That’s what I’m talkin’ about! "Satisfied" is the eleventh song from Act 1 of the musical Hamilton, based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. Hamilton presents the George Washington of American mythos for the most part and he strikes an undeniably impressive and imposing figure. More. Satisfied-Hamilton Lyrics: Alright, alright, that’s what I’m talkin’ about! But who will tell that story? / A toast to the Groom! Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote both the music and lyrics to the song. Strangely though, the song that bears its name is only in the middle of the pack in terms of the show’s numbers. Eliza’s refrain of “look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now” recurs at the beginning of “That Would Be Enough” in a truly touching way. Perhaps it’s because it occurs near the middle of the first act, before we can properly appreciate its heady themes? 25 Facts About The Songs From "Hamilton" That'll Change The Way You Watch And Listen To It Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the melody that is used … ANGELICA: A toast to the groom! Jetzt Übersetzung hinzufügen. Imagine the experience of being one of the first individuals to see Lin-Manuel Miranda’s now-classic Hamilton: An American Musical live. There might not be a more joyful or outright hilarious three minutes in any of the soundtrack’s 46 songs. What the original ‘Hamilton’ cast is doing now But perhaps the most complicated choreographic element of “Satisfied” is what happens in the interlude in … It’s a teaser for what’s to come. Hamilton is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Within the context of the show, it’s even better. That’s what makes “Dear Theodosia” so powerful in particular. Kevin McTigue Shawn McTigue Graeme McLeod Greg Blanchette Stephanie Davis . One of the most beloved and layered tracks in the show, creator Lin-Manuel Miranda said he'll never be able to "top it." I hate how this song has it's own discussion because I believe that it should always bs listened with helpless since it's a retelling of that song. The character (and the man he was based on) plays things close to the vest by design. My father has no sons so I'm the one who has to social climb for one." 192 likes. "[12] The New Yorker further deemed the song the biggest showstopper of 2015, writing that it "may be the single best theatrical song written in the past decade."[13]. Hercules Mulligan mumbling “tear this dude apart” is certainly a soundtrack highlight though. / Now, let’s give it up for the maid of honor: Angelica Schuyler! [1] The Atlantic deemed the song "epic" due to "bracket[ing] songs within songs, speeding up and slowing down time as Angelica airs her regrets". “Your Obedient Servant” is Hamilton’s loving ode to passive aggression. In just two minutes and thirty seconds, you’ll believe that two grown men could somehow neg themselves into a duel via letter-writing. It also features a hilarious nod to Sherman Edwards’ 1776 musical when Hamilton says, “Sit down, John” and then adds a colorful, “you fat motherf***er!”, Again: Burr’s monologues are always a welcome presence in these tracks. Diehard … “The Story of Tonight (Reprise)” is certainly fun. Now everyone give it up for the maid of honor, Angelica Schuyler! Imagine how insane you would sound in circa 1998 explaining that there would one day be a musical about the founding fathers that uses the framework of Notorious B.I.G.’s “Ten Crack Commandments” to describe the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. What would any Broadway musical soundtrack be without a reprise or two? It’s only through his musical soliloquies that we get a real sense of the guy. Hamilton’s verse reveals his tragically misplaced confidence that he will survive the duel, singing “It’s not in [Burr’s] political interest to kill me.” The song ends at the exact moment Burr shoots Hamilton, cut off by his cry of "Wait!" In Hamilton, which drops on Disney+ on July 3, the Schuyler sisters are played by Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Jasmine Cephas Jones. This account of Jefferson and company informing Hamilton of what they know is quite good; it just pales in comparison to the song in which they uncover Hamilton’s misdeeds. Here's where they belong in the song line-up. Rarely are those “I wants” as passionate and thrilling as “My Shot.” This was reportedly the song that Miranda took the longest to write and it’s clear now to see why. Now, everyone give it up for the maid of honor, Angelica Schuyler! It’s a testament to how strong the Hamilton soundtrack is that a song like “We Know” could appear this low on the list. It acts as a