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#1

Broadway songs about being powerless?

Posted: 6/17/15 at 1:52pm

Hey guys! I was wondering if you could think of any more songs that follow the theme of "powerless"?


So far I've thought of...


When Hope Goes - Spitfire Grill


Still Hurting - L5Y


With You - Ghost


What I Did For Love - Chorus Line


I Dreamed A Dream - Les Mis


Anatevka - Fiddler On The Roof



If you know something that would follow the theme, please let me know, it would mean the world to me!!


Thank you in advance :)

#2

Broadway songs about being powerless?

Posted: 6/17/15 at 1:53pm

In The Heights: Blackout - has the line "we are powerless"


And "Revenge" from Superman is about a multiple time nobel loser.

Updated On: 6/17/15 at 01:53 PM

#5

Broadway songs about being powerless?

Posted: 6/17/15 at 5:22pm

"What I Did For Love - Chorus Line"


I don't think this is about being powerless. It's about the choices you make and where they take you.

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.
#6

Broadway songs about being powerless?

Posted: 6/17/15 at 5:27pm

You Gotta Die Sometime - Falsettos

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.
#10

Broadway songs about being powerless?

Posted: 6/17/15 at 5:55pm

Soul of a Man from Kinky Boots fits into that category.
Perhaps No Good Deed from Wicked does as well?

#11

Broadway songs about being powerless?

Posted: 6/17/15 at 6:07pm

Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again - POTO
Learn to Live Without - If/Then
Nichts, nichts, gar nichts - Elisabeth
Confessions of a Vampire - Dance of the Vampires (Yes, the show was stupid, but the lyrics to that song kept pretty true to the German one.)
Days and Days - Fun Home
Edges of the World - Fun Home

"Was uns befreit, das muss stärker sein als wir es sind." -Tanz der Vampire
#12

Broadway songs about being powerless?

Posted: 6/17/15 at 6:10pm

""What I Did For Love - Chorus Line"
I don't think this is about being powerless. It's about the choices you make and where they take you."


But also from Chorus Line, the song "Nothing" is about being powerless - as a student at the mercy of a terrible teaher. And then rising above it.


Also, "I'm not my Father's Son" from Kinky Boots....and to some degree "When I grow up" from Matilda.

Updated On: 6/17/15 at 06:10 PM

#13

Broadway songs about being powerless?

Posted: 6/17/15 at 6:15pm

Yes, "Nothing" from A Chorus Line. Also, "On the Willows" from Godspell - beautiful song. Also, for comedy's sake - "I'm an Ordinary Man" from My Fair Lady...but it may not be the powerlessness you are looking for.

Updated On: 6/17/15 at 06:15 PM

#14

Broadway songs about being powerless?

Posted: 6/17/15 at 6:23pm

You'll Never Walk Alone - Carousel


Except it's about the complete oppostite of being powerless, but whatever.

Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$
#15

Broadway songs about being powerless?

Posted: 6/17/15 at 6:29pm

"You'll Never Walk Alone - Carousel
Except it's about the complete oppostite of being powerless, but whatever."


Ditto. Thank you.

#16

Broadway songs about being powerless?

Posted: 6/17/15 at 6:34pm

What Would You Do? -- Cabaret


Lucy and Jessie -- Follies


This Nearly Was Mine -- South Pacific


I'll Never Fall in Love Again -- Promises Promises


#21

Broadway songs about being powerless?

Posted: 6/17/15 at 10:25pm

"Mr. Cellophane" - CHICAGO
"Javert's Suicide" - LES MIS
"Halloween" - RENT
"Man Say" and "You Done Right" - RAISIN
Comically winning the hearts of the audience through powerlessness, "Never the Luck" - THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
And, comically subverting the trope, "I'm All Alone" from SPAMALOT
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
#24

Broadway songs about being powerless?

Posted: 6/18/15 at 12:54am

"Hey There (Reprise)/If You Win You Lose" from The Pajama Game.


Parts of "Almost Real" from the Bridges of Madison County, but not the entire song.


"The Moment Explodes" from If/Then.


In a more comical way, "The Diva's Lament" from Spamalot fits this category.

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