Worst Broadway Lyric ever? — Page 14

From "Popular":

Think of it as personality dialysis
Now that I've chosen to becaome a pal-a-sis-(ter...)

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From Caroline or Change:

Washing Finish,sweet and wet and coo-o-ool.
My daily task is doooooooone!

I think those Popular lyrics are kind of clever, internal rhyming.

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That whole "cold feet" song in Drowsy, and Her is, from PJ game. i think the reason why some of these lyrics are SO bad, is because people can't find good enough words to rhyme with each other.

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I can't believe no one's metioned "Bread" from The Baker's Wife.

I can't rememer all of it but jeezy creezy there's a line in there that's like "it's an orgy for the nostrils".. give me a break. The rest of the song is equally bad. Half the time they are just repeating bread, bread, bread.

Awfuuuul

Isn't this thread a little pointless?

As the old saying goes "one man's meat is another man's poison."

I mean, there are people out there who actually like "Jekyll/Hyde"!

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My vote goes to:

This is the moment,
This is the time,
When the momentum and the moment
Are in rhyme!

Seems like Leslie Bricusse let a 4 year old write some of these lyrics. Oh and Stephen Schwartz really needs to buy a new rhyming dictionary...

Oooh. So many from which to choose...

MISS SAIGON
"That marine wants his beer."

All of JEKYLL & HYDE

So much of SIDESHOW
"She's raising my Farehnheit"

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From EVITA ("Buenos Aires"):

Give your lover the very best
Real eiderdown and silence.

Sad.

trikaraokeidol, in response to your post regarding "Buenos Aires" lyrics: what is sad about them" You forgot to includethe three lines preceding the three you posted.

And if I ever I go too far
It's because of the things you are
Beautiful town I love you
And if I need a moment's rest
Give your lover the very best
Real eiderdown and silence

Eva is talking about how much she'll be taken in by the big city that she'll act literally like a kid in a candy store, trying to experience everything at once and overdoing it. But when she finally rests, the city will provide her with "real eiderdown" (which is a type of expensive comforter filled with goose feathers or something) and silence. [The real Eva imagined that the city was full of white telephones and all the money could buy for everyone. Tim Rice is trying to show Eva's naivetee and ignorance of city life.) When she says "your lover" she's referring to herself, since she appears to be singing to Buenos Aires itself throughout the song and a few lines before had just declared her love for the big city. No there's nothing sad about the lyric. Some of you people really need to start using your heads. Take the time to study and dissect a lyric and find its meaning. It's a lot like reading poetry. As for the MISS SAIGON lyrics, since the musical is entirely sung (like an opera) there will naturally be recitative in between the arias, or songs. Thus, when Kim says "That marine wants his beer" she's not singing per se but reciting. Sorry if I sound bitter, but a lot of what's posted in this thread should not be considered the worst lyric ever.

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In Les Mis, the bit about "If we come out of this alive, I'll see you at number 55 ..." What? What? And then in John And Jen there's "If you have to hit something, hit a home run." Painfully cheesy.

My particularly loathed line from J&H is the "Today, or never, I'll sit forever with the gods".

StageManager2...

Point taken regarding the MISS SAIGON "That marine wants his beer" issue.

However, it's still a lyric.

AND, it's still lousy writing.

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scooter38432, I wonder if in regard to "that marine wants his beer" your assume that Kim is just saying it for the hell of it. If you've only listened to it on the sound recording, then yeah it seems odd. But in the presentation, the engineer has pulled Kim aside and talking with her about Chris when a non-descript marine asks for another beer. Remember, Kim works as a bar girl and her other job is to serve beer to the soldiers. Therefore, when the marine interrupts, Kim tells the engineer "that marine wants his beer" and proceeds to get one for him.

As for you, Ruby Slippers, Valjean is telling Javert that after the battle, if he is still and alive and Javert still wants to apprehend him, he can find him at 45 Rue Plumet, which is the address of his house. Basically, Valjean is telling Javert "You know where I live." God, you people are so dense sometimes!

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