ThreeTuneTuesday: Songs That Make Me Feel Like I'm Part of the Story
Happy Tuesday! I'm happy to join the #TTT or #ThreeTuneTuesday for the first time. Shoutout to @ablaze for the initiative.
The songs that I will feature in this blog are the songs from Hamilton, which happens to be one of my favourite musicals. My friends and I were thrilled when we found out that GMG Productions will be bringing Hamilton to the Philippines this September. In excitement, we couldn't help but listen to the songs on loop!
Music itself is powerful but knowing the lyrics can take the whole song to the next level. The lyrics can evoke our emotions and can make us feel like we're the characters in the story. In musicals, like Hamilton, music is important to express the character's feelings and to progress the plot. So, here I am, sharing with you my top three Hamilton songs that made me feel like I'm part of the story.
Alexander Hamilton
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?
Helpless
Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit
I'm helpless
Down for the count, and I'm drowning in 'em
(I'm so into you)
Out of all the songs in the musical, this one's my absolute favourite. It perfectly captures the joy and excitement of being in love. Everytime I sing this one, it feels like I'm Eliza Schuyler, describing how I met Alexander and how I fell in love with him.
One thing I really enjoy in this one is the rap interlude of Alexander Hamilton in which he describes what he feels for Eliza. When I sing this, I can't resist the urge to sing his part as if I'm confessing my feelings to someone I love.
Satisfied
Set my heart aflame, ev'ry part aflame
This is not a game
You strike me as a woman who has never been satisfied
I'm sure I don't know what you mean
You forget yourself
If Helpless is my ultimate favorite for the upbeat category, Satisfied is for the emotional one. This song expresses the complicated relationship of the Schuyler sisters when it comes to love.
Whenever I sing this song, I feel as though I'm Angelica Schuyler, narrating my love for Hamilton and how I decided to let my sister, Eliza, marry him instead. It's bittersweet and heart-wrenching!
To the bride
From your sister
Who is always by your side
To your union
And the hope that you provide
May you always
Be satisfied
This song features the moment of sacrifice for Angelica as she sings 'I'll leave you to it'. It's painful but it's selfless at the same time as she's willing to put her sister's happiness before her own. Singing along with this song makes me feel like I'm experiencing the complexity of these emotions firsthand.
We don't just enjoy the songs because they're catchy, they can also transport us into different worlds and characters that will make us feel like we're experiencing everything that the singer is going through. They provide us insights into the thoughts and feelings of the singer.
What song/s transports you to a different world, as if you're the one experiencing what the singer is going through?
'Til my next ThreeTuneTuesday blog~
Song References:
Satisfied · Renée Elise Goldsberry · Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
Helpless · Phillipa Soo · Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton · Leslie Odom Jr. · Daveed Diggs · Okieriete Onaodowan · Lin-Manuel Miranda · Phillipa Soo · Christopher Jackson · Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton · Anthony Ramos
📸 Cover Image created on Canva
Love them C! Seems like you are into musicals and plays. Well I kinda expected that though.
This one's mine! Each time that I am in low spirit and energy I play this song in the background.
Yey, glad you love them. Yupp, I'm into musicals and plays 😁
Eyy,that's a newly found gem for me. Thanks for dropping this upbeat song. Sooo catchy and energizing!
Sumasayaw ka rin ba pag pinapatugtog mo 'to? Hahaha
I confess haha
HAHAHAH @tpkidkai Love Live is life ~ my fave's snow halation.
OHHHH MYYYY GGGG!!!!! Totoo ba? HAHA Snow Halation is <3 pero pinaka stan ko yung last song nila sa movie. Nanuod din kami nung movie ni wife noon yung pinakalast na movie ng lovelive at umiyak ako sa ending scenes. HAHAHHA
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Love it C. Na LSS ako sa Helpless...
Nakaka-lss nga yan ate hehe
Glad you loved 'em! ❤️
Hamilton is also my favorite musical and the 3 songs you posted here are also my top 3 songs from it. These songs just stir up different emotions within me. I cannot count how many times I've listened to these. It's weird(?) but sometimes I listen to the Hamilton playlist when I work out haha I feel like I'm watching a musical in my head.
Uyy, it's nice to know we have in common!
Perhaps it's because of how upbeat the songs are, it's good for workouts and keeping ourselves busy. At times I listen to them when I organize my bedroom, these songs set the mood! ✨
I like it when the King sings, so much evilness with in haha I love the musical, feeling ko si Eminem yung gumawa ng raps nila 😅
Parang gusto ko ulit I check if si Eminem nga HAHAHAHHA thanks mebu, I'm glad you're listening to musicals din pala.
Hahaha I checked "My Shot" has element of "Shook Ones Pt.2", it was actually used in 8 Mile baka kaya may similarity, Aaron burr would sound like Kanye at times.
Tbh, these types of shows na I would be forced to watch by jowa LOL. I like the rap theme and the wittiness of it, and as I watching through it, I thought to myself, "Grabe and galing nila for almost 3 hours show memorized nila yung lines and the yung stage positioning, given the fact may part yung floor na umiikot" hahaha so ayun natapos ko naman, okay naman. 😊
ang sad naman ng third song.
...welcome to the black parade?😅
Truuu, Demo. Marami pang sad songs sa musical actually hehe but that one's my favorite.
Oooh, chemical romance? Nice choiiice!
ehehehe
Ui gusto ko din to!
When I was a young boy, magnanakaw ng baboy
sabi kasi
it was an obvious choice. hahaha
Welcome to TTT!
Hamilton is a load of fun! I was able to attend a live version in Philadelphia awhile back, and absolutely loved it. Very powerful and moving. Loved seeing and hearing these songs this week.
Whooah! I do hope I get to watch and listen to it live, too this September. Thanks for dropping by ❤️
I haven't watched the hamilton but dumaan siya sa fyp ko in tiktok.. Akala ko new pa siya.. Matagal na pala..
Love the first song tho..
Hamilton..
Rain - motohiro hata
Every time I listen to it, may kirot sa heart and it's like nasa 80's na kapanahonan ako 😆
Great to have you with us here and Wow what an opener you brought us this week. I had never seen or heard of Hamilton and now I really want to see it, as these songs are amazing. Fantastic stuff, thanks for sharing, I especially liked the first tune.
Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the music from Hamilton, especially the first one 🤗