Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)
Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)
#0Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:31pmMine is Simple from NINE.
#1re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:32pmDid you just spell 'obnoctious'? Tell me that was a joke.
StateOfJade
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/03
#2re: 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
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#3re: 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
#4re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:36pmAnd 'Fav' isn't a real word, so let's make an issue out of that.
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#5re: 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
#6re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:37pmI don't know if it is my favorite, but LOSING MY MIND is definately up there.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#7re: 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.
#8re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:40pmI 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.
#9re: 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
#10re: 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
#11re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:44pmI 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".
NYBroadwayNY
Broadway Star Joined: 7/17/04
#12re: 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!!!
#13re: 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!
Derek2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/10/04
#14re: 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
NYBroadwayNY
Broadway Star Joined: 7/17/04
#15re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:47pmI did the "rediculous" on purpose.
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#16re: 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
#17re: 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"
#18re: 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.
#19re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:51pmSorry, NY!
BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#20re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:51pmI love Il Adore
NYBroadwayNY
Broadway Star Joined: 7/17/04
#21re: Favorite Sad Song. ( And defying Gravity is not sad. It's obnoctious.)
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:53pmOh, NO problem MC!! I was just being a little mean, that's all.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#22re: 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.
#23re: 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....
#24re: 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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