Hadestown Original Broadway Cast - Chant I - Lyrics

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  • @Arccordion
    @Arccordion Před 4 lety +858

    I just. Want to take them to a marriage counselor. So bad.
    'Cause like, Hades is obviously trying really hard to make Persephone happy; if she's gotta stay caged in the underworld for six months, the least he can do is gilt that cage for her, but he hasn't taken the time to learn what she actually wants. So after all that hard work, Persephone comes back, and rather than thank him for the misguided effort, she berates him for making Hadestown wrong and unnatural, so Hades feels like everything he's doing is pointless, why should he go to all this work if it isn't going to be appreciated? And NO ONE IS COMMUNICATING

    • @plushy_doctor2299
      @plushy_doctor2299 Před 3 lety +22

      Sad, sad, really sad.

    • @margaridabento9726
      @margaridabento9726 Před 3 lety +114

      Fair warning, there's an entire essay here:
      I find it really interesting how Hadestown frames an entire myth around very common and human psychological phenomena, especially where it pertains to Hades and Persephone's relationship.
      And a lot of it stems from Hades dealing with his insecurity and resentment of Persephone's absence in unhealthy ways, walling himself in (you could say he... built a wall) as a defense mechanism, thus blinding himself to his emotions and the real needs of everybody around him (not only persephone's but also of the people of hadestown; he sees himself as a guardian and a provider, not realising the damage he's causing, because he doesn't realise people's need for agency and freedom), and seeking unhealthy ways of taking back control of his life: burying himself in his work and dedicating himself to material success in detriment of everybody involved.
      You can see this really well in Chant II: "Young man, you can strum your lyre/ I have strung the world in wire / young man you can sing your ditty/ I conduct the electric city" - Orpheus has what Hades lost, and Hades believes the things he replaced it with are more fulfilling and more powerful.
      This, in turn, made Persephone pull away further, which made Hades resent her more and become more certain on his association of love and possession - and, as such, that persophone refusing to be possessed means she doesn't love him, and the cycle goes on.
      I'm a little sad they changed Chant II for the broadway version, even if the strike arc makes it more powerful, because most people listening to it nowadays won't get Persephone's point of view - advising Eurydice on how true love can overcome anything, but love is not a gilded cage, all intersped with Hades words to Orpheus about how to keep a woman he must chain her down. It was really illustrative of their relationship, and it's fascinating to me how a very common unhealthy relationship dynamic is used as a linchpin for the entire story, just by virtue of the power they yield - their love was what made the world turn, so when that relationship became damaged so did the world.
      Hades's eagerness to get Persephone back, and Persephone's eagerness to get back out of his clutches, turned what used to be a natural transition between seasons into an abrupt shift, and Persephone's attempts to make the most of her time topside (represented by her drinking and partying) made the summers too hot and unfit to produce enough food to see people through the winter.
      All this isn't to say he has sole responsibility for what happened - judging from Hermes's and Persephone's account of the beginning of their relationship, and the fact that there used to actually be a spring and fall, Hades used to deal with her absences well, but through what probably was a problem in communication, that dynamic soured.
      You could, however, say that he's naturally less empathetic and open to others' needs than she is. Persephone addresses others as brother/sister, while Hades uses 'son' and 'my children'. Persephone greets the ensemble on topside like old friends, dances arm in arm with Eurydice and fills her glass out of her own flask, while Hades addresses the residents of Hadestown with a microphone on a stage. Persephone encourages Eurydice to embrace her relationship with Orpheus, whereas Hades prohibits his workers from connecting with each other. She sees others as equals with their own needs and agency, while he sees them as possessions who must be controlled and indoctrinated.
      This could be either the cause or a result of what happened, but you could easily see it as a factor in his possessiveness and resentment of her need for freedom, something that started small, a minor character flaw, but through that vicious cycle (something that, once again, was really well illustrated in the circular logic of Why we Build the Wall) spiralled out of control, until he became the tyrant he is in the musical, and she became more and more averse to be walled in and more sympathetic toward those who share a similar plight to hers (at the risk of repeating myself, very well illustrated in Our Lady of the Underground - "brother I know how you feel")
      I just. really love this musical ok.

    • @plushy_doctor2299
      @plushy_doctor2299 Před 2 lety +12

      @@margaridabento9726 This hasn't been loved enough. Very well written with amazing points and observations

    • @mysticloverfairy1
      @mysticloverfairy1 Před 2 lety +14

      I do like the song Epic 3 it’s after Orpheus plays for Hades and Persephone there’s really no lyrics we’ll just Hades explaining briefly about Orpheus gift and then saying “Hades and Persephone took each other’s hands and brother, you know what they did, they danced” then the rest of it is just Hades and Persephone waltzing on stage and it’s lovely
      Side note when it comes to the top three Greek gods Zeus,Hades and Poseidon , Hades probably has the most functional relationship. Yeah he kidnapped Persephone (don’t do that don’t kidnap your future wife unless you’re a Greek god) but that was partly Zeus too. Zeus will sleep with anything that has a pulse and I think (but I might be mixed up )Poseidon depending on the myth might have R worded Medusa (pre snake head) and she went to Athena’s temple or Artemis (one of the A goddess but not Aphrodite ) for sanctuary and well she got a new hairstyle she didn’t ask for.

