Seth manages to get me excited about a song i’ve been listening to for three years

@isabelguzman8080

5 жыл бұрын

😂#same

@grantholmes3615

4 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly!!!

@jojoirish8523

4 жыл бұрын

DEAD ASS I literally was like I mean I've already deep listened to the whole thing so many times and he STILL pointed out a few things I had never heard before.

@havepeaceonearth

Жыл бұрын

Me too

The views are low because everyone is trying to memorize In the Heights before watching

@shahram72

5 жыл бұрын

I think he's right. Those of us who came into this art form late need to rewind a bit... I've seen the PBS special.... I need to see the play, but how??!?! I would pay for a blu ray of it? It's over now. Why don't we have this? I understand it's a live artform, but we can't all see it all. And we don't want crappy bootlegs. The album is not enough....

@makenzielehto9393

5 жыл бұрын

@@shahram72 I know! I've always loved In The Heights (I really connect with it and I don't know why) and I would do anything to have a professionally filmed version of it!

@majesticafpenguin2669

5 жыл бұрын

Check and check. I did that a while ago.

@ed167

5 жыл бұрын

Totally worth it. ITH is awesome.

@dpallant

5 жыл бұрын

Looks like they are filming In the Heights next year for 2020 release. www.imdb.com/title/tt1321510/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

as soon as i heard lin rhyme "pseudonym" and "do to him" in one last time, i knew he was a god

@carlosalejandroalvarenga4913

4 жыл бұрын

"My son you outshine the morning sun" - same man I love Lin 😂😂😂

@krisseybe

4 жыл бұрын

That’s funny, I’ve known Lin was amazing since electric company... ugh. I’m a hipster for Hamilton? I hate myself.

@Ryda124

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the world of hip hop lmao stuff like that is commonplace. I was more impressed by the “independently” rhyme scheme that goes for half a verse in My Shot

“You totally Ursula sea witch stole my vibrato” 🤣🤣🤣

I believe the real life Peggy was pretty well a tween at this point in the timeline. If so... her "and Peggy" would be the perfect, tag-along, little sister intro

I just understood how I sound to my non-theater friends. I have no regrets.

@MM-lt5bk

4 жыл бұрын

I know just enough music to bore my closest friends, but not enough to ever fit in with music/theater people. It’s agony.

@BbGun-lw5vi

4 жыл бұрын

M M 🤣

@ginao6810

4 жыл бұрын

Mate, that’s their fault!

The 'mute' is a really common hip-hop technique that allows the producer/engineer to highlight the bars that are the most import in the verse. Lin just brings it over here.

@mrs.spicer

3 жыл бұрын

That actually has its roots in Gospel. It’s a Black Gospel thing that hip hop used because all of them came up In church.

I always thought Peggy's straight tone was a subtle way of disguising the actress' "real voice" so you don't immediately recognize her when she gets to let it rip (vocally) as the mistress in Act 2. Same with Lafayette/Jefferson - there's a subtle change in tone even aside from losing the French accent. It's less distinct with Laurens/Phillip but he's definitely using a childlike voice the first time we see him in Act 2. Thoughts from my own obsessing.

@elaineflo01

5 жыл бұрын

My own explanation is she is the youngest and doesn't have a real part in the play (just the way Manuel chose to write it). She's the kid sister you always are required to take with you but she doesn't get it.

@FloraWest

5 жыл бұрын

I agree@@elaineflo01 --it's a great way to tell us that she's the "extra" sister and the other two are who we're going to be following. Nice dramaturgical choice as well as just being a funny bit.

@noahdominicsilvio2472

5 жыл бұрын

I personally thought that the straight tone was intentional because kids aren't usually the most musically trained

@evae.7696

4 жыл бұрын

in the booklet I got in London they explain it as Peggy, being the youngest, not wanting to be there. And as the song goes on she opens up to this exitment her sisters have

@myjudgementalself5084

4 жыл бұрын

I think that joke was poked at Peggy because, historically, she was the 4th Jonas bother of the sisters. Angelica was heavily involved in Politics. Eliza did the list of things she said she did in Who Lives Who Dies Who Tells Your Stories. Peggy didn't do anything and died while she was still fairly young. That's why 'And Peggy' is so funny.

"On Long Island...from my own horrific mouth" 🤣🤣🤣 omg I love you

At: 15:30, I love you that love "HIStory is HAPpening in ManHATT'n and we just HAPpen to be..." but I want to add one thing. It is not just the alliteration and is not just rhyming "hah." It is also the third syllable with the long EE sound: "... histoRY / is happenING / in Manhatt'n AN' WE / just happen T'BE..." Amazing line.

