Hamilton: The Mixtape (Remixes, Covers & Others) — Page 4

I LOVE them both. I listened to the 30 second preview clip of It's Quiet Uptown first and that drops you in in the middle and I hated the synth pop sound. But then I downloaded it and listened to the whole thing from the beginning and I felt completely the opposite. My favourite line in the song is "the moment when you're in so deep it feels easier to just swim down" and the synth made it sound like it was under water.

Both nearly brought me to tears they're so beautiful.

Kelly's voice is so versatile, she made me fall even more in love with this song. It was always one of my favorites from the cast recording, Kelly does it justice

John Legend said his version of "History Has Its Eyes On You" is very different, and he made it into a gospel song. Should be interesting.

I would love to hear someone else take a crack at it.

Just listened to Kelly Clarkson's "It's Quiet Uptown" and I'm weeping.

"Quiet Uptown." Not for me. I agree with John Adams and the other poster. I've listened to it three times, but just feel it's lacking what the song does so expertly in the show. Even on the recording, away from the story. Goldsberry's vocals are so unadorned, so unembellished, the lyric and (for my money) the show's at least second most haunting melody make the case. Clarkson's rendition -- mixing in odd shifting points of view -- is characterized by the singer taking over for the song, the voice and the pop stylings drawing undue attention. This is one of the most perfect expressions of grief ever written for the musical theater. It's admittedly a challenge to approximate its impact out of context. Yet giving it the post-Idol treatment diminishes the song's elegance and adds a layer of sentimentality. It feels self-indulgent; less is just more here.

Clarkson is a powerful singer. I wish she'd trusted the song and her own voice. It feels over thought and over sung. It's the one song on the mixtape that loses the most, in my opinion. To be fair, I'm not sold on its success out of the story. Maybe I'll change my mind. Just my 1.5 cents.

Updated On: 11/5/16 at 07:33 PM

Satisfied and Immigrants are being released around the world at midnight tonight (so have already come out in some places) but i don't want to wait 14 hours....anyone know where i can hear them now??

i actually finagled my way onto the australian spotify and got to listen to both and they're fantastic!

Oh my god. thanks!

Thanks for posting that link, Gypsy! To me, that cover doesn't go far enough to reinvent the song. It's basically the same arrangement. Why bother? I liked My Shot because it was different in tone from the original.

broadwayboy223 said: "That was so eh. I was hoping for more Queen Latina. I was also disappointed that Sia dodged the high notes at the end."

lol her name is Latifah, not Latina. I also was sad about Sia not singing the high part but on the whole i thought it was fantastic.

Now this one I enjoyed a lot. Doesn't hurt that it's my favorite song from the show tho.