Most Moving Song
Most Moving Song
Joined: 12/31/69
#0Most Moving Song
Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:09pmI was thinking this morning what was the most moving song, in my opinion of course. I think 'In His Eyes' is one of the most moving and powerful songs, whenever I listen to it I get chills!
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#1re: Most Moving Song
Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:11pmI've said this on another thread, I think, but if the one-two punch of 14, Dwight Ave, Natick, Mass and The Day The Earth Stopped Turning from Elegies don't reduce you to a weeping wreck, then you are made of stone.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#2re: Most Moving Song
Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:13pmMaybe not the most moving, but it's certainly up there: Move On from Sunday in the Park with George.
#3re: Most Moving Song
Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:15pm
Without You. I cannot listen to that song without getting teary-eyed.
But you could have expected that answer from me. *points to icon*
Updated On: 8/27/04 at 01:15 PM
mule
Understudy Joined: 7/31/04
#4Agree on In His Eyes
Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:23pm
Especially when Linda Eder and Christiane Noll sang it together.
First time I saw J & H with the original cast I could not believe how awesome that duet was.
Or course, Linda Eder would make Tip Toe Through The Tulips awesome.
Derek2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/10/04
#5Agree on In His Eyes
Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:24pm
New: Defying Gravity (I just had to lol)
Old: Over The Rainbow
notsovirginmary
Stand-by Joined: 6/12/04
#6songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:28pm
I get chills during I’ll Cover You (reprise) from Rent every time I hear it, and I full out bawl when I see it onstage.
Rose’s little reprise of Small World after Herbie leaves is incredibly heart-breaking.
I have a horrible soft spot for Maybe from Annie(yeah, I know) especially if the girl singing it can act.
"A wonky eye, you've got my friend."
Stand-by Joined: 12/31/69
#7Agree on In His Eyes
Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:28pmDefying Gravity is exetrememly powerful! And yes Linda Eder could make anything beautiful...hehe I just got her "Broadway My Way" and now it is so hard to choose, I think some other great songs are (not to Jekyll you guys out) A New Life, Edelweiss, and Gold from Camille Claudel!
Derek2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/10/04
NightLaughs
Leading Actor Joined: 6/26/04
#13songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:48pm
I agree with "II Adore" from Taboo. I cried the first few times I listened to it.
"I Dreamed A Dream" from Les Miserables. Now nowbody likes a crier the first 15 minutes into a show but hey, it's just that good, I cannot help it. "One Day More" really gives me the chills, as does the final song. "To love another person is to see the face of God...." Oh and those harmonies. I am getting chills just thinking about it.
"Louder Than Words" from Tick.. Tick.. Boom! is one of my favorites as well. When I saw it I got major goosebumps, I was just taken by it.
That is one thing show-tunes do for me, they have the power to move me beyond any other type of music. I appreciate all kinds of music, and love it, but sometimes other stuff just can't compare.
If you limit your choices to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise."- Robert Fritz
#14songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:48pm
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen from the end of Nicholas Nickleby, when Nicholas picks up the little homeless child, showing life goes on and all the worlds problems are still with us!
On My Own from Les Mis...but hearing it a zillion times at auditions cheapened it a bit!
lyfeisacabaret
Understudy Joined: 8/18/04
#18Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 2:14pm
"Bring Him Home", "On My Own", "I Dreamed a Dream", and "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" from Les Miz.
"I'd Give My Life For You" from Miss Saigon.
"There's A Fine, Fine Line" from Avenue Q.
"Move On" from Sunday in the Park with George.
"The Origin of Love", "Hedwig's Lament" and "Wicked Little Town (reprise)" from Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
"Finale B" from Rent.
"Bare" and "Absolution" from BARE.
"Send in the Clowns" from A Little Night Music.
(I know I'm forget a slew of other ones.)
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ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
#19Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 2:18pm'i'll cover you (reprise)' and 'for good' get me every time i listen to them.
"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions."
~The one and only John Lennon
VoiceofReason
Leading Actor Joined: 2/18/04
#20Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 2:19pm
Not entirely sure why, but whenever I listen to Lost in the Wilderness (Children of Eden) I get chills.
~m~
For heaven's sake, don't try to be cynical. It's perfectly easy to be cynical.
~The Importance of Being Earnest~
CrowdMeWithLove
Chorus Member Joined: 8/17/04
#21songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 2:22pm
My posting name comes from "Being Alive" for a reason. Everyone, everyone knows what it's like to feel lost, unloved...and yearning for someone, anyone to give them that love. It's a beautiful song...and the Bernadette Peters version is especially awe-inspiring.
I've just recently (as in, two days ago) gotten into Caroline...and "Lot's Wife" is suuuch a moving song...as is "Epilogue/Emmie's Dream," though that's moving in a different sort of way. It makes you feel empowered and strong...knowing what the fight is going to be.
"Funeral" from Parade has so many cliches in it ("When she laughed you swore you'd never cry again" "She smiled at the foreman" "I don't know the coward's name/I don't know the bastard's face/but I swear right now to God/He ain't never gonna get away/With what he done to Mary")...but at the same time, on the recording, it's sung with such genuine emotion that it always gets to me. Plus, you know, when you think about a 13-year-old being raped and killed; that's gotta get to you.
"We Don't Belong Together" from Sunday makes me feel so sad and heartbroken for both George and Dot. And then pair that song with "Move On" and it's just astounding.
Chorus Member Joined: 12/31/69
#23Most moving songs
Posted: 8/27/04 at 2:23pmYes. Wilderness is perhaps the most moving song frmo that show...amazing show, great song. I'd love to do that role for a long run somewhere and see if I get sick of that song. I doubt I would.
Featured Actor Joined: 12/31/69
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