#20s Music

[music-moon]

All my liked songs from the 2020s, organized by the year they were released.

Always updating, discovering and refining. Cover art is my most listened to albums from each year, according to my last.fm.

My favourite songs organized by release year: 2020s

View more decades: 2000s / 2010s / 2020s

Take a deeper dive into my most listened to albums from each year:

Data from last.fm + pythfm.

2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023 / 2024

[mote-historie]

STARS Song, Vocal Popular Sheet Music, Lyrics by James Lamont Haven Gillespie, Music by John Alden, Van Alstyne & Curtis Music Publishing Co., New York, Chicago, 1921.

Art Deco Cover Stars Art Illustration by C. K. Agnew.

[listography]

FAVORITE MALE ARTISTS OF ALL TIME | PART 2

[fangomusic]

Boygenius, The Record (2023).

[possiblyrhodri]

Eartheater - Crushing

[papaya2000s]

The History of Korean male groups’ evolution over time – From Yeonhee Professional Music Group to BTS -> Part 1

This is a quick run down on what i will be posting about on The History of Korean Male Groups’ from the 1920s to the 2010s and a small summary of male groups.

I will use the term 'male group' to refer to male vocal groups and male idol groups, excluding male groups consisting of bands, and look at their history.

In Korean music history, male groups were generally formed and developed in two ways. One is a vocal ensemble that focuses on harmony, and the other is a group that values ​​performance . Until the 1970s, most ensembles focused on harmony, but from the 1980s onwards, groups that emphasized ‘showing off’ began to appear. In particular, the latter showed special skills in the dance music genre and can be considered the ancestors of the so-called 'boy groups' that are active today.

* Note that In English-speaking countries (The West), the term 'boy band' is used, but since it is not a familiar name in Korea, I will refer to male vocal groups and idol groups as 'male groups'.

I will start from before liberation, through the 60s, 70s, the 80s to early 90s, from the mid 90s to 2000s, till the 2010s.

[letsmakefingerfive]

ANNA MAY WONG

[nokingsonlyfooles]

Finish the Feed and Plug the Thing! (And Play the Music!)

Today, under the cut, I shall demonstrate my new ability to create original music that might be recordable! (Guest Starring the Radio Demon from Hazbin Hotel!)

My web serial! My brainchild! My empire of dirt! I write this, I'm only on social media because I want people to look at it, and they're not. I suspect I've sold my cow for some magic beans and it turns out they're not even regular beans, they're foam peanuts. Nevertheless, the people in my orbit seem decent in general SO I WILL CONTINUE TO BROWBEAT YOU WITH GUILT-INDUCING REMINDERS UNTIL MY READERSHIP IMPROVES! No need to thank me! It's a service I provide!

Current known readers: 3 (hi!), 1st Goalpost: 10?

Current supporters: 2 (hi Kith and 5th!), 1st Goalpost: 5?

So! I am doing a Hazbin Hotel fic, while working sporadically on the serial. It involves David and I have a lot to say about mental health, fictional universes and massive multiversal crossovers, so it's still technically serial content, even if you may not want to read it.

But, I like to use side projects to experiment. I have to have something I like enough to put a lot of effort in, but I don't want to feel terrible if that effort comes to nothing. The fic happened because I drew David Vivzie-style to test my drawing ability and stamina. (It's improving! I can draw! Slowly!)

I am writing MUSIC with STAGE DIRECTIONS for David's stay at the Hotel, both reprises of Hazbin Hotel tunes with new lyrics, and new songs with public domain melodies. There is a LOT of music in the public domain. I've been filking pop songs, but that's still legally grey. When I filk this stuff, there's no limits!

...but that's not true, because a lot of it doesn't have lyrics. My process up until now has involved rewriting music with existing lyrics. Never before did I tackle an instrumental. Now I have!

I would call it a 75% success. It scans, fairly well, but I think I made an error in choice of melody. I LOVE this raggy 1925 arrangement of Hungarian Rhapsody - I listened to it a million times to do this and I STILL love it - but if you actually had to sing it at speed, I think your tongue would fly off. Hamilton has unsingable music like that, too, but I think this came out too complex to be catchy. I can barely sing it and I WROTE it!

Nevertheless, here it is (stage directions omitted for ease of reading along fast enough to keep up), with some background on the fic for context: David has, at this point, convinced Alastor they were best friends in the 20s, and made friends with Angel Dust in a more conventional way. Alastor does not wish to be second-best at anything (we've already got a canon song about that!) and is registering an objection from the piano.

