So, as if an English language semi-opera about the French revolution wan't enough, how about a Hip-hop/rap infused musical about one of the USA's founding fathers?
I am of course talking about Hamilton. My latest addiction. Some of you may have seen the opening number on the Grammy's a couple of weeks ago:
https://www.facebook.com/Vulture/videos ... 613876950/
Personal favourite of mine include:
My Shot
Helpless
Satisfied
Quiet Uptown
Hamilton - The Musical
Hamilton - The Musical
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I saw the opening number...I think the musical is pure genius.
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That was absolutely riveting.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
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Hoping we get a touring company here sooner rather than later.
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I'm going to see Hamilton in December! It's our birthday-Christmas-graduation present to the twins, and I get to tag along! 
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How wonderful, Teremia! I'm green with envy. But it's a worthy present!
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
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Y'all are welcome to join us in San Francisco when it shows here in March 2017.
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"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Teremia, I am jealous beyond words.
I'll be in NYC in June and I am going to try for the ticket lottery.
I'll be in NYC in June and I am going to try for the ticket lottery.
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I hate you! (Not really...)Teremia wrote:I'm going to see Hamilton in December! It's our birthday-Christmas-graduation present to the twins, and I get to tag along!
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I am taking my wife to see this on Broadway in July. We've never done anything like this before and I'm afraid I had to spend an imprudent amount of money to make it happen, but that was rather the point--we've been buried under babies for the last seven years, and it's high time we did something special just for us. And I've been repeatedly assured I won't regret it.
Hip Hop isn't my thing, but I love drama and musical theater and I expect I'll come around.
Hip Hop isn't my thing, but I love drama and musical theater and I expect I'll come around.
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I'm pretty sure you won't regret it!
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I'll do my best to report on it here, but I'm afraid I don't have the technical awareness or vocabulary to do it properly.
The decision I'm trying to make now is whether and how much I should listen to the soundtrack before going. B has been... highly enthusiastic about the production for a couple of months and keeps saying she catches something new each time she listens, but there's something to be said for the fresh experience too.
The decision I'm trying to make now is whether and how much I should listen to the soundtrack before going. B has been... highly enthusiastic about the production for a couple of months and keeps saying she catches something new each time she listens, but there's something to be said for the fresh experience too.
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I would suggest listening a few times, the rap makes it hard to catch first time out.
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That's a good point. I miss words in ordinary conversation as it is; throw in music and put the speaker far enough away that I can't see his face, and I won't have a chance if I don't already have some idea what's going on.
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That was great!Dave, that sounds like a lot of fun! I agree that you should listen to it beforehand or at least read the lyrics somewhere.
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Here's an intro by President Obama, and the first song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... PrAKuOBWzw
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Drove through Hamilton, Ohio for the first time in a long time yesterday and saw this in the median:
http://visbalsculpture.com/americancapeinfo.html
It made me think of you, Al.
http://visbalsculpture.com/americancapeinfo.html
It made me think of you, Al.