Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

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Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:31pm

Mine is Simple from NINE.

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Gypsy - Betty Buckley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUN5XoB5vFs&feature=youtu.be

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:32pm

Did you just spell 'obnoctious'? Tell me that was a joke.

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:34pm

*You mean 'obnoxious,' lol.

Fav sad songs...

'Without You'-RENT
'For Good'-Wicked
'II Adore'-Taboo
'On My Own'-Les Mis
'No One Is Alone'-Into the Woods
'I Don't Care Much'-Cabaret
'Somewhere'-Westside Story
'Impossible Dream'-Man of La Mancha

Sorry, did you say one? lol

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:36pm

Obnoxious. And if I spelled it wrong, at least I'm a bit closer.

"Sunny Side to Every Situation" from 42nd Street (more hopeful, I guess)
"On My Own" from Les Miserables
"Mr. Cellophane" from Chicago
"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from Phantom of the Opera

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:36pm

And 'Fav' isn't a real word, so let's make an issue out of that.

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Gypsy - Betty Buckley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUN5XoB5vFs&feature=youtu.be

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:37pm

So In Love - Kiss Me Kate
Little Lamb - Gypsy
On My Own - Les Miserables
Every Day a Little Death - A Little Night Music

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:37pm

I don't know if it is my favorite, but LOSING MY MIND is definately up there.

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:38pm

The Sondheim list-

"Losing My Mind" - Follies
"We Do Not Belong Together" - Sunday in the Park With George
"Not a Day Goes By" - Merrily We Roll Along
"Lament" - Into the Woods

Now I'm all depressed.

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:40pm

I think all sad songs are just opportunities for happy outcomes... I find most sad songs the first step to a happy ending. But, obviously the ultimate sad song is "Rose's' Turn". Enough said.

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:42pm

Without You
Il Adore
I Don't Care Much
See Her Smile
Written in the Stars

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:43pm

ill cover you reprise
for good
ill adore
i know were i been

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:44pm

I LOVE "Rose's Turn". It isn't the typical sad song. It has so much style. I also love "Unusual Way", "I Still Believe" from Miss Saigon, and "The Impossible Dream".

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:44pm

I think anyone who has seen WICKED or heard the OBC knows that Defying Gravity is not a "sad" song. But to call it obnoxious, is rediculous!
The only thing obnoxious on these boards is how everyone puts down anything to do with WICKED.
You don't sell out an almost 1800 seat theater every night with obnoxious songs. But speaking of obnoxious, "It sucka sucka etc..."

Now what was the question?? Oh yeah, favorite sad songs.
For Good!!!

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:46pm

Guys, guys!

Obnoxious.
Ridiculous.

Spell with me.
Thank you!

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#15

re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:46pm

Whenever I hear Stephanie Mills singing "I wish I was Home" or "Home" from The Wiz I get sad. It's like hearing Over The Rainbow sung by Judy Garland. My grandmother needs a tissue every time she sings that song....anyway, yeah those from The Wiz

and "For Good" we used as our graduation song this year at High School (our music teacher adapted it and asked Mr. Shwartz (sp) if we could use it and he said yes :)) so that's a sad song too

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:47pm

I did the "rediculous" on purpose.

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:48pm

"Children & Art" - SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
"Aldonza" - MAN OF LA MANCHA
"Written in the Stars" - AIDA
"Eva's Final Broadcast" - EVITA
"No One Is Alone" - INTO THE WOODS
"Be On Your Own" - NINE

and, in my opinion, the saddest song ever written for the musical theatre -

"Michael Furey" - JAMES JOYCE'S THE DEAD

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:49pm

I have lots:
Camelot: "I Loved You Once In Silence"
Les Mis: "I Dreamed A Dream," "On My Own," "A Little Fall Of Rain" and "Empty Chairs At Empty Tables"
CATS: "Memory" (it is NOT a love song, people!!)
LSOH: the reprise of "Somewhere That's Green"
Zanna Don't: "Do You Know What It's Like?"
B&TB: "If I Can't Love Her"
Rocky Horror: "I'm Going Home"
Elegies: "My Dogs" (the only track on the CD that makes me cry)
RENT: "I'll Cover You Reprise"
Into The Woods: "No One Is Alone" (well, it's more a mix of sad and hopeful)
A Little Night Music: "Send In The Clowns"
Avenue Q: "There's A Fine Fine Line"
Riverdance "Caoneidh Cu Cuchulainne" and "Lift The Wings"

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:50pm

"Your Daddy's Son" from "Ragtime" and "We Do Not Belong" from SIPWG.

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:51pm

Sorry, NY!

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:51pm

I love Il Adore

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:53pm

Oh, NO problem MC!! I was just being a little mean, that's all.

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:53pm

"The only thing obnoxious on these boards is how everyone puts down anything to do with WICKED..."

Although I do like Wicked, we are here to disagree. That's what makes everything here so interesting.

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:56pm

NYBroadwayNY, selling out the house has nothing to do with good writing. Get a clue. and "For Good" always makes me laugh. Were else can I hear such lyrics as...

"Like a comet pulled from orbit as it passes a sun... Like a stream that meets a boulder halfway through the wood..."

"Like a ship blown off its mooring by a wind off the sea... Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood"...

Guess what! There are words other than wood that rhyme with good... I'm sorry, but I break into hysterics every time....

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re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:56pm

My favourite sad song is "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" from Les Miserables.

Some others too:
- "A Little Fall of Rain" from Les Miz
- "There's A Fine, Fine Line" from Avenue Q
- "I'd Give My Life For You" from Miss Saigon
- "Bring Him Home" and "On My Own" from Les Miz (lots from Les Miz, what can I say?)
- "Send in the Clowns" from A Little Night Music
- "See Me" from BARE
- "Absolution" from BARE
- "Elaborate Lives (reprise)" from Aida
- "Goodbye Love" from Rent

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Updated On: 8/23/04 at 11:56 PM