Hamilton saying, “I just need to write something down.” is actually really depressing, but it throws back to Ten Duel Commandments, where the lyrics go, “Number Six, leave a note for your next if kin. Tell ‘em where you been. Pray that hell or heaven lets you in.”
Fun fact: the line "Best of wives and best of women" was something Alexander actually wrote to Eliza in his last letter to her, in case he were to lose the duel! He really did have a way with words, lol
The reason they portrayed Hamilton as old as he seemed in the latter half of the second act was because his son's death literally took many years off his life during his final years in real life.
I agree that the 'room where it happens' callback is probably the best callback here. You can hear it in the trembling strings and see it in the red lighting, the pure anger and rage in Burr, the way he sings "You've kept me from the room where it happens, FOR THE LAST TIME." The last two songs really bring the show to an amazing finish.
There's also a sort of a closing door motif throughout the play with Washington telling Burr to "Close the door on your way out," Hamilton closing a door to him when he goes to make his treasury deal with Jefferson, and Jefferson closing one behind him after he says "when you see Hamilton, thank him for the endorsement." Each of those is a time he was shut out of "the room where it happens" thanks to Hamilton. "The Room Where it Happens" song was a turning point for Burr where he decided to stop waiting for what he wanted and to actively chase it... but even after making an effort in the election of 1800 he lost what he wanted thanks to Hamilton. THAT was the last straw for him.
Interesting tidbit that during Election of 1800, Hamilton is still singing "It's quiet uptown" because he's still in mourning, but the world is not letting him be alone in his thoughts.
Historical context here: this is probably the most misconstrued part of the musical historically. In the election of 1800, Jefferson and Burr were essentially on the same ticket because Jefferson thought that Burr would bring in Democratic-Republican votes while Jefferson would bring southern votes leading to victory. However, due to an issue with one of the electors, they tied. Under the Constitution at the time, the House of Representatives had to break the tie. Each state got one vote and you had to win the majority of states. Neither of them got a majority of the states 35 times! The issue were the Federalists who didn’t know who to vote for since the Federalist candidates had already lost; therefore, they asked the leader of their party - Alexander Hamilton - who they should vote for. Hamilton said to vote for Jefferson because he had stated what he stood for where Burr hadn’t. He saw Jefferson as less dangerous for this reason. When the House voted for a 36th time, Jefferson won. Burr wasn’t mad about losing because that was the original intention anyway. However, since this was a huge fiasco, the 12th Amendment would be passed to prevent this from happening again. In 1804, Jefferson didn’t need Burr to win re-election so Burr was dumped. So, Burr decided to run for New York Governor. At a party, Hamilton essentially said that Burr was not fit for the reigns of government and was dangerous to the government. When Burr heard about this he confronted Hamilton to “take it back.” Hamilton said he couldn’t take it back because Burr was not specific enough and a few other technicalities. This is what led to the duel. The original version of “Your Obedient Servant” uses many parts of the letters between the two leading up to the duel. You should totally react to the deleted songs after you finish the last two songs!
Actually, Hamilton didn't say vote for Jefferson, he said DON'T vote for Burr. And they didn't ask him. He went on a letter writing campaign and bombarded the electors with info about how Burr was a bad choice. In the end most of the Federalists abstained which led to Jefferson winning "in a landslide" of electoral votes.
And Hamilton was right. The play actually really softened Burr's true historical character to make him more relatable. In fact, he was a sleazy politician at the very least, who got out of murder and treason charges on basically technicalities.
@@tharjin0629 Yeah, basically the way it worked at the time was you cast two votes for president and the person with a majority of votes became the President and the runner up became the Vice President. The federalists and anti-federalists (Democratic-Republicans) figured out that if they only had one person in the running, then they'd have a hostile VP. The party wanted both top spots so ran Jefferson and Burr as President and VP. But when the votes were counted, there was an equal number of electoral votes for each, and so it came to Congress to decide whether the President would be Burr or Jefferson. There were still many Federalists in congress and Hamilton used his influence to ensure they didn't pick Burr. Burr, meanwhile, was openly campaigning for the job despite previously being billed as the VP. VP at the time was little more than a ceremonial position with only the power to break a Senate tie. VP was a dead-end job for first losers. Jefferson was angry at Burr for campaigning against him, and so basically cut him out of all actual government work and cabinet meetings, which infuriated Burr. Burr, as we know, then went out and killed Hamilton in a duel, which effectively ended his political career. He then went out west and started some manner of conspiracy that got him put on trial for treason. It was totally unclear what he was up to over there and the man who ratted Burr out turned out to have been spying for the Spanish government for YEARS. (Though we didn't find definitive proof of that until decades after his death.) Burr was acquitted and moved to England to get away from the mess he'd made of his reputation but eventually returned to practice law in the US.
Wow I didn’t know any of this! Thanks for the information, I really want to dive into the reality behind the stories in the show. I think a lot of people take these shows based on historical events to be like a documentary but in order to fit things into a compelling story a lot either has to be switched up or omitted or fudged
That last song is so heartbreaking, Eliza's basically begging Hamilton to go back to sleep and she doesn't even know he's going to duel, just when they'd gotten back together basically, in the same bed again, and it's instantly taken away
Something interesting in The Election of 1800 is that Jefferson seems to be ready to take a blow because he thought Hamilton would vote for Burr while Burr himself is smiling with an actual smile because he also thought Hamilton would vote for him. In Your Obedient Servant when Burr insults Hamilton it's the only time he actually means it. 2 of the 3 the other times he said it, it was to note how far Alexander came. Specifically in: Alexander Hamilton: "Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?" A Winter's Ball: "Go on and on. Grow into more of a phenomenon?" The Adams Administration: He insulted Hamilton but nothing too offensive. He was mostly annoyed with him not directly angry
What I love about Your Obedient Servant is the exchange basically starts out like this: Burr: Ayo what's up? I heard you were talking mess about me Hamilton: Not only have I been talking mess about you, I have been talking SO MUCH mess that you're gonna have to narrow it down significantly
EXACTLY. I am an unapologetic Burr supporter, and it is so frustrating to me to see all the people defending Alex's refusal to apologize because Burr didn't specify which slandering he was demanding a apology for. Like, if you're such an asshole that you have to ask which shitty thing you said about someone is the reason they are calling you out, that's ridiculous. It also aggravates me that for the entire show, leading up to "Schuyler Defeated", Hamilton is constantly criticizing Burr for not pursuing what he wants, but then when Burr takes Phillip Schuyler's seat in the senate, Alex acts like Burr did something outrageous, when all he did was exactly what Alex pushed him to do, pursue his aspirations. For Alex to destroy Burr's career in "The Election of 1800" is pathetic, considering Burr was being 100% honest when he said, "I learned that from you." Alexander foolishly ran his mouth off, and we all know what happens to fools who run their mouths off.
