Favorite Kander and Ebb song- Page 3

[luvcaroline]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 4:24pm

Agreed GoSmile. I've also always loved "How Lucky Can You Get" from the same show

Updated On: 9/13/13 at 04:24 PM

[luvcaroline]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 4:37pm

After 8, "Coffee in a Cardboard Cup" is another one of those timeless songs that seems like it's been around forever. Even though I understand that there were some issues with the show, I would love to see a production of it one day.

[darquegk]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 4:47pm

Mandy Patinkin's performance of "Coffee In A Cardboard Cup," in which he plays the entire diner and every character in it, is fantastic. Even though it may not have the context of the real show, I have not yet seen or heard a performance to equal it.

[After Eight]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 8:16pm

^

I prefer the original performers' version of that song.

Luvcaroline,

I hope you do get to see a production of the show one day. If you do, you are in for a treat!

[Timmer]

Posted: 10/12/16 at 4:14pm

I have several.  Everyone loves songs like "All That Jazz" and the stuff from "Cabaret".  I find the irony of "Class" incisive and funny.  And of course, "New York, New York".

 

A couple of my favorites are "Yes" and "First You Dream".


 

[TNick926]

Posted: 10/12/16 at 4:34pm

A QUIET THING from Flora, the Red Menace...and Liza sang it so beautifully at Carnegie Hall!

[bct14972]

Posted: 10/12/16 at 4:50pm

Both have been said before, but "Sing Happy" and "Yes" top my list. The way that both songs transform themselves from the first to final note are genius and moving.

[broadwaybabywannabe2]

Posted: 10/12/16 at 5:14pm

MY OWN BEST FRIEND...from CHICAGO

Many's the guy
Who told me he cares
But they were scratchin' my back
'Cause I was scratchin' theirs

 

but seriously from CABARET

MAYBE THIS TIME...to me the greatest LIZA song she has ever sung...2nd place to

 

BUT THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND from NEW YORK NEW YORK:

And sometimes a friend starts treating you bad

But the world goes 'round

sorry i forgot A QUIET THING from Flora the Red Menace...although i love Barbra's version a lot i truly truly love LIZA singing this song in her younger voice

Updated On: 10/12/16 at 05:14 PM

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 10/12/16 at 5:32pm

The whole score of Cabaret is an absolute masterpiece, but "What Would You Do?" is such a beautifully heartbreaking song.

[MarkBearSF]

Posted: 10/12/16 at 5:46pm

So What
And the World Goes Round
It's a Business

[Ranger Tom]

Posted: 10/12/16 at 7:33pm

Meeskite

Followed by:

Among My Yesterdays

And All That Jazz

Married

 

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 10/12/16 at 10:20pm

Classics from their early years that bear repeating: A Quiet Thing, and My Coloring Book.

But a favorite song no-one has mentioned from THE RINK: All the Children in a Row. Perfect story telling wedded to a lovely melody. The best of the best.

[Another Winter]

Posted: 10/12/16 at 11:45pm

I feel like "My Own Best Friend" from Chicago is criminally underrated!

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 10/13/16 at 12:00am

Another Winter said: "I feel like "My Own Best Friend" from Chicago is criminally underrated!

 

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Absolutely!!! I wish it was in the film.

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 10/13/16 at 9:26am

Semi-unrelated, but how many of you guys caught the Takarazuka production of Chicago at Lincoln Center this summer? The way they staged the courtroom scene was so fresh and smart. And that Mary Sunshine...DAYUM did he have a range.

Anyway, my favorite Kander and Ebb songs are "Razzle Dazzle," "Love and Love Alone," and of course- "New York New York."

[The Other One]

Posted: 10/13/16 at 1:39pm

What Would You Do?, which is on a short list of the most powerful songs in all musical theatre. 

Life Is, Wilkommen, Only Love, My Coloring Book, Dear One...I haven't always loved the shows, but I very rarely don't love their scores.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 10/13/16 at 1:51pm

How Lucky Can You Get?

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 10/13/16 at 1:51pm

How Lucky Can You Get?

[darquegk]

Posted: 10/13/16 at 2:07pm

I can't really hum any melodies from "The Visit," but the whole show hands in my mind like a beautiful fever dream, and I hear the tuneless melodies of the two maimed eunuchs constantly bouncing around my head.

[BWAY Baby2]

Posted: 10/13/16 at 2:09pm

Maybe This Time