Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
#50re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/3/07 at 3:02pm
Rose's Turn - Gypsy
Cabaret - Cabaret
Make Me Happy - The Wild Party (Lippa)
#51re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/3/07 at 3:06pmthe jekyll&hyde "confrontation"..... and "i dont do sadness" from spring awakening
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#52re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/3/07 at 3:15pm
Epiphany (Sweeney Todd)
Last Midnight (Into the Woods)
Camera Wall (Bright Lights, Big City)
#53re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/3/07 at 3:31pm
I immediately thought of "Epiphany" and "Not Getting Married Today" upon seeing this thread. On the other side of the spectrum, I absolutely adore "Twisted Every Way" from Phantom; te light strings accompanying Christine are gorgeous. "I Dreamed a Dream" is an extraordinary breakdown song, espcecially when sung by Patti or Ruthie Henshall. Oh, and "Javert's Suicide".
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#54re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/3/07 at 3:47pm
Sunset Boulevard which I think has various levels of breakdown:
Surrender
With One Look
The ending
Evita:
Waltz for Eva & Che (which ends in Evita's physical breakdown)
#55re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/3/07 at 3:54pm
FOLLIES is the ultimate.
Considering the entire Loveland sequence is a nervous breakdown of the 4 leads. Ben's big breakdown ties it all together.
#56re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/3/07 at 3:59pm
only a gay man could truly appreciate their stars breaking down on stage
Carousel from Jacques Brel
Epiphany from Sweeney
Bride's Lament from Drowsy
Pandemonium from Spelling Bee
Rose's Turn from Gypsy
Tell Me On A Sunday from Song & Dance
#57re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/3/07 at 4:09pm
Can't believe I'm saying this but..."Goodbye Love". haha, I can't really think of any other ones.
Oh, and if this counts, Diana (sort of) breaks down during "Nothing" in A CHORUS LINE...
Emcee4ever
Leading Actor Joined: 7/27/05
#58re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/3/07 at 5:10pm'Cabaret' and 'I Don't Care Much' are my favorites. :)
#59re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/3/07 at 5:16pm
I would definitely say Live, Laugh, Love- Finale from Follies.
The ultimate breakdown
#60re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/3/07 at 7:49pm
I think MANY of the choices posted here are pretty off - clearly we disagree on what constitutes a bonafide "breakdown."
Or a SONG for that matter....
About Hysteria from Piazza: Dialogue, directions and a bunch of La la's do not a song make!
Among the ones I DO agree with:
Rose's Turn
Judas' Death
Live, Laugh, Love
Losing My Mind
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#61re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/3/07 at 7:57pm
I have to go with many people on this board and say "Bride's Lament" which is absolutely hilarious
"Oh monkey, monkey, monkey..."
:)
aepratt
Swing Joined: 10/3/06
#62re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/3/07 at 10:43pm
I'd have to say "Another Winter in a Summer Town," since I am the bona fide lady who can't shut up about "Grey Gardens". The little monologues in between the divine verses of "Around the World" are also breakdown songs.
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#63re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/3/07 at 10:49pm
someone mentioned this earlier...
but would you really count "i can't do it alone" from chicago as a mental breakdown?
yeah, she is desperate, but i didn't see it as a breakdown.
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#64re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/3/07 at 10:53pm
Where is love- Oliver
For Now- Avenue Q
#65re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/3/07 at 10:58pm
Brides Lament- Drowsy Chaperone
Woe Is Me- Spelling Bee
Rose's Turn- Gypsy
#66re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/4/07 at 2:13am"Somebody Kill Me Please"- Wedding Singer
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#67re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/4/07 at 2:17am
Somebody Kill Me - The Wedding Singer
Hysteria, Octet, Clara's Interlude - The Light in the Piazza
La Vida Eternal - Altar Boyz
Jwaa
Broadway Star Joined: 11/28/04
#69re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/4/07 at 11:31am
I'm seeing a lot of "Cabaret" but hey, someone else said "I Don't Care Much"... which is good because I was getting worried.
Truly beautiful, yet depressing and heart-breaking.
[Well, depending on whose rendition you listen to].
"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, men recognize that the human race has been harshly treated but it has moved forward." - Les Miserables
#70re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/4/07 at 12:15pm
in addition to all of those mentioned i have a few more;
so many little things- bright lights big city
now(its just the gas) and the meek shall inherit- lsoh
no good deed- wicked
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#71re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/4/07 at 12:48pmThe World's Gone Insane- Jekyll and Hyde double CD
TheaterAddict7652
Broadway Star Joined: 2/7/06
#72re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/4/07 at 10:38pm
Epiphany (Sweeney)
Rose's Turn (Gypsy)
And I'm Am Telling You (Dreamgirls)
Clara's Tirade (Piazza)
Your Daddy's Son and Coalhouse's Soliloquy (Ragtime)
Cabaret and I Don't Care Much (Cabaret)
I agree with Another Winter in a Summer Town and I'd also have to add Daddy's Girl.
#73re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/4/07 at 10:46pmMiss Celie's Curse from The Color Purple.
#74re: Favorite Mental Breakdown Song
Posted: 1/4/07 at 11:57pm"Let Me Drown" from Lippa's The Wild Party
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