Least Favourite Line? — Page 3

The plate-spinning line is bad.

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"'Cause the houses 'round here
Are all flashy and swank,
An' the front bit
Is what's called a façade!"
from Jekyll and Hyde.
Just....ewww

Im surprised this hasn't been posted yet

"You funneled all that beer,
I held your head when you hurled."
-Legally Blonde

Really? I love the show but that one line....

Schmerg, regarding David Zippel, you're absolutely right. His lyrics are incredibly witty and clever in City of Angels, a score where the puns in the lyrics are as fast and impressive as the vocalese-style melodies.

~Steven

I love the show. And hey, I kind of even love the song. But really:

Good morning starshine
The earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below

Good morning starshine
You lead us along
My love and me as we sing
Our early morning singing song

Gliddy glub gloopy
Nibby nabby noopy
La la la lo lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
Le le lo lo
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba naba
Early morning singing song

Singing a song
Humming a song
Singing a song
Loving a song
Laughing a song
Singing a song
Sing the song
Song song song sing
Sing sing sing sing song

No, no, turns out you're right.

Looks like we have another addition to that misheard lyrics thread!

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"Find My Way"

The ones who thought I'd fall
WHO SHOWED ME HOW TO FAIL!!!!!!!!!!
Who helped me to prevail

Makes no sense. Who showed her how to fail? Those stupid sorority sluts did, so why the hell would she be thanking them? She should thank Emmett for showing her NOT to fail, but that sounds weird. It makes NOOOOOO sense whatsoever. One of the most atrocious lyrics that Broadway has ever seen.

That's a great interpretation, Weez... I never thought about it that way. I always just assumed Elle was being sarcastic! You're right, your version makes a lot more sense in context.

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"However, I hate the part that goes, "I'll be there on Monday nine o'clock, and we will see who wants a walk." (I assume those are the words? They just don't make sense.) "


I had assumed the line was "and we will see who walks the walk". As in, talk the talk, walk the walk.

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Bumping this back to life with some lyrics from "Side Show." I just discovered this show, and while I love the cast and several of the songs... the lyrocs just make me a bit sick.

In "Come Look At The Freaks:"
Come see our elegant geek
Refined but deadly
Chicken necks delight his incisors
Their heads decorate the mud
His favorite cocktail drink?
It's warm chicken blood!

Ew.

In "More Than We Bargained For"

"I thought they were performers
In a sad, bleak show
But here I am
I fit right in
Into a freak show"

And

I think Violet's sweet on me
Sweet's very hard to ignore
Daisy mentions you with glee
I think we're getting more
Than we bargained for

In "Feelings You Have Got To Hide:"

Why do you feel that way?
Feelings aren't for display
Let's announce love today

And enough rhyming 'bride' with 'hide' and 'guy' with every single word that rhymes with it!

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From Rent

"I'll just get fat/ It's the one vice left when you're dead meat."

Uhh, really now?

Is this exclusive to lyrics? If not...
I HATE in Wicked:

After Fiyero rolls on stage in response to "you're sleeping", when he says "Of course, it's daytime." It's so awkward. Nobody laughs. Is that really the best they could come up with?

And whomever said from RENT "It's a candy bar wrapper", agreed. Also an awkward line.

Updated On: 1/10/09 at 08:09 PM