@@disableddragonborn And they removed the song and, possibly as a consequence, one Hamilton's line from this song. There is a deleted song where Burr sings to his eldest daughter about her mother that just died and then Hamilton in the original Your Obedient Servant delivers something like "Yo, You know what? I don't like your tone, lay it at my feet, I'll kick it down below, I'm sorry if your life is dificult without your wife, you'll have to be more specific, though" 😂
History kinda collides with Hamilton here. The duel was actually over a governor election in 1801. Philip died in 1801. The race was in 1800. It was a sacrifice made for plot. It was absolutely the right choice but it is an interesting contrast. And according to some sources, George Eaker did stop when Philip raised his gun. He waited a little while and then raised it again when Philip put his hand down. Still a jerk move but not as ruthless as the musical portrayal.
To my understanding, Alexander wouldnt have won an election. The reason why jefferson won (If I recall) is because majority of the federalists hadnt voted and wouldnt until they heard hamiltons choice. There were enough federalists for a landslide victory in either direction, but not enough to stand on their own.
I also think that Hamilton looks so despondent when people are asking for his endorsement because he's still focused on Phillilp's death and honestly just doesn't give a shit about the election. Him repeating "It's quiet uptown" reflects his mindset, that's where his focus is.
To dovetail with “And I’m the damn fool that shot him!” Hamilton’s end is constantly referred to throughout with lines like “why do you write like you’re running out of time?” and “I imagine death so much…”
The Bullet in The Election of 1800 says "I can't believe we're here with him"; In Your Obedient Servant she helps carry in his desk and hands the quill to him when he writes the first letter to Alexander. And she will be extremely clear to you in the next song.
10:03 I have been waiting to mention this. It is the same melody as the opening for "Alexander Hamilton", but with one big difference. In the other times you hear it, the strings create the sound of a squeaky door opening. Here, we hear a thud. The closing of either Hamilton's life, or Burr's career, which only happened because of Alex, both for the endorsement, and for the fact that Burr decided to for once in his life, chase what he wants.
I’m a little late, but Your Obedient Servant is one of my favorite songs in the musical, and I’ve gotta say something about it. Obviously we have the callback to burrs original narration, which is absolutely amazing. Then we have the callback to Room Where It Happens, with burr essentially blaming Hamilton for everything up to this point. Hamilton’s first return letter to burr is kind of vague. Once again, he’s behaving very “talk less”. He says “even if I said what you think I said…” He’s not admitting to anything. He also takes a cut at the fact that burr didn’t win by addressing the letter “Mr. Vice President”. Then, we have the fact that Hamilton refuses to apologize. Callback to Blow Us All Away: “He refused to apologize. We had to let the peace talk cease.” Hamilton is Burr’s Eaker. “I won’t apologize because it’s true.” Aaaaaand this last one makes me sad: when burr is challenging Hamilton to the duel, he’s talking exactly on beat. “Weehawken. Dawn. Guns drawn.” Hamilton hesitates. He answers after the beat. It seems as though he doesn’t want to…. and oh great I’m crying again 😭😭😭
Burr gave Alex every opportunity to avoid bloodshed, and instead of doing the one thing that would reach some semblance of peace, he not only shows up to the duel, but wears his glasses, which would cause anybody to think that he is wearing them to have a better aim. Burr may have pulled the trigger, but Alex loaded the gun and cocked it.
You could check out Six: The Musical after youre done with Hamilton, its kinda similar in the sense that it takes historical people and gives them a modern sound track. In Six's case its when someone goes "What if the wives of Henry VIII wrote a diss album?" Its really good and has 10 "main" songs and 5 "extra songs" on the album, plus there are a whole lot of fan made animatics that can give you some amazing visuals.
You're KILLIN' me every time you stop only because I know this musical and know what's coming! LOL - However, as I always say, it tickles me to death watching YOU watch this with fresh eyes because it's just so much fun! Yup, you're almost at the tail end and although I want you to get there, at the same time, I really DON'T because that will end the Hamilton series! So, so glad you did this! It's been a JOYRIDE!!
The Election of 1800 strays really far from actual history. It's worth a Google to see how they really got to "let's duel" ☺️ And I'd add that Burrs life story is actually crazy interesting, both before and after the duel, and he's a much more complicated character than the play shows, obviously. Also, "best of wives and best of women" is how Alexander addressed her in the letter he was writing in that scene to leave for her 😭
One of the interesting tidbits that I love is when Philip and Eliza are singing around the piano, they are singing 1-10 in French but Philip keeps changing the melody after 7 which is the number that he gets shot on in his duel.
I saw on a video interpreting the musical score of Hamilton, looking at the “one, two, three…” sequence throughout the show…the creator talks about how Philip sang “sept, huit, neuf” in a different key, in his opinion, to show that Philip was going to do things his own way…so when we get to the duel, Philip is shot on “seven” because he no longer has a chance to fulfill his dreams. He also points out that the heartbeats playing as he dies stop at “sept” with Eliza only saying “sept, huit neuf” before her heartbreaking grief scream.
this does downplay how much shit Hamilton talked about Burr for clear reasons considering stuff like Hamilton claiming that the reason Burr was so closed to his disabled daughter was because they were having an incestius reationship. They had disagreements in Politics but Hamilton would always go for the personal insults while Burr tried to avoid that due to his image. Heck one of the main reasons Hamilton agreed to the duel was because he figured that Burr would care too much about his political career and social standing to actually do it.
Did Hamilton really imply that? I think it's unlikely. That kind of insult wouldn't have caused much of a stirr. Hamilton called Burr a Catiline and that is how the rumor that Hamilton implied Burr had an incestuous relationship arose. (I think it didn't even gain any traction until Gore Vidal's 1973 book). Hamilton didn't reserve Catiline just for Burr though. He means it as the man who plotted to overthrow the Roman republic. And Hamilton would have had no such belief that Burr wouldn't duel. Burr had already dueled with Angelica's husband John Barker Church. Both Burr and Hamilton were at career crossroads. That is why they took their affair of honor to the dueling grounds. Both had a lot to prove.
@@missdancefan Oh, interesting. Did they use John's dueling pistols in that duel too? Because I know that they were used in both the duels that were fatal to a Hamilton.
It's kinda funny when you said "from the pov of someone who doesn't know how this is going to end" when in the first song burr himself says "and me? I'm the fool that shot him"
The duel is viewed as both men turning from their beliefs (Alex throwing away his shot, Burr not waiting for it) but there is one thing said early on in the show that was actually made true by who said it. "Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead."
As we reach the conclusion of this masterful musical, and we get to share your emotions week after week while viewing it in bite sized chunks, I ask you to think about this? How absol-freaking--lutely emotional it was for all of us who watched this start to finish in 1 sitting. It was simply overwhelming! And that's a large part of why there was such massive buzz about it - and not simply because of the gloriously original music, And the singing. And the acting. And .. you get the picture.
