#26
Posted: 5/16/08 at 8:26am
Suddenly Seymour: Little Shop of Horrors(I'm surprised no one said it already).
Most Powerful Broadway Love Song — Page 2
#27
Posted: 5/16/08 at 8:28am
I agree with "Move On," but I have to add "One Hand, One HEart" from WSS.
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#28
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
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
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
Updated On: 5/16/08 at 08:35 AM
#29
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
Time Heals Everything from MACK AND MABEL
What's the Use of Wond'rin' from CAROUSEL
#30
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
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
#31
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
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
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#32
Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:33pm
If I Loved You from CAROUSEL.
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The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#33
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)
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)
You don't go to the dragon without a present - Mark Rylance
Updated On: 5/16/08 at 12:34 PM
#34
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!
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!
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#35
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
"Sun and Moon" from Miss Saigon
"I Have Dreamed" from The King & I
"I Have One Hand/One Heart" from West Side Story
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"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
#36
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
The Human Heart from Once on this Island
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#37
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
As Long As He Needs Me - Oliver
On My Own - Les Miserables
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-- Thomas Jefferson
#38
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.
- "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.
#39
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.
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"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
#40
Posted: 5/16/08 at 2:25pm
I'll Cover Reprise done by Jesse Martin in RENT
#41
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
#42
Posted: 5/16/08 at 3:53pm
In Whatever Time We Had from Children of Eden.
#43
Posted: 5/16/08 at 4:10pm
If Ever I Would Leave You, hands down.
Tick Tock
#44
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
If I Loved You- Carousel
Loving You- Passion
Marry Me A Little- Company
Unworthy Of Your Love- Assassins
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#45
Posted: 5/16/08 at 4:49pm
"I Turned the Corner" Thoroughly Modern Millie
"Jimmy" Thoroughly Modern Millie
"Maria" West Side Story
"Jimmy" Thoroughly Modern Millie
"Maria" West Side Story
#46
Posted: 5/16/08 at 6:02pm
You and I - Chess
Anthem - Chess (kinda a love song)
Anthem - Chess (kinda a love song)
#47
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
"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
#48
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.
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#49
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.
Scott Alan's "Home". AMAZING song.
#50
Posted: 9/14/08 at 6:23pm
In My Life - Les Miserables
Not While I'm Around - Sweeney Todd
Younger than Springtime - South Pacific
You're At Destiny's Crossroads...
Not While I'm Around - Sweeney Todd
Younger than Springtime - South Pacific
You're At Destiny's Crossroads...
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