What is Hamilton?

[darthnbjenni]

I've convinced my family to dress as characters from the musical for Halloween (Hamilween 2016). I'm going as Maria Reynolds, the husband as Hamilton, my son as Washington, and my 3 daughters are dressing as the Schuyler sisters.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

I ordered this t-shirt from LMM's t-short store and it just arrived today. I'm so excited!


Also, SO has a VR game that you can upload your own music to, and then you smack away these differently colored balls in time to the music, and he surprised me by putting the Hamilton Soundtrack in the game. Probably the nerdiest thing I did all week! It was way too fun.

[londoncalling]

We just got back from visiting Mt. Vernon. Dd2 lost her mind at the portrait of Lafayette in one upstairs bedroom and even yelled "Lafayette!" during the tour.

Also a display about Yorktown at the Smithsonian is titled "The World Turned Upside Down." She loved that!

[cinderbella]

My girls' LMM shirts came yesterday - I can't wait for them to wear them!

[picksthemusic]

You guys, I've been listening all weekend. Random snippets keep playing in my head. I want to be a Schuyler sister for Halloween.

It has taken me OVER!

And dude, LMM is so freaking talented. He's so smart and ugh I have a crush, haha.

[OscarQ]

I finally listened this weekend too. Stayed up until way too late Friday night to finish it. And...I'm obsessed. Trying to get DS1 into it too. And plotting to have my H listen to it on our next long family car ride.

[jennybee1018]

Jul 18, 2016 17:21:29 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

You guys, I've been listening all weekend. Random snippets keep playing in my head. I want to be a Schuyler sister for Halloween.

It has taken me OVER!

And dude, LMM is so freaking talented. He's so smart and ugh I have a crush, haha.

Raise a glass to the four of us, tomorrow there'll be more of us! :-)  Woot!

[TBM]

Jul 19, 2016 9:29:09 GMT -5 @tooshort said:

Jul 18, 2016 18:29:00 GMT -5 OscarQ said:

I finally listened this weekend too. Stayed up until way too late Friday night to finish it. And...I'm obsessed. Trying to get DS1 into it too. And plotting to have my H listen to it on our next long family car ride.

How old is your kid? I've played a few songs for my kids and they love it, but the whole cd is filled with more cursing than im comfortable with. Several people have mentioned letting their kids listen to it so I'm just curious.

I've been curious about this as well.  My daughter is a huge Hamilton fan and has been since it opened, but she doesn't really play it when her kids are around unless she has earbuds in so they can't hear, in part because of the language.  She feels that it is a bit too adult for them right now, but intends to introduce it to them when they are older.  My oldest grandson would just tell her that the songs have 'bad words' and they shouldn't be listening to it, so there's that. lol

[OscarQ]

Jul 19, 2016 9:29:09 GMT -5 @tooshort said:

Jul 18, 2016 18:29:00 GMT -5 OscarQ said:

I finally listened this weekend too. Stayed up until way too late Friday night to finish it. And...I'm obsessed. Trying to get DS1 into it too. And plotting to have my H listen to it on our next long family car ride.

How old is your kid? I've played a few songs for my kids and they love it, but the whole cd is filled with more cursing than im comfortable with. Several people have mentioned letting their kids listen to it so I'm just curious.

DS1 is 5, DS2 is 3.  I'm sure DS2 has zero interest and well...I'm trying to be more mindful of my own cursing in front of the kids so maybe I'm simply immune to it.  

I'll give it another listen and focus on the level of cursing before I have him listen again.  Thanks for bringing it to my attention.  

[insominac]

I've been on an Hamilton fast since I'm going to see the musical in September, but chose Hamilton as the music to accompany my 2+ hour MRI session. It made the unpleasant bearable, even though tears ran down my face during Quiet Uptown.

Now I'm back on my Hamilton fast.

[jeaniebueller]

My DS is 7 and I usually talk over the swearing. And we skip Say no to This.

[pescalita]

I've listened to it some with my almost-3 and 4.5 year olds. They aren't requesting it or quoting it back, though. I just yell "Santa Claus" over the agregious swearing.

[blueberry10]

I talk over any questionable words (I'm not sure I really DD asking what a bastard or whore is yet, ha) and try to stick with the songs that are fairly clean. DD likes Helpless and You'll Be Back the best, which don't have anything too bad in them.

[OscarQ]

Jul 19, 2016 10:10:53 GMT -5 @tooshort said:

Jul 19, 2016 10:00:52 GMT -5 OscarQ said:

DS1 is 5, DS2 is 3.  I'm sure DS2 has zero interest and well...I'm trying to be more mindful of my own cursing in front of the kids so maybe I'm simply immune to it.  

I'll give it another listen and focus on the level of cursing before I have him listen again.  Thanks for bringing it to my attention.  

I didn't mean to call you out. You were just the last person so it was easy to quote

We all have different comfort levels with these things. H allows the kids to watch movies I don't particularly love so it's not like they haven't heard cursing before. I think I was just surprised how many kids are listening and quoting it back to their parents.

Ha ha, no.  It was just not something I'd thought of yet.  H let my kids watch the tv version of Shawshank Redemption once and was then perplexed about why I didn't think that was appropriate.  Meanwhile I yell "Asshole" in my car on the regular.  Yeah, consistency in parenting is still a WIP.

And I blocked my calendar to do work today (listen to Hamilton).  Sorry, not sorry (I did work until 1am so it's not like I'm slacking...that much).  It's for the kids.