    • @theshockinglyeloquentdog9945
      @theshockinglyeloquentdog9945 Před 2 lety +14

      i like to imagine them in counseling and Hades saying how he knows she talks shit about him to all her friends and never sticks up for him even though Hades never says a bad thing about her and he would say "how do you think that makes me feel?" and Persephone would look genuinely upset by this because she never thought about it.

  • @jindra4965
    @jindra4965 Před 5 lety +1484

    Iam wondering that..maybe Hades made Hadestown much warmer and brigher, bc he wanted Persephone to stay there with him and let her feel much more like outside on summertime, which she just enjoyed, ya know?

    • @icymoons
      @icymoons Před 5 lety +354

      good take.
      my second favorite is "i industrialized the underworld because persephone is my impulse control."

    • @zofzofzof_iaa
      @zofzofzof_iaa Před 4 lety +60

      I thought that's the point..?

    • @chess4093
      @chess4093 Před 4 lety +7

      XD

    • @alessa.
      @alessa. Před 3 lety +3

      Yes, indeed!!

    • @alessa.
      @alessa. Před 3 lety +78

      Also Patrick Page said that apart from that it's like a coping mechanism, as it makes Hades feel powerful and in control. That way he tries to fill the hole created because of living 6 months separated from his wife.

  • @imhere9034
    @imhere9034 Před 4 lety +571

    It's kinda sad how excited Hades sounds when he tells Persephone what he's done to Hadestown and I can just imagine how disgusted and angry she looks.

    • @imhere9034
      @imhere9034 Před 4 lety +124

      @Frances Del Rosario Hades: Baby, love of my life, My Queen. Look what I did!!! I brought summer to you because I love you.
      Persephone: Ew.
      Like I get where they're both coming from tbh. Hell I'd be pissed if I came back home to find that my husband ruined our home and is forcing people to work but he just sounds so adorable.

  • @sabrinadeitrick
    @sabrinadeitrick Před 4 lety +747

    My biggest weakness in musical theatre is songs that have overlapping singers, just a million layers that blend so beautifully like this song does. This is truly my favorite song of the whole musical

    • @fredvisuals4312
      @fredvisuals4312 Před 2 lety +8

      My fav too

    • @Laurabeck329
      @Laurabeck329 Před 2 lety +5

      @Highway Unicorn This is way better. Only song I can think of that does it better than Chant I is One Day More

    • @Youre-a-Wizard-Ari
      @Youre-a-Wizard-Ari Před 2 lety +12

      Then I hope you got into the musical "Hamilton"! There's a song in there called "Non-stop" that blends vocals beautifully. Literally all of the other songs are amazing too

    • @dr.jotarokujo5288
      @dr.jotarokujo5288 Před rokem +10

      Its called polyphony, and is so beautiful 😭

    • @khloeg1649
      @khloeg1649 Před rokem +2

      @@Youre-a-Wizard-Ari I was gonna suggest nonstop as well lmaooo

  • @tizviviani
    @tizviviani Před 5 lety +1189

    No one:
    Not a single soul:
    Not even a living being:
    Orpheus: lAAA lalala lAlA LAAAA

    • @ryanrenn4815
      @ryanrenn4815 Před 4 lety +58

      and he's right

    • @zodiackitten6110
      @zodiackitten6110 Před 4 lety +51

      You perfectly captured the melody and inflection of that verse in text. That's...that's pretty awesome right there.

    • @khloeg1649
      @khloeg1649 Před 4 lety +31

      Why did you actually type that correctly how did you manage that

    • @neutralpie420
      @neutralpie420 Před 3 lety +17

      I always imagine a 10 hour long video of Orpheus singing lalala

    • @tizviviani
      @tizviviani Před 3 lety +4

      @@zodiackitten6110 aw thanks! Its a gift i guess

  • @signalred540
    @signalred540 Před 5 lety +1442

    when orpheus sings “the gods have forgotten the song of their love!” and the pause and then it all picks up???? CHILLS

  • @jordypinney8770
    @jordypinney8770 Před 5 lety +540

    This version truly made me appreciate how useless Orpheus was at this time

    • @joaopaulo1802
      @joaopaulo1802 Před 4 lety +139

      And he had the nerve to call the gods out, like what a hypocrite, you forgot your love too

    • @carlosalejandroalvarenga4913
      @carlosalejandroalvarenga4913 Před 4 lety +105

      @@joaopaulo1802 it's all parallelism.

