Thematic Listening Orders
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hamiltunesHas anyone else found themself skipping around the cast album thematically?
After listening all the way through in order a few times, I found myself doing this to try to pinpoint repeating musical motifs / linked phases, and I keep discovering nuances I might have missed otherwise.
For example:
"The Election Of 1800" -> "Washington On Your Side" --> "Meet Me Inside"
brings out more than the wonderful buildup lyrically of 'inside' / 'your side' (or the flip side Burr experiences of constantly being on the outside, without side); it also unpacks (at least for me) more of the emotional weight of the history behind Alexander choosing as he did, and the cost he paid again and again for choosing sides, for building & exercising his public reputation as he did.
Some other sequences I've found particularly revealing:
Are there any out-of-order thematic sequences you've been listening to? Has listening that way changed your experience of the songs in question &/or what aspects of them jump out at you?
After listening all the way through in order a few times, I found myself doing this to try to pinpoint repeating musical motifs / linked phases, and I keep discovering nuances I might have missed otherwise.
For example:
"The Election Of 1800" -> "Washington On Your Side" --> "Meet Me Inside"
brings out more than the wonderful buildup lyrically of 'inside' / 'your side' (or the flip side Burr experiences of constantly being on the outside, without side); it also unpacks (at least for me) more of the emotional weight of the history behind Alexander choosing as he did, and the cost he paid again and again for choosing sides, for building & exercising his public reputation as he did.
Some other sequences I've found particularly revealing:
- "The Schyuler Sisters" -> "Say No To This" -> "Satisfied" -> "Burn"
- "Farmer Refuted" -> "Non-Stop" -> "Cabinet Battle #2"
- "Take A Break" -> "It's Quiet Uptown"
- "Dear Theodosia" -> "My Shot" -> "Blow Us All Away"
Are there any out-of-order thematic sequences you've been listening to? Has listening that way changed your experience of the songs in question &/or what aspects of them jump out at you?
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Date: 2015-11-12 04:50 pm (UTC)