What is Hamilton?

[LoveTrains]

Apr 23, 2016 12:05:55 GMT -5 Vespasia said:

Apr 23, 2016 12:00:38 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Are you moving or coming to visit PVD?! The little monument on Rochambeau is pretty sad in PVD, we need to spruce it up. 

We're most likely moving to New England when I finish my degree, which is still a few years away. We were looking at CT because that's where my dad is but Providence is also a contender. Just trying to get a feel for jobs and cost of living.

Feel free to PM me about PVD, I have lived in the city for 7 years but am not native. The city is great but the job situation is most decidedly NOT great. I was done with my job and it took me a year to find a new job at about a 45 minute commute and my H works in Boston. City is extremely affordable but public schools within the city limits are atrocious. Rents were pretty cheap when i first moved here at the height of the recession (back in fall 2009) but they have been trending upwards and downcity is kind of expensive now (for PVD). 

[cinderbella]

I'm trying to find my daughter a Hamilton shirt for her birthday and came across this gem on Amazon. Any takers?

[fortnightlily]

My 2.5 year old is so manipulative. He asks me at bedtime last night to listen to Hamilton. I have only tried to play it for him in the car twice, and both times he told me to turn it off, and neither was recent.

[thebulldog]

(Um i have convinced dh we need to aee this. I am going to throw up when i hit purchase but looking for our 10th anniversay in july. The $10 founding father.

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[andwhat]

Apr 25, 2016 16:10:28 GMT -5 thebulldog said:

(Um i have convinced dh we need to aee this. I am going to throw up when i hit purchase but looking for our 10th anniversay in july. The $10 founding father.

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I think I have convinced H too. I told him I don't want this to be a regret like never seeing Prince live. I think that convinced him. But he keeps asking how much tickets are and I keep saying A LOT. LOL

Having searched 1 million dates, I think the Thursday 7pm show is the cheapest and $600+ a seat.

[One Girl In All The World]

I was in Barnes and Noble earlier killing time before I had to pick up #2 from preschool. I stopped in the ladies' room before I left and in came this woman who was full-on belting out "Satisfied" like she was auditioning for American Idol (complete with missed lyrics and pitch problems ). I heard her coming from down the hall so she must have been doing it through the whole store. 

[pantsparty]

I finally listened to the soundtrack on my plane ride to Detroit. We are in agreement that It's Quiet Uptown is the saddest song ever? Cue me wiping snot all over my hands in my seat!

I bought season tickets so we can guarantee seeing it in 2017, but I'm also kinda sort of strategizing to see if there's a way we can see it in New York. Ha ha.

I don't even like musical soundtracks. Like I have the Wicked soundtrack automatically because I bought my parents the CD, but I'm not really one for listening to "show tunes." I think it's because they seem to rarely advance the plot, but in this case, they ARE the plot. I'm trying not to wear out its awesomeness but I feel like I pick up a little bit more each time!

[gretchenindisguise]

Apr 25, 2016 23:22:44 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

I finally listened to the soundtrack on my plane ride to Detroit. We are in agreement that It's Quiet Uptown is the saddest song ever? Cue me wiping snot all over my hands in my seat!

I bought season tickets so we can guarantee seeing it in 2017, but I'm also kinda sort of strategizing to see if there's a way we can see it in New York. Ha ha.

I don't even like musical soundtracks. Like I have the Wicked soundtrack automatically because I bought my parents the CD, but I'm not really one for listening to "show tunes." I'm trying not to wear out its awesomeness but I feel like I pick up a little bit more each time!

Now go down the rabbit hole of the annotated lyrics posted on page 1 or 2 of this thread and prepare to be even more amazed.

[bears]

Apr 25, 2016 23:22:44 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

I finally listened to the soundtrack on my plane ride to Detroit. We are in agreement that It's Quiet Uptown is the saddest song ever? Cue me wiping snot all over my hands in my seat!

I bought season tickets so we can guarantee seeing it in 2017, but I'm also kinda sort of strategizing to see if there's a way we can see it in New York. Ha ha.

I don't even like musical soundtracks. Like I have the Wicked soundtrack automatically because I bought my parents the CD, but I'm not really one for listening to "show tunes." I'm trying not to wear out its awesomeness but I feel like I pick up a little bit more each time!

My husband keeps on walking into me crying over It's Quiet Uptown and is miffed that I keep on listening to it.

I can't even listen to any of the songs with Philip because I find them even sadder.

[jeaniebueller]

Welcome to the dark side, pantsparty.

[hopecounts]

Yes It's Quiet Uptown kills me but it's so beautiful I can't resist listening to it.

[Vespasia]

Dear Theodosia kills me too. Both fathers outlive the babies they're singing to.    Theodosia was lost at see going to visit her father. No one knows what happened to the ship.

[thebulldog]

Rear Mezz Center looks like all i can swallow but the views still look pretty great!

I sent my sis the soundtrack and she said she listened to satisfied 10 times in a row and hasn't gotten to the rest yet.

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[pantsparty]

Apr 26, 2016 6:47:53 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

Yes It's Quiet Uptown kills me but it's so beautiful I can't resist listening to it.

Yes. I listened to it AGAIN on the plane ride back and was like, "Why am I doing this to myself?!?!" LOL.

[starlily]

This morning I couldn't get enough of Cabinet Battle #1. The structure and influence it takes from classic rap battling is so brilliant.

[noradog]

Apr 26, 2016 11:09:49 GMT -5 starlily said:

This morning I couldn't get enough of Cabinet Battle #1. The structure and influence it takes from classic rap battling is so brilliant.

I love that one and listen to it on repeat a whole bunch

[andwhat]

Apr 26, 2016 11:09:49 GMT -5 starlily said:

This morning I couldn't get enough of Cabinet Battle #1. The structure and influence it takes from classic rap battling is so brilliant.

