Post by mysticmuffin on Nov 11, 2016 8:46:30 GMT -5
Those Sia vocals on Satisfied are everything. Did anyone else watch the Groffsauce reaction video when he heard that song for the first time? I can't link LMM's tweet on my work computer.
Post by lyssbobiss, Command, B613 on Nov 11, 2016 15:14:24 GMT -5
Satisfied should be on the radio. Sia is amazing. And Immigrants...goddamn. I texted wambam this morning to tell her that I thought Immigrants felt fucking NECESSARY today. And then we had a lovely exchange and I cried at my desk again because she rocks, and also Lin is going to be on Ellen today so everyone keep an eye out for clips!
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
Um I assume I should blame pregnancy hormones, but I started tearing up listening to Satisfied.
Lol, I blame hormones related to my boyfriend being out of the country for a month, because I had a VERY different reaction to Satisfied and it was dirty.
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
My friend is seeing Hamilton this weekend and I'm insanely jealous.
I finally had a chance to listen to Satisfied and it's amazing. I'm loving Immigrants - it's fantastic. And I finally listened to My Shot and it is perfect; the album version has been my anthem this week and that mix is amazing.
Saw last night's show. Absolutely one of the most incredible experiences of my life. Seeing the full production just gave everything so much more depth. My DH and I were both really surprised by how funny so much of it is when performed live. I didn't expect to laugh out loud so frequently. It was also really tough not to sing along after 10 months of listening to the cast recording near daily. There was definitely some dancing in our seats and I thrust my fist up in the air at WORK.
If anyone is going soon, fyi there's a pop up shop open across the street that sells the same merchandise that they have inside. We visited that earlier in the day so we didn't get caught up in merch lines at the show, which worked well.
We waited at the stage door and got to meet Chris Jackson and the guy who played King George last night (Andrew Chappelle - he was great). It was SO awesome to be able to tell CJ - at his second to last show - how incredible he was. My husband is obsessed with Oak (who was incredible), so he was a bit bummed he didn't do the door last night.
Leslie Odom's concert was amazing... He opened with Autumn Leaves off his solo album and Winter Song off the Christmas album. His voice just floated through the air, smooth as silk.
He mentioned that he and his band wanted to do an album that sounded like what Nat King Cole would sound like today and then launched into a medley of Mona Lisa, Straighten Up and Fly Right, Unforgettable, and the Christmas Song.
He began the Hamilton set by talking about how when he first saw the Hamilton Mixtape at Vassar, he loved the idea of four men of color singing about friendship in The Story of Tonight. He was like, what number was that song? to himself and someone from the balcony shouted 4! Lol He then talked about the importance of art in times like these and how we need to radically love each other.
He mentioned how he and his wife are expecting and sang Dear Theodosia and it was so, so tender. The man's voice is truly one of a kind - so vulnerable and sweet. Next up was Wait for It, which was great as well and he got a standing ovation. I kind of missed the ensemble backing him up and the dynamics of the full orchestra, but it was still fantastic. He sang Without You from Rent, saying that Rent was his Hamilton, and it was beautiful. It's amazing, the song is pretty repetitious, but he made every line sound different and fresh with subtle variations on the melody or rhythm. He closed with Room Where It Happens, done in a faster jazzy tempo. I missed the choreography that he did in the show, but it was still really good.
For his encore he brought out his pregnant wife Nicolette who is from LA and they sang a duet. It was really sweet and she sings beautifully too. He said that they don't sing together at home much, but I don't believe him. And if he is telling the truth, it's really too bad because they sound like perfect partners. Apparently they moved here, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I run into him at some point. Lol
The crowd was really responsive and showed him lots of love and he joked around with us all night long. "Clap if you've never heard Hamilton... Wow, there are a decent number of people who haven't heard it! What are you doing here??!"
Post by lyssbobiss, Command, B613 on Nov 18, 2016 6:22:46 GMT -5
You guys, the two new tracks available on the mixtape (wait for it and wrote my way out) are SO GOOD. LMM does a verse on Wrote My Way Out that just has me here making a stank face - it's so good my face just went all ugly.
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
You guys, the two new tracks available on the mixtape (wait for it and wrote my way out) are SO GOOD. LMM does a verse on Wrote My Way Out that just has me here making a stank face - it's so good my face just went all ugly.
I'm saving them for my drive in to work! Mixed results for me so far - out of the four already released, I've only really liked My Shot. (I need to give Immigrants another chance, though.)
You guys, the two new tracks available on the mixtape (wait for it and wrote my way out) are SO GOOD. LMM does a verse on Wrote My Way Out that just has me here making a stank face - it's so good my face just went all ugly.
