best sondheim song....EVER

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best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:57am

if you had to pick!!!! its so hard i know

pick a moving one, and a comical one

most moving: stay with me (into the woods)
most comical: the ladies who lunch (company)

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#2

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 12:10pm

I'll have to be trite and say "Being Alive," but I also really love "Take Me To The World."

#3

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 12:20pm

I think either Somewhere from West Side Story (it has such lasting power) or Send in the Clowns has my vote.

I also like Move On and Children And Art a great deal.

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#4

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 12:47pm

Oh my gosh!

Judi Dench's Version of SEND IN THE CLOWNS!

but other then that I adore Beautiful from Sunday in the Park with George.

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#5

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 12:48pm

Being Alive.

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#6

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 12:52pm

"Being Alive" and "Putting it Together"

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#7

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 12:53pm

Since I just saw SUNDAY IN THE PARK and my head is still full of that --

Moving -- Children and Art (especially the way Bernadette Peters sings it)
Comical -- It's Hot Up Here

Those are the 2 that I've been singing the most. But if you'd asked last week, it would have been 2 songs from COMPANY...

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#8

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 12:55pm

My favorite is definitely "Chrysanthemum Tea", it has my favorite lyrics of any of his songs.

I also love "Unworthy Of Your Love" for the beautiful music but creepy context.

#9

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 12:55pm

I don't like Judi Dench's version of Send in the Clowns necessarily but that's my view. I just like the song.

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#10

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 1:00pm

Sunday

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#11

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 1:14pm

Our Time

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#12

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 1:19pm

Moving: Someone In A Tree
Comical: A Little Priest

#13

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 1:21pm

Finishing the Hat

#14

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 2:02pm

The first two songs that came to mind without any second guessing of why were "Not While I'm Around" and "Epiphany."

#15

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 2:03pm

No One is Alone

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#16

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 2:21pm

I love Johanna, the "quartet version" in Sweeney. Not sure how you'd classify that one - parts of it in context are kind of amusing.
For a comical one, I'd pick Steps of the Palace or God That's Good.
So many to choose from! He's a genius.

*edit* changed my mind!

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#17

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 2:47pm

"Send in teh Clowns" is one of the more poignant, as is "Being Alive."

"The Ladies Who Lunch" is wicked satire. "Another Hunderd People" is a very funny dissection of New York. (Needless to say, I love it.)

#18

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 2:50pm

Love, I Hear or On the Steps of the Palace

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#19

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 3:14pm

Everyday a Little Death. Especially the Maureen Moore version.

#20

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 3:19pm

A Weekend in the Country

#21

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 3:38pm

Being Alive is my personal favorite.

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#22

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 3:41pm

Musically, it's clear cut in my mind: Kiss Me/Ladies In Their Sensitivities [Quartet] from Sweeney Todd...

Overall, though, not sure.

#23

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 3:43pm

Most Moving: No One is Alone
Most Comical: Getting Married Today

But if I had to pick the overall best, I'd say A Little Priest.

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#24

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 3:46pm

Finishing the Hat

although Sunday is a close second

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#25

re: best sondheim song....EVER

Posted: 5/23/08 at 3:48pm

Being Alive.

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