# What's your favorite BOOK OF MORMON song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 18, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-book-of-mormon-song/722878 "2015-06-18T18:52:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-book-of-mormon-song/722878/1 "2015-06-18T18:52:17Z")
Finally got to see this on stage and enjoyed myself immensely. So, since the show has been on tour a few years and the cast recording readily available, I thought I’d see how Dopers feel. Whether it’s because of the quality of the songwriting, the stage presentation, or both–what’s your favorite number from THE BOOK OF MORMON? Songs are listed in the order they’re sung in the show. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-book-of-mormon-song/722878/2 "2015-06-18T18:56:40Z")
Hasa Diga Eebowai! I love that song so much. I sing it out loud in the car. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-book-of-mormon-song/722878/3 "2015-06-18T19:11:35Z")
I didn’t get to see the damn thing. Sure, _my wife_ got a ticket, but me? No. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-book-of-mormon-song/722878/4 "2015-06-19T03:24:08Z")
Big toss-up for me between “I Believe” and “Spooky Mormon Hell Dream.” The US touring show was so expensive, I wound up going to London for some unrelated reason and seeing it there. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-book-of-mormon-song/722878/5 "2015-06-19T12:13:10Z")
From the music alone, I’d probably pick “I Believe” or “Two by Two.” However, once I saw it on stage, it was “Turn It Off.” Pure theater magic. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-book-of-mormon-song/722878/6 "2015-06-19T13:25:52Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > Big toss-up for me between “I Believe” and “Spooky Mormon Hell Dream.” The US touring show was so expensive, I wound up going to London for some unrelated reason and seeing it there. It is really weird. I saw it in Chicago and it was quite reasonable - like maybe $120 a ticket. I can afford that. I tried to see it when it came to Albany and got all pissed off. Because you can’t just buy the tickets, oh no. You have to buy a “subscription” to the theater in question, which runs anywhere from $250 to $500. Then, the subscription includes four shows but doesn’t include Book of Mormon, so you have to buy them as addons, which is another $175 apiece. I’m sorry, I don’t have nearly $400 just to see one show. Oh, and you can’t pick what’s in the subscription, either. Blah. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-book-of-mormon-song/722878/7 "2015-06-19T14:31:39Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > It is really weird. I saw it in Chicago and it was quite reasonable - like maybe $120 a ticket. I can afford that. > > I tried to see it when it came to Albany and got all pissed off. Because you can’t just buy the tickets, oh no. You have to buy a “subscription” to the theater in question, which runs anywhere from $250 to $500. Then, the subscription includes four shows but doesn’t include Book of Mormon, so you have to buy them as addons, which is another $175 apiece. > > I’m sorry, I don’t have nearly $400 just to see one show. Oh, and you can’t pick what’s in the subscription, either. > > Blah. You just don’t know how to shop. I saw it at Proctor’s and paid $25 per seat (I’m a subscriber in the cloud corner seats). And the subscription that year was probably the best they ever had, including **War Horse**. **Mormon** coming back in the fall, but you are not required to buy a series – you just have to wait until individual tickets are sold. Proctor’s first sells to season ticket holders, then to those buying subscriptions, and finally to the general public. You should be able to pick up tickets to individual shows in a month or so (though **Book of Mormon** will sell out fast). ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-book-of-mormon-song/722878/8 "2015-06-19T14:39:17Z")
“I Believe” and “Spooky Mormon Hell Dream” (I can’t believe that Jesus called me a DIIIIIICK!) are both excellent, but “Hasa Diga Ebowi” is the [del]earworm[/del] standout of the show. Once in your head, it takes hours to get rid of it. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-book-of-mormon-song/722878/9 "2015-06-19T14:41:29Z")
To sing, _Sal Tlay Ka Siti_. To listen to, _Baptize Me_ or _Hasa Diga Eebowai_. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-book-of-mormon-song/722878/10 "2015-06-19T14:44:06Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > You just don’t know how to shop. I saw it at Proctor’s and paid $25 per seat (I’m a subscriber in the cloud corner seats). And the subscription that year was probably the best they ever had, including **War Horse**. > > **Mormon** coming back in the fall, but you are not required to buy a series – you just have to wait until individual tickets are sold. Proctor’s first sells to season ticket holders, then to those buying subscriptions, and finally to the general public. You should be able to pick up tickets to individual shows in a month or so (though **Book of Mormon** will sell out fast). Oh! I see. I figured that was it. I will check again later then, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-book-of-mormon-song/722878/11 "2015-06-19T14:49:31Z")
I voted Spooky Mormon Hell Dream just because I like that kind of Tom Waits-y stuff, but really… it was “all of them.” What a great show - one of the few built around in-yer-face crudity that really made me laugh and cheer.