Most annoying songs
Most annoying songs
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/03
Most annoying songs#0
Posted: 11/1/03 at 2:25pm
There are some theatre songs that make me want to rip my hair out every time I hear them. I think my top 5 are:
Magic To Do
Someone Like You
Any Dream Will Do
They Don't Know
The Sound Of Music
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/03
re: Most annoying songs#1
Posted: 11/1/03 at 2:43pmMama I'm a Big Girl Now
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
re: re: Most annoying songs#2
Posted: 11/1/03 at 2:46pmMurder, Murder ( & I liked J/H)
re: re: re: Most annoying songs#3
Posted: 11/1/03 at 2:51pm
MAMA IM A BIG GIRL NOW!?!?!?! NOOOO more like "Baltimore Crabs", love Hairspray but that song....not so much
re: Most annoying songs#4
Posted: 11/1/03 at 3:04pm
Umm here's some songs I can't stand:
1.A Boy Like That
2.Hair
3-Downtown
4.Bring Him Home
re: re: Most annoying songs#5
Posted: 11/1/03 at 3:07pmI really can't think of any songs that I would classify as annoying.
re: re: re: Most annoying songs#6
Posted: 11/1/03 at 4:23pmRENT songs!!!
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Posted: 11/1/03 at 4:31pmOld Fashioned Love Story~Wild Party. I really like wild party, but I have to skip this song, I cant stand it.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/03
re: re: Most annoying songs#8
Posted: 11/1/03 at 5:26pmAlso, can't stand 'Angel of Music.'
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
re: re: re: Most annoying songs#9
Posted: 11/1/03 at 5:50pm
Oh, there are SO many but the first two that come to mind are:
KING OF THE WORLD from Songs for a New World
and
THE RIDDLE SONG from Floyd Collins (and Sondheim wishes he had written this one! Oy!)
Sweet Jesus on a scooter, they have to be among the most self-indulgent and annoying songs ever!
Updated On: 11/1/03 at 05:50 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
re: re: re: re: Most annoying songs#10
Posted: 11/1/03 at 6:01pm
The 'Soliliquy' from CAROUSEL.
'Pore Jud is Daid' from OKLAHOMA!
'Meat and Potatoes' from MR. PRESIDENT (But it is SO awful it's pretty funny)
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
re: re: re: re: Most annoying songs#11
Posted: 11/1/03 at 6:03pm
-Mama I'm A Big Girl Now- Hairspray (shut up, shut up, shut up)
-Baltimore Crabs- Hairspray
-We Go Together- Grease (someone had a serious brain fart when
they wrote this song)
-Music of the Night- Phantom (might have liked it at one time,
can't remember)
-Most of the crap from Joseph
-Love a lot of Lippa's melodies but the man needs a lyricist
(the Lyrics in John and Jen suck)
-Extraordinary from Pippin (Sesame Street)
-Dancing Queen from Mamma Mia
-Another Pyramid from Aida
...I'm sure there are many others but I don't usually listen to songs that I can't stand and block them out of my mind.
re: re: re: re: re: Most annoying songs#13
Posted: 11/1/03 at 6:16pmI'm not a HUGE Hairspray fan - haven't seen the show, just heard the score. I DO like it a lot - especially Good Morning Baltimore and Run & Tell That. I can see how pretty much all of the songs could get on someone's nerves.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
re: re: re: Most annoying songs#14
Posted: 11/1/03 at 7:59pm
No one would consider "A Boy Like That" to be annoying if they'd attended on of the magnificent Patti LuPone's COULDA, WOULDA, SHOULDA concerts. In this program, the glorious Ms LuPone sings BOTH parts of "A Boy Like That" complete with Hispanic accents and different body language for each of the characters. It becomes the hilarious highlight of the the concert.
I love Patti LuPone!
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/03
re: re: re: re: Most annoying songs#15
Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:07pmi guess since i'm not a big fan of ABBA, everything from Mama Mia , and then the impossible dream from Man of La Mancha, man i'm glad that's over. great song, but GEEZ!!! could do they anyOTHER song?!
re: re: re: re: Most annoying songs#16
Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:08pm
ooh, fun topic! let's see, I didn't think a lot of songs annoyed me but heres my list:
most of the crap from PotO!
Miss Baltimore Crabs is annoying, but i DO love Mama Im A Big Girl Now!
Another Pyramid
one word: CATS! ::gag:::
Someone Like You
Somewhere Thats Green! (im sorry, Ellen Green annoys me in general)
Hello Dolly
but my far the most recent song thats annoyed me is My Girlfriend Who Lives in Canada!!! oy, could that guy sound any more annoying!?!
ChristineDaae: you may not like RENT but you can't say EVERY song is annoying! come on, admit it, One Song Glory and Light My Candle are catchy tunes! =D
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
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Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:11pmBWY_MILL_FAN makes a a very perceptive comment. "The Impossible Dream" in MAN OF LA MANCHA doesn't advance the plot. Perhaps it should be cut from all future productions.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/03
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Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:18pmAnything from the early 70's rock/religious trio of Superstar, Godspell or Joseph.
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Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:19pmi'd say 99.5% of hairspray...
PED
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/03
re: re: re: re: re: re: Most annoying songs#21
Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:23pm
thank you DollyPop :)
just that one song made me NEVER want to see the show because i knew i'd have to hear it again! i'm sure they lost other people too. what was the point of having a cast recording since it seems like they only had a single?
and some songs from hairspray do annoy me. sorry, but not a big fan of marissa's voice. i like the current Tracy a bit better.
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Most annoying songs#22
Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:31pmsomething is wrong with u if dont like Any Dream Will Do. that is one of my favorite songs.
Joined: 12/31/69
re: re: Most annoying songs#23
Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:39pm
my top 5 annoying songs are:
1.) I owe Iowa
2.) Mama I'm A Big Girl Now
3.) Good Morning Baltimore
4.) Take Back Your Mink
5.) Giants In The Sky
Broadway Star Joined: 6/11/03
re: re: Most annoying songs#24
Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:45pm
I'm surprised to see so many negative comments about songs in Hairspray. Last year Hairspray was God-given, the most glorious theatrical product anyone had ever seen. I didn't react that way..it was colorful and high energy, Harvey was annoying (popped me out of the storyline everytime he appeared), and the music was not in the least memorable. Based as it was on the music of a particular pop era, the originals from that era are infinitely more interesting (and it wasn't a particularly memorable time for music anyway!)
And now a question about the various lists people have posted: Did you hate those songs IMMEDIATELY upon hearing them, or is it simply repetition that causes you to dislike them?
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