"And I am Telling You" (Dreamgirls, Jennifer Hudson) No question about it. Period. Hands down!
--- On Sat, 2/14/09, Franc <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Franc <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] What song do you think was the greatest to ever appear in > a movie musical? > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, February 14, 2009, 7:56 AM > Somewhere Over The Rainbow. No contest. FRANC > > -----Original Message----- > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Bruce > Hershenson > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 11:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] What song do you think was the greatest to > ever appear > in a movie musical? > > > 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.php > > Here'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 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its > content. > > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for > its content. 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