Favorite gay showtunes?- Page 2

[Menken Fan]

Posted: 3/3/04 at 6:23pm

"What Would I Do?" is my favorite song from my favorite show. Gets to me every time.

[Crazy4MattMorrison52]

Posted: 3/3/04 at 7:35pm

take me or leave me -rent. euan morton and cary shields part from love is a question mark in taboo.

[thirdrowcenter]

Posted: 3/3/04 at 7:40pm

"If You Were Wondering" and
"Love Don't Need a Reason"
both from The Boy From Oz

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 3/3/04 at 8:50pm

Oh, I dunno..."I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair" from SOUTH PACIFIC works for me.

[Cutielyricist]

Posted: 3/3/04 at 10:08pm

I think i got love- Zanna Dont
Love Who you Love- a man of no importance
Best Kept Secret- bare
hitchhiking across america- william finn's infinate joy

The ongoing trek of the loving llama

[Corine2]

Posted: 3/3/04 at 10:15pm

The ballad in Zanna Don't.
If you were Gay- Avenue Q does that count?

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 3/3/04 at 10:28pm

Menken Fan, I'm so glad you chose "Love Who You Love" from A Man Of No Importance. I was going to mention it. Not written directly as a gay song, but the message of tolerance and love and following your heart is beautiful!! A wonderful song for gays and straights alike!

Updated On: 3/3/04 at 10:28 PM

[Menken Fan]

Posted: 3/4/04 at 12:41am

I know what you mean, Chris. There are many songs with a gay sensibility, though not overtly gay, like "Who Will Love Me As I Am?" or "The Day After That" from Kiss of the Spiderwoman.

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 3/4/04 at 1:08am

How about Love is Sweeping the Country from Of Thee I Sing, just change one or two words in the song and it would be perfect.

"Why are people gay! All the night and day! Feeling as they've never felt before!"

Updated On: 3/4/04 at 01:08 AM

[bob8rich]

Posted: 3/4/04 at 9:58am

WHAT WOULD I DO? Falsettoland
UNLIKELY LOVERS Falsettoland
WHAT MORE CAN I SAY? Falsettoland
SHE'S A WOMAN Kiss Of The Spider Woman
ANYONE WHO LOVES Dance A Little Closer
SAILING A New Brain
SONG OF THE SAND La Cage Aux Folles
I AM WHAT I AM La Cage Aux Folles
LOVE DON'T NEED A REASON - The Boy From Oz

[krolockskid]

Posted: 3/4/04 at 6:01pm

I love the quartet "Love Is A Question Mark" from Taboo and "I'll Have You All".

[gabybon]

Posted: 3/5/04 at 6:27am

My favorites are:
Sailing (A New Brain)
I'll Cover You (Rent)
Wicked Little Town (Hedwig...)
She's a Woman; Dressing Them Up and Anything for Him (Kiss of The Spider Woman)
and I remember also a nice ballad from the revue "Naked Boys Singin"..."Window To Window" (I Hope to remember the right title...)

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/11/04 at 2:25pm

Aren't all showtunes, by definition, gay? Well, let's give a little historical credit to Rodgers and Hammerstein and Cole Porter for gay subtext that may well have been text:

The first would have to be "We Kiss in a Shadow," which definitively expressed the longing of the pre-Stonewall gay experience.

Next would be "I Enjoy Being a Girl," which definitively expressed the outrageousness of the pre-Stonewall drag experience.

Then "You're the Top," which cleverly expressed in coded language the 1930s idea of sexual role-playing.

But the winner would have to be Cole Porter's "Farming," from 1941's "Let Face It," in which Danny Kaye sang to Vivian Vance:

"Don't inquire of Georgie Raft
Why his cow has never calfed.
Georgie's bull is beautiful
But he's gay!"

[umgeoboy]

Posted: 3/11/04 at 2:45pm

Stranger In This World ~ taboo
II Adore ~ taboo
Petrified ~ again taboo
sense a theme?

[Menken Fan]

Posted: 3/11/04 at 6:02pm

Thanks for the historical perspective, PalJoey. I'll have to check those out and listen for the subtext now.