    • @lauratude5132
      @lauratude5132 Před 3 lety +30

      There's so much happening that he's just reminding them he still wants Eurydice back

    • @eora5142
      @eora5142 Před 3 lety +33

      I feel like Orpheus here was deaf to Persephone need for help and comfort because he felt so close to a solution, to finishing the song that could save both them and everyone else. Indeed, I've always felt that when he said "the gods had forgotten the song of their love" it's like a revelation that strikes him. He's finally able to put the pieces together and understand the cause of the winter. Unfortunately, just as this happens Persephone loses hope.

    • @justcallmeeastia7947
      @justcallmeeastia7947 Před 2 lety

      I'm cackling

  • @peytonbono
    @peytonbono Před 5 lety +729

    Eurydices “shelter us” and then that TROMBONE has me dead

  • @megasauruss
    @megasauruss Před 4 lety +461

    "Look up!" Hermes exclaims desperately, while the ensemble sings in the distance, "Keep your head low..."
    nice

    • @animechild1060
      @animechild1060 Před 3 lety +9

      ikr? I love that part-

    • @PirateGondolier
      @PirateGondolier Před 3 lety +49

      ughhhh the way orpheus is working tirelessly on his song and he loses eurydice the same way hades got so caught up in industrialization and lost persephone. "he keeps his head low, he keeps his back bended" the point of epic iii is that hades is just as vulnerable as the next person, his own feelings and mistakes. gods and men

    • @emmat.6622
      @emmat.6622 Před 3 lety +3

      @Cassie Doerksen 3:34

  • @johnny--guitar
    @johnny--guitar Před 5 lety +97

    "4 People's Marital Problems Fuck Over An Entire Community"

  • @piglord2819
    @piglord2819 Před 5 lety +690

    I love that Anais has taken a simple tune of 'la la la' and made it such an epic theme

    • @graceschlatterer2368
      @graceschlatterer2368 Před 5 lety +63

      Hunter Daniachew haha, “epic”. I see what you did there 😂

    • @piglord2819
      @piglord2819 Před 5 lety +33

      @@graceschlatterer2368 lol i didnt even notice that😂😂

    • @khloeg1649
      @khloeg1649 Před 4 lety +8

      Ah, yes. The pun. Beautiful work

    • @spookyho5994
      @spookyho5994 Před 2 lety +8

      Ikr, it’s freaking amazing and reeves voice is just 🙌

    • @chickenfoot2423
      @chickenfoot2423 Před 2 lety +10

      @@spookyho5994 reeve doesnt get enough appreciation, i literally gasped and immediately cried the first time i heard him singing lmao

  • @frankienayman3641
    @frankienayman3641 Před 5 lety +563

    Also love how those last “low! Keep your head! Keep your head!” get slightly more emphatic, like they’re yelling at Eurydice to cool it before Hades can notice her

    • @beanofglory7602
      @beanofglory7602 Před 2 lety +16

      Love this take!

    • @floofkiniguess1026
      @floofkiniguess1026 Před rokem +14

      small detail also of how immediately after hermes says “look up!” they say “keep your head low”

  • @Thesaura
    @Thesaura Před 5 lety +356

    Wow, the backup singers are NOT messing around. All those "Oh, you gotta keep your head low..." are incredible.

    • @Thesaura
      @Thesaura Před 3 lety +8

      @Cassie Doerksen thanks for the correction! ☺

  • @allyp305
    @allyp305 Před 5 lety +643

    Orpheus, singing about how Hades is blinded, can’t see the storm coming. Love it

    • @spookyho5994
      @spookyho5994 Před 2 lety +17

      yo I didn’t even notice this! I absolutely love these parallels

  • @butterflytaster5553
    @butterflytaster5553 Před 5 lety +770

    the fates coming in on "the wind, the wind, the wind" UGH ANAIS

  • @bangbangrogers2750
    @bangbangrogers2750 Před rokem +24

    The whole concept of hades enslaving the entire underworld to make fake spring so he can be with his wife absolutely genius I hate when media makes hades just a template bad guy with no human aspects at all

    • @antonizajkowski9698
      @antonizajkowski9698 Před rokem +2

      To make fake spring? Could you elaborate? It's interesting

    • @lgodproductions9064
      @lgodproductions9064 Před rokem +5

      @@antonizajkowski9698 Warmer, Brighter, More entertaining (silver screens i.e. movies)

  • @zelculothesquid8201
    @zelculothesquid8201 Před 4 lety +147

    3:23 Orpheus,the storm is coming. Oh god he has his headphones on! He can't hear us

  • @LaurenOrion
    @LaurenOrion Před 5 lety +234

    The fact that both Orpheus/Eurydice and Hades/Persephone call each other 'lover' really shows how similar they are
    (ya know minus the whole Eurydice staying in hell/dying thing and them being separated)

    • @DropD1123
      @DropD1123 Před 4 lety +47

      Agreed. And I love how the Hades/Persephone melodies are practically the same melodies that Orpheus and Eurydice sing in Wedding Song. But with all the minor chords and chanting underneath, it sounds like a twisted old version of their wedding song.

