My favorite thing ever is watching friends enjoy the stuff I like, which also has the unfortunate side effect of them driving me insane if they don't pay attention or dismiss said stuff without giving it a chance. Fortunately, I've NEVER had that happen with Hamilton, and I've almost never seen any online reactions (aside from one that got ratio'd into oblivion) displaying any dismissive negativity.
Ahh yes, my favorite cast/ensemble song. The storytelling, the motifs, all leading to that last section when each character sings their theme... Eliza: Helpless! That would be enough... Angelica: He will never be satisfied! Burr: Wait for it! Why do you write like you're running out of time... Washington: History has its eyes on you! To that last moment where they sing all together: HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON YOU!!!! Gives me chills every time!!! And of course, Hamilton: I am Alexander Hamilton, I am not throwing away my shot! *chef's kiss* Perfection
The first act doesn't end on Yorktown because Hamilton is the story of Alexander Hamilton, not the story of the founding of America :) So they're establishing the next phase of his life with Dear Theodosia and Non stop.
I believe Hamilton is the story of the Hamiltons, thus why it's the last name. :> The whole theme of the show is to tell Eliza's story of her telling Alexander's.
Is it just me who loves the part where burr and hamilton transition and burr goes like "IIIIIIIIIIIII am taking my time watching the afterbirth of a nation..." Just me. Okay.
I loved the idea I heard some time ago: Eliza is the only one who is singing not rapping during the whole musical. It´s because she had the most time from all of the characters. She was the only one who didn´t have to rap (speak quickly to say everything she wants to say), but had time to sing it instead.
There's an interesting...gimmick, for lack of a better word that Miranda uses in this that you may or may have not noticed by now: Regardless of the song, regardless of whether or not it fits with the rest of it, Hamilton always introduces himself by singing his name in the exact same way that he sang it in the line "My name is Alexander Hamilton" in the opening song. It was a way of showing that he was always true to himself regardless of whether that served his interests or the interests of his nearest and dearest (and often to his and their detriment, as you'll see).
I saw someone do it where they just time stamped it every time they went to start but didn't show the picture. Viewers would have both the youtube video up and hamilton
@@laptopgirl09 I’ve seen and watched this being done with people reacting to songs which have been blocked. So they don’t show the video and it seems to work.
I absolutely love this production and have watched it countless times on Disney, not to mention watching a ton of reaction videos from vocal coaches, theater coaches, and experts on music theory. And now I'm adding your reactions because you are focusing on the mix and production and making me listen in ways I haven't before. Thanks for doing these!!!!--- I can't wait for you to get through the rest of the album and then go watch the filmed piece to see how all the things you are picking up in the music are mirrored and echoed in the the visuals of lighting, staging, and choreography.
You asked about the panning of the characters’ singing. I am not sure about whether they are in one ear or the other but what I can say is this. During “Helpless” when Angelica and Alexander are talking, their sound is in one ear. During “Satisfied”, the song immediately following, their talking is in the other ear. The reason for this is that each song is from one sister’s point of view. So they have used that technique to demonstrate that, even if it’s subtle. That is an abridged version of what Alex Lacamoire has said.
To answer your "panning ears" question, there is one point in Helpless/Satisfied where they intentionally changed it from Eliza in the center (Helpless) to Angelica in the center (Satisfied) but using the same dialogue, everyone just shifts over.
This is a great series of reactions. I love everything about Hamilton, Lin’s rhythms and rhymes are amazing. The insights your reactions give into why the music sounds so special are brilliant. Can I give a shout out to Alex Lacamoire who did the orchestration for the show.
This song is absolutely EPIC!!! I love how they tie the first half of the play together!!!! To answer your question this is why they didn't end the first half with guns and ships or Yorktown. Outstanding!
I am loving these videos! I can't begin to count how many times I've seen the production on Disney+ as well as reaction videos. You are a pioneer in that you are the only person doing reactions that focus on the music instead of the lyrics, actors movements, etc. It's made me realize how much more the music tied into the choreography, stage movements, etc. When you finally watch it, PLEASE do it as a live stream so your fans can watch along with you. If you have to break it into two live streams, so be it. However, please allow us to share that journey with you.
