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Post by danb on Sept 20, 2016 11:13:23 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. I took my 18 year old daughter to Matilda earlier this year, and knowing she'd be off to Uni soon it brought a lump to my throat (and hers). Fast forward to last Saturdays trip up to Uni; it came on in the car on my way home & I just crumpled I'm afraid. Good job the Mrs was driving! I suspect 'Slipping Through My Fingers' would have done the same, sniff. |
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Post by partytentdown on Sept 20, 2016 11:19:32 GMT
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Post by haz23 on Sept 20, 2016 17:06:00 GMT
No One Is Alone (Into The Woods) and Without You (Rent) - I cry every time!
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Post by Michael on Sept 20, 2016 17:47:47 GMT
I guess I'm an emotional wreck, but not a single song of these made me sob - or any of the others mentioned here. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 20, 2016 19:58:06 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? I think they're sad in context, You'll Never Walk Alone is because Billy's been killed and at least the reprise of Climb Ev'ry Mountain is because they're having to flee Austria. The bit of Les Mis that always gets me isn't actually any of the songs, it's the orchestral music when the barricade turns after the battle & we see Enjolras lying there dead. I think someone's already mentioned The Hired Man, which has several very sad songs - when I saw the Landor production I was in tears repeatedly during Act 2 - and I think Goodall's Girlfriends and A Winter's Tale do also. Oddly, since I don't think it's meant to be a sad song, I found People pretty killing when I heard it for the first time in concert last year. I think it's because it emphasises what I am missing. I agree with the various mentions of Not A Day Goes By, Being Alive, You Are Not Alone and Not While I'm Around. Send In The Clowns is very sad in context but I don't think works out of context - I remember finding it pretty boring till I saw the Menier's ALNM & suddenly got it. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2016 20:03:11 GMT
I love the way that Les Miserables has not only its catalogue of sad songs, but it has a number of beatifully moving leitmotifs. One I find incredibly touching is the one we hear first sung by Valjean in The Arrest: "I've seen your face before/ Show me some way to help you..." We hear it sung twice more, by Fantine: once to her imagined daughter ("Cosette, it's turned so cold/ Cosette, it's past your bed-time..." and then near the end of the show to Valjean on his deathbed: "Monsieur, I bless your name/ Monsieur, lay down your burden..." Perfection!
The Arrest contains a desperately touching little melody that's not heard anywhere else in the show, when Fantine sings: "Monsieur, don't mock me now, I pray/ It's hard enough I've lost my pride/ You let your foreman send me away/ Yes, you were there and turned aside..." This is one of my favourite parts of the show.
Another little gut-wrenching melody we hear only once opens The Finale. Valjeans sings of having to watch his beloved Cosette from afar: "Alone I wait in the shadows/ I count the hours 'til I can sleep..." Interestingly it contains the only repeated line in the show: "I dreamed a dream (Cosette stood by/It made her weep to know I die...")
I love this show: it is so brilliantly crafted!
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Post by danb on Sept 20, 2016 20:19:35 GMT
I love the way that Les Miserables has not only its catalogue of sad songs, but it has a number of beatifully moving leitmotifs. One I find incredibly touching is the one we hear first sung by Valjean in The Arrest: "I've seen your face before/ Show me some way to help you..." We hear it sung twice more, by Fantine: once to her imagined daughter ("Cosette, it's turned so cold/ Cosette, it's past your bed-time..." and then near the end of the show to Valjean on his deathbed: "Monsieur, I bless your name/ Monsieur, lay down your burden..." Perfection! The Arrest contains a desperately touching little melody that's not heard anywhere else in the show, when Fantine sings: "Monsieur, don't mock me now, I pray/ It's hard enough I've lost my pride/ You let your foreman send me away/ Yes, you were there and turned aside..." This is one of my favourite parts of the show. Another little gut-wrenching melody we hear only once opens The Finale. Valjeans sings of having to watch his beloved Cosette from afar: "Alone I wait in the shadows/ I count the hours 'til I can sleep..." Interestingly it contains the only repeated line in the show: " I dreamed a dream (Cosette stood by/It made her weep to know I die...") I love this show: it is so brilliantly crafted! Right there with you on 'Monsieur don't mock me'...It is my favourite section of the show; heartbreaking. |
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Post by johartuk on Sept 20, 2016 20:25:16 GMT
I love the way that Les Miserables has not only its catalogue of sad songs, but it has a number of beatifully moving leitmotifs. One I find incredibly touching is the one we hear first sung by Valjean in The Arrest: "I've seen your face before/ Show me some way to help you..." We hear it sung twice more, by Fantine: once to her imagined daughter ("Cosette, it's turned so cold/ Cosette, it's past your bed-time..." and then near the end of the show to Valjean on his deathbed: "Monsieur, I bless your name/ Monsieur, lay down your burden..." Perfection! The Arrest contains a desperately touching little melody that's not heard anywhere else in the show, when Fantine sings: "Monsieur, don't mock me now, I pray/ It's hard enough I've lost my pride/ You let your foreman send me away/ Yes, you were there and turned aside..." This is one of my favourite parts of the show. Another little gut-wrenching melody we hear only once opens The Finale. Valjeans sings of having to watch his beloved Cosette from afar: "Alone I wait in the shadows/ I count the hours 'til I can sleep..." Interestingly it contains the only repeated line in the show: " I dreamed a dream (Cosette stood by/It made her weep to know I die...") I love this show: it is so brilliantly crafted! The scene with the Bishop is incredibly moving, particularly in the film, where the Bishop is played by Colm Wilkinson. |
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Post by theatremadness on Sept 20, 2016 20:53:19 GMT