[susiebw]

My kids are 1 and 4, and we usually just listen to the songs that are a little less explicit.

[jennybee1018]

Jul 19, 2016 10:49:50 GMT -5 insominac said:

I've been on an Hamilton fast since I'm going to see the musical in September, but chose Hamilton as the music to accompany my 2+ hour MRI session. It made the unpleasant bearable, even though tears ran down my face during Quiet Uptown.

Now I'm back on my Hamilton fast.

DH said we're going on a 2 month fast before we see it too! But the mix tape comes out in Nov, and we're going in Dec, so I may need to break that rule!!!

I find that Hamilton makes running a lot easier too :-)

[kangaroo11]

I was thinking it would be easier to buy the non-explicit version on iTunes in order to let my kid listen to it too.

[greeneggs]

DS is four and I either selectively lower the volume, make conversation, our sing alternate lyrics like "Britain keeps sitting on us endlessly" or "He pooped the bed at the battle of Monmouth" in songs that he adores. He's also never heard "Say No to This".

Does anyone remember the name of the instagram account with the memes of Hamilton lyrics over pictures of current politicians? I thought I was following it but I'm not and I can't remember the name to find it again.

[jeaniebueller]

greeneggs, it's Hamiltics

[cinderbella]

My girls are 9 and 5.

Molly is older and definitely picks up on the words - but she knows that she is never, ever allowed to say them to anyone or I will take the music off her Kindle and she'll never hear it again or go to "Chicago" to see it. (We actually have tix to NYC - she things we are going to Chicago)

Lucy is 5 and totally oblivious to 75% of the lyrics - including the bad words. She sings along but really has no clue what she's saying. I'd be shocked if she actually used the correct swear word, to be honest. lol

I do selectively ask them a question or start a conversation when the part about "intercourse over four sets of corsets" comes on...........and Stay.

[jlt19]

My kids are 4 and 6 and I've never done anything about the lyrics. I try to teach them about grown up words (not bad words) and teach them there's a time and a place for things. Neither have questioned anything yet, so maybe I'll change my tune once they do. And, DS's favorite song is Son of a Bitch, so clearly we're pretty lax on that kind of stuff anyway...

[jeaniebueller]

Jul 19, 2016 12:05:26 GMT -5 kangaroo11 said:

I was thinking it would be easier to buy the non-explicit version on iTunes in order to let my kid listen to it too.

I don't feel like there is *that* much swearing in the soundtrack. There is the F bomb in Washington on your side, they say whore a few times, obviously the entire song No to This isn't kid appropriate. Not much more than that?

[kangaroo11]

Jul 20, 2016 13:36:17 GMT -5 jeaniebueller said:

Jul 19, 2016 12:05:26 GMT -5 kangaroo11 said:

I was thinking it would be easier to buy the non-explicit version on iTunes in order to let my kid listen to it too.

I don't feel like there is *that* much swearing in the soundtrack. There is the F bomb in Washington on your side, they say whore a few times, obviously the entire song No to This isn't kid appropriate. Not much more than that?

I've only listened once and didn't hear much, but was concerned after reading the posts here. I listen to hard rock on satellite radio with my kid in the car, so an occasional swear word doesn't bother me.

[2curlydogs]

Jul 20, 2016 13:36:17 GMT -5 jeaniebueller said:

Jul 19, 2016 12:05:26 GMT -5 kangaroo11 said:

I was thinking it would be easier to buy the non-explicit version on iTunes in order to let my kid listen to it too.

I don't feel like there is *that* much swearing in the soundtrack. There is the F bomb in Washington on your side, they say whore a few times, obviously the entire song No to This isn't kid appropriate. Not much more than that?

Well, the whole "bastard, orphan, son of a whore" bit.

Right Hand Man and Story of Tonight have shit in it. Maybe The World Turned Upside Down, too? And damn here and there. "Pot to piss in". Also some bleeped out words ("Sit down, John, you fat mother *****")

I mean, it's minimal. But it's also kinda peppered throughout. 

That said, my kids are 5 and 2 and kinda oblivious to this stuff yet.

[irishbride2]

So H and I went to college with a guy who is on the creative team for Hamilton. I haven't talked to him since college. I have been jealously watching is Hamilton pics on Facebook.

H and I are trying to get tickets. Am I completely obnoxious if I contact him to just see if he has a hookup? I'm not expecting free tickets or anything. I just don't want to be a complete tool. I imagine he gets asked a lot.

[thebulldog]

Daveed Diggs is going to be in blackish according to Twitter.

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[knx9211]

My cat is 8 and she loves Hamilton.

[darthnbjenni]

Jul 20, 2016 16:19:35 GMT -5 knx9211 said:

My cat is 8 and she loves Hamilton.

But does she listen to the clean or explicit version? 

[knx9211]

Jul 20, 2016 17:12:51 GMT -5 darthnbjenni said:

Jul 20, 2016 16:19:35 GMT -5 knx9211 said:

My cat is 8 and she loves Hamilton.

But does she listen to the clean or explicit version? 

She sings along to Motherfucking Democratic-Republicans.

[EllieArroway]

I am probably a terrible parent because I don't care at all about the explicit lyrics.

My mom and I always had an understanding that I could sing all the words in a song as long as no one else was with us. It worked for us.

But I do curse like a sailor so maybe that wasn't the best move.