This song represent everything I love about this musical. Just like this song, there's so much throwed at you in such a small amount of time that every time you listen/watch Hamilton you find something you never knew or notice before. It could be a unnoticed musical effect, a callback to a other song, a foreshadowing or something as simple as realizing what the dance moves represent.
Every time you stop at a big moment, I expected you to react to the lyric as I do. I think most other reactors do when they listen. At first I was annoyed Then I realized that the music is what makes the lyric land. I've listened to this soundtrack more times than I can count. I'm hearing things I've never noticed before. Just wanted to say thanks. You let me experience Hamilton for the first time-again.
Love this song! Lin has this amazing gift of mixing so many voices/lyrics over each other like that. He does that in his first musical In the heights too!!
you should really check out Lin's episode on the show Song Explorer on Netflix. He talks and explain the process of the creation of Wait For It and why it's one of his best songs.
Really enjoying these reactions to Hamilton. Great to see a different take on the instrumentals rather than just appreciating the music on a surface level. Keep it up man.
Nonstop is the best song in the musical hands down. It has a piece of almost every song thus far and is a great way to close out act 1. I used to that Yorktown would have been a better ending to act 1 since it’s the big victory but nonstop sets up act 2 really well. It shows that we’re moving away from the Revolution and focusing on the founding of American government. So we’ll done
@@JacobRestituto Yeah, it is! Hamilton is totally new experience with headphones/earbuds. That's all that I know about for now, but I'll edit it to tell you more if you want me to!
Oh thank God I just found all your Hamilton reactions in the past couple days as I got back into finding some reactions and wanted producer reactions and you're the best Jacob! Doing great for not having seen it!! I was hoping you hadn't stopped and just before bed you posted this one which is one of my favourite songs! Can't wait till ACT 2, especially the room where it happens!!
Can't wait to hear the second act! You should definitely watch it after you get through those. As far as other songs, since you've started in on Pentatonix, New Rules X Are you that Somebody is amazing. Havana is also really good.
This is the 'One Day More' of the musical! It gathers together all of the narrative threads and lets each character have a voice to remind us where they are. Layering the different melodies and moving from one tune to another within the same song essentially. Brilliant!
It's so great watching your reactions to this and then I remember how many insanely good songs are still to come and I cannot wait 😄 I hope you decide to watch the film and upload your reaction as well!
when he goes "I am not throwing away my shot" in the end you see the look of fear in Angelica's and Eliza's faces as he pulls his arm away and raises his voice that alwayd make me so emotional
I know I’m really late but one of my favorite things about this song is that at the end Hamilton is singing “I’m not throwing away my shot” and the ensemble is echoing “Just you wait” as if foreshadowing that Hamilton is going to end up throwing away his shot later. It kind of echos this theme throughout the musical that the ensemble knows the story and are forced to play along and they are sitting here staring at Hamilton as if to say you will, just you wait, you will throw away the shot
I just binged watched all of your Hamilton reactions (this being the last one you posted)! I thoroughly enjoyed your very astute examination of these songs. I strongly recommend that you watch the Disney version or listen to the songs in order. Not only is this a musical brilliance, the story is amazing and it hits so hard in the heart in more ways than one!
glad you enjoyed & thank you for taking the time for watching! Im going to be reacting to the video version (still have to figure out where to post, for copyright reasons) so text me at my USA or international number so I can let u know when I do
I am LOVING these videos! Thanks so much for doing them - as a massive Hamilton musical fan, not just the show, but I listen to the music constantly on its own, I love seeing it through different eyes and learning about the music etc. Thanks so much!
I love so this musical. Lin has done so many clever things, and you’ve caught and commented on most if not all of them, including the many internal rhymes. He won a Pulitzer Prize for it.
It's nice to hear from someone who gets it... All the major songs of the first act make a convergence here and that makes a perfect end to the first act.
