#British Jazz/R&B

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"WE USED TO PLAY AS A TRIO BEFORE GRAHAM GOT THE ORGAN, WITH JUST ALTO SAX, GINGER AND ME."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a group portrait The Graham Bond Organisation (GBO), British jazz/rhythm and blues group of the mid-1960s. This photograph was later used as cover art to the band's second studio album, also released in 1965, "There's a Bond Between Us."

L to R: Ginger Baker (drums), Jack Bruce (bass guitar), Graham Bond (vocals, keyboards, alto-saxophone), and Dick Heckstall-Smith (tenor/soprano saxophone).

PSYCHEDELIC BABY MAGAZINE: "Can you tell me briefly about how you hooked up with Graham Bond, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Ginger Baker to play in Alexis Korner’s band?"

JACK BRUCE: "Well, I’d sat in with Dick’s band at a May Ball in Cambridge, and then he spent a long time looking for me and when he eventually found me he said I should come and audition for Alexis. This was the original band with Cyril Davies, Dick, Alexis, Johnny Parker and myself. This was the most settled line-up, where Ronnie Jones off the US bases would sit in with us. Then Graham joined. That’s how it all started."

PSYCHEDELIC BABY: "What was the reason you guys broke away from Alexis’s group?"

JACK BRUCE: "I came in one day and Graham handed in my notice for me. He resigned Ginger and me. (much laughing from both Jack and me). I didn’t speak to Alexis for years after that, but that was the kind of guy Graham was. I was just a kid really, I was only about 19."

PSYCHEDELIC: "How responsive were the audiences to this new R&B group?"

JACK: "We used to play as a trio before Graham got the organ, with just alto sax, Ginger and me. That was enjoyable. Then we became just about the hardest working band in the country. We used to open loads of clubs, like the Hanley R&B club in about ’65 or so. But it was just the kids that used to come and see us and they’d just go crazy. We were funny looking too, we weren’t just some boy band."

Sources: www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2019/10/jack-bruce-interview.html & Sophology 101 (blogspot).

[maggiethecatchatterley]

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[oshikiri-toru]

Thinking about the 141's music taste

I know deep in my soul that Soap is into classic dad rock, classic metal (nothing too heavy), and some hype hip hop (only the songs you'd hear on a school bus full of high schoolers going to an away game type shit) and has no clue about anything else

Gaz strikes me as a 90s/00s R&B lover first and foremost. He'll dabble in anything on the Hot 100, too, and loves a good female pop star (think Gaga, Beyonce, Charlie XCX). I also think he'd be into EDM, but really only listens to it at club's/raves

Price is one of those freaks that don't really listen to music. He's big on sports radio, podcasts, and silence. When he does listen to music, though, it's probably the Beatles or some other classic British band because that's what his dad listened to

Ghost is more complicated because I want to go obvious and say anything alternative (goth, punk, emo), but I also think it'd be funny as hell for him to get the aux and it's just pure pop (think Britney Spears, Kesha, Katy Perry). I like to think he listens to everything and just picks whatever is funniest at the moment. Someone wants hype gym music? Bam. Classical. Looking for something soft and moody? Fuck you. He's putting on speedcore.

Laswell likes soft background noise. White noises (brown, green, etc), rain recordings with some piano, maybe some smooth jazz or lo-fi if she's feeling crazy. Sometimes audiobooks. When she's drunk though, she'll bring out the 90s hip hop and go absolutely nuts, rapping the entirety of wu-tang clans discography without a sweat.

They all absolutely hate each other's music taste and will fight to the death over the aux cord. It caused enough fights that they are all required to wear headphones unless they are driving.

