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Is it weird that I'm super sad about a guy who died 200 years ago?
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I need to quickly gush about things I caught when I was listening to Hamilton for like the 18th time a week ago (this is copied from a comment I made on reddit):
Something I noticed in Your Obedient Servant:
In Burr's 3/4 time verses (everything he says except for him challenging Hamilton and the opening lines), he sings all of them (example: "I am slow to anger... but I, toe the line"), showing his more classy/patient nature.
Hamilton's versus are all said/rapped with no clear melody (example: "I am not the reason no one trusts you, no one knows what you believe"), showing how he's pretty much the opposite of Burr.
EDIT: Oh! And another thing: In the very end of "The Room Where it Happens", Burr says "Click, boom!" and the song ends. I didn't understand that until now.
Right before he says that, Hamilton's motif plays (Think back in the song a bit, in the lines: "Alexander Hamilton, what did they to you to get you to sell New York City down the river?" The way "Alexander Hamilton" is sung there is his motif). So the notes that signify and represent Hamilton are played, and then Burr says "Click, boom!". As in, a gunshot.
EDIT 2: Realized another one with "The Room Where It Happens". In the beginning, most of Hamilton's responses to Burr are short, one-word responses.
BURR: "Did you hear the news about good old General Mercer?"
HAMILTON: "No"
BURR: "You know, Clemont street?"
HAMILTON: "Yeah"
BURR: "They renamed it after him the Mercer legacy is secure."
HAMILTON: "Sure"
This possibly shows that Hamilton is still a bit shook up/nervous/feeling guilty about what happened in "Say No to This" just a song earlier.
EDIT 3: ANOTHER thing I noticed today! Once again, this has to do with Your Obedient Servant. In the last lines of the song, we see this:
HAMILTON & BURR: "I have to honor to be, your obedient servant..."
HAMILTON: "A dot Ham."
(pizzicato strings) [<-- this is important]
BURR: "A dot Burr."
(full orchestra)
When were the other times we heard pizzicato strings? Well, we heard them during Burr's lines in My Shot:
BURR: "Geniuses, lower your voices, you keep out of trouble and you double your choices!" (and onward)
And during Washington and Hamilton's talk in Cabinet Battle #1:
WASHINGTON: "You want to pull yourself together?"
HAMILTON: "I'm sorry, these Virginians are birds of a feather..."
WASHINGTON: "Young man, I'M from Virginia, so watch your mouth." (and onward)
Both of these were very calm lines, however Burr's lines in My Shot are a bit more important. Usually when Hamilton raps/sings, it's anything but pizzicato strings, symbolizing him not calming down and being non-stop ("Why do you write like you're running out of time?"). Here, though, Hamilton is the one who's calm and hesitant). Burr is the one who's angry and brash.
EDIT 4?!: Apologies for the wall of text now, but I've been listening to it everyday and I keep catching stuff.
Yay, the first one I've found that doesn't involve Hamilton or Burr! It's a short one too. Here's some lyrics from 'The Schuyler Sisters':
ANGELICA, ELIZA, & PEGGY: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
ANGELICA: "And when I meet Thomas Jefferson, I'mma compel him to include women in the sequel!"
Well, she definitely did meet Jefferson...
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This is the closest thing I'll get to a proper "april fools" joke
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So, quick question: Should I put my sexuality in my "About me" page? I don't really see any reason to, and at the same time, I don't see any reason not to, so I'm just wondering.
Might put it there just because 'why not'
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Quick word of advice: If your laptop has an internal microphone, DO. NOT. TURN THE "MIC PLAYBACK" FUNCTION ON
My ears hurt for like 2 hours after that ;-;