Five For Friday: Favorite Musical Songs
Here’s the Five For Friday, bringing you five songs you should add to your playlist. This week’s songs are some favorite musical songs from the Arts section.
Natalie Enriquez ‘24 is a fan of musicals and one of her favorite musicals is Grease. From Grease she says her favorite musical song is ‘Hopelessly devoted’.
“It’s just catchy and it’s like a little sad girl song. A love sad girl song.”
Jalen Bullock ‘23 watches musicals often and is an avid fan of them. His favorite song is ‘The Sound of Music’ from the musical, The Sound of Music.
“It’s perfect. Like the sound of music like literally the song represents the music. The sound of music makes you feel when you listen to music… like when you hear good music it makes you feel alive.”
Issac Reynoso ‘23 isn’t particularly fond of musicals but one of the few musicals he enjoys holds his favorite song, ‘The Phantom of the Opera's Main Theme.’
“It’s just beautiful. It sets the vibe of the story. I can’t explain it, it's just beautiful.”
Miles Largoza ‘23 isn’t fond of musicals but he does have a favorite song from Frozen, ‘Let It Go.’
“I think it embodies many emotions I have and lets me express myself when I sing it.”
Mr. Miller enjoys musicals and says his favorite song from a musical is ‘Somewhere’ from West Side Story.
“It’s my mothers favorite musical, and every time I hear it I can remember when I was a little kid she took me to see it for the first time in a movie theater and I looked over and she got a little teary eyed. It has always moved me. It’s a beautiful song about these two people who are in love and they wish there was a place where they could express that. Love wins.”
That’s the Five For Friday bringing you five more songs for your ears.
Laysha Vargas-Guizar
Laysha Vargas-Guizar is a writer in Journalism 2. Editor of Arts & Entertainment, they host the Everything Entertainment Podcast along with their co-host Aiden Lupian.