Worst song ever written for a musical- Page 3

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/29/16 at 9:33pm

"Sullivan's Got a Job" from MOLLY.

Actually the whole score from MOLLY.

[gypsy101]

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.

Updated On: 10/20/17 at 10:00 PM

[WhizzerMarvin]

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. 

[Ranger Tom]

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]

Posted: 5/29/16 at 10:50pm

The entire score of Passion

[Sondheim_Disney1595]

Posted: 5/29/16 at 11:17pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh2ptuVGM-Y

 

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/29/16 at 11:40pm

Has anyone mentioned "Something Bad" yet?

[Elfuhbuh]

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.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 5/29/16 at 11:52pm

After Eight said: "No Place Like London

 

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I guess that line about "people who are filled with $hit" hits too close to home, eh?

[GavestonPS]

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.

[broadwayfreak4]

Posted: 5/30/16 at 12:12am

"The Most Amazing Thing" from Little Women.

[VintageSnarker]

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.

[CATSNYrevival]

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. 

[backwoodsbarbie]

Posted: 5/30/16 at 12:45am

Shipoopie 

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 5/30/16 at 1:00am

RW3 said: "The entire score of Passion

 

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Suuuure.  It won a Tony because it was just so awful.

 

Updated On: 5/30/16 at 01:00 AM

[vfd88]

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.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

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.

[hork]

Posted: 5/30/16 at 2:58am

icecreambenjamin said: "RW3 said: "The entire score of Passion

 

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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.

Updated On: 5/30/16 at 02:58 AM

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 5/30/16 at 3:16am

Say what you want about the odd story, but the score to Passion is still beautiful.

[binau]

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. 

[devonian.t]

Posted: 5/30/16 at 6:33am

Masculinity or Cocktail Counterpoint.  Both bring down an otherwise serviceable if formulaic score.

[WhizzerMarvin]

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.  

[After Eight]

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!

 

 

Updated On: 5/30/16 at 08:08 AM

[devonian.t]

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]

Posted: 5/30/16 at 8:28am

^^^

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. 

 

Oops, there goes my morning coffee!