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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Nov 20, 2017 22:47:59 GMT
I'm having a think about songs that are about music, and I was wondering what musicals songs we can think of between us that are about music.
It could be about music or songs in anyway - how great music is, how bad it is, about a singer, a song, about listening to music. Not just about dancing though!
So far I've come up with The Sound of Music and Do Re Mi, but there must be lots more songs about music in the world of musicals!
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 20, 2017 22:56:10 GMT
Franklin Shepherd Inc from Merrily is (in part) about the creative process of writing a song - so that might count
Music of the Night - Phanton's use of Christine as a musical muse
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Post by Deal J on Nov 21, 2017 7:03:35 GMT
"Make the Most of Your Music" from the re-written 1987 London production of Follies would fit your description (even though it didn't fit the production  ) "Hot Patootie" from the Rocky Horror Show - I really love that rock n' roll! "Electric Blues" from HAIR - and old fashioned melllllllll-o-dy... |
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Post by Dan213 on Nov 21, 2017 11:42:05 GMT
Memphis has quite a few
Music of My Soul, Steal Your Rock and Roll etc
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 22, 2017 16:15:31 GMT
Salad Days - It's easy to sing a simple song - Looking for a Piano
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Post by tmesis on Nov 22, 2017 17:13:32 GMT
I'm a Brass Band - Sweet Charity
76 Trombones - The Music Man
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 17:24:32 GMT
While we’re with Sweet Charity there’s The Rhythm of Life.
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 22, 2017 19:56:37 GMT
"I Love A Piano", which I saw in a stage production of White Christmas, though it's not in the film.
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Post by ceebee on Nov 22, 2017 20:15:49 GMT
Piano Man - Movin' Out.
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Post by profquatermass on Nov 22, 2017 21:36:16 GMT
I miss the music - Curtains
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Post by theatremadness on Nov 22, 2017 23:51:27 GMT
Come Follow the Band - Barnum?
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Post by harrietcraig on Nov 23, 2017 17:14:53 GMT
Irving Berlin wrote a zillion songs that are either specifically about music (I Love a Piano (which Dawnstar mentioned), Slap That Bass, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Let Me Sing and I'm Happy) or that use music as a metaphor (A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody, You Keep Coming Back Like a Song), but most of those were written either for a movie or as a stand-alone popular song, not for a musical. I've been wracking my brain to try to think of a Berlin music-related song that was written for the stage, and all I can come up with is Say It With Music, from the Music Box Revue of 1921.
For another oldie, how about Rodgers and Hart's Johnny One-Note, from Babes in Arms?
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Post by tonyloco on Nov 25, 2017 15:21:33 GMT
Irving Berlin’s ‘Dance to the music of the ocarina’ is from ‘Call Me Madam’
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Post by MusicalTalk on Nov 26, 2017 2:17:05 GMT
Pick out a Simple Tune - Half a Sixpence
Raise Your Voice - Sister Act
You're in the Band - School of Rock (same function as RYV)
Come Follow the Band - Barnum
Scales and Arpeggios - Aristocats
Just to name a few.
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