[olderthannetfic]

Hi, I wasn't that anon but I have a PhD in music history and these responses to that Spotify post (much as I don't understand why that was sent to you) are hurting me. All I'm going to say is that if you're responding with "why is it always black people?" please take a history of popular music class if you genuinely do not understand why it is black people who get the focus when it comes to POPULAR MUSIC. (to be clear, this in this sense does not mean just "pop," but any genre that is not classical music or traditional folk music - so, rock, country, metal, R&B, hip hop, jazz all fall here, too)

Anon's whole point was that this is not a typical "minority representation" discussion, but one where the minority in question has always been dominant in this particular art form, in these particular genres, including being the majority in some of the ones Tumblr as a whole (maybe not the readership here specifically) really likes. You can't just import what you'd say about representation in any other medium. "Great black popular music artists" is not like, say, "great black filmmakers," it's more like "great female romance novelists." I don't even have to go out of my way to include black artists when I teach about American or British popular music, the way I do somewhat when I'm teaching about classical music. Yes, even from eras where the US popular music industry did their best to segregate them - you still had black artists who were influential and popular enough that they had lots of white audiences. Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole come to mind.

I agree that just looking at people's Spotify Wrapped is not the greatest metric - as you said, what if someone was just listening to songs on there by a few artists. I use my Spotify mostly for playlists for my college classes I teach, so this particular year I was teaching a lot of Japanese popular music courses, and so they ended up being disproportionately Japanese. (I still had some black artists I was listening to in other contexts, though.) So my results tend to be odd and not very representative of their point. But I think I agree with the general point of why Black Tumblr users do this. Regardless, when people are responding to this with the same old discourse they use for every other discussion like this with something where black people (or whichever group) are UNDERrepresented, then they need to know that they missed the central point.

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I get it, but truly, the number of weird nerds who don't listen to popular music from the Anglophone world in any kind of normal pattern is really, really high, and the amount that people get attacked even when it doesn't make sense is also very high. I know you and others are like "Well, we weren't talking about you", but when it comes to getting yelled at, they're quite right in thinking it is about them. That is how this nonsense always plays out, and it isn't necessarily black users spearheading it either.

This is US centrism wank boiling over, among other factors. The number of fans from outside the anglophone world coming at fandom from an all Asian media all the time place was high on my tumblr even during the years when I was completely out of Asian media fandoms. Now that I'm back in an Asian media phase, it's even higher. And that's just one cultural group that's going to be pissed about this kind of topic.

A couple of people have made stupidass comments, including about rap (quelle surprise), but the anger at being expected to know or care who Kendrick Lamar et al. are is not surprising.

Nobody should be looking at spotify wrapped this way in the first place.

In fact, nobody should be looking at spotify wrapped this year at all.

The real conversation should be about firing programmers and replacing them with incompetent AI.

[sonic-wildfire]

10 Artists in Rotation - Team Rose!

List of artists and corresponding genres for each character below the cut!

Navigation: [Team Sonic] | [Team Dark] | [Team Rose] (you are here!) | [Team Chaotix] | [Team Silver] | [Babylon Rogues] | [Team Eggman] | [Infinite & Mephiles]

Amy:

War (jazz-funk, soul, funk rock, progressive soul, psychedelic soul)

Janet Jackson (contemporary R&B, dance pop, new jack swing, Minneapolis sound, electropop)

The Blackbyrds (jazz-funk, disco, soul)

Joni Mitchell (singer-songwriter, contemporary folk, folk pop, jazz pop, vocal jazz)

Fiona Apple (singer-songwriter, piano rock, art pop, jazz pop, progressive pop)

Madonna (dance pop, electropop, synthpop, art pop)

Britney Spears (dance pop, electropop, teen pop, contemporary R&B, electro-house)

The Supremes (Motown sound, pop, soul, disco)

Herbie Hancock (jazz fusion, jazz-funk, post-bop, hard bop, electro, avant-garde jazz)

The Temptations (soul, Motown sound, psychedelic soul, pop soul, progressive soul, contemporary R&B)

Cream:

David Bowie (art rock, pop rock, glam rock, art pop, new wave)

No Doubt (pop rock, alternative rock, third-wave ska, ska punk, electropop, power pop)

The Smiths (jangle pop, indie pop, indie rock, post-punk)

They Might Be Giants (geek rock, indie pop, children's music, pop rock, power pop)

Elton John (pop rock, piano rock, adult contemporary, singer-songwriter, soft rock)

Tears for Fears (pop rock, synthpop, new wave, art pop, big music)

Hall & Oates (pop rock, pop soul, new wave, soft rock, yacht rock)

Cream (blues rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, jam band)

