Break-up or moving on showtunes?- Page 2
Break-up or moving on showtunes?
justasmalltownboy13
Stand-by Joined: 1/28/16
#26re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 4/29/16 at 5:15pm
Half the songs of The Last Five Years. Heartbreaking stuff...
#27re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 4/29/16 at 5:27pm
That song from Merrily We Roll Along that Bernadette Peters always sings that always reduces me to tears...what's the name of it?
#28re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 4/29/16 at 5:28pm
Oh yes...Not A Day Goes By. God that song KILLS me.
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KCW
Featured Actor Joined: 10/31/15
#29re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 4/29/16 at 5:48pm
I was like where is burn? Everyone is hamilton obsessed these days? Then I figured out that it was from 2008.
#30re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 4/29/16 at 6:48pm
You need to listen to Carly Simon's CD, TORCH. She does a beautiful version of Sondheim's "Not A Day Goes By"...and there are other treasures, too.
Hairspray0901
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/08
#31re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 4/29/16 at 9:35pm
justasmalltownboy13 said: "Get Out and Stay Out from 9 to 5
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Exactly what I was thinking of. One of my favorites! Haha
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#32re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 4/30/16 at 1:05am
MichelleCraig said: "You need to listen to Carly Simon's CD, TORCH. She does a beautiful version of Sondheim's "Not A Day Goes By"...and there are other treasures, too."
I love that CD, too!
Carlos Alberto said: "That song from Merrily We Roll Along that Bernadette Peters always sings that always reduces me to tears...what's the name of it?" and "Oh yes...Not A Day Goes By. God that song KILLS me."
..and staying on the Sondheim theme, I didn't appreciate "Losing My Mind" from Follies when I first heard it in my 20s. I thought it was numbingly repetitive - like a list. "I do X and think about you..." "I do Y and think about you..." blah, blah, blah...
Then, some 30 or so years later, I was in a really dark depression and literally found myself standing, in my apartment, "in the middle of the floor. Not going left. Not going right." The physical realization of those lyrics moved me. The dull, numbing lists made complete sense.
Which brings up a similar example of lists: "Time Heals Everything".
#33re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 4/30/16 at 1:16am
Always Starting Over from If/Then is the epitome of that sentiment!
#34re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 4/30/16 at 1:36am
Didn't anyone notice the OP is from 8 years ago? I sure hope she's moved on...
BroadwayKiwi
Understudy Joined: 12/27/12
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#36re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 5/1/16 at 1:30am
" I'D RATHER LEAVE WHILE I'M IN LOVE " from The Boy from Oz --
#37re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 5/1/16 at 6:19am
"There's a Fine Fine Line" from Avenue Q:
"You can't take that away from me" (Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers from Shall We Dance & Barkleys of Broadway) This is a personal favorite of mine... such a bittersweet song:
funhamilton_rent
Featured Actor Joined: 9/26/15
#38re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 5/1/16 at 11:34am
"I Wish I Was Dead" from On The Town (?)
Updated On: 5/1/16 at 11:34 AM
#39re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 5/1/16 at 11:53am
"Could I Leave You?" from 'Follies'.
Queen of the Night
Featured Actor Joined: 6/12/07
#40re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 5/1/16 at 1:26pm
"The winner takes it all" from Mamma Mia.
ChiTheaterFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/15
#42re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 5/3/16 at 3:19pm
Every alternate song from The Last Five Years.
Depends on the take of the song, but Losing My Mind from Follies is very poignant and can be painful.
Megan Hilty singing "I'm Not That Girl (Reprise)" from Wicked makes me cry too. And this is not a showtune, but her album had an excellent break-up song.
Let's see... Days And Days from Fun Home is another great one.
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