rare moment of celebration for all the characters involved before the Revolutionary War really gets churning and before a young America needs capable young Americans to guide it. Ad – content continues below. Today, the countdown continues as we rewind to February 17, 2015- when Hamilton opened off-Broadway at The Public Theater. You know that old adage of “he could read out of a phonebook and it would be interesting?” Well Hamilton basically does that with “The Reynolds Pamphlet.” The ominous music injects real import into the simple act of writing that would upend the Hamilton family’s lives. Every musical needs an “I want” song in which its lead articulates what they want out of this whole endeavor. Each and every time the concept comes up in a song, it truly stands out. For Hamilton, it’s ninth. Thomas Jefferson is such a dynamo of a presence in Hamilton that one could be forgiven for forgetting how infrequently he turns up. Lin-Manuel Miranda said about this song, "The lyrics to 'Satisfied'—in which Angelica Schuyler recounts how Hamilton and her sister Eliza met and married—are some of the most intricate I've ever written.I can't even rap them, but Renée Elise Goldsberry, who plays Angelica: that's her conversational speed. The two Cabinet Battles are pretty interchangeable on the list. That’s uh… that’s a lot. It also features lyrics that seem to be almost impatient in nature – as though the song is trying to rush the Hamiltons through the grieving process to get back on with the show. Alexander Hamilton is gone and we know his story lives on. By your side! as all songs about marital infidelity should be. This is a devastatingly catchy jazzy number about marital infidelity…. You provide! The first thing you notice is the spartan, largely empty stage. This one is for theater kids only. “Alexander Hamilton” is more than up to the task. Talk about “the calm before the storm.” “Best of Wives and Best of Women” captures one last quiet moment between Alexander and Eliza before Aaron Burr canonizes his one-time friend to the $10 bill. It’s every bit the “I want” song for Burr that “My Shot” is to Hamilton. Not. Ballads are nice. Phillipa Soo does a remarkable job communicating Eliza’s pain at her husband’s betrayal. (Disney+) "Rewind, rewind, rewind," interrupts the ensemble. It does quite a good job in this regard but naturally can’t compete with some of the more bombastic songs on the list. Lin-Manuel Miranda has described Thomas Jefferson as the show’s Bugs Bunny. For now, know that “What Comes Next” falls the lowest on our list due to featuring only one round of “da-da-da’s.”, “I Know Him” also features only one burst of “da-da-da’s.” But it still gets the nod over “What Comes Next” for King George III calling John Adams “that little guy who spoke to me.”, Perhaps more so than any other character in Hamilton, Aaron Burr works best on his own. It is fast, harsh, chaotic, and thrilling. Broadway production 2015 Hamilton the Musical Songs with Lyrics. And that’s how one finds oneself in the absurd position of crying over the guy on the $10 bill. Just about everything we need to know about Alexander Hamilton and what drives him is introduced here. Recurring motifs are nice. Thirty-two thousand troops in New York Harbor. Burr wants the same thing for his daughter that Hamilton wants for his son: “Some day you’ll blow us all away.”, George Washington owned slaves. Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox! [ELIZA AND WOMEN] Angelica! He created and starred in two hit musicals, In the Heights and Hamilton (2015), an epic [7] Emertainment Monthly said "'Satisfied' is one of the strongest tracks on the album", adding that "Goldsberry's rapping mixed with her Broadway vocals creates a heavenly combination. It’s undoubtedly the least energetic and weakest full song on the Hamilton soundtrack. A play with so many moving parts, and such a high-concept needs an indelible opening track to convince audiences that the madness that is about to follow is worth waiting for. 