Billy Joel (piano rock, pop rock, singer-songwriter, soft rock, pop, heartland rock)

Big:

Steely Dan (pop rock, jazz-rock, yacht rock, jazz pop, soft rock)

Jimmy Buffett (tropical rock, singer-songwriter, country rock, pop rock, soft rock, country pop)

The Surfaris (surf rock, rock and roll)

Crosby, Stills & Nash (folk rock, pop rock, soft rock, yacht rock, singer-songwriter, folk pop)

Reel Big Fish (ska punk, third-wave ska, alternative rock)

Seals & Crofts (singer-songwriter, soft rock, yacht rock, folk rock, folk pop)

Bob Dylan (singer-songwriter, folk rock, contemporary folk, pop rock, blues rock, roots rock)

The Beach Boys (pop rock, vocal surf, sunshine pop, baroque pop, psychedelic pop, progressive pop)

Neil Young (singer-songwriter, folk rock, country rock, contemporary folk, hard rock)

The Rolling Stones (blues rock, British R&B, pop rock, rock and roll, hard rock)

[brynnterpretations]

THE BOYS' MUSIC TASTES ☻

Click each character's name to see a custom-made playlist for them with song-to-song transitions!

Annie January (Starlight)

Since she was thirteen, Annie has religiously listened to female-led pop-punk such as Alanis Morissette, Garbage, No Doubt, Veruca Salt, and Hole. Even when she was, by all extents, "a good Christian girl" who was expected to shut up and sit pretty, Annie held a fierce nature that she expressed through her music tastes. To avoid being exorcised from her mother (half-joking-half-not-joking), hid her CDs in her old toy chest at the foot of her bed. She keeps them on a neat shelf in she and Hughie's apartment to this day.

Billy Butcher

Billy is an OG punk fan, particularly of the British variety, with his favorite bands being The Clash, Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys, Ramones, and Black Flag. Ever the rebellious spirit, Billy's music reflects that, and has since he was a child; when times with his father were particularly rough, he'd head down to the nearby record stor with his little brother and haunt the aisles looking for something of interest, where he found his to-be all-time favorite band, The Clash.

Frenchie

Frenchie enjoys psychedelic-rock (and just straight psychedelic) music in both French and English, with some of his favorite artists being The Mystery Lights, Juniore, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Limiñanas, and Allah-Las. At first influenced by his heavy-stoner friend group in middle school, Frenchie began developing his own tastes into what they became to this day through a lot of house-shows, concerts, and drugs: per the name, the bands he's into are intertwined with social drug use.

Hughie Campbell

So, obviously, Billy Joel — but, believe it or not, Hughie does listen to other music. He loves '80s and '60s music, specifically Daryl Hall & John Oates, The Beach Boys, Elton John, The Monkees, and TOTO. His music taste came from either the radio (Eagles, Wham!) or his Dad (The Animals, The Beatles), and Hughie prides himself on having an old-school taste in music, no matter how mainstream the bands may be.

Kimiko Miyashiro

Kimiko loves jazz (particularly its "bebop" subsection) and R&B from the '40s, '50s, and '60s, with a particular love for Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, and Billie Holliday. When she was unfettered from the Shining Light Liberation Army, Kimiko didn't have much music to choose from besides an old Waklkman she swiped from a snoozing man on the streets of Brooklyn. For the next few years, she wore the Walkman and its headphones thin. Currently, she owns a sick vinyl player with an impressive catalogue of Dinah Washington records.

Marvin T. Milk (Mother's Milk/M.M.)

If it isn't obvious enough from his shirts, old-school rap. Growing up in Harlem, M.M. was both surrounded by the rap scene and deeply connected to the values it held (and continues to hold) of Black strength, resilience, and culture. From childhood to adulthood, M.M. has broadened a diverse taste in '80s to '90s rap and hip-hop from mainstream to obscure, and especially loves Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions, and Run—D.M.C.

[jokeroutsubs]

Yugoslavia and yugo rock

Joker Out’s new song, Šta bih ja, was inspired by yugorock! Not sure what that means? JokerOutSubs has got you!