    • @antonizajkowski9698
      @antonizajkowski9698 Před rokem

      spoiler:(

    • @xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844
      @xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844 Před rokem

      @@antonizajkowski9698 the myth is several thousand years old, at that point it isn't exactly a spoiler

  • @daybreak8752
    @daybreak8752 Před 4 lety +155

    I love how he can't get the tune or rythm until he realizes it's love. suddenly he knows just what to do because he *knows* love.

  • @flusel4949
    @flusel4949 Před 3 lety +167

    I may be the only one, but I really like the change they did with Eurydice's lyrics. When she is crying out to Orpheus "Shelter us! Harbor Me" I can deeply feel her total desperation and fear at that point. I think we don't need to hear her blaming Orpheus, the song is already showing us explicitly that he is too consumed in his song that he isn't noticing Eurydice's misery and thus doesn't help her.

  • @haleyhulan6485
    @haleyhulan6485 Před 5 lety +543

    this version is so so good but i do miss "Every year they've had this fight!"

    • @Maya-oe8qs
      @Maya-oe8qs Před 5 lety +96

      Haley Hulan I really miss when Persephone sing in the garden where we met nothing was between us yet back before your factory’s before your electricity back before you built the wall. I just always found that part so beautiful and I was a bit sad they changed it but I still love this version

    • @milaikes
      @milaikes Před 5 lety +67

      Haley Hulan me too! I love this one but I miss Orpheus saying “I’ll sing a song of a love gone wrong”

    • @khloeg1649
      @khloeg1649 Před 4 lety +8

      Yeah, and " I'll sing a song of a love gone wrong... "

    • @theauthor5484
      @theauthor5484 Před 3 lety +25

      @@Maya-oe8qs That verse was beautiful, but I'm glad they changed it for this version, because it fits much better. In this version, both Persephone and Hades have "forgotten the song of their love" and that's reflected much better by Persephone not mentioning their past together until later.

  • @mb.4670
    @mb.4670 Před 3 lety +64

    I just realized that Euridice died in the storm and Hades was simply taking her soul to the underworld.

    • @justcallmeeastia7947
      @justcallmeeastia7947 Před 2 lety +4

      I interpreted that as the three fates that was singing in the background and taking her coat away but i suppose both could go the same way regardless

    • @ChillyCucumber
      @ChillyCucumber Před 2 lety +27

      I don’t think so…at least not quite.
      She was starving and cold when Hades came to her, and he gave her the choice of trying to hang on or giving in and dying. She didn’t die in the storm, but she got so hungry and cold that she was willing to give in and slip away when offered the chance.

  • @oreb
    @oreb Před 3 lety +221

    Something inside me wants to cry when Euridice sings "shelter us! harbor me!" at 4:54. Mad props to the performer for putting so much emotion in her singing. It isn't easy to do, and she does is amazingly.

    • @MalarikFilms
      @MalarikFilms Před 3 lety +1

      Yess

    • @victoriaburroughs8399
      @victoriaburroughs8399 Před rokem +2

      Fr! She sounds so scared and desperate. You just wanna give her a hug and reassure her 😢

    • @Lulu_o7
      @Lulu_o7 Před rokem +2

      @@victoriaburroughs8399 I wouldn’t reassure her knowing the ending of this musical lol-

    • @Lulu_o7
      @Lulu_o7 Před rokem +2

      Yep that’s Eva Noblezada for ya!

    • @AreesDaOG
      @AreesDaOG Před rokem

      ​@@Lulu_o7 yea..

  • @brookelewellen1401
    @brookelewellen1401 Před 5 lety +225

    orpheus' la la la las got me sobbing in the kitchen at almost midnight

  • @tizviviani
    @tizviviani Před 5 lety +474

    I respect yalls criticism
    But hm. I cant relate
    All versions of chant are absolutelly flawless and perfect in which of their ways no one can tell me otherwise

  • @shl4878
    @shl4878 Před 5 lety +365

    Reeve doesn't take a breath for the entire la la's between 1:31 and 1:43 and the first time I tried to sing along I nearly passed out

    • @kaitlinslover639
      @kaitlinslover639 Před 5 lety +44

      fucking super human

    • @franfrankie7
      @franfrankie7 Před 5 lety +31

      @@kaitlinslover639 *cough spider man cough* never mind i hate that show

    • @melaniep4099
      @melaniep4099 Před 5 lety +7

      -F r a n k i e - R o s e-
      What was so bad about Spider-Man turn off the dark?