And the fact that we all sat down to watch this cool rap musical mash-up that people were raving about... and we got crushed by ALL the feels that we never expected.
Couple of corrections the election between Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson wasn’t a landslide that was for Jefferson’s second term. And after Burr’s Vice Presidency he tried going for Governor of New York but was thwarted by Hamilton again and that’s where he snapped and the letters they wrote to each other leading up to the duel goes on. And Hamilton was in several possible duels between several people including future president James Monroe. But they never entered the dueling grounds they managed to talk each other out of it. But with Burr he couldn’t talk his way out of it.
Aaron Burr was the first one in history to openly campaign for the presidency. He had a campaign headquarters, and his supporters were out knocking on doors, which prior to that was not only unheard of, but considered very uncouth. There were four men on the ballot. The top two would become president and vice. There were two federalists--Adams and someone else. And two Democratic-Republicans (remember when Burr changed parties!)--Jefferson and Burr. At the time, there was one vote and usually the top two vote-getters would be from opposite parties (balance of power). However, this time Adams just got buried by Jefferson and Burr who each came up with 73 votes. The tie went to the House of Representatives, and there were like 35 votes that ended in a tie. In the end, the federalists did ask for Hamilton's opinion, which did sway the vote toward Jefferson. Interestingly this system of voting was changed during the Jefferson presidency to prevent this from happening again. Also, I would term Hamilton's mood in The Election of 1800 DEPRESSION, not annoyance with his choices. He had lost so much... Reynold's pamphlet 1797, Washington's death 1799, Peggy and Philip's deaths in 1801 (timing in the play is played with a bit). He'd endured a lot, and I think he was just... tired. (My take on it.)
Fun fact about Best of Wives and Best of Women: the titular line is a direct quote from a letter sent by Alexander Hamilton to Eliza. I think that's really sweet
Idk if I can handle "Best of WIves, Best of Women". That is another painful one. Tbh, the one funny thing left after "It's Quiet Uptown" is most of "The Election of 1800" especially with Jefferson and Madison, "Can we get back to politics?" "Please?"
I'm watching "The Election of 1800" on Disney+ right now and just now noticed that after Alex says "Jefferson has my vote" (7:53) Jefferson starts dancing by the ensemble. 😂 Considering how many times I've watched it, I'm surprised that I just noticed it.
@ YoBGS The World Was Wide Enough and Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story works better together as the final video instead of all 5 of the final songs together in my opinion.
I love how at the start of Election of 1800 Jefferson wants to get back to politics and Madison seems to be crying and wants a mood change after the depressing songs that have just been. It's just a small thing, but I love it so much
Noooooooo, its almost over. Also small spoiler:(also obvious spoiler if you have the song list or know the story, but included for dramatic effect) One last tragedy left
Dueling was never a spectator sport. at most five people would be at the duel, the two duelists, the two seconds, and the doctor. many duels happened in complete secret unless it was a very important person who participated or the next of kin wanted to contest the duel results in court, branding the "winner" of the duel as a murderer/ assaulter.
I was looking up something about Aaron Burr and I found out that apparently he tried to get slavery abolished post- Revolutionary War, so I guess he did have opinions - and it definitely makes me see Hamilton in a worse light! |D (Strictly from an outside POV since that wasn't included in the musical.)
I found your channel yesterday. I have worked through this whole Hamilton series. I can't believe I now have to wait a week. I ALSO have no idea how you just keep yourself from plowing through to the end. Oh... uhh... you're gonna want that Cheshire Cat plushy next time. Trust me on that.
I heard a historian say that it was almost scandalous that Aaron Burr openly campaigned for himself. Apparently before this era, it wasn't considered dignified to openly promote yourself for a particular office. You were supposed to be put forward and promoted by your supporters. This is why it gets mentioned several times in the lyrics. Also, Burr did serve as Jefferson's VP but after that the practice of 2nd place candidate = VP was changed.
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I'm almost certain that you alredy recorded the last part, but I HIGHLY recoment checking out the cut/original version of "Schyler Defeated" (there is a great animatic by "Hamilton Trash" for it) and the cut song "Dear Theodosia-Reprise", in that order. There is a line/motivation for what Burr does in the secound to last song that makes no sense without the context those two songs give!
@@aniflowers1998 Spoilers for after The World Was Wide Enough: At the time of the duel, Burr's only daughter Theodosia was both an adult and married. Meanwhile, Eliza was left with 5 kids under the age of 18.
It's probably already recorded by now.. but there should be a video dedicated to each of the last two songs... there is so much to comment on the in the Hamilton finale.
Every time I get to the part where he's like "Best of wives and best of women," I think of that line from The Incredibles when Helen's like, "Oh, you're referring to ME now?"
This has perfect timing! I just finished buying tickets to see Hamilton in NYC for October as a birthday gift to myself, just to get a notification on my phone that this video was up! Another great reaction as always! I am sad there is only one video left but I am glad you are going to do the cut songs as well! Some of them are amazing and it is too bad they had to be cut!
I just finally saw it live for the first time a month ago and it was on Broadway. IT WAS AMAZING. In some ways I actually liked it better than this version, which I never thought I'd say!
“I just want to go back to happier times…. Like The Revolution.” This made me laugh out loud & also almost perfectly sums up the power of this musical.
Oh crap it's about the end isn't it? 😭 Btw you should check out the old version of "Your Obedient Servant", which is available on TH-cam. I like the old version better because it uses lines from the actual letters interchanged between A. Ham and A. Burr, and you can see how sassy they were
"I won't apologize for doing what's right." That's rich coming from a man who had multiple affairs, only one of which gets the amount of historical attention it deserves, and a man who was perfectly happy to let a friend help America win the war but turn a blind eye to that very friend when his nation was fighting for freedom from monarchy.
5:28 there’s actually a parody of this exact song about the 2016 elections! Where Hamilton represents the Bernie supporters who split from their own party candidate Hillary (Burr) to vote Jefferson (Trump) Instead
Hamilton: "I am not the reason no one trusts you." *Previously* "I like that Aaron Burr." ... "He seems approachable." Hamilton: "Jefferson has beliefs, Burr has none." Also, the election wasn't actually a landslide like the show depicts.
Can we not gloss over the fact that Alex basically admitted that he's wronged Burr multiple times when he said Burr would have to specify what he was upset about??
I don't think I'm ready for the end. I've become so invested in this reaction series and to see how close the end is makes me sad tbh. Honestly, half of me is in denial of how close to finished this is. I just keep telling myself "The Hamilton Mixtape, the cut songs, the end is nowhere near."
It’s going to be the last one ): Also the thing about the person not wanting to be the president is the best chose for president goes true for dumbledore, well minister
Hmailton, in Your Obedient Servant, begins his letter with "Mr. Vice President." Burr was so frustrated that Hamilton's endorsement lost him the presidency that he didn't even wait long enough for the news that he wasn't going to be VP became public.
