Most Emotionally Satisfying Showtunes?- Page 3

[Ciaron McCarthy]

Posted: 10/17/06 at 12:40pm

"Too Many Mornings" - Follies
"Forgiveness" - Jane Eyre
"Moments in the Woods" - Into the Woods
"Johanna (Sweeneys version)" - Sweeney Todd
"Our Time" - Merrily
"Old Friends" - Merrily
"Send in the Clowns" - ALNM
"Underwater" - Caroline or Change
"The Light in the Piazza" - The Light in the Piazza
"If I loved You" - Carousel
"Hello Young Lovers" - The King and I
"Company" - Company
"Move On" - Sunday
"Children and Art" - Sunday
"We Do Not Belong Together" - Sunday
"I Wish I Could Forget You" - Passion

[Enjolras77]

Posted: 10/17/06 at 12:58pm

My list:

1) "Where in the World/How Can I Ever Know" from The Secret Garden
2) "Anthem" from Chess
3) "This is not Over Yet" and "All the Wasted Time" from Parade
4) "We'll Meet Tomorrow" from Titanic
5) "Gethsemane" from Jesus Christ Superstar

[WalkOn]

Posted: 10/17/06 at 5:14pm

UNLIKELY LOVERS - FALSETTOS
NOT A DAY GOES BY - MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
IN BUDDY'S EYES - FOLLIES
LOOK TO THE RAINBOW - FINIAN'S RAINBOW
EVERYBODY'S GOT A HOME BUT ME - PIPE DREAM
I WON'T SENT ROSES - MACK AND MABEL

and most recently...

ANOTHER WINTER IN SUMMER TOWN - GREY GARDENS

[caitlincanfly]

Posted: 10/17/06 at 6:09pm

Oh gosh so many. That's one of the many reasons I love theatre...it's emotionally satisfying!

Alas, here is my list:

Say it Somehow & The Light in the Piazza - LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
Light of the World, By My Side, & On The Willows - GODSPELL
Basically all of THE LAST 5 YEARS, but especially Still Hurting, If I Didn't Believe in You, Nobody Needs to Know, & Goodbye Until Tomorrow/I Could Never Rescue You.
A Heart Full of Love & The Finale - LES MIS
Solla Sollew - SEUSSICAL (Weird, I know.)
The I Love You Song - SPELLING BEE
For Goood - WICKED (Cliche, I know, but I have some serious emotional attachment to that song.)
Again, almost all of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD. (God bless Jason Robert Brown!)
Tonight, Somewhere & The Finale - WEST SIDE STORY

Really, I could go on for years.

[Julian2]

Posted: 10/17/06 at 6:12pm

Close Every Door - Joseph and the ATD

[gonnapassmealaw]

Posted: 11/21/06 at 12:42am

Louder than Words-Tick, Tick...Boom!

Especially when performed in complete three part harmony.

[zoran912]

Posted: 11/21/06 at 1:02am

My list:

"Anytime" - Elegies
"Hear My Song" - Songs for a New World
"Hold Down the Fort" - John & Jen
"What About Love?" - The Color Purple
"Adela" - Bernarda Alba
"All The Wasted Time" - Parade

AND last, but certainly not least:

"Mr. Hop-a-long Heartbreak" - Urban Cowboy: The Musical

[AnythingCanHappen]

Posted: 11/21/06 at 1:18am

I Know The Truth - Aida

holy cow, that song is the mother.

[GClef2]

Posted: 11/21/06 at 1:45am

Kind of off topic, but what is going on in the "I hate the bus" scene. I don't understand the dialogue and cannot figure out what Anika's character is going through. Feel free to pm me the answer. Sorry for threadjacking, or whatever the technical term is. It is definetly emotionally satisfying, but i just dont get the sentiment or story behind it.

[MimiLovesRoger]

Posted: 11/21/06 at 9:59am

Just listining to the OBCR of Rent makes me cry...

[lostgirl]

Posted: 11/21/06 at 2:55pm

-The Light in the Piazza- THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
-Fable- THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
-Say It Somehow- THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
-The Beauty is (reprise)- THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
-I Wish I Could Forget You- PASSION
-I Love Fosca- PASSION
-Somewhere- WEST SIDE STORY
-Tonight- WEST SIDE STORY
-The Last Night of the World- MISS SAIGON
-I'd Give My Life For You- MISS SAIGON
-All the Wasted Time- PARADE
-You Don't Know This Man- PARADE
-This isn't Over Yet- PARADE
-The Miller's Son- A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
-Send in the Clowns- A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
-You'll Never Walk Alone -CAROUSEL
-Valjean's Death/ Finale- LES MISERABLES
-How Could I Ever Know- THE SECRET GARDEN
-Lily's Eyes- THE SECRET GARDEN

I'm probably forgetting a ton....

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 11/21/06 at 3:25pm

Maybe I Like It This Way-Lippa's The Wild Party

Nothing-A Chorus Line

The "I Love You" Song-Spelling Bee

Finale B-Rent

I'll Cover You(Reprise)-Rent

ETA: Poor Child-Lippa's The Wild Party

Updated On: 11/21/06 at 03:25 PM

[worrell4077]

Posted: 11/21/06 at 3:34pm

Fallen Angel(Jersey Boys)- It's just such a beautiful scene in the show and I haven't yet, but I always feel like I'm going to cry.

