Worst Broadway Lyric ever?- Page 16

[moviefan1]

Posted: 6/10/06 at 2:48am

I just have to say, that Honey Bun from South Pacific just drives me nuts.
Especially:

Her hair is blond and curly,
Her curls are hurly-burly.
Her lips are pips!
I call her hips 'Twirly' and 'Whirly.'

[alwy15]

Posted: 6/10/06 at 2:58am

it just disturbs me to see that several posters have overlooked the lyrics of the british import musicals---- and named some sondheim lyrics as their least favorite lyrics

[StageManager2]

Posted: 6/10/06 at 3:44am

SuddenlySeymour and StageMom2 (for the umpteenth time) he is not saying "confessa". God! Are you people really stupid! Re-read the lyrics -- or better yet, read the entire thread (I know you didn't because it has been mentioned and corrected many times) and you will know that. If it were spoken dialog, instead of singing, it would go something like this: "Nessa. Uh, Nessa? I have something to confess -- a reason why I asked you here tonight." There. Now get it through your thick heads once and for all! Thank you.

Updated On: 6/10/06 at 03:44 AM

[Steve2]

Posted: 6/10/06 at 4:00am

I saw Wedding Singer last week and I think that one of the lyrics was "like a girlfriend with the clap."

[nobodyhome]

Posted: 6/10/06 at 4:41am

"it just disturbs me to see that several posters have overlooked the lyrics of the british import musicals---- and named some sondheim lyrics as their least favorite lyrics "

Don't be disturbed, alwy15. Perhaps the reason is that when a show has nothing but bad lyrics, none of them stands out as worse than the rest.

Now, how about using upper-case letters in the appropriate places?

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 6/10/06 at 5:05am

Hah, my favorite worst from Damn Yankees:

Who's got the pain if they do the Mambo?
who's got the pain if they go "uh"?
who's got the pain if they do the Mambo?
I don't know who - do you?!

I'm shivering, listening to crap like that. It has got a nice melody though. Adler&Ross, why for christ's sake don't you write decent lyrics?!

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 6/10/06 at 7:07am

I definitely would have to say like, half of WICKED. Maybe not the worst lyrics ever, but I definitely roll my eyes when I hear half of it. I think it was meant to be clever, but it's just so groan-worthy.

The Wedding Singer, for all of its good points, definitely has some eye-rollers itself.

Posted: 6/10/06 at 11:36am

People who use "like" frequently in sentences bothers me a lot more than the worst lyrics ever written

[lamentingenvelope]

Posted: 6/10/06 at 12:04pm

StageManager2, that still does not make it a good lyric. Schwartz often splits words so they rhyme... see my example of 'trifiling' and 'life-a-ling...ering on."

In that case and Nessa/confess-a, I think it sounds silly, and therefore, I think they are bad lyrics. The point is not whether or not the lyric makes sense. The point is it sounds ridiculous. And it does. He IS saying "confess, a" but Schwartz wrote the song in such a way so that the two words blend together to rhyme with Nessa.

And several people think it sounds bad. It has nothing to do with whether or not what he's saying makes sense.

[Skywise]

Posted: 6/10/06 at 12:11pm

I have no idea if this has already been posted or not, and I know the show wasn't QUITE on broadway, but I do believe they are the worst lyrics I've ever heard. For those of you who are not familiar with the tradegy that is "Right Brain", I'll enlighten you. "Right Brain" was what "One Song Glory" was born from when Rent moved to broadway from the New York Theater Workshop. The music is still the same, but the lyrics are absolutely hilarious. I'm so happy that Rent turned out to be the hit that it is because the NYTW lyrics can be tragic.
Anyways, for your viewing pleasure:

"The right brain, how do I find the right brain?
I lost my map. The right brain, it's when I get locked in
Find, the right brain, like driving north, Pacific Coast Highway from San Simian to Big Sur."

It doesn't help that Tony Hoylen sounds constipated.

[secret-soul]

Posted: 6/10/06 at 12:38pm

i love Love LOVE Lestat...but...

