Ever left a show humming the songs?!

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Ever left a show humming the songs?!

Posted: 10/17/04 at 8:36pm

Everyone (meaning critics) say that most hit shows need to have that angle to it where one can leave singing the songs. Most agreed that this was present during HAIRSPRAY and shows of that nature. Never in all the shows Ive seen, have I ever left humming the tunes. I mean, after the first time I sawWICKED, I was trying to sing Popular but the only word I knew was..."popular"...LOL. Have you ever actually left a Broadway show for the first time singing a song!? Id be interested to hear which show and which song.

#2

re: Ever left a show humming the songs?!

Posted: 10/17/04 at 8:40pm

When I saw Forbidden Broadway, because it was very familiar.

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re: Ever left a show humming the songs?!

Posted: 10/17/04 at 8:49pm

"Most agreed that this was present during HAIRSPRAY and shows of that nature."

Shows that are high on spectacle and low on smarts?

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Posted: 10/17/04 at 8:50pm

Assassins, i'm serious, i walked out and couldn't stop singing Another National Anthem

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#5

re: Ever left a show humming the songs?!

Posted: 10/17/04 at 8:52pm

Ahh, I loved Assassins.
I would have to say Caligula. The music was awesome, and by the end of the show it all sounded familiar.

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Posted: 10/17/04 at 8:53pm

Assassins for me too.
I think it was just to spite Sondheim critics who say his music isn't hummable.

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Posted: 10/17/04 at 8:53pm

From the very first time I saw TWHM, I left the theater not only humming the tunes, but dancing on air!

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re: Ever left a show humming the songs?!

Posted: 10/17/04 at 8:54pm

Most recently, Altar Boyz. I left humming "iii believe" and "we are the AL-tar boyz." A bunch of others too. It was very tuneful and catchy. Great show, can't wait to see it off-Broadway.

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Posted: 10/17/04 at 9:51pm

Every time. I have a memory for tunes, especially if they are repeated throughout a show. Sometimes, it can get annoying... lol

#10

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Posted: 10/17/04 at 10:06pm

I walked out singing Shakalaka Baby after Bombay Dreams
It was stuck for a week

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Posted: 10/17/04 at 10:06pm

every show!!

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#12

re: Ever left a show humming the songs?!

Posted: 10/17/04 at 10:09pm

yes, all the time!

#13

re: Ever left a show humming the songs?!

Posted: 10/17/04 at 10:11pm

Many times.
When I saw Hairspray: Good Morning Baltimore was stuck in my head.
Wicked: No Good Deed
Bombay Dreams, I did not see this production, but
in front of the theater where this show is playing,
they have a tv with slips of the show and the song
Shakalaka baby was stuck in my head.

#14

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Posted: 10/17/04 at 10:11pm

always....until i saw dracula

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Posted: 10/17/04 at 10:12pm

the worst for me was after seeing Evita for the first time: I sang Don;t Cry For Me Argentina for weeks.

Imagine how bad it was the first few times I performed in the show. That song has got a melody that attaches itself to the membranes in my body and wont let go.

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re: Ever left a show humming the songs?!

Posted: 10/17/04 at 10:27pm

After Avenue Q, I called my sister on my cell phone and sang "What do you do with a BA in English?" on the phone. I got some weird stares from people walking on the sidewalk...

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re: Ever left a show humming the songs?!

Posted: 10/17/04 at 10:45pm

Most of the time I do. When I don't, I know the show wasn't up to par.

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Posted: 10/17/04 at 10:47pm

everytime I see HAIRSPRAY, the songs are so in my head...it's like I wrote them

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Posted: 10/17/04 at 11:26pm

and I hear this new show "Catch Me If You Can" has some catchy tunes, as well...

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#20

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Posted: 10/17/04 at 11:32pm

Definately Bombay Dreams

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#21

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Posted: 10/17/04 at 11:35pm

I actually left Caroline humming Salty Teardrops. I still remember some of the choreography too and when i'm listening to it(by myself), do said choreography.

God I can't believe I just admitted that.

Updated On: 10/17/04 at 11:35 PM

#22

re: Ever left a show humming the songs?!

Posted: 10/17/04 at 11:39pm

almost all the time

except for jane eyre
civil war
and miss saigon

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#23

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Posted: 10/17/04 at 11:51pm

I recently saw Jesus Christ Superstar and I couldn't stop humming 'What's the Buzz'... It bothered me because there were so many more songs that I liked more than that one but it was too catchy for it's own good...

I leave shows humming the songs a lot. Especially if I've seen the show a few times and am very familiar with the music

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Posted: 10/18/04 at 12:03am

Marc that made me laugh

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Posted: 10/18/04 at 12:05am

WICKED.. and BROOKLYN

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