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| re: I had a problem with the lyrics in the theater | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 11:43 pm EDT 07/03/20 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 11:39 pm EDT 07/03/20 | |
| In reply to: I had a problem with the lyrics in the theater - Teacher64 10:58 pm EDT 07/03/20 | |
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| I would guarantee that none of us, hearing "Ya Got Trouble" or "Getting Married Today" or "Franklin Shepard, Inc" or "Model Behavior" or "Handful Of Keys" or "I'll Show You A Thing or Two" or "If You Han't But You Did" etc etc got all the lyrics on the first listen either. You get the gist of it (sometimes you get more of it at first, sometimes less), and the more you hear it, the more you pick up. It's not just about current rap music - it can easily apply to any wordy, patter-type song. | |
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| re: I had a problem with the lyrics in the theater | |
| Posted by: mikem 11:03 pm EDT 07/04/20 | |
| In reply to: re: I had a problem with the lyrics in the theater - Chromolume 11:39 pm EDT 07/03/20 | |
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| This is an interesting article looking at words per minute for cast albums of various musicals. Hamilton has about twice as many words per minute as the others. The article also looks at specific fast portions, and finds Getting Married Today and Guns and Ships (the fastest part of Hamilton) are very close. The author gives the "speed prize" to Getting Married Today, because the fast portion is longer. The fastest portion of Satisfied isn't that far behind. Renee Elise Goldsberry is so good at what she does, though, that every word is crystal clear. |
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| Link | https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/hamilton-is-the-very-model-of-a-modern-fast-paced-musical/ |
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| re: I had a problem with the lyrics in the theater | |
| Posted by: ryhog 12:34 am EDT 07/04/20 | |
| In reply to: re: I had a problem with the lyrics in the theater - Chromolume 11:39 pm EDT 07/03/20 | |
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| There is another thing that I noticed which is a little interesting to me. Many of the people who claim to have trouble making out the lyrics in Hamilton are also fans of opera. How many of them understand everything being sung on first (or second, or third, or last) encounter? I have been going to the opera for over fifty years (yes I was a nursing baby!) and I don't. | |
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| re: I had a problem with the lyrics in the theater | |
| Posted by: Teacher64 11:48 pm EDT 07/03/20 | |
| In reply to: re: I had a problem with the lyrics in the theater - Chromolume 11:39 pm EDT 07/03/20 | |
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| A patter song is one song and tends to be comical, not necessarily geared towards plot exposition. If a large amount of numbers in a musical were patter songs, that might be problematic. | |
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| re: I had a problem with the lyrics in the theater | |
| Posted by: ryhog 12:27 am EDT 07/04/20 | |
| In reply to: re: I had a problem with the lyrics in the theater - Teacher64 11:48 pm EDT 07/03/20 | |
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| Out of curiosity, could you take a couple of minutes and list the songs in Hamilton that you are describing as rap? | |
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