Mame? When Mable Comes In the Room? Poor Jud? Come on! Somebody Older I'll agree with. It's a pathetic piece of writing by Kander and Ebb I could barely sit through at the theatre. But what sort of bugs me about this thread is one post...
"worst title has gotta be "Jerry Likes My Corn." (GG) (didn't like the song either...)"
It's an odd title, but it's certainly a touching moment. Sad that you didn't like it.
I concur with dollypop Little Lamb the worst song ever written in broadway history.
<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
Without a doubt, "Murder Murder." It's annoying, it's repetitive, and it's incredibly top-heavy. There are a few nice harmonies, but as a song altogether...
Jekyll and Hyde has got one of my favorite songs (Dangerous Game) and my least favorite song, all within the same act.
I'm not the biggest fan of "Stiff Upper Lip" from Crazy for You. The staging we did- Les Mis barricades, complete with flag-really helped improve it, but I'm not sure if that's standard for all productions.
Cosette: Roses are red.
Marius: Violets are blue.
Eponine: You're so in love!
Marius: And so not with you.
I love how the Wicked fans dis "Sentimental Man" and it's like one of the only songs in the show that even tries to develop a character further by giving us a little more information about what's going on inside him. Okay, maybe that's giving Schwartzy a little too much credit, but still...
"Little Lamb" may not be the greatest song of all time (I think it's a perfectly fine song), but do none of it's haters realize how important a part of the show it is?
It's the one non-brassy song in the show (besides getting us into the head of the person in the show who didn't want to be in show business, kinda reminding us that the show is called "Gypsy" and not "Rose"). Without it, "Gypsy" would seem like a really pushy score. I believe that Julie Styne, who knew about theater scores, fought Jerry Robbins to keep that song in the show.
And though it's easy to say all of "Jekyl & Hyde" as being the worst Broadway song ever (because it is), I would have to say that my three nominees for worst song would be "Child's Play" or "Children's Play" from "Blood Brothers" or "Chop Suey" from "Flower Drum Song" or "I Am Sixteen Going On Seventeen" from "Sound of Music".
"A coherent existance after so many years of muddle" - Desiree' Armfelt, A Little Night Music
"Life keeps happening everyday, Say Yes" - 70, Girls, 70
"Life is what you do while you're waiting to die" - Zorba
"It's the one non-brassy song in the show (besides getting us into the head of the person in the show who didn't want to be in show business, kinda reminding us that the show is called "Gypsy" and not "Rose"). Without it, "Gypsy" would seem like a really pushy score. I believe that Julie Styne, who knew about theater scores, fought Jerry Robbins to keep that song in the show."
More importantly, I think, it starts to shift the audience's focus onto Louise, and it also shows the emotional/psychological toll Rose's actions are having on her children (especially Louise, who is the more neglected child). And with the right actress, it can break your heart. At least, in my opinion. It's not my favorite song in the world, but I don't get why it's so hated. Maybe there's a better way to make the point the song does, but I don't think it's so terrible the way it is, and definitely not the worst Broadway song ever.
And to keep the vitriol going: someone said it earlier in the thread, but I really, really hate both versions of "I Slept With Someone..." from High Fidelity.
"Something Bad" - Wicked "Little Lamb" - Gypsy "Far From The Home I Love" - Fiddler on the Roof "Send in the Clowns" - A Little Night Music "Love From A Heart of Gold" - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying "I, Huckleberry, Me" and "Hand For the Hog" - Big River "A Friend To Me" - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Song added for the Ann-Margret tour) "I Should Tell You" - RENT "Freddy, My Love", "Since I Don't Have You", and "It's Raining on Prom Night" - Grease "I Know Where I've Been" - Hairspray "I Cannot Hear the City" and "Don't Know Where You Leave Off" - Sweet Smell of Success "Tender Shepherd" - Peter Pan "You Should See Yourself", "Too Many Tomorrows", and "I'm a Brass Band" - Sweet Charity "We'd Like to Thank You Herbert Hoover" and "Something Was Missing" - Annie
I already had a list. lol.
RE: 1776
The show has many mermorable songs and it's fantastic. It shouldn't be mentioned on here.
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
i don't like that show...and that song grrrr. the orginal bway cast its just bad. she doesn't even sound like she's crying when she 'acts' in near the end...and he didn't even sing! at least when i saw it a few weeks ago the guy sang.
Sondheimboy2, think the song is called Child's Game. And yes, it's just plain annoying. I have the 1988 London Recording of Blood Brothers, and I skip that song every time. I don't listen to the album that often, but when I do...
The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."