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Rent:

Hi I’m Joanne, and this is my girlfriend Maureen, and this is Maureen’s boyfriend Mark, and this is Mark’s boyfriend Roger, and this is Roger’s girlfriend Mimi, and this is Mimi’s boyfriend Benny, and this is Benny’s wife Muffy-I mean Alison.

And then there’s Angel and Collins.

Jeez can Mimi and Roger just stop interrupting super important songs with their songs about their rollercoaster of a relationship.

You can call me insane all you want but I love listening to musicals on shuffle.

I’ve been listening to Rent on shuffle and I’m almost done. But here’s the thing that’s so great about listening to things out of order. Instead of being a song that’s part of a musical and bigger story, each song is one thing in itself. Once you know each song well enough, you can appreciate the little things. The harmonies in “Will I?”, the overlapping but separate stories in “Christmas Bells.” It’s such a genius musical. “Christmas Bells” especially, the little conversations that are hidden in the music really show the characters and how they interact with each other.

Angel and Collins buying coats and he finds the one that was stolen from him. Angel saying “let’s get a better one” really shows their character.

Also the conversation between Mark, Roger, and Mimi. Roger says “Let’s not hold hands yet.” This man is so scared of falling in love and then dying so he’s trying as hard as possible to not fall in love. Mimi says “Is that a warning?” She doesn’t know why he’s so scared because they’re in the same situation but handling it differently. Roger is shutting out the world and Mimi is seizing every moment possible. Mimi thinks that Roger doesn’t want a serious relationship like she does because I bet she has fallen in love with people who didn’t want anything serious. Then Roger clarifies by saying “I just need to take it slow.”

Anyways that got really off track but as someone who has seen this musical 4 times live and listened to the soundtrack for almost 10 years, I’ve had a lot of time to listen to things carefully and notice the tiny little beautiful things.

So if you haven’t listened to rent on shuffle or at all, do it. Do it right now. Go on Apple Music (because Spotify only has the disgusting auto tune movie version) and listen to it.

That concludes my Christmas Bells analysis/Rent appreciation post.

Have a nice day :)

Now I’d die for one more day, cause there’s something I should have told you…