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#76

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 7/31/06 at 8:06pm

Finale B..............Rent
I'll Cover You (Reprise).......Rent
Bring Him Home..........Les Miz
Epilouge(Finale)...........Les Miz
Down Once More...............Phantom of the Opera

It really said US Navy, but hey, I worked with what they gave me ok.

#77

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 7/31/06 at 10:27pm

I didn't take the time to read through all the responses, but "The Music Still Plays On" from A NEW BRAIN is the only song that has ever made me cry upon first listen. The lyrics are so raw and brutally honest that you can't help but be completely drained by the end.

"Art is always in crisis: you must work fast to write in the breath on the window." -Edward Bond

#78

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 7/31/06 at 10:52pm

Another Day from Rent
Out of Fashion from Taboo
Written in the Stars Aida
Why, Johnny Can't Decide from Tick tick BOOM

"But I relish every brillant inspired moment. This is who I'm determined to be- an actor/singer/dancer-no, I take that back, this is who I am. These people are my tribe, my destiny. I know it. -How I Paid for College; A story of sex, theft, friendship and musical theater.

#79

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 7/31/06 at 11:41pm

Most of Ragtime.

Stranger in This World, Taboo
Out of Fashion, Taboo
What You Own, Rent
There's Always Me, All Shook Up
Can't Help Falling in Love, All Shook Up
Near To You, Damn Yankees (90s revival version)
No One is Alone, Into the Woods
Sunday, Sunday in the Park...
People Like Us, Wild Party

"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008

#80

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 7/31/06 at 11:44pm

This sounds slightly out of place, because Spelling Bee is light-hearted, for the most part but...

"The I Love You Song" is so completely heart-wrenching.

#81

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 7/31/06 at 11:52pm

I'm Here-The Color Purple
Lot's Wife-Caroline, or Change
Rose's Turn-Gypsy
Seasons of Love-RENT
The Light in the Piazza-TLITP
Another Day-RENT

#82

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 1:00am

"Supper Time" from As Thousands Cheer
"My Heart is So Full of You" from The Most Happy Fella
"Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime
"I'm Not Afraid of Anything" from Songs for a New World
"Sailing", "The Music Still Plays On", "And They're Off" all from A New Brain
"Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" from Pal Joey
"I Don't Care Much" and "Cabaret" from Cabaret
"Solilioquy", "If I Loved You", and "What's The Use of Wondrin'" all from Carousel
"Too Many Mornings" and "Losing My Mind" from Follies
"She's a Woman" from Kiss of the Spider Woman
"Loving You" from Passion
"Love to Me", "Il Mondo Era Vuoto" "The Light in the Piazza" and "The Beauty Is" from The Light in the Piazza

and SO many more.

#83

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 1:00am

#84

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 1:01am

Upon seeing several Aida mentions in this thread -- I almost feel that if anything from Aida really touches me, it's I Know the Truth, not the more obvious choice of Written in the Stars. They're both wonderfully tragic songs, but the almost pathetic feeling surrounding the former gets to me a lot more than the sentiments expressed in Written in the Stars. It's obviously an entirely subjective matter, though.

#85

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 1:05am

The Letter and The Letter Reprise from Billy Elliot in London. Just listening to the song is so sad. Seeing it live is even worse. This song make you FEEL. But it is oh so wonderful.

#86

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 1:07am

"14 Dwight Ave., Native, Massachusetts" from ELEGIES

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#87

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 12:28pm

I was just listening to "What I Did for Love" from ACL, and it almost made me cry. Especially when the ensemble joined it. So beautiful.

"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife

#88

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 12:58pm

i agree with so many of the choices, but I must add "Only Love" from Scarlet Pimpernel and "Someone Like You"/"Once Upon a Dream" from Jekyll & Hyde and "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from Phantom.

#89

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 1:10pm

Here are mine:

On My Own from Les Miz
I'll Cover You from Rent
As Long As He Needs Me from Oliver

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

#90

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 1:17pm

This is real easy for me:

Come to Your Senses (Spanger, Tick Tick Boom)
The Next 10 Minutes (Butz, Scott The Last 5 Years)
I'll Cover You Reprise (Martin, Rent)
For Good (Chenoweth,Menzel Wicked)
Fallen Angel (Young, Jersey Boys)

Thats all I can come up with for now.

