Tragicomedy
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Oh man Hamilton really is fantastic huh?
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BlastProcessing
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My opinion on this matter changes often, but tonight I agree with you.
Kornoponing
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A friend of mine mentioned this to me, I'm from the Netherlands so it's not very big there, but holy wow. This whole sound track is awesome! Gun and Ships and Helpless are on the top of my best of list.
Wish I could get to see it some day...
Wish I could get to see it some day...
Atraveller
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To the groom! To the groom! To the groom!
To the bride! To the bride! To the bride!
IrishNinja
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so if i love hip hop but typically cant stand musicals, how likely am i to enjoy this
Vincent Alexander
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If your heart isn't made of ice, and you enjoy a good beat, you will like this. Most can generally tell if they'll like Hamilton from the first song, though it is just a taste of what's to come.
IrishNinja
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...well, shit. that's a strong recommendation there.
gives me time to save up for tickets if it comes to miami in like 2018 or something i figure
I have never listened to any musicals before, enjoy hip hop, and loved Hamilton. Will say that it took a few listening skills of the first few songs til I was able to get through it. But now I can honestly say I've listened to it over 10 times front and back, and listen to at least a few songs a day.
Inferno313
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It's not coming to Miami, Atlanta is the closest it's coming for the near-future.
What you should do, is listen to the cast album. The entire musical is sung-through, so you get the full narrative by listening to the album. It's absolutely killer.
Yeah I'm looking at Chicago possibly for next year.
Bruce Springsteen
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Still haven't seen or heard Hamilton, what's the point of hearing the soundtrack if I can't see the play?
Nice, intimate theatre. We were in the First balcony about ten rows from the front and there weren't really any site line issues. If someone in front of you moved a lot, then you would have to move a bit to see the front of the stage but most action was easily seen without any issues.
Almost all of the audio from the show is on the 2+ hour soundtrack. It's seriously only missing like three minutes, so you get all of the story. It's not the kind of musical that has a five minute scene and then a song, it's all songs. There's no doubt that seeing the show is better, but that's not realistic for most people right now.
pirateluigi
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Actually a couple reasons:
1. The music is absolutely fantastic in its own rights. I regularly play the soundtrack as just music to listen to throughout the day.
2. The play is sung through, by which to say, the soundtrack is all of the dialog of the play (save for one short scene and couple words here or there). You can easily follow along the story just by listening to the soundtrack.
Joe Shlabotnik
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This is similar to asking what's the point of listening to an album if you can't see the band live.
The point of a musical is the songs. The book is usually secondary. Most musicals don't even have very good plots or stories (although Hamilton does). Of course seeing it performed live is on another level entirely--just like seeing a great band perform. But listening to and knowing the songs ahead of time is almost expected.
Bruce Springsteen
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Broadway is slightly different, people go to musicals to see the visuals also
Joe Shlabotnik
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Yes, it's not exactly the same. The songs are the "point" of a musical, though. That's why the soundtrack always works. There are lots of hit songs and old standards that came from musicals!
Garrett 2U
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I was lucky enough to see the Chicago performance and that scene was incredible.
"Rewind.... rewind.... rewind...."
fredrancour
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the music is fantastic enough to listen to regularly for its own sake and 95+% of the play is incorporated into the CD. Essentially all of it is sung and/or rapped. The only omission was one tiny scene that miranda chose to keep as bonus content for theatergoers. Whether you want to experience it as music or as a story or both, it works as an audio-only experience.
it isn't like spring awakening or something where you can listen to the album in isolation and have no idea what happened.
Incandenza
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It's actually very impressive how well Miranda was able to convey some things purely through the music. Like, it's amazing that I could listen to "Satisfied" the first time and understand everything that was going on with the flashing back and forth between the wedding and the night they met.
demosthenes
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Can't wait to listen to the full mix tape!
Usher?
sssstententen
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Hmm can someone detail the one scene that isn't in the play? I've seen it but having listened to the album about a hundred times I'm wracking my brain to remember which one.
Not the mixtape. The original broadway recording. Leslie Odom Jr.
Inferno313
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I can't believe I still listen to this regularly. It hasn't left my car stereo once. It's fucking genius.
As for the mix tape, it's been hit or miss for me.
back to the musical though, I feel like my favorite songs just go on rotation and I keep finding new ones to love. The amount of thought put into the music and the density of the lyrical content is awe-inspiring. Plus he's amazing at all the alliteration.
I think my favorite songs went from Guns and Ships/Cabinet Battle 1/Washington On your side, to Satisfied/My Shot/Yorktown and is now more settled on Wait for it/Non-Stop/One Last time.
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As for the mix tape, it's been hit or miss for me.
back to the musical though, I feel like my favorite songs just go on rotation and I keep finding new ones to love. The amount of thought put into the music and the density of the lyrical content is awe-inspiring. Plus he's amazing at all the alliteration.
