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Post by Michael on Jul 23, 2016 15:48:48 GMT
We've had favourite act 1 finales and favourite 11 o'clock numbers, but one hit list that's still missing is about the "I Want" song. What is an "I Want" song I hear you ask? Let me quote the incomparable Howard Ashman:
So what are your favourite "I Want" Songs?
These are mine: Proud of your boy - Aladdin Out There - Hunchback of Notre Dame The Wizard and I - Wicked Purpose - Avenue Q What you want - Legally Blonde
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Post by Stasia on Jul 23, 2016 16:26:58 GMT
You won't like my answer, Michael My Shot and The Room Where It Happens from Hamilton are on top of my list since last year And also It Won't Be Long Now from In The Heights!
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Post by greeny11 on Jul 23, 2016 16:28:03 GMT
I Can Hear The Bells from Hairspray is one of my favourites
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Post by anthony40 on Jul 23, 2016 16:40:02 GMT
Out there-The Hunchback of Notre Damn, definitely. Part of your World- The Little Mermaid
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Post by Michael on Jul 23, 2016 16:48:25 GMT
Out there-The Hunchback of Notre Da mn, definitely. On purpose?
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Post by anthony40 on Jul 23, 2016 16:50:23 GMT
Out there-The Hunchback of Notre Da mn, definitely. On purpose? Oops! Dame
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Post by ncbears on Jul 23, 2016 17:00:40 GMT
I'm kind of partial to this one:
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Post by Michael on Jul 23, 2016 17:09:17 GMT
I'm kind of partial to this one: That's brilliant
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Post by anthony40 on Jul 23, 2016 17:13:44 GMT
We've had favourite act 1 finales and favourite 11 o'clock numbers, but one hit list that's still missing is about the "I Want" song. What is an "I Want" song I hear you ask? Let me quote the incomparable Howard Ashman: Tim Rice refers to this as the "yearning" song
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Post by musicallady on Jul 23, 2016 20:50:56 GMT
My White Knight from The Music Man
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Post by foxa on Jul 23, 2016 21:15:56 GMT
My White Knight from The Music Man Perfect. That is a beauty. I wonder if 'Ice Cream' from 'She Loves Me' counts.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2016 21:21:41 GMT
Is it bad that it's the 5th song in the musical I'm writing? And the song directly after that is another I want song, but for the other leading character. My favourites: -The Wizard and I - Wicked -Santa Fe - Newsies -Corner of the Sky - Pippin -Part of your World - The Little Mermaid
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Post by Raven on Jul 23, 2016 21:55:03 GMT
Until I read this, I actually never realised that the vast majority of musicals even had this "I Want" song and it makes so much sense!
What You Want - Legally Blonde When I Climb To The Top of Mount Rock - School of Rock I Want To Break Free - We Will Rock You You and Me (But Mostly Me) - The Book of Mormon (only because I love the Wicked undertones)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2016 22:05:46 GMT
Movie in my mind - Miss Saigon
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Post by David J on Jul 23, 2016 22:13:52 GMT
Belle (Reprise) from Beauty and the Beast sticks in my mind
Though I find it kinda funny that Belle only finds "adventure in the great wide somewhere" as far as the castle in the middle of the local forest
Maybe I'm taking that lyric too literally and Belle got a happy ending she didn't expect, and I am sure she and the Prince would go travelling after the story finished.
I'm just saying
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 24, 2016 7:24:40 GMT
I know It's Today - Shrek
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2016 8:25:18 GMT
"What am I Waiting For?" - Parade
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Post by djdan14 on Jul 24, 2016 9:18:27 GMT
The money song- Avenue Q Because they want your money basically.
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Post by raiseitup on Jul 24, 2016 10:39:10 GMT
Some People - Gypsy My Corner of the Sky - Pippin With One Look - Sunset Boulevard Take What You Got - Kinky Boots
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2016 11:59:29 GMT
Who I'd be - Shrek
This is actually kind of an exception, because it doesn't come early in the show, but it's the act 1 finale.
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Post by Michael on Jul 24, 2016 14:42:10 GMT
Who I'd be - Shrek This is actually kind of an exception, because it doesn't come early in the show, but it's the act 1 finale. Shouldn't you have posted it in the "Favourite Act 1 Finale" thread then?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2016 14:48:57 GMT
Who I'd be - Shrek This is actually kind of an exception, because it doesn't come early in the show, but it's the act 1 finale. Shouldn't you have posted it in the "Favourite Act 1 Finale" thread then? But it's an "I want" song too. And when it comes to act 1 finales, it's not one of my favourites
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Post by Michael on Jul 24, 2016 15:24:46 GMT
Shouldn't you have posted it in the "Favourite Act 1 Finale" thread then? But it's an "I want" song too. And when it comes to act 1 finales, it's not one of my favourites I think "I know it's today" is Shrek's I Want song
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Post by firefingers on Jul 24, 2016 16:44:23 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2016 17:06:10 GMT
But it's an "I want" song too. And when it comes to act 1 finales, it's not one of my favourites I think "I know it's today" is Shrek's I Want song A musical can have more than one I Want song. And Who I'd be is definitely and I want song. It literally explains what he wants. And he's the main character.
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Post by anniel on Jul 24, 2016 17:27:53 GMT
'Maybe this time' in Cabaret is brilliant! It's made all the more poignant by what happens at the end (the boyfriend falling for a man).
I also like 'If they could see me now' from Sweet Charity - again with a sad outcome at the end.
Bit of a Debbie Downer here.... I do love ''The Wizard and I" and 'I can hear the Bells' too.......
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Post by max on Jul 24, 2016 21:21:36 GMT
Buenos Aires - Evita
"All I want is a whole of excess" following on from "I want to be a part of B.A. Buenos Aires big apple".
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Post by 72arodney on Jul 25, 2016 1:29:53 GMT
I Want You Back - Thriller Live.
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Post by d'James on Jul 25, 2016 1:42:53 GMT
For me I'll say 'Fabulous, Baby' from Sister Act.
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Post by anthony40 on Jul 25, 2016 12:04:21 GMT
Every time I read the header for this thread I keep thinking "I Want It Now" sung by Verruca Salt dancing around the Golden Geese in Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
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