Thank you so much for these great reactions! 🥰🙏😍 Looks like I found this channel just in time to binge all these and not have to wait long for the conclusion! 😂🥰😍
The one demanding satisfaction holds the reins up until the point when the challenge is issued. If accepted, whatever happens is on the head of the challenged, especially if their second cannot reach a peace.
Recommendation for a future reaction if you haven't seen it yet - the songs from Pippin. For some reason I haven't been able to find a single reaction to this yet, and I think it's absolutely worth a look. The only difficulty is that I don't know if there's a good visual recording of the performance - I've only found a few old audience recordings for a few songs. The songs work just fine on their own, but of course the performance adds an extra layer to them (especially in "War is a Science" - the song and acting is very amusing). Here's the song list in order, if you want to try these: - Magic to Do - Corner of the Sky - War is a Science - Glory - Simple Joys - No Time at All (I think this one's my favorite) - With You - Spread a Little Sunshine - Morning Glow - On the Right Track - Kind of Woman - Extraordinary - Love Song - I Guess I'll Miss the Man - Finale I would recommend doing these in order - some of the later songs rely heavily on callbacks to previous songs. These are quite fun songs in general, and I think you'd enjoy them :) Here's a link to the Spotify playlist that I think is the best recording, if you can't find a better video version of them: open.spotify.com/album/6JEdW2cbpBPwpmS95r1RHC I know I'm commenting late on this video, so I'm planning to repost this comment on the next Hamilton video so you're more likely to be able to see it.
I believe that what in the context of the musical what really sealed his decision was, burr saying that he was chasing what he wanted and learned it from Hamilton. Was the last Nail in the coffin because Hamilton's beliefs lead to loss in his family. In both literal and metaphorical ways.
the vote wasn't down to Hamilton all actually. infact that's not even why Burr and Hamilton dueled. it was actually when he wanted to be governor of New York but hamilton made sure he didn't which is what actually lead to the duel
Don't forget the whole incest thing. Yeah...it's not touched on in the musical, but Hamilton made a passing comment about "still more despicable acts" regarding Burr and his daughter's "morbid affection" for each other. Burr took that to mean that he was being accused of having a more than a fatherly relationship with the younger Theodosia (though by this time she was in her 20s). Most historians don't believe Burr had that kind of relationship with his daughter and that Hamilton probably didn't mean that, especially since the comments got to Burr second hand. But, after decades of rivalry and Hamilton's active role in Burr's losing the governor's seat, Burr blew the implications of the comments up in his head and well...the rest is history.
@@OZLelila I didn't actually know that. that's very interesting. I know theodosia (his wife) had already died a while before this happened but I didn't know there was something like that
One way things can get sadder is knowing that mama Theodosia died of stomach cancer. Also, one thing I one day noticed is that nowhere in the show do they just call him Aaron. He seems to be the only one, too. Alex, Alexander; Elizabeth/Eliza, etc. I mean, even Washington gets called George at one point.
She probably knew Hamilton had the duel, “meeting” was common slang for referring to a duel, as dueling on paper was illegal, so the word “meeting” was used to avoid incriminating ones self
8:03 This is the moment where he proves an earlier line by Jefferson to be true. He is endorsing the antithesis of what he claims to have as morals and beliefs. "He knows nothing of loyalty." Not even to his own beliefs. For quite a long time, I didn't agree with one specific line from "Alexander Hamilton", which was "His enemies destroyed his rep" because he needed no assistance in ruining himself, but then I remembered a line from "Congratulations", which was cut from the show. "So scared of what your enemies will do to you, but *you're the only enemy you seem to lose to.* You know why Jefferson can do what he wants? He doesn't dignify school yard taunts with a response!"
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Hamilton saying, “I just need to write something down.” is actually really depressing, but it throws back to Ten Duel Commandments, where the lyrics go, “Number Six, leave a note for your next if kin. Tell ‘em where you been. Pray that hell or heaven lets you in.”
I can't believe I'm just now seeing this comment. I commented the same thing.😆
And that line is even more sad when you listen to “ten things one thing” the original version of the world was wide enough, trust me
Fun fact: the line "Best of wives and best of women" was something Alexander actually wrote to Eliza in his last letter to her, in case he were to lose the duel!
He really did have a way with words, lol
And Ron Chernow dedicated the book to his late wife with those very words too!
And Lin dedicated the musical to Vanessa, his wife, with this song on the Hamilton the revolution book.
The reason they portrayed Hamilton as old as he seemed in the latter half of the second act was because his son's death literally took many years off his life during his final years in real life.
I agree that the 'room where it happens' callback is probably the best callback here. You can hear it in the trembling strings and see it in the red lighting, the pure anger and rage in Burr, the way he sings "You've kept me from the room where it happens, FOR THE LAST TIME." The last two songs really bring the show to an amazing finish.
There's also a sort of a closing door motif throughout the play with Washington telling Burr to "Close the door on your way out," Hamilton closing a door to him when he goes to make his treasury deal with Jefferson, and Jefferson closing one behind him after he says "when you see Hamilton, thank him for the endorsement." Each of those is a time he was shut out of "the room where it happens" thanks to Hamilton.
"The Room Where it Happens" song was a turning point for Burr where he decided to stop waiting for what he wanted and to actively chase it... but even after making an effort in the election of 1800 he lost what he wanted thanks to Hamilton. THAT was the last straw for him.
Interesting tidbit that during Election of 1800, Hamilton is still singing "It's quiet uptown" because he's still in mourning, but the world is not letting him be alone in his thoughts.
Historical context here: this is probably the most misconstrued part of the musical historically.
In the election of 1800, Jefferson and Burr were essentially on the same ticket because Jefferson thought that Burr would bring in Democratic-Republican votes while Jefferson would bring southern votes leading to victory. However, due to an issue with one of the electors, they tied. Under the Constitution at the time, the House of Representatives had to break the tie. Each state got one vote and you had to win the majority of states. Neither of them got a majority of the states 35 times! The issue were the Federalists who didn’t know who to vote for since the Federalist candidates had already lost; therefore, they asked the leader of their party - Alexander Hamilton - who they should vote for. Hamilton said to vote for Jefferson because he had stated what he stood for where Burr hadn’t. He saw Jefferson as less dangerous for this reason. When the House voted for a 36th time, Jefferson won. Burr wasn’t mad about losing because that was the original intention anyway. However, since this was a huge fiasco, the 12th Amendment would be passed to prevent this from happening again.
In 1804, Jefferson didn’t need Burr to win re-election so Burr was dumped. So, Burr decided to run for New York Governor. At a party, Hamilton essentially said that Burr was not fit for the reigns of government and was dangerous to the government. When Burr heard about this he confronted Hamilton to “take it back.” Hamilton said he couldn’t take it back because Burr was not specific enough and a few other technicalities. This is what led to the duel. The original version of “Your Obedient Servant” uses many parts of the letters between the two leading up to the duel.
