Hamstrumentals
June 30, 2017 9:58 AM   Subscribe

 
That was great. I love how he throws in "Good luck with the lotto!"
posted by bleep at 10:21 AM on June 30, 2017 [2 favorites]


HAMILTON KARAOKE PARTY AAAAAAAAH!
posted by merriment at 11:30 AM on June 30, 2017 [4 favorites]


i'll be thinking of y'all when im on the red carpet after i win the ham4all
posted by entropicamericana at 1:41 PM on June 30, 2017


I can't wait to hear the mashups this spawns.
posted by knuckle tattoos at 1:42 PM on June 30, 2017


If you haven't been listening to some of the Ham4All videos (scroll down the page on the Prizeo donation page or check out LMM's twitter), you're really missing out. A few highlights include:

Ed Helms doing "You'll Be Back" with a banjo
Steph and Ayesha Curry
Phillipa Soo rapping Hamilton's part in "My Shot"
Brittain Ashford (Sonya in Great Comet) with a really nice take on "Quiet Uptown"
Sophia, "the proud child of an immigrant who fled war for a better world," with a sweet Dear Theodosia
Jonathan Groff and LMM struggling to avoid bursting out laughing while doing "Satisfied"

He's going on a real vacation until August, but provided us with a Spotify playlist of every song he could find that he's ever worked on except for the slow ones to tide us over in his absence.

And on a personal note, I hit the lottery the other day and sat in the front row for the San Francisco tour show, and, um, that was extremely intense and I'm still trying to deal with it.
posted by zachlipton at 2:56 PM on June 30, 2017 [15 favorites]


For the final quarter of the school year, my co-teacher and I created a poetry unit using Hamilton.* We had a few performance-based assessments: create a rap; have a rap battle; or rewrite lyrics from another character's point of view. "The Schuyler Sisters" from Peggy's point of view was amazing:

I've been sittin' in the dark
on your heels too long,
It's time for my shot
Girl's gonna show you she's strong

This lifetime of afterthought
this lifetime of blues,
My sisters never cared
I had to wear their old shoes.


These instrumentals are going to be a massive help.

Only on Day 2 of vacation and I'm already excited about next year.

* Sidenote: If ever you want to get a bunch of teenagers with limited attention spans to really learn about and love poetry, have an introduction like, "How does a bastard orphan son of a whore..."
posted by yes I said yes I will Yes at 7:09 AM on July 1, 2017 [2 favorites]


And on a personal note, I hit the lottery the other day and sat in the front row for the San Francisco tour show, and, um, that was extremely intense and I'm still trying to deal with it.

Whoa.. Congrats!
posted by DigDoug at 6:59 AM on July 5, 2017 [1 favorite]


« Older Cat Owie   |   The dream of the 90s is dead Newer »


This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments