best showtune ever- Page 2

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 9:41pm

maybe you should see some shows other than Wicked, you'd realize there a songs that are a lot better.

[TabooPhan1]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 9:52pm

Gee, and I thought this was an opinion thread. Thanks for telling people what to think, ZONEACE. That was the most ridiculous response I've ever seen in my entire life. Why is it that you don't like it so she mustn't?

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 10:03pm

My Personal Top Ten (no order)
Still Hurting
Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye
The Light in the Piazza
A Little Priest
Somewhere
I Get a Kick Out of You
Color and Light
On the Steps of the Palace
I Know Things Now
Dividing Day

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 10:09pm

Honest question to Elphaba610:

Have you ever seen or heard any other musicals? If so, which ones.

[yipper]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 10:10pm

I have a special place in my heart for LOOK TO THE RAINBOW.

[mother cabrini]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 10:11pm

oh calcutta....hahahahaa

[HamletWasBipolar]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 11:11pm

wow,
My top 10 in no particular order....

The entire balcony scene from West Side Story
Soliloquoy from Carousel
Pretty Women from Sweeney Todd
As Long as He Needs Me from Oliver
One from A Chorus Line
The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha
Bring Him Home Les Miz
New Music from Ragtime
Being Alive from Company
Back to Before from Ragtime
Hand Jive from Grease ( just kidding, trying to see if your paying attention!)

[elphaba610]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 11:13pm

I told you before that wicked and brooklyn were the only shows ive seen. But my friend let me borrow into the woods. Ive just started listening to it today.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 11:21pm

"Out For Blood" from Carrie
"A Man Worth Fightin' For" from Bring Back Birdie
Updated On: 9/6/05 at 11:21 PM

[Urban]

Posted: 9/7/05 at 1:50am

I place 'best' showtunes in the category 'songs a can listen to over and over and over and never get sick of'.

They include:

"A Little Priest" (Sweeney Todd)
"Rose's Turn" (Gypsy)
"And Eve Was Weak" (Carrie: The Musical)
"Wheels of a Dream" (Ragtime)
"What a Game" (Ragtime)
"One" (A Chorus Line)
"Unworthy of Your Love" (Assassins)
"Tonight" (West Side Story)

This is not my Top 8 songs (though alot would appear easily) these are the songs I can listen to over-and-over-and-over again. Heck I admit some of the songs I love the best I wouldn't dare to try and listen to like that in fear of loosing interest in them.
Updated On: 9/7/05 at 01:50 AM

[WonderBoy]

Posted: 9/7/05 at 11:21am

The ultimate Musical Theatre for me are:

"There's No Business Like Show Business" from ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
"Applause" from APPLAUSE
"Welcome To The Theatre" from APPLAUSE
"What I Did For Love" from A CHORUS LINE

[absolutely fabulous]

Posted: 9/7/05 at 12:26pm

That is a hard question. For me I'd say my favorites are:
For Good (Wicked)
On My Own (Les Mis)
Take Me or Leave Me (Rent)
Forget About the Boy (TMM)
The Gods Love Nubia and Every Story is a Love Story (Aida)
Anything from the Sound of Music (I'm a SOM freak)

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/7/05 at 12:34pm

This is really tough, but I think overall, I would have to narrow it down to two:

Tonight Quintet - West Side Story
One Day More - Les Miserables

Of course, there are a zillion others I love, but for composition, structure and writing, these two are at the top of my list.

[BrdwayObsessed]

Posted: 9/7/05 at 12:48pm

Urban, I am going to borrow your definition of best; these are some of the songs I can listen to over and over.

"Agony" - Into the Woods
"Little Priest" - Sweeney Todd
"Being Alive" - Company
"Bring Him Home" - Les Miz
"Wheels of a Dream" - Ragtime
"On the Steps of the Palace" - Into the Woods
"I Am What I Am" - La Cage
"Cool, Cool, Considerate Men" - 1776
"Try to Remember" - The Fantasticks
"Is This What You Call Love?" - Passion
"I'm Still Here" - Follies

[AngusN]

Posted: 9/7/05 at 12:54pm

Being Alive - each time I hear this song, I discover something more about it, either something more I love or understand a lyric more clearly, it's just beautiful.

[Magdalene]

Posted: 9/7/05 at 1:07pm

I vote for "Lullaby Of Broadway" (one of my favorites among many!)

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/7/05 at 1:35pm

Sadly, "Lullabye of Broadway" was written for a movie and won an Oscar as the best song that year. (Yes, it turned up in 42nd Street, but then you might as well say "Dancing Queen" from Mamma Mia!)

If I had to pick one, I'd say "Rose's Turn." I'm not even sure why... except that it probably sums up everything I love about musical theatre in one big gulp.

[Magdalene]

Posted: 9/7/05 at 1:50pm

Maybe so, but I would think that Jerry Orbach singing it in Broadway's Lost Treasures gives it credibility!

Or was I imagining things...

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/7/05 at 2:41pm

Credibility? Absolutely! I love the number in that show. I would just classify "Lullabye of Broadway" as a film song rather than a show tune... but that's how I look at it.

[Magdalene]

Posted: 9/7/05 at 3:22pm

We are all entitled to our own opinion! But thanks for the info---I was more familiar with Orbach's version, having never seen the movie!

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/7/05 at 3:31pm

You should check out the movie sometime, if you can. It was one of the last "Golddiggers" movies (I think it was Golddigers of 1937). I could probably cheat by looking it up right now (laziness stops me), but I believe it also won a special Academy Award for it's dance direction of that very number.

I have a feeling you would prefer the Orbach version, though. As would most people on this board. It's a terrific number in the show (42nd Street)!

And, yes... To each, his (or her) own!

UPDATE: Okay, I DID cheat and look it up, finally. It was Golddiggers of 1935 (not '37), starring Gloria ("Titanic") Stuart, although she isn't featured in the "Lullaby of Broadway" number. It did win the Oscar that year for Best Song, but lost Best Dance Direction to another film.

Updated On: 9/8/05 at 03:31 PM

[Magdalene]

Posted: 9/7/05 at 3:56pm

It will show up on TCM at some point---I'll catch it then! Thanks!

[Chip1012]

Posted: 9/7/05 at 4:12pm

Carrie: Something terrible happened at school today!
Margaret: Terrible things are the Lord's way of testing us, Carrie.

I too say "And Eve Was Weak"


Updated On: 9/8/05 at 04:12 PM

[SayWhyNot]

Posted: 9/7/05 at 6:03pm

Whoah! WonderBoy! We should be in the same generation . . . No doubt about the "Applause" numbers - but I'd probably include

Gifts of Love - Baker's Wife
Seesaw - Title tune
Yes - 70, Girls, 70
Mame - Title tune
On the 20th Century - Title tune
There's a Kid Inside - Is there Life after High School?

[Urban]

Posted: 9/8/05 at 1:00am

BrdwayObsessed - great choices.