You should totally react to the deleted songs after you finish the last two songs!
Burr was supposed to step down after they tied but wanted to try to run to become president against Jefferson.
Actually, Hamilton didn't say vote for Jefferson, he said DON'T vote for Burr. And they didn't ask him. He went on a letter writing campaign and bombarded the electors with info about how Burr was a bad choice. In the end most of the Federalists abstained which led to Jefferson winning "in a landslide" of electoral votes.
And Hamilton was right. The play actually really softened Burr's true historical character to make him more relatable. In fact, he was a sleazy politician at the very least, who got out of murder and treason charges on basically technicalities.
@@tharjin0629 Yeah, basically the way it worked at the time was you cast two votes for president and the person with a majority of votes became the President and the runner up became the Vice President. The federalists and anti-federalists (Democratic-Republicans) figured out that if they only had one person in the running, then they'd have a hostile VP. The party wanted both top spots so ran Jefferson and Burr as President and VP. But when the votes were counted, there was an equal number of electoral votes for each, and so it came to Congress to decide whether the President would be Burr or Jefferson. There were still many Federalists in congress and Hamilton used his influence to ensure they didn't pick Burr. Burr, meanwhile, was openly campaigning for the job despite previously being billed as the VP.
VP at the time was little more than a ceremonial position with only the power to break a Senate tie. VP was a dead-end job for first losers. Jefferson was angry at Burr for campaigning against him, and so basically cut him out of all actual government work and cabinet meetings, which infuriated Burr.
Burr, as we know, then went out and killed Hamilton in a duel, which effectively ended his political career. He then went out west and started some manner of conspiracy that got him put on trial for treason. It was totally unclear what he was up to over there and the man who ratted Burr out turned out to have been spying for the Spanish government for YEARS. (Though we didn't find definitive proof of that until decades after his death.) Burr was acquitted and moved to England to get away from the mess he'd made of his reputation but eventually returned to practice law in the US.
Wow I didn’t know any of this! Thanks for the information, I really want to dive into the reality behind the stories in the show. I think a lot of people take these shows based on historical events to be like a documentary but in order to fit things into a compelling story a lot either has to be switched up or omitted or fudged
IM NOT READY FOR THE NEXT VIDEO
None of us are
No one can be prepared for the next 2 songs
Me neither 😬
FR
That last song is so heartbreaking, Eliza's basically begging Hamilton to go back to sleep and she doesn't even know he's going to duel, just when they'd gotten back together basically, in the same bed again, and it's instantly taken away
it always makes me cry tbh
Something interesting in The Election of 1800 is that Jefferson seems to be ready to take a blow because he thought Hamilton would vote for Burr while Burr himself is smiling with an actual smile because he also thought Hamilton would vote for him.
In Your Obedient Servant when Burr insults Hamilton it's the only time he actually means it. 2 of the 3 the other times he said it, it was to note how far Alexander came. Specifically in:
Alexander Hamilton: "Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?"
A Winter's Ball: "Go on and on. Grow into more of a phenomenon?"
The Adams Administration: He insulted Hamilton but nothing too offensive. He was mostly annoyed with him not directly angry
Unlike in prior instances of the "Burr insults Hamilton" motif, this one is not in his role as the narrator, but fully in-character.
I love how Burr writes a letter to Hamilton... and Hamilton's reply comes in a lot of shets. Very in character for him.
What I love about Your Obedient Servant is the exchange basically starts out like this:
Burr: Ayo what's up? I heard you were talking mess about me
Hamilton: Not only have I been talking mess about you, I have been talking SO MUCH mess that you're gonna have to narrow it down significantly
EXACTLY. I am an unapologetic Burr supporter, and it is so frustrating to me to see all the people defending Alex's refusal to apologize because Burr didn't specify which slandering he was demanding a apology for. Like, if you're such an asshole that you have to ask which shitty thing you said about someone is the reason they are calling you out, that's ridiculous. It also aggravates me that for the entire show, leading up to "Schuyler Defeated", Hamilton is constantly criticizing Burr for not pursuing what he wants, but then when Burr takes Phillip Schuyler's seat in the senate, Alex acts like Burr did something outrageous, when all he did was exactly what Alex pushed him to do, pursue his aspirations. For Alex to destroy Burr's career in "The Election of 1800" is pathetic, considering Burr was being 100% honest when he said, "I learned that from you." Alexander foolishly ran his mouth off, and we all know what happens to fools who run their mouths off.
@@disableddragonborn And they removed the song and, possibly as a consequence, one Hamilton's line from this song.
There is a deleted song where Burr sings to his eldest daughter about her mother that just died and then Hamilton in the original Your Obedient Servant delivers something like "Yo, You know what? I don't like your tone, lay it at my feet, I'll kick it down below, I'm sorry if your life is dificult without your wife, you'll have to be more specific, though" 😂
@@st4rpt_603 Damn, Lin really got into character writing that. I can imagine Alexander saying that *_at Theodosia's funeral._*
History kinda collides with Hamilton here. The duel was actually over a governor election in 1801. Philip died in 1801. The race was in 1800. It was a sacrifice made for plot. It was absolutely the right choice but it is an interesting contrast. And according to some sources, George Eaker did stop when Philip raised his gun. He waited a little while and then raised it again when Philip put his hand down. Still a jerk move but not as ruthless as the musical portrayal.
And if I'm not mistaken, they were the same pistols in both duels, owned by Angelica's husband John Church.
"Best of wives and best of women" is a direct line from his last letter to her
There’s something so ironic seeing you comment here when I saw your videos doing these reactions lol
Sugarcat! I watched your Hamilton Reaction on TH-cam! (I even subscribed to your channel.) Welcome aboard this version.
To my understanding, Alexander wouldnt have won an election. The reason why jefferson won (If I recall) is because majority of the federalists hadnt voted and wouldnt until they heard hamiltons choice. There were enough federalists for a landslide victory in either direction, but not enough to stand on their own.
I also think that Hamilton looks so despondent when people are asking for his endorsement because he's still focused on Phillilp's death and honestly just doesn't give a shit about the election. Him repeating "It's quiet uptown" reflects his mindset, that's where his focus is.
Well, the idea of someone not knowing what is going on by this point, they did spoil it in the first song -
"And I'm the damn fool that shot him!"
It's like people who don't know how Romeo and juliet ends even though the first page tells you.
True but shot doesn’t always mean kill, I mean Charles Lee lived 🤷♀️
To be fair, on a first listen you'd be so engrossed with everything that has played out that it might slip past you
To dovetail with “And I’m the damn fool that shot him!” Hamilton’s end is constantly referred to throughout with lines like “why do you write like you’re running out of time?” and “I imagine death so much…”
@@mollymollie6048 and its a play about a real historical person, if it doesnt end with his death that would just be strange
Eliza: Why do you write like you're running out of time?
