3 GREATEST SONGS IN BROADWAY HISTORY — Page 2

The GYPSY Overture

"One" CHORUSL LINE

"One Day More" Lez Miz

"Sunday" SIPWG

I know that because my top three songs were written in the last 30 years, they probably don't carry as much weight as you intellectual smartypants who quote the classics, but at least I'm not listing Defying Gravity! (No offense to those who think it's fabu - it's not even my favorite song in the show!)

1. On My Own - Les Miserables
2. Heaven On Their Minds - JCS
3. I want to list a Rent song here but I can't think of just ONE that stands out - the sum of its parts is what makes it so great...plus there are other great songs...so I'm going to leave this one _______.




Also, will I get stoned if I admit that I am totally unfamiliar with anything from Pippin, Sweeneythe storylines and I couldn't list a single song. (Please PM me your flames.) Anyone else?

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I'm not huge on For Good either. The melody is alright, but the lyrics are kind of silly. My favorite Wicked songs are probably the other "fluff" songs, like Popular, What Is This Feeling and As Long As You're Mine - none of which would really qualify on a Top 3 list. Defying Gravity is a good belting song to show range, but not much more. I'm just glad no one said Something Bad or Wonderful.

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"The lyrics to "For Good" are a lot less silly than your "What Is This Feeling" and "Popular.""

Agreed. That's why I categorized all of them as "fluff" songs. I never said I was proud of my preferences here, did I? heh. I'm Not That Girl isn't bad. But the music in general is less than impressive. Ditto with the song writing.

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Pre-note - This post took me about 5 or 6 minutes to construct because I had to really think about it. It's harder than I thought!



On Broadway right now as in the shows are still open? (Do tours count?) Oh god...I know if I list this I'm going to be written off as an ignorant teeny-bopper but what the hell. I'm procrastinating, hopped up on caffeine and it's too late to think properly.

So, in no particular order...
1. Dancing Queen - Mamma Mia! -----kidding! Pull out that wedgie.


1. All That Jazz or Mister Cellophane from Chicago. Or Tango because I'm in a bitter, single, man-hating mood right now.
2. If I Were a Rich Man from Fiddler
3. Finally, I'd have to say something from RENT, but I can't choose what song, so thank you for forcing me to lose sleep over this tonight.

I think if I see Hairspray or La Cage, this might change. But for now...that's all I can come up with. I don't despise POTO (I actually quite like it), but since it seems like ALW never really wrote a lot of the music, I'm loathe to list anything from there as the "greatest song on Bway".

Edit for the sake of conversation and the fact that I will seriously be losing sleep thinking about this tonight: I love RENT songs and I know Seasons of Love is its signature song, but for some reason it just doesn't appeal to me as much as some of the others, even though the lyrics and music are great. It's just personal taste, I guess. I've "narrowed" down my RENT choices to OSG, LVB, Your Eyes (as a personal preference, even though it's fairly simple), ICY:R, Without You (eehhhhh...sort of barely on there) and I really like Finale B. Go figure.

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Updated On: 11/22/04 at 03:13 AM

(PS I just added to my other post re: Rent.) SH*T, you reminded me of Nowadays. Hmm...

Okay, topic of conversation for tomorrow (I've got some papers to write for...today.)...what are the top 3 songs for *now-defunct* shows that closed within the last 10 years? (And tours don't count.) I have yet to see Taboo or Assassins Revival (although I will be soon ) but I think I'll have more insight once I've seen the stuff that's closed.

Plus I want an excuse to put something from RHS on a list. heh.

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Yup. I'll post mine tomorrow, as well as my possibly revised list of 3 greatest songs on Bway right now. (I listened to the Hairspray recording last year and wasn't overwhelmed - sorry Marc S - but I'll give it another shot since it seems to be everyone's favorite.

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Some of mine are

Epiphany and Little Priest: Sweeney Todd
Corner of the Sky: Pippin
Brother can you Spare a Dime: (Not sure what it is from but I heard it in a review once)
Lucky be a Lady: Guys and Dolls
Roses Turn: Gypsy
One Day More: Les Miserables
Hello 12 Hello 13 Hello Love: A Chours Line
Heart and Music, The Spring Song: A New Brain
I'd Give it All for you: Songs From A New World

And lastly kind of random and kind of failed:

Confessions of a Vampire (I think that was the title): Dance of the Vampires
We're Gonna Make it After All: Leader of the Pack - the Ellie Greenwich review.

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One Day More,
Bui Doi,
On my Own,
Lily's Eyes,
Seasons of Love

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