Worst Broadway Lyric ever?- Page 19

[Matthewjames]

Posted: 8/28/06 at 7:47pm

held in such high esteem
when people see me they will scream
for half of oz's greatest team

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Dreams the way we planned them
if we work in tandOM

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 8/28/06 at 8:32pm

my new vote- from nine- only with you (a great song other than this one little lyric)
"send me your love/
that will mend me with love"

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 8/28/06 at 9:07pm

Well, it's kind of more of a line, but that little bit that Rod drops at the end of "My Girlfriend Who Lives In Canada." It's a little too obscene to write, and I just didn't think it was either funny nor necessary.

[fflagg]

Posted: 8/28/06 at 10:40pm

"He Plays the Violin"

Nice music but those lyrics:

"Hi Hi Hi diddle diddle. . . "

That plus Betty Buckley's metallic voice . . .

DUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[luvliza89]

Posted: 8/28/06 at 10:43pm

Love is a gift from up above.
Seasons of Love.

...still don't understand that one...

[idinawannabe2]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 9:28pm

Okay, my high school just did once upon a mattress. and i must say that as much as i love the songs. 90% of the lyrics are TERRIBLE!

~The whole song Quiet!

~Where sir and when sir, i couldn't be tenser. come on guys. Seriously?

~In a little while, just a little while, you and i will be 1, 2 3, 4. in a little while, i will see your smile in the face of my son to be forever hand in glove is the way ill ever stay, but ill only stay in love if the glove contains your hand. in a velvet gown ill be coming down the aisle.


and damn yankees...but the happy thought is whatever it is she's lost may some day once again be found.


and all of a little brains-a little talent, whatever lola wants, and shoeless joe from hannibal mo. i cant believe even that title wasn't mentioned. shoeless joe from hannibal mo. come on! AND I WAS FREAKING GLORIA!!! I hated that song!

[idinawannabe2]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 9:34pm

ooo...and all of life support from rent. and im a renthead. but seriously, "look i find some of what you teach suspect because im used to relying on intellect but i try to open up to what i don't know because reason says i should've died 3 years ago." and pretty much all of will i? i just cringe. it hits home and all. its a touching song, but its just...eek. im sure larson rolled over in his grave with all of the million ways that some of his songs got butchered over the last 10 years.

Posted: 9/2/06 at 9:41pm

I think the lyrics to "He's a Tramp" from Lady and the Tramp are pretty stupid.

"I guess he's just a no count pup/But I wish that he were double."

What?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 9:43pm

im sure larson rolled over in his grave with all of the million ways that some of his songs got butchered over the last 10 years.

What? If you're referring to those lyrics, he WROTE them. (But yes, incidentally, there have obviously been poor performers in Rent through the years.)

I think there are FAR worse lyrics in Rent than that line in Life Support, really.

[flicker_]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 11:16pm

"In a little while, just a little while, you and I will be one, two, three, four..." -Once Upon a Mattress.

Haha, everyone in our highschool cast was trying to figure out what that lyric meant. We were like, "Is she having twins? Is number four a future baby or something?" Yeah...it doesn't make much sense.

[broadwaydestined]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 11:25pm

THe worst ever is deffinately in hello dolly " strut down the stree t and have your picture took." I HATE IT!!!!
Also not a big fan of "With this perfect finale
The cheers and ballyhoo". It bugs the crap pt of me.

[cindy013]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 11:42pm

As far as that Once Upon A Mattress lyric...I was in the pit for a production last year and a month ago just choreographed a production...and I finally realized during the final rehearsals that I think the lyrics are supposed to be like
"In a little while, just a little while
you and I will be 1, 2, 3
for in a little while i will see your smile
on the face of my son to be forever hand in glove..."

I'm guessing that's how it's intended to be interpretated...because then there's 3 of them...?

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 9/3/06 at 12:09am

It was bad
I got mad
-- Christmas Bells, Rent

Forgive me if it's been mentioned in this thread before, but... agh.

There's a few clunkers in Hair. For instance-

They'll be ga-ga at the go-go
When they see me in my toga.

Plus most of Good Morning Starshine. Updated On: 9/3/06 at 12:09 AM

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 8:04am

I have another one from Wicked:

Did you think I'd let you leave me here flat?
You're going to lose your heart to me, I tell you
If I have to
I have to
Magic spell you

The "magic spell you" part. It really "grinds my gears" as Peter Griffin once said.

[teh_pretty]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 9:39am

"Rent, rent, rent, rent, rent
We're not gonna pay rent"

Slight overkill.

[kenmarksnj]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 9:52am

yeah i vote for dracula.

[DRSisLove]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 9:54am

"And just to clear the air, I ask forgivness for the things I've done you blamed me for."

It makes no sense.

[WickedForever2]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 3:14am

well the lyric is "blame me for" and it totally makes sense. glinda blames elphaba for a ton of things, and elphaba wants to right that with glinda in case they never meet again.
my vote would have to go for "Darling, we're everything." in Rent right before "I'll Cover You." who could deliver that line without feeling cheesy, no one.

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 6:40am

"Defying Gravity"

i don't know, just the phrase "Defying Gravity" sounds ridiculous to me... eh :P just think about it though, "I'm defying gravity"- sounds gather corny and awkward to me

oh well

Posted: 9/15/06 at 6:53am

I'm sequesterd in a shanty
actin' as a maiden auntie

[bwaymizfit]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 10:34am

Most of "Joseph..."
My personal favorite--

"Greatest man since Noah,
Only goes to show-a"

**cringe** WHY?

[brody_robot]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 11:01am

New to BWW, never posted before, but this thread caught my eye.

I loved Lestat. I really, really did-but the following line from "To Kill Your Kind" made me laugh and laugh-

"This demon rides a carosel
She swings back and forth on the gates of hell."

...what?

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 9:38pm

In the 1994 production of rent (loves it but still)
Mark- Love you if you need any help just call and i'll be there
Roger- I won't need any help. love you too, i hate the fall.


Wait are mark and roger gay too?

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 9:54pm

Right now listeing to the Little Mermaid, I'm not liking some of the lyrics in the new songs. Norm Lewis has some pretty terrible lyrics to work with.

Don't try that same old song,
I'll have you grounded 'till next year!
Am I clear?
Don't go near that world above.

I'm still the king here,
My word is law
This filth you bring here
Is the final straw!

and of course...

How could she just suddenly,
Completely disappear into thin water.

Yikes.

[TheatreFreak05]

Posted: 2/5/08 at 12:52am

hahaha i was actually (for a second) about to put a Drowsy Chaperone lyric up there, but then i realized that the lyrics were supposed to be stupid.

don't know if this has been said or not:
Mark- Have you ever doubted a kiss?
Joanne- this is... Spooky!

i always thought that was dumb.