#1
Posted: 12/10/03 at 11:29am
Has there been any lyric from any musical that has always stayed with you, or touched you or that you just seem to find amazing in any kind of way? If so, which one(s)?
Your Favourite Lyrics From Musicals
#2
Posted: 12/10/03 at 11:34am
The ENTIRE score of tick..tick...BOOM!!
LOL
really, tho, one of my favorites recently is from HAIRSPRAY, a show that I didnt care for all that much (flame away), but the lyric has me laughing every time I hear it.....
I'LL EAT SOME BREAKFAST THEN CHANGE THE WORLD.
So optimistic & sincere & deluded--i love it!!!
LOL
really, tho, one of my favorites recently is from HAIRSPRAY, a show that I didnt care for all that much (flame away), but the lyric has me laughing every time I hear it.....
I'LL EAT SOME BREAKFAST THEN CHANGE THE WORLD.
So optimistic & sincere & deluded--i love it!!!
"I'll eat some breakfast then change the world."
"I hate you, and I hate your ass face!"
#3
Posted: 12/10/03 at 12:48pm
One song in Company that I have always loved because of the lyrics is "Sorry, Grateful". The entire song captures the feeling of ambivilence in a relationship but, there is one line in particular that strikes me and I have always loved
"You fear she's starting to slip away and scared she'll stay".
"You fear she's starting to slip away and scared she'll stay".
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#4
Posted: 12/10/03 at 1:31pm
"On My Own" has always been my favorite song--the lyrics are just gorgeous. And lately "Unusual Way" has really touched me. But the lyrics that have probably made the biggest impression on my are from RENT. "Look I find some of what you teach suspect because I'm used to relying on intellect, but I try to open up to what I don't know. Because reason says I should've died three years ago." Don't know why, but it stuck with me.
"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
#5
Posted: 12/10/03 at 2:21pm
I've also always loved Unexpected Song and thought the lyrics to it were beautiful, even though a bit sappy and corny. I especially love the line "this is not like me at all, for once I'm lost for words, your smile has really thrown me". I really identify with taht line.
I want to have this song be the one I first dance to at my wedding.
I want to have this song be the one I first dance to at my wedding.
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#6
Posted: 12/10/03 at 2:22pm
"It's your father's fault that the curse got placed and the place got cursed in the first place." - Into The Woods
I'm as jumpy as a virgin at a prison rodeo!
#7
Posted: 12/10/03 at 3:50pm
Another Sondheim gem:
"There's a hole in the world like a great black pit, and it's filled with people who are filled with ****."
— "Sweeney Todd"
"There's a hole in the world like a great black pit, and it's filled with people who are filled with ****."
— "Sweeney Todd"
#8
Posted: 12/10/03 at 4:02pm
"To Love Another Person is to see the Face of God." - Les Miz
#9
Posted: 12/10/03 at 4:46pm
LOVE WITHOUT REASON
LOVE WITHOUT MERCY
LOVE WITHOUT PRIDE OR SHAME
LOVE UNCONCERNED WITH BEING RETURNED
NO WISDOM, NO JUDGMENT,
NO CAUTION, NO BLAME
............
NOT PRETTY OR SAFE OR EASY,
BUT MORE THAN I EVER KNEW
LOVE WITHIN REASON -
THAT ISN'T LOVE
(Stephen Sondheim, "Passion")
Other than that almost anything by Sondheim or William Finn - both of whom write lyrics at a level mere mortals can only dream of.
LOVE WITHOUT MERCY
LOVE WITHOUT PRIDE OR SHAME
LOVE UNCONCERNED WITH BEING RETURNED
NO WISDOM, NO JUDGMENT,
NO CAUTION, NO BLAME
............
NOT PRETTY OR SAFE OR EASY,
BUT MORE THAN I EVER KNEW
LOVE WITHIN REASON -
THAT ISN'T LOVE
(Stephen Sondheim, "Passion")
Other than that almost anything by Sondheim or William Finn - both of whom write lyrics at a level mere mortals can only dream of.
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#10
Posted: 12/10/03 at 4:48pm
Sondheim Sondheim and more Sondheim...
"She likes to moo in the moonlight,
When the moody moon appears
And when she moos in the moonlight,
Gosh, it's moosic to my ears.
She's so moosical."
"She likes to moo in the moonlight,
When the moody moon appears
And when she moos in the moonlight,
Gosh, it's moosic to my ears.
She's so moosical."
#11
Posted: 12/10/03 at 6:56pm
How about:
"And then in bed, George.
I mean he kneeds me.
I mean like dough, George.
Hello, George...?"
"And then in bed, George.
I mean he kneeds me.
I mean like dough, George.
Hello, George...?"
I'm as jumpy as a virgin at a prison rodeo!
