Coming out of the Hamilton Closet and Ranking the Songs

I have decided that my position on this musical is a Mulvey-esque one. It gives me pleasure but that is bad.

 

1.       Satisfied – I listen to this a lot. The rewind is good, the chorus is good, the raps are good, the melody is cool

2.       Non Stop – This one’s a jam, well balanced and I’m a big fan of a good medley

3.       Who Lives Who Dies Who Tells Your Story – See above, but I don’t like “the orphanage” repetition, but the angelica bit is :fireemoji:

4.       It’s Quiet Uptown – I really like it and its piano melody even if I get to a point where I’m annoyed by the “unimaginable” repetition

5.       The Adams Administration – Best transition

6.       Stay Alive Reprise : a v good reprise

7.       Guns & Ships – I’m a sucker for doubletime

8.       The Schuyler Sisters – earworm

9.       Election of 1800 – best use of the “every action has an equal opposite reaction” and just idk pretty good

10.   Room Where it Happens – Catchy dark and fun, trumpets are good, “Thomas claims” bit is good but I don’t like “click boom”

11.   What’d I Miss - Aww yah I like the blues-y southern flava and legitimately kind of funny

12.   Wait for It – Didn’t like at first but really grew on me, builds real well

13.   Right Hand Man – Washington’s best song

14.   History Has Its Eyes On You – His Second Best

15.   Take A Break - #commasexting is actually good and probably Eliza’s best

16.   Hurricane – I am a man who likes to write his way out

17.   Yorktown – Could be put a few spots up or down

18.   My Shot – Same as above, I don’t think it’s as good as manuel Miranda toots his own horn about it

19.   Washington On Your Side – bit slow for my taste but damn I love that action/reaction line, and it gets good at the end

20.   Aaron Burr, Sir – sets up a lot, not the best on its own

21.   Blow us All Away – Phillip is cool but I don’t ~love it~

22.   A winter’s ball – I like it.

23.   Story of Tonight – how many drinks have they had at this point

24.   Your Obedient Servant – Burr bein’ pissed is good but I find myself wanting to get to the good stuff

25.   Schuyler Defeated – Good transition but nothin’ special

26.   Alexander Hamilton – Starts things well, but I like where the themes get taken later more than the origin

27.   That Would Be Enough – same as above, I like the theme it generates more

28.   The Reynolds Pamphlet – I like the bass and glitchiness but not so much the hook

29.   Stay Alive – Just solid and sets a pretty good theme

30.   Dear Theodosia – kinda kute

31.   Helpless – The inferior Schuyler sister sings a song that is worse than Satisfied (even though it is good). I hate the “I am so into you” descant bit. The theme is better used elsewhere

32.   Story of Tonight Reprise – Idk I don’t got beef with it

33.   Cabinet Battle 1 – the first of two extremely overrated songs, everyone talks about the planting line but I see it as meh/”oh we should mention slavery” and the whisky line is bad sorrynotsorry

34.   You’ll be Back, What Comes Next, I Know Him – Kind of fun – I see them as one song

35.   No to This – has a decent groove but just annoys me because dude just say no, it feels overly apologist but maybe that’s just me being a fuccboi, dark minor key stuff is good

36.   We Know – pretty much only there for narrative purposes, not that good musically

37.   Burn – Idk man it drags

38.   10 Duel Commandments – One of the best areas to make a case for how lame Hamilton is. No meaningful connection to the original, which is really good.

39.   Cabinet Battle 2 – Worse than the first one, imo Hamilton loses and is a big lame stick in the mud. Ideologically annoying, “don’t know now you know” seems shoehorned

40.   Best of Wives Best of Women – Miranda just really wanted this line in there

41.   One Last Time – Burr’s better at the rnb stuff, although I like the first bit

42.   Farmer Refuted – I skip this one

43.   Meet Me Inside – So many cringey lines “yo we won” and just like idk it’s got a goofiness to it that cuts it trying to be super serious