A good comedic song sung by a female?
A good comedic song sung by a female?
Joined: 12/31/69
#0A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 11:58am
Anybody have any idea of a comedic song for a female that would be a good encore song for a one-woman recital? Looking for something fun, preferably with lots of personality and/or funny that works out of context of the overall show.
I know so many friggin showtunes, you'd think I could come up with one...
Updated On: 2/16/05 at 11:58 AM
AbzugFan
Chorus Member Joined: 2/2/05
#2re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 12:10pm
Oldies but goodies:
Adelaide's Lament (Guys and Dolls)
Gooch's Song (Mame)
Less Oldie, but still Goodie
I'm Breaking Down (In Trousers/March of the Falsettos)
Getting Married (Company)
I'm sure I'll think of more if I put my mind to it.
#3re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 12:14pmIf You Hadn't But You Did - Comden and Green - I don't believe this is a showtune at all, and it doesn't have to be in any specific context. It's fun and comes off as much more impressive than its actual level of difficulty.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
WindyCityActor
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/13/03
#4re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 12:17pm
"Real Love of My Life" - Brigadoon
"Everybody's Girl" - Steel Pier
"Not Since Nineva" - Kismet
#5re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 12:18pm
Surabaya Santa - Songs For A New World
I have heard 'Judy Conelli' singing this. Brilliant!
Updated On: 2/16/05 at 12:18 PM
AbzugFan
Chorus Member Joined: 2/2/05
#6re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 12:23pm
Miss Byrd, from "Closer Than Ever" (its a hilarious song about a buttoned-up real estate agent who is having all these little flings on the side.)
And speaking of songs recorded by Sally Mayes, what about Trip to the Library, from "She Loves Me"?
Whatchmacallit
Chorus Member Joined: 1/28/05
#7re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 12:23pm
Warning: Some of these are done all the time
"Crossword Puzzle" from Starting Here, Starting Now"
"Miss Byrd"; "The Bear, The Hamster, and The Mole"; "You Want to Be My Friend?" from Closer Than Ever
"Sara Lee" by Kander & Ebb (in 'and the World Goes Round' its sung by a man, but Kaye Ballard used to do it a lot)
"the Boy From" from the Mad show
"Lesbian Love Story" from WIld Party(Lippa)
"A Summer in Ohio" from Last Five Years is kinda Funny, right?
"Repent" from On The Twentieth Century(I never really thought it would be funy out of context, but I recently saw a gal do this, and it was hilarious)
"Paris Makes Me Horny" from Victor/Victoria
"It's An Art" rom Working
"Making Love Alone" by Marilyn miller & Cheryl Hardwick
"Zip" from Pal Joey
"I Can Cook, too" from On The Town
"Pirate Jenny" from Threepenny Opera(I have seen this performed to great comic effect)
"You Can Always Count On Me" from City of Angels
A man is getting along on the road to wisdom when he begins to realize that his opinion is just an opinion.
Updated On: 2/16/05 at 12:23 PM
#8re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 12:28pm
"Rich, Famous, and Powerful" from Listen to My Heart.
It is the funniest song, and not too overdone.
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
WindyCityActor
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/13/03
#9re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 12:33pm
It would also depend on your city...."Rich, Famous and Powerful" is a signature song for one performer here in Chicago.
Best ask "those in the know" locally.
AbzugFan
Chorus Member Joined: 2/2/05
#10re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 12:34pmRing Them Bells--its way overdone, but such a great encore song.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#11re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 12:39pm
Broadway Baby
Several of the songs from Nunsense: I Just Want to Be A Star, I Could Have Gone To Nashville, Turn Up The Spotlight, etc.
Popular from Wicked
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.
rmposey
Stand-by Joined: 5/13/04
#12re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 2:06pm
I'm a Stranger Here Myself from One Touch of Venus
Nobody's Chasing Me from Out of This World
Bill from Showboat - though sad within the show, it can be cute out of context
I should have eaten the saw and used the cake to bludgeon my way out - Alfred Hitchcock
#13re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 2:45pm
the singular greatest comedic song ever written for a female to sing is
Adelaide's Lament from GUYS AND DOLLS
often-times known as "A Person Could Develop A Cold."
"Blow out the candles Robert and make a wish. Want something, want SOMETHING."
#14re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 2:47pmI definitely third Adelaide's Lament.
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!
#15re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 3:00pm
RAITHNAIT62, IF...........is indeed a showtune.........it is from the musical TWO ON THE AISLE by Jule Styne and Comden and Green. It starred Bert Lahr and Delores Grey on Broadway. However, Comden and Green point out that when they wrote IF, they thought that Lena Horne was going to be performing it in the show.
You can hear Betty Comden perform the song IF and talk about its genesis and lots of other great stuff on the live cd A PARTY WITH COMDEN AND GREEN.
I love that cd.
"Blow out the candles Robert and make a wish. Want something, want SOMETHING."
#16re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 3:01pmWell thanks, WISH. Good info indeed. Still can easily be sung out of context, however.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#17re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 3:02pm
"On My Own" - Les Mis
That song cracks me up EVERY time!
WOOP!
J/K....of course...
#18re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 3:09pmRaithnait62, absolutely. Kristen Chenowith did it in her recent concert with the Boston Pops. It and she were great!
"Blow out the candles Robert and make a wish. Want something, want SOMETHING."
#19re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 3:15pmYes, I have her CD and it's on there. As I recall, Liza used to do it in concert and that's where I know it from...
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
sidwich
Understudy Joined: 2/14/05
#20re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 3:18pmHmmm... I don't know your vocal range but maybe "I Never Do Anything Twice" by Stephen Sondheim. I think it's from "The 7% Solution."
#21re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 3:21pmOne Hundred Easy Ways-WONDERFUL TOWN
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#22re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 3:27pm
I nominate "To Keep My Love Alive" by Rogers & Hart. Elaine Stritch sang it on the Tonys many years ago and brought the house down:
"I've been married, and married, and often I've sighed
"I'm never a bridesmaid, I'm always a bride"
I never divorced them, I hadn't the heart
Yet remember these sweet words, "`till death do us part"
I married many men, a ton of them
Because I was untrue to none of them
Because I bumped off every one of them
To keep my love alive
Sir Philip played the harp, I cussed the thing
I crowned him with his harp to bust the thing
And now he plays where harps are just the thing
To keep my love alive"
#23re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 3:32pm
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He Had Refinement-A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN
Feelings-THE APPLE TREE
I Need Me A Girl-MY LIFE WITH ALBERTINE
Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#24re: A good comedic song sung by a female?
Posted: 2/16/05 at 3:35pm
"NOTHING" (A Chorus Line)
"MY STRONGEST SUIT" (Aida)
"REAL LOVE OF MY LIFE" (Brigadoon)not sure of the song's name
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