Sondheim Greatest Hits

[Forester]

Posted: 5/20/05 at 8:07am

You have been given the task to creat Sondheim's new greatest hits cd. Which 15 songs would you choose to put on this cd?

[OnTheAisle]

Posted: 5/20/05 at 8:54am

Only 15???

Hmmm...

Here goes (in no particular order):

Not a Day Goes By
Buddy's Eyes
Finishing the Hat
Here's to the Ladies Who Lunch
Comedy Tonight
Good Thing Going
All Things Bright & Beautiful
Epiphany (Sweeney Todd)
Not While I'm Around
Sunday
Children will Listen
Invocation & Instructions to the Audience
Agony
Everybody's Got the Right
Isn't It

NEVER make me choose like that again! LOL

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 5/20/05 at 1:19pm

What? No "No One Is Alone" or "Being Alive"?

[baddadnpa]

Posted: 5/20/05 at 1:23pm

Sunday
Company
What More Do I Need?
Losing My Mind
Not A Day Goes By
It Takes Two
No One Is Alone
Not While I'm Around
Pretty Women
Move On
The Glamorous Life
Anyone Can Whistle
Being Alive
Loving You
Happiness

[OnTheAisle]

Posted: 5/20/05 at 1:27pm

BW:

I had to work with the rules... now, if I was allowed 17 songs...

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 5/20/05 at 1:31pm

It must include Send in the Clowns and The Miller's Son

[Jon]

Posted: 5/20/05 at 2:42pm

In show order, including the two big hits for which he just wrote lyrics, limited to one song per show:

OFFICER KRUPKE
SOME PEOPLE
WHAT MORE DO I NEED
COMEDY TONIGHT
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
BEING ALIVE
TOO MANY MORNINGS
SEND IN THE CLOWNS
SOMEONE IN A TREE
A LITTLE PRIEST
NOT A DAYS GOES BY
FINISHING THE HAT
NO ONE IS ALONE
LOVING YOU
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE AUDIENCE

And nothing from Bounce!

[Elizabeth_DeBris]

Posted: 5/20/05 at 2:57pm

Invocations and Instructions to the Audience (The Frogs)
Comedy Tonight (Forum)
Not While I'm Around (Sweeney)
Losing My Mind (Follies)
Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music)
Getting Married Today (Company)
Being Alive (Company)
No One is Alone (Into the Woods)
A Little Priest (Sweeney)
Unworthy of Your Love (Assassins)
Finishing the Hat (Sunday in the Park With George)
Johanna (Sweeney)
In Buddy's Eyes (Follies)
Loving You (Passion)
Not a Day Goes By (Merrily We Roll Along)

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 5/20/05 at 3:00pm

Keep trying but failing to narrow it down, I wind up with about 4 lists of 15 MUSTS!
I may go for the one from each show style, but I can't even narrow it down that way!

[OnTheAisle]

Posted: 5/20/05 at 3:04pm

it's pretty impossible. I didn't have a great strategy - only went with things that I liked, or things that I don't always hear...

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 5/20/05 at 3:17pm

Getting Married Today is a great choice!!!!!!

[cosmic]

Posted: 5/20/05 at 4:51pm

another hundred people! i am obsessed with this song

[Plum]

Posted: 5/20/05 at 5:06pm

I'm probably going to miss a bunch, but here goes:

1. Ladies Who Lunch
2. Being Alive
3. Losing My Mind
4. Send in the Clowns
5. Someone in a Tree
6. A Little Priest
7. Not While I'm Around
8. Not a Day Goes By
9. Putting It Together
10. Children Will Listen
11. No One Is Alone
12. Invocation and Instructions to the Audience
13. Anyone Can Whistle
14. I'm Still Here
15. Broadway Baby

Not my favorite songs, necessarily, but those are the ones I think would be placed on a "Greatest Hits" CD. There's a difference. Updated On: 5/20/05 at 05:06 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/20/05 at 5:15pm

I posted this fantasy album in another thread, but it's appropriate here:

===

"Garland Sings Sondheim"

The Ladies Who Lunch
You Could Drive A Person Crazy
Being Alive

I'm Still Here
Who's That Woman?
Lucy and Jessie

The Glamorous Life
The Miller's Son
Liaisons
Send in the Clowns

Nothing's Going to Harm You
Pretty Women

Pretty Lady

Not a Day Goes By
The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened
Good Thing Going
Opening Doors

Children and Art
Move On

No One Is Alone
Children Will Listen

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 5/20/05 at 5:21pm

Right, "Greatest Hits" meaning songs he is most known for. Here goes:

1. Comedy Tonight
2. Anyone Can Whistle
3. Another Hundred People
5. Ladies Who Lunch
4. Being Alive
5. Losing My Mind
6. I'm Still Here
7. Broadway Baby
8. Send in the Clowns
9. Not While I'm Around
10. Not A Day Goes By
11. Finishing the Hat
12. Putting it Together
13. No One is Alone
14. Children Will Listen
15. Sooner or Later

Alright, it's very close to Plum's list, but those are the biggest hits.

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 5/20/05 at 6:28pm

In no particular order:

1. Being Alive
2. Not While I'm Around
3. Children Will Listen
4. No One Is Alone
5. The Worst Pies In London
6. Send In The Clowns
7. Losing My Mind
8. A Little Priest
9. Broadway Baby
10. I'm Still Here
11. Invocations and Instructions To The Audience
12. You Could Drive A Person Crazy
13. Rose's Turn
14. Maria
15. Someday

Posted: 5/20/05 at 6:34pm

Dear god, I would have paid ALL the money to hear Garland sing Send in the Clowns and The Ladies Who Lunch.