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And between its urgent piano rhythm and panicky Miranda vocals, it does quite a good job of capturing the appropriate mood. DETAILS. As the release date for "Hamilton" on Disney+ draws closer, creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda says fans should prepare for one thing to change. It rather ingeniously incorporates the young Philip’s own musical motif before ending in tragedy. The song is sung by the character Angelica Schuyler, originally performed by Renée Elise Goldsberry. Song Catalogue. It’s undoubtedly the least energetic and weakest full song on the Hamilton soundtrack. In the case of the song "Satisfied" the main differences are: During "Satisfied", Angelica explains why Hamilton is not suitable for her despite wanting him. Bless this musical for having a song as brilliant  as “The Room Where it Happens” only just being able to crack the top 10. “Satisfied” imbues the musical with a sense of subtle melancholy that it never quite shakes through to the very end. The Hamilton soundtrack features 46 superb tracks and we’ve decided to not throw away our shot by ranking all of them. Here's what you need to know about the real-life inspirations for the characters. This is a song that puts energetic renditions of previous lines like “I’m not throwing away my shot” and “I imagine death so much it feels like a memory” to grand use. To the bride! In many ways, “Yorktown” benefits from the precedent that earlier songs like “My Shot” established. Renée Elise Goldsberry, center, performs the standout song "Satisfied" in "Hamilton." Not only is “My Shot” lyrically and musically intricate, but it does the majority of play’s heavy lifting in establishing Hamilton as a character. In addition to its many ingenious quirks and hooks, Hamilton is truly a musical musical. This is the song that captures the moment that American troops defeated the British empire and “the world turned upside down.” It’s to the song’s immense credit that the music and lyrics capture the enormity of the moment. And in “A Winter’s Ball,” he does some of his best work by setting up Burr and Hamilton’s prowess… “with the ladiessssss!”. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the ludicrously jaunty track that opens up Hamilton’s Act Two. If “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story” is designed to make the audience cry, then “The World Was Wide Enough” exists to make them gasp. We had such a lovely night! Thankfully it’s a hell of a good teaser. Finally it covers the grim aftermath of Burr and Hamilton’s duel as the survivor grapples with what he has done. As such, the Hamilton soundtrack is a staggeringly impressive piece of recent culture. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in February 2015 and then transferred to Broadway in August 2015. I cannot be so easily satisfied. To that end, “One Last Time” is one of the most unexpectedly moving songs in the show. “How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore / And a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot / In the Caribbean by providence impoverished / In squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?” our narrator Aaron Burr asks in Hamilton’s superb opening number. “Satisfied” is the emotional lynchpin of Hamilton, and as such also its very best song. Like any good closing number, “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story” knows the importance of bringing back many of the play’s core concepts and characters. There are hundreds of musicals in which “The Room Where it Happens” would be far and away the standout number. Be Kind Rewind Songtext von Ryan Hamilton. You provide! “Farmer Refuted” does well to capture a young Hamilton’s rhetorical brilliance early on in the play but doesn’t hold up well against other, more fully crafted tunes. “Take a Break” is charged with dramatizing the notion that Hamilton simply works too much with a sweetly melancholic melody. All you've gotta do is type the names of as many as you can remember in five minutes! And the show allows him to tell that story in songs like “Wait For It.” “Wait For It” is an exciting, downright explosive bit of songwriting. In Helpless, Eliza describes the night she and her sister first met Hamilton. Just like the rest of us, Burr is the main character of his own story. Truly there is no more fitting ending to Hamilton than “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story.” At its core, this is a play not only about legacy but about the fungible nature of legacy. Stopped. Although Hamilton is based on true events, Miranda does use some dramatic license in retelling the story. And the work put into “My Shot” makes all of its recurring themes and concepts hit so much harder in the songs to come. In the following song, Satisfied, the night is described again, but from Angelica’s perspective. In the case of the song "Satisfied" the main differences are: The song has "tongue-twister lyrics"[3] and sees "Angelica Schuyler [rapping] as fast as Busta Rhymes. By your side! It’s hard for any song to emotionally contend with the death of a child in under two minutes but “Stay Alive (Reprise)” does a shockingly good job. And just like Burr and Hamilton are two sides of the same coin, so too are these two songs. Then