If you could take one song out...

[veryownplanetz]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 6:33pm

If you could take one song out of a musical, what would it be? Name the musical, the song, and why.

[Steve2]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 6:38pm

"Miss Baltimore Crabs" from Hairspray, and "Famous" from Bombay Dreams for obvious reasons. That being said, I wish they would be replaced with better songs for the characters.
Updated On: 4/6/06 at 06:38 PM

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 6:40pm

"Miss Baltimore Crabs" says a few important things regarding the character and plot...

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 6:41pm

Okay, I havent seen the show so maybe I shouldn't say anything...but "Little Lamb" from Gypsy seems out of place on the CD?

[Kringas]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 6:46pm

I know people love this song, but I've never been able to stand "Santa Fe" from Rent. Hate on stage, hated it in the movie. I just hate the song.

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 6:47pm

"Something Bad" from Wicked is pretty brutal.

Akiva

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 6:50pm

^^ Agreed...and I'm not a big fan of any of the Wizard's material either.

[Jon]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 6:52pm

If you take out LITTLE LAMB, then the second most important character n the show has no solos except her strip number, and you really no nothng about her character until the second act. The song exists to show how lonely she is, and how even though they say it's her birthday, she doesn't even know how old she is. She's spent vitually her whole life on the road and has no idea what a normal homelife is like.

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 6:54pm

I adore Les Mis, but I could easily get through "Turning." It provides no information, and is sung by ensemble members about whom we know nothing. It's not a bad song on its own, I just don't see the need for it, structurally speaking.

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 6:56pm

"I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story. It's not the worst song in the world, but it has a life of its own now and feels so jarring in context.

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 6:57pm

I used to feel that way about "Turning," but now I love it because it shows how the barricades effected the outlying community, not just the central characters of the show. It's also a good reflection on what the women during this time went through. I love it

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 7:00pm

"Something Just Broke" should be taken out of ASSASSINS. It stops the show dead - in the worst possible way, and it completely breaks the mood of the show by attempting to show/tell the other side of the story. The show was written as a "glorification" of presidential assassins, and I think works best as that - this was a senseless addition to the score.

[TheaterAddict7652]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 7:53pm

I know that a lot of people love this song, and I love it too, but I would take out "Nothing Is Too Wonderful To Be True" from DRS, ONLY because I feel that it would be better if Act One closed with "Here I Am". I think that Christine's arrival is a good way to end the first act and "Here I Am" is a nice song to close the act.

As much as I love "Nothing Is Too Wonderful...", (and I adore that song) I feel like the rest of the first act after "Here I Am" is a little dragged out.

Updated On: 4/6/06 at 07:53 PM

[James885]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 8:38pm

I would take out either "Another Pyramid" or "Like Father, Like Son" out of Aida because I hate the Zoser songs.

I would take "Something Bad" out of Wicked, and re-write it as dialogue.

Also "You Never Say Good Luck On Opening Night" would be taken out of The Producers

"I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today" would be cut from Avenue Q, because as much as enjoy Avenue Q, I could really do without those pointless 30 seconds.

And I agree with Kringas. I don't really like "Santa Fe", either on stage or in the movie.

Updated On: 4/6/06 at 08:38 PM

[keatonbynumbers]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 8:46pm

How necessary is "Day Off" in SITPWG? I tend to skip this song while I'm listening to the recording, but I do enjoy it when watching it. It just feels like the least necessary song in the whole score, unless I'm not getting something about it. (Which is very, very likely; it's taken me years to understand SITPWG, and I'm still learn more about it all the time.)

[Unknown User]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 8:54pm

"Heaven Help My Heart" from Chess. The sentiment in this song is adequately expressed in other songs and, I'm assuming, dialogue (although I have never seen a non-concert version). It also sounds like a song written for Celine Dion.
Updated On: 4/6/06 at 08:54 PM

[Dre2387]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 9:00pm

"nothing is too wonderful to be true" from dirty rotten scoundrels. I like the weird words, but I'm never interested when it comes on my ipod and when I see it live.

[AdamBritten]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 9:02pm

"Something Bad" from Wicked, "Miss Baltimore Crabs" from Hairspray, and a few others I know I've felt this about - but I can't seem to remember them now

[Unknown User]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 9:04pm

I would take out either "Another Pyramid" or "Like Father, Like Son" out of Aida because I hate the Zoser songs.

I just saw this and agree wholeheartedly. However, I don't know if "I hate the Zoser songs" is a sufficient reason as to why they should be eliminated. Do you hate John Hickok's voice on the OBCR or the songs themselves? Personally, I don't mind his voice, but feel the songs have some of Tim Rice's worst lyrics. Also, the background vocals are pure cheese.

[James885]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 9:07pm

I think John Hickok has a great voice, I just cannot stand the songs themselves, and I think the lyrics are awful.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 9:11pm

I Wish I Could Go Back to College- Avenue Q
The I Love You Song- Spelling Bee

[AdamBritten]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 9:14pm

Ahhh I LOVE "I Wish I Could go Back to College" from Ave Q!!!

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 9:15pm

The only song I could see being taken out and not missing it would be "Not wearing underwear today" from Avenue Q.

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 9:18pm

I completely agree about "Heaven Help My Heart"... it brings Chess to a dead stop, not to mention that it's not even that compelling a song.

[Musical_nerd]

Posted: 4/6/06 at 9:22pm

I would like to take out MUE of Spelling Bee, I just don't find it funny.