Worst song ever written for a musical — Page 2

Can Sondheim please write a song to replace "Little Lamb?"  It brings the whole Gypsy score down from a 5/5 to a 4/5 for me.  It really hurts the show.

"Donkey Pot Pie" from Shrek is still an abomination.

I think Ordinary Days has a terrible score.  It thinks that it's the cleverest show ever written, but it's just horrible.  Honestly, the dullest music and lyrics ever written for the theatre.

"My Nose Ain't Broken" seriously is the worst musical theatre song ever written and the scene before it is the worst scene that I've ever seen in a musical.  HE SINGS THE SONG TO HIS TURTLES FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! 

I never knew people hated "Little Lamb"! I always found it... inoffensive. And always liked, "I wonder how old I am."

E. riley I wonder if we saw the same community BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE haha.

I had forgotten about "Broads Ain't People," that actually may be my true pick.

This thread is a fun read merely for people's responses and thoughts! Funny enough I actually LIKE half of them, Over the Moon from Rent is actually my favorite song from it!  I know I'm crazy, but it was the first song I ever heard from it, so there's some bias there.

A Winter's Ball from "Hamilton" - talk about filler.

Also far from the worst transition song, if we were gonna choose that I'd go for Schuyler Defeated although I'm mostly just mad because the workshop version was so much better.

Gonna choose some from musicals I like:

Rent - Over the Moon

Next to Normal - It's Gonna Be Good

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - The Private and Intimate Life of the House

 

Updated On: 5/29/16 at 07:46 PM

CindersGolightly said: "I'm aware. It's a waste of 1:10, and the worst song Lin has ever written, in my opinion. I don't think it sets up the scene well, honestly. It's such an out of character moment for Alex and Aaron, and they even place a false fact in there, followed by 'that's true' which makes, truly, no sense. This is just my opinion though!!"

I would hardly say out of character, they were both known to be very successful with women and enjoyed the attention. Lin has explained the 'that's true' as Hamilton would want people to think that it is true even if it wasn't as it is a compliment to his success with women.

Updated On: 5/29/16 at 07:51 PM

Well even Ron Chernow made mistakes in his Hamilton biography. It is not exactly easy to write something 100% historically accurate about a person that lived 200 years ago, especially when there's conflicting sources, but yes anyway.

Updated On: 5/29/16 at 08:09 PM

gypsy101 said: "also obviously the worst song Lin-Manuel Miranda has written is Inutil.

 

" YOU MUST BE JOKING.

 

gypsy101 said: "nope, I'm not. it's either that or Cross the Line from Bring it On.

 

" Inutil is one of my favorite songs from In The Heights. I don't know Bring It On, but I've heard it isn't nearly as good as ITH or Hamilton.

On another note, I feel the song "In Summer" from Frozen is terrible. I also can't stand "You're Timeless to Me" from Hairspray.

 

It's hard to pick from so many. Might be easier for me to pick from categories or genres. Just thought of "The Lady's Paying" from Sunset Boulevard as the most awkward-to-sit-through-because-it's-so-bad comedic "showstopper."

Well, there was this:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D49pGKyt4I

"Sullivan's Got a Job" from MOLLY.

Actually the whole score from MOLLY.