imagine how insane you would sound when explaining that it was great. To the revolution! Just as was the case in Hamilton’s life, Maria Reynolds has only a brief role in the show, but her influence casts quite a long shadow. Music. “Blow Us All Away” is a fun, jaunty little ditty from Anthony Ramos’ Philip Hamilton. Burr is alone once again in this powerful number. ; The real Angelica, Eliza, and Peggy Schuyler were born to a wealthy family in Albany, and all had relationships with Alexander Hamilton. Then as Leslie Odom Jr. takes the stage as Aaron Burr followed by Miranda’s Hamilton, you realize that this production about America’s founding fathers is made up almost exclusively of People of Color. To the bride! If internet discourse is … The lights warp, the tables turn, the dancers seem to go backwards. The song builds up to a pseudo-reprisal of “Washington on Your Side” in a shockingly effective and cathartic way. "[11] The New Yorker wrote that the song "has knocked me senseless each time I've seen it, both because of Miranda's cunning construction and because of Goldsberry's motormouthed delivery. That’s a lot to take in from the start. But it’s also a story of Angelica’s loss. It also has its lead character spell out his full name in a rap, which somehow ends up being awesome and endearing rather than corny. [HAMILTON AND MEN] Always-Rewind- [ALL WOMEN] To the groom! It’s just that everything that comes after is such a banger, that it’s hard to justify moving up the dynamic introduction of Angelicaaaa, Elizzzaaaaa… and Peggy. This is a sprawling performance that brings back “The 10 Duel Commandments” in expected yet still emotional fashion. The "Hamilton" songs that Lin-Manuel Miranda cut from his Broadway show are numerous and revealing. [HAMILTON AND MEN] Always-Rewind- [ALL WOMEN] To the groom! Washington is committing one of the most important and selfless acts in American history by stepping aside. One of the most innovative songs in the [10] The Rolling Stone said the "heartbreaking" song "might be Miranda's finest moment". That's how fast she thinks. "I Have an Opinion on Every Song in "Hamilton, "A Deep Dive into the Hamilton Stunner "Satisfied, "Going H.A.M. In a truly remarkable performance, Angelica Schuyler (Renée Elise Goldsberry) teaches us what really happened the night Hamilton met the Schuyler sisters. This penultimate song is a truly stunning piece of work. This is the song where the borders between Aaron Burr: Narrator and Aaron Burr: Vengeance-Seeker come down. Lin-Manuel Miranda is an award-winning American writer, composer, playwright, and actor. The hurricane that ravaged Alexander Hamilton’s Caribbean island home of St. Croix was a crucial part of his life and led to him securing passage to the United States. “What’d I Miss” serves as the perfect introduction to a crucial character and the themes of the show’s second half. To put it quite simply: “Yorktown” goes hard. Jefferson (and Daveed Diggs) is operating at an absurdly high capacity in “Washington on Your Side.” Meanwhile the music has a ball keeping up with the increasingly incensed backroom scheming of Jefferson and his “Southern motherfucking Democratic-Republicans!”. This is sure to be a controversial spot on the list for this much-loved ballad. But the song “Hurricane” uses the storm late in the play as a tortured metaphor for his turbulent public life. We can dive into the specifics of what really works about the songs in a later entry. And none of those are more important than Eliza’s assertion that she is ready “to write herself back into the narrative.” In the end, it’s not the revolutions or the pamphlets but the love. Thanks to “America’s favorite fighting Frenchman” that’s what “Guns and Ships” delivers. Discover unique things to do, places to eat, and sights to see in the best destinations around the world with Bring Me! Has. Odom Jr.’s real flare for showmanship turns what could be throw-away intros into truly excellent material. It’s a simple, seemingly effortless love song that, even removed from the context of the show, would sound beautiful coming out of anyone’s car radio on a lovely summer day. At a certain point, however, you’re bound to realize that the play is about 40 minutes in and The. Wait, wait… why is Angelica saying “rewind?” Why do we need to rewind? A passionate, thriving Hamilton fandom rose up out of that soundtrack and it continues through to this day. Angelica will never be satisfied, and it’s because she’s “a girl in a world in which (her) only job is to marry rich.” Hamilton and Eliza’s story is a love story. You really get the sense that Angelica's the smartest person in the room, and she reads Hamilton within a moment of meeting him. [9], The Huffington Post wrote "It's heartbreaking all around. “Rewind, rewind, rewind,” interrupts the ensemble. There is a lot packed into these five minutes of song and each moment is more compelling than the last. Watch as the cast … Just about every line of dialogue in Hamilton is sung… including heavily expository moments like Burr defeating Hamilton’s father-in-law in a local election. Hamilton is the rare musical where one character can sing “can we get back to politics please?” and the audience’s response is “hell yeah!”