So I finally got around to listening to the cast recording, the last 6 months have been kind of all over for me so I never had a chance to just focus on it, plus I was scared it wouldn't live up to all the hype and I really wanted it to, so I didn't make it a priority for myself, but I finally did it, and I've listened to it three times now and I'm completely obsessed and in awe of this, and I can only imagine what it's like to actually get to sit and watch the whole show, which if I ever get a chance to, it will not be for a long time, so I'm settling for all the clips there are to get me through (and I watched all the 60 minutes stuff too and just found myself even more in love with it after that) I am lyrical person, and a sucker for those thematic melodies that weave their way into multiple songs, and this show hits all the sweet spots for me in the score, this kind of score is like porn for me, and I haven't found myself so engrossed in all the nuances of a score since I discovered The Last 5 Years (so you can only imagine how giddy that tl5y reference at the end of Say No to This, makes me)
Anyway, add one more to the Hamilton heard, I already can't get enough and honestly, this is the extent to which I can explain my thoughts at the moment, because three listens in and I have so many feelings in every way that I don't even know where to start. I was worried it wouldn't live up to the hype, but for me it surpassed it.
Also, it made me want to read up about our founding fathers and I hate history and politics with a passion, neither has ever been a strong suit of mine as far as studying goes, my brain just never was able to process those subjects, but now it wants to, which I think speaks volumes.