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Post by maisiem on Sept 19, 2016 9:25:46 GMT
Some Other Time from On The Town.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Sept 19, 2016 9:34:32 GMT
Plus some oldies we usually hear out of context these days, in concerts and such like (although they have to be with full orchestra not the stripped down versions): Climb Ev'ry Mountain and You'll Never Walk Alone. Are these songs really sad? Or just moving? |
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Post by dan on Sept 19, 2016 9:39:32 GMT
Given what comes after...
All The Wasted Time - Parade.
This devastates me every time. Completely.
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Post by westendcub on Sept 19, 2016 9:41:14 GMT
'The Letter' both in 'Billy Elliot' and 'Made in Dagenham'
'Easy Terms', 'Prison Song' and 'Tell me it's not true' - 'Blood Brothers'
'Come what may' - 'Moulin Rouge'
'Edelweiss' - 'The Sound of Music'
'You'll be in my heart' - 'Tarzan'
Finale song in 'Finding Neverland' 'When your feet don't touch the ground'
'Innocent Soldier' - 'Mrs Henderson Presents'
'Lady's Maid', 'We'll meet tomorrow' and the final song in Titanic'
'She used to be mine' - 'Waitress'
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Post by PhantomNcl on Sept 19, 2016 10:27:44 GMT
'The Letter' - Billy Elliot
'Little Fall of Rain' and most of the finale of Les Mis
'Who's Gonna Love Me' - Spend Spend Spend
'I Still Believe' - Miss Saigon
'Tell Me It's Not True' - Blood Brothers
'Someone Like You' - Jekyll & Hyde
'Bethlehem' - Martin Guerre, not especially sad but always makes me cry
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Post by adrianics on Sept 19, 2016 10:44:32 GMT
Everything from The Hired Man, but particularly If I Could and No Choir of Angels.
The title song from Legally Blonde.
Atencion/Alabanza from In The Heights
Not a 'song', as such, but Fall of the Barricade in Les Mis destroys me.
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Post by chrismis on Sept 19, 2016 11:00:41 GMT
Anything But Lonely - Aspects of Love.
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Post by aljennings on Sept 19, 2016 11:49:25 GMT
Loosing My Mind from Follies and Not a Day Goes By from Merrily never fail to make me ball with tears...The mash up from Sondheim on Sondheim is also soul destroying for me.
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Post by musicalfloozie on Sept 19, 2016 11:53:42 GMT
Les Mis -Stars
Hamilton -Quiet Uptown
Titanic - Lady's Maid and finale
Into the Woods - No-one is alone
Miss Saigon - I still believe and I'd give my life for you
Chitty -Hushabye Mountain
Mary Poppins - Feed the birds
There are probably so many more that make me weep when I've watched the shows but there the ones that spring to mind. The ones from Hamilton and Into the Woods can make me cry at any point though rather than getting swept away in the theatre moment.
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Post by Stasia on Sept 19, 2016 12:22:30 GMT
Mine are: Quiet Uptown and Who Lives, Who Dies... from Hamilton - have to skip them when they are shuffling and I am in the tube, otherwise people start suggesting me tissues Falling Slowly (Reprise) - Once - makes me a total mess I'll Cover You reprise - Rent - heartbreaking!!! Sleeping - Once (this is personal, but the line about "all that you've ever owned is packed in the hall to go" turns me into a sobbing mess Alabanza and Everything I know - In the Heights - obviously and Blackout and Sunrise from Heights - because of them being so beautiful No One But You - We Will Rock You For Good - Wicked - these two work in context. when seen live and with proper backstory behind them When I Grow Up - Matilda - no idea how Minchin did that, but this song just presses the CRY button in me both Letters in Billy Elliot are made for crying Fine Fine Line - Avenue Q - I guess, almost everyone has such a story, works as a self-pitying moment for me Climb Every Mountain - Sound of Music - one of the best shows I worked for, so many good memories! Twelve Children - Dessa Rose - one of the saddest song I ever heard Boys of 41 - From Here To Eternity - all the WWII stories are to hard for me to live through Memphis Lives In Me - depending on who it sings, in that case. It has to be a proper-told story ...and I guess half a million more. Looks like I'm only crying in the theatres!  |
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Post by whygodwhytoday on Sept 19, 2016 12:58:38 GMT
Sunrise, Sunset - Fiddler
What Would You Do? - Cabaret
You'll Never Walk Alone - Carousel
Tomorrow - Annie
A Fine, Fine Line - Avenue Q
As Long As He Needs Me - Oliver
Where Is Love? - Oliver
For Good - Wicked
I Dreamed A Dream - Les Mis
On My Own - Les Mis
Sun & Moon - Miss Saigon
Movie In My Mind - Miss Saigon
Final Lair Sequence - Phantom
Tell Me It's Not True - Blood Brothers
Light Romance Sequence - Blood Brothers
A New Life - Jekyll & Hyde
Losing My Mind - Follies
Not While I'm Around - Sweeney Todd
Not A Day Goes By - Merrily We Roll Along
No One Is Alone - Into The Woods
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2016 13:11:05 GMT
I've always found 'If Only' from 'Whistle Down The Wind' desperately sad; "if only it was so, these are the loneliest words I know". That coupled with the fact that it's one of the most gorgeous melodies in the ALW cannon. I think it stands as a terrific song away from the context of the musical too, whereas I think a lot of sad songs only fit when seen as part of the show.
