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Most Moving Song
MusicalDirector109
Leading Actor Joined: 5/16/03
#50Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 4:06pm
"The Impossible Dream" (the Quest) - 'Man of La Mancha
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" - 'The Sound of Music"
"What Would I Do?" - "Falsettos"
"The Story Goes On" - "Baby"
krolockskid
Understudy Joined: 5/13/03
#51Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 4:10pm
Too many to choose. But some of the most moving songs I've heard are:
"Lily's Eyes" (Secret Garden)
"You'll Never Walk Alone" (Carousel)
"Petrified" and "Il Adore" (Taboo)
And this really isn't a song, but at the end of Phantom, when the Phantom sings "Christine, I love you", that always gets me.
On a clear day I can see myself for miles
judy_in_disguise
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/31/04
#53Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 4:38pm
because a song can move you in many different ways, alot of these won't be similar..some happy, some sad, some hopeful and empowering..
"Let me walk among you" - BatBoy
"Yes" - A New Brain
"Make Me Happy" - The Wild Party
"I don't know how to love him" - JCS
"Last Waltz For Dixie", "With These Hands", "Sarah", "Tell My Father", "Brother, My Brother", "By The Sword", "If Prayin Were Horses", and "The Glory" - The Civil War
"Moving Too Fast" & "If I Didn't Believe In You" - The Last 5 Years
"Purpose" - Avenue Q
"I Believe In You" & "Brotherhood of Man" - How To Succeed
"Till There Was You" - The Music Man
"We Can Do It" & "I wanna be a producer" - The Producers
"enchantment passing through", "written in the stars" and the "how i know you" (reprise)
"God's Own Country" & reprise - The Beautiful Game
i'll think of more, I'm sure =)
"Applause begets applause in the theatre, as laughter begets laughter and tears beget tears."
CLAYTON HAMILTON, "Theory of the Theatre"
"I think theater ought to be theatrical ... you know, shuffling the pack in different ways so that it's -- there's always some kind of ambush involved in the experience. You're being ambushed by an unexpected word, or by an elephant falling out of the cupboard, whatever it is."
TOM STOPPARD
#54Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 4:40pmThe Impossible Dream - Man of La Mancha
"Life is not measured by the number
of breaths we take, but by moments
that take our breath away."
"Life isn't about how to survive the storm,
but how to dance in the rain."
#55Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 4:48pm
"louder than words" - tick tick BOOM
"daddy's son" - Ragtime
"Contentment it seems merely happens, It appears Accompanied by no bravos and no tears"
"The world is good you said Enjoy it's highs you said The summer flies you said So make a parade Of every moment Now throw away your hate And focus on what's great instead" ~William Finn
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#56Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 4:49pm
No one has metioned One Song Glory? The first time I heard it... I never cry at shows. But something in the passion and the way Roger just condemns himself to a meaningless death just moved me. It hit me so hard, that this guy with his whole life still to come was going to die and fail everything he ever cared about. I can't even phrase it well, but that song introduced me to new emotions. I'll Cover You: Reprise it glorious and sad, especially when they line up again and leave a spot where Angel was supposed to be. It really solidifies the impact of his death, there's a hole in the line and a hole in their hearts.
Petrified and Il Adore from Taboo, absolutely. For Good was something I really needed to hear at the time I saw it, and it made me sniff a bit. The end of ttB is perfect, the way Jonathan is so afraid of getting older, then he sings about what you do meaning more than what you say you will and sits down at his piano and plays Happy Birthday. He just accepts and embraces the next stage of his life, and I loved that.
Updated On: 8/27/04 at 04:49 PM
#57Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 5:04pm
"Unusual Way"-Nine
"Fine Fine Line"-Avenue Q
"Listening to You"-The Who's Tommy
"Let the Sunshine In"-Hair
and please don't laugh, but when done properly, the finale of "Godspell" (Prepare Ye/Long Live God) can be terribly moving also.
"Y'all have a GRAND day now"
Derek2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/10/04
#58Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 5:27pm
OOO and I forgot "Somewhere" from West Side Story. Also the finale from West Side Story...makes me cry. I cant believe no one else thinks Roses Turn is moving, unless maybe I missed some.
artsamore
Understudy Joined: 8/26/04
#59Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 6:10pm
Here's My Top Five:
1 - "Pretty Women" - Sweeney Todd
2- "Sorry Grateful" - Company
3- "Gethesemane"(When Done Right) - Superstar
4- "It Only Takes A Moment" - Hello Dolly
5- "Where is Love" - Oliver
CurtainUp
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/9/04
#60Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 10:22pmOh I LOVE Unusual Way from Nine. So gorgeous!
