Worst song ever written for a musical- Page 3
Worst song ever written for a musical
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#50Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/29/16 at 9:33pm
"Sullivan's Got a Job" from MOLLY.
Actually the whole score from MOLLY.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#51Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/29/16 at 10:00pm
Borstalboy said: "Well, there was this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D49pGKyt4I"
ew. Also, the title song from Carrie. hell, most of Carrie.
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
Updated On: 10/20/17 at 10:00 PM
#52Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/29/16 at 10:16pm
"The Lady's Paying" is campy and cracks me up. "You know what you can do with your vicuna!"
Patti really gives it her all on the London recording too: I'm sick to death of that same old filling station shirt/and that boring, baggy jacket stained with yesterday's dessert!...alright, Norma, I give in/ of course you do/ and when they've dressed you you'll cause a sensation!
Starlight Express has some clunkers. Freight is great. Freight is great. We carry weight. For we are freight. And freight is great.
I do genuinely love One Rock and Roll Too Many, Light at the End of the Tunnel and that glorious mega mix though.
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
Ranger Tom
Leading Actor Joined: 7/6/14
#53Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/29/16 at 10:46pm
I know I'm projecting into the future but I hate it that much, it's as if it's already here: Love is An Open Door from Frozen. I hate it so...
RW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
Sondheim_Disney1595
Understudy Joined: 1/18/15
#56Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/29/16 at 11:40pmHas anyone mentioned "Something Bad" yet?
#57Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/29/16 at 11:43pm
CATSNYrevival said: "Has anyone mentioned "Something Bad" yet?"
Seconded. That's one I definitely see them cutting entirely whenever the movie actually happens.
"Was uns befreit, das muss stärker sein als wir es sind." -Tanz der Vampire
#58Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/29/16 at 11:52pm
After Eight said: "No Place Like London
"
I guess that line about "people who are filled with $hit" hits too close to home, eh?
#59Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/29/16 at 11:55pm
To me it's a tie between "With One Look" and "As If We Never Said Goodbye", the lyrics for which I believe were written by a teenage girl. They certainly sound as if they were.
As for the music, I'm not convinced they are different songs.
#60Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/30/16 at 12:12am
"The Most Amazing Thing" from Little Women.
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#61Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/30/16 at 12:22am
" I never knew people hated "Little Lamb"! I always found it... inoffensive. And always liked, "I wonder how old I am." "
I think the first time I encountered someone saying they disliked it was a Seth Rudetsky video. I've always found it sweet and a nice moment for Louise pre-Gypsy Rose Lee.
#62Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/30/16 at 12:31am
I'm not a huge fan of Little Lamb but there is nothing wrong with that song when Laura Benanti sings it.
#63Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/30/16 at 12:45am
Shipoopie
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#64Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/30/16 at 1:00am
RW3 said: "The entire score of Passion
"
Suuuure. It won a Tony because it was just so awful.
#65Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/30/16 at 1:58am
WhizzerMarvin said: ""The Lady's Paying" is campy and cracks me up. "You know what you can do with your vicuna!"
Patti really gives it her all on the London recording too: I'm sick to death of that same old filling station shirt/and that boring, baggy jacket stained with yesterday's dessert!...alright, Norma, I give in/ of course you do/ and when they've dressed you you'll cause a sensation!"
You missed the best line! "I love flannel on a man", or as Patti sings it "I love flaaaaa-na-na-na-maaaaa". God, I love her.
#66Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/30/16 at 2:04am
"The Lady's Paying" is camp perfection!
Also, besides the obvious choice of the entire score of "Tarzan," I want to point out how exceptionally bad Kerchak's solo in Act One is.
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
#67Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/30/16 at 2:58am
icecreambenjamin said: "RW3 said: "The entire score of Passion
"
Suuuure. It won a Tony because it was just so awful.
Just like Hitler was elected Chancellor because he was just so awful, amirite?
But seriously, Passion really is the worst thing ever.
#68Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/30/16 at 3:16am
Say what you want about the odd story, but the score to Passion is still beautiful.
#69Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/30/16 at 3:32am
Very surprised to see "And if I Never Said Goodbye", "Little Lamb" and the entire score of Passion in this thread. I can understand the criticisms but "worst song ever" is pretty extreme, haha.
I can understand why people might not enjoy Passion as a whole, but surely even its detractors can appreciate "Loving You"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOBodAd75W8
God Donna Murphy's acting is remarkable.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#70Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/30/16 at 6:33am
Masculinity or Cocktail Counterpoint. Both bring down an otherwise serviceable if formulaic score.
#71Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/30/16 at 8:05am
Ah, yes! Oh could I forget "I love flannel on a man," which I believe is followed with "it will complement his tan."
If Joe is out in California getting a tan by the pool, why is Norma dressing him up in flannel?!?!
I adore Passion. I think it's one of not just Sondheim's best, but the genre's best scores. For those not liking it, have you only ever heard it on disc or have you seen it in performance too? Doyle's production at CSC a few years ago is what really put me over the moon about it, so seeing it live really made me appreciate how effective it is.
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#72Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/30/16 at 8:08am
"Masculinity or Cocktail Counterpoint"
Ha, ha, ha. What a baby you are. Wholly to be expected.
RW3 said: "The entire score of Passion."
RW3, I feel your pain. Or rather, I felt it when I heard it in the theatre, since I haven't listened to it since. Like the expression says, once burned, twice shy. But you know what, I feel it still!
#73Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/30/16 at 8:26am
Add me to the list of those who love Passion- the last 15 minutes are some of the most rhapsodic and beautiful in all musical theatre- in the same way Sondheim channels such spiritual beauty at the end of Act 1 in Sunday in the Park.
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#74Worst song ever written for a musical
Posted: 5/30/16 at 8:28am
^^^
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Oops, there goes my morning coffee!
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