I made a list of all your faults, it was quite detailed and lengthy too and when I read it through I missed you. Your like a classic Eagles song, you just cant help but sing along even though it sometimes gets annoying too. I just know I want to be wherever I can wake and see you there next to me. **High Fidelity** Love is what I do **The Wedding Singer** Xanadu - Best NEW Musical of the Season!

#91

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 1:25pm

"Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries" - FOSSE.
I just love those lyrics!!! So true.

"You'll Never Walk Alone" - CAROUSEL.
Same thing, fantastic lyrics and a great melody.

"The Phantom Of The Opera" - TPOTO.
The mood and the orchestration (theatrical orch.) are so amazing it catches my attention every single time no matter what I may be doing.

"Try To Remember" - THE FANTASTICKS.
Especially the Harry Belafonte's version of this song, it's almost HYPNOTIC!! Such a simple, calm and quiet and yet so captivating.

#92

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 1:27pm

I was just listening to "What I Did for Love" from ACL, and it almost made me cry.

Priscilla Lopez so beautifully displays the subtleties of this song. Very touching.

madbrian, I second As Long As He Needs Me. Patti LuPone played Nancy in a VERY short-lived revival of OLIVER! in the 80s on Broadway, so they didn't make a cast recording. But I would love to hear her perform this song. This is one of those songs that requires such strong acting skills in addition to singing to really pull it off. Nancy is such a layered character, and this song can be stunning if the actress is really in touch with where Nancy is at this point in her life.

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Updated On: 8/1/06 at 01:27 PM

#93

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 1:32pm

The I Love You Song from Spelling Bee. . . it doesn't relate to me at all but the harmonies and all are SO B-E-A-U-TIFUL the first time I heard it I cried :)

*Do you think you can make me sing. . . I sing for myself, you can get me there but do you really think you can make me sing?*-Judy Garland

#94

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 1:34pm

"I Am What I Am" -- La Cage Aux Follies
"Rose's Turn" -- Gypsy
"Fable" -- The Light in the Piazza
"Lot's Wife" -- Caroline or Change

"Love the Art in Yourself. Not Yourself in the Art." -- Stanislavski

#95

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 1:39pm

I'd Do Anything from Oliver is a sweet song, along with Where is Love? Plus, Tarzan gets me every time. I'm Here from TCP is a joy.
What I did for Love is one of the sweetest, most committed songs I have ever heard.
The I Love You Song is pure joy and sadness.
Castle on a Cloud. Gorgeous.
Oh, and the first time I heard The Light in the Piazza, I cried.
And some others, but I won't bore you for too long (If you win you Lose from PJ Game, Rent songs...etc)
I don't even know if it is the orchestrations that make me so sad/happy/whatever. I think there is so much talent on Broadway now, their inputs, and inflections are just what makes it what it is.

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#96

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 1:39pm

#97

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 1:49pm

I have quite a few, but let me try to list 'em
A lot of Lippa's Wild Party, especially Jackie's Last Dance - (The music is just gorgeous, it really tugs at a heartstring)
If I Told You - The Wedding Singer
Without You- Rent
What I Did for Love- A Chorus Line
Not While I'm Around - Sweeney Todd
The last 6 songs of Aida, especially Written in the Stars
There's a Fine, Fine, Line - Avenue Q
My Eyes Adored You, Fallen Angel and Who Loves You - Jersey Boys
Somethings are Meant to Be, Days of Plenty and the Fire Within Me - Little Women
Almost all of 'Parade'
All of the Last 5 Years, especially 'Still Hurting' and 'If I Didn't Believe in You'
One Song Glory - Rent

#98

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 4:22pm

"As Long As He Needs Me" from Oliver is really tragic and touching.

"Before the Parade Passes By" can be a very poingant song if you have the right Dolly.

#99

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 5:37pm

Fable from Light in the Piazza- Frist show that I cried at.

The towel waving reminded me of a Per?nist rally. I kept chanting "Evita!" whenever they'd pan to the crowds. - SM2

#100

re: Songs from shows that tear at your heart-strings.

Posted: 8/1/06 at 7:04pm

Ribbons Down My Back from the 1994 Revival of HELLO, DOLLY!

Gives me chills.

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