Secret-Soul - I would agree with you on Perfectly Nice and Slip of a Girl from Jane Eyre if I just heard the recording, but Mary Stout performed them so beautifully in the show. It really worked well and defined her character. She was fantastic.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
Okay... I know it is your opinion, BUT... "I'm Still Here"!!!! The lyrics are brilliant, a mix of pop-culture from the early part of the century and it is a song of triumph despite many obstacles. One of my favorite songs.
Sorry, I was just caught off guard.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
"Something Bad"-Wicked (baaaaaaaaaaadddddddddd!) "The Cop Song"-Urinetown (liked it better when I saw it though) "Me and My Baby"-Chicago (superfluous) "You'll See Boys"-Rent (always felt really bad for the actor playing Benny because this is all he gets)
I think the easiest way to make this list is to think about what songs I skip when listening to the CDs.
"Little Lamb"-Gypsy "Like Father, Like Son"-Aida"Pretty Little Picture"-A Funny Thing Happened... "Shadow Waltz"-42nd Street "Rape Song" and "Never Say No"-The Fantasticks "All I Care About is Love"-Chicago
"First up was Max who sang "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" [...] I haven't seen that big of a reaction to a stair descent since Audra left the attic in Ragtime." --Seth Rudetsky
Hmm... Something Bad- Wicked (Everything else is great, otherwise) I Should Tell You - Rent It Takes Two- Hairspray Now I Have Everything- Fiddler Empty Chairs at Empty Tables- Les Miz I'm Not Wearing Underwear (Avenue Q)
There are more...my brain just won't let me think of them!!
"Little People" from Les Mis. Not the reprise when Gavroche dies, but the first time we hear it. It's stupid, it's pointless, and Gavroche annoys the living hell out if me.
onlylisab- you honestly think "All I Care about" is a bad song? It sums up all of Billy flynn's personality and introduces him. Mind you I am partial....i'm playing mr. flynn in a local theater this summer
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
RENT - Sante Fe West Side Story - A Boy Like That Avenue Q - all the songs serve a purpose, but if i had to choose, i can do without schadenfreude. Wicked - Thank Goodness (duh the wizard songs suck. the wizard sucks) Ragtime - Crime of the Century
Tony, when you come, use the back door. -- Maria (WSS)
Parade- Letter to the govenor (very, very, ,very,very boring) Hairspray- I know where i've been Wicked- Sentimental man Man of Lamancha- What does he want of me (i just don't like)
RENT- Santa Fe. Bores the snot out of me and I can't pinpoint why.
Hairspray- Cooties. I feel for the actress portraying Amber, because this is her big number and the song rots.
AIDA- Unpopular opinon here, but I HATE Strongest Suit. The visuals are great, but it's just a really, really cheesy song. Thank goodness Amneris has "I Know the Truth" as well, because SS doesn't do anything for me. The reprise, on the other hand, is a different story.
Timeless to me - Hairspray (I haven't seen this live, though - it's just the CD version is boring) Something - Witches of Eastwick. I think it's meant to be 'ironic' but it comes across as just annoying Castle on a Cloud - Les Mis. It's just too easy to mess this song up One More Kiss - Follies Everything Taboo - Taboo Sleeping on our own - Martin Guerre London production. It's just not as funny as it thinks it is.
And I agree with all the people that said all of the Wizards songs in Wicked as well.
Another Pyramid - AIDA (God awful!) Written in the Stars - AIDA (Sounds like an outtake from a 80's era Elton John album) The Gods Love Nubia - AIDA (I don't get the hype over this one, it sounds like a grade B gospel-lite with the ensemble chorus all over the place)
I'm going with Empty Chairs from LM.What Forbidden Broadway did was a better version in their send up of it. B
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien