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#101

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/7/05 at 2:11pm

The wrost line ever has to be:

'It's just... for the first time I feel wicked'

QM

'He really wasn't good as Fieyro. Is it just me or does he sort of come across as a pimp? Just...the hand motions I've seen him do and the attitude..not that Taye is a pimp.' - SallyBrown on Taye Diggs as Fiyero

#102

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/7/05 at 5:06pm

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

it doesn't even BEGIN to fit into a beat pattern. ugh.

"Be not like dumb, driven cattle. Be a hero in the strife." A Psalm of Life...Walt Whitman

#103

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/7/05 at 8:07pm

I know this isn't in a bway show, but the funniest lyric I have heard is from The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2

"Through all the thin and thick, closer than frack and frick..."
WTF?!

"Have a child for warmth and a baker for bread and a prince for... whatever!"

#104

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/7/05 at 9:03pm

From "The Lady's Paying" ("Sunset Boulevard")
And all my merchandise is strictly Kosher,
When you've thrown away all your old worn-out stuff, Joe,
(Hey, that's enough Manfred)
Perhaps you'd like to model for my brochure.

Kosher and brochure???? It's a horribly contrived rhyme suffering from what I call the "Bewitched" syndrome. Perhaps some of you remember that episode of "Bewitched" where a spell requires Samantha (or maybe it was Serena) to speak in rhyme and she says, "I feel groovy, did you see that movie?"

#105

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/7/05 at 10:57pm

I would just like to point out that no one has mentioned any Alan Jay Lerner lyrics. That is because he was phenomenal.

Updated On: 3/7/05 at 10:57 PM

#106

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/7/05 at 11:14pm

"I'm willing to do what must be done to get you off I garuntee."

Injun Joe
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

"You know just because you put a smiley face after it doesn't change the fact that it was an a-hole comment." ~ Sumofallthings

#107

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/7/05 at 11:28pm

I like "Miss Saigon," I really do...but some of those lyrics...

"When I went home before
No one talked of the war
What they knew from TV
Didn't have a thing to do with me
I went back and re-upped
Sure, Saigon is corrupt
It felt better to be
Here driving for the embassy
'Cause here if you can pull a string
A guy like me lives like a king
Just as long as you don't believe anything"

I must admit, not one of Boublil and Schonberg's better ventures...

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#108

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/8/05 at 12:29am

quote:
"Brave witch hunters, I would join you if I could".

it doesn't even BEGIN to fit into a beat pattern. ugh.

THANK YOU, Mathhius. And might I point out that this line is sung... BY THE WITCH HUNTERS. So basically, the witch hunters are saying that if they could, they would join a pack of witch hunters. Right, ok.

Also agreed with "And with our tears, we can water roses."

Also from BKLYN: "And then she danced her last dance... IN DEATH."

No, really? Why don't you spell that one out for us a little bit more?

Have any of you ever heard the Millie workshop? If you have, I have three words: "Chuck it John."

#109

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/8/05 at 6:18am

Poto: "And though you turn from me/ to glance behind"

Evita: "Tell me before I seek worthier pastures/ and thereby restore self-esteem"

WSS :"... with suns and moons all over the place"

Chess: "...the ghastly suspicion my opposition's a fruit"
and "He made it perfectly clear/ that I was a fool and probably queer"

Updated On: 3/8/05 at 06:18 AM

#110

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/8/05 at 8:05am

about what phantom_tenor said about Bui Doi, I agree Miss Saigon is not the greatest, but Bui Doi is all about saving children who were considered "bastards" just because they were born! Even if you don't think it's that great, I don't think it was very nice to say how terrible it is, considering its subject matter.

And, I think anything from "State Fair" is terrible!

"And I feel it move me Like a fire deep inside Something bursting me wide open Impossible to hide And suddenly I'm flying Flying like a bird Like electricity Electricity" - Electricity from Billy Elliot The Musical

#111

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/8/05 at 10:14am

heres another vote for Magic To Do

When someone blunders, we say that he makes a misstep. Is it then not clear that all the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill our history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing. - Moliere

#112

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/8/05 at 11:26am

Not sure of spellings, but from Romeo and Juliet - the musical:

"Tybalt, Tybalt, you're gonna die / Tybalt, Tybalt, no-one will cry"

"All days are the same without love / Tuesdays, Wednesdays Thursdays . . ."

"Fools, men are fools / They're like stubbon mules"

And all of Notre Dame de Paris

#113

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/8/05 at 11:40am

Miss Saigon has some beautiful melodies, but god those lyrics!! So unbelievably cheesy. Forbidden Broadway hit the nail on the head with their parody!

"When you're a Jet, / You're a Jet all the way, / From your first pirouette / To your last grand jete." --Brian Kaman

#114

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/8/05 at 11:52am

Wow, I never noticed the Witch Hunters thing. How stupid.

