Most underappreciated B'way song?

[Millie Lammoreaux]

Posted: 7/9/05 at 3:55pm

Some nominees:

"What Did I Have That I Don't Have?" from "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" -- maybe my all-time favorite torch song.

"I Never Has Seen Snow" from "House of Flowers" -- bluesy melody by Arlen with lovely, playful lyrics by Truman Capote. (Barbra, still in her prime, sings a killer version on her "...and Other Musical Instruments" album.)

"You Don't Know Paree" from "Fifty Million Frenchman -- achingly beautiful song of lost love, by Cole Porter.

Updated On: 7/9/05 at 03:55 PM

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 7/9/05 at 4:06pm

Ms Baltimore Crabs from Hairspray.
Something Bad from Wicked.

Both of these songs have to deal with more mature situations and more with plot. It seems all the younger people hate them because they find them annoying or slow and boring, though without them the stories can convey.

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 7/9/05 at 4:11pm

I'm on a Seussical kick and I think "Notice Me, Horton", "Alone in the Universe" and "All for You" are maybe three of the sweetest/wrenchign songs I have ever heard.

Updated On: 7/9/05 at 04:11 PM

[broadwaybaby77]

Posted: 7/9/05 at 4:55pm

You beat me to it, CurtainUp.

All three of those songs are terrific. I especially think that "Notice Me, Horton" was the cutest song ever, but since the show didn't do very well, the song didn't get much appreciation.

[mandy2loveRB]

Posted: 7/9/05 at 5:05pm

Another one who loved "Notice Me, Horton."

[ally_kay_on_broadway]

Posted: 7/9/05 at 5:16pm

i love 'notice me horton'... **runs and hides**

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 7/9/05 at 6:26pm

I think Amazing Mayzie from seussical...hell it is all about "plastic surgery"

[IveGottaBeME]

Posted: 7/9/05 at 6:47pm

i loved Seussical. I was Horton and my favorite song was "Notice me Horton" such a pop song... Solla Sollew and Alone are great too of course.

The whole show is great and deeper than most think... growing gertrude's tail was basically like getting boob implants to get noticed... Mayzie leaving her egg like abortion/adoption... ya know...

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 7/9/05 at 7:26pm

Wow - I feel dense - the plastic surgery connection dind't even hit me! But i love how "It's not right" for Gertrude. I really do think it's beautiful within its simplicity.

[Jwaa]

Posted: 7/9/05 at 8:14pm

Off teh top of my head:

Most of 'Marie Christine':

Tell Me
Miracles and Mysteries
No Turning Back

and

'Just a Housewife' from Working

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 7/9/05 at 9:52pm

miss baltimore crabs- hairspray
wonderful- sean mccourt's version
halloween- rent

[overthemoon419]

Posted: 7/9/05 at 10:13pm

DEFINITELY:

Halloween - Rent
Happily Ever After - Once Upon a Mattress
Impossible - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
I'm Going Home - The Rocky Horror Show
Cooties - Hairspray
For Sarah - Dance of the Vampires
Talk Amongst Yourselves - Taboo
Say a Prayer - Dance of the Vampires
Petrified - Taboo
Apology to a Cow - Bat Boy: The Musical

and so so so so SO many more

Updated On: 7/9/05 at 10:13 PM

[jasonf]

Posted: 7/10/05 at 12:05am

jwaa -- Love Marie Christine, but those weren't the songs I would choose -- I would say The Storm and Danced With a Girl (Is that what it's called?).

I would add "As Good As You" from Jane Eyre -- I LOVE the song, though it seems like I'm the only one.

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 7/10/05 at 12:23am

Ooh, Happily Ever After (OUAM) and Halloween (Rent) are my favorite from each of those respective shows!

[CTY]

Posted: 7/10/05 at 12:51am

a new brain definitely doesn't have the fanbase it deserves

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 7/10/05 at 1:06am

thank goodness- wicked
rose's turn- gypsy
when you've got it, flaunt it- the producers

[jasonf]

Posted: 7/10/05 at 1:22am

ROSE'S TURN??? You mean the song considered the greatest 11th hour number of all time??? THAT Rose's Turn is underappreciated???

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 7/10/05 at 1:22am

I'd say Facade from J&H-either the concept or OBC version-one focuses more on good vs. evil, one more on class distinctions but so many lyrics are just true about society

"Half mankind thinks the other half is blind"
"Man's a master of deceit"
"There are killers who preach, there are preachers who kill, there are teachers who lie, there are liars who teach"

And my favorite(and yearbk quote): "Look behind the facade"

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 7/10/05 at 1:41am

"Paris wakes up and smiles" from MISS LIBERTY
"I'll Buy you a star" from A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN
"The Olive Tree" from KISMET
"Where is that Someone" from SEVENTH HEAVEN
"I never know when to say when" from GOLDILOCKS
"Love Look Away" from FLOWER DRUM SONG
"When Did I Fall in Love" from FIORELLO
"The Last Girl" from STEEL PIER
"Till We Reach that Day" from RAGTIME
"Nothing is too wonderful to be true" from DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS

[Sant]

Posted: 7/10/05 at 12:33pm

I know many of you don't agree with me on this one but I think "SOMETHING WONDERFUL" from THE KING AND I is one of the most underappreciated songs ever. I think it is by far the best Rodgers&Hammerstein song ever made.


Others:

"The Money Tree" - THE ACT

"Till We Reach That Day" - RAGTIME

"Unsuspecting Hearts" - CARRIE

"The Wizard And I" - WICKED ("D.F." is what everyone talks about, great song, but this one's even better)

[arishmoof]

Posted: 7/10/05 at 12:42pm

not MOST underappreciated but pretty glazed over:
"what was a woman to do" DRS
and after that poor joanna basically disappears for most of the show i think she should come out and sing "whatever happened to my part" like in spamalot!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/10/05 at 12:59pm

I definitely agree about Til We Reach That Day, I eargasmed the first time I heard it...and the second...and the third.

[leefowler]

Posted: 7/10/05 at 1:04pm

Id have to say almost all of "Little Me."

I'd also have to say "My Favorite Things" from Sound of Music...I know it's hugely popular, but it's one of the most originally constructed songs ever written, and I think people take it for granted.

[Broadwaygirl22]

Posted: 7/10/05 at 1:32pm

I'd have to say "Astonishing" from Little Women, "All For You" from Seussical, "Notice Me Horton" from Seussical, "Home" from Beauty and the Beast, and that's all I can think of right now.