#12
Posted: 12/10/03 at 7:06pm
another sondheim: "Pardon me is everybody here, because if everybody's here I want to thank you all for coming to the wedding, I'd appreciate you going even more...."
From Company
That song is so funny to me and it can occupy my brain completely. At my Uncle's funeral many years ago, the only way I could keep myself from completely losing it was to utter those lyrics over and over again.
From Company
That song is so funny to me and it can occupy my brain completely. At my Uncle's funeral many years ago, the only way I could keep myself from completely losing it was to utter those lyrics over and over again.
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#13
Posted: 12/10/03 at 7:13pm
"princes wait there in the world its true. princes, yes but wolves and humans too, stay with me..."
soooooo good so true and for some reason that lyric always sticks with me.
soooooo good so true and for some reason that lyric always sticks with me.
""the gays love their presents. just wave something shiny in front of their faces, you can get whatever you want. Thats how we got manhattan from the gay indians" -Karen (W&G)"
#14
Posted: 12/10/03 at 7:30pm
Well. i have a lot... i.e. the lyrics in my profile... but in addition to those:
*Thats what everyone does, blames the way it is on the way it was. On the way it never ever was.* -- Merrily We Roll ALong
ALL of the song, OUR TIME.
and lots more.. but, those are some of my fave.
*Thats what everyone does, blames the way it is on the way it was. On the way it never ever was.* -- Merrily We Roll ALong
ALL of the song, OUR TIME.
and lots more.. but, those are some of my fave.
Il n' y a pas d'amour heureux.
#15
Posted: 12/10/03 at 7:33pm
I have to say I loved some of the lyrics in Wicked. Ones especially from I'm Not That Girl, Defying Gravity, and For Good. Lyric wise I also love Not For the Life of Me (Millie), Unexpected Song (Song and Dance), One Day More (Les Miz) among others!
*Don't dream too far, don't lose sight of who you are*
#16
Posted: 12/10/03 at 8:56pm
LOVE THE MIDGET
THE STRIPPER
WAYNE THE SNAKE
-The Last 5 Years
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
SQUEEZE YOUR LITTLE FINGER
EASE YOUR LITTLE FINGER BACK
YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
WHATEVER ELSE IS TRUE
YOU TRUST YOUR LITTLE FINGER
JUST A SINGLE LITTLE FINGER CAN
CHANGE THE WORLD
-Assassins
THE STRIPPER
WAYNE THE SNAKE
-The Last 5 Years
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
SQUEEZE YOUR LITTLE FINGER
EASE YOUR LITTLE FINGER BACK
YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
WHATEVER ELSE IS TRUE
YOU TRUST YOUR LITTLE FINGER
JUST A SINGLE LITTLE FINGER CAN
CHANGE THE WORLD
-Assassins
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
#17
Posted: 12/11/03 at 1:48pm
City of Angels:
No, I'ver never seen her.
I've seen girls like this
So young and ripe
You're missing Miss is not the type
To miss a misdemeanor.
Into the Woods:
Although how can you know who you are
'Till you know what you want
(Which you don't)
So then which do you pick?
Where you're safe out of sight
In yourself, but where everything's wrong.
Or where everything's right
But you know that you'll never belong.
And whichever you pick
Do it quick
'Cause you're starting to stick to the steps of the palace
No, I'ver never seen her.
I've seen girls like this
So young and ripe
You're missing Miss is not the type
To miss a misdemeanor.
Into the Woods:
Although how can you know who you are
'Till you know what you want
(Which you don't)
So then which do you pick?
Where you're safe out of sight
In yourself, but where everything's wrong.
Or where everything's right
But you know that you'll never belong.
And whichever you pick
Do it quick
'Cause you're starting to stick to the steps of the palace
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#18
"...When did your sparkle turn to fire
And your warmth become desire?
Oh, what miracle has made you the way you are?"
---GIGI from Gigi (Lerner/Loewe)
"...She'll grow older
By the hour
And be hopelessly shattered
By Saturday night."
---A WEEKEND IN THE COUNTRY from A Little Night Music
(Sondheim)
"...It happens very softly
With no apparent cause
The little imperfections
No longer give you pause.
The traits you thought peculiar
You managed to acquire
And what you didn't understand
You gradually desire..."
---IT HAPPENS VERY SOFTLY from Nefertiti (Spangler/Gore)
Posted: 12/11/03 at 2:22pm
"...When did your sparkle turn to fire
And your warmth become desire?
Oh, what miracle has made you the way you are?"
---GIGI from Gigi (Lerner/Loewe)
"...She'll grow older
By the hour
And be hopelessly shattered
By Saturday night."
---A WEEKEND IN THE COUNTRY from A Little Night Music
(Sondheim)
"...It happens very softly
With no apparent cause
The little imperfections
No longer give you pause.