Alexander: so, about that.....
The Bullet in The Election of 1800 says "I can't believe we're here with him"; In Your Obedient Servant she helps carry in his desk and hands the quill to him when he writes the first letter to Alexander. And she will be extremely clear to you in the next song.
To be fair, she'd already "missed" him during the letter to Eliza about how the war was going. Heh.
@@JessRansdellSmith She wasn't supposed to hit him yet.
@@katwithattitude5062 Yes, I know. But it was "extremely clear" she was the Bullet in that song. That's all I was saying. :)
10:03 I have been waiting to mention this. It is the same melody as the opening for "Alexander Hamilton", but with one big difference. In the other times you hear it, the strings create the sound of a squeaky door opening. Here, we hear a thud. The closing of either Hamilton's life, or Burr's career, which only happened because of Alex, both for the endorsement, and for the fact that Burr decided to for once in his life, chase what he wants.
That's incredible, now I can never unhear the closing door! Haunting.
I’m a little late, but Your Obedient Servant is one of my favorite songs in the musical, and I’ve gotta say something about it.
Obviously we have the callback to burrs original narration, which is absolutely amazing. Then we have the callback to Room Where It Happens, with burr essentially blaming Hamilton for everything up to this point. Hamilton’s first return letter to burr is kind of vague. Once again, he’s behaving very “talk less”. He says “even if I said what you think I said…” He’s not admitting to anything. He also takes a cut at the fact that burr didn’t win by addressing the letter “Mr. Vice President”. Then, we have the fact that Hamilton refuses to apologize. Callback to Blow Us All Away: “He refused to apologize. We had to let the peace talk cease.” Hamilton is Burr’s Eaker. “I won’t apologize because it’s true.”
Aaaaaand this last one makes me sad: when burr is challenging Hamilton to the duel, he’s talking exactly on beat. “Weehawken. Dawn. Guns drawn.” Hamilton hesitates. He answers after the beat. It seems as though he doesn’t want to…. and oh great I’m crying again 😭😭😭
Burr gave Alex every opportunity to avoid bloodshed, and instead of doing the one thing that would reach some semblance of peace, he not only shows up to the duel, but wears his glasses, which would cause anybody to think that he is wearing them to have a better aim. Burr may have pulled the trigger, but Alex loaded the gun and cocked it.
You could check out Six: The Musical after youre done with Hamilton, its kinda similar in the sense that it takes historical people and gives them a modern sound track. In Six's case its when someone goes "What if the wives of Henry VIII wrote a diss album?" Its really good and has 10 "main" songs and 5 "extra songs" on the album, plus there are a whole lot of fan made animatics that can give you some amazing visuals.
You're KILLIN' me every time you stop only because I know this musical and know what's coming! LOL - However, as I always say, it tickles me to death watching YOU watch this with fresh eyes because it's just so much fun! Yup, you're almost at the tail end and although I want you to get there, at the same time, I really DON'T because that will end the Hamilton series! So, so glad you did this! It's been a JOYRIDE!!
The Election of 1800 strays really far from actual history. It's worth a Google to see how they really got to "let's duel" ☺️ And I'd add that Burrs life story is actually crazy interesting, both before and after the duel, and he's a much more complicated character than the play shows, obviously.
Also, "best of wives and best of women" is how Alexander addressed her in the letter he was writing in that scene to leave for her 😭
One of the interesting tidbits that I love is when Philip and Eliza are singing around the piano, they are singing 1-10 in French but Philip keeps changing the melody after 7 which is the number that he gets shot on in his duel.
I saw on a video interpreting the musical score of Hamilton, looking at the “one, two, three…” sequence throughout the show…the creator talks about how Philip sang “sept, huit, neuf” in a different key, in his opinion, to show that Philip was going to do things his own way…so when we get to the duel, Philip is shot on “seven” because he no longer has a chance to fulfill his dreams. He also points out that the heartbeats playing as he dies stop at “sept” with Eliza only saying “sept, huit neuf” before her heartbreaking grief scream.
this does downplay how much shit Hamilton talked about Burr for clear reasons considering stuff like Hamilton claiming that the reason Burr was so closed to his disabled daughter was because they were having an incestius reationship. They had disagreements in Politics but Hamilton would always go for the personal insults while Burr tried to avoid that due to his image. Heck one of the main reasons Hamilton agreed to the duel was because he figured that Burr would care too much about his political career and social standing to actually do it.
Did Hamilton really imply that? I think it's unlikely. That kind of insult wouldn't have caused much of a stirr. Hamilton called Burr a Catiline and that is how the rumor that Hamilton implied Burr had an incestuous relationship arose. (I think it didn't even gain any traction until Gore Vidal's 1973 book). Hamilton didn't reserve Catiline just for Burr though. He means it as the man who plotted to overthrow the Roman republic.
And Hamilton would have had no such belief that Burr wouldn't duel. Burr had already dueled with Angelica's husband John Barker Church. Both Burr and Hamilton were at career crossroads. That is why they took their affair of honor to the dueling grounds. Both had a lot to prove.
@@missdancefan Oh, interesting. Did they use John's dueling pistols in that duel too? Because I know that they were used in both the duels that were fatal to a Hamilton.
@@wordforger I read they used Burr's dueling pistols in the Chruch/Burr duel.
It's kinda funny when you said "from the pov of someone who doesn't know how this is going to end" when in the first song burr himself says "and me? I'm the fool that shot him"
What always got me is that Burr says "Duels are dumb and immature." Then yep....challenges him.
Also, see this in person. Its amazing.
I said this earlier
The duel is viewed as both men turning from their beliefs (Alex throwing away his shot, Burr not waiting for it) but there is one thing said early on in the show that was actually made true by who said it. "Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead."
"I just need to write something down..."
Yeah, just taking care of duel commandment number 6, NBD...
As we reach the conclusion of this masterful musical, and we get to share your emotions week after week while viewing it in bite sized chunks, I ask you to think about this? How absol-freaking--lutely emotional it was for all of us who watched this start to finish in 1 sitting. It was simply overwhelming! And that's a large part of why there was such massive buzz about it - and not simply because of the gloriously original music, And the singing. And the acting. And .. you get the picture.
And the fact that we all sat down to watch this cool rap musical mash-up that people were raving about... and we got crushed by ALL the feels that we never expected.
Couple of corrections the election between Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson wasn’t a landslide that was for Jefferson’s second term. And after Burr’s Vice Presidency he tried going for Governor of New York but was thwarted by Hamilton again and that’s where he snapped and the letters they wrote to each other leading up to the duel goes on. And Hamilton was in several possible duels between several people including future president James Monroe. But they never entered the dueling grounds they managed to talk each other out of it. But with Burr he couldn’t talk his way out of it.
