Songs from shows that *tear* at your heart-strings. Songs that make you FEEL.- Page 2

[song_mage31]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 6:30pm

It's Hard to Speak my Heart- Parade; I did this with a friend of mine and was crying at the keyboard by the end
Fallen Angel- Jersey Boys; JLY can act a song like no other.
Boom, Boom- Elegies; another one that I was an absolute mess in the theatre
...most of Elegies, actually
Hear My Song- Songs for a New World

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 6:52pm

Kelli O'Hara singing The Light in the Piazza. Girlfriend just tears through it.

[I<3bway]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 7:41pm

^^Agreed, agreed.


I also love "Let The Sunshine In." When everybody starts to join in, it's just so fantastic.

[mustard]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 7:48pm

Anthem - Chess
With You - Pippin

don't know why! Updated On: 7/30/06 at 07:48 PM

[SNLMedia]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 8:00pm

"Love to Me" - Piazza
"Woe is Me Reprise" - Bee
"Without You" - Rent

I wholeheartedly agree on "Fallen Angel" from Jersey Boys. I can picture the scene in the show everytime I listen and I get emotional.

[gustof777]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 8:04pm

There are soo many and I am a huge cry baby so it doesn't really take much to start the waterworks but probably "Sunday" from Sunday in the Park. It is just some of the most gorgeous music and the way it just crescendos into it's climax. When I went to the evening concert at the Chicago Sondheim in the Park I sat behind an elderly woman who was extremely friendly and cordial. As we were waiting for the concert to start she told me that one of the reasons she came was because she had recently lost her husband and that his favorite song was Send in the Clowns. It was played at their wedding and it had always been their song. It was very touching and they did this GORGEOUS orchestral version that was easily the best version I've heard of the song. Anyways I saw her grab hold of her elderly friend that had come with her and as the song was ending I caught a glimpse of her face and she was in tears. It was so moving and I of course got all teared up. But the other amazing part was at the very end where they did the final bit of the scene from Sunday and then the song with the full choir and orchestra. Anyways as the song continued I could see this woman's (who was unfamiliar with Sondheim's other work as I found from our nice little chat) reaction. She was just blown away and again you could see tears and when it does the big sunday at the end she just gasped at the beauty and I just lost it there. I of course was caught up in the song as well but I knew the song and show word for word and so it was almost even more powerful seeing this womans reaction. argh I have a hard time putting that into words but if you were there...it was just such a beautiful moment to that perfect song and just the sheer beauty that is Sunday!

[coolphantom919]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 8:06pm

I'LL COVER YOU REPRISE FROM RENT!!!

[ashley0139]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 8:09pm

They don't all have to be songs that make you cry... just make you feel.

The I Love You Song from Spelling Bee
Nobody's Side from Chess- I love this song so much, especially the lyrics. It's not happy, it's not sad, it's cynical and angry. And it makes me feel that way. The lyrics- "Never be the first to believe, never be the last to deceive; Never take a stranger's advice, never let a friend fool ya twice; Everybody's playing the game, but nobody's rules are the same; etc." It's great.

[song_mage31]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 8:51pm

^^ I didn't even think of that side of it, but definitely!
also, Make Me Happy from Lippa's Wild Party...I don't know, that one just gets me.

[GirlforTartaglia]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 8:52pm

"Il Adore" from Taboo
"Lost in the Darkness" from Jekyll&Hyde

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 8:54pm

Children and Art form SITPWG.

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 8:54pm

I Am What I Am -La Cage aux Folles

Back to Before -Ragtime

Losing My Mind -Follies

As If We Never Said Goodbye -Sunset Boulevard

Posted: 7/30/06 at 8:55pm

"Look Over There" - La Cage
"You'll Never Walk Alone" - Carousel
"For Good" - Wicked

[ashley0139]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 9:02pm

also, Make Me Happy from Lippa's Wild Party...I don't know, that one just gets me.

Amazing song. I love that one so much. There is so much going on. It's great.

[peggyandvelma]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 9:09pm

Wow. Here we go:

"Make Them Hear You" Ragtime
"For Good" Wicked
"I Am What I Am" La Cage Aux Folles (especially the Linda Eder cover. WOW.)
"Some Things are Meant to Be" & "The Fire Within Me" Little Women

My all-time favorite emotional song is "And I'm Telling You" from Dreamgirls. A community theatre near me is putting it on this fall and I can't wait to see it!

[Melodramatic5872]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 9:23pm

Without You/ I'll Cover You (Reprise) ~ RENT
For Good~ Wicked
Somewhere~ West Side Story
The I Love You Song~ Spelling Bee
Why~ Tick...Tick...BOOM

[Emcee4ever]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 9:26pm

I Don't Care Much ~ Cabaret

Married (Reprise) ~ Cabaret

[wiggum2]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 9:46pm

Once before I go from Boy from Oz
Not a day goes by from Merrily
The winner takes it all from Mamma Mia
Over You by Betty Buckley ( I know it's not a show tune BUT it is sung by La Buckley)
I don't know how to love him- JCS
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[eve harrington2]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 9:46pm

Meadowlark is a classic...

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 9:49pm

No More from Into the Woods. It's such an overlooked part of the score that took me a while to find the brilliance in, but I think it contains some of my favorite Sondheim lyrics.

[gustof777]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 9:51pm

^^ I cried so hard the last night I sang it in the show

[x_FedUp]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 10:13pm

I was bawling like a baby throughout "The Last Five Years" esp. "Still Hurting" and "The Next Ten Minutes"

[MistressoftheHouse]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 10:28pm

"A Little Fall of Rain" - Les Mis
"I'll Cover You (Reprise)" - Rent

And I don't know think anyone said this, so it's probably only me that is touched by this song, but

"Written in the Stars" - Aida

[singtopher]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 10:33pm

The one that always chokes me up is "No it don't make sense..." from PARADE (I don't know the actual title).

I don't choke up anymore, but I did cry hard the first time I heard "For Good" from WICKED. I hate that I can say that but it is true. The song was just appropriate for me at the time.

[gustof777]

Posted: 7/30/06 at 10:34pm

I love that song! and yeah...Parade in general is just sob fest