Worst song ever written for a musical- Page 9

[leighmiserables]

Posted: 1/6/18 at 11:41am

CallMeAl2 said: "There are some stinkers mentioned here. But for me nothing reaches the depths of "Turkey Lurkey Time" from Promises, Promises. Great dance number - truly awful lyric. Props to Michael Bennett for taking this crap and creating a show stopper."

Seconded. This song has the ability to ruin my mood like no other. 

When I saw Dear Evan Hansen "To Break in a Glove" was a real "wtf is this" moment for me. I don't think it's a terrible song, but just useless to the show and extraordinarily cheesy/boring. 

[hork]

Posted: 1/6/18 at 11:49am

The title song from Merrily We Roll Along. Or maybe the title song from Into the Woods. 

[morosco]

Posted: 1/6/18 at 12:24pm

I tend to think that Turkey Lurkey Time has intentionally amateurish lyrics because it is a number that has supposedly been created by the office girls to present at the company office party.

Updated On: 1/6/18 at 12:24 PM

[CT2NYC]

Posted: 1/6/18 at 12:49pm

leighmiserables said:

"When I sawDear Evan Hansen"To Break in a Glove" was a real "wtf is this" moment for me. I don't think it's a terrible song, but just useless to the show and extraordinarily cheesy/boring."

I think it's pretty important to the show, as it shows the progression of Larry's relationship with Evan.

 

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In the first act, Larry is pretty cold and skeptical of the whole Evan situation, but, after "You Will Be Found," everything changes.  Larry treats Evan like the son he didn't have, and Evan sees him as a father figure. Soon after, Cynthia and Larry offer Connor's college fund to Evan. I think "To Break in a Glove" helps the audience get to that point. Also, I see the lyrics as a metaphor for and an allusion to Evan's eventual confession: "You do the hard thing, 'cause that's the right thing."

 

Updated On: 1/6/18 at 12:49 PM

[asimplegal2]

Posted: 1/6/18 at 1:23pm

Dead Gay Son from Heathers. Ugh.

[jessepp]

Posted: 1/6/18 at 1:38pm

"If I were a Man" (Wildhorn addition to Victor/Victoria).  

[darquegk]

Posted: 1/6/18 at 2:08pm

The objective answer is "What Would I Do Without You" from "Magic Tree House: The Musical." It doesn't get much worse than an uninetntionally romantic duet between brother and sister. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTT8Q0vkGVo

[greenifyme2]

Posted: 1/6/18 at 2:24pm

CT2NYC said: "leighmiserables said:

"When I sawDear Evan Hansen"To Break in a Glove" was a real "wtf is this" moment for me. I don't think it's a terrible song, but just useless to the show and extraordinarily cheesy/boring."

I think it'spretty important to the show, as it shows the progression of Larry's relationship with Evan.

 

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In the firstact, Larry is pretty cold and skeptical of the whole Evan situation, but, after "You Will Be Found," everything changes. Larry treats Evan like the son he didn't have, and Evan sees him as a father figure. Soon after, Cynthia and Larry offer Connor's college fund to Evan. I think "To Break in a Glove" helps the audience get to that point. Also, I see the lyrics as a metaphor for and an allusion to Evan's eventual confession: "You do thehard thing, 'cause that's the right thing."

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While I agree the song has a point, I also think it is a terrible song. 

[hork]

Posted: 1/6/18 at 2:26pm

darquegk said: "The objective answer is "What Would I Do Without You" from "Magic Tree House: The Musical." It doesn't get much worse than an uninetntionally romantic duet between brother and sister.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTT8Q0vkGVo"

Okay, yeah, I want to change my answer to this.

[leighmiserables]

Posted: 1/6/18 at 2:31pm

darquegk said: "The objective answer is "What Would I Do Without You" from "Magic Tree House: The Musical." It doesn't get much worse than an uninetntionally romantic duet between brother and sister.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTT8Q0vkGVo"

Oh...oh no. 

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 1/6/18 at 2:34pm

Whoever long ago in this thread mentioned "Masculinity" and "Cocktail Counterpoint" from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, gets my dual vote as well. And when the show first tried out in Boston, those two weren't even the worst songs in the show! That honor belonged to a song Monsieur Dindon sang in his boardroom to his board of directors that introduced the character to the audience-- basically an unbroken string of derogatory words about minorities ("The wop, and the spic and the kyke...etc." It was by far the worst song Jerry Herman ever wrote in  his long career-- and the tryout audience obviously agreed since both the song and the entire boardroom set were cut by the second week of the Boston run.

[darquegk]

Posted: 1/6/18 at 9:14pm

“Well... I guess we better go save Camelot.”

“...Yeah.”

[starcatchers]

Posted: 1/6/18 at 9:33pm

Soaring29 said: "History Of Wrong Guys- Like how? Why? It's an incredibly terrible song, a guilty pleasure, true, but still pretty terrible. Am the only one who is really not crazy about Annaleigh Ashford?"

Full disclosure: I like this better than 95% of the score. 

"Dead Man's Boots" from The Last Ship is high up there for me. Also, "Everybody Say Yeah" from Kinky Boots. I would also definitely agree with "A Man's Gotta Do," from Bright Star (and I actually loved the show). 

Updated On: 1/6/18 at 09:33 PM

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 1/7/18 at 2:07am

“And Old-Fashioned Love Story” from Lippa’s Wild Party is the first thing that comes to mind for me. Lippa’s clearly thought he was being clever and hilarious. Not even close.