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GUYS GALS AND FOLKS INBETWEEN NEW ALBUM ART JUST DROPPED GO CHECK JORGES CHANNEL

FULL SPEED AHEAD MATES

AAAAAAAAAAA

I desperately need Ilion The Musical to become a thing (when Jorge feels like it) so I can get more songs like Survive where Odysseus and Achilles are singing and shouting orders and we hear the Acheans and Myrmidons(?) all shouting like RAH RAH RAH! And it’ll be really cool and epic.

Sometimes I just need songs interjected with soldiers shouting.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-

Another thought on Epic the Musical, do you want to know one detail that kills me every time?

If you look at the titles of the songs, the ONLY songs that are named after characters are songs that are named after monsters that are trying to slaughter as many people as possible (like Polyphemus, Scylla, and Charybdis). No human character or even any god gets a song named after them, only the monsters do.

But (MINOR SPOILER AHEAD), do you know what song 38 is titled? Odysseus.

Odysseus, the man made monster, who has become something so far from his own humanity that he is counted within the ranks of the terrible monsters that came earlier in the story. Odysseus, who will absolutely be trying to slaughter as many suitors as possible when he returns to Ithaca.

It's such a small detail, but it gets me every time I think about it! Because not only has Odysseus become a monster in the eyes of the other characters, but he has become one in the eyes of THE VERY MUSICAL ITSELF!

AHHHHHHHHH!!!

Something that I greatly respect Jorge for, is putting all of these little Easter eggs in each Epic song. Aside from listening to them on repeat because they slap, you can also listen to them on repeat and notice details in the music that you never knew were there.

So I’m re-watching Gigi’s animated snippets of Hermes in God Games, and hearing so many of his laughs consecutively made me realize that his laugh in Dangerous sounds…off. I had to pull up Dangerous and Wouldn’t You Like just to do a double take.

At first I thought it sounds different because his laugh doesn’t escalate in pitch, but when he laughs in Dangerous, it’s not even that. It doesn’t sound like a real laugh. Jorge is super particular about direction and the choices he and the actors make in the final song cuts, so I’m curious if Hermes’ laugh in Dangerous was also a specific take.

My next question then is *why*? Why does he sound so off?

To those who haven’t listened to Get in The Water without headphones, or who have but haven’t noticed this…

When you hear the voices Polites and Eurylochus’ shades, you hear Polites in your right ear and then Eurylochus in your left.

Then you hear Anticlea and Odysseus’ fleet in both ears.

I’m unwell :)

Now that I’ve listened to Vengeance on repeat, I think I have my favorite songs in order.

1. Charybdis- it slaps so hard and it literally woke me up during the live stream. Will be singing this song to my dog. Charybdis sounds like a whale.

2. Dangerous- it just slaps. It’s got so much pazzaz (I can’t spell)

3. Get in The Water- performances slayed so hard and I loved hearing the many musical motifs hidden under Poseidon and Odysseus screaming at each other.

4. 600 Strike- it’s more yelling but the instrumental goes righteously hard. I love both Odysseus and Poseidon. Ngl it kinda hurt seeing my favorite god being tortured by my favorite Greek hero.

5. Not Sorry for Loving You- song is beautiful and Wangui does a beautiful job singing, although I REALLY don’t like Calypso. It’s also a very fascinating song on a psychological level I feel.

Please note I love and adore all of these songs and Jorge blew us out of the water with this saga.

So…how am I supposed to calm down and sleep after THAT???????

YES LETS BRING MORE ATTENTION TO THIS STUFF! ILIAD! ILIA THE MUSICAL LETS GIVE THIS MAN SOME IDEAS (if he wants to focus on Epic though that’s ok)

*slips Jorge 20 bucks*

So how do you feel about the Illiad?