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Worst song ever written for a musical
Worst song ever written for a musical#125
Posted: 6/1/16 at 7:46pm
AfterEight, the reason I think "An Ordinary Couple" has a silly premise is that he's filthy rich. That's not very ordinary. However, it's not as bad as if Donald Trump were to sing it to Melania. 
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Worst song ever written for a musical#126
Posted: 6/1/16 at 10:08pm
AEA AGMA SM said: "I hate both "Another Pyramid" and "Like Father, Like Son" from Aida. On the rare occasion that I do listen to that score the whole way through they both get skipped."
I was going to mention Another Pyramid but it slipped my mind! I like Aida but Elton can sure write some clunkers despite all his talent (Tim Rice as well).
Worst song ever written for a musical#127
Posted: 6/1/16 at 10:53pm
I wouldn't call them 'the worst songs ever written' because I'd have to do an extensive research and relisten to every single song I dislike/hate, but after watching a regional production of 9 to 5 I remembered how terrible Here For You and Let Love Grow are.
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Worst song ever written for a musical#128
Posted: 6/2/16 at 7:23am
Oh my, I seem to be on the flip side of many things on this thread. Morning Report is one of favorite songs (in The Lion King, not overall, oh gosh no [the best song in The Lion King is worse than the worst Sondheim]) and I am quite sad they cut it.
Worst song ever written for a musical#129
Posted: 6/2/16 at 10:11am
"Get in the Game" from Allegiance. I saw the show three times and cringed whenever that song was performed.
Worst song ever written for a musical#130
Posted: 6/2/16 at 7:24pm
Angel of Music
from Phantom of the Opera
But since I was hurt once when someone said they hated "Do What You Gotta Do" by Nina Simone-a song I thought she sang with such emotion and sensitivity, I have to say I respect others who find the song Angel of Music beautiful.
Worst song ever written for a musical#131
Posted: 6/3/16 at 1:40pm
Surprised to see so much hate for "The Private And Intimate Life of the House" I actually love that song. Sure it's no "Some Enchanted Evening" but its appropriate and I enjoy listening to it.
Worst song ever written for a musical#132
Posted: 6/3/16 at 2:04pm
I like Little Lamb, but I like it best when the actress is clearly a little older than fourteen. The ambiguity of how old these kids really are, and how long Rose has been keeping them deluded, borders on horror in a way that reminds me of the all-too-classy themes horror and thriller films used to have in the seventies and eighties (like the ones our own BK recorded on his album of classic horror themes).
After Eight, we've agreed sometimes and locked horns sometimes, but today you remind me of the book I'm reading right now, "The Secret History," by Donna Tartt. In the novel, a small enclave of college students operates willfully in the past, living, speaking, dressing and thinking as if it were 1926 instead of 2016.
Worst song ever written for a musical#133
Posted: 6/3/16 at 3:16pm
I can't say I think any song from Gypsy deserves the mantle of "Worst EVER."
I mean, are we all forgetting that truly terrible Western production number from the second act of Big Fish?
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Worst song ever written for a musical#134
Posted: 6/3/16 at 5:53pm
Yeah a lot of these songs amount to disappointing. For worst ever, you gotta look at the truly inept, which is what I call Andrew Lippa's body of work.
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Worst song ever written for a musical#135
Posted: 6/3/16 at 11:49pm
"In the novel, a small enclave of college students operates willfully in the past, living, speaking, dressing and thinking as if it were 1926 instead of 2016."
Maybe they also wish for the musicals of 1926 instead of those of 2016. I know I do.
As for the subject of this thread, you can add No Life to the list.
Worst song ever written for a musical#137
Posted: 6/4/16 at 1:43am
After Eight said: "Maybe they also wish for the musicals of 1926 instead of those of 2016. I know I do. As for the subject of this thread, you can add No Life to the list."
did you mean No Lies from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas?
Worst song ever written for a musical#138
Posted: 6/4/16 at 1:53am
darquegk said:
After Eight, we've agreed sometimes and locked horns sometimes, but today you remind me of the book I'm reading right now, "The Secret History," by Donna Tartt. In the novel, a small enclave of college students operates willfully in the past, living, speaking, dressing and thinking as if it were 1926 instead of 2016.
