Favorite Sondheim Song?

#1

Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 2:04pm

I was listening to some good ol' Sondheim, and I was thinking, if you had to pick your all time favorite song of his, which would it be? For me, it is Giants in the Sky (for now...).

Updated On: 3/14/06 at 02:04 PM

#2

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 2:10pm

Move On

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Updated On: 3/14/06 at 02:10 PM

#3

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 2:11pm

Unworthy of Your Love- Assassins
A Little Priest- Sweeney Todd
Broadway Baby- Follies

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Updated On: 3/14/06 at 02:11 PM

#4

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 2:12pm

If I had to choose: "Finishing the Hat" from Sunday in the Park with George.

I also love Sweeney's "Johanna" and "Being Alive" from Company.

#5

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 2:14pm

I'd go with "Not a Day Goes By" and "Getting Married Today." Yes, I'm partial to the latter because i'm currently singing that number (Paul's part) in a production of "Company."

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#6

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 2:14pm

I'd go with "Not a Day Goes By" and "Getting Married Today." Yes, I'm partial to the latter because i'm currently singing that number (Paul's part) in a production of "Company."

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"Y'all have a GRAND day now"

#7

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 2:15pm

"Sorry-Grateful", of course. Or maybe "On the Steps of the Palace."

I have a lot of favorites.

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#8

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 2:15pm

Oh. I've seriously never been able to pick, it's really impossible. Maybe "Another Hundred People" from Company. I won't commit to it, though. "Move On", "Being Alive", "A Little Priest", "The Glamorous Life", "The Ballad of Booth", "The Miller's Son", "Live, Laugh, Love", "By the Sea", "Not a Day Goes By", "Our Time".

You wouldn't really make me commit to one, would you?

#9

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 2:18pm

"The Ballad of Booth" LOVE IT!

#10

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 2:18pm

"Johanna" (the one Sweeney sings)

#11

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 2:20pm

I was going to say "another hundred people" but since it was just taken, I'll have to go with "with so little to be sure of" from Anyone can whistle.

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#12

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 2:49pm

The Ballad of Sweeney Todd.
That song is quite possibly my favorite song of all time.

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#13

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 3:16pm

Pippin- wtf is up with that cat!?!?! It looks like a tick that will pop! -threadjack done-

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#14

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 3:18pm

Ballad of Booth

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#15

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 3:20pm

Move On

OR

Losing My Mind

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#16

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 3:26pm

Move On / We do not belong together

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#17

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 4:07pm

Hands down "Marry Me A Little" from Company. :)
Followed by "Being Alive" (Company),
"Agony" and "Your Fault" (ITW)... or anything from ITW,
"Pretty Little Picture" (Forum),
"Not A Day Goes By" (MWRA),
"Something's Coming" and "Maria"(WSS),
"Losing My Mind" (Follies),
etc.....

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#18

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 4:08pm

"No One Is Alone" from Into The Woods

#19

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 4:08pm

"No One Is Alone" from Into The Woods

#20

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 4:10pm

A tie between Move On and Being Alive. I just can't pick one over the other!

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#21

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 4:12pm

I am going to go with Our Time as my favorite

I am a big fan of No One is Alone also

#22

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 4:14pm

"Finishing the Hat" and Sweeney's "Johanna" ... although I change my mind all the time.

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#23

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 4:45pm

No one is alone - ITW
Not while I'm around - Sweeney Todd

#24

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 4:49pm

Not While I'm Around.

I think it was one of the first ones I heard, and I've loved it since.

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#25

re: Favorite Sondheim Song?

Posted: 3/14/06 at 4:54pm

It's a tie between "I Wish I Could Forget You" from Passion and "Losing My Mind" from Follies.

Oh, and "Move on".
And "I Read".
And "The God-Why-Don't-You Love-Me Blues".
And "It Takes Two" from Into The Woods.

Arrrrgghh this is too hard!

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