Post-election anthem?
Post-election anthem?
I'mHere79
Swing Joined: 7/5/16
#1Post-election anthem?
Posted: 11/5/16 at 1:52pm
I'm looking for a ballad to sing next Friday that will represent the mood after the election...
Plan A) a prayer-like anthem to celebrate Hillary winning and for healing the country, moving forward...
Plan B) a song to sing if (God-Forbid) Trump wins....
Doesn't have to be a musical theatre song necessarily...
Any ideas?
#2Songs to sing night of election
Posted: 11/5/16 at 1:57pm
wait, your title says "broadway songs," is it broadway songs or not?
also the title is super presumptive
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
I'mHere79
Swing Joined: 7/5/16
#3Songs to sing night of election
Posted: 11/5/16 at 2:02pm
You're right on both accounts....I've edited the title!
#4Songs to sing night of election
Posted: 11/5/16 at 2:07pm
"Let man's petty nations tear themselves apart..."
#5Songs to sing night of election
Posted: 11/5/16 at 2:24pm
Definitely Anthem from Chess for scenario B.
#6Songs to sing night of election
Posted: 11/5/16 at 2:41pm
If scenario B ends up happening, goodness forbid, you can sing Don't Forget Me from "Bombshell" to honor Hillary.
They/them.
"Get up the nerve to be all you deserve to be."
Wilmingtom
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/11
#7Songs to sing night of election
Posted: 11/5/16 at 4:24pm
Scenario A: "The Party's Over" referencing the GOP
Wilmingtom
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/11
#8Songs to sing night of election
Posted: 11/5/16 at 4:24pm
Scenario A: "The Party's Over" referencing the GOP
Hairspray0901
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/08
#9Songs to sing night of election
Posted: 11/5/16 at 4:46pm
If trump wins "I dreamed a dream"...I had a dream my life would be so different from this hell I'm living 
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#10Songs to sing night of election
Posted: 11/5/16 at 4:48pm
Avenue Q - For Now (using Donald Trump in place of Bush at the end of the song)
Emcee4ever
Leading Actor Joined: 7/27/05
#12Songs to sing night of election
Posted: 11/5/16 at 5:10pm
A: I dunno
B: "The World Has Gone Insane" from Jekyll and Hyde
"Once Upon A Dream (reprise)," Jekyll and Hyde 1994 concept album
"Good 'n' Evil" from Jekyll and Hyde
"Tomorrow Belongs to Me," Cabaret
I'mHere79
Swing Joined: 7/5/16
#13Songs to sing night of election
Posted: 11/5/16 at 5:16pm
Some great ideas so far...funny how's it easier to capture the sentiment of B than the precise sentiment of A
Emcee4ever
Leading Actor Joined: 7/27/05
#14Songs to sing night of election
Posted: 11/5/16 at 5:33pm
In a weird way listening to those songs (plus others) has helped me freak out LESS about the elections because it's like someone already put my thoughts into words, with a catchy tune to boot!
#15Songs to sing night of election
Posted: 11/5/16 at 5:53pm
Either way:
Keeping BroadwayWorld Illustrated
Fan123
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/30/08
#16Songs to sing night of election
Posted: 11/5/16 at 6:12pm
B: "We Will All Go Together When We Go" (Tomfoolery)
#17Songs to sing night of election
Posted: 11/5/16 at 8:58pm
A) The Power Of The Dream - the Olympics 96 song. The lyrics are incredibly trite, but no more so than any election slogan. A guilty pleasure, I guess. There's so much strength in all of us, every woman, child, and man - it's the moment that you think you can't, you'll discover that you can!
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Robyn2
Chorus Member Joined: 12/13/15
#18Songs to sing night of election
Posted: 11/5/16 at 9:11pm
A) not a ballad at all but Beyonce Run the World
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