Hardest Song To Sing?
Hardest Song To Sing?
#0Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 4:41pmWhich ones?
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
FranklinShepard-Inc.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/04
#2re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 4:44pm
Showtune or non-showtune?
Anyway, of course any song beyond my vocal range 
#3re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 4:46pmWell, I was trying to sing Jessica Simpson's "I Wanna Love You Forever" and I lost my voice and my breath, during the 1st half of the song. I mean pop or Broadway or anything that we can be familiar with.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#4re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 4:57pmWest End Avenue because it has a kazillion time changes.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#5re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 4:58pmThe first song that popped into my head is "Man of La Mancha"
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#6re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 5:03pm
"L'Air des Clochettes" (The Bell Song) from "Lakme"
The Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor (just TRY "Il Dolce Suono"...I dare you.)
Mariah's "Emotions" (I sang it in a talent show in 8th grade. fun times.)
I would imagine "Defying Gravity" would be a hard one to pull off consistently...
And anything from West Side Story or Sweeney Todd, if you are metrically challenged and don't have a great sense of pitch.
Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I'd rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you.
Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.
colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#7re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 5:06pm
"Mariah's "Emotions" (I sang it in a talent show in 8th grade. fun times.) "
LMFAO!! Damn, you were that gay even as a child!
"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. "
--Sueleen Gay
#8re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 5:09pm
My favorite song to perform for company in the living room when I was about 5 was the Trolley Song.
What do YOU think, honey?
Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I'd rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you.
Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.
colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#9re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 5:13pmYea. You were pretty doomed.
"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. "
--Sueleen Gay
#10re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 5:15pm
Jailbird- It depends if you're an opera singer or not.
I do think however, that arias in general are much more challenging. "Follie, Follie.." From Traviata comes to mind.
~And let us try, before we die, to make some sense of life~
#11re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 5:16pm
More narrated than sung but very difficult:
Small House of Uncle Thomas
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
#13re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 5:28pm
"My favorite song to perform for company in the living room when I was about 5 was the Trolley Song."
Jaily, why not "Under The Bamboo Tree"?
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
MissElphie
Broadway Star Joined: 4/4/05
#15re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 5:56pm
"soliloquoy" (sp) from Carousel is very difficult
"Brother"- bright lights, big city- deceptively hard
"Il Mondo Era Vuoto" from piazza. very hard.
"you walk with me" -full monty
"what is it about her" from Lippa's wild party
"I am what I am"- fun, but challenging
"I'm an American, Damnit!!! And if it's three things I don't believe in, it's quitting and math."
Updated On: 9/14/06 at 05:56 PM
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#16re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 6:02pm
I can think of 2 from Company
Getting Married Today
The Ladies Who Lunch
Poster Emeritus
Color and Light
Broadway Star Joined: 10/23/05
#17re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 6:15pmpab, that reminds me of back when I was in high school, when our drama department put on a production of The King and I. Our Small House of Uncle Thomas scene was disasterous. Most of the chorus was unable to count out measures and beats. You can imagine the result.
Stop looking at my charisma.
FranklinShepard-Inc.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/04
#18re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 6:18pm
If we're into Company: "Another hundred people" for it's nice rhythm.
Apart from that: try singing the Candide overture
Color and Light
Broadway Star Joined: 10/23/05
#19re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 6:25pm
"Putting It Together" seems so very easy to muck up, but then again, I am terrible when it comes to memorization.
Stop looking at my charisma.
Updated On: 9/14/06 at 06:25 PM
WalkOn
Broadway Star Joined: 8/7/06
#20re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 8:14pmTHE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart; and you'll never walk alone.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#22re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 8:34pm
Lovin' You by Minnie Riperton. I know Mariah Carey covered it years later, but it didn't have the same sweetness and feeling.
A Piece of Sky (from Yentl) by Barbra Streisand. I never get tired of hearing this--it's thrilling. Barbra's voice is as gorgeous and clear as it is powerful. And I don't even know how long she holds that final note, but it gives me the chills.
Updated On: 9/14/06 at 08:34 PM
#23re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 8:51pmAnother vote for West Side Story, and Candide
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#24re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 10:27pmThe choice would, obviously, depend on your range. I remember when my wife did THE FANTASTICKS, she was told that she was the only Louisa to ever sing "Round and Round", as written. Everyone found it too hard to sing. Even in the production notes it states to refer to the original cast album for alternate notes (Rita Gardner could not sing the original notes, either). This was many years ago, so someone else may have sung it as written, since. She thought it was a piece of cake. What's hard to sing for one voice, is easy for another.
Videos