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#26

re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?

Posted: 7/9/08 at 2:23pm

Billy Elliott has several:

The Stars Look Down
Solidarity
Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher
Once We Were King

And one of my all-time favorites:

The Vaults of Heaven from Whistle Down the Wind
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#27

re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?

Posted: 7/9/08 at 2:39pm

Oh! And how could I forget the sublime Old Red Hills of Home and It Don't Make Sense from Parade? Two of the most stunning numbers I've seen on stage.
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#29

re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?

Posted: 7/9/08 at 2:54pm

wells fargo Wagon-The Music Man
Slap that bass-Crazy for you
Tradition-Fiddler on the Roof
Belle-beauty and the beast
The telephone hour-Bye Bye Birdie
another opening of another show- Kiss me kate
ever after-Into the Woods
#30

re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?

Posted: 7/9/08 at 4:05pm

I second Downtown from Little Shop and One Day More from Les Miz.
Downtown has got to be my favorite group number of all time.
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#32

re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?

Posted: 7/9/08 at 5:40pm

Merano from Chess
Land of Our Fathers from Martin Guerre
The Prince Is Giving A Ball from Cinderella
Tell Me It's Not True from Blood Brothers
Garlic from Dance of the Vampires

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Updated On: 7/9/08 at 05:40 PM

#35

re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?

Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:40am

Say A Prayer from Dance of the Vampires
Starker als wir sind from Tanz der Vampire

And now here comes the twist:

They're the same damn song.
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#36

re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?

Posted: 8/4/08 at 12:56pm

"The Miracle Song" and "Simple" - ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
(incidentally, SIMPLE is one of my all-time favorite showtunes)
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#42

re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?

Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:14pm

I agree that "One Day More" is good, but I can't believe that no one has mentioned "At the End of the Day" from Les Miserables. The start of the chorus of that song, when all of the townspeople are singing and facing the audience, always gives me goosebumps.
#43

re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?

Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:22pm

God, That's Good - Sweeney Todd
Skid Row (Downtown) - Little Shop of Horrors
A New Argentina - Evita (sort of an "entire town singing" song)
Christopher Street - Wonderful Town
#46

re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?

Posted: 2/24/09 at 3:02am

Call me crazy, but the first thing that popped into my head was that "Yahoo, doray, fahoo, foray" number from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." Go figure. :)
#47

re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?

Posted: 2/24/09 at 4:34am

Not necessarily my favorite, but the first thing that came to mind (especially with the word choice of 'town') is "Blame Canada" from the South Park movie. Crass perhaps, but hey it was even nominated for a freaking Oscar.

EDITED TO ADD: lol didn't realize the film itself had been suggested already. But not this song so it still counts.

Updated On: 2/24/09 at 04:34 AM

#49

re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?

Posted: 2/24/09 at 8:20am

My all-time favorite is "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" from Hello Dolly.

Pet peeve though: I know it's expensive, but if you don't have a train, don't have the ensemble line up and walk around like a train... just looks dreadful. Especially if the female ensemble members are twirling their umbrellas like train wheels. Gah.

And I know it's not an original song but I liked the whole town singing "Can't Help Falling In Love" at the Act 1 finale of "All Shook Up."
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