Hearing the end of this, and how it all works together, shows you how don't talk about Bruno is not a one time fluke. Lin wants to show you how good at this he is, and he loves weaving a tapestry with what you've heard already.
right ear, left ear....i have no idea how to get my computer to do that. It's all the music in both ears and both speakers. It's like why do they even sell speakers in twos if it's not separate. so confused
00:00 mmmm it's time 👏 1:20 haha I loved banging on the desk doing this in physics class 🤭 two people in my class also listened to Hamilton so lots of the musical appreciation happened there Oo warmer and more intimate--like that ("That Would Be Enough", "Wait for It" , "Right Hand Man" "Schuyler Sisters", "Satisfied" "History--well you get it I like that you're recognizing and calling out some 😁😁
Just discovered your channel today and I’ve watched almost all of your Hamilton reactions! I love the way you break down the music and pay such close attention to notice all the motifs and clever musical techniques and rhymes. Would highly recommend a TH-cam video by MakeStuff (th-cam.com/video/yWK1B1EiQ7U/w-d-xo.html) exploring a lot of the lyrical motifs in Hamilton, most notably the “Wait For It” motif. Probably watch it after you’ve listened to the rest of the musical as it does have spoilers ;)
Jacob I'm 58 years old and I don't understand how to share and do all this. I follow a couple of reactors and I have begged them to please listen to Kansas Cheyenne anthem can you please do that for me
My hobbies include:
✅ Watching people react to Hamilton for the first time and feeling proud as if I wrote it.
haha
SAME! 🤣😂🤣
Trust me. You're not alone
I thought it was just me🤣
My favorite thing ever is watching friends enjoy the stuff I like, which also has the unfortunate side effect of them driving me insane if they don't pay attention or dismiss said stuff without giving it a chance. Fortunately, I've NEVER had that happen with Hamilton, and I've almost never seen any online reactions (aside from one that got ratio'd into oblivion) displaying any dismissive negativity.
Non Stop is the best song of the musical because all the main charaters sing their lev motif it´s just amazing
it's very cool!
Ikr
Also 99 likes time to make it un cursed
This is the reason it's my favorite
def the best song 100%
It took Lin-Manuel Miranda six years to write Hamilton, and it shows in every single second of the show.
Wow
Imagine if someone somewhere is currently making another masterpiece
@@pjb8295 i love this, it makes me feel so excited for the future :)
@@pjb8295 *Jefferson*
Idk if someone mentioned this but Non-Stop incorporates 8 different songs from the first act as well as its own new addition at the start
so cool
Ahh yes, my favorite cast/ensemble song. The storytelling, the motifs, all leading to that last section when each character sings their theme...
Eliza: Helpless! That would be enough...
Angelica: He will never be satisfied!
Burr: Wait for it! Why do you write like you're running out of time...
Washington: History has its eyes on you!
To that last moment where they sing all together: HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON YOU!!!! Gives me chills every time!!!
And of course, Hamilton: I am Alexander Hamilton, I am not throwing away my shot!
*chef's kiss* Perfection
The first act doesn't end on Yorktown because Hamilton is the story of Alexander Hamilton, not the story of the founding of America :) So they're establishing the next phase of his life with Dear Theodosia and Non stop.
I commented on this video for non stop which is the end of act 1
I believe Hamilton is the story of the Hamiltons, thus why it's the last name. :> The whole theme of the show is to tell Eliza's story of her telling Alexander's.
@@idontknowreally2474 I like this point! Never thought of it like that before.
Is it just me who loves the part where burr and hamilton transition and burr goes like "IIIIIIIIIIIII am taking my time watching the afterbirth of a nation..." Just me. Okay.
One of my favorite songs of the whole musical! Especially that ending when all the songs come together
I feel that!
I loved the idea I heard some time ago: Eliza is the only one who is singing not rapping during the whole musical. It´s because she had the most time from all of the characters. She was the only one who didn´t have to rap (speak quickly to say everything she wants to say), but had time to sing it instead.
Also historically, I think she outlives most of them
There's an interesting...gimmick, for lack of a better word that Miranda uses in this that you may or may have not noticed by now: Regardless of the song, regardless of whether or not it fits with the rest of it, Hamilton always introduces himself by singing his name in the exact same way that he sang it in the line "My name is Alexander Hamilton" in the opening song. It was a way of showing that he was always true to himself regardless of whether that served his interests or the interests of his nearest and dearest (and often to his and their detriment, as you'll see).