I think my favorite songs went from Guns and Ships/Cabinet Battle 1/Washington On your side, to Satisfied/My Shot/Yorktown and is now more settled on Wait for it/Non-Stop/One Last time.
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I'm absolutely in love with this, though I know I'll never get to see it live. I'm not even really a huge fan of hip hop, and I adore pretty much everything. Agree that Wait For It and Satisfied are the top songs, but if you don't start crying during Its Quite Uptown you have no soul lol
RageWaffles
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There's a livestream now of the mixtapes songs being performed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdAjETiwt
(mixtape Helpless is SO GOOD, btw)
Edit: It's over now, but you can still watch it.
EditEdit: "This video contains content from SME and UMG, one or more of whom have blocked it on copyright grounds."
Video's back up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdAjETiwt
(mixtape Helpless is SO GOOD, btw)
EditEdit: "This video contains content from SME and UMG, one or more of whom have blocked it on copyright grounds."
Video's back up
There's a livestream now of the mixtapes songs being performed
https://youtu.be/GdAjETiwtSk?t=26m57s
(mixtape Helpless is SO GOOD, btw)
Edit: It's over now, but you can still watch it.
EditEdit: "This video contains content from SME and UMG, one or more of whom have blocked it on copyright grounds."
Is the mixtape only on Spotify? I can only find a few of them on Google play and youtube is shutting them all down asap
RageWaffles
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yeah, I'm not seeing it either. Hopefully it'll be up by tonight. I recall google play putting up some other new releases late, as well.
GustyGardens
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Just want to mention, for those of you that haven't seen it, the National Tour starts next year and tickets are available in some places already. The usually stay in each city is for about 2 weeks, but the popularity of the show has made it so that it's staying for a couple months. The same thing happened with Wicked in many places. It's great.
http://www.hamiltonbroadway.com/tour.php
http://www.hamiltonbroadway.com/tour.php
IrishNinja
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damn. is this common for musicals though? don't people usually want their first experience to be visual as well?
Inferno313
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Sure, in a perfect world. But as another poster said, it's like seeing a band you really like live for the first time. You'll arguably have a better time at the show, by the time you actually get a chance to see it, if you know the music already.
We had four seats in the mezzanine, about 10 rows from the front and they were $180 a piece. Not sure how much other seats were. It was well worth it. We are already planning to go back in the spring...
Garrett 2U
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I'd especially recommend this for Hamilton due to it being a rap and the lyrics are often read quickly and rhythmically.
My brother and I both appreciated the soundtrack much more when we listened to it after seeing the show live.
GustyGardens
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Yeah, it's pretty common. A lot of musicals take a long time to make it out of New York, and most people don't live in a big city with a decent theater scene, so the only option they may have for a couple years may be the cast recording.
Some shows are sing-through shows, so it's a little easier to audibly experience the entire show and its story. It also helps you appreciate the music a bit more.
Inferno313
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Been waiting for it to show up on Hulu, it sounds fucking great.
I was about post the Denzel 'my man' gif but the more I think about it, I really think it's about what mood I'm in. I could listen to Non-Stop...non stop. However, recently, I've gotten hooked on "One Last Time" on the OCR and the message the president wanted to send.
In yesterday's show, there wasn't a dry eye in the house when Ari Afsar performed "Burn." Absolutely killed it. My group all looked at each other like 'WOW - who is that?'
Mick Swagger
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This is basically Hip-Hop for those who aren't fans of Hip-Hop. Love Manuel's work but I just can't get into Hamilton.
The whole concept is corny and seems to appeal to those who don't understand why the primary subject matter in rap is what it is. Listened to the OST and half of it is very cringe worthy. Very well produced and probably makes an entertaining stage show but still can't help but feel it's doing so well on broadway because the 1% can talk about how they now love rap music.
The whole concept is corny and seems to appeal to those who don't understand why the primary subject matter in rap is what it is. Listened to the OST and half of it is very cringe worthy. Very well produced and probably makes an entertaining stage show but still can't help but feel it's doing so well on broadway because the 1% can talk about how they now love rap music.
Tony Hale was awesome as James Monroe. I'd probably listen to drunk LMM talk about anything.
demosthenes
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This is accurate.
Which is what?
Don't underestimate this!
I basically knew the entire soundtrack going in, but seeing the scenes play out during songs that I wasn't really visually interested in, like 'Farmer Refuted' makes them come to life and adds details to make it fresh.
Two more 'stars' IMO - The King, Alexander Gemignani, brought the house down. And Chris Lee who plays Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson, was, IMO, the crowd favorite.
Yeah, I'm going on and on, but it was really just an awesome performance.
demosthenes
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Yep, that's all it is. Take the edge off, you might cut yourself. And 1%? Please.
It's doing not well on Broadway but torching Broadway because of how good the show and music are.
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