The most meaningful song you know of.
The most meaningful song you know of.
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#1The most meaningful song you know of.
Posted: 1/24/09 at 8:19pm
I'm looking for a truly amazing song...
I'm a high alto to a mezzo soprano
during a previous production...I sang "Come To Your Senses" from Tick Tick Boom and I am in love with that song!
what are songs that have great meaning?
#2re: The most meaningful song you know of.
Posted: 1/25/09 at 12:20am
Back to Before from Ragtime comes to mind. Really, just take a look at the entire Ragtime score. Whispering from Spring Awakening also might be a good choice. Possibly, No One is Alone from Into the woods, but that might be a little high.
Men don't even belt.
#2re: The most meaningful song you know of.
Posted: 1/25/09 at 12:22am
"Dividing Day" from The Light in the Piazza comes to mind, although it's written for an older woman. I'd say either of Clara's big solos ("The Beauty Is" and "The Light in the Piazza") but they might be high, depending on your range.
"Stars and the Moon" from Songs for a New World
"Maybe I Like It This Way" from Lippa's The Wild Party
"Unexpected Song" from Song and Dance/Tell Me on a Sunday (at least the TMOAS version that doesn't go up at the end)
And lately, a favorite of mine has been "Breathe" from In The Heights.
#3re: The most meaningful song you know of.
Posted: 1/25/09 at 12:22amI love Ragtime...how about Your Daddy's Son
#4re: The most meaningful song you know of.
Posted: 1/25/09 at 9:42amNo one is alone from ITTW is my favorite song.
Perfectly Marvelous
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/06
#5re: The most meaningful song you know of.
Posted: 1/25/09 at 2:44pm
Once again, a song written for an older woman - "Another Winter in a Summer Town" from Grey Gardens.
"I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and dreamer of improbable dreams." - Doctor Who
"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, men recognize that the human race has been harshly treated but it has moved forward." - Les Miserables
#6re: The most meaningful song you know of.
Posted: 1/25/09 at 2:52pmWhen Hope Goes from The Spitfire Grill
#7re: The most meaningful song you know of.
Posted: 1/25/09 at 3:41pmPretty much anything by Scott Alan (though not actually from a musical). He has a true gift of the musical language.
Men don't even belt.
#8re: The most meaningful song you know of.
Posted: 1/25/09 at 4:18pm"For Good" comes to mind.
"It doesn't work when you lick it!"
#9re: The most meaningful song you know of.
Posted: 1/25/09 at 7:53pmYou Don't Know This Man from Parade is always nice. There's also a lot of great songs in John and Jen. Andrew Lippa has a way with words and music.
#10re: The most meaningful song you know of.
Posted: 1/26/09 at 11:29pmTimes Like This from Lucky Stiff? hah.
"I'll show you a laughgasm. I'll gasm all over this stage!"
"Interesting choice"
"Interesting choice"
#11re: The most meaningful song you know of.
Posted: 1/27/09 at 11:37pm
If you are looking for songs that can be easily sung out of context of their parent musicals, then I second Light in the Piazza. Truly, "The Light in the Piazza" and "Dividing Day" are the most emotive and hauntingly beautiful songs ever.
EVER.
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#12re: The most meaningful song you know of.
Posted: 1/28/09 at 3:26pm
Also, if you want to go back, way back into the classics, "You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel would be a good one. It has a G in it though, so it may be a little high, but I'm a mezzo and I can sing it.
Also from Carousel, "If I loved You"
Contemporary, I too would go with "Back to Before" or "Twelve Children" from Dessa Rose...although it might help if you were black for that one... ;^D
alainalarae
"Say hello to the world that I forgot was there/ was a prisoner inside now I’m breathing the air/ Yes today’s old cocoon will hatch a new butterfly/ Show me how to say goodbye to the old/ And welcome the new/ Goodbye
#13re: The most meaningful song you know of.
Posted: 1/28/09 at 5:16pm"The Man That Got Away"- Gershwin
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Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/08
#14re: The most meaningful song you know of.
Posted: 1/28/09 at 8:38pm
I Know Where I've Been- Hairpsray
It might not fit your range though
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