Worst Broadway Lyric ever? — Page 8

I adore Rent, but I find myself cringing during various parts of the songs because some of them are lyrically awful or have just ONE bad line that sticks out like a sore thumb.

"I Should Tell You." Awful song, even worse lyrics. I always find myself wondering if Adam Pascal is wondering what the f*ck he's singing. "Without You" is a step above ISTY and a decent song, but it's also a great example of horribly cliche lyrics. Ugh.

Others:
"I'll call. I hate the fall."
"Think twice before you pooh-pooh it."
"Let's go eat. I'll just get fat."
...and various others.

Thankfully, the greatness of Rent overshadows its lyrical shortcomings.

So many brooklyn lyric haters...yet I still think raven has some heart touching moments.

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At least the Rent lyrics now aren't as bad as the NYTW lyrics.

"Can't find the...right brain" and "Use your right brain, there's so much to care about..." Come to mind

"You're the coachroach in my jam, the hepetitis in my clam, the extra ten pounds on my scale."

And from Wicked...the "We deserve each other" lines. They just really irritated me.

Updated On: 1/26/06 at 07:55 PM

I'm too lazy to look back and find out who said this... but whoever was talking about Roger randomly expressing his hate for a season:

You literally made me lol. I don't know why.. but.. hehehehehehe...

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Not the worst lyric, but the worst matching of a lyric to music. This, from WITH ONE LOOK in SUNSET BOULEVARD: 'THEY'LL say Nor-ma's back a-gain!". Why on earth didn't they write something like "Nor-ma's back where she be-longs"?

"There are bridges you cross you didn't know you crossed until you crossed" - Wicked. It is one of my favorite show but that lyric annoys me soooo much!

Regarding "leave your cheese to sour"... isn't that because cheese and crackers were often served before performances and durig intermission? Or am I just crazy...?

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Hi Necro,

Regarding "Leave your cheese to sour", I have always assumed that Pippin is presented as a representation of travelling plays in the middle ages. Basically, set up on a box with magic and dancing and stories etc. Pippin is the story of a troop of players and the "Leading Player" invites we, the audience to sit and enjoy this impromptu story (hence the limited sets etc). But anyway, I'm sure you knew all that.

As for the line, I think it is referring to that in the middle ages, people obviously made cheese, maintained fields etc etc. What the Leading Player is saying to the people of a "village" so to speak is leave your field tending and cheese making (which without constant upkeep would lead the fields to flower and the cheese to sour) and come and sit down and enjoy this musical by the man who will one day compose Wicked.


That was sarcasm by the way.

O agree with whoever said

I feel charming oh so charming
It's alarming how charming I feel

That is just bad

A lot of people are expressing dislike to a lot of RENT lyrics, but I honestly think the lyrics are fitting for the show. I think those lines add to the style of the show and the characters. Can you imagine the show without those lyrics? I can't!

How'd we get 8 pages in without someone mentioning Starlight Express? I just pulled out the booklet from my two-disc OCR (which I'm ashamed to admit I own), to try to find the worst one. I couldn't do it. It's the whole show. Every stinking word.

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anyone notice how many times Stephen Schwartz comes up in this thread? Pippin, Godspell, Wicked, any Children of Eden? hmmm, what does this say about the man - well i know it serves to further support a mindset i have about him.

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don't know if anyone has said this one yet....

"we'll fight our way through life
we'll disagree the best we can..."
(Little Women)

when i heard that lyric i knew that Louisa May Alcott was rolling over in her grave. it made me want to throw up. seriously.... did the lyricist read the book?