Favorite Sondheim Song

[(8) :D]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 3:41pm

I have recently become addicted to Stephen Sondheim. Before I like a few of his score (Assassins and Company) however I am really loving his other work, especially A Little Night Music!

I was just wondering which is your favorite Sondheim song is! I have to say mine AT THE MOMENT is 'Losing My Mind'

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 3:44pm

This is not a fair question! That's like asking a mother to pick a favorite child!

[pinoyidol2006]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 4:16pm

There's so many.

If I were to be sent to a deserted island that had a power outlet, a charger, and an mp3 player with 5 Sondheim songs, I would pick:

"Company" from Company
"A Parade in Town" from Anyone Can Whistle
"Losing My Mind" from Follies
"Johanna (3)" from Sweeney Todd
"Sunday" from Sunday in the Park with George

[broadwaybabywannabe]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 5:36pm

i am truly a sondheimaniac...to pick ONE sondheim song?...oy vey!...

NOT A DAY GOES BY from Merrily We Roll Along
OUR TIME from Merrily We Roll
JOHANNA from Sweeney Todd
NOT WHILE I'M AROUND from Sweeney Todd
A WEEKEND IN THE COUNTRY from A Little Night Music
NO ONE IS ALONE from Into The Woods
LAST MIDNIGHT from Into The Woods
ADDISON'S TRIP from Road Show
A PARADE IN TOWN from Anyone Can Whistle
THERE WONT BE TRUMPETS from Anyone Can Whistle
MOVE ON from Sunday In The Park With George
HAPPINESS from Passion
MARRY ME A LITTLE from Company
BEING ALIVE from Company
THE ROAD YOU DIDN'T TAKE from Follies

dammit i can't pick just one...NEVER!...I LOVE THEM ALL...:)

Best All-Around Song - Anyone Can Whistle
Best Collaborative Song - A Boy Like That/I Have A Love
Best Angry or Bitter Song - Everybody Says Don't
Best Hopeful or Reassuring Song - Not While I'm Around
Best Inspirational or Influential Song - No One Is Alone
Best Male Solo - Being Alive
Best Female Solo - Not A Day Goes By
Best Duet or Trio - You Could Drive A Person Crazy
Best Ensemble Song - Our Time
Best Music/Melody- Addison's Trip
Best Lyrics - A Weekend In The Country
Updated On: 6/14/11 at 05:36 PM

[MusicalBoy]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 5:49pm

1. CHILDREN WILL LISTEN

OTHERS:
BEING ALIVE Quite possibly 'Putting it together' version
WITH SO LITTLE TO BE SURE OF
GOOD THING GOING
FINISHING THE HAT
NOT A DAY GOES BY
THE GLAMOROUS LIFE (film version)
GIANTS IN THE SKY
NO ONE IS ALONE

[Cearsgk]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 5:50pm

The Miller's Son,
All I Really Need is the Girl ("So I took a vow, said this bum'll be Beau Brummel")

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 5:59pm

Way too hard, so I offer you ... The Sondheim Awards!

Categories are:

Best All-Around Song (the equivalent of Best Picture or Best Musical, etc.)
Best Collaborative Song
Best Angry or Bitter Song
Best Hopeful or Reassuring Song
Best Inspirational or Influential Song
Best Male Solo
Best Female Solo
Best Duet or Trio
Best Ensemble Song
Best Music/Melody
Best Lyrics

Okay, here are my choices:

Best All-Around Song - Send In the Clowns
Best Collaborative Song - Rose's Turn
Best Angry or Bitter Song - The Ladies Who Lunch
Best Hopeful or Reassuring Song - Not While I'm Around
Best Inspirational or Influential Song - Move On
Best Male Solo - Being Alive
Best Female Solo - Send In the Clowns
Best Duet or Trio - Pretty Lady
Best Ensemble Song - A Weekend In the Country
Best Music/Melody - Sunday
Best Lyrics - Move On

[MusicalBoy]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 6:05pm

AH, screw my first post, this is much more fun!

Best All-Around Song - CHILDREN WILL LISTEN
Best Collaborative Song - ROSE'S TURN
Best Angry or Bitter Song - COULD I LEAVE YOU
Best Hopeful or Reassuring Song - SORRY, GRATEFUL
Best Inspirational or Influential Song - CHILDREN WILL LISTEN
Best Male Solo - BEING ALIVE
Best Female Solo - LOVING YOU
Best Duet or Trio - MOVE ON / WITH SO LITTLE TO BE SURE OF
Best Ensemble Song - OUR TIME
Best Music/Melody - NOT A DAY GOES BY
Best Lyrics - ON THE STEPS OF THE PALACE

[pinoyidol2006]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 7:18pm

Oh you awesome best12bars you! I'm following suit as well.