    • @theatregirl7851
      @theatregirl7851 Před 5 lety +4

      SHL HOW DOES HE DO IT

    • @erumaplaysvb
      @erumaplaysvb Před 5 lety

      Thats pretty easy

  • @frankienayman3641
    @frankienayman3641 Před 5 lety +264

    I love the parent/guardian figure that Hermes has become for Orpheus

    • @gore6587
      @gore6587 Před 5 lety +41

      Frankie Nayman reeve sounds vaguely like tom holland and i keep half expecting him to say mr stark

    • @melrowesilab357
      @melrowesilab357 Před 5 lety +20

      @@gore6587 he did play spiderman

    • @gore6587
      @gore6587 Před 5 lety +3

      marshy rowe yeah sksjshshshs that’s what made me make the connection

    • @frankienayman3641
      @frankienayman3641 Před 5 lety +24

      Sarah Hamilfan Yea exactly! Also, we know Orpheus’ mother was Calliope, the muse of epic poetry. So at the end when he says “As if it might turn out this time. I learned that from a friend of mine“, and André looks at Reeve when he says it, he’s reciting advice from the actual goddess of storytelling and “singing it again”. I love the details!

  • @johnmartin4119
    @johnmartin4119 Před 4 lety +36

    Orpheus looking up, Hades looking down, but neither paying attention to the women who mater most to them

  • @crossagento3961
    @crossagento3961 Před 5 lety +203

    I never realized this until seeing it live, but the machinery sounds are sounds made by all of the ensemble.

  • @musicprincess9747
    @musicprincess9747 Před 5 lety +428

    ugh this song never fails to amaze me no matter which version

    • @roseyw4226
      @roseyw4226 Před 5 lety +13

      RIGHT? Live every version just...works. and that's usually not the case. I'm just floored

    • @nicoyazawa9054
      @nicoyazawa9054 Před 5 lety +5

      Ikr! Anais Mitchell is literally an angel!

    • @bamsgirl12345
      @bamsgirl12345 Před rokem +1

      I just saw the musical live a couple days ago, and this was the only song the guy in front of me clapped for 😂

  • @xXJesibugXx
    @xXJesibugXx Před 5 lety +398

    okay reeve you really didn’t have to come for my weave like this with those la’s
    you too eva I really kinda wanted to be spared you beautiful goddess
    OH I WAS EXPECTING MORE LALA’s BUT NO REEVE WAS LIKE HERE SIS

  • @beanofglory7602
    @beanofglory7602 Před 2 lety +53

    1:58 The way Eva's voice shivers on "need" in "we NEED to find" is so damn beautiful. Perfectly conveys that early, low-key desperation of "what my honey is doing is great, truly awesome, and I love him for it, but also goddamn we're gonna die if we don't find supplies."

  • @kaitlinslover639
    @kaitlinslover639 Před 5 lety +128

    THE GODS HAVE FORGOTTEN THE SONG OF THEIR LOVE

  • @rielgabriel88
    @rielgabriel88 Před 5 lety +209

    s o m a n y c h a n g e s w o w

  • @prismartist
    @prismartist Před 5 lety +235

    YES
    Edit: I heard Eurydice's part and I think my pupils enlarged

  • @emmaholtz1720
    @emmaholtz1720 Před 4 lety +32

    Eurydice on “shelter us” and “harbor me”...
    Actual chills

  • @usnavidelavooga380
    @usnavidelavooga380 Před 5 lety +51

    3:02 "think of it aAa
    As my despair" holy crap the way his voice altered💀💀💀

  • @random-_-dude
    @random-_-dude Před rokem +9

    My man, was so lonely that he created the industrial revolution. I should at least have produced a flying car by now.

  • @breezingby2611
    @breezingby2611 Před 5 lety +101

    Words can’t express how perfect Patrick Page and Amber Gray are

  • @dylanhurlimann1265
    @dylanhurlimann1265 Před 5 lety +65

    2:08 I love the way they sing like the wind. It's genuinely haunting to me

  • @user-xb5bz4fu9o
    @user-xb5bz4fu9o Před 5 lety +87

    They cut "I'll sing a song of a love gone wrong", I'm so sad it was my favorite line

  • @TheJotapedro10
    @TheJotapedro10 Před 4 lety +24

    Is it just me or the " Only took a minute, but the wrath of the gods was in it" symbolizes Eurydice's death in the broadway version?

  • @iiaquatiq
    @iiaquatiq Před 5 lety +153

    I will say, it sounds better live, but hey, this is my favorite song in the musical and nothing can change that

  • @0518_sunbeam
    @0518_sunbeam Před 5 lety +116

    SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELTER UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS

    • @desmondgentle1474
      @desmondgentle1474 Před 3 lety +12

      HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARBOR MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

    • @LadyMythos315
      @LadyMythos315 Před 3 lety +5

      Hermes in the background: Only took a minute. But the wrath of the gods was in it!

  • @lyndseyhonor2539
    @lyndseyhonor2539 Před 5 lety +71

    Page’s "electrifying" genuinely haunts me

  • @imogenjames1804
    @imogenjames1804 Před 4 lety +53

    The overlapping voices, hades, the goddamn harmonies, Eurydice, this song is so goddamn amazing. It expresses so much emotion and I- I can’t put into words how much I love this.
    Edit: I’m actually crying. Eurydice when she’s calling for Orpheus. I just can’t. Persephone telling Hades she doesn’t like it. I’m honestly to full of emotions
    Edit 2: the “of you” at the end. Chills.