I LOVE THESE HAMILTON REACTIONS! PLEASE DO A WATCH PARTY OR SOMETHING WHEN YOU DO WATCH THE FILM!!
I'm gonna figure out how to do it!
@@JacobRestituto 👍❤
I saw someone do it where they just time stamped it every time they went to start but didn't show the picture. Viewers would have both the youtube video up and hamilton
@@laptopgirl09 I’ve seen and watched this being done with people reacting to songs which have been blocked. So they don’t show the video and it seems to work.
This song goes sooooo hard omg✋🏽😩 literally one of the BEST
legit
I feel like it’s sooo underrated too! This is my top song from the show & i struggle to find people that agree with me
@@chloegodfrey8386 I agree, it's just so amazing and underrated.
You know what this means? What’d I Miss is next!!
yup
Somehow the cast did not die of exhaustion at the end of Act 1 and made it back on stage for Act 2.
I absolutely love this production and have watched it countless times on Disney, not to mention watching a ton of reaction videos from vocal coaches, theater coaches, and experts on music theory. And now I'm adding your reactions because you are focusing on the mix and production and making me listen in ways I haven't before. Thanks for doing these!!!!--- I can't wait for you to get through the rest of the album and then go watch the filmed piece to see how all the things you are picking up in the music are mirrored and echoed in the the visuals of lighting, staging, and choreography.
you have to react to the “the room where it happens” that’s probably my favorite dance and song number in the entire show!
just filmed today
You asked about the panning of the characters’ singing. I am not sure about whether they are in one ear or the other but what I can say is this.
During “Helpless” when Angelica and Alexander are talking, their sound is in one ear. During “Satisfied”, the song immediately following, their talking is in the other ear.
The reason for this is that each song is from one sister’s point of view. So they have used that technique to demonstrate that, even if it’s subtle.
That is an abridged version of what Alex Lacamoire has said.
Enjoying your break downs! What’s also uncanny about Hamilton lyrics is how accurately quotable they are in 2020!
lol
right, _”you don’t have the votes (a ha ha ha ha)”_ hits quite different this time of year
@@princessmdg Awesome! Wow!😂
To answer your "panning ears" question, there is one point in Helpless/Satisfied where they intentionally changed it from Eliza in the center (Helpless) to Angelica in the center (Satisfied) but using the same dialogue, everyone just shifts over.
This is a great series of reactions. I love everything about Hamilton, Lin’s rhythms and rhymes are amazing. The insights your reactions give into why the music sounds so special are brilliant. Can I give a shout out to Alex Lacamoire who did the orchestration for the show.
it's fantastic!
No matter how many times I listen to this song, I always get chills.
nice!
This song is absolutely EPIC!!! I love how they tie the first half of the play together!!!! To answer your question this is why they didn't end the first half with guns and ships or Yorktown. Outstanding!
I am loving these videos! I can't begin to count how many times I've seen the production on Disney+ as well as reaction videos. You are a pioneer in that you are the only person doing reactions that focus on the music instead of the lyrics, actors movements, etc. It's made me realize how much more the music tied into the choreography, stage movements, etc. When you finally watch it, PLEASE do it as a live stream so your fans can watch along with you. If you have to break it into two live streams, so be it. However, please allow us to share that journey with you.
Love this song. All the motifs from act 1 come together here
wild
This is my favorite song out of the whole play
nice!
This song represent everything I love about this musical. Just like this song, there's so much throwed at you in such a small amount of time that every time you listen/watch Hamilton you find something you never knew or notice before. It could be a unnoticed musical effect, a callback to a other song, a foreshadowing or something as simple as realizing what the dance moves represent.
Every time you stop at a big moment, I expected you to react to the lyric as I do. I think most other reactors do when they listen. At first I was annoyed Then I realized that the music is what makes the lyric land.
I've listened to this soundtrack more times than I can count. I'm hearing things I've never noticed before.
Just wanted to say thanks. You let me experience Hamilton for the first time-again.
Love this song! Lin has this amazing gift of mixing so many voices/lyrics over each other like that. He does that in his first musical In the heights too!!
you should really check out Lin's episode on the show Song Explorer on Netflix. He talks and explain the process of the creation of Wait For It and why it's one of his best songs.
fantastic, thanks! Maybe I'll react to it
@@JacobRestituto Both Lin and Alex talk to Hrishi about the song. So good. Hrishi is great host
Have you decided if you will do a Hamilton watch along on Disney +? I would join Patreon just for that.
