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#26

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 1:08am

"You're timeless to me" from Hairspray
Its fun to see live with all the improv and jokes, but on the recording its pretty boring

OMG, I am exactly the opposite. I love the song, but stopping to tell 21st century jokes in the 60's was effin' annoying. We get it, Bruce, yer rilly funny, ha-ha... Don't break character, just sing. It's a clever little ditty.

However, I'm with the person who said "Cooties." That song sux.

And the person who said "Her is." Too true

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#27

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 1:15am

A Sentimental Man - Wicked
Ireland - Legally Blonde [ though I love it live because Orfeh is amazing..]
I Can't do it alone - chicago
Only in New York - Thoroughly Modern Millie
Your Eyes -Rent

#28

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 2:26am

Poor Judd is Dead- Oklahoma!
Little Lamb- Gypsy
The Game- Damn Yankees
Suddenly- Xanadu
Class- Chicago

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#29

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 2:46am

Over the Moon and Your Eyes from RENT.

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#30

Posted: 4/16/08 at 3:05am

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#31

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 4:20am

Ugh, you're so right. I cannot stand "Another Pyramid."

Steam Train from "Songs for a New World"
The Morning of the Dragon from "Miss Saigon"
When the Children Are Asleep from "Carousel"
A Heart Full of Love from "Les Mis"
Cold Feet from "The Drowsy Chaperone"
Unworthy of Your Love from "Assassins"
How Long Must This Go On & Maison des Lunes from "Beauty and the Beast"
Poor Thing and the Judge's Johanna from "Sweeney Todd"
Real Life from "tick, tick... BOOM!"
Mirror Blue Night from "Spring Awakening"
Poor Baby from "Company"

#32

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 7:17am

One Song Glory in a musical I like: RENT
That Hideous Song About The Damn Dogs in SUNDAY IN THE PARK
The Last Midnight in INTO THE WOODS

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#33

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 8:06am

Seeing "One More Kiss" from Follies on this thread depressed me. If one song can sum up an entire show, it's that one. ("Dreams are a big mistake/All dreamers must awake/On, then with the dance/No backward glance/Or my heart will break/Never look back" etc.) I love its tranquility right before all hell breaks loose, with "Could I Leave You" into the "Loveland" hysteria. It's really the only moment where one of the older characters harmonizes with their younger self. I also love that in a show already offering up a requiem for the musical's past with all of the various pastiches, "One More Kiss" reaches even further back to the operettas of a Victor Herbert or Sigmund Romberg for its influence, so that it sounds even more antiquated. And for all of its rhapsodic melody, there's something creepy and unnerving about it. That score wouldn't be the same for me without it.

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#34

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 8:09am

Oh yeah...there's a few...

Saturday Night in the City - THE WEDDING SINGER
Betrayed - THE PRODUCERS
The Ascor Gavotte - MY FAIR LADY
Temper Temper - MARY POPPINS
Lay All YOur Love on Me - MAMA MIA
The Big DOll House - HAIRSPRAY
All ABout Ruprecht - DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Kasnasaland - CURTAINS
Poor Baby - COMPANY
You Can Be As Loud As the Hell You Want - AVENUE Q

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Updated On: 4/16/08 at 08:09 AM

#35

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 8:15am

GEREEN FINCH AND LINNET BIRD from SWEENEY TODD

Great intro to the character, I think it expresses things well... I just... I don't know...

"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS

#36

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 9:09am

Can't stand "Out Tonight" in RENT
"I Speak Six Languages" from SPELLING BEE
a lot of Ciaphas's stuff in JCS
"Mamma who bore me" from SPRING AWAKENING (so out of place)
"The Naming" from CHILDREN OF EDEN (painfully corny)

#37

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 9:20am

I still think Robbins was right. Cut Little Lamb.

#38

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 10:26am

Over the Moon from Rent

It really said US Navy, but hey, I worked with what they gave me ok.

#39

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 11:21am

Wow - how is When the Children Are Asleep on this thread?? That's a BRILLIANT song, not to mention beautiful!

Want one from Carousel, get rid of that Clambake song!

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#40

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 11:46am

Ruffhousin' Mit Schuffhauzen from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels...I hate the lyrics so much (Or nylon sheets with static come).

Fancy Dress from The Drowsy Chaperone. (I am the king of romance/So I kiss a lot).

I'll be back with more.

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#41

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 3:24pm

Ruffhousin' Mit Schuffhauzen and Love Sneaks In from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

#42

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 3:39pm

Oh my God, I love "Private Conversation" from Side Show. It's a heartbreaking song.

I also disagree with "The Morning of the Dragon." I didn't like it that much until I saw the show, but I loved the dancing and the song definitely serves its purpose.

Anyway, TBH, pretty much every show has at least one song that I skip. But the one I actively avoid is "Do It Alone, Leo" from Parade.

And, unless the singer is amazing, I can't stand "Bring Him Home" in Les Mis.

Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!

#43

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 3:52pm

I like Les Mis but cannot stand Castle on a Cloud.

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#44

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 5:49pm

Eye of the Beholder and Dance With the Devil - Witches of Eastwick
Too Much in Love to Care - Sunset Boulevard
Chow Down - The Lion King
A Sentimental Man and Wonderful - Wicked
All for One - Spamalot

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

#45

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 5:55pm

Over the Moon: Rent

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#46

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 6:01pm

An Ordinary Couple - Sound of Music
A Sentimental Man - Wicked
Judge Roan's Letter - Parade
Everybody Loves Louis - SITPWG (I know, but I just hate that song)
Paris Original - H2$ (okay, I hate the song, but I do like how it is staged)
Fiddle About - The Who's Tommy
The Minister's Cat - Scrooge (I'm glad the version we did cut it out!)
Bangkok - Miss Saigon
Pickalittle - The Music Man (I know it's funny, but it's a little on the cloying side)
Our Little Secret - Promises, Promises

"How could she just suddenly, completely disappear into thin water?" - The Little Mermaid

#47

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 6:07pm

"Let's Walk" from the Light in the Piazza...it's pretty boring
"I'm A Sentimental Man" from Wicked
"Sorry-Grateful" from Company
"A Heart Full of Love" from Les Mis and "Stars" from Les Mis. I just skip them automatically. they bore me.
"Ladies and Their Insensitivities" and "Green Finch and Linnet Bird" from Sweeney

"I'm a bagel on a plate full of onion rolls!"-Funny Girl

#48

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 6:27pm

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Les Mis
Also agreed with Bring Him Home -- unless Drew Sarich or John Owen-Jones or someone else amazing (as already stated) is doing it.
Most of "You Can Get Away With Anything" from The Woman in White annoys me too.

#49

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 7:31pm

Little Lamb in GYPSY. I don't hate the song,I have just never liked it.

#50

re: A song that you hate in a musical you love

Posted: 4/16/08 at 7:40pm

Agreed with "Let's Walk". Piazza is my favorite show but every time I listen to the cd... skip.

I don't hate it, I just don't really like it.

Now, a song I really hate is "I Know Things Now" from Into the Woods. I LOVE the show and the score, but I just find the song so...... annoying.

And yeah, "Private Conversation" is heart-breakingly georgous. Love that song and LOVE Side Show.

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