  • @milosmith5326
    @milosmith5326 Před rokem +6

    hermes desperately trying to get orpheus to look up and notice the storm gets me so bad. he's sung this song so many times before and he knows how it ends, but he sings it again and hopes and hopes and hopes he can make it turn out right this time. he tries, against fate itself, to make it work out, but it always ends the same way.

  • @daybreak8752
    @daybreak8752 Před 4 lety +26

    'The gods have forgotten the song of their love' makes up for anything lost in this version of the song

  • @galaxieleaf5932
    @galaxieleaf5932 Před 11 měsíci +8

    This. Song. Bro.
    Everything, the vocals that give me chills every time I hear them, the contrast of how both couples are suffering because the man won't listen to their woman, the instrumentals, the three-way blend of voices at the end, just the line, "The gods have forgotten the song of their love", everything about this song is so incredibly amazing to me.
    I could go on for hours about why I love this song, but my main takeaway is, 'Chant' is perfect in my mind. ❤

  • @tiredegg1795
    @tiredegg1795 Před 5 lety +229

    reasons i’m gay: eva’s voice

  • @veronikayrkoska7056
    @veronikayrkoska7056 Před 3 lety +10

    I just realized that Hades says he’ll get someone who appreciates her cage and then he sings songbird to Eurydice and says he needs a canary.

    • @lgodproductions9064
      @lgodproductions9064 Před rokem +4

      It also has a secondary meaning here as Hades is king of the underground and miners would bring canaries with them into the mines

  • @hamburgerdog25
    @hamburgerdog25 Před rokem +11

    This song, Wait For Me, If Its True, We Raise Our Cups To Him, and the one when he sings to Hades, are my all time favorites. Even after years of not coming back to this musical, they still hold strong in my heart.

  • @echothenardier8053
    @echothenardier8053 Před 4 lety +24

    I like how you can get the vibe that he’s getting information from Apollo like an Oracle of Delphi around 3:10, and how this seems to happen multiple times during the show (He’s getting info he couldn’t possibly know as a mortal about Hades and Persephone’s relationship and Hades’ mental/emotional state)

    • @wuttatota148
      @wuttatota148 Před 2 lety +2

      Oh yeah like isn't he Apollo's son? That's interesting

    • @antonizajkowski9698
      @antonizajkowski9698 Před rokem

      @@wuttatota148 He's a muses son

    • @ConfettiDragon
      @ConfettiDragon Před 12 dny +1

      ​@@antonizajkowski9698In some versions he's the son of Apollo

  • @alexandrataylor6689
    @alexandrataylor6689 Před 5 lety +72

    I’m glad they cut Orpheus down to one solo in this song from the two in the London version!! Flows better

  • @m4n4h1l
    @m4n4h1l Před 4 lety +12

    a crisis: *exists*
    orpheus: LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA

  • @reverenceremembrance2994

    Soemthing i think is very interesting is how, if you interpret hadestown as a timeloop no one but hermes (and possibly the fates) are aware of, and the different representations of it as different loops, and If you put the obcr as the first loops, the london one as further along ones, and the nytw as the latest ones, the changes to eurydice's verse could be seen as her subconciously losing faith in orpheus as the loops go on. She herself doesnt remember, but her subconcious/soul does, that Orpheus's song aint gonna save her
    Here would be the lyrics in the order i meant so ypu can see what i meant
    Obcr:
    "Looking high and looking low
    For the food and firewood i know
    We need to find
    And i am keeping one eye on the sky
    And trying to trust that the song he's working on is gonna shelter us from
    The wind, the wind, the wind."
    It's again her instincts to trust, but she tries, regardless
    London:
    "While your working on your song
    There's a storm a-coming on
    Orpheus, in all my years
    I've never seen a sky like this
    Tell me love, if the song you're working on
    Is gonna shelter us
    From the wind, the wind, the wind"
    She's worried, and trying to ask orpheus if the song will save her. There's not the same trust there was before, but she's trying (also she calls him love which is nice)
    Nytw
    "Lover while you sing your song
    Winter is a-coming on
    See i'm stacking firewood
    See i'm putting by some food
    Orpheus, all the pretty songs you sing
    Ain't gonna shelter us
    From the wind, the wind, the wind"
    She is sure now, that orpheus' songs wont save her. Also something about the phrasing "while you sing your song" instead of "while you're working on your song"? And that "all the petty songs you sing" sounding pretty...sarcastic? Plus the csee i'm stacking firewood see im putting on some food" like 'look what i'm doing for us. What are *you* doing to keep us alive?
    Idk just a thought

  • @asterismos5451
    @asterismos5451 Před 5 lety +165

    The "lover you were gone so long" is slightly less sexy, but hey little songbird is somehow even sexier now so overall I'm good.