"inside of me there lives someone
who never felt a mother's love
who could have heard the bells on Sunday
pealing in the chuch of God
who would have loved a rainy day
and never had to fear the fire
instead i hunger for the vein
that holds the lifeforce i desire..."

and "see me...wolf killer"

the rest of it i pretty much adore...(don't judge me)

[lamentingenvelope]

Posted: 6/10/06 at 12:42pm

And I thought One Song Glory was fairly awful... "Right Brain" sounds horrendous.

[kyle.]

Posted: 6/10/06 at 5:30pm

"Brave witch hunters I would join you if I could"

[singingshowgirl]

Posted: 6/10/06 at 7:09pm

"There's a little rumor. Someone's got a tumor."

In My Life

ahhh good times

[jv92]

Posted: 6/11/06 at 11:57am

I believe Connick's lyrics for "Thou Shalt Not" have been mentioned once or twice here. I actually found them quite enjoyable. Just my two cents.

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 6/11/06 at 1:23pm

okay, so I am really bored so I was thinking about this in the shower and I've made a little "tour" of the Worst Lyrics of Wicked. Here we go.

NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED
(title itself really just sucks)

"And goodness knows we know what goodness is" doesn't even fit with the rythm. And WTF is with that line anyway?

"Like a froggy ferny cabbage..." Uhm, someone please explain to me what that is?

On the OCR, whenever Elphaba's mother is going into labro and she says "The baby's coming!" I could swear that the father says "How?" I just wanna shout, "How do you THINK?" Ugh.

THE WIZARD AND I

"When people see me they will scream for half of Oz's favorite team." Ughh...

SOMETHING BAD

This whole song...just...no.

Same with DANCING THROUGH LIFE. There are too many awful lyrics to count.

I'M NOT THAT GIRL

"I wasn't born for the rose and the pearl." Stretch for rhyme much?

ONE SHORT DAY

The whole Wizomania thing just makes my eyes roll. It's all so bad.

A SENTIMENTAL MAN

"Helping you with your ascent allows me to feel so...parental." No words.

I agree with all of them previously said about Defying Gravity.

Act II coming soon.

[jv92]

Posted: 6/11/06 at 2:03pm

Some of Sound of Music's lyrics aren't especially good. You could tell what songs were written while Hammerstein was ill.

[gumbo2]

Posted: 6/11/06 at 4:19pm

iheartmygeek, in Wicked when she says "The baby's coming," the dad says "and how!" as an exclamation, so that actually makes sense. And while I agree with you on most of the Wicked lyrics, I actually kind of enjoy rhyming "ascent allows me to feel so parental". I know it's dumb but I kind of like it. And one you missed...

Somehow I've fallen under your spell, and somehow I'm feeling it's up that I fell......hmmmm

[GClef2]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 12:55pm

Im sorry for bringing this back, but I just discoverd a new one.

From the Woman in White...

You may dine on any single thing you wish,
Though I'd wait for dinner, we're serving fish.

HAHAHA

[GodIHopeIGetIt]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:00pm

Oh, come on

"I believe in lookin'
like my time on earth is cookin'"

I started giggling in my seat when I heard that.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:01pm

totally agree, gclef. worst lyric in the show! (it got a laugh the four times i saw it)

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:04pm

JRB is my favorite composer on Earth. The Last 5 Years is my favorite musical. HOWEVER:

"At some point down the line,
Don’t we get to relax
Without some new tsuris
To push me yet further from you?"

How often is the word "tsuris" used? Really?

And:

"You don’t have to get a haircut,
You don’t have to change your shoes,
You don’t have to like Duran Duran,
Just love me."

So crappy. SO.

[GodIHopeIGetIt]

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

MyName - Jamie's a writer.. he probably has a larger vocabulary than the rest of us mortals. If you're going to say that, who uses 'gesticulating'?

[aspiringactress]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:23pm

Just wanted to say that I agree that good lyrics aren't just about what makes sense...It's what sounds good, and feels truthful to the character/time period.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:33pm

From Notre Dame de Paris:

We are the strangers here.
The refugees,
The women and men.
Without a home.
Oh Notre dame,
We come and ask of you,
Asylum.
Asylum.

We are the down-and-outs,
Here at the city gates.
And all of Paris waits,
To see what we're about.
The world will change someday.
We'll make it work someway.
The day we come to stay
With you.