| My own criteria — and Top 50 list | |
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| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 03:55 pm EDT 04/03/24 | |
| In reply to: Time Out's 50 Best Broadway Songs (not an April Fool joke) - TheHarveyBoy 10:13 am EDT 04/01/24 | |
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| f I were tasked with making this list -- and could list more than one song from the same show -- I'd probably prioritize the qualities below. GMB'S LIST OF THE 50 BEST MUSICAL THEATRE SONGS - Songs from shows that were pioneering / advanced the genre -- 1) Ol' Man River, 2) Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin, 3) Bench Scene (If I Loved You), 4) Heaven on Their Minds, 5) Satisfied - Songs that captured the zeitgeist -- 6) Anything Goes, 7) Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In, 8) La Vie Bohème 9) Waving Through A Window - Songs where the pure craft of blending the dramatic action with melody and lyric is just masterful: 9) Adelaide's Lament, 10) America, 11) If Momma Was Married, 12) Tevye's Dream, 13) Glitter And Be Gay, 14) At the Ballet, 15) A Weekend in the Country, 16) Kiss Me / Ladies in Their Sensitivities, 17) Somewhere That's Green, 18) Moments in the Woods, 19) Riddle Song, 20) Omar Sharif 21) The Room Where It Happens - Songs that are emotionally cathartic: 22) My Man's Gone Now, 23) Soliloquy (CAROUSEL), 24) Rose's Turn, 25) Home, 26) Send In the Clowns, 27) And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going, 28) One Day More, 29) Move On, 30) What Would I Do, 31) I'd Give My Life for You, 32) Who Will Love Me As I Am, 33) Defying Gravity, 34) I'm Here - Among the World's Greatest Melodies: 35) All The Things You Are, 36) Someone to Watch Over Me, 37) Summertime, 38) Some Enchanted Evening, 39) Climb Ev'ry Mountain, 40) Somewhere, 41) Tonight (Quintet), 42) I Could Have Danced All Night, 43) Something Wonderful, 44) The Impossible Dream, 45) Memory, 46) Music of the Night - Songs that were just so freaking catchy that the world couldn't escape learning them - 47) New York, New York (ON THE TOWN), 48) Hello, Dolly, 49) I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair, 50) Do Re Mi What would you subtract / replace? — GMB |
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