Favorite Villain Songs?

#1

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 12:10pm

I've been on a villains kick lately. A lot of times they get the best song in the show. Favorites?

Little Girls - Annie
Poor Unfortunate Souls - The Little Mermaid
The Smell of Rebellion - Matilda
Tomorrow Belongs to Me Reprise - Cabaret
Loud - Matilda

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Updated On: 7/7/13 at 12:10 PM

#2

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 12:20pm

"Reviewing the Situation" - OLIVER!
"Revenge" - IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S SUPERMAN

#3

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 12:30pm

Velma's Revenge- Hairspray
Little Girls - Annie
Poor Unfortunate Souls - The Little Mermaid
Evil Woman- Xanadu
Be Prepared- The Lion King
A Freak Like Me Needs Company- Spiderman
Spread A Little Sunshine- Pippin
Red Shoe Blues and Reprise- The Wizard of OZ

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#4

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 1:05pm

"The Smell of Rebellion" is from MATILDA, not ANNIE.

#5

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 1:19pm

Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News - The Wiz

Little Girls - Annie

Mea Culpa - Sweeney Todd ( my fav villain song )

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#6

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 1:24pm

Ich. See what hangovers do? Fixed.

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#7

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 2:00pm

My favorites are Last midnight from ITW and the title song from Spiderwoman.

#8

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 2:31pm

I will add:

The ballad of Farquaad- Shrek
Rita's Confession- Lucky Stiff
They Don't Know- Thoroughly Modern Millie

#9

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 2:41pm

You definitely need "Falcon in the dive" from the Scarlet pimpernel on this list!

#10

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 3:02pm

Hellfire- Hunchback of Notre Dame; enough said and done...
Mother Knows Best reprise- Tangled
Poor Unfortunate Souls- The Little Mermaid
Evil Woman- Xanadu

Even though it's a protagonist who sings this but: Epiphany from Sweeney Todd is perfect.

#11

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 3:27pm

The villain song/performance that can't be beat for me is "Nobody Steps on Kafritz" from Henry, Sweet Henry. No one that I can think comes close to touching Alice Playten's brilliant comic stinker-ette.

Some other good ones:
"A Powerful Thing" from Steel Pier
"Just The Crust" from Skyscraper
"Wouldn't It Be Nice?" from The Wild Party
"A Paradox/Away, Away, My Heart's On Fire" from Pirates of Penzance

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#12

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 3:47pm

"Molasses to Rum" from 1776, because it implicates the "heroes", if you will, as culprits. Uncomfortable but important to consider, and electrifying to behold when done well. Not to mention stylistically the most daring song in the score.

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#13

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 4:21pm

No Bad News - The Wiz
Velma's Revenge - Hairspray
Little Girls - Annie
Poor Unfortunate Souls - The Little Mermaid

#14

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 4:47pm

I know it would never happen, but I would LOVE to have a Disney villains concert on Broadway! In my dream world, it would have:

Poor Unfortunate Souls- The Little Mermaid
Be Prepared- The Lion King
Shadow Man (or Friends on the Other Side)- Princess and the Frog
Mother Knows Best- Tangled
Heffalumps and Woozles- Winnie the Pooh
Mad Madam Mim- Sword in the Stone
Mine, Mine, Mine- Pocahontas
My Lullaby- Lion King 2
Cruella De Vil- 101 Dalmatians
Are You In or Out?- Aladdin & the King of Thieves
Bill of Sale- Pete's Dragon
Gaston- Beauty & the Beast
The Elegant Captain Hook- Peter Pan
Hellfire- Hunchback of Notre Dame
Snuff out the Light (cut from) Emperor's New Groove

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okay, I'm done

#15

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 6:02pm

"We're Despicable" from Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol
"Grand Knowing You" from She Loves Me
"Lonely Room" and "Poor Jud Is Dead" from Oklahoma!
"Brush Up Your Shakespeare" from Kiss Me Kate
"My Object All Sublime" from The Mikado
"When the Night Wind Howls" from Ruddigore
"If You Give Me Your Attention" and "Whene'er I Spoke" from Princess Ida
"The Whip" from Golden Dawn

Updated On: 7/7/13 at 06:02 PM

#16

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 6:11pm

Johanna (Judge's Version) - Sweeney Todd
Molasses to Rum - 1776
Epiphany - Sweeney Todd
The Ballad of Booth - Assassins
Those Were the Good Old Days - Damn Yankees
No Bad News - The Wiz
Lonely Room - Oklahoma!

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#17

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 7:31pm

"Hellfire"- HUNCHBACK
" Dentist song"- LSH
" In the Dark of the night"-ANASTASIA

#18

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 7:49pm

It Ain't Necessarily So
There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York

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Updated On: 7/7/13 at 07:49 PM

#19

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 7:51pm

"Cool, Cool, Considerate Men" from 1776

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#20

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 7:53pm

also "Feed Me (Git It)" from LITTLE SHOP

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#21

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 7:55pm

"Captain Hook's Waltz" from Peter Pan

#22

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 8:38pm

Is the Engineer a true villain?

If so I vote American Dream
also I endorse the previously mentioned Molasses to Rum

#23

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 9:28pm

Master of the house

#24

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 11:19pm

"Stars" from Les Miserables
"Where's The Girl" from The Scarlet Pimpernel
"Easy Street" from Annie
"What's Up Duloc" from Shrek
"A Freak Like Me Needs Company" from Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark(my guilty pleasure)
"Roxie" and "Nowadays" from Chicago (you could argue Roxie is a villain, given how she dupes her husband and the Illinois legal system)
"Poor Fool, He Makes Me Laugh" from Phantom of the Opera
"This Place is Mine" from Phantom

#25

Favorite Villain Songs?

Posted: 7/7/13 at 11:34pm

Steppin' To The Bad Side -- Dreamgirls

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