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hlthe2b
(105,872 posts)"Jesus Christ Superstar" (JCS)-- [of course, I had quite the crush on the Broadway/Film version lead, Ted Neeley, so there is that. LOL ]
"Oh What a Beautiful Morning"-- Oklahoma
Many others for whom the film or theater production has gotten a little overdone and could benefit from some "time outs"...
debm55
(34,162 posts)displacedvermoter
(2,889 posts)The Finale, where the roll call of the States is taken, always gives me goosebumps.
debm55
(34,162 posts)Bok_Tukalo
(4,397 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)Fichefinder
(234 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)Oppaloopa
(894 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)malthaussen
(17,647 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)Lunabell
(6,741 posts)So beautiful and romantic.
debm55
(34,162 posts)SheLiberal
(55 posts)A song from My Fair Lady, it always reminds me of being young and in love. Come to think of it Get me to the Church on Time for the same musical is great too.
MaryMagdaline
(7,689 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)Upthevibe
(9,000 posts)The Sound of Music is my favorite musical but my favorite song from a musical and one of my favorite songs ever is On the Street Where You Live (My Fair Lady).
Having said that, I also love Edelweiss and Something Good, The Sound of Music....
debm55
(34,162 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,689 posts)was the first one that grabbed me when I was a child so I will stick with that
Also
I Like to be in America
debm55
(34,162 posts)House of Roberts
(5,638 posts)Quest For Camelot. If you dont want to listen to it then read the lyrics.
debm55
(34,162 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(9,757 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)malthaussen
(17,647 posts)"The Begat," from Finnian's Rainbow
"Gesticulate," from Kismet
"I Shoulda Known Better," from Help
-- Mal
debm55
(34,162 posts)ailsagirl
(23,698 posts)Here's an example of a quality song in a superb musical:
debm55
(34,162 posts)CanonRay
(14,768 posts)from West Side Story
debm55
(34,162 posts)elleng
(135,528 posts)tanyev
(44,312 posts)My fave from that show is So in Love. Id love to find a tango arrangement of that song.
debm55
(34,162 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)BOSSHOG
(39,507 posts)Everybody cut everybody cut, everybody cut FOOTLOOSE
If youre 65 or older get on that dance floor. If your, oh, in your 40s or so stand back and watch.
debm55
(34,162 posts)Grumpy Old Guy
(3,519 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)jmowreader
(51,322 posts)"Hang the Bastard" from Cannibal! The Musical!
"King Herod's Song" from Jesus Christ Superstar
"The Dentist Song" from Little Shop of Horrors
The last one has just such wonderful in-line rhymes...
"Son, I think someday you'll find a way to make your natural tendencies pay"
"I thrill when I drill a bicuspid / It's swell but they tell me I'm maladjusted"
debm55
(34,162 posts)Enter stage left
(3,784 posts)"Somewhere", from West Side Story,
And "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music.
debm55
(34,162 posts)Marigold
(120 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)Diamond_Dog
(34,354 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)johnp3907
(3,856 posts)But I wouldn't say I have a favorite song from it. It's just the whole thing altogether is so great! I've heard it saud that writers can be divided into two groups: 1. Shakespeare. And 2. All the rest. I feel the same about West Side Story.
debm55
(34,162 posts)LoisB
(8,473 posts)electric_blue68
(17,433 posts)LoisB
(8,473 posts)died. For artistry, I love Revelations but for sheer joy, it's got to be Wade in the Water. He was a genius.
debm55
(34,162 posts)roscoeroscoe
(1,582 posts)Rocky Horror Picture Show, of course!
debm55
(34,162 posts)Ole Man River but I love all of the music.
But then, there is the Lion King and the "Circle of Life"
Oh, and don't forget "Annie Get Your Gun" and uh oh, only one? I could go on and on. I loved every musical I ever saw.
debm55
(34,162 posts)sinkingfeeling
(52,890 posts)Guess it's singular.
Mad_Dem_X
(9,757 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)JoseBalow
(4,860 posts)There are too many to pick a favorite musical (or song) but this one is way up there!
debm55
(34,162 posts)keithbvadu2
(39,779 posts)Many hundreds of wonderful songs. My first thought was some from Fiddler on the Roof. I Dreamed a Dream was already mentioned.
Anne Hathaway put such emotion into it.
Lunabell
(6,741 posts)Such a beautiful musical.
debm55
(34,162 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)Chipper Chat
(9,984 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)Cartoonist
(7,501 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)sakabatou
(42,911 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)Different Drummer
(8,390 posts)Jesus Christ Superstar with the incomparable Carl Anderson as Judas.
debm55
(34,162 posts)tanyev
(44,312 posts)Anything from Pippin, really. This video has rehearsal and performance footage from the 2012 revival production. Morning Glow kicks in at 44 seconds.
debm55
(34,162 posts)electric_blue68
(17,433 posts)The first; so joyful, expansive.
