Songs That Wouldn't Have Made the Cut- Page 2
Songs That Wouldn't Have Made the Cut
SamIAm
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#26The song should have SOMETHING to do with the show
Posted: 6/3/04 at 12:00pm...or the characters or the situation or the plot or SOMETHING. Otherwise, Sondheim could have included a tender love song in Assassins, taking place between Dwight Eisenhower and Gower Champion...
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#27The song should have SOMETHING to do with the show
Posted: 6/3/04 at 12:05pmAlthough "All That Jazz" is one of my favorite songs of all time, it does nothing to move the plot along. Maybe Roxie and Fred getting drunk and such onstage and her shooting him, but the song itself has no plot value what-so-ever.
#28The song should have SOMETHING to do with the show
Posted: 6/3/04 at 12:14pm
All That Jazz sets the tone of the time period.
Broadway Matt
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/17/03
#29The song should have SOMETHING to do with the show
Posted: 6/3/04 at 6:26pmWho says a song needs to further the plot? I'd say it all depends on how much plot there is to work with and how the good the song in question is. I've complained about songs in certain shows that seem to stop the plot dead in its tracks, but that's usually because it's not a good enough song to warrant the break. This is a big issue with the more ambitious plots like Les Mis that try to stuff 1000 pages of novel into a 3 hour show. When you've got Millie or Avenue Q or even Chicago, you can get away with stand-alone numbers.
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broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#30The song should have SOMETHING to do with the show
Posted: 6/3/04 at 6:26pm"What a Game" from Ragtime. Cute song, but serves only as comic relief.
#31The song should have SOMETHING to do with the show
Posted: 6/3/04 at 6:37pm
If that were true we would have to get rid of "anything goes" and "Kiss me kate" and "show boat" and other classics.
Oh wait, I forgot, i would like all those musicals and everything to do with them to be tossed into a firey abyss. Silly me.
citylights
Stand-by Joined: 11/24/03
#32The song should have SOMETHING to do with the show
Posted: 6/4/04 at 7:54pmI think Seasons of Love in Rent furthers the message, not necessarily the plot. I guess it's kind of showing the 'no day but today' theme differently; you have so little time on earth and to love as much as possible. Also, Seasons of Love B mentions measuring a 'last year on earth' which goes with Angel's death (and how much she loved while she was alive).
Layla
Swing Joined: 6/4/04
#33The song should have SOMETHING to do with the show
Posted: 6/5/04 at 2:43pm"Dear Old Shiz" doesn't do anything for the WICKED plot and is my least favorite song on the CD. I wouldn't cry if it was taken out.
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