Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
duke904311
Swing Joined: 7/24/12
#1Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/24/12 at 8:28pm
I need help trying to find a comical song for a bass and a tenor. My brother and I are doing a duet and need something funny to really lighten the show. Please Help!
Updated On: 7/24/12 at 08:28 PM
#2Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/24/12 at 8:40pm
Agony from Into the Woods
Brush Up Your Shakespeare from Kiss Me Kate
Poor Judd is Dead from Oklahoma---but not a 'comic" song, but you could possibly play it for laughs.
Not sure of the vocal ranges (could both be tenors)--but a start
redmustang
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/03
#3Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/24/12 at 9:05pmWe'll Take A Glass Together from Grand Hotel---and if you are dancers, even better
#4Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/24/12 at 9:39pm
I'm glad no one has suggested "You're Nothing Without Me", a mediocre song from an otherwise fine score.
For the record, "Poor Jud Is Dead" is very much a comedy song. The humor comes out of character, for the most part, not punchlines; but there's no question in my mind that it is supposed to funny:
"He looks like he's asleep,
It's a shame that he won't keep,
But it's summer and we're runnin' out of ice."
Now whether that would play as humorous out of the context of the show is another matter. I suspect not.
Depending on the event, you might look at "It's a Boy's Life" from BOY MEETS BOY. I'm not sure the vocal ranges are strictly tenor/baritone, but you could probably make it work.
#5Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/24/12 at 9:43pm
"It Would Have Been Wonderful" from A Little Night Music
"I Can See It" from The Fantasticks
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#6Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/24/12 at 9:51pm"You're Nothing Without Me" from City of Angels is really funny
#7Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/24/12 at 9:52pmAs usual, you can't go wrong listening to best12bars. jmo
#8Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/24/12 at 9:53pm
"You're Nothing Without Me" from City of Angels is really funny
Yeah, penis jokes are always so droll:
"Your pen is no match for my sword!"
Quiche2
Broadway Star Joined: 7/20/12
#11Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/24/12 at 10:15pm"Travel Song" from Shrek the Musical
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Jake01
Chorus Member Joined: 11/9/10
#12Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/24/12 at 10:37pm
I second "It Would Have Been Wonderful".
"We Can Do It" from THE PRODUCERS, however, would be my choice. A great contrasting of personality types.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#13Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/24/12 at 10:37pm
Not sure about ranges either, but here goes:
The Proposal/The Night Was Alive from Titanic.
Pretty Women from Sweeney Todd
Mandalay Song from Happy End.
Progress from Love Life.
Mr. Bunbury and The Muffin Song from Ernest in Love.
#15Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/24/12 at 11:05pmYou Rule My World & You Walk With Me from The Full Monty.
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#16Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/25/12 at 7:47amIt's All for the Best -- Godspell.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#17Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/25/12 at 8:06amNot a comic song, but I have to mention a favorite: Poems from Pacific Overtures.
TalkinLoud
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/09
#19Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/25/12 at 10:11am
I wonder if everyone actually read the request - there are a lot of suggestions that aren't even remotely comic.
"I Do Like You," cut from Forum is a funny duet for two guys. "Be A Performer," from Little Me could be a fun vaudeville number.
#20Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/25/12 at 11:16am
^ not to mention the fact that the OP mentioned that the singers are brothers...some of these romantic suggestions would just be creepy.
Grand Old Ivy is always a delight, if not inherently 'funny'. Same with Guys and Dolls. Looking outside the 'man' box, you could probably do a fun version of Ohio from Wonderful Town.
#21Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/25/12 at 2:18pm
I would suggest a few things:
"You & I" from Bare
Pretty much anything from The Story of My Life. Maybe "Angels in the Snow" is more along the comedic line.
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peerrjb
Featured Actor Joined: 7/7/09
#22Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/26/12 at 8:03amIf one of you is reallllly a BASS, then most of these suggestions won't work. The ranges, for example, of things like "You're Nothing Without Me", "Poems", "All for the Best", "It Would Have Been Wonderful"... have both voices in bar-itenor-y locations, and would be a monumental stretch for a real bass. If he's NOT really a BASS, then you'll do OK with some of these...but check the Vocal Score to see the actual ranges before investing too much time.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#23Male-Male Duet, HELP!!
Posted: 7/26/12 at 8:08am
The Country's in the Very Best of Hands - Li'l Abner
Mushnik & Son - Little Shop
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