The traits you thought peculiar
You managed to acquire
And what you didn't understand
You gradually desire..."
---IT HAPPENS VERY SOFTLY from Nefertiti (Spangler/Gore)
#19
Posted: 12/11/03 at 2:43pm
"freight is great" from Starlight Express.
#20
Posted: 12/11/03 at 3:08pm
"Tea for two
And two for tea
And me for you
And you for me
Can't you see
How happy
We will be?"
and so on for the entire song--perfectly direct and simple.
"This is how Sampson was shorn,
Each in her style a Delilah reborn..."
Perfect inner rhyme
The Man That Got Away: It wasn't until I saw the lyric written out that I realized this song had verses and a real rhyme scheme. Its terrifically subtle in the writing.
And to reiterate:
"Wear you hair down
And a flower.
Don't use make-up.
Dress in white.
She'll grow older
By the hour,
And be hopelessly shattered
By Saturday night."
And two for tea
And me for you
And you for me
Can't you see
How happy
We will be?"
and so on for the entire song--perfectly direct and simple.
"This is how Sampson was shorn,
Each in her style a Delilah reborn..."
Perfect inner rhyme
The Man That Got Away: It wasn't until I saw the lyric written out that I realized this song had verses and a real rhyme scheme. Its terrifically subtle in the writing.
And to reiterate:
"Wear you hair down
And a flower.
Don't use make-up.
Dress in white.
She'll grow older
By the hour,
And be hopelessly shattered
By Saturday night."
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable."
--Carrie Fisher
#21
Posted: 12/11/03 at 3:11pm
"No, not even figs. Raisins. Or liasons."
A Little Night Music
"If I were you, and I'd done what I'd done, I'd do what I did when I gave you the ring, having said what I said."
tick, tick...BOOM!
"I know Seymour's the greatest. But I'm dating a semi-sadist."
Little Shop of Horrors
"Work together, sweat together, shower together, that's how it should be!"
Zanna, Don't!
"I...(she)...I am a girl...(she is a lass)..."
The Secret Garden
A Little Night Music
"If I were you, and I'd done what I'd done, I'd do what I did when I gave you the ring, having said what I said."
tick, tick...BOOM!
"I know Seymour's the greatest. But I'm dating a semi-sadist."
Little Shop of Horrors
"Work together, sweat together, shower together, that's how it should be!"
Zanna, Don't!
"I...(she)...I am a girl...(she is a lass)..."
The Secret Garden
I'm as jumpy as a virgin at a prison rodeo!
#22
Posted: 12/11/03 at 4:49pm
"Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world! Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before! Let your soul Take you where you long to be! Only then can you belong to me . . .
Floating, falling, sweet intoxication! Touch me, trust me savour each sensation! Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in
to the power of the music that I write -the power of the music of the night . . ."
Basically I love "Music of the Night"!!
I also love this POTO song, it's always stuck in my head!
"Wishing you were somehow here again . . .knowing we must say goodbye . . .Try to forgive . . .teach me to live . . .give me the strength to try . . ."
Floating, falling, sweet intoxication! Touch me, trust me savour each sensation! Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in
to the power of the music that I write -the power of the music of the night . . ."
Basically I love "Music of the Night"!!
I also love this POTO song, it's always stuck in my head!
"Wishing you were somehow here again . . .knowing we must say goodbye . . .Try to forgive . . .teach me to live . . .give me the strength to try . . ."
"Life will be frozen peaches and cream.
Baby, dream Your Dream" ~ SC
#23
Posted: 12/11/03 at 6:02pm
"I'm through accepting limits cause' someone says they're so. Somethings I cannot change, but till' I try, I'll never know."-Wicked
#24
Posted: 12/11/03 at 7:42pm
The lyrics to "Defying Gravity" are absolutely magnificently written, and almost everyone can relate. The ones written above and wonderful as well as:
"Something has changed within me; Something is not the same. I'm sick of playing by the rules of someone else's game."
"Something has changed within me; Something is not the same. I'm sick of playing by the rules of someone else's game."
#25
Posted: 12/11/03 at 8:15pm
If driving fast cars you like,
If low bars you like,
If old hymns you like,
If bare limbs you like,
If Mae West you like,
Or me undressed you like,
Why, nobody will oppose.
When ev'ry night the set that's smart is in-
Truding in nudist parties in
Studios.
Anything goes.
"Anything Goes" by Cole Porter
If low bars you like,
If old hymns you like,
If bare limbs you like,
If Mae West you like,
Or me undressed you like,
Why, nobody will oppose.
When ev'ry night the set that's smart is in-
Truding in nudist parties in
Studios.
Anything goes.
"Anything Goes" by Cole Porter
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