...That's probably still incomprehensible, but the point is, it scans. You gotta ignore the intro and start reading when the treble kicks in, but I do think it scans.

ALASTOR: Funnily, we’re both used to dining with refinement Trust two chefs to know I thought our dinner was almost perfect When the waiter served it But then you fondle The ketchup bottle! There’s bearnaise right there on the platter, what’s the matter? Must you stoop so low? Horrors! It’s just as if you called the sous-chef over —  “This needs salting!” So insulting! DAVID: Darling! The sauce is no improvement If the meat is poor With ketchup, there’s no dressing there to dress up  No one loves a pompous bore, Bestie! A: If that’s better, I’ll do better Don’t we both play well together? Formal wear is not required Friendship outshines one’s attire And I won’t mind, I won’t pretend Remember I’m your dearest friend I won’t compete, it’s not a test I can’t be beat, I’m always best D: Although your doubtful dedication’s Quite despicable I don’t envy your situation That’s forgivable A: I’m dedicated when it’s worth it Is that true for you? And of course my friends deserve it What I’d do for you! D: Oh, I forgot, my poor coat is soaking Might you mop up my reckless joking? A: If that’s better, I’ll do better Don’t we both play well together? D: And one more thing, I’m a little squeamish You think we could keep the murders cleanish? A: If that’s better, I’ll do better Don’t we both play well together? D: You’re so competitive Do you just want to win? A (counterpoint) : (If that’s better, I’ll do better) D: Hey, I need devotion, too, if you’ve a notion to! You can’t be listening Might you do anything? A: (If that’s better, I’ll do better) D: A fur coat, a fancy car, how ‘bout a chocolate bar? A: If that’s better, I’ll do better Don’t we both play well together? D: For the salt lick, I hope I’m forgiven? I show respect with little gifts given A: If that’s better, I’ll do better Don’t we both play well together? D: If I’ve annoyed, I think I should mention I just enjoy all kinds of attention A: And I won’t mind, I won’t pretend Remember I’m your dearest friend I won’t compete, it’s not a test I can’t be beat, I’m always best And I won’t mind, I won’t pretend Remember I’m your dearest friend I won’t compete… D: Can we have sex? A: I ca… [spoken] Old friend, if you were a woman… I’d turn lavender [note: 20s slang for gay] with shame. D: Ah. Tant pis! Shave and a haircut, no sale!

It diverges at the end, they need time to talk to each other, but it's very close!

And I should add how I "transcribed" the music to write that, because it almost broke me. It was so silly I started cackling and had to confess what I was doing and show the spouse the placeholder lyrics. You see, transcribing the beats and stresses as dashes and numbers wasn't working, so I decided to use words. I decided to listen to this music over and over, trying to find words that had a matching rhythm, and place them into stanzas with a rhyming scheme. THIS is what THAT looks like:

It’s okay it’s not even ready it’s a steady It’s an onion bowl Oh but it’s not a begonia-bopper It’s a hot dog topper It’s a taco And it’s a tico It’s okay it’s not even ready it’s a steady It’s an onion bowl Oh ba-by but it’s not a holy hanger it’s a radio And it’s okay but it’s just a Samples! It’s not a rosy robber It’s an onion bowl It’s not a motherfucking compsognathus  It is just an onion bowl But it’s Not a pony in a pickup It’s a doughnut in a slicker It’s no pony in a pickup It’s a tuesday hiccup coat And scrambled eggs, and scrambled eggs And applesauce, and applesauce And jellybeans and jellybeans And polka dots and polka dots It isn’t very much to listen It’s okay but it’s Not much of a good decision It’s okay but it’s It isn’t very much to listen It’s okay but it’s Not much of a good decision It’s okay but it’s Not a dog, it’s okay but it isn’t Not a dog, it’s okay but it isn’t Not a pony in a pickup It’s a doughnut in a slicker Not a dog, it’s okay but it isn’t Not a dog, it’s okay but it isn’t Not a pony in a pickup It’s a doughnut in a slicker It’s a blue doughnut boy he’s got a taco truck (not a pony in a pickup) And it’s a tree it’s a tree it’s a tree but it’s not It’s a blue doughnut boy he’s got a taco truck (not a pony in a pickup) And it’s a tree it’s a tree it’s a tree but it’s not Not a pony in a pickup It’s a doughnut in a slicker It’s not a puddle puck in a piston It’s just a whiny duck who won’t listen Not a pony in a pickup It’s a doughnut in a slicker It’s not a puddle puck in a piston It’s just a whiny duck who won’t listen And scrambled eggs, and scrambled eggs And applesauce, and applesauce And jellybeans and jellybeans And polka dots and polka dots And scrambled eggs, and scrambled eggs And applesauce, and applesauce And jellybeans and jellybeans And polk— It’s not anybody it is just a Camaro cap!