Apropos of nothing, that's one of my favorite books, and one of the few I've read more than once.
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Worst song ever written for a musical#139
Posted: 6/4/16 at 7:55am
"did you mean No Lies from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas?"
No. I meant No Life from Dun Day in No Spark With Bore.
Worst song ever written for a musical#140
Posted: 6/4/16 at 1:12pm
Mr. Nowack said: "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.
I just saw this post. Was it in CT Mr. Nowack ?? It is the worst ! I second the nomination of "Broads Ain't People."
It would have been unendurable had I not superimposed (mentally) some of the cast I was seeing with Parker Posey and Catharine O'hara's faces (ala Waiting for Guffman) . This got me through it.
My daughter is 16 and turned to me at the point where all the sad young whore's ( her young friend was playing one in the show : / ) had to leave 'cuz the brothel was closing and all. She said " Oh Mom ...the poor girls don't get to be sex slaves anymore!!"
ps- my problem isn't the subject. It was simply the worst written piece of crap of ever seen and that includes Middle School productions written by the kids.
Worst song ever written for a musical#141
Posted: 6/4/16 at 3:49pm
Ahhh no mine was in PA.
The book is terribly written, with so much useless nonsense in terms of characters and scenes, but I actually really enjoyed mine.
Question, did yours end with "Bus from Amarillo?" It was a jarring and terrible endcap on the evening.
Worst song ever written for a musical#142
Posted: 6/4/16 at 4:23pm
I don't remember the name if the last song but it was the Madam with a heart of gold and big hair roaming around but belting something about goin' on ? ? Sad but strong ? I think it had the words tomorrow in it but honestly I was half asleep. I remember being shocked that the end was an end. Not in a theatrical good way but in a "that's the end?" abrupt "this is strange "way. The sad whores were roaming around with suitcases.
It didn't help that we had gone in to the city the night before and were mesmerized and transported by American Psycho. Which (critics and Tony's be damned) was amazing.
Worst song ever written for a musical#143
Posted: 6/4/16 at 4:38pm
Yup that sounds like Amarillo. I'm jealous you saw AP no wonder Whorehouse seemed tepid in comparison!
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Worst song ever written for a musical#144
Posted: 6/4/16 at 4:52pm
Because the title doesn't exclusively mention Broadway shows, I'd like to nominate the entire score of Pioneer Drama's The Little Mermaid.
Also, "The Glory" from the Donmar Warehouse production of Parade.
Worst song ever written for a musical#145
Posted: 6/4/16 at 6:11pm
Henry Street from Funny Girl is a clunker.
Worst song ever written for a musical#146
Posted: 6/4/16 at 6:14pm
Kad said: "I can't say I think any song from Gypsy deserves the mantle of "Worst EVER."
I mean, are we all forgetting that truly terrible Western production number from the second act of Big Fish?
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I actually worked on that show, and was completely shocked to see the number make it. So embarrassing, it was almost surreal.
Worst song ever written for a musical#147
Posted: 6/4/16 at 7:24pm
darquegk said: "I like Little Lamb, but I like it best when the actress is clearly a little older than fourteen. The ambiguity of how old these kids really are, and how long Rose has been keeping them deluded, borders on horror in a way that reminds me of the all-too-classy themes horror and thriller films"
This is exactly why I like Little Lamb. It's a pretty boring song until its tragic ending, when you realize that Rose is depriving her kids of so much. That said, I've seen the song directed the wrong way so many times (completely ignoring its darkness) and that's likely a big reason for its awful reputation.
Worst song ever written for a musical#148
Posted: 6/4/16 at 7:40pm
RW3 said: "The entire score of Passion"
Well, your profile picture says it all. Just because it's not full of cheesy, belting pop numbers.
Worst song ever written for a musical#149
Posted: 6/4/16 at 10:36pm
"Not Today" From the Addams Family Musical. Had to cut it from the production I was in because no one could stand it.
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