#the rope is from the first part of the song i swear its relevant please-

[gunkyn]

Injection girls

[shiningnorthernlights]

some fairly incoherent thoughts on hadestown (ocr)

well, first of all, let’s get the complaints out of the way! the first thing you’ll notice while reading the tracklist is that they let out a huge ton of new material, which is a pity. I think that, if they had to respect some time restraints, they could’ve decided to cut the songs that already were on the ep or on the concept album (even though it would’ve been a shame not hearing them sung by this amazing cast!) so they could’ve let us listen to more numbers from the stage production. the cuts sometimes don’t make a lot of sense and leave the story uncomplete, making it even more difficult to follow if you didn’t know it beforehand. hopefully the show will open on broadway where they’ll have enough budget to give us the complete score we deserve 💪

the audio quality is gorgeous, crystal clear, and everyone’s voices blend so well together, true, but they’re also so unique that you can recognize each character even during the ensemble parts!

the lyrics are powerful, meaningful, heart-breaking, no word is out of place, while the orchestrations are so wonderful and rich that no 👢 will ever do them justice. you can totally tell that anais mitchell is an incredibly gifted composer and lyricist and one can’t help wondering how she improved this already amazing material for broadway.

here’s some non-serious fangirling:

ROAD TO HELL

- I love orpheus’s small comments now and then

- and how you can hear amber gray in the chorus parts

- I love amber gray, mainstream musical theatre needs more amber gray

- I don’t know if it’s the recording, but I wish the audience were more enthusiastic!

- the person who whistles after hermes introduces himself is very relatable btw

LIVING IT UP ON TOP

- well, it’s like he said, I’m an outdoor girl (livin’ it, livin’ it up!) / married to the king of the underworld (living it up on top!)

- who’s he? When did he say you’re an outdoor girl? 😮

- some quality sibling-bonding time, yas

- “he’s talking about your man!” “you think I give a damn?”

*narrator* she did give many damns, indeed

EPIC II / CHANT I

- wow, transitions!

- from now on, take a shot every time they sing la la la la. RIP.

- I’m pretty sure damon daunno’s high range has mystical powers

- in the coldest time of year, why is it so hot down here? / hotter than a crucible… it ain’t right and it ain’t natural!

- mr. hades calls his wife lover. it’s canon. I want to call this my future bae, too.

- PERSEPHONE, HE WAS LONESOME

- lover, when you feel that fire / think of it as my desire / think of it as my desire for you

- this would be such a good “and now kiss” moment for hades and persephone, if only they weren’t, y'know, arguing

- ooorpheus, all the pretty songs you sing / ain’t gonna sheeelter us / from the wind, the wind, the wiiind

- “did you think I’d be impressed with this neon acropolis?” I swear I couldn’t understand the last word, english not being my first language and all, I always thought she said “crap-less” (??) even though I was aware it’s not a word that exists. and now I know it’s an ancient greece reference. kudos.

HEY, LITTLE SONGBIRD

- give patrick page all the awards 2k18

- he also liked my gifs of him singing this on twitter, bless him

- why are people laughing at the beginning, I want to know what’s happening

WHY WE BUILD THE WALL

- best act one finale ever

- damn, that part after the song and the applause

- am I imagining the undertones of hades inviting eurydice into his office??

- that’s despicable anyway

- “… when the foreman turns his back” chills

- and then persephone!!

- “anybody want a drink?” MARRY ME, GIRL

OUR LADY OF THE UNDERGROUND

- instrumentals!!

- yay, all the due credit to the band, please!

- amber gray’s low notes

- amber gray’s growl

- amber gray’s voice

- amber gray’s take on the character

- amber gray

- never realized patrick page sang bass even in the chorus parts

- brother, what’s my name? I’ll tell you my name… per-se-pho-ne

- the whistles and uuuh’s afterwards are all me

- who harmonizes with her on “right here waiting in my pay-per-view”?

WAY DOWN HADESTOWN II

- hermes’s range

- harmonies!!

- “mr. hades set us free” “mR hADeS sET YoU fREe” I swear it’s like that spongebob meme

- wow the lyrics are so relevant

- thought you’d lay your burdens down / and rest in peace in paradise / but there ain’t no rest for your weary soul

- “but don’t you see? it’s different with me!” “different than who? they thought they were different, too!”

- “and hades laid his hands on you and gave you everlasting life” told you there are undertones!!

- “eurydice was a hungry young girl / but she wasn’t hungry anymore / what she was, instead, was dead” rude

CHANT II

- they cut a bazillion songs in between but this is worth it

- the is it truuue echo!

- hades’s “evil” laugh

- wow, that’s kinda… violent imaginery

- I’m gonna count to three / and then I’ll raise my head singing / one! two! is it true? / is it true what he said?

- “now you know how it tastes / the fruit of mr. hades’s ways / sister, it’s a bitter wine / spread it out while you still have time!” delivery!!

- “take it from a woman of my age…” y'know, if I’m not mistaken the actors are like 20-something years apart in age, but gods don’t grow old, could she be considered a trophy wife or wat [non-sense]

- “love is when he came to me / begging on his bended knees / to please have pity on his heart / and let him lay me in the dirt…” you’re telling me he asked you directly if you wanted to sleep with him?? so… romantic

- young man, you can sing your ditty / I CONDUCT THE ELECTRIC CITY!

- am I imagining it here or does it sound like he’s holding back laughter?! lovely

WORD TO THE WISE

- “damned if you don’t, damned if you do” who am I? can I condemn this man to- ah, wrong musical

- let’s be honest, the fates have a sweet spot for hades, screw the rest of olympus or whatever the heck is its equivalent in this universe

- “men are fools, men are frail, give them the rope and they’ll hang themselves” love this

PROMISES

- wow, finally a pure orpheus/eurydice moment, you wouldn’t expect that of a musical ABOUT THEM

- so sweet yet freaking harsher in hindsight™

WAIT FOR ME II

- “you think they’ll make it?” “I don’t know” “hades, you let them go” “I let them try” “then how about you and I? are we gonna try again?” “it’s almost spring, we’ll try again next fall” “wait for me?” “I will” NOW KISS

- what’s the staging like, I’m dying to know

- the harmonies are so beautiful, I’m crying

- wait, wait, wait… WAIT!

DOUBT COMES IN

- where are you? where are you now?

- eurydice’s gasp

- I’m not crying, you are

- what happened to “you’re early?” “I missed you”

- it was a very good parallelism, damn

ROAD TO HELL II

- won't tell anything about this one 'cause I miss I raise my cup like crazy

- and we deserved it sung by amber gray

I REALLY CAN’T WRITE THESE, ANYWAY I LOVE THIS MUSICAL SO MUCH, BYE.