Songs of woe and suffering - saddest Broadway songs- Page 3

[jwonjy119]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 9:06pm

Oh, and yes, "A Fine, Fine Line" from Avenue Q wouldn't be a bad idea, in my opinion.

[BNN]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 9:16pm

I second Losing My Mind.

Also, I Have A Love is the only song to ever bring me to tears from listening to it. By The Sea is somewhat said if you think of the context and what is to follow.

[jo]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 9:27pm

*The saddest musical I have ever seen was ALWebber's The Beautiful Game ( now supposedly being reworked and retitled The Boys from the Photograph), with its theme of sectarian violence and poverty in Northern Ireland and how it had affected the lives of young men who played together in their youth. The saddest song from that musical is called GOD'S OWN COUNTRY - about the plight of immigrants, a theme that is still true in real life.

*Other songs which have touched a chord --

-Anything but Lonely ( Aspects of Love)
-Just Another Love Story ( Passion)
-No One is Alone ( Into the Woods)
-Do You Hear the People Sing ( Les Miserables) - not a tearjerker but it appeals to the sense of patriotism among the downtrodden
-I Remember Sky ( not from a stage production but from a Sondheim TV show called Evening Primrose)



Updated On: 2/15/08 at 09:27 PM

[morosco]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 9:50pm

"I Never Know When" from Goldilocks

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 10:09pm

Woe is me- Spelling Bee
Fine Fine Line- Q
Without You - RENT

[philly03]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 10:29pm

"If I Could Only Dream this World Away" - Woman in White
"Evermore Without You" - Woman in White
"All for Laura" - Woman in White
"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" - Phantom
"Someone Else's Story" - Chess (Broadway version)

[philly03]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 10:29pm

"If I Could Only Dream this World Away" - Woman in White
"Evermore Without You" - Woman in White
"All for Laura" - Woman in White
"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" - Phantom
"Someone Else's Story" - Chess (Broadway version)

[TheatreFreak05]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 10:41pm

"Losing My Mind" is one of my all time favorite songs.

Also, I saw "I Remember Sky" performed in Side By Side By Sondheim
a REALLY depressing song

[littlechavela2]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 11:50pm

I second:
You Should Be Loved-Sideshow
Somewhere-West Side Story
Because both make me weep. Here's more:

Every Tear A Mother Cries-HONK!
Far from the home I love-Fiddler
Chava Ballet Sequence-Fiddler
Maybe Reprise-Annie
The I Love You Song-Spelling Bee
Home-Beauty and The Beast
AIATY-Dreamgirls
Finale-Phantom (Its over now the music of the night *SOB*)
Oh Ti Moune-Once on this Island
I always think "Not While I'm Around" is sad simply because Toby is so sweet.
Lippa's WIld Party:
Maybe I Like it This Way
Make Me Happy
How Did We Come To This?


Updated On: 2/15/08 at 11:50 PM

[sondheimboy2]

Posted: 2/16/08 at 1:46am

Has anyone mentioned "People Like Us" from LaChuisa's "Wild Party"?

"Love Look Away" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Flower Drum Song"
"I Say Hello" from Harold Rome's "Destry Rides Again"
"Time Heals Everything" from Jerry Herman's "Mack and Mabel"
"Since You Were Here" from "Brownstone" Not sure who wrote it.
"If I Have To Live Alone" from Stephen Schwartz's "The Baker's Wife"
"Another Life" from Alan Jay Lerner and Charles Strousse's "Dance A Little Closer"
"The Nickel Under Your Foot" from Mark Blitzstein's "The Cradle Will Rock"
"Windflowers" from Jerome Morross and John LaTouche's "The Golden Apple"
"It Must Be So" from Leonard Bernstein's "Candide"
"You Don't Know This Man" from Jason Robert Brown's "Parade"
"A Small Degree" from Jule Styne and Bob Merrill's "Prettybelle"

[blaxx]

Posted: 2/16/08 at 4:07am

The entire score to The Pirate Queen

[Kevinoes]

Posted: 2/16/08 at 10:04am

"Brother, Can You Spare A Dime" by Yip Harburg.

[goldenstate5]

Posted: 2/16/08 at 10:37am

I can't believe no one's mentioned "Not While I'm Around" from Sweeney yet. Man, I can't listen to that one without getting teary-eyed...

[FuturePenny2]

Posted: 2/16/08 at 12:33pm

Definately "A Little Fall of Rain" from Les Miz.. man I cry EVERYTIME i listen to that.

"I'll Cover You Reprise" from Rent
"Without You" from Rent

Theres a lot more, but those are just the three that immediately come to mind for me.

[MrSweetNAwful]

Posted: 2/16/08 at 12:59pm

oh jeez, Maybe from Annie is also one of those that always gets me, those damn little girls!

[Enjolras77]

Posted: 2/16/08 at 1:19pm

I know "How Could I Ever Know?" from The Secret Garden was mentioned, but the song that immediately preceeds it, "Where in the World?" is equally as emotional and gut-wrenching.

Also:

"I've Heard it all Before", "The Only Home I Know", and the two "Meditation" numbers from Shenandoah.

[philly03]

Posted: 2/16/08 at 3:44pm

"No One Knows Who I Am" - Jekyll & Hyde

[Magical_Ms._Mistoffeles_72]

Posted: 2/16/08 at 3:45pm

As if we never said goodbye-Sunset Blvd

[LadyRosecoe]

Posted: 2/16/08 at 5:19pm

Definitely "This Is What It Is" and mostly the rest of The Wild Party.

And I would second Marie Christine with nearly all of the songs being some form of agony in the second act.

Also, "Twelve Children" from Dessa Rose

[Broadway_Bound_Star]

Posted: 2/16/08 at 6:11pm

What about

"As Long As He Needs Me" and the reprise
and "Where Is Love?"

from Oliver?

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 2/16/08 at 6:14pm

The entire score of "Menopause, The Musical"

[Revolutionary]

Posted: 2/16/08 at 9:19pm

The Johanna Quartet from Sweeney has always been THE saddest broadway song to me. When I hear it my heart automatically drops into the pit of my stomach.

[philly03]

Posted: 2/16/08 at 9:52pm

Different parts of "The Final Scene"/Sequence from Sunset Boulevard. First, as Joe's yelling at Betty, perhaps when Joe dies, and when Norma + Max have their final conversation. But especially when Betty says "I can't look at you.."

[louisamayfoster]

Posted: 2/17/08 at 9:08am

"Here Alone" and "Days of Plenty" from Little Women. *sniff*

[EganFan2]

Posted: 2/17/08 at 1:41pm

"Mama, Look Sharp" from 1776 has me in tears every time I hear it.

Momma, hey momma
Come looking for me
I'm here in the meadow
By the red maple tree
Momma, hey momma
Look sharp
Here I'll be
Hey, hey momma, look sharp
Them soldiers they fired
Oh ma did we run
But when we turn around

The battle begun
Then I went under
Ah ma, am I done
Hey, hey momma, look sharp
My eyes are wide open
My face to the sky
Is that you, I'm hearing
In the tall grass near by
Ah momma come and find me
Before I do die
Hey, hey momma, look sharp
I'll close your eyes, my baby
Them eyes that can not see
And I'll bury you, my Billy
Beneath the maple tree
And never again
Will you whisper to me
Hey, hey, oh momma, look sharp
Updated On: 2/17/08 at 01:41 PM