Favorite Songs

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 4:08pm

Which songs give you goosebumps when you hear them and you can't stop listening to them?

I'm trying to find some great music that I've possibly been missing out on.

Updated On: 12/5/14 at 04:08 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 4:08pm

I've never heard a show tune.

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 4:09pm

Phyllis
what is your point?

Updated On: 12/5/14 at 04:09 PM

[ShakinBaconGirl]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 4:13pm

I guess I'll miss the man...from Pippin.

[Fantod]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 4:16pm

If you want something that you probably haven't heard before, listen to The Ballad of the Sad Young Men from The Nervous Set. Also, Yellow Dum from The Grass Harp.

Updated On: 12/5/14 at 04:16 PM

[geudupe]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 4:18pm

Elaine Stritch singing "You Took Advantage of Me" in the 1950s On Your Toes revival and Barbara Harris singing "Here in Eden" in the Apple Tree.

[JoseLee_]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 4:41pm

Role of a Lifetime "Bare"

[jv92]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 4:49pm

"Whats the Use of Wond'rin" from CAROUSEL is my favorite theater song ever.

[promisespromises2]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 5:03pm

This is really random but I find myself going to Patti LuPone singing As Long As He Needs Me from OLIVER! from her Patti LuPone: Live album. The way she sings it on that album always gives me a rush of emotion. And that voice.

I'm really looking forward to what people are saying in this thread! I have Youtube at the ready!

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 5:08pm

I know this doesn't sound tasteful in the slightest, but "Totale Finsternis" from Tanz der Vampire is actually very lovely to listen to despite sharing the same tune with Total Eclipse of the Heart. (If you listen to the Steve Barton version, your ears will simply melt.)

The title song from Rebecca is also pretty chill-inducing.

Updated On: 12/5/14 at 05:08 PM

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 5:26pm

Here a few of my all-time favorites:

People Like Us from THE WILD PARTY
Magic Moment from THE GAY LIFE
Will He Like Me from SHE LOVES ME
Old Maid from 110 IN THE SHADE
More Than One Way from SKYSCRAPER
Love Song from CELEBRATION
Nowhere to Go But Up from KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY
Two Ladies In The Shade Of The Banana Tree from HOUSE OF FLOWERS

And for those of you with access to a good record store:

Come To The Masquerade from MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF
More Of The Same from HOW TO STEAL AN ELECTION
Welcome Little One from WHISPERS ON THE WIND

[After Eight]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 6:12pm

"Yellow Dum from House of Flowers."

Yellow Drum from The Grass Harp?

[After Eight]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 6:16pm

"Naughty, Naughty Nancy" from Little Mary Sunshine.

[Fantod]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 6:34pm

Oh, whoops. Yes, Yellow Drum is from The Grass Harp. I get them confused all the time, which doesn't make a lot of sense, considering the scores are really different.

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 6:38pm

I love Soliloquy from Carousel. The melody is gorgeous and the ending always gives me chills.
Patti Lupone singing I Dreamed A Dream is just so beautiful too.
Quiet from Matilda creates such a peaceful feeling whenever I listen to it.

After Eight. Lol that song is bizarre.

[Fantod]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 6:43pm

Some more:

Turkey Lurkey Time, You'll Think of Someone, I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Promises, Promises

Most songs from Show Boat (has there ever been a better score than Show Boat for the theatre?)

Hit it Lorraine, The Elephant Song - 70, Girls, 70

Who's Got the Pain? - Damn Yankees

How the Money Changes Hands, Tommy, Tommy - Tenderloin

Bianca, So in Love, Always True to You, - Kiss Me, Kate

Why Should I Wake Up? - Cabaret

There'll Always Be a Lady Fair, Buddy Beware - Anything Goes

A Secretary is Not a Toy, Been a Long Day, I Believe in You - How to Succeed

Look What Happened to Mabel, When Mabel Comes in the Room - Mack and Mabel

You Are Beautiful, Love Look Away - Flower Drum Song

Try to Remember - The Fantasticks

In My Own Little Corner, Ten Minutes Ago, A Lovely Night - Cinderella

[Fantod]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 6:44pm

Oh I love Little Mary Sunshine! My favorite song from the show is Colorado Love Call.

[JoseLee_]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 6:46pm

I feel like everytime there's a post towards "favorite X" it's like a competition to write shows/songs that no one is really familiar to.... and I LOVE IT.

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 6:51pm

Feeling Good on the original cast recording of "The Roar of the Greasepaint- The Smell of the Crowd" is just freaking gorgeous and I always find myself forgetting that it exsists.

[Sally Durant Plummer]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 6:56pm

"This Is What It Is" from THE WILD PARTY (The Good One)
"Loving You" and "I Wish I Could Forget You (Finale)" from PASSION
"Lot's Wife" and "Underwater" from CAROLINE, OR CHANGE

[JoseLee_]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 7:08pm

"I Am What I Am" La Cage Aux Folles
"Fabulous, Baby!" Sister Act
"Home" & "If I Can't Love Her" Beauty and the Beast
"No Good Deed" Wicked
"So Much Better" Legally Blonde
"I Will Never Leave You" Side Show
"Hold Me In Your Heart" & "The Soul of a Man" Kinky Boots
"As If We Never Said Goodbye" Sunset Boulevard
"I'd Give My Life for You" Miss Saigon


I can go on forever...

[madbrian]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 7:10pm

Pat Suzuki singing I Enjoy Being a Girl, from Flower Drum Song
You've Got To Be Taught, from South Pacific
Momma Look Sharp, from 1776
The Day After That, from Kiss of the Spider Woman
Make Our Garden Grow, from Candide

[After Eight]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 7:13pm

"After Eight. Lol that song is bizarre."

No question, it lies outside the scope both of your understanding, and, ahem, "sensibility."

Far outside.

Here's another in that same purlieu.

"A Balloon Is Ascending" from Ben Franklin in Paris.

Updated On: 12/5/14 at 07:13 PM

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 7:26pm

^Hey a******
I didn't say that I didn't like it. Calm yourself.

After Eight
Do you like Hammerstein and Lerner and Loewe? Do you like the greats? Updated On: 12/5/14 at 07:26 PM

[Lovinbroadway2]

Posted: 12/5/14 at 8:04pm

Everything from 'Ordinary Days' is gorgeous