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#101

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/12/04 at 5:41pm

The other thing I always think of when I think of bad lyrics is from "Mama Will Provide" in Once On This Island:

"but you will make it through
because i am liking you"

I am liking you?! What is that?
#102

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/12/04 at 5:44pm

From JCS
"Prove to me that you're no fool, walk across my swimming pool"
and also
"Prove to me that you are divine, change my water into wine."
All I can say is ICK!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen." Conan O'Brien
#103

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/12/04 at 5:48pm

TheGirlinTheFrock-that wasn't me who posted that...it was Elphaba the Good...just to clear it up lol! I forgive you though. Oh and I agree with you btw.
"Take a breath. Take a step. Take a chance. Take your time." -L5Y
#104

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/12/04 at 6:03pm


I didnt read through all so forgive me if this is a duplicate..

"Good is evil, and therefore all evil is good."

Jekyll and Hyde
#105

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/12/04 at 6:05pm

" 'Good is evil, and therefore all evil is good."

Jekyll and Hyde' "

Ohhh....that is AWFUL!
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#107

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/12/04 at 6:21pm

Kiss Me Kate:
"I would gladly give up coffee for Sanka
Even Sanka, Bianca for you..."

GAH!

and there's this one word in "Magic to Do" from Pippin that no matter where you breathe or how you try to say the darn thing it always comes out as two words - i think it's "journey, journey to a spot eh-exciting, mystic and exotic..."

DRIVES ME NUTS!

heh
Do not put your faith in a cape and a hood. They will not protect you the way that they should. ~Into the Woods "There is no plague! You are trying to raise cows on the side of a MOUNTAIN!!!" ~Meredith Parker, Bat Boy
#108

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/12/04 at 6:29pm

Yeah, I'm not big on Stephen Schwartz in general. The only song of his I like is "Day By Day."
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#109

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/12/04 at 6:29pm

From RENT:

"Let's go eat- I'll just get fat."

I witnessed a really bad Schwartzism today while I was watching "Pocahontas" for the first time in forever.

"[something, something] steady as the beating drum
Should I marry Kocoum?"

It doesn't even fit the rhyme scheme.

Updated On: 7/12/04 at 06:29 PM

#110

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/12/04 at 7:24pm

From Les Mis, The one that gets me everytime is when Eponine sings

Jee-ust the old man. . . .

*shudders*
#111

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/12/04 at 9:08pm

"Schwartzism"?! Congratulations, Quibbler! You just coined a new word! In fact, I think that's what I'll call a really bad rhyme or use of a rhythm schme in songs from now on.

If the word "schwartzism" catches on, who knows? It might even make the dictionary!

Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!
#112

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/12/04 at 9:20pm

Ooo... that reminds me from Les Miz... I've never understood this phrase...

"There is a room that's full of toys
There are a hundred boys and girls..."

It would be so pretty if it was "girls and boys" so it would rhyme with toys. I just don't get why they did it like that... ugh!
#115

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/13/04 at 2:03am

Ugh, I hate almost all the lyrics to Jesus Christ Superstar. Such shlock!
"What's the buzz, tell me what's happening" (what the hell?)

I also think most of the lyrics to Evita are equally silly (though I like the musical as a whole). What is wrong with Tim Rice???
BlueWizard's blog: The Rambling Corner HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
#116

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/13/04 at 2:04am

Gethsemane has great lyrics, now. You have to admit that, now.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#117

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/13/04 at 2:14am

Yeah, I'll admit it for Gethsemane. Great belter song, by the way.

But the rest of JCS is just appalling. I was in the chorus, once, and it was dreadful having to sing those lyrics!
BlueWizard's blog: The Rambling Corner HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
#118

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/13/04 at 3:47pm

I absolutely love Miss Saigon, but on the OLCR, I cannot stand the way Simon Bowman sings "On the other side of the earth, there's a place where life still has worth". Its not that the line is horrible, i just don't like how he sings it. I like him on the rest of the CD though.
Thou giveth fever.
#119

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/13/04 at 3:50pm

"Me and this girl here could be in the sack
for what it costs me to buy a Big Mac.' -- Miss Saigon

It's the worst lyric ever.
#120

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/13/04 at 3:52pm

on the Les Mis OBCR Colm Wilkinson does these really annoying things with his voice that jut bug me! i can't really explain what lyric because he does it on like every song.
"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon
#121

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/13/04 at 3:53pm

the thing I don't like about Colm Wilkinson, is that when he ends a line, he sounds like he yawns. Like, it is deep in his throat and very breathy
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#122

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/13/04 at 3:54pm

the thing I don't like about Colm Wilkinson, is that when he ends a line, he sounds like he yawns. Like, it is deep in his throat and very breathy
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#123

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/13/04 at 3:57pm

yeah that's kinda what i meant. sometimes he sounds like he echos the last syllable too.
"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon
#124

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/13/04 at 4:08pm

Here is one from "Cyrano"

Cyrano is lots of fun, Lots of fun for every nun!

Whats THAT about?!?
"It never bothered me that she called me a c*nt, it bothered me that I answered to it!" Carol Channing about Ethel Merman filming an episode of "The Love Boat"
#125

re: Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!

Posted: 7/13/04 at 4:14pm

it took me awhile to get used to Colm Wilkinson. especially during the end of "Who Am I?" when he goes "24601(Nuh!)" but it really doesn't bother me that much anymore. i prefer Randal Keith, though.

I do agree about that line in Miss Saigon. it is incredibly forced and unispired.
Thou giveth fever.

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