#hannahcdotes

all i’ve ever known

ah yes. eurydice.

i didn’t love anais mitchell as eurydice because there’s just this slightly petulant quality to her voice that bugs me

that said, nabiyah be’s voice is lovely. she gives eurydice this strength but at the same time there’s a sense of wistfulness you get from her

way down hadestown

mmmmmm yes

what a jam

i feel like this song hasn’t changed that much from the concept album and i am surprisingly okay with that

“everybody looked and everybody saw it was the same man they’d been singing about” “you’re early.” “i missed ya.” hahahahaha

patrick page’s voice rumbling along in the back is everything

epic ii

all i really have to say about this song is that damnon daunno’s falsetto is insanity

chant 

without a doubt one of my favorite songs in the show. the interplay between both couples, with the chant behind them, makes me want to start chopping up my furniture

polyphonic harmony to the max

nabiyah be has a really nice head voice too 

take a shot every time damon daunno does the “la la la” thing. you’ll die.

“did you think i’d be impressed with this neon necropolis???” fuck him up persephone

patrick page. the man. the myth. the legend.

hey little songbird

i mean it was fine? i think i prefer greg brown’s version of this tbh, not really sure why

“and they’re giving me...hell...back in hades” me too man

when the chips are down/gone, i’m gone

i adore the fates as this funky ruthless jazz trio. honestly the best conceptualization of them there will ever be.

the harmonies are so tight??? truly a jam

tbh gone, i’m gone is just kind of there? not really much to say about it

wait for me

YES

i loved this song on the concept album and i love it even more now

this version actually made me feel kind of bad for orpheus? like he’s a ditz but he cares

lol back in the day i thought “to the end of time” was as high as his falsetto was going to go. what a laugh.

damon daunnos’s belting is also insanity. i love him. god. also the continually building refrain is incredible? like they just keep adding harmonies and it’s the tightest shit ever

the thing this show does really really well is building the ensemble into all the group numbers

why we build the wall

love the intro to this song. it sounds like something you’d sing in a chain gang, which i guess is kind of the point. and that cello!!!

the call and response stuff is really neat

“AND THE WAR IS NEVER WON” ahhhhhhh

okay but also this ominous narration and building strings and cymbals and then amber gray: “Anybody want a drink?” all annoyed as the end of the first act makes me so happy you don’t even know

our lady of the underground

that cello line oh my god i got chills

have i mentioned that i love amber gray? because i fucking love amber gray

the growly voice

“i don’t know about you bOOOOYSSSSS”

the instrumental solos are really nice

i honestly spent the entire song imagining her as helene doing this and it was funny as hell

what a way to start act two

way down hadestown ii

hermes is back ladies and gents

this song kind of felt like a preview for chant ii which was fine

the fates spend a lot of time dragging hades for people who are so connected to him which, again, i’m fine with

“you sold your soul. you get your due. that is all we promised you.” CHILLS

the continued polyphony with the “way down hadestown” melody and the workers’ chant is so cool

oh no poor eurydice she’s so #shook

chant ii

this song is just plain good ominous fun.

that laugh omg

this is the song i love patrick page the most in like he’s such a dick but he’s just so much fucking fun

also this song feels like a salsa

chant ii basically takes all the melodies from the previous group numbers and layers them on top of each other in polyphonic insanity

persephone: tries to give eurydice advice, ends up talking about the time she and hades had sex in her mother’s garden

“women are so seasonal” pfft hades

the final section that’s just hades is so intense like it just keeps building and building  and building

“I CONDUCT THE ELECTRIC CITY”

the counting with the cello in the background??? mmmmmm?????

patrick page. jesus christ.

epic iii

you thought damon daunno’s falsetto couldn’t get any better? you were fucking wrong

homeboy starts in the stratosphere and just keeps getting higher

“the heart of a king loves everything like the hammer loves the nail” mmmmmm yesssss

i do like his lower range as well, though, when he uses it

so i really loved justin vernon as orpheus on the concept album, like the layering they did with his voice, but this is the song that made me go yeah, damon daunno all the way

“la la la la” here we go again

but the second section of the song is so much better tbh

“what has become of the heart of that man now that he has everything”

“see how he labors beneath that load/afraid to look up/afraid to let go” mmmmmm

“where is the man with his hat in his hands/who stands in the garden with nothing to lose” MMMM BOI

and the la la las come back in a meaningful way yeet

and like damon daunno actually makes me believe what hermes says about him, that he can make you see how the world could be instead of the way it is

word to the wise

yes the fates are back

these harmonies are so tight

“heres a little snippet of advice: men are fools. men are frail. give them the rope and they’ll hang themselves”

his kiss/the riot

patrick page. yes.

the instrumentals on this are really nice tbh

lol who doesn’t love a good creepy accordion

i mean it’s fine as a song, but that’s all? there’s nothing wrong with it, i just don’t really love it

promises

i like this song for the fact that it’s one of the few times that we see orpheus and eurydice interact, and it’s this really sweet moment

but also really bittersweet because we know what’s coming and they don’t

see here we actually get damon daunno’s lower range and it’s legitimately gorgeous

wait for me ii

hermes has this great almost defeated narration at the beginning

hades and persephone are going to try again yeet

“wait for me?” “i will” the sound of my heart exploding

this song has such a “let’s get moving” vibe

i have to say it again: damon daunno has pipes

doubt comes in 

ahhhhhhhh i’m not ready

such an ominous intro

the fates as the narrators of this song gives me a really weird vibe and i don’t know how i feel about it

like they have this really intense tambor to their voices

goddammit orpheus you had one job

road to hell ii

well of the characters in this show hermes is not the one i was expecting to get fucked up about

noooooooooo hermes

“it’s an old song/and we’re gonna sing it again and again” AHHHHHHHH

the choice not to have any accompaniment for the beginning of this song is really interesting and really fitting

“to know how it ends and still to begin, as if it might turn out this time”

when the ensemble comes in i tear up every time

“he could make you feel how the world could be instead of the way it is”

the actor playing hermes really fucking sells this song okay and i’m not okay