Bway songs about an enemy or nemesis

[linnys]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 9:54pm

Or just not liking someone in general. I'm not getting anywhere and would love some help coming up with some ideas...Thanks!

[After Eight]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 10:20pm

In "The Army of the Just" in Tenderloin, sin is the enemy:

"To the pure shall the victory be given
From this earth shall iniquity be driven..."

There are football cheers aginst the foe in A Family Affair and All American.

Carnival! and Destry Rides Again have songs entitled "I Hate Him." Kiss Me, Kate has "I Hate Men." La Strada has "I Don't Like You."

Then, there's the very funny "Cherry Pies Ought to Be You" in Out of This World in which Charlotte Greenwood and David Burns exchange insults.

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[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 10:24pm

You're No Good - What Makes Sammy Run

[sabrelady]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 10:43pm

"Loathing"- unadulterated loathing...

[sergio_27]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 10:45pm

"Or just not liking someone in general."

"What Is This Feeling", from Wicked.

[LuminousBeing]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 11:10pm

--"There's Always a Woman" from *Anyone Can Whistle*
--"Could I Leave You" from *Follies*
--sections from "At the Ballet" from *A Chorus Line*
--"No More" from *See What I Wanna See*

Those are just off the top of my head. Any of them fit what you're looking for? If not, I'll search my music collection a little more deeply. :)

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 11:17pm

Parts of The Ballad of Booth in Assassins.

[RENT_is_Wicked2]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 11:25pm

Confrontation- Les Mis

[mamaleh]

Posted: 1/8/13 at 12:33am

"Revenge," a funny revenge (what else?) song from IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S SUPERMAN

"You're Nothing Without Me" from CITY OF ANGELS
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[ratherbewhaling]

Posted: 1/8/13 at 12:58am

Franklin Shepard Inc from Merrily We Roll Along

[someone.else's.story2]

Posted: 1/8/13 at 1:36am

"My Rules" from The Goodbye Girl

"Nobody Steps on Kafritz" from Henry, Sweet Henry

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 1/8/13 at 1:49am

"Epiphany" from Sweeney Todd

[newintown]

Posted: 1/8/13 at 12:50pm

"The Gentleman Is A Dope" - Allegro
"No One'll Ever Love You" - Goldilocks
"Who Needs Her?" - Breakfast At Tiffany's
"What Did I Ever See In Him?" - Bye Bye Birdie
"Easy For You" - Rags
"Grand Knowing You" - She Loves Me
"You Wanna Be My Friend?" - Closer Than Ever
"It Would Have Been Wonderful" - A Little Night Music

[Jon]

Posted: 1/8/13 at 2:47pm

Another song called "Revenge" from A FAMILY AFFAIR (John Kander, before he met Fred Ebb)

"Just You Wait" from MY FAIR LADY

"Never!" from ON THE 20TH CENTURY

[ContinentalNettle]

Posted: 1/8/13 at 2:57pm

Falcon in the Dive from The Scarlet Pimpernel

[WestVillage]

Posted: 1/8/13 at 3:33pm

Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better - Annie Get Your Gun
So Long Dearie - Hello Dolly

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 1/8/13 at 4:00pm

Now that I've Seen Her - Miss Saigon

[WOSQ]

Posted: 1/8/13 at 4:54pm

I have been looking at the word 'Cinderella' all day.

"Stepsister's Lament"; take the duet and make it a solo.

Play it for real and for keeps. The realer it is, the flat-out funnier it is. Think if Nell Carter had ever played these roles. She didn't but imagine what she might have done.

[pinoyidol2006]

Posted: 1/8/13 at 8:01pm

"There's Always a Woman" from Anyone Can Whistle
"Cooties" from Hairspray

"You Must Meet My Wife" from A Little Night Music (Maybe?)

[darquegk]

Posted: 1/8/13 at 8:30pm

"Pretty Pretty Princess" from Snow White: A New Musical.
"Guys Like Potter" from A Very Potter Musical

[justoldbill]

Posted: 1/8/13 at 9:15pm

You Can't Cheat An Honest Man - BAJOUR
The Jet Song - WEST SIDE STORY
Everything I've Got - BY JUPITER
Lonely Room - OKLAHOMA!
Take Him - PAL JOEY
You're Not Fooling Me - 110 IN THE SHADE
Winter And Summer - CELEBRATION

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[PTOPhan]

Posted: 1/8/13 at 9:26pm

Two of my suggestions have already been mentioned: "Anything You Can Do" (Annie Get Your Gun) and "Just You Wait" (My Fair Lady").

Other suggestions: "Show Me," "Without You," and "Why Can't a Woman" (all from "My Fair Lady," in which the two main characters spend most of the show furious with each other ... until they realize they're in love, which is why I think Higgins has to be reasonably young and sexy, but that's for another thread).

Still others: "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria" (The Sound of Music); "Aldonza" (her soliloquy, from "Man of La Mancha"); Anna's song, whose name I've forgotten, about her fury with the way the King treats his family and servants (The King and I); "He had it Coming" (Chicago).

I've noticed that many "dislike" songs are sung by female voices, so I hope that's what you're looking for.

[After Eight]

Posted: 1/8/13 at 9:36pm

Also, "Humming" in Carnival!

And the very cute "I'm in Love With Miss Logan," (the second part of it) from New Faces of '52.

[justoldbill]

Posted: 1/8/13 at 9:41pm

The song from THE KING AND I is "Shall I Tell You What I Think Of You?".

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 1/8/13 at 10:26pm

You're all forgetting the best song.

When lovers turn to enemies: "Anything But Lonely" from Aspects of Love.