Worst song ever written for a musical- Page 3
Worst song ever written for a musical
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Worst song ever written for a musical#50
Posted: 5/29/16 at 9:33pm
"Sullivan's Got a Job" from MOLLY.
Actually the whole score from MOLLY.
Worst song ever written for a musical#51
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.
Worst song ever written for a musical#52
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.
Worst song ever written for a musical#53
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...
Worst song ever written for a musical#56
Posted: 5/29/16 at 11:40pmHas anyone mentioned "Something Bad" yet?
Worst song ever written for a musical#57
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.
Worst song ever written for a musical#58
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?
Worst song ever written for a musical#59
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.
Worst song ever written for a musical#60
Posted: 5/30/16 at 12:12am
"The Most Amazing Thing" from Little Women.
Worst song ever written for a musical#61
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.
Worst song ever written for a musical#62
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.
Worst song ever written for a musical#63
Posted: 5/30/16 at 12:45am
Shipoopie
Worst song ever written for a musical#64
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.
Worst song ever written for a musical#65
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.
Worst song ever written for a musical#66
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.
Worst song ever written for a musical#67
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.
Worst song ever written for a musical#68
Posted: 5/30/16 at 3:16am
Say what you want about the odd story, but the score to Passion is still beautiful.
Worst song ever written for a musical#69
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.
Worst song ever written for a musical#70
Posted: 5/30/16 at 6:33am
Masculinity or Cocktail Counterpoint. Both bring down an otherwise serviceable if formulaic score.
Worst song ever written for a musical#71
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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
Worst song ever written for a musical#72
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!
Worst song ever written for a musical#73
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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
Worst song ever written for a musical#74
Posted: 5/30/16 at 8:28am
^^^
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Oops, there goes my morning coffee!
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