Can't Take My Eyes Off You(Jersey Boys)


Tell Her I Love Her(Urinetown)

The Judge's Return(Sweeney Todd)

Love Don't Need A Reason(The Boy From Oz)

Somewhere That's Green-reprise(LSOH)

Til Him(The Producers)

Johanna(Anthony and Sweeney's versions)

I Am What I Am(La Cage Aux Folles)

There's A Fine, Fine, Line(Avenue Q)

Updated On: 11/21/06 at 03:34 PM

[neomystyk29]

Posted: 11/21/06 at 6:03pm

Sunday In The Park With George: Move On

Sweeney Todd: Epiphany

The Light In The Piazza: Clara's Interlude, Fable

The Color Purple: I'm Here

The Last Five Years. Period.

The Music Man: Till There Was You

Wicked: Defying Gravity, For Good

Avenue Q: There's A Fine, Fine Line

Company: Being Alive

Floyd Collins: How Glory Goes

HONK!: Different

Into The Woods: No One Is Alone, No More, Children Will Listen, Lament

Les Mis: I Dreamed A Dream, On My Own, Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, One Day More, Being Him Home, Finale

Man of La Mancha: The Impossible Dream

Merrily We Roll Along: Growing Up, Not A Day Goes By, Our Time

Parade: All The Wasted Time, Funeral Sequence

Pippin: Corner of the Sky, Finale

Ragtime: Wheels of a Dream, Your Daddy's Son, Coalhouse's Soliloquy, Make Them Hear You, Back To Before

RENT: One Song Glory, La Vie Boheme, Your Eyes, I'll Cover You (Reprise)

See What I Wanna See: Coffee, Finale, There Will Be a Miracle

Songs For A New World: Stars and the Moon, Hear My Song, Flying Home

[smilinggiggle]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 12:43pm

hmmm...there are soooo many
sorry for repeating some that have been said
"As Long As He Needs Me" Oliver!
"The I Love You Song" Spelling Bee
"Johanna" Sweeney Todd
"I Can See It" The Fantasticks
there are so many more I jsut can't think of them right now

[WalkOn]

Posted: 1/4/07 at 6:44pm

bump - I"m bored

[Anti-Romanticist]

Posted: 1/4/07 at 9:35pm

WICKED: No Good Deed, As Long as You're Mine

DER GLOCKNER VON NOTRE DAME: The Finale, Out There, Hellfire, Esmeralda...gosh, I don't know which song (besides A Guy Like You) DOESN'T pull an emotion from me.

SWEENEY TODD: Johanna (Quartet version)

THE PRODUCERS: Til Him

JEKYLL AND HYDE: In His Eyes, The Confrontation, Someone Like You, I Need to Know (on the concept album with Anthony Warlow), This is the Moment...actually, the whole soundtrack, like DER GLOCKNER, even the minor reprises. Not so much sadness I feel, but A LOT of sympathy for the characters (except Hyde, obviously).

CHICAGO: Nowadays

[antiandrewx]

Posted: 1/4/07 at 9:46pm

Those You've Known - Spring Awakening
Another Day - RENT
Fallen Angel - Jersey Boys

[sing_dance_love]

Posted: 1/4/07 at 9:48pm

I agree with a lot of these:
"The Light in the Piazza" LITP
"Losing My Mind" Follies
"The Fire Within Me" Little Women

Some of the most touching for me (which absolutely include those three):
"The Music and the Mirror" A Chorus Line
"Prayer" The Scarlet Pimpernel
"Color and Light" Sunday in the Park with George
And "I Will Never Leave You" "Who Will Love Me As I Am" and "You Should be Loved" all from Side Show. But i think thats because i did that show, and had to sing "you should be loved"

[Chipster07]

Posted: 1/4/07 at 9:55pm

Left Behind - SPRING AWAKENING (even just the intro makes me tear up)

[Kristeliz]

Posted: 1/4/07 at 11:03pm

It's not just about the songs, but the exact moments in these where the characters become self aware. haha I bet there's another thread on the exact song "moments." should do a search and bump it up.

"Gethsemane"- JSC (.. if I DIE!)
"I Know the Truth"- Aida (..I learned it a little too late)
"As Long as He Needs Me"- Oliver! (I won't betray his trust...
Though people say I must)
"No Good Deed"- Wicked (i'm wicked through and through)
"I'll Cover You (Reprise)- RENT (when your heart has expired)
"Rose's Turn"-Gypsy (Well, someone tell me, when is it my turn?)

and slightly off topic-- not a showtune, but gives me chills
Breathe Me by Sia

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Posted: 1/4/07 at 11:12pm

Back to Before - Ragtime
Proud of Your Boy - Aladdin, well sort of. Every time I sing that tune I shed a little tear or two. Ashman was truly the best lyricist (apart from possibly sondheim) of the 2nd half of the 20th century.
This Nearly Was Mine - South Pacific

[allofmylife]

Posted: 1/4/07 at 11:33pm

Nothing is ever going to top seeing Dean Jones perform "Being Alive" in Company. Five weeks in the role and we SAW him. That was amazing luck. Thanks, dad.

[coolphantom919]

Posted: 1/4/07 at 11:48pm

I Don't Know How To Love Him- Jesus Christ Superstar

[bwayboi4life42]

Posted: 1/4/07 at 11:50pm

There are quite a few, but the one I'm currently listening to:

"Rising Up / Act II Finale" from SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE

The quintet at the beginning is wonderful and the haunting "The Truth" at the end adds a nice poignant end to the piece.

While I'm on the show, "Coffee" also has a similar effect on me.