I love the way that Les Miserables has not only its catalogue of sad songs, but it has a number of beatifully moving leitmotifs. One I find incredibly touching is the one we hear first sung by Valjean in The Arrest: "I've seen your face before/ Show me some way to help you..." We hear it sung twice more, by Fantine: once to her imagined daughter ("Cosette, it's turned so cold/ Cosette, it's past your bed-time..." and then near the end of the show to Valjean on his deathbed: "Monsieur, I bless your name/ Monsieur, lay down your burden..." Perfection! The Arrest contains a desperately touching little melody that's not heard anywhere else in the show, when Fantine sings: "Monsieur, don't mock me now, I pray/ It's hard enough I've lost my pride/ You let your foreman send me away/ Yes, you were there and turned aside..." This is one of my favourite parts of the show. Another little gut-wrenching melody we hear only once opens The Finale. Valjeans sings of having to watch his beloved Cosette from afar: "Alone I wait in the shadows/ I count the hours 'til I can sleep..." Interestingly it contains the only repeated line in the show: " I dreamed a dream (Cosette stood by/It made her weep to know I die...") I love this show: it is so brilliantly crafted! That was a lovely read, caiaphas, emphasising all I love about my favourite musical of all time. Whilst we're on the Les Mis finale, in a certain mood, it makes me laugh when hearing the 'I dreamed a dream line' along with "Alone, at the end of the day, upon this wedding night I pray" as I imagine Herbert Kretzmer fitting in as many Les Mis song titles into the end of the show as he can!! |
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Post by lou105 on Sept 20, 2016 22:41:34 GMT
Another vote here for "Monsieur don't mock me.." as favourite section. That melody is tragically beautiful, to borrow a phrase from Wicked
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Post by Rozzi Rainbow on Oct 2, 2016 20:12:51 GMT
Although it's not a musical, I have to agree with the earlier post saying Only Remembered from War Horse. Every time it started I was close to sobbing and was a mess by the end. Other than that it's the common ones for me: Tell me it's not true, most of Les Mis, most of Miss Saigon, The Letter in Billy Elliot and also the folk song they sing near the start of the second half, You'll never walk alone.
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Post by anthony40 on Oct 2, 2016 20:42:51 GMT
Falling Slowly- Once
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Post by crabtree on Oct 2, 2016 21:41:34 GMT
Make Our Garden grow - Candide
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Post by Flim Flam on Oct 2, 2016 21:58:28 GMT
Have you seen the Royal Albert Hall version of Only Remembered?
Love those horses.
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Post by mistertonymac on Oct 3, 2016 13:13:05 GMT
In the Land of the Fathers - Martin Guerre (original cast. ...'in the land it is winter but we hope and we pray for spring...')
Live with Someone You Love - Martin Guerre (1999 version)
What's the Use of Wond'rin - Carousel (don't even get me started...)
Finale - Passion
So Many People - Saturday Night
One More Kiss - Follies
So many, but I'm at work.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2016 13:29:46 GMT
Have you seen the Royal Albert Hall version of Only Remembered? Love those horses. My oh my...! I've just watched this... This piece of music (never mind the wonderful presentation here at the RAH or in a performance of War Horse) makes you stop whatever you are doing. You have to listen to the perfect blend of melody and word. It is so incredibly moving, and sad. I don't think I've ever seen John Tams himself sing this. I have the brilliant, brilliant recording on CD of The Mysteries. And he is excellent on that. Thank you for posting. |
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Post by crabtree on Oct 6, 2016 19:00:44 GMT
Even in concert form 'Make your garden Grow' from Candide reduces me to tears. I love the way it just builds and builds, with such simple pure thoughts
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2016 19:18:13 GMT
I don't think it's the saddest but I reccently had to sing 'Send in the Clowns' and it really got to me.
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Post by Dawnstar on Oct 6, 2016 19:36:44 GMT
Even in concert form 'Make your garden Grow' from Candide reduces me to tears. I love the way it just builds and builds, with such simple pure thoughts Same hear, every time I've heard it live - 2 staged productions, 1 full concert & 1 just finale at the Proms - it's got me. |
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Post by musicallady on Oct 7, 2016 15:12:33 GMT
Its not technically a song but John 19:41 at the end of Jesus Christ Superstar. Gets me every time.
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Post by Sue on Oct 10, 2016 19:19:53 GMT
You Must Love Me from Evita.
My (long suffering) partner and I were front row at the Dominion in 2014 and my tears were coming down like a waterfall when Madelena Alberto sung this. My bottom lip was wobbling so much that I got jaw and throat ache holding it all in and I dare say I was probably pulling a bit of a gurn with all the effort.
So not only did Madalena give a 5* performance of Evita but she was able to carry on whilst I sat there right in front of her, a watery and semi-convulsing mess. I don't know about her but I was exhausted when the curtain fell!
Oh and Feed the Birds from Mary Poppins, just as a few of you have listed. It had a similar (but slightly less messy) effect on me when I saw this fantastic show at Bristol and Birmingham late 2015/early 2016.
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Post by ukpuppetboy on Nov 30, 2016 16:14:46 GMT
The first time I watched "The Bridges of Madison County" I lost my composure in the final chorus of "One Second and A Million Miles", and proceeded to descend into a snivelling mess for the rest of the show. This may have been acceptable within the theatre (it subsequently was), however this was whilst viewing the Lincoln Center's archive copy in the silent viewing room. Fortunately everyone except the librarian had headphones on and paid little attention. Still it took me a good 10 minutes to compose myself enough to getup and leave.
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Post by indis on Nov 30, 2016 17:05:31 GMT
"Wenn ich dein Spiegel wär" from Elisabeth and "Wenn Rosenblätter fallen " from the "Wenn Rosenblätter fallen " the musical
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