It's interesting to see how Seth, who is primarily steeped in Broadway and show tunes interprets the influences here. One thing he doesn't go into (presumably because it's not really his thing) is how much the song and arrangement owes to '60s and '70s "girl group" and soul records. The whole "sing a line in unison, then in harmony" is all about that, and I'd say that fundamentally comes from gospel as well. Also, that incredible chromatic bass playing around 18:36 is very reminiscent of Motown bass legend James Jamerson.

@soul21music

4 жыл бұрын

turricaned tc Hell yeah!!! 👍🏾

@havepeaceonearth

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. And also just a small sip of En Vouge harmony.

Finally, another Deconstructs! Nobody breaks down a song as meticulously sassy like Seth Rudetsky. Much love!

@mikayocc

5 жыл бұрын

Omg I got to go to one of the Hamiltunes that Seth hosted, and it was INCREDIBLE to watch him break down the parts and tell people what parts to sing! He is such a Broadway treasure!

@alicelu5691

4 жыл бұрын

you call that deconstructing....

At first I was like, how is he going to spend over 20 minutes talking about this one song... but the time flew by and at the end I was like, 'Wait, that was 23 minutes?!?' He's so engaging and informative. Love it! Even more obsessed with this song now. If you're taking requests: "Wait for It", next please.

I always found the contextual changes of "how lucky we are to be alive right now" interesting. How lucky we are to be ALIVE right now (Eliza) vs. How lucky we are to be alive RIGHT NOW (Hamilton, Angelica).

@carlosalejandroalvarenga4913

4 жыл бұрын

Oh dang I never noticed that!

@bkizzle401

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe with Hamilton and Angelica its not "enough" to just be alive, but to be alive RIGHT NOW. For Eliza, it's just enough to be alive. She settles for things "being enough"?

@tigerjsteal

4 жыл бұрын

Can you explain that further for me. I'm not getting the contextual change

@Ganychan

4 жыл бұрын

@@tigerjsteal the point is Eliza is happy to be alive, period. For Angelica and Alexander it's about the political excitement and opportunity of right now.

i didnt even hear some of the riffs from the chorus in the overlapping section man this is cray

Wish Seth would do this with Lin and Alex present, so they can each claim credit for the parts that Seth loves

@BewitchedBeckatha

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! Seth please do it!!!!

i think i remember hearing on some podcast, where lin says they intentionally "mute" the band mics on important moments as contrast to how musicals usually highlight moments with music swelling

@seranes_silence

5 жыл бұрын

thats amazing !!

@genisesbanuelos00

5 жыл бұрын

Do you happen to remember the name of the podcast? 😁

@eynamey

5 жыл бұрын

@@genisesbanuelos00 sorry, i was mistaken, it wasnt a podcast, it was the interview with andrew lloyd webber, around the 15:00 mark: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n5qVlbxsdaa6abg.html

@dpallant

5 жыл бұрын

The effect is even more striking on the official instrumental version of the song which is around on KZread. At the mute the whole band is cut off in the middle of a note just leaving the reverberation ringing and then comes back in the middle of a note as well. Incredibly unnatural but very funky. The piano, guitar and bass sounds are quite retro in this song giving it a sort of 70s feel which reminds me of a cop show theme from that era - right down to the cheesy synth in the last verse that then repeats in the strings. Brilliant song.

The coolest aspect about Peggy is that the three sisters (apparently) say,"Me? I loved him" in Alexander Hamilton. Of course the joke is that it really isn't Peggy but the mistress Reynolds. My daughter is upstairs belting out this song in the shower as I write this. I guess I ought to go shout "WERK" from the hallway.

@havepeaceonearth

Жыл бұрын

I luv that too..."me I Ioved him" This the most brilliantly dense musical of all time. And if you have seen the Bway touring groups, the characters are even more evolved to who they are than the original Disney recording when it was practically a new show.

he also used the change the word’s context in “my shot” where shot actually had three meanings. 1st being the shot of alcohol they shared, next was shot as the opportunity he wants to take then finally shot being the means to his end

Thank you, Seth, for deconstructing a Hamilton song! One down, 40+ more to go! Your videos are always so much fun and I always end up learning. Now, off to memorize IN THE HEIGHTS!

@mikayocc

5 жыл бұрын

HAHA "one down, 40+ more to go!" Ain't that the truth!

