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#26

re: Most touching ballads?

Posted: 8/27/05 at 11:53am

Anthem from Chess...say what you will about the show--this song is one of the all-time best moving ballads.

Make Them Hear You from Ragtime a song that gets me every time---especially when I listen to the rest of the scene that builds up to the song.

A Bit of Earth from The Secret Garden..another beautiful song

Unusual Way from Nine
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Updated On: 8/27/05 at 11:53 AM

#27

re: Most touching ballads?

Posted: 8/27/05 at 12:30pm

They Were You and Try to Remember from Fantasticks
No One Is Alone
Tell Me on a Sunday
Not While Im Around from Sweeney
Till Him from Producers (untraditional, but touching)
#29

re: Most touching ballads?

Posted: 8/27/05 at 12:41pm

No One is Alone-ITW
No More-ITW
There's a Fine Fine Line-Ave. Q
A Little Fall of Rain-Les Miz.
I Dreamed a Dream-Les Miz


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#30

re: Most touching ballads?

Posted: 8/27/05 at 12:44pm

Memory - Cats
On my own - Les miserables
Sun and Moon - Miss Saigon
Maybe this time - Cabaret
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#31

re: Most touching ballads?

Posted: 8/27/05 at 12:52pm

Definatley would have to say.
Tell Me Its Not True - Blood Brothers
Absolution and Cross - BARE
#32

re: Most touching ballads?

Posted: 8/27/05 at 1:23pm


All the ones I can think of are Sondheim!

Losing My Mind
Not a Day Goes By
Finishing the Hat
Being Alive

But my all-time favorite would have to be I'm Still Here.
#33

re: Most touching ballads?

Posted: 8/27/05 at 4:04pm

I just thought of two by William Finn that break my heart.
I'd Rather Be Sailing
Infinite Joy
#34

re: Most touching ballads?

Posted: 8/27/05 at 4:43pm

I vote for the aforementioned songs from Les Mis, and also the finale. I'm moved every time I listen to it.
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#35

re: Most touching ballads?

Posted: 8/27/05 at 5:13pm

"Too much in love to care" SB
"There's a fine, fine line" Avenue Q
"Suddenly Seymour" LSOH
"In his eyes" J&H
"Elaborate lives" Aida
"He touched me" Well actually "She touched me" Drat, the cat
#36

re: Most touching ballads?

Posted: 8/27/05 at 5:21pm

I literally cannot listen to Nobody Needs to Know from L5Y. I think it is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, but the song itself is too filled with emotion for me.
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#38

re: Most touching ballads?

Posted: 8/27/05 at 5:28pm

A Bit of Earth
I Dreamed a Dream
How Could I Ever Know?
#39

re: Most touching ballads?

Posted: 8/27/05 at 6:54pm

I agree with "Anthem" from Chess.

Others:
"Tell Me On a Sunday" from Song and Dance
"Not a Day Goes By" from Merrily We Roll Along
"Wheels of a Dream" from Ragtime
"Days of Plenty" from Little Women
"The 'I Love You' Song" from Spelling Bee
"There's a Fine, Fine Line" from Avenue Q
"Move On" from Sunday in the Park With George
"No One is Alone" from Into the Woods
"You Don't Know This Man" from Parade
"Lot's Wife" from Caroline, or Change
"Unusual Way" from Nine
"Fable" from The Light in the Piazza

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#40

re: Most touching ballads?

Posted: 8/28/05 at 11:26pm

My all time fave ballad is "Sarah" from THE CIVIL WAR. One of the most haunting, touching tunes i've ever heard; makes the hair on the back of my neck stand straight up. Did anyone get to see this show during it's original run and if so, what was the impact of this lovely song on the audience? Also, some feedback on the show itself would be much appreciated.
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Updated On: 8/28/05 at 11:26 PM

#41

re: Most touching ballads?

Posted: 8/29/05 at 12:06am

MOVE ON - Sunday in the Park with George
"Your eyes..... they shine like the pants on my blue serge suit"

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