Another vote for Wicked: "Look at her, she's wicked! Get her! / No one mourns the wicked / So we've got to bring her down!"

Oy.

#115

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/8/05 at 12:12pm

I'd have to say definitely all of "Molasses to Rum" from 1776. "Molasses to rum to slaves..."
Blech!

#116

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/8/05 at 1:32pm

To those who said RENT, I agree.

Why do writers feel it's necessary to force rhymes? ("I'll call/I hate the fall" or from Wicked Nessa and confess-a? Stop..)

"hello disease" makes me laugh everytime. The end of that song could be so poignant..but it fails. I can't help it. It's made even more absurd by that note Mimi tries to hit. oh no.

and all of Cats.

"we're actors- we're the opposite of people" -Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

#117

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/8/05 at 6:40pm

I don't know why I feel the need to clarify, but I am going to anyway. Boq is not saying confessa. he's saying, "i have something to confess. A reason why I asked you here tonight" It's a new thought. Obviously, he's playing on nessa, I think it works.

#118

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/8/05 at 7:22pm

And as for the Witch Hunters, Isn't it addressed to Dorothy and friends.

"You know just because you put a smiley face after it doesn't change the fact that it was an a-hole comment." ~ Sumofallthings

#119

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/8/05 at 8:16pm

"Too old for always/Too wise to walk the hallways" from ONE NIGHT STAND, which closed in previews. What does that MEAN???!!!

#120

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/8/05 at 8:35pm

"I'm flying. Like and owl. Like a bat. On the prowl. It's so satisfyin'...I'm whizzin!"

"(Aaaaaaah.) Oh my mysterious lady, what is your name? (Aaaaaah) Oh my mysterious lady, from whence have you came? (Aaaaaaaah) Take off that veil and let me see your face. Why hide your beauty beneath that ton of lace?"

"No we're not odd it's true, no family could be saner...except for maybe that one uncle who, oh no come let that pass" or whatever

"If you think that what you've done is right... well then.... you're a fool!"

"No one mourns the Wicked! WICKED! WICKED!!!!!!"

So many. Oh so many.

#121

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/8/05 at 9:04pm

just for MATTVCREWSE (i guess i like a challenge):

"Run, and get 'im, (get 'im)
Run, and get 'im, (get 'im)
Run, ye highland men or ye won't ken
Another morning!"

"Looks like he fell on a rock and it bashed in his head."

BRIGADOON

Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys. "I guarantee that we'll have tough times. I guarantee that at some point one or both of us will want to get out. But I also guarantee that if I don't ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for the rest of my life..."

#122

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/8/05 at 10:36pm

There are worse lyrics.

One of the worst lyrics ever, from "Dangerous Game" J&H:
It's a sin with no name
No remorse and no shame
Fire, fury, and flaaaaaaaaame!
'Coz the devil's to blame
And the angels proclaim
It's a dangerous game.

Where did the angels come from, why are we blaming the devil, and "fire, fury, and flame"? WTF!?!? I guess Mr. Bricusse forgot that when you rhyme the same vowel thirty times in a row, it's funny, not dramatic...

#123

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/9/05 at 12:35am

I sent "If A Girl Isn't Pretty" to a few of my friends, and I always got this response from them:
Wow! That's terrible rhyming:
"Kid, my heart 'aint made of marble, but your rhythm's really horrible (harrible)."

"If it walks like a Parks, if it wobbles like a Parks, then it's definitely fat and nobody loves it." --MA

#124

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/9/05 at 1:12am

Thurio's Samba from Two Gentlemen of Verona:

What did she say to my eyes? - ay-yi-yi
What did she say to my hands? - ay-yi-yi
What did she say to my glands? - ay-yi-yi
Please don't fake it
I can take it

She said "Boom chicka, chicka, chicka
F*CK, ****a, wucca, wucca
Cock, cocka, wacca, wacca
Puss, pussa, wussa, wussa
F*CK, ****a, wucca, wucca, wow!"

This from a Tony winner for Best Musical... over Follies

#125

re: Worst Broadway Lyric ever?

Posted: 3/9/05 at 1:36am

I'm just gunna say 20% of Sideshow---I LOVE THIS SHOW...but c'mon'nah...

"I tried to keep the temperature cool...she's raising my fahrenheit."

"Now I'm the one lighting up like a firefly
Now I', the one blushing red
Eating humble pie"

and my favorite part:

"Reporter:
How do you sleep?

Daisy & Violet:
In a bed

Reporter:
But does one ever keep the other awake?

Daisy:
Well, it does take a bit of doing

Violet:
If one of us wants to roll over"

AMAZING!!

Updated On: 3/9/05 at 01:36 AM

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