@dmccalldds

5 жыл бұрын

What is "In The Heights"? #kidding

throughout the show there's so many double meanings and ...yea that's what rap at its finest does, seth! So happy someone noticed it and pointed it out in such a clear way.

Seth, thanks for your in-depth analysis. As a music professor, I'm always interested in the way other people describe music and really enjoy listening to you on KZread and Sirius so thanks so much for sharing your gifts with the world. Back to Hamilton- I, too, enjoy Lin-Manuel's text treatment, harmonic manipulation, and rhythmic exploitation. In addition, I would encourage you and all who dare to deconstruct this genius' work to include his obvious and apropos musical quotations from 80's and 90's rap songs as well as R&B tracks, which make complete sense when you consider that he is both an avid listener to music of that genre and era and is, himself, an accomplished freestyle rapper. One of the best examples is the "Excuse Me, Miss" line from the second verse, which is a direct and almost exact quote from the MC Lyte and Positve K song, "I'm Not Having It". It was brilliant then and it's brilliant in this context, as well! There are too many to list here but last night, as I listened to Hamilton for the eighth time, I heard an homage to The Wiz, a direct quote from the Notorious B.I.G. and rap battles that certainly didn't originate on MTV but remind of the best lines anyone ever "spit" on Wild-N-Out.

@MinPinSteve

4 жыл бұрын

Holly Powe there’s a KZread video that lists all the songs where Lin-Manuel Miranda was influenced. “Excuse me, miss.” It’s also from Jay-Z. “Boy is mine” from Brandy. It’s pure genius!

@rdancer107

3 жыл бұрын

There is also an Eminem reference on (Burr you disgust me, oh so you’ve discussed me) from without me when Eminem says “Everybody only wants to discuss me, so this must mean I'm disgusting”

I cannot listen to this song without envisioning Seth’s face every time “and Peggy” is sung. Makes me laugh so much. Love you, Seth 💖

The disgust-discussed is definitely a shout out to Eminem "...Discussed me So this must mean I'm disgusting..." "Burr, you disgust me Ahh, so you've discussed me..." Totally Em, just like "If you don't know, no you know, Mr. President..." is a shout out to Biggie.

@rickkinnebrew1364

4 жыл бұрын

Also I hear the chords and rhythm of Lose Yourself when Washington enters to Here comes the general...

Seth, 99.9% of what you’re geeking out over is HIP HOP! It’s a genre of music created by GENIUSES who influenced Lin’s genius. He painstakingly pays homage to those geniuses through Hamilton. The things you’re picking up on are “new” to musical theater but are old hat to Hip Hop creators and those who love the artform. I hope you get a chance to listen to the works that influenced this work.

@nelleallnatural

4 жыл бұрын

This is exactly my thought. This entire breakdown could be explained by HIP HOP, clever rhyming and use of rhythm...dassit! lol

@edisonthethird

3 жыл бұрын

I think it’s interesting and entertaining to see this gay Jewish white man discover the intricacies of hip hop 🤣🤣🤣

How have I only just discovered his?! Love these Deconstructs videos because I learn differents parts in the arrangments I hadn't heard before. It must be tiring listening to music the way Seth does!

It's funny to see this seasoned veteran of the stage come to basic epiphanies about lyrical structure of rap music. Nothing Lin does in his songs hasn't been done by countless others of hiphop artists already, but to Seth this is all brand new, so gives Lin all the credit for coming up with it.

@superhetoric

4 жыл бұрын

right? it's almost obnoxious but i just love Seth lol

@megtell

4 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. There are so many OG rap references

@randalstartz8377

4 жыл бұрын

It isn't stated in this video, but Lin has said it elsewhere, each character has it's own unique rap or R&B reference on purpose. It's done by design.

He's right. Memorize In the Heights! Such an amazing show I saw it twice. Love love love love it! And I mean, Hamilton is genius, but don't miss out on In the Heights. Thank you Seth for another wonderful deconstruction!

Somewhat appreciate the background and a huge Hamilton fan; but this is exactly what is done in a hip-hop song... all the time- double meaning words/levels of inflection/the rhythm and rhyme of alternative points and words in a verse... all hip-hop 🤷🏽‍♀️

I spend way too much time listening to Hamilton and analyzing Hamilton and listening to other people analyzing Hamilton. Way too much. But I have to say that my favorite part of this video was hearing a pre-pubescent Seth Rudetsky singing the opening number from The Most Happy Fella. I wore the grooves off my parents' vinyl of that musical when I was 16 years old, about a million years ago.

I love these so much, this series is so underrated. Amazing work!