    • @lauratude5132
      @lauratude5132 Před 3 lety +20

      Hades was too annoyed to focus on being sexy right there

  • @emmat.6622
    @emmat.6622 Před 3 lety +23

    When he sings "The gods...the gods have forgotten the song of their love" That moment gives me life

  • @Granateseeds
    @Granateseeds Před 5 lety +98

    I violently love this. Like, I wanna punch someone, I love this so much

  • @marinao4412
    @marinao4412 Před 5 lety +28

    only orpheus cansay "la la la la la la la la" over and over and still have me on the edge of my seat

  • @emmabaker6291
    @emmabaker6291 Před 5 lety +42

    ok they did NOT HAVE TO SNAP THIS HARD OH MYGOD

  • @bangbangrogers2750
    @bangbangrogers2750 Před rokem +7

    The transition from epic 2 to this is insane

  • @cecefernandes5657
    @cecefernandes5657 Před 4 lety +31

    It's like Orpheus is broadcasting a live feed of the Gods but he can only translate it into music. It's compelling him and he physically can't stop because of the constant broadcast😭 This whole musical has no bad guy. Just a sequence of bad events

  • @chapps.6891
    @chapps.6891 Před 5 lety +84

    I swear, I love all of these changes.

    • @gore6587
      @gore6587 Před 5 lety +8

      the only thing i hate is the cut at 1:09

  • @broadwaybibliophile1802
    @broadwaybibliophile1802 Před 4 lety +10

    oh my god, I just realised "Shelter us" and "harbour me" sound a biiit like Orpheus and Euridice

  • @mysticloverfairy1
    @mysticloverfairy1 Před 2 lety +11

    My absolute favorite part of this song is when Persephone sings
    Lover what have you become
    Coal cars and oil drums
    Warehouse walls and factory floors
    I don’t know you anymore
    And in the meantime up above the harvest dies and people starve
    Oceans rise and overflow it ain’t right and it ain’t natural.
    It’s like you’re building all this stuff and I didn’t ask you to build any of it, you’re not the person I fell in love with.

  • @singmeunder
    @singmeunder Před 5 lety +57

    Ever since I watched the broadway, I’ve been waiting so excitedly for the broadway version’s songs are fully available but I was especially excited for this one!! I love Orpheus’s working lyrics!!!

  • @ralpcambay5216
    @ralpcambay5216 Před 5 lety +30

    Eurydice's voice is giving me chills 😍😍😍

  • @SoulQueenoD
    @SoulQueenoD Před 2 lety +8

    I love the wordplay with "we need to find And I am" sounding like "we need to find an iamb"

    • @antonizajkowski9698
      @antonizajkowski9698 Před rokem

      What's am iamb

    • @SoulQueenoD
      @SoulQueenoD Před rokem +1

      @@antonizajkowski9698 It’s a literary term most associated with poetry and music. It’s a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable, unstressed, and one long, stressed. The word “because” is iambic because it’s unstressed and stressed. Shakespeare uses it in his sonnets.

    • @antonizajkowski9698
      @antonizajkowski9698 Před rokem

      @@SoulQueenoD Oh thanks

  • @gayandfuckingproud3730
    @gayandfuckingproud3730 Před 3 lety +6

    that "harbor me," 4:57, it makes my heart catch fire.

  • @serratpersephone3476
    @serratpersephone3476 Před 2 lety +6

    All the la la la of orpheous give me life

  • @harusoda
    @harusoda Před 4 lety +9

    the trumpets or whatever brass instrument it is is just-

  • @katiegaglio
    @katiegaglio Před 5 lety +10

    honestly they all blew us out of the damn water holy shit

  • @peacefulleopard8016
    @peacefulleopard8016 Před 2 lety +7

    Why do I love Hadestown so much? _points at this song_
    Here’s why.

  • @avengersbabypanda2811
    @avengersbabypanda2811 Před 4 lety +5

    I've personally loved Hadestown since before it made its way to Broadway. It's so interesting to see how much this show has evolved and grew to became the show it is today. I love it

  • @KatyStCloud
    @KatyStCloud Před 4 lety +7

    4:51 Gosh she really did those two notes like that huh

  • @wave97z
    @wave97z Před 5 lety +76

    honestly i feel these lyrics show persephone more sympathetic ??? also idk i may be the only one who likes the broadway vers compared to the london ones haha

    • @roseyw4226
      @roseyw4226 Před 5 lety +5

      I love them equally but I definitely see what you're saying. It also expands hades' role a bit

  • @DJHutson3848
    @DJHutson3848 Před 2 lety +6

    This song is fire

  • @-Spinach_Soup-
    @-Spinach_Soup- Před rokem +4

    Got assigned to listen to this musical as summer homework and I’m glad! These songs are great.

  • @happychaosofthenorth
    @happychaosofthenorth Před 5 lety +84

    While I love this, I miss the epic simplicity of the original with this part that's been cut out:
    Orpheus: "I'll sing a song, of a love gone wrong."
    Hermes: "A love gone wrong all right, every year they had this fight."
    and later...
    "And when the gods are having a fight, everybody better hold on tight.."
    And then the song just explodes as everyone sings their part. I like this version, but the song didn't need the extra exposition. The original version of "Chant" is my favourite song from Hadestown (all versions), but I think in the Broadway version it's "Wait For Me" now. This is great, but it's lost a little magic with the new lyrics.

