Best Patter Songs- Page 2

[Jon]

Posted: 12/30/07 at 5:46pm

"Both Sides fo the Coin" from The Mystery of Edwin Drood

"Trouble" from The Music Man

"The Caper" from 70 Girls 70

The Witch's Rap section of the opening of Into The Woods

"The Royal Nonesuch" and "A Hand for the Hog" from Big River

[regnad kcin]

Posted: 12/30/07 at 9:35pm

I think nothing beats Modern Major General in Pirates of Penzance. And is the Captain's (from Pinafore) song patter - does the speed really progress?

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 4/22/09 at 10:40pm

Lest we forget the seemingly endless bridge in Tom Lehrer's "When You Are Old And Grey."

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 4/22/09 at 10:58pm

My legendary mediocre performance of Modern Major Genersl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEbLo_y-xDg
And my much better rendition of another patter section minutes later (the patter begins at 2:10):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xzckD63tSw

[broadway122]

Posted: 4/22/09 at 11:02pm

Would "The Brain" from Young Frankenstein be one? Where he is naming all the scientists?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/22/09 at 11:16pm

I miss "Costco" from NEXT TO NORMAL; it was a really good patter song. But the show ultimately works better without it.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/23/09 at 12:04am

"Now" from A Little Night Music.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 4/23/09 at 12:14am

Modern Major General is a great one and as cheesy as the film is I get a kick out of the lyric changes from The Pirate Movie.

Modern Major General
I am the very model of a modern Major-general,
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral.
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical,
From Marathon to Waterloo and in order categorical.
I'm very well acquainted with matters mathematical,
I understand equations both the simple and quadratical.
About binomial theorem I am teeming with a lot of news,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.
(With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.)
I am very good at intrical and differential calculus,
I know the scientific names of beings animalculus.
In short in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern major general.
(In short in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
He is the very model of a modern major general.)

I comprehend contemporary culture North American.
I straighten more piratical erections than Bo Derek and,
I'm in to EST and all the rest, I've undergone analysis,
I've jumped beyond the gravitude to permanent paralysis.
My muse is into music, but my credit I'll not trouble you,
From R&B to S&M, cross over C&W,
To groovin' with the Doobies in my Malibu white-souling tones.
Man, I'm older than the Beatles, but I'm younger than the Rolling Stones.
(He's older than the Beatles, but younger than the Rolling Stones.)
My military knowledge for I'm plucky and adventury.
Embraces M*A*S*H and Star Wars and the 22nd century.
In short in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern major general.
(In short in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
He is the very model of a modern major general.)
Pirate Movie Lyrics

[roseaddams]

Posted: 4/23/09 at 12:15am

I'm a fan of "Museum Song" from BARNUM.

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 4/23/09 at 12:31am

SHow you a Thing or Two from Bat Boy?

[BroadwayBound062]

Posted: 4/23/09 at 9:45am

A Weekend in the Country
Revolutionary Costumes...

Would La Vie Boheme count? I think so but that's just me

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/23/09 at 9:51am

Museum Song - Barnum
Rock Island - The Music Man
Ya Got Trouble - The Music Man
Chrysanthemum Tea - Pacific Overtures

[dramadude]

Posted: 4/23/09 at 10:46am

"I Want To Hear A Yankee Doodle Tune" - George M!

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 4/23/09 at 11:03am

I can't believe no one has said "The Miller's Son," which is probably my favorite.

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 4/23/09 at 11:30am

Has anyone brought these up?

"My Psychopharmacologist and I" - NEXT TO NORMAL (they mention all the side effects)
"Call Back in the Morning" - LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
"I Ain't Down Yet" (the first part) - THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
"Don't Let Me Go" (the bridge) - SHREK
"Folies Bergere" (Stephanie Necropholous' part) - NINE
"Benny's Dispatch" - IN THE HEIGHTS (for that matter, anything in the show that's rapped)
"The Morning Report" - THE LION KING
Both "Sitting Pretty" and "Money (Makes The World Go Around)" - CABARET (coinkydink. huh.)

And, YES, "The Brain" from Young Frankenstein does count. There are actually three patter sections: First is "His medulla oblongata," and the second is, "Even though I almost kneed him", and the third and most difficult (because of it being in 12/8 time) is "You can call me Copernicus, Keppler, and Newton."

For that matter, I don't think anyone has ever mentioned "King of Broadway" from THE PRODUCERS. 12 rhymes for "nights again" in 45 seconds or less, a la "Reviewing the Situation" from OLIVER!, written by Mel Brooks? SHEER GENIUS.

Updated On: 5/4/09 at 11:30 AM