Favorite R & H song
Favorite R & H song
luvcaroline
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/05
#1Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/30/07 at 8:33pm
OK, in honor of Sound of Music being on network TV now, what's your favorite Rodger's & Hammerstein song?
Mine: People Will Say We're in Love
Close 2nd: You'll Never Walk Alone
#2re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/30/07 at 8:37pm
I Have Dreamed
I still get chills.
....but the world goes 'round
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
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#3re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/30/07 at 8:44pmwhoops double post Updated On: 12/30/07 at 08:44 PM
#6re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/30/07 at 8:47pmThis Nearly Was Mine
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COOOOLkid
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#7re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/30/07 at 8:53pmI Have Dreamed from The King and I
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-Family Guy
#8re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/30/07 at 8:58pmFor me, the best R&H number is "The Carousel Waltz," truly one of the greatest works of American composition (sorry Oscar) and here's to Oscar for the chilling "You've Got To Be Carefully Taught" which is one of the most moving poems about intolerance ever penned (and a great melody, too).
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#9re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/30/07 at 8:59pmFor me, the best R&H number is "The Carousel Waltz," truly one of the greatest works of American composition (sorry Oscar) and here's to Oscar for the chilling "You've Got To Be Carefully Taught" which is one of the most moving poems about intolerance ever penned (and a great melody, too).
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915
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RoseStopnikCooks
Stand-by Joined: 12/19/07
#10re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/30/07 at 9:07pm
I second allofmylife. RR must certainly be commended for the brilliant "waltz" that opens CAROUSEL.
But I think I might just love "My Lord and Master" second to it!
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#11re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/30/07 at 9:13pmI never met a Richard Rodgers tune I didn't like. If I had to chose just one, with Hammerstein, it would be When the Children Are Asleep.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#12re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/30/07 at 9:21pm
Something Wonderful
What's the Use of Wonderin'
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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#13re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/30/07 at 9:46pm
I know it's not R&H, it's well, R&the other H:
ANYTHING from "On Your Toes." ESPECIALLY "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue."
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mc1227
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/07
#14re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/30/07 at 9:55pmTough one, but I think "If I loved you" Such a beautiful song..
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#15re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/30/07 at 10:05pm
"Stepsisters' Lament"
I'm weird like that.
I know you.
I know you.
I know you.
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#16re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/30/07 at 10:17pm
I love Something Wonderful.
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#17re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/30/07 at 11:02pm
Edelweiss.
Their last.
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#18re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/30/07 at 11:27pm
"Shall We Dance?" (has to be one of the most romantic/erotic moments in musical theater--if not the most)
"Shall I Tell You What I Think Of You?"
"You've Got to Be Carefully Taught"
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#19re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/31/07 at 3:04am
You've Got to Be Carefully Taught
I second this. I don't know, there is something that I just LOVE about this song!
#20re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/31/07 at 3:07amHammerstein or Hart? :P
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#21re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/31/07 at 4:27am
Gosh, this is hard because they wrote so many memorable songs together. I'll try to narrow it down to a top 5.
1. The Gentleman is a Dope
2. People Will Say We're in Lobe
3. In My Own Little Corner
4. Kiss in a Shadow
5. Younger than Springtime
As for Rodgers and Hart:
1. Bewitched
2. I Could Write a Book
3. Blue Moon
4. Ten Cents a Dance
5. Little Girl Blue
Does anyone have any of the "Musicality" CDs put out by Jay Records? I have both the Rodgers & Hart and Rodgers and Hammerstein CDs among others. There are some great performances on these albums!
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Updated On: 12/31/07 at 04:27 AM
#22re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/31/07 at 5:30am
Soliloquy
People will Say We're in Love
Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.- Bette Davis
#23re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/31/07 at 5:42am
Certainly agreed with The Carousel Waltz, Carefully Taught, and especially My Lord an Master which I think is just beautiful.
But I'd have to say my favorite is "A Wonderful Guy" from South Pacific. A perfect expression of sheer joy. To the point and eminently charming.
But I LOVE Rodgers and Hammerstein. All of South Pacific and sound of Music, and so many gems from their other works.
"...and in a bed."
#24re: Favorite R & H song
Posted: 12/31/07 at 6:05am
South Pacific - This Nearly Was Mine, Carefully Taught
Sound of Music - Edelweiss, An Ordinary Couple
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