Posted: 6/27/17 at 7:18pm
There are tons of musical theater songs about being rejected, unrequited love, etc... But are there any songs about being the one doing the rejecting?
Posted: 6/27/17 at 7:22pm
"Get Out and Stay Out" from 9 to 5 and "I Dismiss You" from The Pirate Queen. Oddly, Stephanie J. Block sings both.
Posted: 6/27/17 at 7:36pm
Also, "Serious" and "So Much Better" from Legally Blonde, "Letterbomb," American Idiot," "Goodnight and Thank You," Evita, "Could I Leave You?" Follies, "The Stuff (Reprise)" from Reefer Madness, The Movie Musical, and "No More," See What I Wanna See.
Posted: 6/27/17 at 8:45pm
Updated On: 6/27/17 at 08:45 PM
Posted: 6/27/17 at 8:51pm
One of my favorites...Goodbye Emil from Romance/Romance.
And one that's about both, rejecting and being rejected...You Want to be My Friend? from Closer Than Ever.
Posted: 6/27/17 at 9:48pm
"Forget About The Boy"
Posted: 6/27/17 at 9:54pm
Be On Your Own - Nine
Posted: 6/27/17 at 10:20pm
Not technically a rejection, but this one set it up rather beautifully - "I Don't Know What I'd Do" from A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder.
Posted: 6/27/17 at 11:16pm
"I Won't Send Roses" from Mack and Mabel
Posted: 6/27/17 at 11:37pm
"If You Hadn't But You Did" from "Two On the Aisle".
Posted: 6/28/17 at 12:22am
About "IF"
heard somewhere that Kristin invited Comden and Green to come to the recording session and they came.
A very witty and funny song that I guess had been pretty much forgotten or ignored before Cheno recorded it and probably has now again been forgotten or ignored.
Updated On: 6/28/17 at 12:22 AM
Posted: 6/28/17 at 12:25am
"So Done Being in Love With You" from First Date is a great modern one!
Updated On: 6/28/17 at 12:25 AM
Posted: 6/28/17 at 12:26am
"So Anyway" from Next to Normal. Not a flat out rejection, but an intentional separation. And just an amazing song overall.
Posted: 6/29/17 at 5:38am
Carol Channing once told me that "So Long Dearie" is the greatest "F*ck You " song ever written.
Yup, she used that word!
Posted: 6/29/17 at 11:08am
"We Do Not Belong Together" from Sunday in the Park with George
"Is This What You Call Love?" from Passion
Posted: 6/29/17 at 11:11am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T1RZos9T1o
Hell No! from The Color Purple
Posted: 6/29/17 at 4:20pm
The classic Broadway rejection song: "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of my Hair" from South Pacific
Posted: 6/29/17 at 4:43pm
Here is something disturbing - almost all of these songs are sung by women. To men. Who they later get back together with.
Updated On: 6/29/17 at 04:43 PM
Posted: 6/29/17 at 4:47pm
CallMeAl2 said: "Here is something disturbing - almost all of these songs are sung by women. To men. Who they later get back together with.
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Oh wow... I hope that only says something about the formula of musicals and not about women /relationships in society... but probably both!
