i voted for Satisfied in the end
the "i know my sister like i know my own mind" refrain gets me right in the feels, the song is a v succinct sketch of an oldest/middle sister dynamic, while also underlining the power of intellectual attraction ... and i like how it works structurally w/r/t helpless
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 March 2016 05:57 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, "Satisfied" is probably the best overall, especially in the live show (braggin: I was incredibly lucky and was able to see the show in October and I've listened to the soundtrack pretty much constantly since, save a two-week break for Bowie). I have a new favorite every few days.
― kate78, Saturday, 19 March 2016 19:05 (eight years ago) link
xpost By Simpsons parody I just meant it seems like such a surreal subject for a hip-hop musical. Sure, I guess all musicals are sort of surreal, but I thought the combination of genre and subject was particularly random. Glad it's doing well, looking forward to seeing it, loved "In the Heights."
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 19 March 2016 19:15 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
Treasury or State?
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:47 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1mYfsNFtGI
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:49 (eight years ago) link
so good
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 02:43 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 31 March 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
I can't believe how hard all of you are sleeping on "Take a Break."
― kate78, Saturday, March 19, 2016 1:28 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
p sure i am stealing this from an Abbs facebook post, but every time i get really stressed out at work, i start muttering to myself, i cant stop till i get this plan through congress.
say no to this is a well-constructed song, and i love jasmine cephas-jones's voice, but i can't listen to it.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 31 March 2016 00:24 (eight years ago) link
p sure i did not vote because i cannot choose.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 31 March 2016 00:25 (eight years ago) link
also p sure angelica having such a minimal role is supposed to feel janky and off because it's supposed to reflect the mismatch between her talents + potential and her opportunities
these are the things about which i am p sure
― horseshoe, Thursday, 31 March 2016 00:26 (eight years ago) link
also p sure if you don't like musicals, that's fine and valid but gtfo of this thread
GUYS I SAW THIS MUSICAL (don't hate me) AND CAN I JUST TELL YOU THAT CHRIS JACKSON RADIATES GOODNESS AND LIGHT AND THAT "ONE LAST TIME" MADE ME CRY?
― horseshoe, Thursday, 31 March 2016 00:28 (eight years ago) link
so did "Immigrants! We get the job done." it's been a rough campaign season.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 31 March 2016 00:29 (eight years ago) link
i have no use for the historical George Washington but Lin-Manuel Miranda's version, as played by Chris Jackson, is my model for living.
no lie i cried a lot while watching this musical
― horseshoe, Thursday, 31 March 2016 00:30 (eight years ago) link
I cried through much more of Fiddler on the Roof than I expected to, I think there's something about musicals
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 31 March 2016 00:32 (eight years ago) link
"ONE LAST TIME" MADE ME CRY
every time I hear this song I feel like MAN, the dude just GAVE UP his seat, how often does that happendid not like that one at first but now "everyone must sit under their own vine and fig tree" makes me get all sniffle-misty basically every time
washington is my favorite minor-ish character on the whole album, I thinkor maybe i jusgt like his voice the best
― no one in particular (Abbott), Thursday, 31 March 2016 00:53 (eight years ago) link
also i watched red tails recently, after years of telling myself an aaron mcgruder/george lucas collab had to be worth SOMETHINGand i was like 'omg arron burr!'
http://cineplex.media.baselineresearch.com/images/466505/466505_full.jpg
― no one in particular (Abbott), Thursday, 31 March 2016 00:55 (eight years ago) link
"Hamilton" makes me cry because my mom just spent my inheritance on two tickets.
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 31 March 2016 02:21 (eight years ago) link
I cried like the tiniest baby all through the 2nd act. Giant, snotty tears.
― kate78, Thursday, 31 March 2016 03:11 (eight years ago) link
Also, not a single vote for King George?
Abbs, I have a theory about why we like George Washington so much (Chris Jackson does have a beautiful voice, though). In his scenes with Hamilton he so often sounds like a teacher talking to a student. Like, the best, kindest teacher ever.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 31 March 2016 11:12 (eight years ago) link
The Washington-Hamilton dynamic reminds me of Jay-Z and Bleek on Coming of Age
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Thursday, 31 March 2016 13:09 (eight years ago) link
one last time is fkn beautiful, i love it
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 1 April 2016 00:13 (eight years ago) link
I love Lin and Chris Jackson. I saw In the Heights with the almost original cast (a few regulars had been subbed, but mostly originals), and Lin/Chris autographed my playbill. Lin came out with a Pac-Man shirt on.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 1 April 2016 00:31 (eight years ago) link
wishing I voted for Wait For It
can this be a weekly poll, my fave keeps changing
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 20:42 (eight years ago) link
I'd rather be divisivethan indecisivedrop the niceties!
