaiseYouUp]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 6:50pm

"Days and Days" from Fun Home, "A Musical" and "Welcome to the Renaissance" from SR!

[indytallguy]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 8:07pm

Ring of Keys and Days and Days from Fun Home.

God I Hate Shakespeare from Something Rotten

You, You, You from The Visit

[delongpre]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 8:33pm

Hate to be redundant but....

Ring of Keys

and

A Musical

[loliveve]

Posted: 5/4/15 at 9:32pm

I think it would be "Neverland" if the key change was still in it, but without it, it just didn't move me as much. 

So... guess my answer is also "A Musical" (but I hope to have a chance to see "The Visit" based on all the positive comments!)

[jnb9872]

Posted: 5/5/15 at 12:54am

I only came to FUN HOME this season, so I will include it (and "Telephone Wire" and "Edges of the World" and "Days and Days") for my list this year.

I would also add the title song from THE LAST SHIP, which was chief among a number of songs in that score (including "Shipyard" "Ghost Story" "Show Some Respect" and the catalog-hit "When We Dance") that sold me on an authenticity to the working-class Catholic shipbuilding vocabulary Sting created for that show.

Also, since it's likely to be completely overlooked if I don't mention it (and it's not a new song per se but a new interpolation) - I was rather taken with the mashup of "I Get Around/Keep Ya Head Up" from HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME.

But "Ring of Keys" stands head and shoulders above them all, and for a most unexpected specific reason: it's use of silence, as Small Alison's words fail her and taper off as she can't articulate what she's feeling. Spellbinding, heart-gripping, inspiring and instantly recognizable. A catchy melody, perfect marriage of words (or lack of them at times, in this case), and a brilliant performance. Everything I could ask for in a musical theatre song.

Updated On: 5/5/15 at 12:54 AM

[stargazer2]

Posted: 5/5/15 at 9:19am

"Days and Days" 

Just breaks my heart every time I hear it.  

 

[dramamama611]

Posted: 5/5/15 at 9:57am

Ring of Keys or Telephone Wire.   Love them both.

[Cupid Boy2]

Posted: 5/5/15 at 2:58pm

Days and Days or Telephone Wire