CATCHY Showtunes!

#1

CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 11:56am

Name Showtunes (specific songs from shows) that are CATCHY!

"My Junk" - SPRING AWAKENING

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"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

#2

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 11:57am

I don't think anything from SA is "catchy".

Lots of Jerry Herman's stuff is catchy. Hello, Dolly, Mame, The Best of Times is Now.

#3

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 12:04pm

As neutral as I am on the show, once I hear "Omigod You Guys!" that dang song is stuck in my head for DAYS. I swear they put subliminal messages to like it in there.

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#4

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 12:08pm

All the songs from Will Rogers' Follies
All the songs from Chicago

I think Cy Coleman and Kander & Ebb, along with Jerry Herman, could be considered "catchy" writers for the most part.

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Updated On: 12/4/07 at 12:08 PM

#5

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 12:08pm

As neutral as I am on the show, once I hear "Omigod You Guys!" that dang song is stuck in my head for DAYS.

Lol I was about to say, love or hate Blonde there's no way you leave the Palace without having "Omigod You Guys" stuck in your brain for days...

#6

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 12:09pm

As much as I dislike THE WEDDING SINGER (I don't even own the cast recording), once I hear "It's Your Wedding Day," it's darn hard to get out of my head.

Then I think of the choreography that went along with it, and I feel the urge to hurl.

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"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

Updated On: 12/4/07 at 12:09 PM

#7

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 12:25pm

anything by Cole Porter
"Happy Talk" from South Pacific, really anything by R&H
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd"
the scores of Phantom and Les Miz, since they're so repetitive

#8

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 12:45pm

I actually disagree about OMIGOD YOU GUYS. Other than the phrase "Omigod, Omigod you guys", there's nothing else catchy.

#9

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 12:49pm

Welcome to the 60's from Hairspray. That song gets stuck in my head for days

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#10

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 12:49pm

Any of the classics, I'd say...what's more catchy than "Oklahoma!" or "There's No Business Like Show Business"?

#11

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 12:54pm

I've tried many a time to get "Welcome To The 60's" out of my head after randomly hearing it, but it's one of the catchiest I've ever encountered.

"Thoroughly Modern Millie" is also up there on my list, along with "Omigod You Guys", "We Are The Altar Boyz", "One," and "Two Lost Souls." (LB, AB, ACL, DY)

#12

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 1:00pm

"Run, Freedom, Run" - URINETOWN

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"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

#13

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 1:01pm

I agree with much of what has been mentioned, but now this thread is putting my brain on continuous shuffle!

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#14

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 1:13pm

"Sugar" - TICK, TICK...BOOM!

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"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

#15

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 1:39pm

Regarding OMG, I didn't necessarily mean it in a good way. More like in a pink-eye way. :P

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#16

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 5:38pm

"Let Me Entertain You", either version.

#17

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 6:07pm

Almost the entire score of In Trousers. For as much as that show is never performed and has no coherent plot, the music is so damn catchy!

#18

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 6:37pm

I Got Rhythm....especially when the number goes on for DAYS in CRAZY FOR YOU!

#19

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 7:04pm

Nahh Popular Wicked... DEFINATLEY. That'll be stuck in your head for days

#20

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 7:17pm

christmas bells from rent

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#21

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 7:17pm

"I think Cy Coleman and Kander & Ebb, along with Jerry Herman, could be considered "catchy" writers for the most part."


Agreed, artscallion. The entire score of Chicago is filled with catchy lyrics.

"Let's all stroe together... Like the Princeton Crew" Ah, one of my favorites.

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#22

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 7:19pm

"Getting Married Today" from Company
"The Five-Fifteen" from Grey Gardens

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#23

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 7:20pm

Right now I can't get Louisiana Purchase out of my head. Irving Berlin sure knew how to write them!

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#24

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 7:22pm

Forgot to mention Prologue: Ragtime.

Oh, and this is kinda off topic, not to mention a really bad song, but "Bop to the Top" from High School Musical was stuck in my head for about a week.

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#25

re: CATCHY Showtunes!

Posted: 12/4/07 at 7:29pm

"You Can't Stop The Beat" and "Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now"- Hairspray.

"Omigod You Guys" and "Positive" - Legally Blonde.
"C'mon Everybody" and "One Night With You" -All Shook Up

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