. "[6] Music Mic wrote that "Satisfied" is one of the most popular songs from the musical. Contact. "[7] OnStage wrote that the song has a "rhythm reminiscent of "Superbass" by Nicki Minaj. “Ten Duel Commandments” doesn’t cover the “big” duel of Hamilton. The first time around is by far the best, in large part because it’s so charmingly unexpected and weird. Obsessed with travel? It also feels like one long middle with no compelling introduction or conclusion. is a cover band focusing on favourites from the past: - 90’s one-hit wonders - Alt rock - Modern day hits . It’s a hard thing for Hamilton, however,  a show realistic about America’s flaws but still reverential to its founding story, to deal with. The song is both affecting and effective, just a little too short to stand out and make big waves on our list. He comes from a similar background as Hamilton and he wants mostly the same things as Hamilton. “Non-Stop” is an extremely atypical choice for an Act-ender. “Say No To This” is a real showcase for both Miranda and Maria actress Jasmine Cephas Jones. To the union! After much anticipation, the cultural phenomenon and hit musical Hamilton is finally available to stream on Disney Plus. But, ultimately, tales of Hamilton’s legendary horniness would have been better suited with a full song. #1 gets the nod because of “we know who’s really doing the planting.”, The trilogy of King George III songs is some of the most purely joyful songwriting on the Hamilton soundtrack. “Satisfied” reinforces one of the most important themes of Hamilton, that our interpretation of events depends on who’s telling the story. Instead it takes a moment to process that then deftly sets up the rest of its story with “Non-Stop,” which is simply a song about Hamilton’s insane work ethic. The earlier version of the song trades the final cut’s bullet freeze frame for the rewind… Yet there’s a real sense of sadness as the cast chants “George Washington’s going hooo-ooo-ooome.”. At 46 tracks spread out over nearly two and a half hours, this album closely replicates the experience of a show most could never get a ticket to live. “The Room Where It Happens” is another example of the show taking a seemingly bland topic (backroom deal-making) and turning it into something transcendently entertaining for its audience and something transcendently illustrative for its characters. The subject matter and lack of true musical gusto makes “Schuyler Defeated” one of the least essential tracks in the show. “It’s Quiet Uptown” is indeed composed quite beautifully. Burr starts off as a patient observer of what kind of nefarious negotiations go into the building of a country before his frustration slowly builds into the recognition that he needs to be in the room where it happens. Noch keine Übersetzung vorhanden. In particular, she states, "I'm a girl in a world in which my only job is to marry rich. The rest of his fellow revolutionaries have moved on to R&B and rap, but Jefferson is still stuck in full on jazz mode. Angelica Schuyler realizes that though she pushed away her feelings for Alexander for the sake of her sister, she will never be satisfied or find a way to make her desire for what she cannot have disappear. Yeah yeah, you can bandy around the usual “bUt He ReLeAsEd ThEm AlL lAtEr In LiFe” all you want. Lyrically, however, its power is hard to deny. She, who in "The Schuyler Sisters" had declared was looking for a "mind at work", has now found it in Hamilton yet is forced to give it up for the sake of her sister who she ‘Knows like her own mind’. King George III (portrayed by Jonathan Groff in the original Broadway production) pops up three times throughout the show to deliver pointed little reminders to the American colonists about how good they used to have it. Musically, “Burn” is not one of the better ballads in Hamilton. Somehow, however, the novelty works and the creativity of Miranda’s writing shines through. All right, all right, that's what I'm talking about! To the bride! The key to the track’s success is how relentless it is, as if it were trying to keep up with