Bienvenidos a the Heights!

Sadly, we have not been up to the Big Apple yet to see In the Heights. But, we decided that in order to make up for the fact that we haven't seen it yet, we're just going to listen to the CD over and over and over... and over... again.

We are obsessed with this music. Elyse, as we speak, is singing every single word of the song "In the Heights." Is this song turning into the new "La Vie Boheme," where it's cool to know absolutely every single word? Of course not, you crazy Rentheads. But it is a fun song to sing.

But we digress. Because we can't comment about the show, yet really want to talk about it, here are some random thoughts about our favorite parts of the CD, listed by the song. Oh, and if you

don't even have this CD, 1- buy it, and 2- this post will make absolutely no sense.

1. "Carnaval Del Barrio"- Ah, so many thoughts about this wonderful song. "Everything changes today..." (4:19 in the music... yeah, we're losers)- best harmony EVER! We've tried it many times. You should, too!

Also, Vanessa's line questioning why everyone is so happy is SO funny. Girlfriend could use some Lexapro. Does she always have to be such a downer? And speaking of downers, at 5:42 in the music, Sonny sounds pretty upset when he goes, "What?" Like, close to tears... or already in them. It is laugh-out-loud funny, especially if you say it over and over again like we do.

Finally with this song, how can you not LOVE Andrea Burns? Or should we say Lisa Landry at 2:42. Welcome back, Lisa Landry. We all loved Sister, Sister. Your comedy is unsurpassable.

And you are now on Broadway. Congratulations. And onto more Andrea Burns...

2. "No Me Diga"- At the end of the song, Andrea Burns as Daniela doesn't know what happened to Nina. So she sings "I don't know" 3 times. Please note how she sounds on her third "I don't know", belted out. Someone made sure she'd get a nice, long, held-out belty note in her contract. After all, we must not forget the reputation she earned with "I'm Not Afraid."

3. "Piragua"- Such a cute little song sung by such a cute, adorable little guy, Eliseo Roman. Who HAPPENS to be the same guy who sang "All Good Gifts" in the 2000 Off-Broadway revival of Godspell. Never once would we have thought that that would be the same guy.

4. "Benny's Dispatch"- At 0:18, he tells us to honk our horn if we want it. We do want it. And we HAVE honked our horn at that part, with the same rhythm as in the song. Try it, it's fun. And it scares the people who are driving by you.

5. "96,000"- It is so funny when Sonny goes on his little tirade about computers and such. Does anyone else think that on that part, he sounds exactly like how he sounded as Michael in the movie Camp, when he goes crazy during Romeo and Juliet? If you haven't seen Camp yet, then we definitely have a problem here.

Again with this song, did anyone watch their awesome Tony performance? We can't tell you how many times we watched it on Tivo. But, there is one part that gets to us every time. It is at the very end of the song, right after they've sung "We'll get the dough and once we get going..." Benny and Usnavi have just done this BIG ol' preparation to lift Sonny into the air and swing him across the stage. Unfortunately, though, they had a little too much adrenaline and buildup going, and poor Sonny merely flits across the stage. Now that we're talking about the Tony performance, did anyone else notice Lin-Manuel Miranda YELLING his "Whooa oh oh's"? Someone's microphone should have been turned down...

6. "When You're Home"- such a great song... but only after you've skipped the first minute. Nina, we don't go to Stanford, and even WE know that the world is not just a subway map.

7. "Blackout", "Breathe", and "It Won't Be Long Now" are just awesome songs, our three favorites on the CD. Listen here to Karen Olivo rocking out live on "It Won't be Long Now". She sounds amazing. And check out, again, Mr. Adorable himself, Lin-Manuel Miranda.

As you can see, we are obsessed with this CD and absolutely can't wait to see the show. We have this fear that when we DO see the show, we will go absolutely crazy and might explode. So if you don't hear from us anymore, you'll know why.