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#1

depressing and sad BDWY songs

Posted: 2/14/04 at 11:44pm

i'm making a compilation of all thge great ballads and depressing songs to go with my already completed "happy" songs cd, and i need a little help...

so far i have:

"and i am telling you" - dreamgirls
"being alive" - company
"if he walked into my life" - mame
"there are worse things i could do" - grease
"i guess i'll miss the man" - pippin
"time heals everything" - mack and mabel
"in his eyes" - jekyll and hyde
"live for the one i love" - notre dame de paris
"i'll cover you - reprise" - rent
"i'm not that girl" - wicked
"i know the truth" - aida
"i'll forget you" - scarlet pimpernel

if you have any suggestions to expand this list, i'd greatly appreciate it! robactorguy, i'm expecting you to respond as you seem to be the master of this!!!

THANKS EVERYONE!
pajamaboy (or pjboi)
cuz i'm strong enough
we are family!
#2

re: depressing and sad BDWY songs

Posted: 2/15/04 at 12:00am

Almost all the songs in LEs Miz are pretty sad...but really good!
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#3

re: depressing and sad BDWY songs

Posted: 2/15/04 at 12:06am

i always get a little sad during "tell her i love her" from urinetown.

also...

"halloween"-rent
"empty chairs at empty tables"-les mis
"memory"-cats
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#4

re: re: depressing and sad BDWY songs

Posted: 2/15/04 at 12:29am

"I Don't Care Much" - Cabaret
"See Her Smile" - Tick Tick Boom
"One Song Glory" - Rent

and pretty much anything from Les Mis...
#5

re: re: re: depressing and sad BDWY songs

Posted: 2/15/04 at 2:04am

Everything from Lez Miz
"As Long As He Needs Me" from Oliver!
"Why God Why?" from Miss Saigon
"Back To Before" from Ragtime
"Love Look Away" from Flower Drum Song
"The Flesh Failures/Let The Sunshine In" from Hair
"Tell Me On A Sunday" from Tell Me On A Sunday
"This Nearly Was Mine" from South Pacific
"If I Can't Love Her" from Beauty And The Beast

And.....as far as depressing songs go, this one deserves special mention (Dollypop will back me up on this):

"Artificial Flowers" from Tenderlion
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Updated On: 2/15/04 at 02:04 AM

#6

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Posted: 2/15/04 at 5:32am

Definitely "One Song Glory" from Rent.
"Still Hurting" from The Last Five Years
"Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" from Les Miserables

Hmm.. this is quite hard. Especially as Broadway Radio is playing 'The New World.
#9

re: depressing and sad BDWY songs

Posted: 2/15/04 at 9:05am

I suggest
"The Movie in my Mind" from Miss Saigon
"Once Before I Go" from The Boy from Oz
"Written in the Stars" from Aida
"Send in the Clowns" from A Little Night Music

Take care
#10

re: re: depressing and sad BDWY songs

Posted: 2/15/04 at 9:35am

"Goodbye, Old Girl" from Damn Yankees
"On the Willows" from Godspell
"'Someday' Is for Suckers" from The Life
Pass it on - Take a kid to a show.
#12

re: re: depressing and sad BDWY songs

Posted: 2/15/04 at 10:45am

"Dreams of Heaven" from Three Guys Naked From The Waist Down
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#13

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Posted: 2/15/04 at 10:57am

For good............ Wicked
I`m not that girl..........Wicked
Children will Listen......Into the woods
I`ll forget you.......... Scarlet Pimpernel
Les Miz songs...................Les Miz
#14

re: re: re: re: depressing and sad BDWY songs

Posted: 2/15/04 at 11:11am

"Down In The Depths"
by Cole Porter
Red, Hot & Blue, 1936

Verse
Manhattan--I'm up a tree,
The one I've most adored
Is bored
With me.
Manhattan, I'm awf'lly nice,
Nice people dine with me,
And even twice.
Yet the only one in the world I'm mad about
Talks of somebody else
And walks out.

Refrain
With a million neon rainbows burning below me
And a million blazing taxis raising a roar
Here I sit, above the town
In my pet pailletted gown
Down in the depths on the ninetieth floor.
While the crowds at El Morocco punish the parquet
And at Twenty-One, the couples clamor for more,
I'm deserted and depressed
In my regal eagle nest
Down in the depths on the ninetieth floor.
When the only one you wanted wants another
What's the use of swank and cash in the bank galore?
Why, even the janitor's wife
Has a perfectly good love life
And here am I
Facing tomorrow
Alone with my sorrow
Down in the depths on the ninetieth floor.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Yours for a better Broadway!

Broadway Bulldog
#17

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Posted: 2/15/04 at 11:25am

Written in the Stars -Aida
James -Movin Out
Goodnight Saigon - Movin' Out
I know the truth - aida
Memory -cats
"[My son]'s really into my music, but one day we were listening to Billy [Joel] in the car and he said, 'Daddy, I think Billy's songs are a little better than yours." (Michael Cavanaugh)
#18

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Posted: 2/15/04 at 12:55pm

Some thoughts:

Bye and Bye - Rodgers and Hart - DEAREST ENEMY
Where's That Rainbow - Rodgers and Hart - PEGGY-ANN
Ship Without A Sail - Rodgers and Hart - HEADS UP
I've Got Five Dollars - Rodgers and Hart - AMERICA'S SWEETHEART
I'm Alone - Jerome Kern - MUSIC IN THE AIR
In Egern On The Tegern See - Jerome Kern - MUSIC IN THE AIR
The Song Is You - Jerome Kern - MUSIC IN THE AIR
Yesterdays - Jerome Kern - ROBERTA
Little Girl Blue - Rodgers and Hart - JUMBO
Quiet Night - Rodgers and Hart - ON YOUR TOES
Glad To Be Unhappy - Rodgers and Hart - ON YOUR TOES
Spring Is Here - Rodgers and Hart - I MARRIED AN ANGEL
It Never Entered My Mind - Rodgers and Hart - HIGHER & HIGHER
Nobody's Heart Belongs To Me - Rodgers and Hart - BY JUPITER
It Might As Well Be Spring - Rodgers and Hammerstein - STATE FAIR

Miriam
Every movement has a meaning--but what the hell does it mean!
#19

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Posted: 2/15/04 at 1:02pm

Oh please, "Artificial Flowers" has to be the most depressing song ever written! Its lyric concerns an orphaned waif who freezes to death while trying to earn her keep by making artificial flowers. It has a nice melody, but it tells a really unsavory little tale!
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#20

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Posted: 2/15/04 at 1:20pm

"Sunrise, Sunset" always jerks a few tears.
"Not A Day Goes By" from Merrily We Roll Along
"When The Golden Boy Goes Down"
"After Midnight Dies"
"The Lowdown Down"
"People Like Us"
all from LaChiusa's "The Wild Party"
"Wanting Things" and "Whoever You Are" from "Promises Promises"
Tons of others.....
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#24

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Posted: 2/15/04 at 6:21pm

There is a fountain/It don't make sense.....Parade
All The Wasted Time......Parade
"Did you know that if you take the first two vowels in Olive and rearrange them it spells I-Love?"-Spelling Bee "It's night like this that hotel bars were specifically made." Light In The Piazza

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