Favorite Shows, Worst Songs — Page 2

#26

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/21/04 at 3:42pm

Gypsy - "Little Lamb"
Oklahoma - "Poor Jud is Daid"
Wicked - "Something Bad"
Urinetown - "We're Not Sorry"

#27

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/21/04 at 3:42pm

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.

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#28

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/21/04 at 3:43pm

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.

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#29

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/21/04 at 3:54pm

"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)

#30

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/21/04 at 5:04pm

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

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#31

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/21/04 at 5:05pm

"I think the easiest way to make this list is to think about what songs I skip when listening to the CDs."

hehe...never thought of that, very true

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"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

#32

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/21/04 at 5:12pm

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!!

#33

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/21/04 at 5:55pm

"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.

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#34

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/21/04 at 10:25pm

Empty Chairs....Tables? Really. Thats one of my very fav Broadway songs.

#35

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/21/04 at 10:36pm

Speed dating from the new version of tell me on a sunday. I REALLY HATED.

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#36

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/21/04 at 10:47pm

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

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"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

#37

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/21/04 at 11:23pm

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

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#38

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/22/04 at 12:21am

Les Mis-Castle on a Cloud--the young cosette i saw scarred this song for my ears forever

Guys and Dolls-Follow the Fold-I understand the purpose, but they really dont need it on the recording

Beauty and The Beast-Be Our Guest-it just gets old really quickly

meh im tired, more later

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#39

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/22/04 at 7:29am

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)

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#40

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/22/04 at 9:42am

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.

More later...

#41

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/22/04 at 11:03am

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.

#42

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/22/04 at 11:14am

Cabaret- The Pineapple song
Avenue Q- I'm not wearing underwear today
Lion King- One by One

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#43

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/22/04 at 12:09pm

"Timeless to me - Hairspray (I haven't seen this live, though - it's just the CD version is boring)"

This song is extraordinary live....especially when performed by Harvey and Dick. I just love Edna and Wilbur....

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"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

Updated On: 6/22/04 at 12:09 PM

#44

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/22/04 at 1:50pm

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)

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#45

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/22/04 at 2:04pm

I'm going with Empty Chairs from LM.What Forbidden Broadway did was a better version in their send up of it.
B

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Updated On: 6/22/04 at 02:04 PM

#46

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/22/04 at 5:40pm

Side Show - Rare Songbirds on Display
Avenue Q - Mixed Tape
Les Miserables - Castle on a Cloud
The Producers - That Face

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#47

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/22/04 at 8:55pm

Not an avid WICKED fan, but have to say that FOR GOOD is the most disgusting song I have ever heard.

#48

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/22/04 at 9:51pm

iruvyou; can I ask you why you aren't a fan of I Know Where I've Been? I personally love it.

#49

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/22/04 at 9:55pm

Cabaret: So What?
Rent: Tango Maureen
Aida: How I Know You

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#50

re: Favorite Shows, Worst Songs

Posted: 6/22/04 at 10:52pm

*Wicked*
~"Sentimental Man"
~"Something Bad"
(I dont mind either live but HATE on the recording)

*Hairspray*
~"Baltimore Crabs"

*Avenue Q*
~"The More you Love Someone"
(even though i love ann)

*Thoroughly Modern Millie*
~"Ah! Sweet Mistery of Life"