I'm saving them for my drive in to work! Mixed results for me so far - out of the four already released, I've only really liked My Shot. (I need to give Immigrants another chance, though.)
Oh that's interesting! I didn't really care for It's Quiet Uptown but I have been really impressed with the other ones. You didn't care for "Satisfied?" I will say I think My Shot is the best I've heard so far, but Immigrants was so timely when it came out last week, I just loved it immediately.
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
I'm saving them for my drive in to work! Mixed results for me so far - out of the four already released, I've only really liked My Shot. (I need to give Immigrants another chance, though.)
Oh that's interesting! I didn't really care for It's Quiet Uptown but I have been really impressed with the other ones. You didn't care for "Satisfied?" I will say I think My Shot is the best I've heard so far, but Immigrants was so timely when it came out last week, I just loved it immediately.
I love Sia's voice, but I wish she/they had taken a few more liberties with it. (Of course, my gripe with IQU is how different it is, LOL.)
I saw Christopher Jackson's last show on Sunday. It was incredible. Everything I hoped it would be! The entire audience was well-aware of the fact that it was his last performance, so there was applause the first time he took the stage in the opening number, then again in the beginning of One Last Time, and then of course he got a long standing ovation at the end of One Last Time. It was awesome. I lost my shit at the line "Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree/And no one shall make them afraid/They'll be safe in the nation we've made." Good god, it was intense. His final bow was really special, too.
Javi made a special appearance since it was CJack's last show (though I would have been totally cool with Michael Luwoye because I hear nothing but phenomenal things about him). And Anthony, Oak, and Jasmine were all on and were all FANTASTIC. Rory was out, so Thayne went on as King George and he was GREAT.
It was interesting seeing it for a second time. It wrecked me in totally different ways than it did the first time, mostly because I was watching it in the context of current events. I first started crying at Story of Tonight. When I saw it last month Philip's death did me in, but this time I was like, "Philip, who? OUR COUNTRY IS DYING."
I'm excited for those of you who get to see it soon.
I saw Christopher Jackson's last show on Sunday. It was incredible. Everything I hoped it would be! The entire audience was well-aware of the fact that it was his last performance, so there was applause the first time he took the stage in the opening number, then again in the beginning of One Last Time, and then of course he got a long standing ovation at the end of One Last Time. It was awesome. I lost my shit at the line "Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree/And no one shall make them afraid/They'll be safe in the nation we've made." Good god, it was intense. His final bow was really special, too.
Javi made a special appearance since it was CJack's last show (though I would have been totally cool with Michael Luwoye because I hear nothing but phenomenal things about him).
This might have been posted already, but you should take a listen to NPR's Code Switch... Features a CJ interview and he discusses his last show...
I saw Christopher Jackson's last show on Sunday. It was incredible. Everything I hoped it would be! The entire audience was well-aware of the fact that it was his last performance, so there was applause the first time he took the stage in the opening number, then again in the beginning of One Last Time, and then of course he got a long standing ovation at the end of One Last Time. It was awesome. I lost my shit at the line "Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree/And no one shall make them afraid/They'll be safe in the nation we've made." Good god, it was intense. His final bow was really special, too.
Javi made a special appearance since it was CJack's last show (though I would have been totally cool with Michael Luwoye because I hear nothing but phenomenal things about him).
This might have been posted already, but you should take a listen to NPR's Code Switch... Features a CJ interview and he discusses his last show...
Yes! I did listen to it. I loved that he referenced the same line as being particularly meaningful.
He's such a smart and thoughtful guy. I can't wait to see what else he does.
Post by kangaroo11 on Nov 18, 2016 13:24:45 GMT -5
insominac A friend was at that concert last night and I am SO SAD that I had no idea about it. I love so close too! Ugh. My kid would've been so excited to see Aaron Burr in person. Lol
insominac A friend was at that concert last night and I am SO SAD that I had no idea about it. I love so close too! Ugh. My kid would've been so excited to see Aaron Burr in person. Lol
Oh man... that is tragic! Look up Leslie Odom Northridge on youtube. I think they might be replaying the concert?
insominac A friend was at that concert last night and I am SO SAD that I had no idea about it. I love so close too! Ugh. My kid would've been so excited to see Aaron Burr in person. Lol
Oh man... that is tragic! Look up Leslie Odom Northridge on youtube. I think they might be replaying the concert?
OMG you guuuuuuuys! My daughter and I went to yesterdays Matinee and it was amazing! Then we got a backstage tour!!!!! I got pictures of my daughter with Michael Luwoye who played Hamilton (Javier was off but ML was fantastic!) and with Rory (king George) and Thayne (Samuel Seabury.) My phone is being dumb but I'll try to post pics later! Best day ever!!!