Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?

[TNick926]

Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?#1

Posted: 9/21/17 at 10:50am

Looking for something to sing in my next cabaret show with my daughter - so far I haven't thought of anything, but truthfully I haven't thought too deep yet!  Any ideas?  Thanks in advance! :)

I'm mid-50's, she's 26, btw...

Updated On: 9/21/17 at 10:50 AM

[jo]

Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?#2

Posted: 9/21/17 at 10:53am

"The First Man You Remember " from Lloyd-Webber's ASPECTS OF LOVE?

[BroadwayConcierge]

Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?#3

Posted: 9/21/17 at 10:54am

"No Matter What" from Beauty and the Beast

[TNick926]

Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?#4

Posted: 9/21/17 at 11:02am

thanks, guys! both great ideas!

[hanabana]

Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?#5

Posted: 9/21/17 at 11:08am

"The Wheel" from Tuck Everlasting maybe?

[amaklo]

Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?#6

Posted: 9/21/17 at 11:13am

'More I Cannot Wish You' from Guys and Dolls.

[Alex Kulak2]

Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?#7

Posted: 9/21/17 at 11:55am

"Take it From an Old Man" from Waitress always makes me tear up

[TNick926]

Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?#8

Posted: 9/21/17 at 11:57am

Thanks, folks!  More great suggestions!  Re "More I Cannot Wish You", I hope to sing that to her on her wedding day, if and when that happens, whether she wants me to or not! :)

[whatacharacter]

Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?#9

Posted: 9/21/17 at 12:16pm

Two of a kind from Lippa's Wild Party

[John Adams]

Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?#10

Posted: 9/21/17 at 12:17pm

"Metaphor" from The Fantastiks.

The type of love Matt mentions in the song has an absence of sexuality, using adjectives like "trustworthy" and "refreshing" instead. Likewise, Luisa's responses to Matt's declarations carry no hint of sexuality, either. She's far too self-absorbed in her adolescent egocentrism - which I find humorous, and might also work interpreted as doting father and "daddy's girl" characters.

[MCfan2]

Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?#11

Posted: 9/21/17 at 1:29pm

IIRC, "You're the Top" is done as an older man/younger woman number in Anything Goes, so that could work.

[TheatreRocks]

Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?#12

Posted: 9/21/17 at 1:33pm

Take from an old man Waitress

[JBroadway]

Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?#13

Posted: 9/21/17 at 2:26pm

When I saw Peter Gallagher in concert several years ago, he and his daughter (who would later go on to be in the Spring Awakening revival) performed "Anything You Can Do," which worked surprisingly nicely as a father/daughter number. 

[henrikegerman]

Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?#14

Posted: 9/21/17 at 2:36pm

MCfan2 said: "IIRC, "You're the Top" is done as an older man/younger woman number in Anything Goes, so that could work."

The song might work for an older man and younger woman.  But in the show it is not sung by an older man and younger woman.  It's sung by the leading man (young stockbroker Billy Crocker) and leading lady (the young-youngish Evangelist turned night club star Reno Sweeney).

Are you sure you aren't thinking of Friendship, which is originally and usually sung by Reno and Moonface?
 

 

[mikew3]

Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?#15

Posted: 9/21/17 at 2:40pm

"I Don't Need Anything But You" from Annie

"Friendship" from Anything Goes

"Together Wherever We Go" from Gypsy

[TNick926]

Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?#16

Posted: 9/21/17 at 2:49pm

Thanks for all these thoughtful suggestions, everyone!!  Love them!  Thanks one and all!