So I did this before... and I thought I'd do it again, but with a twist... I'm going to do my favorite album of the moment and give mini reviews on the first five songs. Since my favorite album of the moment is the soundtrack to Hamilton... I thought I'd share 5 songs from that!
1) Non-Stop- This is a great one because it kind of has a little of everyone. It has Hamilton, Aaron Burr, Eliza, Angelica a little Washington... all really great parts. This is also the last song of Act 1... so its an important one. It sets up that Hamilton has succeeded, he's become Washington's right hand man and has everything he could want... but he still wants more for the country and he is very ambitious, and that does kind of lead him to his doom... but its still better to be a Hamilton than a Burr.
2) Farmer Refuted- This song is really clever and I think its kind of an underrated one. Hamilton is arguing with a Loyalist and he's rapping while the other guy is singing and their words and syllables meet at some points... its really funny but also a great example of how amazing it was to introduce Rap, Pop and Hip Hop into a historical musical. This is also sort of based off a real thing that happened to Alexander. He wrote a response paper to a Farmer Loyalist called Farmer Refuted. Also... really funny song!
3) The Adams Administration- This is a short one that I don't have much to say about... so I'm going to do a sixth song... I like that Burr lists more of the accomplishments of Hamilton in the introduction to the song because he does keep accomplishing more. At this point he is really no longer just a Bastard, Orphan, Son of A whore. He's the Creator of the coast guard and he's done a lot of good stuff by this point... but he also kinda loses it here and doesn't play well with Jefferson... and he's not afraid to show it. Its more of a direct way of dealing with him than politicians today. Like... Chris Christie endorsing Trump... he said a lot of bad things about Trump when Christie was running for president... but Christie is no longer running in this election... so he sees Trump is a good horse to bet on... and he joins him. He could be Vice President or have some other powerful position and then one day he'll have a chance at being president one day... so he couldn't just issue a statement calling Trump a bad name (the way Hamilton did) because thats not as good of a way to be president...
I don't mean to get into politics here... I understand everyone has a different reason for who they support... but this play helped me understand a lot about modern politics and thats why I like Alexander. If we could resurrect Alexander Hamilton... he could totally run for president today!
... and that was actually a lot... lol.
4) My Shot- This is the song from Hamilton. Every show has a most iconic song... this is the one. People will sing it years from now with Defying Gravity. This is also really shows us who Alexander is, what he believes in above all else... this sounds the least show-tuney and most rappy to me. I like the Rise up thing too cause I love Washington and whenever they say "here comes the General Riseeee Up." And I like the "I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory." Great song.
5) Washington On Your Side- I've been singing this song all day. I love it. This song is just really catchy, its very pop-y but theres a ton of good rap in it too. I've been singing it to my dog going "its always nice its always nice to have a puppy by your side." Its great. So catchy and I love how angry they all get... and it shows Burr is willing to betray his friend so quickly.
6) Alexander Hamilton- This is another very iconic song... and the performance was great on the Grammy's. I was afraid of spoiling the play too much because I didn't know how many people knew Hamilton died in a duel with Aaron Burr... but Burr says in the first song that he shot Hamilton. Didn't say he killed Hamilton... but back then... pretty good assumption that if he was shot he died. Also I learned that in 4th grade... so... anyone with a 4th grade education should know that... lol.
And that is everything! Hope you guys like this!
Byeee!
-Shannon
1) Non-Stop- This is a great one because it kind of has a little of everyone. It has Hamilton, Aaron Burr, Eliza, Angelica a little Washington... all really great parts. This is also the last song of Act 1... so its an important one. It sets up that Hamilton has succeeded, he's become Washington's right hand man and has everything he could want... but he still wants more for the country and he is very ambitious, and that does kind of lead him to his doom... but its still better to be a Hamilton than a Burr.
2) Farmer Refuted- This song is really clever and I think its kind of an underrated one. Hamilton is arguing with a Loyalist and he's rapping while the other guy is singing and their words and syllables meet at some points... its really funny but also a great example of how amazing it was to introduce Rap, Pop and Hip Hop into a historical musical. This is also sort of based off a real thing that happened to Alexander. He wrote a response paper to a Farmer Loyalist called Farmer Refuted. Also... really funny song!
3) The Adams Administration- This is a short one that I don't have much to say about... so I'm going to do a sixth song... I like that Burr lists more of the accomplishments of Hamilton in the introduction to the song because he does keep accomplishing more. At this point he is really no longer just a Bastard, Orphan, Son of A whore. He's the Creator of the coast guard and he's done a lot of good stuff by this point... but he also kinda loses it here and doesn't play well with Jefferson... and he's not afraid to show it. Its more of a direct way of dealing with him than politicians today. Like... Chris Christie endorsing Trump... he said a lot of bad things about Trump when Christie was running for president... but Christie is no longer running in this election... so he sees Trump is a good horse to bet on... and he joins him. He could be Vice President or have some other powerful position and then one day he'll have a chance at being president one day... so he couldn't just issue a statement calling Trump a bad name (the way Hamilton did) because thats not as good of a way to be president...
I don't mean to get into politics here... I understand everyone has a different reason for who they support... but this play helped me understand a lot about modern politics and thats why I like Alexander. If we could resurrect Alexander Hamilton... he could totally run for president today!
... and that was actually a lot... lol.
4) My Shot- This is the song from Hamilton. Every show has a most iconic song... this is the one. People will sing it years from now with Defying Gravity. This is also really shows us who Alexander is, what he believes in above all else... this sounds the least show-tuney and most rappy to me. I like the Rise up thing too cause I love Washington and whenever they say "here comes the General Riseeee Up." And I like the "I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory." Great song.
5) Washington On Your Side- I've been singing this song all day. I love it. This song is just really catchy, its very pop-y but theres a ton of good rap in it too. I've been singing it to my dog going "its always nice its always nice to have a puppy by your side." Its great. So catchy and I love how angry they all get... and it shows Burr is willing to betray his friend so quickly.
6) Alexander Hamilton- This is another very iconic song... and the performance was great on the Grammy's. I was afraid of spoiling the play too much because I didn't know how many people knew Hamilton died in a duel with Aaron Burr... but Burr says in the first song that he shot Hamilton. Didn't say he killed Hamilton... but back then... pretty good assumption that if he was shot he died. Also I learned that in 4th grade... so... anyone with a 4th grade education should know that... lol.
And that is everything! Hope you guys like this!
Byeee!
-Shannon
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