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 5 April 2016 21:06 (eight years ago) link
Lately I've been listening for all the little themes in the music, where they reoccur and how they change. The Duel theme for instance (one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, niiiiine) is also Phillips theme, which makes sense in a cynical sort of way, but it's also repeated in the first cabinet battle. It's a theme, both for violence and competition, but also for education and codification. Civilization just as a more regulated way of doing violence.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 5 April 2016 21:11 (eight years ago) link
2016 Pulitzer Prize in Drama
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 April 2016 19:31 (eight years ago) link
:D
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 April 2016 20:09 (eight years ago) link
and if you can name two of the 5 winners before that, you work in theatre.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 April 2016 20:13 (eight years ago) link
LMM uploaded some demo recordings to Soundcloud--kind of nuts to hear him singing "Satisfied" and "My Shot" has a bunch of extra Hercules Mulligan lyrics
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 10:30 (eight years ago) link
@tinyrevolution“A free people ought to be constantly awake” -- actual 1796 Farewell Address of George "Woke" Washington
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 18:57 (eight years ago) link
@dick_nixon Hamilton was more of a son of a bitch, and thus more interesting, than they make him out to be.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 June 2016 16:20 (eight years ago) link
Hamilton was more of a son of a bitch whore and a Scotsman
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Monday, 13 June 2016 17:54 (eight years ago) link
My wife's the reason anything gets done.She nudges me towards promise by degrees.She is a perfect symphony of one.Our son is her most beautiful reprise.We chase the melodies that seem to find usUntil they're finished songs and start to play.When senseless acts of tragedy remind usThat nothing here is promised, not one dayThis show is proof that history remembers.We live through times when hate and fear seem stronger.We rise and fall, and light from dying embersRemembrances that hope and love last longer.And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love;Cannot be killed or swept aside.I sing Vanessa's symphony; Eliza tells her story.Now fill the world with music, love, and pride.
― Frederik B, Monday, 13 June 2016 17:55 (eight years ago) link
that was fkn beautiful, my face was made of tears
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 13 June 2016 18:18 (eight years ago) link
xxpost fyi that's not really nixon
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 13 June 2016 21:38 (eight years ago) link
wait so ilx likes this? it just seems like the worst thing i've ever heard of
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 13 June 2016 22:02 (eight years ago) link
it's fucking great get on board
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 13 June 2016 22:02 (eight years ago) link
fight me xp
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Monday, 13 June 2016 23:25 (eight years ago) link
otm
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h97V3O1jlLw/UQ_qKHtscqI/AAAAAAAAJrA/QNTG7Ebb5LU/s1600/tumblr_lxcv3hSIUo1qlll6ko1_500.png
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 00:53 (eight years ago) link
i'm not really interested in getting into it, i'll leave the thread and you can all enjoy it and i'll continue to watch clips of it on youtube and wonder what the fuck is wrong with everyone
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 02:02 (eight years ago) link
good idea, it was designed to be seen via mobile phone bootleg on youtube, so you're definitely getting a legit understanding of why it is bad and terrible
― glandular lansbury (sic), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 02:04 (eight years ago) link
also when you hate something it's smart and healthy to keep watching it over and over. you can prove how right you are, to yourself!
― glandular lansbury (sic), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 02:06 (eight years ago) link
I really really like Hamilton but don't like the lyrics Frederick B posted, so who do I fight?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 02:25 (eight years ago) link
lin
it's the sonnet he wrote as his Tony acceptance
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 02:31 (eight years ago) link
earnest note to morbs who prob doesnt care: complaining about historical accuracy wrt hamilton is missing the point.
it's like saying that les miz isnt an accurate portrayal of the french revolution to the ppl bawling at "I dreamed a dream"
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 02:36 (eight years ago) link
Wtf
https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/a-texas-church-illegal-performed-hamilton-to-spread-anti-gay-bigotry/
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Sunday, 7 August 2022 14:41 (two years ago) link