Favorite Kander and Ebb song- Page 2

[eperkins]

Posted: 9/11/13 at 2:18pm

Very odd, but I came out of "Big Fish" with the song "I Don't Remember You" from The Happy Time in my head. Don't know why, and I had not heard the song in literally years. When I got home from the theatre I found the song on YouTube and played it.

Is there a song in "Big Fish" that sounds like "I Don't Remember You?"

[madbrian]

Posted: 9/11/13 at 2:49pm

The Day After That

[all that jazz]

Posted: 9/11/13 at 3:01pm

Cabaret
Maybe this time
New York New York
All That Jazz
Spider Woman
Say Yes
The World Goes Round

Is "It was a good time" a Kander and Ebb song?

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 9/11/13 at 3:34pm

Life Is and The Crow as sung by Debbie Shapiro

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 9/11/13 at 3:35pm

The entire score of Curtains
The Money Tree/Maybe This Time (from First You Dream)
And The World Goes 'Round
Ring Them Bells

[Sant]

Posted: 9/11/13 at 3:41pm

ALL THAT JAZZ is definitely my favorite. Followd by:
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
THE MONEY TREE
DON'T "AH, MA!" ME
CELL BLOCK TANGO
MAYBE THIS TIME
ANYTHING FOR HIM
NEW YORK NEW YORK

[Jane2]

Posted: 9/11/13 at 6:28pm

I'm also partial to I Don't Care Much. And I prefer it sung by Matt McGrath.

[someone.else's.story2]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 10:58am

I've always loved Colored Lights

[devonian.t]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 4:24pm

She's a Woman
What Would You Do?
Coffee Shop Nights

love them love them love them

[jv92]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 7:56pm

"Coffee Shop Nights" has a lyric by John Kander, actually. But it's still a nice song.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 9:14pm

"Life Is" and "The Story of the Butterfly" from ZORBA

But I have to agree with the choice of "Cabaret" above. It's a hit song, written to be a hit song, and yet its lyrics are as clever and profound as the best of Sondheim.

Posted: 9/12/13 at 10:58pm

One of my all time favorites "Why Can't I Speak?" from ZORBA. I just love it, at least as it appears on the OBC (it's very different on the revival recording and I don't like it as much).

[peerrjb]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 12:30am

Have to agree with the folks who mentioned "What Would You Do?". Lenya, singing a story she knew and understood so well, matched the wonderful lyric.... The depth of her "Go on, tell me... I will listen..." is a remarkable connection of song and actress.

[bobs3]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 3:12am

I am not usually a Liza fan but her version of YES from "Liza with a Z" is amazing.

[karloskar2]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 7:19am

I Miss The Music shouldn't really qualify since it has a lyric by John Kander, but since he dedicated it to Fred Ebb, it still feels like one of their best songs. Brent Barrett's version of Seeing Things is quite beautiful, also Streisand's original I Don't Care Much, and Agnetha Faltskog's My Colouring Book is a heart breaker, and Don't Tell Mama always makes me smile. But the bridge from Go Back Home is just exquisite. Who knew that singing Oh me, Oh my... could conjure up such pain and yearning? Sheer class.

[bryan2]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 7:53am

The Life of the Party-
makes me want to dance around the room

[Christopher Lippolt]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 8:43am

I agree with you. Every one of your song selections would of been on my list.

[JRybka]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 8:52am

The Day After That is always a stunning song.
And I love Show People (only 'cause it was such a love song to Broadway)
but my favorite is Everybody's Girl. I know it isn't the best but it always always always puts a smile on my face.

[ErinDillyFan]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 10:27am

"Tomorrow Belongs to Me" is an amazing song, because you can't believe they wrote it. It seems like it was a song from the period based on a folk tune. Something that has just been around and they pulled it out of the air.

[After Eight]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 11:04am

Very, very surprised -- and dismayed -- at the neglect here accorded the songs from 70, Girls, 70.

I listed but one, thinking other people would mention the others. But since no one has, I'll have to add Home, Broadway, My Street, Coffee in a Cardboard Cup, 70, Girls, 70, and The Caper.

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 11:15am

Asking for ONE favorite song from any composer's portfolio seems unfair to all their other songs.

That said, I am partial to "First You dream from STEEL PIER and "Sometimes a Day Goes By" from WOMAN OF THE YEAR.

Updated On: 9/13/13 at 11:15 AM

[tazber]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 11:28am

Oh man, I totally forgot Woman of the Year.

I have to add The Grass Is Always Greener to my list.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 11:32am

"You can have my husband"

"I already had your husband"

[tazber]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 12:03pm

Best line!

Marilyn Cooper stole that number and won a Tony for it.

[GoSmileLaughCryClap]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 12:30pm

I think "Isn't This Better" from Funny Lady is one of their most beautiful songs.