Rosencrantz: "Be happy - if you're not even HAPPY what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on."
- from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Toni
Chorus Member Joined: 5/11/04
#61Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 10:27pmIn His Eyes is a GREAT pick. Linda is Amazing. I'm going to say I Don't Know How To Love Him from Jesus Christ Superstar. It always seems to do something to me.
If I were only meant to tend the nest,then why does my imagination sail Across the mountains and the seas,beyond the make-believe of any fairytale?
Chorus Member Joined: 12/31/69
#62Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 10:28pmi thought "For Good" from Wicked was pretty moving. It made my "tough" guy friend cry..
#63Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 11:01pm
Finale B
Bring Him Home
"What could a computer do with a lifetime supply of chocolate? I am now telling the computer exactly what it can do with a lifetime supply of chocolate!"
dotmarie
Broadway Star Joined: 8/14/03
#64Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 11:12pm
I get teary listening to Brian Stokes Mitchell sing "The Impossible Dream." I just can't help it. It's so beautiful!
That and "Back to Before" from Ragtime. Very powerful.
#65Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 11:28pm
"Do you know what it's like" - Zanna Don't
"There's a fine, fine line" - Avenue Q
"It does what a musical's supposed to do. It takes you to another world, and it gives you a little tune to carry with you in your head for when you're feeling blue."
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#66Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 11:37pm"Il Ador" from TABOO, "Defying Gravity" from WICKED!, "Seasons of Love" (I cryed when I saw the girl on the tour do it!) and A LOT of the other songs in RENT!!!!:)
"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread.
~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line
jezzebelle
Featured Actor Joined: 4/19/04
#67Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 11:56pm
I Know Where I've Been- Hairspray
Bui Doi- Miss Saigon
I'll Cover You Reprise- RENT
Make Them Hear You- Ragtime
Candle in the Window- Civil War
Many, many more, I'm sure...just can't think of them all now. :)
#68Most moving songs
Posted: 8/28/04 at 12:03am
OMG
most of the answers are from musicals from the last 10 years... come on! there is broadway before RENT!
mine's:
-Bewitched from pal joey
-tell me on a sunda from song and dance
-I have a love from wss
-maybe this time from cabaret (if somebody says that cabaret it's from only a few years ago, I will not be surprised, lol!)
there are many more...
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!
OhSoWicked
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/04
#69Most moving songs
Posted: 8/28/04 at 12:05am
"Home" - The Wiz
"Deyfing Gravity" (IM SORRY!)
"At the Ballet" - A Chorus Line (if done well)
#70Most moving songs
Posted: 8/28/04 at 12:09am
defying gravity most moving song?
poor cole porter, richard rodgers, stephen sondheim....
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!
dotmarie
Broadway Star Joined: 8/14/03
#71Most moving songs
Posted: 8/28/04 at 12:16am"No One Is Alone" from Into the Woods. It's so deep.
#72Most moving songs
Posted: 8/28/04 at 12:17am
"Don't Cry Out Loud" from "The Boy From Oz"
I got chills and was crying at the same time during this song.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
jezzebelle
Featured Actor Joined: 4/19/04
#73Most moving songs
Posted: 8/28/04 at 12:21am
Well, if you were born after 1980, then yes, you're going to think of songs from more recent musicals. Cliche or not, RENT speaks to me.
That said, I also adore "What I Did For Love" (ACL), "No One is Alone" (ITW), "You'll Never Walk Alone"...
I just happen to be moved by many songs from more recent shows. That's just me and I'm in my early 20's.
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#74Most moving songs
Posted: 8/28/04 at 12:25am
somewhere - west side story
easy to be hard - hair
on my own - les miz
i am changing - dreamgirls
defying gravity - wicked
people - funny girl (only streisand song i like)
what i did for love - a chorus line
i loved you once in silence - camelot
in his eyes - jekyll and hyde
love, look away - flower drum song
this nearly was mine - south pacific
without you - rent
i'll cover you [reprise] - rent
seasons of love - rent
the flesh failures - hair
... those are just off the top of my head
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