I would join his patreon so fast if he had a full watch along!
The cowbell you hear is called an agogo. It's 2 little cowbells on a handle, you hit it with a stick.
Oh sick
You must be filming and editing like crazy! It’s so worth it on our end.
lol! glad to hear it!
Really enjoying these reactions to Hamilton. Great to see a different take on the instrumentals rather than just appreciating the music on a surface level. Keep it up man.
Glad you like them!
Nonstop is the best song in the musical hands down. It has a piece of almost every song thus far and is a great way to close out act 1. I used to that Yorktown would have been a better ending to act 1 since it’s the big victory but nonstop sets up act 2 really well. It shows that we’re moving away from the Revolution and focusing on the founding of American government. So we’ll done
As a big Hamilfan, and a big music fan, I’m glad I stumbled upon you!
glad to hear it!
Hamilton: Burr, you're a better lawyer than me
Burr: O-kayyy
Hamilton j/k LMFAO Byeeeeeee
Hamilton: the new US Constitution?
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hahaha
@@joyelizabethsutton-pelczyn2211 hahahha
Saaame
In "The Reynolds Pamphlet", Jefferson's "WHAAAT??" can only be heard in one ear.
sweet!
@@JacobRestituto Yeah, it is! Hamilton is totally new experience with headphones/earbuds. That's all that I know about for now, but I'll edit it to tell you more if you want me to!
Oh thank God I just found all your Hamilton reactions in the past couple days as I got back into finding some reactions and wanted producer reactions and you're the best Jacob! Doing great for not having seen it!! I was hoping you hadn't stopped and just before bed you posted this one which is one of my favourite songs!
Can't wait till ACT 2, especially the room where it happens!!
Can't wait to hear the second act! You should definitely watch it after you get through those. As far as other songs, since you've started in on Pentatonix, New Rules X Are you that Somebody is amazing. Havana is also really good.
cool thanks!
Oh boy it's about to get real sad from now, be prepared!
legit
This is the 'One Day More' of the musical! It gathers together all of the narrative threads and lets each character have a voice to remind us where they are. Layering the different melodies and moving from one tune to another within the same song essentially. Brilliant!
Love your reaction videos. This is my favorite Hamilton song! I listen to it non stop.
HAH
It's so great watching your reactions to this and then I remember how many insanely good songs are still to come and I cannot wait 😄 I hope you decide to watch the film and upload your reaction as well!
when he goes "I am not throwing away my shot" in the end you see the look of fear in Angelica's and Eliza's faces as he pulls his arm away and raises his voice
that alwayd make me so emotional
😱
There was an ad after “the new US constitution?” and all I could think of was someone yelling “CUT! CUT!!” as Burr attacked Hamilton XD
LOL
Wow! You are really going through these now. Thanks for that. I love listening now while seeing the perspective of a musician.
you bet
I know I’m really late but one of my favorite things about this song is that at the end Hamilton is singing “I’m not throwing away my shot” and the ensemble is echoing “Just you wait” as if foreshadowing that Hamilton is going to end up throwing away his shot later. It kind of echos this theme throughout the musical that the ensemble knows the story and are forced to play along and they are sitting here staring at Hamilton as if to say you will, just you wait, you will throw away the shot
:)
That echoy piano comes back around...
nice!
so cool
I just binged watched all of your Hamilton reactions (this being the last one you posted)! I thoroughly enjoyed your very astute examination of these songs. I strongly recommend that you watch the Disney version or listen to the songs in order. Not only is this a musical brilliance, the story is amazing and it hits so hard in the heart in more ways than one!
glad you enjoyed & thank you for taking the time for watching! Im going to be reacting to the video version (still have to figure out where to post, for copyright reasons) so text me at my USA or international number so I can let u know when I do
@@JacobRestituto I just texted you. Looking forward to it!
