[…] When I started digging through the lyrics, I was curious about two things: the relationships between the main characters, and the recurring phrases associated with those characters.
So I went through every single line in Hamilton (twice 😱 ) and recorded who sang each line, as well as who that line may have been directed towards. I’ve noted every phrase that was sung more than once across more than one song, and grouped them into broad themes*. You can find my lovingly (obsessively) curated data here.
To explore the data, I created a visual tool to filter the lines by any combination of characters, conversations, and themes. The insights were amazing, and I’m excited to share with you both the visual tool and my analysis of Hamilton with it.
*Though I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors.
An even earlier version of Say No To This which includes Angelica and Eliza singing part of Helpless and Satisfied.
This is such a heartbreaking version. His “hey” really hits you in a different way, Eliza and Angelica’s appearance is perfect, his “nobody needs to know” is soo… broken.
And his “yes"s in this one… do things to me. Um. Whoa.
I never reblog illegal recordings but LORD you guys all need to hear the “yes"s in this. I’m literally dead. Holy fuck.
Alexander Hamilton: It’s ye home boi Alex
Aaron Burr, Sir: Two college men walk into a bar with three drunkards, and-
My Shot: Do you ever just want to overthrow a government (Featuring Alexander having an existential crisis)
The Story Of Tonight: Painful foreshadowing coming from Laurens
The Schuyler Sisters: its ye home gals angellica eliza AND PEGGY
Farmers Refuted: It’s Time For Alexander’s Opinion
You’ll Be Back: I cannot fucking believe King George III is a yandere
Right Hand Man: Burr needs to call the rejection hotline
A Winters Ball: RELIABLE WITH THE *LADIES*
Helpless: Ye gal Eliza falls for ye boi Alex
Satisfied: Angelica has emotional issues and I want to help her
The Story Of Tonight Reprise: SPIT A VERSE, BURR
Wait For It: Burr spits a verse (Sort of)
Stay Alive: Charles Lee shows up and Laurens is like “We should shoot that guy”
Ten Duel Commandments: Laurens shoots that guy
Meet Me Inside: Alexander gets grounded
That Would Be Enough: HEARTBREAK.
Guns and Ships: L A F A Y E T T E
History Has It’s Eyes On You: Don’t fuck up because history is always watching
Yorktown: Alexander and Lafayette overthrow a government
What Comes Next?: King George is still a yandere but now he’s a Bitter Yandere
Dear Theodosia: THE DAD SONG
Non-Stop: Burr wonders why and how Alexander does things
What’d I Miss: Jeffy boi is done getting high in France and now he’s back to get high in America
Cabinet Battle #1: Political debate turns into a rap battle
Take A Break: Alexander says “No” 500000 times
Say No To This: Alexander forgets how to say “No” 500000 times
The Room Where It Happens: Burr needs to call the rejection hotline again
Schuyler Defeated: Alexander throws away Burr’s friendship bracelet
Cabinet Battle #2: you must be out oF YOUR GODDAMN MIND-
Washington On Your Side: MOTHERFUCKING SOUTHERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS
One Last Time: Washington is resigning and Alexander has abandonment issues
I Know Him: JESUS CHRIST THIS WILL BE FUN!!!~
The Adams Administration: Hamilton fucking obliterates John Adams
We Know: Jefferson, Burr, and Madison become the TMZ of the 1700-1800s
Hurricane: Alexander decides to #expose himself
The Reynolds Pamphlet: Alexander probably regrets deciding to #expose himself
Burn: ELIZA DESERVES BETTER THAN THIS
Blow Us All Away: Alexander encourages his son to get in a gun fight and is shocked when he gets shot
Stay Alive Reprise: CRUSHING DEPRESSION
It’s Quiet Uptown: EVEN MORE CRUSHING DEPRESSION
The Election of 1800: Jefferson is tired of drama and he just wants politics
Your Obedient Servant: “Fucking fight me, Alex.” ~Burr
Best of Wives and Best of Women: WOW EVEN MORE CRUSHING DEPRESSION
The World Was Wide Enough: “Talk shit get hit.” ~Burr
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story: I’M CRYING OVER A FOUNDING FATHER.
Here comes sickass Hamilton on a flaming ship, your ass will never be the same!
Lin-Manuel Miranda on Drunk History (via acting-it-up)
The Hamilton posts on my dash left me with a vague desire to see the show if the opportunity ever arose. But this. I pressed play, and at a minute and 20 seconds into this video, I paused it, opened iTunes, and downloaded the soundtrack. What the fuck is this. I didn’t ask for this.
THIS IS EXACTLY HOW IT HAPPENED.
I can’t put words to just how much the orchestra loses their collective shit during Yorktown – specifically during Oak’s rap + right after it. Their volume skyrockets, the conductor was headbanging…it felt like my seat was rattling off its hinges with the energy of it.
Yep, this is what sucked me in too. Listen with headphones. Every single time I get goosebumps when they get to “The world turned upside down…”
I honestly stared at my phone for a whole minute when I first saw the tweets, not knowing how to respond! V sings Sebastian ‘Dear Theodosia’ before bed!!! This family will end me!
gender-ambiguous burr casting/costuming where the reason everyone keeps saying “sir?” after “burr” is because they’re not… entirely… sure?
and burr just smiles and continues like nothing happened
“are you aaron… burr… sir?”
“that depends. who’s asking?”
This sorta reworks one of the lines from the reprise of The Story of Tonight for me:
“It’s alright, Burr. I wish you’d brought this girl with you tonight, Burr.” “You’re very kind, but I’m afraid it’s unlawful, sir.” “What do you mean?” (Internal monologue: “Oh shit am I finally going to get an answer here? Is it a forbidden same-sex romance thing? Because Laurens and I…”) “She’s married.” “…I see.”(Internal monologue: “Well, that doesn’t clear up anything.”)
Which leads to Hamilton finally admitting “I will never understand you.”
the fact this post still gets awesome additions like this makes me so fuckin happy, ftr, like this post was the best thing i ever did
what i do is not up to you 