Examples of Musical Theater "List" Songs
Examples of Musical Theater "List" Songs
Examples of Musical Theater "List" Songs#1
Posted: 6/18/16 at 3:20pm
In an interview with Duncan Sheik, he mentioned that You Are What You Wear from American Psycho was written as an homage to musical theater "list" songs. I have never heard this term used before. If anyone could provide an example(s) of a "list" song, it would be greatly appreciated.
Examples of Musical Theater #2
Posted: 6/18/16 at 3:21pm
You're the Top is probably the biggest one.
Examples of Musical Theater #3
Posted: 6/18/16 at 3:24pm
Have an Egg Roll, Mr. Goldstone is another, but You're the Top is the main one.
Examples of Musical Theater #4
Posted: 6/18/16 at 3:29pm
Not musical theatre but the Catalogue Aria from Don Giovanni is the "classic" (literally) example.
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Examples of Musical Theater #6
Posted: 6/18/16 at 3:41pm
"Buenos Aires" from Evita
I always thought "You Are What You Wear" was much more like Madonna's "Vogue" than any song from musical theater.
Examples of Musical Theater #7
Posted: 6/18/16 at 3:46pm
The History of Wrong Guys from "Kinky Boots" was the first thing that popped into my head when reading the title of this thread.
Examples of Musical Theater #8
Posted: 6/18/16 at 3:50pm
Unsettled Scores from Whistle Down the Wind
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Examples of Musical Theater #9
Posted: 6/18/16 at 4:05pm
Gilbert and Sullivan did a fair Number (inc I've Got a Little List 
)
La Vie Boheme (Rent)
My Favorite Things ( Song of Music)
I'm still Here ( Follies) ( Sondheim says these are the easiest songs to write)
Half the songs for Hair.
As a non Bway song I always think Tom Lehr's "The Periodic Table of Elements" is the best list song.
Examples of Musical Theater #10
Posted: 6/18/16 at 5:41pm
"Tchaikovsky" From Lady in the Dark is one of the best ever written.
"Zip" - Pal Joey
Cole porter wrote many:
I've a shooting box in Scotland
Let's do it (let's fall in love)
At long last love
Brush up your shakespeare
Can-Can
Come to the Supermarket
Examples of Musical Theater #11
Posted: 6/18/16 at 6:08pm
All songs are pretty much "I want, "I love you" or "list" songs.
What gets clever is when someone writes a lyric which is not about these things.
Examples of Musical Theater #12
Posted: 6/18/16 at 6:42pm
Joseph's Coat
Examples of Musical Theater #14
Posted: 6/18/16 at 7:42pm
"A Little Priest" is another one that hasn't been mentioned.
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Examples of Musical Theater #15
Posted: 6/18/16 at 8:01pm
"I Wish I Were in Love Again" — Babes in Arms
"To Keep My Love Alive" — A Connecticut Yankee
"You Can Always Count on Me" — City of Angels
Examples of Musical Theater #16
Posted: 6/18/16 at 8:02pm
"Under the Sea" is actually kind of a list song. Great rhymes.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
Examples of Musical Theater #17
Posted: 6/18/16 at 9:46pm
Ah, Paris! FOLLIES
The Butler's Song SO LONG, 174th STREET
I Can Cook, Too ON THE TOWN
Conga WONDERFUL TOWN
My Favorite Things THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Down with Love HOORAY, FOR WHAT?
I Remember Sky EVENING PRIMROSE
What More Do I Need? SATURDAY NIGHT
In the Movies SATURDAY NIGHT
Everyday a Little Death A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
In Praise of Women A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
Now A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
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Examples of Musical Theater #18
Posted: 6/18/16 at 9:59pm
"Shiksa Goddess" from The Last Five Years popped into my head.
Examples of Musical Theater #19
Posted: 6/18/16 at 11:08pm
Plenty of Pennsylvania from Plain and Fancy.
Examples of Musical Theater #20
Posted: 6/18/16 at 11:26pm
I am the very model of a modern major general from Pirates of Penzance
Examples of Musical Theater #22
Posted: 6/19/16 at 12:14am
Yes, "I am the very model of a modern Major General" and pretty much all of the "patter man" songs in the Gilbert and Sullivan canon. Including..."I've Got a Little List."
Examples of Musical Theater #24
Posted: 6/19/16 at 6:55pm
I Get a Kick Out of You
non Broadway
It's the End of the World as We Know It
We Didn't Start the Fire
Examples of Musical Theater #25
Posted: 6/19/16 at 7:21pm
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ListSong
There's a pretty nice list of them here! (look under the theater tab for musicals)
Examples of Musical Theater #26
Posted: 6/19/16 at 8:18pm
I've always loved Drop That Name from Bells Are Ringing.
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