and mimic the title character’s pace. The difference between the two of them is that Burr is willing to wait for it all. Hamilton could have just as easily chosen to wrap up Act One with the rebels’ victory over Great Britain. What makes “Helpless” truly great, however, is the song that follows it…. Set in the brutal dredge of the Revolutionary War, “Stay Alive” is a song about desperation. After several years spent living it up in France, Daveed Diggs’s TJ returns to the United States. Satisfied is the 11th song of Act One of Hamilton. Honestly, “The Schuyler Sisters” deserve better than its placement on this list. While “You’ll Be Back” may go down as the most enduring karaoke song from Hamilton, “My Shot” is almost certainly the play’s most recognizable and iconic tune. In actuality, Angelica had less pressure on her to do this. To the revolution! Then the latter arrives to teach us that there is no such thing as “unambiguous” in Hamilton. But for as much as “Yorktown” deftly invokes Hamilton’s past, what makes this song truly special is how solely focused it is on the present. It’s brief, lovely, and effective. “I want” songs are nice. On Twitter, Lin-Manuel Miranda posted a real letter from Angelica to Alexander Hamilton that inspired the song's lyrics: "You are happy my dear friend to find consolation in 'words & thoughts.' Hamilton’s two cabinet battles run the risk of being the cringiest part of the show. Based in Hamilton/Burlington ON Founded in 2013 Genre: #Cover #Rock #Alternative . The lights warp, the tables turn, the dancers seem to go backwards. Part of the miracle of Hamilton is how the soundtrack is able to turn rather mundane concepts and events in Hamilton’s life into rousing, larger-than-life musical numbers. Hamilton wisely surmises that the best way to introduce audiences to new eras of its title character’s life story is through the narration of the man who killed him in Aaron Burr (Leslie Odom Jr.). One of Hamilton’s most charming traits is how readily it acknowledges what an annoying pain in the ass its lead character can be at times. More impressive is how she communicates the only way to work through that pain, which is through burning all of his personal correspondences and writings to her. There’s a real sense of urgency to the music before it settles in for poor Philip to say his final words. Despite a brief running time, “Meet Me Inside” is able to establish George Washington’s general bona fides and Hamilton’s daddy issues in equal measure. If absolutely nothing else in Hamilton worked – if the characterizations were off, if the costumes were too simple, if the “Founding Fathers rapping” concept couldn’t be executed – the play’s two and a half hours all still would have been worth it for this one, tremendously goofy song. "[6] Rolling Stone said the song sees Angelica "dipping in and out of Nicki Minaj-style rhymes and Bernadette Peters vocal runs. The Rewind Line. Also, there’s “stealing the show” and then there’s what Hercules Mulligan (Okieriete Onaodowan) does here in “Yorktown.” We’re in the shit now, and Hercules is loving it. "Satisfied," the 11th song in the first act of Hamilton, is a pivotal plot driving moment sung by Renée Elise Goldsberry. Didn't we just see these moves in the previous song "Helpless," about how Eliza Schuyler fell in love with Alexander Hamilton? WE ARE. “Aaron Burr, Sir” is literally the second song of the entire musical and helps establish its playful tone as much as the bombastic opening number establishes a deadly serious one. The show is uncommonly good at dramatizing boring political processes, and “The Election of 1800” is no exception. But sometimes you need a song that just goes hard. 45. Every concept has its stylistic limit, and a rap battle between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson should absolutely fly past that limit. : A Track-By-Track Review Of The 'Hamilton' Soundtrack", "Various Artists Hamilton: Original Broadway Cast Recording Album Review", "Review: 'Hamilton' is a watershed musical that sets a Founding Father's tale to hip-hop – LA Times", "Why the 'Hamilton' Cast Recording Is the Best Album of 2015 – The Atlantic", "Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales: Dec 12, 2018", "Sia Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)", Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story, You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Satisfied_(Hamilton_song)&oldid=969806095, Singlechart usages for Billboardbubbling100, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. "[8], Patheos notes that "Helpless" and "Satisfied" show the two different ways that Eliza and Angelica see