Best All-Around Song - "Sunday"
Best Collaborative Song - "Gee, Officer Krupke"
Best Angry or Bitter Song - "Not a Day Goes By"
Best Hopeful or Reassuring Song - "No One is Alone"
Best Inspirational or Influential Song - "Everybody Says Don't"
Best Male Solo - "Being Alive"
Best Female Solo - "Losing My Mind" AND "A Parade in Town"
Best Duet or Trio - "Johanna 3"
Best Ensemble Song - "Company"
Best Music/Melody - "Sunday"
Best Lyrics - "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love Will See Us Through"

[Nettik]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 7:57pm

Best All-Around Song - "Sunday (Finale)" from SITPWG
Best Collaborative Song - "Tonight (quintet)" from West Side Story
Best Angry or Bitter Song - "Epiphany" from Sweeney Todd
Best Hopeful or Reassuring Song - "Move On" from SITPWG
Best Inspirational or Influential Song - "Children Will Listen" from Into the Woods
Best Male Solo - "Being Alive" from Company
Best Female Solo - "Sunday in the Park with George" from SITPWG
Best Duet or Trio - "Barcelona" from Company
Best Ensemble Song - "Sunday (Finale)" from SITPWG
Best Music/Melody - "Ariadne" from The Frogs or "Johanna" from Sweeney Todd
Best Lyrics - "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" from Company
Updated On: 6/12/11 at 07:57 PM

[raker]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 7:57pm

"Unworthy of Your Love." I love it that it's a sophisticated and beautiful song that conveys the drama of teenage love in the style of a 1960s AM-radio hit. It's just right for the characters' emotional immaturity. And there's the irony of our knowing that the sweetly over-the-top teenage lament "I love you and I am unworthy of you" can lead to tragedy if taken to heart.

[denali.fire]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 8:25pm

No More

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 8:44pm

The Ladies Who Lunch. Hands down.

[jv92]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 11:57pm

Best All-Around Song- "I'm Still Here"
Best Collaborative Song- "Rose's Turn"
Best Angry or Bitter Song- "Not a Day Goes By"
Best Hopeful or Reassuring Song- "Move On"
Best Inspirational or Influential Song- "Move On"
Best Male Solo- "Finishing the Hat"
Best Female Solo- "Send in the Clowns"
Best Duet or Trio- "Someone in a Tree"
Best Ensemble Song- "Sunday"
Best Music/Melody- "Not a Day Goes By"
Best Lyrics- "A Little Priest"

Just a few words on Sondheim:
Watching or listening to 'Sunday...' is like cleansing your soul.
'Follies' is like revisiting old friends you don't want to see, but have to.
'Night Music' is like revisiting old friends you want to see.
Pure brilliance.
Thanks SS.

[pinoyidol2006]

Posted: 6/13/11 at 12:13am

For some reason, I don't like "A Little Priest." I get that it's witty. But for a Sondheim song, I was expecting more conciseness. I felt like the song dragged on more than it needed to. That is, I felt like the joke wore off before the song ended.

Sorry to all the Sondheim fans (of which I am one).

[jv92]

Posted: 6/13/11 at 12:15am

It's a typical Harburgian type number (Harburgian meaning Yip Harburg), not to mention a homage to Cole Porter as well: It takes an idea and plays with it for a while, it this case seven minutes. And it doesn't surprise me, seeing that Sondheim admires Porter and Harburg.

[pinoyidol2006]

Posted: 6/13/11 at 12:37am

That explanation just makes me like the song less. To sacrifice conciseness to pay tribute--I expected more from Sondheim. I'm not saying I dislike him because of this song. I'm saying I love his work with a few exceptions.

[backwoodsbarbie]

Posted: 6/13/11 at 12:40am

I Remember-Evening Primrose

[TonyVincent]

Posted: 6/13/11 at 12:52am

Best All-Around Song- "Being Alive"
Best Collaborative Song- "Something's Coming"
Best Angry or Bitter Song- "Could I Leave You?"
Best Hopeful or Reassuring Song- "Not While I'm Around"
Best Inspirational or Influential Song- "Epiphany"
Best Male Solo- "Finishing the Hat"
Best Female Solo- "Worst Pies in London"
Best Duet or Trio- "Move On"
Best Ensemble Song- "Sunday"
Best Music/Melody- "Giants in the Sky"
Best Lyrics- "A Little Priest" Updated On: 6/13/11 at 12:52 AM

[(8) :D]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 4:27am

OK, my favorite has already changed!

Its now 'No One Is Alone' from Into The Woods

[chewy5000]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 7:14am

The whole Hills of Tomorrow / Merrily We Roll Along / Rich and Happy sequence.

I love me some brass.

[TrpleThreat89]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 9:05am

Best All-Around Song- "Sunday
Best Collaborative Song- "Everything's Coming Up Roses"
Best Angry or Bitter Song- "Send in the Clowns"
Best Hopeful or Reassuring Song- "No One is Alone"
Best Inspirational or Influential Song- "Everybody's Got the Right" (finale)
Best Male Solo- "Finishing the Hat"
Best Female Solo- "Not A Day Goes By"
Best Duet or Trio- "Move On" (duet) or "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" (trio)
Best Ensemble Song- "Company"
Best Music/Melody- "Good Thing Going"
Best Lyrics- "Moments in the Woods"

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 9:22am

"There is No Other Way" - Pacific Overtures


So many others are runner up.

[madbrian]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 9:40am

Best All-Around Song - Ladies Who Lunch
Best Collaborative Song - Quintet
Best Angry or Bitter Song - How Could I Leave You
Best Hopeful or Reassuring Song - I'm Still Here
Best Inspirational or Influential Song - Move On
Best Male Solo - Epiphany
Best Female Solo - Send In the Clowns
Best Duet or Trio - A Little Priest
Best Ensemble Song - A Weekend In the Country
Best Music/Melody - Children Will Listen
Best Lyrics - Move On

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 9:46am

Agree about Epiphany, MB! Best male solo, "Johanna" if you're a male engenue.

Best Ensemble song for me is definitely "Sunday".