Most Moving Song

#1

Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 10:11pm

In my humble opinion, a night at the theatre isn't complete without a good cry (!) so, what do you guys think are the most moving songs in musical theatre?

I have a fair few!:

"Thank Goodness" and "For Good" - Wicked
"Down Once More.../Finale" - Phantom of The Opera
"Somethings are Meant To Be" - Little Women
"Don't Cry Out Loud" - The Boy From Oz
"Tell Me On A Sunday" - Song and Dance
"Feed The Birds" - Mary Poppins

Lemme know,
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#2

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 10:15pm

..oh I forgot the name, but the one that Peter sings to his Mother, trying to tell him he's gay but she eludes from the knowledge of it, in Bare: A Pop Opera..I cry everytime!

Goodbye Love and Mimi's death scene in RENT, and Angel's death, and Collin's reaction to ANgel's death..

Fantasies Come True (staged)..Rod is so vulnerable!

I Am What I Am from La Cage

All I Ask Of You from Phantom

...there are many more that I can't think of..

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#3

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 10:15pm

i would add the whole score of ragtime. there's just not one that i can pick out.

#4

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 10:15pm

Glory.

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#5

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 10:18pm

My personal favs. are "Losing My Mind" and "Our Time": In one way or another I can relate to both.

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#6

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 10:20pm

Miss Saigon "The Fall of Saigon"... I actually call it the helicopter song

But yours are also great, I just wanted to add that song to the list... and also
"Your eyes" RENT {sung by Adam Pascal}

Including yours:
"Thank Goodness" and "For Good" - Wicked
"Somethings are Meant To Be" - Little Women
"Don't Cry Out Loud" - The Boy From Oz
"Feed The Birds" - Mary Poppins
and "Empty Chairs" Les Mis {sung by Michael Ball}

All of these songs are the most moving to me... starting from Miss Saigon ~Kangaroo

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RENThead, enLIGHist, Ozalot, Grobanite, Ringer, Pickwick LW, Wicked, Lost, American Dreams, West Wing
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#7

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 10:30pm

"For Good" n "Finale": Wicked
"A Man Doesnt Know" n "Goodbye Old Girl": Damn Yankees
"All I Ask of You": Phantom
"One Song Glory": Rent
"Memory": Cats

#8

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 10:32pm

While I'm certain I could come up with hundreds, the one that immediately popped to mind was:
"14 Dwight Ave. Natick Massachusetts".

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#9

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 10:32pm

Alright, obviously I'm in a RENT mood, but I'll add:
The Impossible Dream
I Don't Care Much

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#10

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 10:37pm

i feel that What You Own from Rent is very moving.

#11

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 10:38pm

"Finale" from RENT. Hands down the most moving song ever. But "One Song Glory" and "Will I?" too... I guess rent is just such a moving show!

From other shows I'd say "For Good" from Wicked is one.

#12

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 10:42pm

Origin of Love

#13

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 11:01pm

anytime from elegies is great too

#14

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 11:03pm

Any and everything from RENT.

For Good, Defying Gravity, Thank Goodness- Wicked

Suddenly Seymour, the end of Downtown- LSoH

One Hundred Million Miracles- Flower Drum Song

Happiness- YAGMCB

Impossible Dreams- Man of La Mancha

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#15

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 11:08pm

EVERYTHING from RENT (especially Glory and Your Eyes sung by Adam Pascal)

Defying Gravity, As Long As Your Mine and For Good from Wicked

Bring Him Home and On My Own from Les Miserables

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#16

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 11:08pm

No More, No One is Alone, Children Will Listen - INTO THE WOODS
Children and Art, Changing, Move On, Sunday - SUNDAY...GEORGE
most of BARE
Come on In from the Outside - TABOO
Glory, most of RENT

etc.

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#17

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 11:12pm

Ohh yeah, As Long As You're Mine. Forgot about that one. And I like Seymour's solo in The Meek Shall Inherit. It's not necessarily moving and tear jerking but its sweet and has a nice message.

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#18

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 11:12pm

"Goodbye, Love" -RENT
"Another Day" -RENT
Okay, most of RENT...

"Il Adore" and "Petrified" -Taboo
"Impossible Dream" -MoLM

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#19

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 11:15pm

sorry, wrong place.

Updated On: 3/11/05 at 11:15 PM

#20

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 11:24pm

Most of Rent... but I must specifically mention One Song Glory, the song that got me into the show in the first place.
Also:
End of Defying Gravity, For Good, Finale (Wicked)
Somewhere (West Side Story)
Written in the Stars, Enchantment Passing Through Reprise (Aida)
What I Did for Love (A Chorus Line) [When performed correctly, like in a regional production I saw]
Look to the Rainbow (Finian's Rainbow)
If I Can't Love Her (Beauty and the Beast)
All I Ask of You (Poto)
And I'm sure I'll think of more...

#21

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 11:28pm

More to add:

Finale of Wicked (oh the best especially the 1/9 version)

Home from Beauty and the Beast

Quiet Please there's a Lady on Stage and Once Before I Go from The Boy from Oz

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hmm...

#22

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 11:36pm

Oh yes, I forgot "Home" from B&B.
And what is the 1/9 version of the Wicked Finale, Fabala?
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#23

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 11:39pm

The most touching song EVER, most definitely has to be "YOU CAN BE AS LOUD AS THE HELL YOU WANT WHEN YOUR MAKING LOVE" from avenue Q, and coming in at a close second place would have to be COME WITH ME from andrew lippa's THE WILD PARTY.

#24

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/11/05 at 11:40pm

Idina's last show was 1/9...that finale *dies* I cry everytime

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hmm...

Updated On: 3/11/05 at 11:40 PM

#25

re: Most Moving Song

Posted: 3/12/05 at 12:00am

oh right - i saw a clip of for good/finale at Cheno's last performance, and that was REALLY sad! She cried so hard in the final line "because i knew you" that the audience clapped for her wildly and completely drowned out Idina and the orch. lol
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