the same person. Rewind, Hamilton, Ontario. Alec Bojalad is a pop culture journalist based in Cleveland, Ohio. The former presents a night of unambiguous love and celebration. It is inspired by the biography Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow. Here's how it works: There are 46 total songs in Hamilton. Hamilton the Musical - Satisfied Lyrics "Satisfied" is a song from the Broadway musical Hamilton performed by Renée Elise Goldsberry (Angelica) and Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton). Angelica had eloped with and became married to, This page was last edited on 27 July 2020, at 14:39. Be Kind Rewind Songtext. The transition between “Helpless” and “Satisfied” is Hamilton’s greatest magic trick. While the second act of Hamilton has to work a little harder to capture the drama of the inner-workings of a fledgling government, the first act is able to absolutely breeze through some truly epic and exciting songs covering the Revolutionary War. Satisfied establishes how similar Hamilton and Angelica are but also gives the latter a defining character trait that separates her from Hamilton and that is her selflessness. Miranda’s book and lyrics about one of the country’s most colorful and impressive founders has a lot of ground to cover. [4], The Los Angeles Times observes that "Angelica sheds darker light on the partly transactional nature of marriage, with hearts going one way, heads another. Then there are all the usual exciting Act-ending reprisals and recurring motifs to boot. Then at the play’s climactic moment, it cuts out the music entirely to make room for Hamilton’s internal monologue – his one last ride through all the pages he won’t write. Now, with Hamilton about to be more accessible than ever by joining Disney+, we decided to rank all 46 of those tracks. At the end of the day, it’s an inescapable fact for the country to confront. “Guns and Ships” is the reward, where a fully unleashed (and English-fluent) Lafayette makes it very clear what hell he has in store for the British army. A … A cover of "Satisfied" is featured onThe Hamilton Mixtape, performed by Sia featuring Miguel and Queen Latifah. And it does so at a musical sprint with almost no expository time-wasting in-between. By the time King George III gets to the “da-da-da” section of his breakup song with America, it’s hard to imagine anyone resisting the song… or the show’s charms. [3], On Stage explains: "in a truly inspired piece of staging that literally made my jaw drop, the scene rewinds around Angelica before your eyes, taking us back to the beginning of 'Helpless'—except now we're seeing that fateful first meeting of the Schuyler sisters and Hamilton from Angelica's point of view."[4]. To the union! And he uses that privacy as an excuse to loudly… LOUDLY exclaim his modus operandi. I can't even rap them, but Renée Elise Goldsberry, who plays Angelica — that's her conversational speed. This is an exhilarating starter that introduces its audience to all the important characters, themes, and sounds of the show. ALL MEN: Lyrics to 'Satisfied' by Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton. LAURENS: Alright, alright. “Right Hand Man” is one such ditty that really captures the frenetic urgency of a bunch of up-jumped wannabe philosophers trying to topple the world’s most powerful empire. [ELIZA AND WOMEN] Angelica! Lafayette actor Daveed Diggs faces an enormous challenge in Act One by filling out the character’s growth in bits and pieces. "[3] Vibe wrote, "'Satisfied' is a love song perfect for today's FM rotation with its contemporary feel and lyrical content. Although Hamilton is based on true events, Miranda does use some dramatic license in retelling the story. "[2], "Satisfied" begins with Angelica Schuyler's wedding toast for Alexander Hamilton and Eliza (her sister), then proceeds to rewind and retell the events of the previous song, "Helpless," from her own perspective. Classic Rock Cover Band Here, we break down the lyrics of "Satisfied," including the fast-paced rap. “History Has Its Eyes on You” is a powerful recurring phrase through the entirety of Hamilton. “The Story of Tonight” is both a clever drinking song among bros and a subtle setup for the show’s larger theme of one’s story being told after they’re gone. To the bride! During "Satisfied", Angelica explains why Hamilton is not suitable for her despite wanting him. This song is a real tonal whiplash from the revolutionary battles and duels that precede it, but it is ultimately strong enough to bring the focus back to Alexander and Eliza and not just the hectic world they inhabit. 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