I can't sing that version either ("It's not a motherfucking compsognathus!" I'm dying! 😵I'm dead!) but I'm still fond of it. And look, it worked! Kinda!

If I want to do this for the actual serial, I may have to pick simpler music, or simplify it by choosing PART of the melody to use and repeat. I can't write or read musical notation, but most people can't either, so if I can link you to a piano roll or someone's recording of an old record, we can both sing along on the internet. And maaaybe some day I'll be able to record something. I wouldn't be good at playing or singing, but if you throw enough money at me, I can pay someone!

SO PLEASE GO BEG PEOPLE TO READ ME AND GIVE ME MONEY! THANK YOU!

[bopsweneverforgot]

Before she was Dolly Parton Jr. , she was Keyshia Coke Jr.

[artdecoandmodernist]

Robert Bonfils, En écoutant Satie (Listening to Satie), in Modes et manières d'aujourd'hui: 9e année, 1920 (Paris: Jules Meynial, [1922]), plate 11.

Reproduced from Charles Rahn Fry's copy, now in the Charles Rahn Fry Pochoir Collection, Princeton University Library.

[nostalgiagirlie]

Taylor Swift: Midnights

Release date: October 21st, 2022.

Track listing: 13 tracks

Running time: 44 min 8 sec

1. Lavender Haze

2. Maroon

3. Anti Hero

4. Snow On The Beach (Feat. Lana Del Rey)

5. You're On Your Own Kid

6. Midnight Rain

7. Question...?

8. Vigilante Shit

9. Bejeweled

10. Labyrinth

11. Karma

12. Sweet Nothing

13. Mastermind

Taylor Swift: Midnights (3am Edition)

Release date: October 22, 2022.

Track listing: 20 tracks

Running time: 1hr 9 min

(Bonus tracks)

14. The Great War

15. Bigger Than The Whole Sky

16. Paris

17. High Infidelity

18. Glitch

19. Would've, Could've, Should've

20. Dear Reader

Taylor Swift: Midnights (Til Dawn edition) (2nd deluxe edition)

Release date: May 26th, 2023.

Track listing: 23 tracks

Running time: 1hr 20 min

(Bonus tracks)

21. Hits Different

22. Snow On The Beach (Feat. Lana Del Rey) (extended)

23. Karma (remix) (Feat. Ice Spice)

Taylor Swift: Midnights (Late Night edition)

Release date: May 26th, 2023

Track listing: 21

Running time: unknown

(Bonus tracks)

24. You're Losing Me

[rowkhan]

Me: Compulsively adds the Lackadaisy sound track to my Spotify after weeks of listening to metal.

Spotify: *Dies of wiplash*

[manysmallhands]

FearOfMu21c #36

U.S. Girls - 4 American Dollars

Released - Feb 10 2020

Did not chart

Spotify streams to date - 4,720,327

Meg Remy has a longstanding record of fusing pop and disco to socially conscious lyrics and 4 American Dollars is the kind of thing she does really well, setting an uncompromisingly political story to a track so immensely funky that you barely have time to think about what any of it means. In truth, I could easily have gone with last year’s choice - the poppy yet enigmatic Rosebud - but the sunny immediacy of this song ended up giving it a late edge.

Lyrically it’s compelling, contrasting symbols of wealth and poverty to expose the lie at the heart of the American dream - that we can all make it if only we’d just try hard enough (as Meg notes drily in the chorus, “you gotta have boots if you wanna lift those bootstraps”). But what always demolishes me completely is the remarkable section from about halfway thru, where she launches into an insanely catchy chant about the value of money - “I don’t believe in pennies and nickels and dimes and dollars and pesos and pounds and…”  - which cascades through the entire second half of the track, turning her utopian outlook into ecstatic dancefloor vibes, shot through with shimmering funk guitar and gospel vocals. 

An unmitigated moment of joy rescued from the binfire of late capitalism, 4 American Dollars illustrates one of the most important things about U.S. Girls: that while she never lets you forget the mess that surrounds us, Meg is absolutely gonna keep dancing til the bailiffs come and will probably kick their asses too if she gets half a chance. While so much of her message comes from a righteous and justified fury, it’s the sugar she adds to the pill that makes it so highly addictive.

[fangomusic]

Tyler, The Creator, Call Me If You Get Lost (2021).

[possiblyrhodri]

Dance Yourself Clean - Losing Focus [Official Audio]