The other; so poignant.
And from Bernstein's theater piece (that had songs) Mass: "Simple Song".
debm55
(34,162 posts)applegrove
(122,690 posts)"Easy To Be Hard" from Hair.
debm55
(34,162 posts)TBF
(33,986 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)Permanut
(6,560 posts)from "Oklahoma".
From the movie on the plane when I got out of Navy boot camp in San Diego in January 1966. I was on the way to catch my ship in Norfolk, Virginia.
Hadn't seen ANY movie for months, so this one made a special memory.
debm55
(34,162 posts)kerouac2
(482 posts)From the music man
Original.
debm55
(34,162 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,991 posts)nonaa
(1 post)A meaningful song.
some_of_us_are_sane
(376 posts)It floored me the first time I heard it by Richard Kiley on the Ed Sullivan show. Still give me goosebumps.
Lunabell
(6,741 posts)I love the whole opera/musical, but the overture is stunning.
debm55
(34,162 posts)dickthegrouch
(3,504 posts)The song that always makes me cry is Could we start again please?
Followed very closely by I dont know how to love him which perfectly describes most of my relationships with men.
Abolishinist
(1,831 posts)We've seen the play twice, and I'd love to see it again! Is this the best song from Hamilton? I'd say no, but so darn much fun!
What comes next?
debm55
(34,162 posts)FalloutShelter
(12,671 posts)Little Shop of Horrors
debm55
(34,162 posts)fairfaxvadem
(1,236 posts)The SOM is my heart, but Id like to give a big shout out to Guys and Dolls - the film. Brando, Simmons, Sinatra the entire cast. Adelaide. Sweet Adelaide!! And of course, Brando and Simmons off on that crazy night. I just love it.
debm55
(34,162 posts)viva la
(3,711 posts)Also it's Liverpool's song.
debm55
(34,162 posts)Metaphorical
(2,177 posts)Somewhere and Maria - West Side Story
Send in the Clowns - A Little Night Music
They Call the Wind Mariah - Paint Your Wagon
Cell Block Tango - Chicago
Seasons of Love - Rent
76 Trombones / Goodnight, Irene - The Music Man
We Don't Talk About Bruno - Encanto
debm55
(34,162 posts)TlalocW
(15,601 posts)From Popeye.
debm55
(34,162 posts)exboyfil
(17,918 posts)debm55
(34,162 posts)Rigpa108
(6 posts)Also 'I am One' from Quadrophenia.
"I got a Gibson without a case, but I just can't get that even tan look on my face.
Ill fitting clothes and I blend in the crowd. Fingers clumsy, voice too loud.
But I'm one. I am one!"
debm55
(34,162 posts)Zambero
(9,627 posts)By The Who from Quadrophenia.
debm55
(34,162 posts)catbyte
(35,627 posts)Movie musicals annoy the heck out of me, they always have. I just can't stand interrupting dialog when they burst into song. RHPS is really the only musical I've ever enjoyed. Who could resist Tim Curry in fishneta? I tolerated "The Sound of Music" when I was a kid So I'm weird, lol.
Edited to add: I forgot about Tommy. That one was good, too. Whoops.
debm55
(34,162 posts)KC19
(20 posts)All of the favorites posted above are good wonderful suggestions. I love Put on Your Sunday Clothes from Hello Dolly and Sunday from Sunday in the Park With George.
debm55
(34,162 posts)da svenster
(51 posts)probably my first choice from the musical would be "the american & florence/nobody's side", although "opening ceremony", "the deal", and "one night in bankok" are high on the list.
(give me some assasins or sweeny toddy for overall favorite musicals)
debm55
(34,162 posts)drmeow
(5,242 posts)Especially love Embassy Lament and One Night in Bankok
debm55
(34,162 posts)drmeow
(5,242 posts)Gee, Officer Krupke is one that hasn't been mentioned that I really like
debm55
(34,162 posts)displaced in ID
(29 posts)When you're a jet
You're a jet all the way
From your first cigarette
Til your last dyin' day
debm55
(34,162 posts)GreatAuntK
(565 posts)So many, from Victor Victoria, My Fair Lady, Oliver, Camelot, Phantom of The Opera... I''ll go with Loewe & Lerner, "On The Street Where You Live."
debm55
(34,162 posts)cloudbase
(5,724 posts)from The Producers.
Couldn't resist the softball.
debm55
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