Most Powerful Broadway Love Song- Page 2

[MerMaggieGalinda]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 8:26am

Suddenly Seymour: Little Shop of Horrors(I'm surprised no one said it already).

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 8:28am

I agree with "Move On," but I have to add "One Hand, One HEart" from WSS.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 8:35am

TOUGH one...

But in my humble opinion:

TONIGHT and ONE HAND/ONE HEART from WEST SIDE STORY
LOSING MY MIND from FOLLIES
ALL I ASK OF YOU from PHANTOM
LOVING YOU from PASSION

Updated On: 5/16/08 at 08:35 AM

[WestEndAndy]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 8:45am

Can't help Lovin' Dat Man from SHOW BOAT
Time Heals Everything from MACK AND MABEL
What's the Use of Wond'rin' from CAROUSEL

[JHartnow]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 11:35am

These are some of my favorite love songs that stir emotion. Some I think are brilliant and deep others more frilly...

Lily's Eyes - Secret Garden
How Could I Ever Know
Something Good - Sound of Music
In His Eyes - J&H
I Still Believe - Saigon
All The Wasted Time - Parade
Role Of A Lifetime - Bare
Not While I'm Around - Sweeney
Still Hurting - L5Y
Goodbye Until Tomorrow/I Could Never Rescue You
Seasons Of Love - RENT
I'll Cover You (and reprise)
For Good - WICKED
Popular (does self-love count??)
If I Can't Love Her (and reprise) - B&B
The Human Heart - OOTI

Man, there are a ton more...but I'd be here all day.

-John

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:30pm

Side Show has some great ones. "You Should Be Loved" and also "Private Conversation," IMO.

Anyway...

Carousel - "If I Loved You" - I think it's the best Broadway love song ever, tbh.
Parade - "All the Wasted Time"
The Last Five Years - "The Next Ten Minutes" - not sure if it's powerful in terms of the music, but I think it's very powerful emotionally
Songs for a New World - "I'd Give it All For You" - love when it reaches the bridge, or whatever you call it
Passion - "No One Has Ever Loved Me" - the song itself isn't powerful, but those orchestrations at the end are just breath-taking
The Secret Garden - "How Could I Ever Know" - seriously, their love transcends even death!
Miss Saigon - "The Last Night of the World" - probably one of my favorite Broadway love songs, ever
Jekyll and Hyde - "In His Eyes" - agree with the above poster

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:33pm

If I Loved You from CAROUSEL.

[fosca3]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:34pm

Would you consider LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING a love song?

I think it's beautiful and powerful

And I also love

All I Ask of You (Phantom)
Lily's Eyes (Secret Garden)
Suddenly Seymour (Little Shop)
Loving You (Passion)

Updated On: 5/16/08 at 12:34 PM

[Magdalene]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:45pm

Yours Yours Yours---1776
Till There Was You---The Music Man
If Ever I Would Leave You---Camelot
Not While I'm Around---Sweeney Todd

Anything by George Gershwin---what a genius!

[musicaltheater1]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 1:19pm

More...

"Sun and Moon" from Miss Saigon
"I Have Dreamed" from The King & I
"I Have One Hand/One Heart" from West Side Story

[JRybka]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 1:20pm

IMHO the greatest love song from a musical is one about the love that is in all of us...

The Human Heart from Once on this Island

[madbrian]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 1:21pm

Im a sucker for torch songs:

As Long As He Needs Me - Oliver
On My Own - Les Miserables

[NDR]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 1:23pm

I guess it depends on what type of love song (couple, mother/child, etc.), but here's my list including all types (IMHO):
- "I'd Give My Life for You" from Miss Saigon
- "Last Night of the World" from Miss Saigon
- "Sun and Moon" from Miss Saigon
- "Here on this Night" from The Pirate Queen
- "All I Ask of You" from Phantom of the Opera
- "Daddy's Son" from Ragtime
- "Wheels of a Dream" from Ragtime
- "I Still Believe" from Miss Saigon
- "Bring Him Home" from Les Miserables
- "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables

There are a ton I am forgetting but I would have to say that "I'd Give My Life for You" is so powerful. I almost cry every time.

[Theatreboy49]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 2:14pm

I love something good from Sound of Music. Its such a beautiful song. I was listening to Sweet Smell today and "Dont know where you leave off" now comes to mind as well.

[drama mama]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 2:25pm

I'll Cover Reprise done by Jesse Martin in RENT

[jackson992]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 3:46pm

I know most will prolly laugh at this one but I have to say It's a Fine Fine Line from Avenue Q

[NYCboy2]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 3:53pm

In Whatever Time We Had from Children of Eden.

[BNN]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 4:10pm

If Ever I Would Leave You, hands down.

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 4:13pm

If Ever I Would Leave You- Camelot
If I Loved You- Carousel
Loving You- Passion
Marry Me A Little- Company
Unworthy Of Your Love- Assassins

[BillyE]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 4:49pm

"I Turned the Corner" Thoroughly Modern Millie
"Jimmy" Thoroughly Modern Millie
"Maria" West Side Story

[nshreeve]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 6:02pm

You and I - Chess
Anthem - Chess (kinda a love song)

[KrissySim]

Posted: 5/17/08 at 2:53am

"Till There Was You" The Music Man
"Younger Than Springtime" South Pacific
"If Ever I Would Leave You" Camelot
"People Will Say We're In Love" (and reprise) Oklahoma!
"I Could Have Danced All Night" My Fair Lady


Updated On: 5/17/08 at 02:53 AM

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 5/17/08 at 4:21am

Not really a necessarily a powerful belt song, but I'm in love with "I Have Dreamed" from The King and I.

[Radioactiveduck]

Posted: 5/17/08 at 4:46am

"For Good"...Yes, I'm a Wicked fanboy, but that song is incredible. I just love the fact that its a totally honest love between two people who aren't romantically involved.

Scott Alan's "Home". AMAZING song.

[ThatTheatreKid.]

Posted: 9/14/08 at 6:23pm

In My Life - Les Miserables
Not While I'm Around - Sweeney Todd
Younger than Springtime - South Pacific