Every girl named Susan knows the pain of growing up having everyone and
their brother sing that song to them. Great song from the movie and it was cute
when I was five.
From the list, there are too many songs to choose from. Somewhere and Ol'
Man River are right up there for me. The Impossible Dream from Man of La
Mancha, You'll Never Walk Alone from Carousel, Secret Love from Calamity Jane
and Climb Every Mountain from Sound of Music are some others that are my favs
that didn't make the list. I think those are signature songs from those films.
What a great post Bruce. I loved reading everyone's favs. We don't talk
much about musicals on the group. Overall, they are my favorite genre of film.
Sue
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Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:14:43 -0800From: neiljawor...@yahoo.co.uksubject: Re:
[MOPO] What song do you think was the greatest to ever appear in a movie
musical?To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
It's time to put you all out of your misery.The correct answer is "If You Knew
Susie" by Eddie Cantor from the 1948 film of the same name.Altogether now!"If
you knew Susie like I know Susie, Oh, Oh, Oh what a girll! There's none so
classy as this fair lassy, Oh, Oh, Oh my goodness what a chassis!"Neil--- On
Sat, 14/2/09, Roger Kim <roger...@iname.com> wrote:
From: Roger Kim <roger...@iname.com>Subject: Re: [MOPO] What song do you think
was the greatest to ever appear in a movie musical?To:
mop...@listserv.american.edudate: Saturday, 14 February, 2009, 5:07 PM
This is an impossible question to answer, but at the moment I'll vote for:
"Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)" (Hair)
Honorable mention:
"The Heather on the Hill" (Brigadoon)
"Younger than Springtime" (South Pacific)
"Gethsemane" (Jesus Christ Superstar)
"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (Showboat 1951)
"Ol' Man River" (Showboat 1951)
Almost worth an honorable mention:
"Jaan Pehechaan Ho" (Gumnaam -- also used in the film Ghost World)
If you've been trying to find a copy of Gumnaam, I can tell you that it's one
of the worst films I've ever fast-forwarded through.
-roger
On Feb 13, 2009, at 8:26 PM, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
I thought the MoPo members might enjoy seeing the poll from my latest e-mail
club message (it goes to over 5,000 movie paper collectors). You can post your
vote here (of course for it to count in the official poll, you have to be a
member of my e-mail club). You can join at
http://www.emovieposter.com/mail/clubsignup.phpHere's the poll question: What
song do you personally think was the greatest to ever appear in a musical
movie? We previously have asked club members about their favorite movie "score"
(as opposed to "soundtrack") and favorite song from a non-musical. This week,
we thought it only fair to ask about your favorite song that IS from a musical.
IMPORTANT! This is kind of tricky! We are looking for a single song that was
either written for a specific movie musical, or was written earlier, but has
become SO identified with one movie musical it was used in that everybody
connects that song to that movie! We are arbitrarily eliminating songs that are
from movies that are primarily dramas, but which have a bunch of songs added to
it (like almost all Barbra Streisand movies, which is certainly nothing against
Barbra, just that we are trying to stick to actual musicals, where the drama
element is sort of secondary to the musical content) so please don't vote for
any NON-musicals, or drama movies with musical content, as outlined above (and
we realize this is completely arbitrary and unfair, and you are welcome to
argue with us in the comments field, but please don't vote for these types of
songs)! In this poll more than any other we have ever run, there are truly
thousands of songs that COULD be chosen, and our below list is just intended to
jog your memory, and is no way comprehensive (even WITHIN a specific movie,
where we have picked one or two songs, but there might be five others you might
consider voting for JUST FROM THAT MOVIE), so we fully expect there to be lots
of "other" votes, and that is great! Finally know that we are absolutely NOT
asking which of the following movies you liked the best, but which SONG you
liked the best from one of these musical movies or from any other! Here are the
list of choices: "And I'm Telling You" (Dreamgirls) "Aquarius" (Hair) "Baby,
It's Cold Outside" (Neptune's Daughter) "Baby Mine" (Dumbo) "The Bare
Necessities" (The Jungle Book) "Beauty and the Beast" (Beauty and the Beast)
"Blame Canada" (South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut) "Bless Yore Beautiful Hide"
(Seven Brides For Seven Brothers) "Buttons and Bows" (The Paleface) "Cabaret"
(Cabaret) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (The Lion King) "Cheek to Cheek" (Top
Hat) "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (Mary Poppins) "Circle of Life" (The Lion King)
"Do-Re-Mi" (The Sound of Music) "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" (A
Star Is Born) "Get Happy" (Summer Stock) "Gigi" (Gigi) "Good Morning" (Singin'
In the Rain) "Hakuna Matata" (The Lion King) "Have Yourself a Merry Little
Christmas" (Meet Me in St. Louis) "Hello Dolly" (Hello Dolly) "I Could Have
Danced All Night" (My Fair Lady) "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (Jesus Christ
Superstar) "I Feel Pretty" (West Side Story) "I Got Rhythm" (An American in
Paris) "I Remember It Well" (Gigi) "I Whistle A Happy Tune" (The King and I)
"If I Loved You" (Carousel) "It Might as Well Be Spring" (State Fair)
"Jailhouse Rock" (Jailhouse Rock) "Lady Marmalade" (Moulin Rouge) "The Last
Time I Saw Paris" (Lady Be Good) "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" (Shall We
Dance) "Luck Be A Lady" (Guys and Dolls) "The Man That Got Away" (A Star Is
Born) "My Favorite Things" (The Sound of Music) "Oklahoma!" (Oklahoma!) "Ol'
Man River" (Show Boat) "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" (The Harvey
Girls) "On the Good Ship Lollipop" (Bright Eyes) "People" (Funny Girl) "Pinball
Wizard" (The Who's Tommy) "Save the People" (Godspell) "Singin' In the Rain"
(Singin' In the Rain) "Some Enchanted Evening" (South Pacific) "Somewhere"
(West Side Story) "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (The Wizard of Oz) "The Sound of
Music" (The Sound of Music) "Stormy Weather" (Stormy Weather) "The Sun Will
Come Out Tomorrow" (Annie) "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (Mary Poppins)
"Swinging on a Star" (Going My Way) "Ten Cents a Dance" (Love Me Or Leave Me)
"Thanks for the Memory" (The Big Broadcast of 1938) "They Can't Take That Away
from Me" (Shall We Dance) "Tonight" (West Side Story) "The Trolley Song" (Meet
Me In St. Louis) "True Love" (High Society) "Under the Sea" (The Little
Mermaid) "The Way You Look Tonight" (Swing Time) "We're Off to See the Wizard"
(The Wizard of Oz) "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Pinocchio) "White Christmas"
(Holiday Inn) "Who Will Buy?" (Oliver!) "A Whole New World" (Aladdin) "The
Yankee Doodle Boy" (Yankee Doodle Dandy) "You Must Love Me" (Evita) "You'll Be
in My Heart" (Tarzan) "You're the One That I Want" (Grease) "Younger Than
Springtime" (South Pacific) "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" (Song of the South) Other (but
PLEASE be sure to explain WHY you chose this option) I am really curious to see
how MoPo members feel vs my club overall. Remember, ANY song is fine, on the
list or not!Bruce
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