Most annoying songs

[newyorkuniq]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 2:25pm

There are some theatre songs that make me want to rip my hair out every time I hear them. I think my top 5 are:

Magic To Do
Someone Like You
Any Dream Will Do
They Don't Know
The Sound Of Music

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 2:43pm

Mama I'm a Big Girl Now

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 2:46pm

Murder, Murder ( & I liked J/H)

[WhatDoINeedWithLove?]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 2:51pm

MAMA IM A BIG GIRL NOW!?!?!?! NOOOO more like "Baltimore Crabs", love Hairspray but that song....not so much

[Hanna]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 3:04pm

Umm here's some songs I can't stand:

1.A Boy Like That
2.Hair
3-Downtown
4.Bring Him Home

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 3:07pm

I really can't think of any songs that I would classify as annoying.

[ChristineDaae]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 4:23pm

RENT songs!!!

[i luv stevo]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 4:31pm

Old Fashioned Love Story~Wild Party. I really like wild party, but I have to skip this song, I cant stand it.

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 5:26pm

Also, can't stand 'Angel of Music.'

[MusicMan]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 5:50pm

Oh, there are SO many but the first two that come to mind are:
KING OF THE WORLD from Songs for a New World
and
THE RIDDLE SONG from Floyd Collins (and Sondheim wishes he had written this one! Oy!)
Sweet Jesus on a scooter, they have to be among the most self-indulgent and annoying songs ever!
Updated On: 11/1/03 at 05:50 PM

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 6:01pm

The 'Soliliquy' from CAROUSEL.

'Pore Jud is Daid' from OKLAHOMA!

'Meat and Potatoes' from MR. PRESIDENT (But it is SO awful it's pretty funny)

[bestofbroadway]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 6:03pm

-Mama I'm A Big Girl Now- Hairspray (shut up, shut up, shut up)
-Baltimore Crabs- Hairspray
-We Go Together- Grease (someone had a serious brain fart when
they wrote this song)
-Music of the Night- Phantom (might have liked it at one time,
can't remember)
-Most of the crap from Joseph
-Love a lot of Lippa's melodies but the man needs a lyricist
(the Lyrics in John and Jen suck)
-Extraordinary from Pippin (Sesame Street)
-Dancing Queen from Mamma Mia
-Another Pyramid from Aida


...I'm sure there are many others but I don't usually listen to songs that I can't stand and block them out of my mind.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 6:15pm

POTO songs!!!!

[Seany]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 6:16pm

I'm not a HUGE Hairspray fan - haven't seen the show, just heard the score. I DO like it a lot - especially Good Morning Baltimore and Run & Tell That. I can see how pretty much all of the songs could get on someone's nerves.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 7:59pm

No one would consider "A Boy Like That" to be annoying if they'd attended on of the magnificent Patti LuPone's COULDA, WOULDA, SHOULDA concerts. In this program, the glorious Ms LuPone sings BOTH parts of "A Boy Like That" complete with Hispanic accents and different body language for each of the characters. It becomes the hilarious highlight of the the concert.

I love Patti LuPone!

[Bway_Mill_Fan]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:07pm

i guess since i'm not a big fan of ABBA, everything from Mama Mia , and then the impossible dream from Man of La Mancha, man i'm glad that's over. great song, but GEEZ!!! could do they anyOTHER song?!

[Princess MimiChica]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:08pm

ooh, fun topic! let's see, I didn't think a lot of songs annoyed me but heres my list:

most of the crap from PotO!
Miss Baltimore Crabs is annoying, but i DO love Mama Im A Big Girl Now!
Another Pyramid
one word: CATS! ::gag:::
Someone Like You
Somewhere Thats Green! (im sorry, Ellen Green annoys me in general)
Hello Dolly

but my far the most recent song thats annoyed me is My Girlfriend Who Lives in Canada!!! oy, could that guy sound any more annoying!?!

ChristineDaae: you may not like RENT but you can't say EVERY song is annoying! come on, admit it, One Song Glory and Light My Candle are catchy tunes! =D

[Dollypop]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:11pm

BWY_MILL_FAN makes a a very perceptive comment. "The Impossible Dream" in MAN OF LA MANCHA doesn't advance the plot. Perhaps it should be cut from all future productions.

[newyorkuniq]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:11pm

Your a big Renthead MimiChica

[tkts]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:18pm

Anything from the early 70's rock/religious trio of Superstar, Godspell or Joseph.

[RobbO]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:19pm

i'd say 99.5% of hairspray...

[Bway_Mill_Fan]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:23pm

thank you DollyPop :)

just that one song made me NEVER want to see the show because i knew i'd have to hear it again! i'm sure they lost other people too. what was the point of having a cast recording since it seems like they only had a single?

and some songs from hairspray do annoy me. sorry, but not a big fan of marissa's voice. i like the current Tracy a bit better.

Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:31pm

something is wrong with u if dont like Any Dream Will Do. that is one of my favorite songs.

Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:39pm

my top 5 annoying songs are:

1.) I owe Iowa
2.) Mama I'm A Big Girl Now
3.) Good Morning Baltimore
4.) Take Back Your Mink
5.) Giants In The Sky

[Sunfish]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 8:45pm

I'm surprised to see so many negative comments about songs in Hairspray. Last year Hairspray was God-given, the most glorious theatrical product anyone had ever seen. I didn't react that way..it was colorful and high energy, Harvey was annoying (popped me out of the storyline everytime he appeared), and the music was not in the least memorable. Based as it was on the music of a particular pop era, the originals from that era are infinitely more interesting (and it wasn't a particularly memorable time for music anyway!)

And now a question about the various lists people have posted: Did you hate those songs IMMEDIATELY upon hearing them, or is it simply repetition that causes you to dislike them?