Just a Housewife

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 7:33pm

Does anyone else think that this song is one of the best ever written? I listened to Lisa Asher do it on her CD at Tower today and once again, my eyes filled with tears and I found myself so engrossed in the wonderful arrangement and the total truth of the lyrics...

[ljay889]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 7:38pm

A thread usually pops about this song every now and then.


An amazing and touching song. The first time I heard it, it really stuck with me, and I HAD to hear it again.

[Chip1012]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 8:34pm

best EVER written?

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 9:34pm

I love this song! Beth Howland does a great version of it on the TV version of the show.
Updated On: 8/22/05 at 09:34 PM

[broadwaybelter]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 9:36pm

is that from a show of his?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 9:37pm

Put a sheet over that before Jose comes around....

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 9:44pm

BWAYBELTER-

It's from the musical Working.

[Hoof]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 11:25pm

I curse that terrible musical! Ack!

It's a pretty song, however.

[leomaxfrank]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 12:06am

Wonderful song redhot :)
One of Schwartz's best IMO.

[Jason Robert Brown]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 1:30am

It is a wonderful song, but it's not by Stephen Schwartz. It's by the extraordinary and underrated Craig Carnelia.

[krisjoseph]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 1:35am

Amen... Craig "Sweet Smell of Success" Carnelia.

I'm a sucker for "Fathers & Sons", also from "Working" ... but "Just a Housewife" is truly a classic.

[Patronus]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 1:47am

Yeah, I love Working.

Even it's lighter songs are really fun, "Brother Trucker" for example.

"Millwork" and "The Mason" are two other fantastic songs.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 8:03am

I've edited my original message...Could've sworn that was one of Schwartz's numbers; guess not.
Updated On: 8/21/05 at 08:03 AM

[jasonf]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 12:02pm

I don't think Working particularly works as a SHOW, and that TV special is hokey at best, but there are some GREAT songs:

Millwork (one of my favorite songs)
Brother Trucker
Just a Housewife
It's an Art
Cleaning Women
Nobody Tells Me How (but that's because I am a teacher, and I know people who could sing this song completely truthfully)
Fathers and Sons

While it's not a great SONG - "Joe" is a GREAT character study piece.

[jasonf]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 12:02pm

I don't think Working particularly works as a SHOW, and that TV special is hokey at best, but there are some GREAT songs:

Millwork (one of my favorite songs)
Brother Trucker
Just a Housewife
It's an Art
Cleaning Women
Nobody Tells Me How (but that's because I am a teacher, and I know people who could sing this song completely truthfully)
Fathers and Sons

While it's not a great SONG - "Joe" is a GREAT character study piece.