Underrated Sondheim Songs — Page 2

Definitely agree that most of Pacific Overtures is underrated.

I feel like the Liebeslieder material in Night Music doesn't get the credit it deserves (kind of like the transitions in Passion).

I always though The Worst Pies in London from Sweeney and Getting Married Today from Company were really underrated.

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[QUOTE]I always though The Worst Pies in London from Sweeney and Getting Married Today from Company were really underrated.[/QUOTE]

Really? I thought they were among the most popular songs from each musical..

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After going through my Sondheim playlist..

I love "Ariadne" from The Frogs, as well as the movie version of "The Glamorous Life".

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"What More Do I Need?"

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"In Buddy's Eyes"- Is it really underrated? Maybe Barbara Cook made it a little more popular, but it doesn't get sung as often as "Losing My Mind" or "I'm Still Here", two other popular (and fabulous) songs from Follies and it certainly deserves to. It's brilliant.
"Uptown Downtown"- Maybe PalJoey can enlighten us on why the hell it was cut from Follies and replaced by the wonderful, but inferior, "Lucy and Jessie"? His opinions on the show are always valid and welcome. I think that it is not only a better song, but makes its point clearer than "Lucy and Jessie."
"Green Finch and Linnet Bird"- A stunning aria
"I Read"- Some of those lyric lines ("There is a flower...", "If you have no expectations...", "The more you cling to things...") are just brilliant and the music really defines Fosca very nicely.
The "Now/Later/Soon" trio also comes in mind. I've been using this word too often today, but I think it is just orgasmic the way the three come together.

This isn't really underappreciated but I love it more than the average person- Green Finch and Linnet Bird.

"This isn't really underappreciated but I love it more than the average person- Green Finch and Linnet Bird."

Oh, "Green Finch" is pretty underappreciated. I mean, they were thinking of cutting it from the film for God's sake! If they had, they could have just gotten a piece of cardboard to play Johanna. And it's a brilliant aria that ranks with "Glitter and Be Gay."

How about the entire score of Evening Primrose?

Lotte, I've played the Balladeer in Assassins and the end of that song was one of the hardest passages I've ever sung! Plus I was playing banjo at the same time. Definitely not easy. Brilliant, but not easy. :)

Mister Matt, I was going to say "On the Steps of the Palace," but I was afraid of saying anything from Into the Woods since I don't know if anything from that show could be considered underrated. But it's definitely one of my favorite songs (if not my favorite) from that show. I love that lyric! It's so well-written. Of course my other favorite from that show would be "Moments in the Woods," but again, is it overrated? I'm not so sure. But those are two wonderful, wonderful songs.

~Steven

Oh my! There are so many, I can't even think of them all right now.
Definitely 'What More Do I Need?' from Saturday Night
and 'Bang' from A Little Night Music...
ALL of Merrily... as far as I'm concerned
'Too Many Mornings' from Follies
'Children and Art' from Sunday...

I'm also loving the stuff from Stavisky thanks to The Story so Far... You never hear about those songs.

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"jv92, I've got to agree. "No More" has my favorite line in the entire show: "Where are we to go? Where are we ever to go?" The song is beautiful. "

Agreed once more. I've got the song playing right now. It's also my favourite song from the show.
'can't we just pursue our lives, with our children and our wives
until that happy day arrives
how to do you ignore...'

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Water Under the Bridge from the sadly never made Rob Reines movie musical Singing Out Loud. But please NOT the Liza Minelli version on the new box set (she actually told a fan I know who said how much he loved the song that she didn't get it and found it dreary) The Debbie Shapiro Gravitte take on Unsung Sondheim is to die.