Songs We Hate In Scores We Love

[baddadnpa]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 12:30pm

How many of us have Bway cds that we love that contain one or two songs that are just god awful and cause us to hit the fast forward/skip button?

Wicked - Something Bad & Wonderful
Hello Dolly OBC - anything with Charles Nelson Reilly
Aida - Another Pyramid
Hairspray - Hairspray

I know I have more but figured I'd get this started.

Updated On: 3/4/05 at 12:30 PM

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 12:36pm

Sing from A Chorus Line

It doesn't even make sense. How did she get to the final audition if she couldn't sing?

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 12:50pm

Wicked: anything sung by the Wizard ("I am a sentimental man --" CLICK!).
Promises, Promises: "A Fact Can Be a Beautiful Thing"
Aida: "Another Pyramid"
Miss Saigon: "The American Dream"
Chess: whatever that song is that the press sing, "Oh my dear how borING, he's defectING..." Never listen to it, so I can't remember the name. And of course, like much of Chess, it's not in every version. :)

[Bwaybaby109]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 12:54pm

aw I love The American Dream... I guess the song I always skip in Wicked is Something Bad as well and The Morning Report and Chow Down in The Lion King, why did they put Morning Report in the movie?!?! Grrr!

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 12:59pm

^^ My biggest problem with "The American Dream" at this point is one of resentment. It's not that the song is THAT bad, but it's the song that's ALWAYS used when showing clips or numbers from Miss Saigon, and I just think it's so not representative of the show's score. I guess I'm just really tired of it.

[Adam Chris]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 1:04pm

In Aida, I always skip "Like Father, Like Son". Those first few cords annoy the heck of me!

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 1:05pm

"whatever that song is that the press sing, "Oh my dear how borING, he's defectING..."

Embassy Lament

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 1:07pm

^^ Yes, that's it, thank you! (I knew the word "Lament" was in there somewhere.)

[broadway86]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 1:08pm

"Ragtime" - 'What Kind of Woman'. The show's only dispensable song.

[Bwaybaby109]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 1:09pm

I also despise that Cooties song from Hairspray...so annoying. I also hate Baltimore Crabs.

Updated On: 3/4/05 at 01:09 PM

[MarkCohen]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 1:13pm

"Sing from A Chorus Line"

What? That's like the best song in the show. Haha i think it's funny. And it was only a dance audition up to that point.

Although maybe it's only my favourite song because I played Al once.

[little_sally]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 1:19pm

Rent: We're Okay, I Should Tell You

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 1:19pm

"And it was only a dance audition up to that point."

I just always assumed that they would also understudy the main roles which would require them to sing.

[Adam Chris]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 1:30pm

Little_Sally, I can't believe you don't like I Should Tell You! I wish Jonathan would have expanded that song a little more and added a little more substance, but I love it ..."walking through fire without a burn..." Updated On: 3/4/05 at 01:30 PM

[Bwaybaby109]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 1:33pm

^^I like I Should Tell You also but I think the song I usually skip in rent is Today 4 You Tommorow 4 Me, not that it's horrible or anything I just find it kind of annoying.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 1:38pm

"I wish Jonathan would have expanded that song a little more and added a little more substance"

The song I wish he had expanded was Came To Say Goodbye Love, Goodbye

[Em-LEE]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 1:49pm

I also usually skip over Today 4 U on the RENT cast recording. I love seeing the song performed on stage, but it annoys the crap out of me when I'm just sitting at home listening to it on my headphones.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 2:46pm

I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today-Avenue Q

[LightMyCandle125]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 3:07pm

wow you guys are like my soulmates. everything you have said is so true! i hate "baltimore crabs" and "cooties"! those first few chords of "like father like son" kill me. and anything sung by the wizard sucks.

this is random, but i always skip "those caanan days" from joseph.

[Bwaybaby109]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 3:09pm

me too! its not that "Caanan Days" is a bad song it's funny to watch, but it's kind of boring to hear it after listening to that soundtrack too much

[Jwei123]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 3:10pm

"we're ok" ~ rent

...but merle makes it worthwhile, live!!!

[paradox_error]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 3:15pm

I LOVE Those Canaan Days...It's one of my favourite songs from that score!

I don't hate any Sondheim, and most of what I listen to is Sondheim...so I don't really skip anything.

[Bwaybaby109]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 3:16pm

I can't think of a Sondheim song I don't like either.

[paradox_error]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 3:23pm

There is always some brilliant aspect about them, usually the lyrics, that mean I can't help but enjoy...

I'm a sucker for intellegence, so I'm a sucker for Sondheim!

[GirlforTartaglia]

Posted: 3/4/05 at 3:23pm

We're Okay-Rent
The More You Ruv Someone-Avenue Q (I don't hate it..I just really never feel like listening to it)
Ride 'Em-Zanna Don't