I first fell in love with In the Heights after their performance at the Macy’s day parade and memorized the show shortly after. It’s actually how I came upon you - searching for videos I found your deconstruct of Andrea Burns (whom I adore). Loved you and Lin ever since. 😘

Omg this was amazing. I will watch any and all further deconstructs you make from this point Seth, you’ve really done an amazing job

Whoever's on sound would be literally muting all the band mics when it says mute

@baileymclean972

4 жыл бұрын

Or the musicians just mute their own instruments...

If you don’t already think everything about Hamilton is genius, watch this video. If you still don’t think everything about Hamilton is genius, the exit is right there go far away please thank you. (This is a joke heh no but for real hamilton is actually a genius)

Disgust/discussed = homophone. Same sound, different root.

The references makes you understand why Hamilton is so groundbreaking. Beside that, a Masterclass from Seth!.

Just found your channel and I didn’t know that I needed this in my life until now

I asked KZread "I wonder if there is a video of Seth Rudetsky talking about Hamilton-anything" and KZread said "here you go, honey"

How have I not watched you before?!?!? This was amazing!! Thank you!

Thanks for this. I luv this music and now after your showing us all the details I appreciate the brilliance of the music, lyrics, and singing even more.

this is the first video I’ve seen of yours and I’m obsessed

I've been listening to this song and this play for literal years now and you still managed to school in me and show me things that I never noticed before! Seth you are a treasure. I'm also going to go memorize In The Heights, now, as instructed. Though I admit I watched the vid first lol!

Love these! Please make more.

IM OBSSESED WITH SETH RUDETSKY !!!!!!!

I studied commercial modern music and those ‘mutes’ are very common in hip hop music and modern music at the minute. I believe it was in response to the ‘walls of sound’ that would create intensity and the stops now are used in lieu of these walls which are intense as it isn’t what our ears expect. They also add an air of suspense with instant gratification which adds to the overall emotion it causes the audience. The

This series NEEDS TO BE CONTINUED. Thank you.

Love this - we have seen Hamilton 4 times now - and 5 will happen this summer. Your love for Hamilton and the reasons why are like ours! Great job...does everyone wake up in the morning with the songs playing in your head???

Bless you for schooling the children about ITH!

Love you, Seth Rudetsky!! Thank you for your enthusiasm and your gift of perception along with your Adoration of Music and the wish to share it! 😘😘😘

I believe I read somewhere that The “mute” is literally them muting the music. The music continues to play but is muted at those parts and unmuted so that it picks back in the groove.

Today KZread gave me the gift of your videos. Thank you for taking the time to make this!

I'm so late to this party, but I just had to say I LOVE watching your Deconstruct videos. I listen to you on Sirius XM Broadway and just discovered you on KZread. YAY!

I'm surprised that when you were talking about the "common sense" and "intense" rhyme, you didn't talk about how Lin makes this genius internal rhyme of "common sense" and "so men say"

This isn't Seth deconstructs. It's Seth learns that cool things happen in R&B and Hip Hop.

@JustinWebbMusic

4 жыл бұрын

Right? Like, am I to believe that he really doesn't know what internal and assonant rhyme are?

@soul21music

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m rolling my eyes through this... 🙄

@alhambralions5985

4 жыл бұрын

Justin Webb Maybe it should be called “Seth investigates and instructs”. The mechanics of this is fascinating to some.

@tbax4259

4 жыл бұрын

​@@alhambralions5985 More like "Seth Interprets." I mean, he has his expertise and point of view, and both are valuable. But to the criticisms above, yeah, what he's surprised by is surprising.

@edisonthethird

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, yeah. R&B and Hip hop weren’t really a thing on Broadway until this show. Seth is a white Jewish gay man from Long Island whose whole life has been nothing but musical theatre. I don’t really expect him to know a lot about it which is why this is so entertaining for me 🤣🤣

HE JUST MADE TO BE MORE IN LOVE WITH HAMILTON All the geniousness in the show

god you can just see the philly accent in leslie odoms voice hdfxgh

It's not just Lin's music & lyric - it's also Alec's brilliant arrangements.

Seth needs to do this for EVERY Broadway song. It makes you appreciate them so much more. I wish I had his amazing mind. I LOVE his enthusiasm. He’s awesome !! Thank you for doing this.