    • @claraablablubabe4288
      @claraablablubabe4288 Před 3 lety +1

      hello, where can I hear the original version? CZcams?

    • @sherrychen223
      @sherrychen223 Před 3 lety +1

      @@claraablablubabe4288 look up hadestown original cast playlist (as opposed to the original BROADWAY cast playlist)

  • @blainevanity6
    @blainevanity6 Před 5 lety +10

    That first string of La la las is my absolute favorite version ♥️

  • @arandompotato1662
    @arandompotato1662 Před 4 lety +6

    Eva Noblezada sings with so much emotion. Hoping I could watch her live someday

  • @cadencestephens2016
    @cadencestephens2016 Před 4 lety +5

    This song absolutely smacks
    You can't change my mind

  • @margaridabento9726
    @margaridabento9726 Před 3 lety +6

    That’s what the kids call a beat drop

  • @silasfrisenette9226
    @silasfrisenette9226 Před 3 lety +3

    Just timed a sneeze with an "a-whoo". Satisifying.

  • @abigailw7146
    @abigailw7146 Před 2 lety +7

    SHELTER USSSSS 𝐻𝐴𝐵𝑂𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 ᴍᴇᴇᴇᴇᴇᴇᴇᴇ

  • @Darkraifan2009
    @Darkraifan2009 Před 5 lety +14

    3:00 Your despair, you say?
    *Danganronpa intensifies

  • @Emilytea
    @Emilytea Před 5 lety +63

    I dont like how polished these all sound. That might be a weird criticism, but I don't know.
    I like the lyric change for Eurydice re: Orpheus' song. She's trying to be optimistic and hasn't quite given up yet.

    • @pumpkinseed8515
      @pumpkinseed8515 Před 5 lety +9

      I know right, i feel like it would sound better if they sang like they naturally would, it kinda feels liek they use some sort of autotune cuz its so clean

    • @MrSentaser
      @MrSentaser Před 5 lety +19

      I mean they do use tuning it's a cast recording. It's not supposed to be same as a live recording. It showcases the music more then the acting. The acting is still there but it's not the complete picture without seeing it

    • @alexandrataylor6689
      @alexandrataylor6689 Před 5 lety +1

      I agree!! It sounds so much better live, I can tell you that

  • @mackenzie677
    @mackenzie677 Před 5 lety +18

    WHAT👏A👏BOP👏

  • @beanbrain6162
    @beanbrain6162 Před 2 lety +7

    Is no-one else wondering what Eurydice's doing to search for food?
    Like
    How?
    Is she hunting for critters in a nearby forest? Is she
    Maybe she's exploring dilapidated buildings - looking for canned goods?
    Idk

    • @partricklambaste1235
      @partricklambaste1235 Před 2 lety +5

      I it’s written like that so you’ll conjure up your own idea of what she’s doing, could be anything, I usually imagine her doing something like begging in a slum town.

    • @beanbrain6162
      @beanbrain6162 Před 2 lety

      @@partricklambaste1235 ooh
      Interesting!

    • @antonizajkowski9698
      @antonizajkowski9698 Před rokem

      I've always had that scene from Bambi where he eats a little bit of grass from the snow in mind

  • @booksvsmovies
    @booksvsmovies Před 4 lety +4

    I'm literally sobbing. What the fuck. This music speaks to my soul

  • @xJadaBattlex
    @xJadaBattlex Před 4 lety +6

    At 1:18 my entire body had a chill and I’ve never felt that before 💀

  • @notherelol
    @notherelol Před 4 lety +5

    This one really helped me imagine the story going downhill.

  • @cosmonolas
    @cosmonolas Před 4 lety +3

    i’m listening through this soundtrack for the first time and the woman who plays eurydice’s voice is so ??? angelic ?????? holy shit ????

  • @talytasbarcelos
    @talytasbarcelos Před 3 lety +4

    She's earth and he keeps putting neon and bricks up, but it was not what she needed

  • @catharticdaydream
    @catharticdaydream Před 5 lety +11

    first time hearing this song- i’m having a religious experience

  • @alexperez-reyes4219
    @alexperez-reyes4219 Před 5 lety +10

    Anyone else feel like the "and I am" at 2:04 sounds so exquisitely close to 'iamb'? Or am I just wish fulfilling again

  • @patriciacoma5733
    @patriciacoma5733 Před 4 lety +3

    The road to Hell is paved with good intensions indeed.

  • @tetsugin7242
    @tetsugin7242 Před rokem +2

    2:14 the trombone is one of my favourite parts of the show

  • @piglord2819
    @piglord2819 Před 5 lety +7

    Ever since i saw this live, i cant stop picturing Patrick Page as Doug Digadome or Colonel Sanders 😂😂