Songs That Go Like This
Songs That Go Like This
#1Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 2/28/09 at 6:17pm
Spamalot's "The Song That Goes Like This" is about "sentimental songs that cast a magic spell" and that "start out soft and low and end up with a kiss," with a ton of key changes-- basically, big numbers that start out quiet and end up full-volume.
I heard that the song was based on "All I Ask Of You," but what are your favorite Songs That Go Like This?
My favorite is "Suddenly Seymour," but I think the song that best fits the description is "I Believe My Heart" from The Woman In White. "I Believe My Heart" almost sounds like a parody.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#2re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 2/28/09 at 6:17pmAll the love duets from "West Side Story".
#2re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 2/28/09 at 6:18pmHaha, that avatar plus that post is epic. Even though I LOVE West Side Story.
#3re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 2/28/09 at 6:29pm"Take Me as I Am" from Jekyll and Hyde and "Too Much in Love to Care" from Sunset Boulevard are two of my favorite songs that go like this.
Gene Kelly Jr.
Chorus Member Joined: 11/25/08
#4re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 2/28/09 at 6:54pmGet Out and Stay Out from 9 to 5 is my new favorite song that goes like this. I can't wait to see that show!
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#5re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 2/28/09 at 6:59pmThat song's amazing and a definite STGLT except for the fact that it doesn't end with a kiss - just a lame-o girl-power I-don't-need-a-man-in-my-life button that nearly cheapens the whole song.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
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Posted: 2/28/09 at 7:24pm"I Will Never Leave You" from Side Show would totally be a Song That Goes Like This, only it doesn't end with a kiss. It's another one of those "lame-o girl-power I-don't-need-a-man-in-my-life" songs, I guess. (Though I kind of object to the idea that saying that a girl doesn't need a man in her life is lame...)
TheCharleston
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/18/08
#8re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 2/28/09 at 7:26pm
I agree. It's not lame.
If you have chocolate and movies, you're set to go.
Who needs men?
#9re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 2/28/09 at 7:29pm
Aw, that was cute, Charleston... 
Another Song That Goes Like This is "Wheels Of A Dream" from Ragtime, except that I think it ends with Coalhouse making out with the car and Sarah getting jealous.
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#10re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 2/28/09 at 7:30pm
"I Believe My Heart" is also mine; I actually think that the SPamalot crew took a lot from Woman in White, or vice versa. Remember when Woman in White decided it needed a wedding added to the end of Act II for it's Broadway run (although that ending did eventually transfer over from London).
Also love: "Too Much in Love to Care"!
KirbyCat
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/08
#11re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 2/28/09 at 7:31pmA Tough Act To Follow from Curtains? I mean, It starts off a bit quiet and then builds, but it drops off at the end. But it still has a kiss... Does it qualify is the question though...
#12re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 2/28/09 at 7:47pm
How could I forget Elton John's AIDA? "Elaborate Lives" and "Written In The Stars," anyone?
In Aspects Of Love, the requisite Webber Song That Goes Like This would probably be "Seeing Is Believing."
I was going to say "You Are My Home" from The Scarlet Pimpernel, but then I remembered that song was between a brother and sister...
CurtisTaylorJr2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/17/06
#13re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 2/28/09 at 8:07pm
"I Am Changing" from Dreamgirls starts out a bit quiet and goes into full belt with instruments blaring.
"Why God Why" from Miss Saigon starts quietly, but picks up later on in the song.
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Posted: 2/28/09 at 8:36pm
I was going to say "You Are My Home" from The Scarlet Pimpernel, but then I remembered that song was between a brother and sister...
Not anymore. In Pimpy 3.0, the licensed version, it's sung by Percy and Marguerite at the wedding.
#15re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 2/28/09 at 8:49pmOh, I know, but it's not a big "Song That Goes Like This" style swelling music full-out belting-at-the-end version.
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#16re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 2/28/09 at 11:45pm
"I was going to say "You Are My Home" from The Scarlet Pimpernel, but then I remembered that song was between a brother and sister...
Not anymore. In Pimpy 3.0, the licensed version, it's sung by Percy and Marguerite at the wedding."
Technically...SP 2.0! (with York/Sills)
"Oh, I know, but it's not a big "Song That Goes Like This" style swelling music full-out belting-at-the-end version. "
Not on any official recording, but it was actual very beautifully done and why it wasn't a ginormous belt-er at the end, it ended with a full chorus (simialr to how the Reprise of Believe was in SP 1.0).
Beautiful song, but I don't know I liked the original version better - except for the brother/sister-esque, and obviously the new-er ending!
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
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Posted: 2/28/09 at 11:50pm
Pretty much every JRB song starts out quiet and gets louder.
Also: "If I Told You" from The Wedding Singer, "In His Eyes" from Jekyll and Hyde.
Gene Kelly Jr.
Chorus Member Joined: 11/25/08
#18re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 2/28/09 at 11:58pmI Am What I Am from La Cage. A really good example of soft beginning and huge build up although it definitely doesn't end with a girl power moment. I must say though that I much prefer this song when I hear a woman sing it.
Josh Freilich
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#19re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 3/1/09 at 1:04amOne of the best STGLT would have to be "Sun and Moon" from MISS SAIGON. So funny!
KirbyCat
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/08
#20re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 3/1/09 at 1:14amActually, A Change In Me, from Beauty and the Beast (not the Toni Braxton version, the Ashley Brown version) ends with a major "look at me belt" finish. So, i guess that one fits the bill...
#21re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 3/1/09 at 3:45am
uhhhh not really...
Til There Was You
#22re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 3/1/09 at 6:07am
Definitely agree with "Too much in love to care" from Sunset. Probably the best example.
Also Last night of the world from Miss Saigon
#23re: Songs That Go Like This
Posted: 3/1/09 at 7:50am
Oh yeah-- "Till There Was You" definitely has that 'sing it in your face while we both embrace' factor to it.
Also, "I've Never Been In Love Before" from Guys and Dolls.
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