"Satisfied" from Hamilton

Strong Songs

Kirk Hamilton

Music Commentary, Music, Musicreviews

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

A toast to the groom! To the bride! To knowing you'll always regret the sacrifice you made for your sister! Kirk takes an overdue dive into Lin-Manuel Miranda's epic Broadway musical Hamilton, focusing on Renée Elise Goldsberry's first act showstopper, "Satisfied." Regret tinges an otherwise joyous day as Angelica Schuyler remembers the night she met Alexander Hamilton, fell in love with him, and quickly realized they could never be together. It's a heady mix of complex rhyme schemes, powerhouse vocals, and musical character motifs so densely interwoven that it's hard to keep track of them all. (UPDATE 6/30/2020: This episode's audio file has been updated since it originally ran on May 1, 2019. It includes a new intro and outro, a couple of small editing tweaks, the show's current theme music, a new aside about Angelica's introduction to Alexander, and some added mentions of Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton's fabulous musical director.) Artist: Renée Elise Goldsberry, Lin-Manuel Miranda Album: Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording), 2015 Composed by: Lin-Manuel Miranda Listen/Buy: Apple Music | Amazon | Spotify ------ ALSO FEATURED: Tracks from The Hamilton Instrumentals, 2017 Listen/Buy: Apple Music | Amazon | Spotify ------ OUTRO SOLOIST: Rob Reich This episode's outro soloist is the wonderful bay area pianist/accordionist Rob Reich. Rob performs all over the place with a bunch of different groups, and is a total pleasure to see play. He's got a bunch of albums you can check out and contributes to an array of interesting projects (Live silent-film scores! Circus music!) and experiments. Find more at his website, http://www.robreich.com/. 'GRAM BY 'GRAM If you're interested in occasional music and Portland-related photos and videos, as well as teases for upcoming Strong Songs episodes, follow Kirk on Instagram @kirk_hamilton. https://www.instagram.com/kirk_hamilton/ NEWSLETTER/MAILING LIST Sign up for Kirk's mailing list to start getting monthly-ish newsletters with music recommendations, links, news, and extra thoughts on new Strong Songs episodes: https://kirkhamilton.substack.com/subscribe STRONG MERCH! Visit the Strong Songs merch store for some very cool t-shirts, mugs, totes, and more: store.strongsongspodcast.com STRONG PLAYLISTS Kirk has condensed his Strong Songs picks into a single new list, which you can find on Spotify, Apple Music, and thanks to listener L.B., it's now on Google Play. SUPPORT STRONG SONGS ON PATREON! Thank you to all of Strong Songs's Patreon patrons! You all make this show happen. For more information on how to become a patron, go here: https://Patreon.com/StrongSongs

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0:00.0	A pit orchestra is called that because they sit in a pit beneath the stage usually in front of it but these
0:13.8	days they actually sometimes sit underneath it. You'll basically be sitting in
0:17.6	what amounts to an underground recording studio watching the performance on a
0:20.8	screen while your musical director tells you what to play.
0:23.7	They're invisible but certainly not inaudible, and it's a pretty good gig if you ask me.
0:28.0	But you know, let's ask the horns what they think. The And the Welcome to Strong Songs, a Podcasts, a Podcasts, I'm your host Kirk Hamilton, and as always I'm so glad that you joined me to talk about music. I'm your host Kirk Hamilton and as always I'm so glad
1:03.8	that you joined me to talk about musicals with the Pitt Orchestra below the stage
1:06.9	musicals with the pit in front of the stage and sometimes musicals that have the
1:10.9	pit right there on the stage with the singers.
1:13.2	We've got one of the greatest musicals of all time to talk about on this episode,
1:16.2	and it's actually a musical that a lot more of you are about to be able to see.
1:19.7	So turn up the volume, find a comfortable place to sit, and enjoy the show.
1:25.8	I am recording this new intro in 2020, about one year since I first released this episode
1:30.7	focusing on Satisfied from Hamilton Hamilton and the reason for that is
1:34.2	that this week Hamilton is being released as a streaming movie that anyone can
1:38.4	watch from home. It's pretty cool because it's a stage production of the musical that's been shot like a movie, so you're not really seeing a movie musical so much as you're seeing the original cast on stage performing the musical.
1:50.0	And as someone who's seen the musical on stage, I gotta say, this music is amazing.
1:54.1	I mean, it works great as an album.
1:55.8	I listened to it a whole ton of times before I saw it.
1:58.2	But seeing it as something else, I mean, the choreography in this show, the set design, all of that
2:02.3	is really, really remarkable and makes the in this
2:05.0	show, the set design, all of that is really, really remarkable and makes the show so much cooler.
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