I think this is one of my favorites. Brilliant. Genius. 

[thebulldog]

Just bc


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[otowngirl]

Apr 26, 2016 11:13:45 GMT -5 @licia said:

You know what it is about It's Quiet Uptown that gets me?

The breathy, "Forgiveness. Can you imagine?"

Kleenex. Can you imagine?

Gah that and "Who Lives Who Dies" when Eliza breathes out, "oh, can I show you what I'm proudest of?" 

[cinderbella]

Apr 26, 2016 14:11:19 GMT -5 otowngirl said:

Apr 26, 2016 11:13:45 GMT -5 @licia said:

You know what it is about It's Quiet Uptown that gets me?

The breathy, "Forgiveness. Can you imagine?"

Kleenex. Can you imagine?

Gah that and "Who Lives Who Dies" when Eliza breathes out, "oh, can I show you what I'm proudest of?" 

This.

I think "Who Lives Who Dies" is my favorite - followed closely by Quiet Uptown.

And then a tie for third between every other song.

[pantsparty]

I think Yorktown is my favorite right now just because of this part:

See, that’s what happens when you up against the ruffians
We in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it!
Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction
When you knock me down I get the fuck back up again!

And then I love the musical bridge(?) that comes right after it.

My new life goal is to learn one Hamilton song really well so I can CRUSH IT in karaoke! LOL.

[starlily]

Mar 31, 2016 9:29:47 GMT -5 @this said:

Mar 31, 2016 9:26:46 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Thanks to those that posted where I can listen to it. I've been wondering. There's no way I'll be able to ever see it on stage.

Once you inevitably fall down the rabbit hole and Hamilton becomes your new life, youtube the ham4ham videos. It's a good way to get to see all of the performers. They're phenomenal.

Also if you get as deep as I have fallen, you can read the lyrics here and they're all annotated. It's incredible what Lin-Manuel did, truly. The notes that he made himself are in green and it's so cool to read his thoughts behind it all.

genius.com/Lin-manuel-miranda-alexander-hamilton-lyrics

I'm never accomplishing anything at work for the rest of the week.

[cinderbella]

"What time is it?"
"SHOWTIME!"

My girls rock out to that song every day in the van - and pretty soon, I think Molly is going to know more about Hamilton than me. I let her follow along with the CD jacket and yesterday she sad, "Woah. There's a lot of really bad words in there but I love it so much!"

#breezymom

[pantsparty]

Apr 26, 2016 14:49:16 GMT -5 @licia said:

My favorite is Right Hand Man.

When I walk back and forth between my bedroom and bathroom while getting ready in the morning, I try to time it so I walk through the door when George Washington is introduced.

We are outgunned.
Out-manned.
Out-numbered.
And out of toothpaste.

Oooh, I LOVE the part, "Here comes the General!"

[cairo]

Apr 26, 2016 14:49:16 GMT -5 @licia said:

My favorite is Right Hand Man.

When I walk back and forth between my bedroom and bathroom while getting ready in the morning, I try to time it so I walk through the door when George Washington is introduced.

We are outgunned.
Out-manned.
Out-numbered.
And out of toothpaste.

Here comes the general.
The pride of Mount Laundry.

[thebulldog]

And when you said hi i forgot my dang name


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[bearbaby]

Apr 26, 2016 14:47:38 GMT -5 @this said:

Apr 26, 2016 14:28:10 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

I think Yorktown is my favorite right now just because of this part:

See, that’s what happens when you up against the ruffians
We in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it!
Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction
When you knock me down I get the fuck back up again!

And then I love the musical bridge(?) that comes right after it.

My new life goal is to learn one Hamilton song really well so I can CRUSH IT in karaoke! LOL.

Here is where I tell you that I listened to Guns and Ships and Washington on Your Side exclusively on repeat on the round trip drive to my parents' house (3 hours total) just so that I would know every single word to both.

You know, should one day I need to burst out into a rap about the Marquis de Lafayette. 

So perhaps this is where I admit I got the soundtrack CDs for my birthday - OVER A MONTH AGO - and have listened to nothing else ever in the car?  (I was already hooked before the gift).

I can sing every Eliza or Angelica song front to back, and rap all of Satisfied under my breath multiple times a day.  I also sing and have just added "Burn" to my performance book.

I also performed both Cabinet battles with my vocal coach last week. 

[otowngirl]

Apr 26, 2016 15:28:08 GMT -5 bearbaby said:

Apr 26, 2016 14:47:38 GMT -5 @this said:

Here is where I tell you that I listened to Guns and Ships and Washington on Your Side exclusively on repeat on the round trip drive to my parents' house (3 hours total) just so that I would know every single word to both.

You know, should one day I need to burst out into a rap about the Marquis de Lafayette. 

So perhaps this is where I admit I got the soundtrack CDs for my birthday - OVER A MONTH AGO - and have listened to nothing else ever in the car?  (I was already hooked before the gift).

I can sing every Eliza or Angelica song front to back, and rap all of Satisfied under my breath multiple times a day.  I also sing and have just added "Burn" to my performance book.

I also performed both Cabinet battles with my vocal coach last week. 

I have never wished I could sing more than when I started listening to Hamilton. I WANT TO BELT IT OUT AND NOT BE EMBARRASSED (well, I do when I've had a goodly amount of wine, but I probably should be embarrassed, lol).

[Vespasia]

I feel like the only songs I can sing along with are King George's. I still sound terrible, but it's less painful than the others.

[jeaniebueller]

Apr 26, 2016 16:00:17 GMT -5 Vespasia said:

I feel like the only songs I can sing along with are King George's. I still sound terrible, but it's less painful than the others.

I love "president John Adams. Good luck!!!"