Aaron Burr was the first one in history to openly campaign for the presidency. He had a campaign headquarters, and his supporters were out knocking on doors, which prior to that was not only unheard of, but considered very uncouth. There were four men on the ballot. The top two would become president and vice. There were two federalists--Adams and someone else. And two Democratic-Republicans (remember when Burr changed parties!)--Jefferson and Burr. At the time, there was one vote and usually the top two vote-getters would be from opposite parties (balance of power). However, this time Adams just got buried by Jefferson and Burr who each came up with 73 votes. The tie went to the House of Representatives, and there were like 35 votes that ended in a tie. In the end, the federalists did ask for Hamilton's opinion, which did sway the vote toward Jefferson. Interestingly this system of voting was changed during the Jefferson presidency to prevent this from happening again. Also, I would term Hamilton's mood in The Election of 1800 DEPRESSION, not annoyance with his choices. He had lost so much... Reynold's pamphlet 1797, Washington's death 1799, Peggy and Philip's deaths in 1801 (timing in the play is played with a bit). He'd endured a lot, and I think he was just... tired. (My take on it.)
Fun fact about Best of Wives and Best of Women: the titular line is a direct quote from a letter sent by Alexander Hamilton to Eliza. I think that's really sweet
"break his fingers" mood
Idk if I can handle "Best of WIves, Best of Women". That is another painful one. Tbh, the one funny thing left after "It's Quiet Uptown" is most of "The Election of 1800" especially with Jefferson and Madison, "Can we get back to politics?" "Please?"
Now we gotta react to Six after this. More history musicals.
My social science teacher taught us about the election of 1800 with Hamilton.
15:30
You have to remember, dueling was technically illegal, even though people still did it. There's no stadium, and it was kept pretty hush-hush.
I love how Alexander doesn't take his eyes off Burr while he proclaims his support for Jefferson. Like DAMN Lin! Attention to detail
I'm watching "The Election of 1800" on Disney+ right now and just now noticed that after Alex says "Jefferson has my vote" (7:53) Jefferson starts dancing by the ensemble. 😂 Considering how many times I've watched it, I'm surprised that I just noticed it.
You pausing at 8:15 is perfect! I love seeing the shock on Burr’s face, 😂
I can not express the emotion I felt when he paused right before the record scratch
Can't wait for the next one, although i will miss Hamilton day 😔
In the election of 1800 when burr comes in he looks like hes walking like a cartoon character
Can’t I go back to happier times like the revolutionary war - YoBGS 2022
What will we do without “Hamilton day”? Sigh. It’s been awesome to watch your reactions.
@ YoBGS The World Was Wide Enough and Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story works better together as the final video instead of all 5 of the final songs together in my opinion.
Yeah I was listening to the soundtrack thinking of how they would divide the 5 songs
I love how at the start of Election of 1800 Jefferson wants to get back to politics and Madison seems to be crying and wants a mood change after the depressing songs that have just been. It's just a small thing, but I love it so much
If Eliza knew that Alex's "early meeting out of town" was in Weehawken, NJ, I would not be surprised if she grabbed a gun and stopped him from going.
Just wait till you hear the original Obedient Servant and 10 things 1 thing you’ll feel so many different emotions it’s unreal.
Noooooooo, its almost over. Also small spoiler:(also obvious spoiler if you have the song list or know the story, but included for dramatic effect)
One last tragedy left
Dueling was never a spectator sport. at most five people would be at the duel, the two duelists, the two seconds, and the doctor. many duels happened in complete secret unless it was a very important person who participated or the next of kin wanted to contest the duel results in court, branding the "winner" of the duel as a murderer/ assaulter.
FrancoPHONE is French first language, francophil is french second language and francoPHILE is french/france lover
I was looking up something about Aaron Burr and I found out that apparently he tried to get slavery abolished post- Revolutionary War, so I guess he did have opinions - and it definitely makes me see Hamilton in a worse light! |D (Strictly from an outside POV since that wasn't included in the musical.)
you smiling throughout "the election of 1800" was literally me when i first saw hamilton because i just KNEW he wasn't gonna vote for Burr
I found your channel yesterday. I have worked through this whole Hamilton series. I can't believe I now have to wait a week. I ALSO have no idea how you just keep yourself from plowing through to the end. Oh... uhh... you're gonna want that Cheshire Cat plushy next time. Trust me on that.
I heard a historian say that it was almost scandalous that Aaron Burr openly campaigned for himself. Apparently before this era, it wasn't considered dignified to openly promote yourself for a particular office. You were supposed to be put forward and promoted by your supporters. This is why it gets mentioned several times in the lyrics. Also, Burr did serve as Jefferson's VP but after that the practice of 2nd place candidate = VP was changed.
I’m always entertained by Jefferson and Madison at the beginning of the Election of 1800 because at that moment, we’re all Madison fr
I’m so glad it’s not just me!!!
Moments before the tragedy.
The last two songs deserve their individual video.
Hey friends, more Hamilton stuff to come sooner rather than later BUT, I've also started a series looking at weird trends online. Check out my latest video on the wild man Andrew Tate here: th-cam.com/video/RCW-OQV4oMA/w-d-xo.html
@YoBGS
Bring out the plushies for next time you will need them
I'm almost certain that you alredy recorded the last part, but I HIGHLY recoment checking out the cut/original version of "Schyler Defeated" (there is a great animatic by "Hamilton Trash" for it) and the cut song "Dear Theodosia-Reprise", in that order. There is a line/motivation for what Burr does in the secound to last song that makes no sense without the context those two songs give!
@@aniflowers1998 personally I think he should have just rip the Band-Aid off and check those deleted songs afterwards like he said he would
@@aniflowers1998 Spoilers for after The World Was Wide Enough:
At the time of the duel, Burr's only daughter Theodosia was both an adult and married. Meanwhile, Eliza was left with 5 kids under the age of 18.
It's probably already recorded by now.. but there should be a video dedicated to each of the last two songs... there is so much to comment on the in the Hamilton finale.
Every time I get to the part where he's like "Best of wives and best of women," I think of that line from The Incredibles when Helen's like, "Oh, you're referring to ME now?"
This has perfect timing! I just finished buying tickets to see Hamilton in NYC for October as a birthday gift to myself, just to get a notification on my phone that this video was up!
Another great reaction as always! I am sad there is only one video left but I am glad you are going to do the cut songs as well! Some of them are amazing and it is too bad they had to be cut!
haha omg so am i
@@louisbeer that is awesome! 😆
I just finally saw it live for the first time a month ago and it was on Broadway. IT WAS AMAZING. In some ways I actually liked it better than this version, which I never thought I'd say!