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Post by Dan213 on Sept 19, 2016 13:17:06 GMT
For Good - Wicked
Memphis Lives in Me - Memphis ( Saw both Matt Cardle and Tim Newman perform this. Tim Newman's version was incredible and full of emotion)
Alabanza - In The Heights
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Post by theatremadness on Sept 19, 2016 13:23:10 GMT
I'm not Phantom's biggest phan, and it's not a song as much as a line in the show, but the Phantom's defeated, desperate and lonely "Christine....I love you" right at the end of the show really seems to do something to me that hits me right in the heart.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 19, 2016 13:47:21 GMT
Somewhere - West Side Story
Not because of the context of the song in the show, but because my sister sang it to my cat as he was being taken to the vet to be put down. Now I can't hear it without bringing that pain back.
And another vote for Not a Day Goes By - devastating
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Post by MusicalTalk on Sept 19, 2016 14:27:46 GMT
Go Back Home - Scottsboro Boys
Feed The Birds - Mary Poppins (if you know the Walt Disney Memorial story...)
Human Again - Beauty and the Beast (If you know why Howard Ashman wrote it... it has a whole different meaning, but it's joyous in the show)
Anything in Titanic/Les Mis - 'cause they all die.
God Help the Outcasts - Hunchback
Rose's Turn - Gypsy
Our Time - Merrily we Roll Along
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Post by anthony40 on Sept 19, 2016 14:34:43 GMT
Surrender- Sunset Boulevard
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2016 14:39:25 GMT
Anything But Lonely - Aspects of Love. With that desperate cry, "Don't leave me..." at the end. Yes, I'd forgotten that. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2016 14:50:02 GMT
I love the line, "He was never mine to lose..." sung by Eponine in Les Miserables, as she watches Marius, the object of her affections, with someone else. So, so sad. And then it's repeated almost by Valjean later on as he watches his beloved "daughter" Cosette slipping away from him to Marius. "She was never mine to keep..."
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Post by mallardo on Sept 19, 2016 14:56:30 GMT
There's nothing sadder than doomed optimism. Hence, the ending/beginning of Merrily - Our Time.
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Post by johartuk on Sept 19, 2016 15:43:20 GMT
Another couple:-
Little Lamb - Gypsy
Cheer Up Charlie - Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (Film)
Feed The Birds - Mary Poppins
Out There - Hunchback Of Notre Dame (particularly the beginning, when Frollo is telling Quasimodo that he's his only friend and that he's deformed and ugly - heartbreaking, especially when Quasimodo softly repeats what Frollo is telling him. Tom Hulce really does act with his voice in that film, as does the actor who plays Frollo.)
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Post by synchrony on Sept 19, 2016 16:25:18 GMT
I agree with many of these, especially 'Not a Day Goes By', 'For Good', the 'I Love You Song', 'Empty Chairs at Empty Tables', 'The Letter' and 'If Only'!
Also:
Time Heals Everything – Mack and Mabel
You Must Love Me – Evita
Whatever You Believe – The Hunting of the Snark (where the Baker’s Wife was waiting at the harbour for the Baker to come home…).
Waiting and Hoping – Napoleon.
Invisible – Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Something Wonderful (reprise) – The King and I. Although maybe that’s all about the context.
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Post by lou105 on Sept 19, 2016 17:01:39 GMT
When I Grow Up - Matilda - no idea how Minchin did that, but this song just presses the CRY button in me Agreed! There's an interview with Matthew Warchus where he says they weren't sure Tim M could bring the full range of emotions to Matilda, until they saw him sing White Wine in the Sun as an encore and the whole audience snivelled. Wistful Minchin is clever stuff. And of course we've all been discussing Playing Nancy, which is similarly off piste. I would add Someone Else's Story from Chess and Thank Goodness from Wicked to the lists: the former regardless of context and the latter when done well within the show. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2016 17:05:43 GMT
Meadowlark from The Baker's Wife. "My beautiful young man and I..." So sad (for the poor baker).
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Post by adrianics on Sept 20, 2016 10:10:15 GMT
Speaking of Mack and Mabel, I'll add I Promise You a Happy Ending... But only if it's done in the correct context.
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