Okay how about a serious musical now. Ragtime. And if you aren't familiar with that one, default to Hamilton.
I’m not familiar with Ragtime so I’ll go with Hamilton.
Funniest lyrics: “Burr, you disgust me / ah, so you’ve discussed me / I’m a trust fund baby you can trust me”
Most relatable lyrics: “I am the one thing in life I can control / I am inimitable, I am an original”
Most profound lyrics: gotta be “life doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints / it takes and it takes and it takes / and we keep living anyway” or “let me tell you what I wish I’d know / when I was young and dreamed of glory / you have no control / who lives, who dies, who tells your story”
Prettiest lyrics: “take a break and get away / run away with us for the summer let’s go upstate”
Most uplifting lyrics: the entire “rise up when you’re living on your knees” part to pretty much the end of My Shot tbh I get more and more hype as the song goes on. By the time we’re at “I’m past patiently waiting” I’m fucking ready to GO like I could fly or I could kill a man. Lin did that for us.
Most depressing lyrics: It’s Quiet Uptown. especially as performed by Kelly Clarkson.
Character with the best lines: Angelica or Jefferson
also there’s no category for “holy shit that was amazing” so I’m just gonna shoutout the following:
- “we need some spies on the inside / some king’s men who might let some things slide”
- “so I’m the oldest and the wittiest / and the gossip in New York City is insidious / and Alexander is penniless / that doesn’t mean I want him any less”
- “Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb / he has something to prove / he has nothing to lose / Hamilton’s pace is relentless, he wastes no time / what is it like in his shoes”
- “we will fight up close, seize the moment and stay in it / it’s either that or meet the business end of a bayonet”
- “I like that Aaron Burr / I can’t believe we’re here with him / he seems approachable / like you could grab a beer with him”