One of the best Hamilton reactions I’ve seen
Leslie's expressions in these songs are INSANE
Man I love Hamilton day! But I am not ready for the next video
“I just want to go back to happier times…. Like The Revolution.”
This made me laugh out loud & also almost perfectly sums up the power of this musical.
The penultimate episode! Time to start the series binge in preparation for the finale.
Oh crap it's about the end isn't it? 😭
Btw you should check out the old version of "Your Obedient Servant", which is available on TH-cam. I like the old version better because it uses lines from the actual letters interchanged between A. Ham and A. Burr, and you can see how sassy they were
"I won't apologize for doing what's right." That's rich coming from a man who had multiple affairs, only one of which gets the amount of historical attention it deserves, and a man who was perfectly happy to let a friend help America win the war but turn a blind eye to that very friend when his nation was fighting for freedom from monarchy.
Are you REALLY going to make us wait a whole week to see you finish this show? ARGHHHHHH!!!
5:28 there’s actually a parody of this exact song about the 2016 elections! Where Hamilton represents the Bernie supporters who split from their own party candidate Hillary (Burr) to vote Jefferson (Trump) Instead
15:35 I think Eliza was taking a break from Tik Tok because it was getting addictive
Hamilton: "I am not the reason no one trusts you."
*Previously*
"I like that Aaron Burr." ... "He seems approachable."
Hamilton: "Jefferson has beliefs, Burr has none."
Also, the election wasn't actually a landslide like the show depicts.
Can we not gloss over the fact that Alex basically admitted that he's wronged Burr multiple times when he said Burr would have to specify what he was upset about??
@16:11 - "Break his fingers!" LOL, well played..
"Can't i just go back to happier times? Like the Revolutionary War?" that's one for the quotebooks.
I don't think I'm ready for the end. I've become so invested in this reaction series and to see how close the end is makes me sad tbh. Honestly, half of me is in denial of how close to finished this is. I just keep telling myself "The Hamilton Mixtape, the cut songs, the end is nowhere near."
It’s going to be the last one ):
Also the thing about the person not wanting to be the president is the best chose for president goes true for dumbledore, well minister
I appreciate the song choices today! I can't wait until I see the last song.
So sad that we're coming to the end of Hamilton! I always look forward to your Hamilton days!
The last song is so wonderful I cry just thinking about.
When will the next one come out? I’m so excited for your reaction!
Hmailton, in Your Obedient Servant, begins his letter with "Mr. Vice President." Burr was so frustrated that Hamilton's endorsement lost him the presidency that he didn't even wait long enough for the news that he wasn't going to be VP became public.
Thank you so much for these great reactions! 🥰🙏😍
Looks like I found this channel just in time to binge all these and not have to wait long for the conclusion! 😂🥰😍
He didn't want to worry her after and maybe after how Philip died he didn't want to worry her.
The one demanding satisfaction holds the reins up until the point when the challenge is issued. If accepted, whatever happens is on the head of the challenged, especially if their second cannot reach a peace.
Recommendation for a future reaction if you haven't seen it yet - the songs from Pippin. For some reason I haven't been able to find a single reaction to this yet, and I think it's absolutely worth a look. The only difficulty is that I don't know if there's a good visual recording of the performance - I've only found a few old audience recordings for a few songs. The songs work just fine on their own, but of course the performance adds an extra layer to them (especially in "War is a Science" - the song and acting is very amusing). Here's the song list in order, if you want to try these:
- Magic to Do
- Corner of the Sky
- War is a Science
- Glory
- Simple Joys
- No Time at All (I think this one's my favorite)
- With You
- Spread a Little Sunshine
- Morning Glow
- On the Right Track
- Kind of Woman
- Extraordinary
- Love Song
- I Guess I'll Miss the Man
- Finale
I would recommend doing these in order - some of the later songs rely heavily on callbacks to previous songs.
These are quite fun songs in general, and I think you'd enjoy them :)
Here's a link to the Spotify playlist that I think is the best recording, if you can't find a better video version of them:
open.spotify.com/album/6JEdW2cbpBPwpmS95r1RHC
I know I'm commenting late on this video, so I'm planning to repost this comment on the next Hamilton video so you're more likely to be able to see it.
Nah it didn’t come in this video, but we’re with you for the finale next week. All love ✌️
This play may use the most paper of any play I've ever seen.
i really hope you react to the musical falsettos next! its so good and i think you will like it
I believe that what in the context of the musical what really sealed his decision was, burr saying that he was chasing what he wanted and learned it from Hamilton. Was the last Nail in the coffin because Hamilton's beliefs lead to loss in his family. In both literal and metaphorical ways.
"A New York... mover and shaker." I believe the term you were looking for is lawyer.😂
the vote wasn't down to Hamilton all actually. infact that's not even why Burr and Hamilton dueled. it was actually when he wanted to be governor of New York but hamilton made sure he didn't which is what actually lead to the duel
Don't forget the whole incest thing. Yeah...it's not touched on in the musical, but Hamilton made a passing comment about "still more despicable acts" regarding Burr and his daughter's "morbid affection" for each other. Burr took that to mean that he was being accused of having a more than a fatherly relationship with the younger Theodosia (though by this time she was in her 20s).
Most historians don't believe Burr had that kind of relationship with his daughter and that Hamilton probably didn't mean that, especially since the comments got to Burr second hand. But, after decades of rivalry and Hamilton's active role in Burr's losing the governor's seat, Burr blew the implications of the comments up in his head and well...the rest is history.
@@OZLelila I didn't actually know that. that's very interesting. I know theodosia (his wife) had already died a while before this happened but I didn't know there was something like that
One way things can get sadder is knowing that mama Theodosia died of stomach cancer. Also, one thing I one day noticed is that nowhere in the show do they just call him Aaron. He seems to be the only one, too. Alex, Alexander; Elizabeth/Eliza, etc. I mean, even Washington gets called George at one point.
IM NOT READY FOR THE LAST SONG NEXT VIDEO AHHH
OH FRICK NEXT HAMILTON DAY IS GONNA BE KILLER
Get it? Hehe
She probably knew Hamilton had the duel, “meeting” was common slang for referring to a duel, as dueling on paper was illegal, so the word “meeting” was used to avoid incriminating ones self
8:03 This is the moment where he proves an earlier line by Jefferson to be true. He is endorsing the antithesis of what he claims to have as morals and beliefs. "He knows nothing of loyalty." Not even to his own beliefs.
For quite a long time, I didn't agree with one specific line from "Alexander Hamilton", which was "His enemies destroyed his rep" because he needed no assistance in ruining himself, but then I remembered a line from "Congratulations", which was cut from the show. "So scared of what your enemies will do to you, but *you're the only enemy you seem to lose to.* You know why Jefferson can do what he wants? He doesn't dignify school yard taunts with a response!"
I'm so sad it's gonna be over soon!
Hamilton polka by Weird Al Yankovic.
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