He forgot the double meaning of baby in “I’m a trust fund baby, you can trust me” (referencing Aaron Burr) and also I’m a trust fund, baby, you can trust me” (referencing Angelica). Or am I the only one who thinks that??🤔

@taylorfry7680

4 жыл бұрын

Nah I think you hit the nail on the head. We love Lin's wordplay 👏🏽♥️😂

@ammaleslie509

4 жыл бұрын

It's not just you. One of my favorite moments in the whole musical.

@princesslisamarie7860

4 жыл бұрын

I totally missed this! We need a book written so that we can see all the little extras!

@PfEMP

4 жыл бұрын

That would be so cool but how does that make grammatical sense? How could Burr be a trust fund? He could _have_ a trust fund but not be one?

@princesslisamarie7860

4 жыл бұрын

PfEMP1 he’s a “trust fund baby”, meaning born into a trust fund. Like when people say “I’m a baby boomer”, you’re a baby of the times. Burr was basically telling Angelica that he’s wealthy.

This is so great, I totally followed everything, and this song is FIERCE, so I appreciate your appreciations of it! You better WERQ!!

Just discovered your channel. Really fun, interesting, and informative....Work!!!

I'm obsessed with these videos!!

LOVE THIS! I need more!

You always make me chortle. Thank you.

Yes to In The Heights!!! That's been one of my top shows for almost a decade. Love all the parallels here ❤️❤️

the Last 5 Years shoutout was deeply appreciated.

You are such a lovely man, Seth. You’re videos are super entertaining!

Aligning all the notes to the beat is called “quantizing.” Sometimes too much quantizing takes the “life” out of the music, making it almost too perfect.

Totally obsessed with that base line at the end now, I never noticed it! Thanks Seth, I wish you could deconstruct the whole musical!

I'm obsessed with this video and the way he breaks down this song

This is awesome. I can imagine you at dinner parties.

Is it just me? I can literally watch Seth deconstruct anything! Brilliant breakdowns and so funny :)

YES In the Heights is amazing!!

Can you be my teacher please? I love watching people nerd out about what they're passionate about.

Julia Murney warming up by whooping for other performances is something I have definitely done before! Glad to know it’s not just me 😂

I love your deconstructs

Thank you for your analysis! It further explains the genus of The Man - Lin Manuel Miranda!

I love a good "syncopation face" :p

@nursebridgie

4 жыл бұрын

Yesss!!

I love these!! :)

You want a Revolution? I want a REVELATION! (WERK!!!) 😃😃

Please could you deconstruct a song from Heathers? I would recommend ‘Meant To Be Yours’ xxx

Yes! Sometimes you don't know why exactly you like something, but you pinpoint everything! Have you ever deconstructed any Adam guettel? Would love that....!

Perfection! The example of Three Little Maids is hysterical. This is a great deconstruction

I discovered and fell in LURVE with In The Heights when I saw 96,000 performed at the Tony's. I quickly memorized the album from beginning to end, and it's been such a treat to hear Lin's musical style peppered into everything he touches, musicals AND movies(Moana).

so while he was giving an example of three girls in harmony i was like "hmm, that sounds familiar lemme look it up" lo and behold, i found out that i remembered the song from zack and cody.

🐝 SETH (and Playbill) THANK YOU for your encyclopaedic musical mind, your enthusiasm, your fluidic piano skills, and that Peggy face. You have invoked Irving Berlin, G&S, Stephen Schwartz, Norbert Leo Butz, and more, to deconstruct (with love) my favorite song in Hamilton. The gorgeous harmonies and syncopation are transporting. How lucky we are...

I would love to have Seth as a music and vocal teacher 😩💖

This is brilliant! I’m not a musician but I get this. He’s awesome teacher!

Love the break down Seth!

Thanks to Seth's pointing out that great bass line at the end--which I never noticed before, embarrassingly--I recognize it as the same arpeggio at the start of "Satisfied," which is connected to "Burn" as well. Damn Lin's genius runs deep!

Loving the in the heights shout out ❤️👏🏻

Loving this! 👌🏻

IM FROM LONG ISLAND AND I FEEL CALLED OUT

Absolutely amazing! And where can I get that pillow?? 😂

This is fantastic!

I listen to Seth on Sirius XM all the time, and it makes me so happy that there's someone out there that is more of a nerd than I am that can point out certain things that I have never heard of or about in songs or just Broadway in general! He brings my Fangirl status to another level and I am so grateful for it.

I love this guy! I listen to him on the way to pick up my son at preschool. I love him.

*seth continually yelling at me to memorize in the heights first* me: *waiting until the video is done to memorize in the heights*

OK, I enjoyed this so much I’m subscribing. Where did you get that pillow???