Songs Hardly Referred to by their Real Titles — Page 2

Some I've heard over the years:

"Aida" instead of "Dance of the Robe"
"Ruprecht" instead of "All About Ruprecht" (even I'm guilty of that one...)
"Do No Harm/The Yodel Song/the Doctor song"...anything except "Ruffhousin' mit Shuffhausen"
"Great Big Stuff Reprise" instead of "Son of Great Big Stuff"
"I Got The Horse Right Here" instead of "Fugue for Tinhorns"
"I Only Want To Say," or "What if I Die" leaving out "Gesthemane"
"No Day But Today" instead of "Life Support"
"Art Isn't Easy" instead of "Putting It Together"

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"The Flesh Failures/Eyes Look Your Last" from Hair is often referred to as "Let the Sun Shine" or "Let the Sun Shine In." The correct nickname should be "Let the Sunshine In."

I've never heard anyone call the song from Lippa's Wild Party "An Old-Fashioned Love Story." Everyone just calls it "Lesbian Love Story" instead.

~Steven

"The Way We Were" is often referred to as "Memories" as well. Imagine my consternation when a guy came into my record store and asked for "that Barbra Streisand song 'Memories.'" I had to ask him several questions and finally sing part of both songs ("Memory" and "The Way We Were") to finally figure out which song he wanted. OY!

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Well, there's a reason it's called "Dance:10; Looks: 3." The audiences saw "T and A" in the playbill, and didn't laugh as hard.

When we did Spitfire Grill I re-named half the songs, and I still like my names better:
"Shoulder to Shoulder" instead of "Diggin' Stone"
"It's Late in the Day" instead of "Hannah's Act II Song" (The name escapes me...still)
"Light in These Windows" instead of "Come Alive Again"
"Way-ho!" instead of "Ice and Snow"


A fun one, which changes depending on your lyrics:
"The Charles Atlas Song" (Original Lyrics) vs "I Can Make You a Man" (Movie's Lyrics)

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With An Old Fashioned Love Story, everyone I know just refers to it as "that lesbian song" as noone's heard of the Wild Party.