Need Song Ideas
Need Song Ideas
breckenridge55
Swing Joined: 7/23/04
#0Need Song Ideas
Posted: 9/1/04 at 2:01pm
Hey all,
Looking for a song that I can do with some friends for a competition. I haven't really chosen the people I want it, it kind of is based on the song. But we need it to be between 3-7 people, a mix of guys and girls (exact number doesn't really matter but no more than 5 of either), and preferably something with humor. Just searching for ideas, I'd like to listen to any of them so if you know of any really great songs (that aren't overdone, no one wants to do a song that everybody knows) please help me out and list them here. Thanks a bunch in advance everyone!
marebare
Stand-by Joined: 7/6/04
#1re: Need Song Ideas
Posted: 9/1/04 at 2:12pmWhenever I think of a mixed group number I think of "Company" (from Company), which would just barely fit your criteria but is still a great song.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#2re: Need Song Ideas
Posted: 9/1/04 at 4:13pmThere is a great song from Damn Yankees titled Six Month's out of the Year. It's basically a "Boys" aagainst the "Girls" number. Very fun!
#3re: Need Song Ideas
Posted: 9/1/04 at 4:18pmWhat about Summer Lovin' From Grease? That's Girls/Boys?
Broadway Matt
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/17/03
#4re: Need Song Ideas
Posted: 9/1/04 at 4:19pm
"The Devil You Know" from SIDE SHOW
"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers
BroadwayBaby3
Stand-by Joined: 8/26/04
bobby_strong
Stand-by Joined: 7/20/04
#6re: Need Song Ideas
Posted: 9/1/04 at 4:48pmUmm edgar allen poe from snoopy is a really good one and fun to stage. Or you could do Gordos Law of Genetics from A new Brain very funny and seldom done. Umm lets see...Crime of the Century from Ragtime is a good one. I cant think of any more now.
The Grovers Corners Yenta
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/3/04
#7re: Need Song Ideas
Posted: 9/1/04 at 4:55pmHow about That song from Bye Bye Birdie........cant remember the name but they are all talking on the telephone
Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#8re: Need Song Ideas
Posted: 9/1/04 at 5:32pmTelephone hour? I don't know, that involves a lot of high-pitched screeching on phones.
#9re: Need Song Ideas
Posted: 9/1/04 at 6:07pmhow about "I Feel So Much Spring" from A NEW BRAIN...that's a great song
#10re: Need Song Ideas
Posted: 9/1/04 at 6:08pmalso the opening of Songs For A New World is a good one. It is written for two men and two women but you could probably make it work with more
Ebonic_Singer
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/18/04
#11re: Need Song Ideas
Posted: 9/1/04 at 7:38pmI was gonna say A New World from SFANW. It can definately be stretched, but one of the guys is basically a male alto--so unless you have a guy with a really high voice that'd have to be worked out. I'm doing it with some friends for a performance but that part is being sung by a girl so I'm the only guy singing.
#12re: Need Song Ideas
Posted: 9/1/04 at 7:56pm
the opening number from "Company" needs 14 people....and it is VERY hard--big surprise....
if it's for a competition, something that's flashy would probably be better....like Summer Nights, We Both Reached For the Gun, Brotherhood of Man....
Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#13re: Need Song Ideas
Posted: 9/1/04 at 8:02pm
This is a weird suggestion, but if you really want to be out there, you could do Keep It Gay from The Producers. Max, Leo can be played by girls, and Shirley Markowitz is a girl. Kevin could probably be a girl, too.
Horrible suggestion, I know, but I just got the sudden urge to suggest it. I would totally do Keep It Gay for a talent show if I had people to perform with.
#14re: Need Song Ideas
Posted: 9/1/04 at 8:07pm
you could also do "Gee, Officer Krupke" with boys and girls--and it requires fewer people...
breckenridge55
Swing Joined: 7/23/04
#15re: Need Song Ideas
Posted: 9/4/04 at 3:35pm
Just a bump, lots of good suggestions here but we've ran into a couple issues the last couple days on getting people to do it that are dedicated for this competition. Our original plan months ago was to do The Opening from SFANW but the two guys who are putting this group together (myself included) are actually a bass and a baritone and singing up for us just didn't sound too good so we ditched that idea. Grease, too overplayed. Listened to the songs from A New Brain and weren't overly impressed, they were okay, possibilities. Bye Bye Birdie is too cheesy for us, lol. The others I haven't looked into yet but will soon.
We have for sure three guys (a bass and two high baritones/low tenors) and a girl (a soprano in chorus but could pretty much do anything other than opera) that would be in a group if needed. We'd need to work to find more. I'm just brainstorming, I know I'm a pain in the ass 
but thanks for all the help guys.
#16re: Need Song Ideas
Posted: 9/4/04 at 4:10pmDO "WHAT IS THIS FEELING"!!!!
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