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Post by MrsCondomine on May 10, 2018 12:29:07 GMT
(I hope this is in the right place... *innocent grin*)
What's that one song in a musical that really puts your teeth on edge? You know the one - you roll your eyes when you know it's coming up and you're tempted to either have a quick nap through it (if you're seeing it live) or skip it (so it doesn't ruin your car journey)?
Mine is "Moments of Happiness" from Cats - boring, word-salad dirge!!
Close second is Pity the Child from Chess, which is just a whinge that makes Freddie even more unpalatable in my opinion.
What's yours?!
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Post by spendleb on May 10, 2018 13:05:54 GMT
Love Changes Everything (Aspects of Love), probably doesn't help that I sang it in an amateur group years ago!
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2018 13:35:58 GMT
Isn't Love Changes Everything the only song in Aspects of Love? One might as well hate Tomorrow from Annie!  |
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Post by anita on May 10, 2018 13:52:32 GMT
"Banjo Boy" in [By] Jeeves. When I saw the new version @duke of York's theatre which song did I come out humming? - You guessed it!
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Post by ellie1981 on May 10, 2018 13:53:38 GMT
Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats
Light My Candle from Rent
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Post by indis on May 10, 2018 13:54:43 GMT
every song the Wizard sings in Wicked, Bring him home from Les Mis and 2 songs from Miss Saigon: The American Dream and Bui Doi ( most of the time(
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 10, 2018 14:11:31 GMT
Castle on a Cloud - every time. Whining song from a character who grows up to do even more whining. Let her get lost in the forest and never come back!
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Post by dontdreamit on May 10, 2018 14:26:21 GMT
Those Cannan Days in Joseph. It just seems to sap my spirit every time I hear it!
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Post by richey on May 10, 2018 14:51:48 GMT
Castle on a Cloud - every time. Whining song from a character who grows up to do even more whining. Let her get lost in the forest and never come back! totally agree! Makes my teeth grate. |
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Post by MrsCondomine on May 10, 2018 14:54:59 GMT
Light My Candle from Rent OOooOOOOHH the whole of Rent winds me up no end. Maureen needs to be thrown out of a window. |
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Post by Jon on May 10, 2018 15:11:47 GMT
Tightrope from The Greatest Showman
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Post by shady23 on May 10, 2018 15:45:46 GMT
"Something Baaaadddddd" in Wicked.
Aptly named.
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Post by littlesally on May 10, 2018 15:53:51 GMT
Little Lamb. Gypsy.
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Post by No. on May 10, 2018 16:03:52 GMT
A Sentimental Man grinds my gears to no end
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2018 16:15:58 GMT
Bar maybe three songs, the Evita score is a real snooze in my opinion.
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Post by Dave25 on May 10, 2018 16:20:18 GMT
"Don't cry for me Argentina".
The rest of the score is lush.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2018 16:27:39 GMT
I like Buenos Aries, Another Suitcase in Another Hall and Rainbow High. The rest of the score is pretty crap in my eye.
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Post by anthony40 on May 10, 2018 17:39:36 GMT
Off the top of my head I (honestly) can't think of any.
Maybe I'm easily pleased
I used to dislike Liaisons from A Little Night Music, but over time after seeing several productions and understanding it more, that's grown on me.
Oh hang on, I just thought of one! Other Pleasures from Aspects of Love
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Post by kiwi on May 10, 2018 17:40:35 GMT
For me it has to be Blood in the water from Legally Blonde. That show is fab but that song is dire.
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Post by theatre-turtle on May 10, 2018 17:54:29 GMT
History of wrong guys
Master of the house
The heat is on in Saigon
Jellicle cats (the rest of the musical isn’t much better)
The Lady’s Paying
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 10, 2018 18:04:45 GMT
"Something Baaaadddddd" in Wicked. Aptly named. A Sentimental Man grinds my gears to no end Faves 😍 They’re right in my key. |
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Post by LaLuPone on May 10, 2018 18:07:34 GMT
Welcome to the forum Patti. |
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Post by talkstageytome on May 10, 2018 18:13:15 GMT
Change Don't Come Easy from my fave show ever, Memphis. Honestly, I adored that show, as some of you will know, but every time that song came round I'd zone out. It was bizarre and seemed to go on forever, and the way it seemed to end, everyone would applaud, and then it'd start back up again. Yeesh. And let's not even talk about the lyrics! It was always performed very well but I just couldn't get behind the number.
"My boy loves your *sis*ter / we both know that *mis*ter" 😬
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Post by martello736 on May 10, 2018 18:19:08 GMT
All of the songs that wouldn't exist in a sung-through musical if it wasn't entirely sung-through. Most Lloyd-Webber musicals have at least five "We. Are. Going. To. Sing. This. Whole. Conversation. All. On. The. Same. Note." songs that should be cut.
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Post by bimse on May 10, 2018 18:22:01 GMT
If I were a rich man , from Fiddler on the Roof . Our primary school teacher used to make us sing this , and other show tunes , from song sheets (printed with purple typing on that shiny paper , remember it ?) on a Friday afternoon , while she thumped out the music on the piano , warbling her head off , then shouting at us for not keeping in time with the bidibidibidibum bit .
I hated it , and still do.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2018 18:46:38 GMT
All of the songs that wouldn't exist in a sung-through musical if it wasn't entirely sung-through. Most Lloyd-Webber musicals have at least five "We. Are. Going. To. Sing. This. Whole. Conversation. All. On. The. Same. Note." songs that should be cut.Really? Name them... |
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Post by The Matthew on May 10, 2018 18:52:17 GMT
Memory from Cats. Partly because it's horribly overdone, and partly because so many people think it's called Memories. It's one word; how can you get it wrong?
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Post by Dave25 on May 10, 2018 20:49:29 GMT
"We. Are. Going. To. Sing. This. Whole. Conversation. All. On. The. Same. Note." songs that should be cut. Well, I can name another show and composer that is literally all about the same note. "when he was ten his father split full of it debt ridden two years later see alex and his mother bed ridden I am not throwing away my shot I am not throwing away my shot, hey yo, I’m just like my country I’m young, scrappy and hungry and I’m not throwing away my shot, get colder I shoulder every burden, every disadvantage I have learned to manage, I don’t have a gun to brandish I walk these streets famished" Boring. |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2018 20:52:36 GMT
"We. Are. Going. To. Sing. This. Whole. Conversation. All. On. The. Same. Note." songs that should be cut. Well, I can name another show and composer that is literally all about the same note. "when he was ten his father split full of it debt ridden two years later see alex and his mother bed ridden I am not throwing away my shot I am not throwing away my shot, hey yo, I’m just like my country I’m young, scrappy and hungry and I’m not throwing away my shot" Boring. So true! |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2018 20:53:48 GMT
Really don't like In The Land Of The Pig The Butcher Is King in my current West End fave, Bat Out Of Hell. Is just so aggressive! Wish they'd cut it!
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