{"id":50193,"date":"2025-10-20T09:05:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=50193"},"modified":"2025-10-20T09:40:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:40:13","slug":"oh-no-here-are-10-more-of-the-worst-musical-numbers-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/20\/oh-no-here-are-10-more-of-the-worst-musical-numbers-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh No! Here Are 10 More of the Worst Musical Numbers of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday\u2019s feature article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/17\/are-these-the-10-worst-musical-numbers-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAre These the 10 Worst Musical Numbers of All Time?\u201d<\/a> generated a great deal of reader response on social media, with multiple people offering suggestions for wonderfully awful musical sequences that deserved to be recognized. Well, in the tradition of movie sequels, here is our follow-up edition with 10 more of the worst musical numbers ever put on film.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTwo-Faced Woman\u201d from \u201cTorch Song\u201d (1953)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is hard to determine which is more insane \u2013 Joan Crawford dancing in blackface or being saddled with a dubbed singing voice (via India Adams) that is blatantly not hers. This is a true audio-visual nightmare.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7YeDwTR_syY?si=fnPqaLOVBhWSKI_m\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI Want to Be Loved by You\u201d from \u201cGentlemen Marry Brunettes\u201d (1955)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This send-up of Ziegfeld-era musical extravaganzas is staged in such a dull and clumsy manner that even the combined talents of Rudy Vallee, Jane Russell and Jeanne Crain couldn\u2019t rescue it from self-induced ruin.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j_7UpfGPOd4?si=WcWulSNWyWokW5Nl\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cYoga is as Yoga Does\u201d from \u201cEasy Come, Easy Go\u201d (1967)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even by the standards of Elvis Presley\u2019s mid-1960s films, this number is thoroughly embarrassing \u2013 and the jolly presence of Elsa Lanchester isn&#8217;t enough to salvage it from unabashed puerility.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/23FHQSbeJLM?si=Hm4AKzqZzvUoBcZT\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n\u201cQuestion Me An Answer\u201d from \u201cLost Horizon\u201d (1973)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bobby Van was a dynamic song-and-dance man who rarely had a chance to shine on the big screen. Sadly, his considerable talents are wasted in performing this bizarre Burt Bacharach-Hal David ditty.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hfs62HWRjyA?si=812YtYiXkgNCyasa\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cEase on Down the Road\u201d from \u201cThe Wiz\u201d (1978)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The problem with this number has nothing to do with the performance skills of Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, nor is the song itself a problem. Instead, director Sidney Lumet is being called to task for the bizarre manner in which it was staged \u2013 with the camera positioned at a ridiculous length away from the stars who mostly perform the song with their backs to the viewer. This is a classic example of how not to film a musical number.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uNKmKOjGUbw?si=zXfSgAhPVQN6XVTB\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI Love You to Death\u201d from \u201cCan\u2019t Stop the Music\u201d (1980)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Village People\u2019s only feature film includes this over-the-top number highlighting \u201cconstruction worker\u201d David Hodo in an aggressively heterosexual fantasy sequence \u2013 hey, what did you expect from a 1980 movie? <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wf62IWhUMyo?si=AgulXxm5XOXz9_uN\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTutti Frutti\u201d from \u201cRhinestone\u201d (1984)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sylvester Stallone sings. Enough said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oAxfiyrsXFM?si=rjvDfHAzqgLQX7Sy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTexas Has a Whorehouse in It\u201d from \u201cThe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas\u201d (1982) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As with \u201cEase on the Road,\u201d the problem here is not the song, but rather how it is presented \u2013 in this case, with an utterly miscast Dom DeLuise who is unable to get a handle on his role of a tabloid television reporter trying to whip up a scandalous news story regarding the business in the film\u2019s title.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y5EkcuhBwiU?si=YrfiDYxIgQihtbPD\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMy Baby Just Cares For Me\u201d from \u201cEveryone Says I Love You\u201d (1996)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the Woody Allen\u2019s weirdest misfires was his sole attempt at making a campy musical. Poor Edward Norton gives it his best, even throwing in a brief Groucho Marx-inspired dance amid the tap-dancing salesmen, but he\u2019s completely out of his element in this tiresome riff on 1930s-style musicals.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WsiIPY_vzFU?si=kfgzfoPZEOcoWbvE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n\u201cThe Old Gumbie Cat\u201d from \u201cCats\u201d (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the great cinematic cat-astrophes (sorry) of all time, this CGI nightmare has so many horrendous moments that choosing one is difficult. But here we go with this selection featuring Rebel Wilson embarrassing herself with gusto.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JG5Pl8QXf3M?si=yVu8naIqQRkNCCJ-\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday\u2019s feature article \u201cAre These the 10 Worst Musical Numbers of All Time?\u201d generated a great deal of reader response on social media, with multiple people offering suggestions for wonderfully awful musical sequences that deserved to be recognized. 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