Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Break-up or moving on showtunes?
#1Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 2:29pm
Hi folks. Searched and didn't find a topic on this, so starting one. Boyfriend of two years broke up with me just shy of three weeks ago and I've moved out and into my own place to start over. I want to avoid the lovey-dovey broadway stuff on my ipod at the moment, so any recommendations of good break-up or moving on cause he was jerk, etc., showtunes I can add to my playlist to get through it?
Wasn't sure whether to post this here or the OT board, so apologies if it should be there.
Updated On: 10/24/08 at 02:29 PM
#2re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 2:52pmWe Do Not Belong Together, from Sunday in the Park With George, which is heart.breaking.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#3re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 2:58pm
You know, that little song called "Move On," though it is not about romance, certainly can apply here.
Other songs which may not be right on the money but could help, depending on your mood:
"This Nearly Was Mine"
"Fine, Fine Line"
"Time Heals Everything"
"Adelaide's Lament"
"Hopelessly Devoted to You"
"Down in the Depths on the 90th Floor"
and of course
"Starting Here, Starting Now"
Good luck
#4re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 2:59pm
we do not belong together, sitpwg
move on, sitpwg
i don't remember christmas, starting here starting now
evermore without you, woman in white
still hurting, last 5 years
who will love me as i am, side show
that's a start....
...everyone was doing the mambo and drinking golden cadillacs...
#5re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 3:16pm
I'm Way Ahead from Seesaw
Someone Else's Story from Chess
#6re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 3:38pmMove on.
-Benjamin
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#7re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 3:41pm
I'm Leaving You from The Life
These Are the Games I Play from Falsettos
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#8re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 4:07pm
Forget About The Boy---Thoroughly Modern Millie.
Wishing you the best! 
"Everytime you step on that stage it is somebody's first Broadway show and somebody's last Broadway show. Make it count."
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#9re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 4:19pm
Wherever He Ain't by Jerry Herman from Mack and Mabel
Partial number here: - Also Tap Your Troubles Away, which can also apply!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrYZaoxQw1E&feature=related
Updated On: 10/24/08 at 04:19 PM
#10re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 4:22pm
IF YOU HADN'T BUT YOU DID
by Styne, Comden, Green from TWO ON THE AISLE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-gume4RcNU
This tune should snap you out of any funk!
What great ones do the less will prattle of
Updated On: 10/24/08 at 04:22 PM
crc03772
Understudy Joined: 2/27/08
#11re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 4:29pm
Heaven Help My Heart-Chess
Tell Me On A Sunday, Take that Look Off Your Face-Tell Me On a Sunday (Song and Dance)
Old Friend-I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road
I'm Not Afraid-Songs For A New World
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#12re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 5:36pm
"The Honeymoon is Over" - I DO, I DO
"I'm Glad to See You Got What You Want" - CELEBRATION
"Nice Knowing You" - LUCKY STIFF
"Goodbye, Emile" - ROMANCE/ROMANCE
"It's Been Grand Knowing You" - SHE LOVES ME
#13re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 5:42pm
Yes, listen to "Forget About The Boy" and turn off the iPod just before the "Jimmy, oh Jimmy" portion starts up!
"A Change In Me" from Beauty and the Beast is great, too, but you'll have to download it off of Susan Egan's album "So Far" (that is, if you want it legally). This is one of the more positive 'move on' songs.
"Another Suitcase, Another Hall" from Evita. This is more of a negative song.
"Farewell, Good Angel" from Jane Eyre. (Negative.)
Oh... and of course the angry reprise of "Where's the Girl" from Scarlet Pimpernel-- "Let her go! Let her live, let her die on her own! We are all of us bruised and alone, now we both will have nothing to hold!"
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#14re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 5:59pm
Uh... 'Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair', anyone? Sends a great message of "balls to that man! Who needs him anyway?". In fact, Rodgers & Hammerstein are pretty good at these; try 'Many A New Day' as well. :)
After all, why *should* a woman who is healthy and strong blubber like a baby when her man goes away?
bwayfan9
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/08
#16re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 7:22pmI guess you could He Vas My Boyfriend could fit into this topic
Obama/Biden 08
#17re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 7:40pm
"There's a Fine Fine Line" - Avenue Q
"Bride's Lament" - The Drowsy Chaperone (if not only for the laughs)
"Still Hurting" - The Last 5 Years
"Mr. Hopalong Heartbreak" - Urban Cowboy (i know it sounds dumb, but the lyrics are great. promise.)
Also, two songs that get me through rough times are:
"If I Own Today" - Scott Alan
"Hear My Song" - Songs for a New World
Keep your head up, OP.
#18re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 8:37pm
Thanks guys for all the suggestions. I am trying to keep my head up and this board is actually helping, oddly enough.
BigFatBlonde, that video is great and Kristin does an awesome job with that song. It does help snap you out of a funk.
Broadwaynerd101
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/6/08
#19re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 10/24/08 at 8:57pmWould "Cry For Me" from Jersey Boys work under this subject?
difiglia
Swing Joined: 11/15/12
#20re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 4/29/16 at 4:18pm
Move (You're Steppin on My Heart) - Dreamgirls
Where You Are - Kiss of the Spiderwoman
Since You Stayed Here - Brownstone
#21re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 4/29/16 at 4:23pm
Burn
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#22re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 4/29/16 at 4:41pm
"Wicked Little Town" (Reprise), Hedwig.
p.s. How did this get bumped.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#23re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 4/29/16 at 4:52pm
Almost - I Had A Ball
Where Did The Good Times Go? - Over Here
Love Line - Bajour
How Could I Be So Wrong - Golden Rainbow
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Updated On: 4/29/16 at 04:52 PM
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#24re: Break-up or moving on showtunes?
Posted: 4/29/16 at 5:05pm
Scarywarhol said: "p.s. How did this get bumped."
Dunno, but since it did:
