BEST songs from a musical

[*Beautifully Tragic*]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 3:22pm

Saddest,happiest,funniest...Best..there can't be JUST one everyone has spoke their opinions about saddest and funniest..whats your opinion on the best??

I thought of My new philosphy (sp??) from Charlie Brown..what do you guys think?

[Elizabeth_DeBris]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 3:36pm

Not necessarily my favorites, but I'll say...

Rose's Turn (Gypsy)
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (Dreamgirls)
A Little Priest (Sweeney Todd)
Finishing the Hat (Sunday in the Park With George)
Tonight (both versions- West Side Story)
Being Alive (Company)
If I Loved You (Carousel)
Soliloquoy (Carousel)
Make Believe (Showboat)
I Am What I Am (La Cage aux Folles)
You've Got to be Carefully Taught (South Pacific)
Not a Day Goes By (Merrily We Roll Along)
Before the Parade Passes By (Hello, Dolly!)
Cabaret (Cabaret)
Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (Oklahoma!)
The Impossible Dream (Man of la Mancha)
Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)
What I Did For Love (A Chorus Line)
The Lullaby of Broadway (42nd Street)
Something Wonderful (The King and I)
Losing My Mind (Follies)
Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music)


Okay, I'm gonna stop, because this is far too hard to grade. There are too many factors to consider- wit, character development, emotional depth, how they helped change the shape of musical theatre, humor...

[littleredridinghood]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 3:41pm

Pretty much everything Elizabeth_DeBris said, and:

One Day More - Les Miz
Putting it Together - Sunday in the Park with George
Soliloquy - Sweeney Todd
Johanna - Sweeney Todd
Fugue for Tinhorns - Guys & Dolls
One - A Chorus Line
Lily's Eyes - A Secret Garden
Moments in the Woods - Into the Woods
Children Will Listen - Into the Woods

There have to be more, but I can't think of any...

[*Beautifully Tragic*]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 3:44pm

yeah those are all great..I also like:
Popular-Wicked
Defying Gravity-Wicked
See I'm Smiling-L5Y
Whishing You Were Somehow Here Again-Poto
Light My Candle-Rent
I'll Cover You (reprise)-Rent
Over the Moon-Rent
Still Hurting-L5Y
Home-Beauty and the Beast
My New Philosphy-Charlie Brown
and ANY song from Jekell and Hyde

Your right it is hard to grade songs as being the bet.Thats why I said there can't only be one

[cserannie]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 4:18pm

Big: Stop time
You're a Good man Charlie Brown: My new phylosophy
The Producers: Springtime for Hitler
Wicked: As long as your mine
The Scarlet Pimpernel: Where's the girl?
Jekyll & Hyde: Being Alive
Thoroughly Modern Millie: The speed test
Brownstone: Fiction writer
Wild Party: Let me drown
Sweet Smell of Success: At the fountain
Hairspray: Mama, I am a big girl now
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: The recogning
Spamalot: You won't succeed on Bway
Little women: The weekly volcano press

just to mention a few.

[Elizabeth_DeBris]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 4:20pm

LittleRed: I think you mean "Epiphany."

Oh, and add "I Loved You Once in Silence" (Camelot) to my list.

[littleredridinghood]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 5:01pm

"LittleRed: I think you mean "Epiphany.""

Oops. I do indeed. Ever since I read that book that compared "Soliloquy" to "Epiphany," I do that. =/

[Enjolras77]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 5:12pm

"Some Enchanted Evening" and "This Nearly was Mine" from South Pacific

"If Ever I Would Leave You" from Camelot

"You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel

"Ol' Man River" from Showboat

Just a few more classics to add to the list

[Pinguin]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 5:16pm

"No One Has Ever Loved Me" (Passion)

[stylinbohemian]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 6:04pm

Apology to a Cow - Bat Boy
Defying Gravity and/or As Long as Your Mine - Wicked
Once Upon A Time - Brooklyn
You Can't Stop the Beat and/or Mamma Im a Big Girl Now - Hairspray

[QHDramaQueen]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 6:47pm

I bow to Elizabeth_DeBris's list... I agree completely with every one of your choices and that's rare...

[hellacoolmichael]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 6:59pm

What is this Feeling-Wicked
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown-You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
Murder, Murder and This is the Moment-Jekyll and Hyde
La Vie Boheme-Rent
Skid Row and Suddenly Seymour-Little Shop of Horrors
This Jesus Must Die-Jesus Christ Superstar (not on CD for whatever reason)
Find your Grail-Spamalot
Statues and Stories-Light in the Piazza
You Can't Stop the Beat-Hairspray
Prologue-Into the Woods
Prologue-Godspell
Shadowland-The Lion King
Everyone's a Little Bit Racist-Avenue Q
King of Broadway-The Producers
America-West Side Story

[Elizabeth_DeBris]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 7:12pm

LittleRed: Hehe. That sounds like something I would do.

QHDramaQueen: *Blushes* Thank you kindly. I hope you'd agree with "Loving You," from "Passion," too, because I completely forgot about that, and I think it's an incredible song. It's so simple, but so profound, and truthful. I think it's one of the ultimate Broadway love songs.

[XOsweet_dancerOX]

Posted: 6/16/05 at 7:44pm

Wicked ~ Defying Gravity
Wicked ~ The Wizard and I
West Side Story ~ Tonight
Aida ~ My Strongest Suit
Rent ~ La Vie Boheme
Rent ~ Seasons of Love
Charlie Brown ~ My New Philosophy
A Chorus Line ~ Hello 12, Hello 13, Hello Love