“Punched” (aka “The Bursar’s Song”) To be sung to the tune of “Burn,” from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical “Hamilton.” [BURSAR] I saved every receipt you gave me From the moment I got them Those ledgers were mine Supposed to be mine I thought they were mine Did you know our Comptroller said, as we saw your first letter arrive... He said: “Be careful with that one, Ma’am He will punch to get out of a bill.” You and your debts flooded my senses Your garnishments left me defenseless You built me palaces out of student loans You built foreclosures I’m re-reading the statements you wrote me I’m searching and scanning for answers In every line For some kind of sign Your accounts were fine But then I got Punched Punched I told you, you were in arrears You ignored me for two whole months And applied for more debt In getting credit, you have wasted my time Do you know what Experian said When they saw what you’d done? They said “You have married an Icarus He has flown too close to the sun.” You and your debts, obsessed with punching me... Your bank statements border on senseless And you are paranoid in every disclosure How FICO sees you You, you, you… I was never a part of this narrative Let future music critics wonder how Lin-Manuel Made me Hamilton’s punch target Only because of his debts I am just fine to Punch Bursars get punched But students shouldn’t punch me Alexander shouldn’t punch me Getting punched hurts me in the head I’m burning all your food stamps Burning the food stamps that might have just fed you You forfeit all rights to punch me You forfeit all hitting my head Try to punch Jefferson instead With only the memories Before I got punched I hope you get punched
I'm buying Broadway tickets for Christmas. For those who have seen this--if I can afford the tickets, is there any doubt about which broadway show I should buy tickets for? Hamilton, right? Should I even consider something else?
Not at all big into Broadway or musicals or theater, or even hip-hop. Glee was a guilty pleasure solely because of its renditions of pop songs, stuff like the Les Miserables movie and La La Land are memorable more for their acting performances and visuals than any of the songs by themselves, and I wasn't particularly blown away by any LA Opera or college campus theater experiences. My friend, on the other hand, loves musical theater, and reblogs Hamilton (and Les Miserables) stuff on her Tumblr all the time. I'd seen the performances of this from the Tony's and the White House before, but that's about it. Then I bought it over Black Friday on a whim and listened to it for the first time and wow. Act I got me so pumped. Then Act II almost made me cry--multiple times. This isn't overhyped in the slightest, it truly is something special.
Just stumbled upon this (from April of last year, so super-late-pass) : From this video--and the cast lists on Wiki--it looks like most of the people who've played Eliza are of Asian descent. I mean, the diversity in general has been amazing throughout all the productions, but knowing this just makes me like Eliza that much more than I already do. Also, ^ the video is great, and I think this early version of the song is a stronger portrayal of Eliza than what ended up becoming "Burn."
I saw it last night and it was amazing. Everyone was great, the actors playing Hamilton and Eliza were both standbys or whatever you call it but they were very good. Also Mulligan/Madison were great, that's guy is such a good physical actor. I didn't even know Madison was supposed to be funny just from listening to the soundtrack
my brother told me standby, but the playbill says both We waited in the cancellation line (well my parents did mostly) but the line didn't even get that long and I think most of the people in line got in
Been looking into animatics for songs as well as audio of performances from different productions. Lots of cool stuff out there on YouTube. Don't want to clutter the thread with vid embeds (@Jason Tate how do I link to YT vids w/o it automatically embedding? thanks!), so if you're interested, look these up, here's some of my favs so far. Animatics: Satisfied, drawn by Szin First Burn, drawn by Emirichu The World Was Wide Enough, drawn by Allison Coon Audio: Helpless, Julia K. Harriman as Eliza Satisfied, Rachel John as Angelica Burn, Rachelle Ann Go as Eliza ...Yeah, kinda been on a Schuyler Sisters kick lately. edit: Satisfied, Julia K. Harriman as Angelica I found this on YouTube but the ending was cut. I then found the full song on Tumblr and edit2: Gah, I'm so obsessed with this song. Here's some covers. Satisfied, Alysha Deslorieux as Angelica Satisfied, Nora Schell as Angelica Satisfied, Lillian Andrea De Leon as Angelica Satisfied, Zuri Terrell as Angelica edit3: Found a couple of nice solo covers of First burn, one with a whole lot of feeling, and one with a little less that's still very good.
Daveed Diggs spotted. (I've watched this trailer like a dozen times and whenever his name popped up in the credits I was like, Wait where? so I looked up a pic on IMDb and then watched the video again to find it haha. Also noticed he's in a few shots about nine seconds later.)
Me, after listening to Hamilton for two weeks straight: wow, this has so many... uh... things that repeat... what's that word again? Wow, what a great brain fart Mr. I-have-a-degree-in-English. Me, on YouTube two weeks later: Oh yeah, that's the word!