Songs with layered parts?
Songs with layered parts?
Microclown
Swing Joined: 3/9/15
#1Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/9/15 at 11:04pmCan you please list for me any songs you can think of that have layered parts. What I mean by that is either a song like "All for the Best" from Godspell where there are two or more separate parts that fit together nicely when sung together, or like "Money" from Cabaret, which at one point have the same lyric sung by two people, one slightly after the other. Preferably these would be upbeat songs.
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
chewy5000
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
#3Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/9/15 at 11:15pm
"I Am the One" from Next to Normal comes to mind.
"Was uns befreit, das muss stärker sein als wir es sind." -Tanz der Vampire
Updated On: 3/9/15 at 11:15 PM
#4Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/9/15 at 11:16pm
The most famous one is "You're Just in Love" from CALL ME MADAM.
Others:
"Old-Fashioned Wedding" (1960s revival of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN)
"Lida Rose/Dream of Now" THE MUSIC MAN (also "Pick-a-little"/"Good Night, Ladies" -- the score has so many quodlibets they actually cut one and only sing "Good Night my Someone" and "76 Trombones" separately)
"Tonight" reprise (WEST SIDE STORY)
"Play a Simple Melody" from the film THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS
"You're Gonna Love Tomorrow"/"Love Will See Us Through" FOLLIES
These are just some of my favorites. The list could be practically endless.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quodlibet
Updated On: 3/9/15 at 11:16 PM
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#5Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/9/15 at 11:24pm
Coney Island Boat (By the Beautiful Sea)
A Balloon Is Ascending (Ben Franklin in Paris)
Pine Cones and Holly Berries (Here's Love)
Love Let Me Know (Let It Ride!)
#6Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/9/15 at 11:33pm"On My Way" and "Bring Me to Light" from Violet
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#7Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/10/15 at 4:04am
Folies Burgers from NINE
I Know Your Heart from HIGH SPIRITS
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Mekroth
Broadway Star Joined: 2/23/08
#8Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/10/15 at 6:07amOne of my favorites is "Better than a Dream" from BELLS ARE RINGING
mamaleh
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#9Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/10/15 at 7:33amWould "Fugue for Tinhorns" qualify? (GUYS AND DOLLS)
#10Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/10/15 at 7:49am
Sorry, Nowack, but I'm cracking up over "Folies Burgers."
Don't let After Eight see that.
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#12Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/10/15 at 8:45am
Poison in My Pocket - Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.
Updated On: 3/10/15 at 08:45 AM
#13Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/10/15 at 8:55am
The Name of Love from The Mystery of Edwin Drood
What Is This Feeling from Wicked
#14Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/10/15 at 9:52amIf I'm getting the concept of your question right, there are several examples of this in Dogfight: Come to a Party (the reprise mostly), That Face, First Date Last Night
I like a good rhyme more than a good time
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#15Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/10/15 at 11:36am
One Day More from Les Mis immediately came to mind.
Carrying The Banner from Newsies as well.
There are several examples in Next To Normal.
#16Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/10/15 at 11:54am"Yeah, I'll have a Folies Burger, no pickles ..."
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#17Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/10/15 at 12:46pmNow, Later, Soon and Now/Later/Soon from A Little Night Music. The first three appear to be completely different songs, then they come together in an encore of sorts as one song in three contrapuntal layers.
#18Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/10/15 at 1:47pmOh! Also, "Confrontation" from Les Mis.
"Was uns befreit, das muss stärker sein als wir es sind." -Tanz der Vampire
#19Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/10/15 at 2:12pmDo Me A Favor from Carrie, though I can't remember if the counterpoint climax was carried over to the revival.
#20Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/10/15 at 8:03pm
"Would "Fugue for Tinhorns" qualify? (GUYS AND DOLLS)"
Absolutely. I wish I'd thought to add it to my list.
#21Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/10/15 at 8:30pmOh my, autocorrect was not my friend last night!
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seahag2
Featured Actor Joined: 2/15/15
#22Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/11/15 at 1:52amThe first song in Fun Home, On My Way from Violet, I Know It's Today from Shrek. Tesori loves counterpoint
so I smile like Mona Lisa and I lay my Visa down
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#24Songs with layered parts?
Posted: 3/11/15 at 1:01pm
Far from upbeat but:
"The Butterfly" and "Why Can't I Speak?/"That's a Beginning" from ZORBA