I am LOVING these videos! Thanks so much for doing them - as a massive Hamilton musical fan, not just the show, but I listen to the music constantly on its own, I love seeing it through different eyes and learning about the music etc. Thanks so much!
happy to hear that! thanks for watching!
im surprised he didnt notice a piano version of the opening number playing during burr explaining the federalist papers
I love so this musical. Lin has done so many clever things, and you’ve caught and commented on most if not all of them, including the many internal rhymes. He won a Pulitzer Prize for it.
I love this song because it’s gives me a Caribbean vibe 🔥❤️
for sure!! also be sure to join my text group to know when I react to the visual musical!
I thought I was the only one! I wasn't sure how else to describe it
When will you do the second half? I’ve been binge watching your Hamilton reactions
lol - stay tuned!
It's nice to hear from someone who gets it... All the major songs of the first act make a convergence here and that makes a perfect end to the first act.
🔥🙏🏼
Lin Manuel Miranda wrote all these songs
amazing
The part where you mentioned the fluttery echo on the piano, it was actually playing the melody to Alexander Hamilton (opening song)
Oh wow!
Hearing the end of this, and how it all works together, shows you how don't talk about Bruno is not a one time fluke. Lin wants to show you how good at this he is, and he loves weaving a tapestry with what you've heard already.
agreed
Lin Manuel Miranda is a effin lyrical genius!
I love this song because it has a Caribbean feel to it, and Hamilton was from the Caribbean. Great reaction.
The funky synth bass line near the beginning is also in "wait for it"
oh sick
I’ve watched the musical about 10 times in just the last two weeks and never noticed how this song brings back the other songs 😂😂
Lollll
Can’t wait for act 2!
started filming!
right ear, left ear....i have no idea how to get my computer to do that. It's all the music in both ears and both speakers. It's like why do they even sell speakers in twos if it's not separate. so confused
Best song ofc
🙏🏼
These videos are great :) I can't wait until you react to the "Reynold's Pamphlet" :)
Great end to act 1 of the show
for sure
I didn't realize stationary mice were a thing. It looks like it would help avoid all sorts of hand/wrist pains from being behind a computer all day.
Yeah, it’s called a trackpad - highly recommend - made by Kensington
I wonder if, thus far, you've gone back to any of these songs to listen again off camera....
How did I just find this vid and why is it perfect
Lol! You’re very kind
If I may make a request, I’d like to see you react to Mike Oldfield’s Moonlight Shadow (12” version). I think you’d really appreciate the guitar solo.
Have you watched the actual musical? The performance versions are better than the recorded songs.
I have! so good!
00:00 mmmm it's time 👏
1:20 haha I loved banging on the desk doing this in physics class 🤭 two people in my class also listened to Hamilton so lots of the musical appreciation happened there
Oo warmer and more intimate--like that
("That Would Be Enough", "Wait for It" , "Right Hand Man" "Schuyler Sisters", "Satisfied" "History--well you get it
I like that you're recognizing and calling out some 😁😁
Just discovered your channel today and I’ve watched almost all of your Hamilton reactions! I love the way you break down the music and pay such close attention to notice all the motifs and clever musical techniques and rhymes.
Would highly recommend a TH-cam video by MakeStuff (th-cam.com/video/yWK1B1EiQ7U/w-d-xo.html) exploring a lot of the lyrical motifs in Hamilton, most notably the “Wait For It” motif. Probably watch it after you’ve listened to the rest of the musical as it does have spoilers ;)
Posting this again bc you’ll love it!!
PRETTYMUCH gone 2 long in the basement
thanks for the idea
It's SO GOOD!!!
for sure
Love this!!!!!
glad u liked it
You should compare the early version of Non Stop and compare.
Cool idea!
You seriously need to react to what did I miss
going in order
@@JacobRestituto p e r f e c t
Have you reacted to the full adams administration song?
I did the whole soundtrack :)
I hate that your spoiling it for urself but good vid
hahaha
his mouse is a ball???
U look like Lin Manuel Miranda lol
lol
Jacob I'm 58 years old and I don't understand how to share and do all this. I follow a couple of reactors and I have begged them to please listen to Kansas Cheyenne anthem can you please do that for me
I can try and take a look Mary!
Pls pls pls react to the movie of the musical
I plan to do the whole thing on my Patreon and then parts ehre