Hypothetical "Best Song" Tony — Page 2

BUMP.

I guess I'm desperate for attention. It happens. But I do hope this thread doesn't atrophy with only three full lists...

Please, no Tonys for best song. When that happens the scores will be even worse than they are now.

Given how much criticism Wicked's score received, I don't think that any song from Wicked would have won. (I personally think the criticism was unjustified, but it was definitely there.) "It's a Fine, Fine Line" is the best song from Ave Q, but I think that "Lot's Wife" would have won.

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I would go with "You Walk With Me" for 2001

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Definitely Big Ass Rock.

Thanks for the Peter Filchia link!!!

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Great Thread, here's my list, maybe at times a bit unconventional, anyhow:

1970: Applause (Applause)
1971: Being Alive (Company)
1972: I'm still here (Follies)
1973: A Weekend in the Country (ALNM)
1974: It's not where you start, it's where you finish (Seesaw)
1975: I promise you a Happy Ending (Mack and Mabel)
1976: What I did for Love (A Chorus Line)
1977: Tomorrow (Annie)
1978: Repent (On the 20th Century)
1979: A Little Priest (Sweeney Todd)
1980: The Colors of my Life (Barnum)
1981: Sometimes a Day goes by (Woman of the Year)
1982: And I'm telling you... (Dreamgirls)
1983: There's always one you can't forget (Dance a little closer)
1984: Finishing the Hat (Sunday in the Park with George)
1985: I get myself out (Grind)
1986: Don't quit while you're ahead (The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
1987: Disneyland (Smile)
1988: Children will listen (Into the Woods)
1989: Tie: And Eve was weak (Carrie)/In the Name of Love (Welcome to the Club)
1990: With every Breath I take (City of Angels)
1991: Presents for Mrs. Rogers (The Will Rogers Follies)
1992: What would I do? (Falsettos)
1993: Where you are (Kiss of the Spiderwoman)
1994: Loving you (Passion)
1995: With one Look (Sunset Boulevard)
1996: Dancing all the Time (Big)
1997: We had a Dream (The Life)
1998: Your Daddy's Son (Ragtime)
1999: This isn't over yet (Parade)
2000: Lowdown Down (The Wild Party)
2001: That Face (The Producers)
2002: Mr. Cladwell (Urinetown)
2003: Timeless to me (Hairspray)
2004: Underwater (Caroline or Change)
2005: Dividing Day (The Light in the Piazza)
2006: Evermore without you (Woman in White)

I just couldn't leave unfilled gaps

For the last 10 years:

1996: Seasons of Love (RENT)
1997: This is the Moment (JEKYLL AND HYDE)
1998: Wheels of a Dream (RAGTIME) *This was a tough choice for me. IMO the entire score for Ragtime is one of the best scores ever written in the history of musical theater if not the best ever*
1999: NO AWARD *IMO, awful, awful scores this year*
2000: This is What it Is (THE WILD PARTY)
2001: Let it Go (THE FULL MONTY) with We Can Do It (THE PRODUCERS) not too far behind
2002: Run Freedom Run (URINETOWN) again, followed very closely by Gimme, Gimme (THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLE) which was the only great song in an otherwise mediocre score.
2003: You Can't Stop the Beat (HAIRSPRAY)
2004: Lots Wife (CAROLINE OR CHANGE) tied with probably Defying Gravity (WICKED)
2005: Fable (THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA)
2006: So far, I'd pick Show Off (THE DROWSY CHAPERONE) or The Color Purple (Reprise) (THE COLOR PURPLE)

Just going with years Im very familiar with -

1966 - If He Walked Into My Today (Mame)
1971 - The Ladies Who Lunch (Company)
1979 - A Little Priest (Sweeney Todd)
1984 - Finishing the Hat (Sunday in the Park)
1988 - No One is Alone (Into the Woods)
1990 - It Needs Work (City of Angels)
1991 - The American Dream (Miss Saigon)
1993 - a tie between Where You Are and The Day After That (both from Kiss of the Spider Woman)
1996 - La Vie Bohem
1998 - Till We Reach That Day (Ragtime)
2002 - Gimme Gimme (TMM, mainly cuz of Sutton's Debut performance imo)
2004 - Lot's Wife (Caroline or Change)
2005 - You Won't Suceed on Broadway (Spamelot)
2006 - I Want More (Lestat, and i know your gonna hate me for this but I think that its one of the few good songs in the show [i loved the show btw] and I think Fischer's performance brings the show to a halt and is amazingly performed giving her this non exsistant Tony)

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For this season, I would have to pick either "As We Stumble Along" from Drowsy (I like it better than "Show Off") or pretty much ANYTHING from Wedding Singer cause the music is so awesome (and should win best original score this year, IMO).
-BJH

Can someone explain to me why Fable and Dividing Day are often considered the best songs in Piazza? I LOVE Say it Somehow, Statues and Stories, and Octet all better. Just me?

Just for fun, I'm gonna fill out the nominees for last year:
Astonishing
The 'I Love You' Song
probably something from Piazza
Find Your Grail
maybe Dirty Rotten Number (though I'd vote for Here I Am)

And if the best song winner was ever from Big River, I'd say it'd be Waitin For My Light to Shine.

Honestly, the one Tony Award category I feel they DO need to add is Best Sound Design.

Let's get Broadway caught up with the 21st century.

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Only from 1970....


1970: NO AWARD.
1971: Being Alive, COMPANY
1972: Losing My Mind, FOLLIES
1973: Send in the Clowns, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
1974: NO AWARD.
1975: Time Heals Everything, MACK AND MABEL
1976: What I Did for Love, A CHORUS LINE
1977: Tomorrow, ANNIE
1978: What I Could've Been, WORKING
1979: Not While I'm Around, SWEENEY TODD
1980: High, Flying Adored, EVITA
1981: NO AWARD.
1982: And I am Telling You (I'm Not Going), DREAMGIRLS/Unusual Way, NINE
1983: Memory, CATS
1984: Move On, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
1985: Waiting for the Light to Shine, BIG RIVER
1986: Tell Me on a Sunday, SONG AND DACE
1987: I Dreamed a Dream, LES MISERABLES
1988: No One is Alone, INTO THE WOODS
1989: NO AWARD.
1990: NO AWARD.
1991: How Could I Ever Know, THE SECRET GARDEN
1992: What Would I Do, FALSETTOS
1993: The Kiss of the Spiderwoman, THE KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN
1994: Loving You, PASSION
1995: With One Look, SUNSET BOULEVARD
1996: Seasons of Love, RENT
1997: Steel Pier Theme (Final Dance), STEEL PIER
1998: Make Them Hear You, RAGTIME
1999: All The Wasted Time, PARADE
2000: When it Ends, THE WILD PARTY/This is What it Is, THE WILD PARTY
2001: You Walk With Me, THE FULL MONTY
2002: Run, Freedom, Run!, URINETOWN
2003: I Know Where I've Been, HAIRSPRAY
2004: Lot's Wife, CAROLINE OR CHANGE/Come on In from the Outside, TABOO
2005: Fable, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
2006: NO AWARD.

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