If you could take one song out... — Page 4

"Who Could Ever Have Dreamed Up You" from "Phantom." The song is so wrong for the feel and style of the show. I remember the first time I saw "Phantom" at Music Theatre of Southern California in Los Angeles. Absolutely extraordinary production! Then all of a sudden a song that sounded like it came from "No, No, Nanette" or "42nd Street" started. A good song, but, in the wrong show!

The underwear song in Q.
It is soooooooooooooooooooo annoying.
It is short and really not needed in that scene. It is the only song that I can't stand.
I wish they had some of the other songs that were cut instead.
(Loves the Jury Duty Song Tear it up and throw it away)

Updated On: 4/8/06 at 01:39 PM

I agree about "Putting It Together".... it's very clever and important to the show, but it's so long and gets repetitive.

Jailhouse Rock from All Shook Up. It was a fun song and all and a huge elvis hit, but it was really really really random. The mayor of the town just goes. "That Roustabout is going to end up in Jail." And all of a sudden everyone breaks out into Jailhouse Rock.

Half of Wicked's score should've been thrown out. The bad outweighs the good (Defying Gravity, No One Mourns The Wicked, etc)

Sentimental Man is only mildly entertaining live, because I like how it leads into Elphie's escape. But on CD it's a total bore.

LITTLE LAMB is important - I think. And like someone said, Momma and Louise are the most important characters in the show. LITTLE LAMB gives Louise a solo song to shine with in Act 1. It is a beautiful song if you really listen to it. Natalie Wood's version is great, and bitter sweet at the same time - because she did all the GYPSY vocals herself, no dubbing. There's not much of Natalie singing out there. And sadly her WSS outtakes aren't released.

I'm not overly fond of A LITLTE BIT OF GOOD from Chicago. But it gives Billy a nice break. And gives a counter-tenor an amazing chance to shine as Mary Sunshine.

Okay it's quite obvious, reading some of these suggestions, that some of the people making them either never saw those shows or don't understand what those shows are all about. I agree with a few but some of the suggestions are just so off-the-wall they're laughable.

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