Hardest Song To Sing?
Hardest Song To Sing?
#0Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 4:41pmWhich ones?
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.
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.
#5re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 4:58pmThe first song that popped into my head is "Man of La Mancha"
#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.
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!
#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?
colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#9re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 5:13pmYea. You were pretty doomed.
#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.
#11re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 5:16pm
More narrated than sung but very difficult:
Small House of Uncle Thomas
#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"?
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
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
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.
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.
WalkOn
Broadway Star Joined: 8/7/06
#20re: Hardest Song To Sing?
Posted: 9/14/06 at 8:14pmTHE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
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
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.
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