‘Yugo rock’ or ‘Yu rock’ is rock with some elements derived from traditional/ethnic/folklore music, as well as other musical genres, including blues, country, reggae, jazz rock and rockabilly. They were added to appease the public, since rock itself was considered a western influence. 

Rock music in Yugoslavia became popular in the sixties. Before that, after the second world war, partisan songs were more popular. This is music associated with resistance groups that fought German occupation across Yugoslavia, Italy and other parts of Eastern Europe. However, in 1956, the Cominform (a coordinated body of communist parties across Europe, designed to keep all communist governments following Stalinist principles) was dissolved. After this point, the connection with the Soviet Union was severed and music tastes began to change accordingly. 

With influences from the west, rock music started gaining popularity. At first, musicians only sang covers of foreign songs (as closely to the original as possible) but in the sixties, bands such as Indexi started making original music. In the seventies, Bijelo dugme were formed and became incredibly popular. At the same time, Parni valjak were also rising to fame. However, the ‘new wave’ of Yugo rock was said to be started by a group called Buldožer.

Some characteristics of New Wave were more political lyrics and taking inspiration from punk. The most famous New Wave bands in Yugoslavia were Azra, Idoli, Prljavo kazalište, Električni orgazam, Psihomodo pop and, in Slovenia at the time, Lačni Franz, Buldožer and Pankrti (an interview with their singer Peter Lovšin can be found at    • [ENG SUB] Bojan Cvjetićanin about roc...  ). 

A second New Wave generation from Belgrade emerged in later years. Among their representatives were Partibrejkers (formed 1982). They combined the blues with British R and B, rockabilly and classic rock and roll. 

In 1982, the groups Ekaterina Velika and Disciplina Kičme (Disciplin A Kitschme) were established, contributing to the second New Wave generation, along with Slovenian group Videosex (formed 1983) with singer Anja Rupel. One of their most famous songs, a cover of 'Zemlja pleše,' can be found at    • Videosex - Zemlja Plese - The Original

The New Wave was characterised by a burst of creativity and activity in the music scene across the region, with many artists emerging and creating excellent music in a short period of time. Many have drawn parallels between the New Wave era and today, where in Slovenia many young bands are gaining recognition. This parallel is only strengthened by the fact that Joker Out, one of the most successful young bands in Slovenia today, have a song named Novi val (New Wave). 

The socio-political significance

Yugoslavia (1918–1992), a federal republic, was made up of six republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia). Despite the differences between the republics one could argue that the pop-cultural identity was so strong, having influence that went beyond government control and the ability to connect people through the region, that it could be named as the seventh republic. Besides sport, yugorock was one of the last connecting links within a  country that was drifting apart in a variety of areas, including economic. 

Important yugorock bands 

Bijelo Dugme: Considered by many to be the biggest Yugo rock band, Bijelo Dugme were formed in 1974 in Sarajevo. They were the biggest trendsetters in rock music at the time. They had a huge influence on Joker Out since their earliest days as a band. In the 'Kofi brejk' interview Bojan shared that the first concert he ever attended was by Bijelo Dugme, and they were also mentioned several times by Joker Out as having had a big influence on the whole band. In addition, Joker Out covered two of their songs, ‘Selma’ (Radio Koper, 32 min) and ‘Djurdjevdan’ (Belgrade concert, 3.11.2023). You can check out some more of their songs on our playlist linked at the bottom of this post!

Plavi orkestar were formed in 1983 in Sarajevo and had a rich career with eight albums, releasing hits such as ‘Ako su to samo bile laži’, ‘Lovac i košuta’, ‘Odlazim’, ‘Bolje biti pijan nego star’, ‘Suada’ and many more. Some media outlets, like Jutarnji list and Mladina have compared Joker Out’s style to theirs, and Bojan also mentioned Plavi orkestar as one of the bands that influenced him.

Parni valjak are a Croatian band, formed in 1975 in Zagreb. They had many ‘evergreen’ hits, including ‘Sve još miriše na nju’, ‘Jesen u meni’ and ‘Zastave’. In the Carpe Diem series, when asked whom they would listen to forever if they could only choose one artist, Jure chose Parni valjak. At Arsenal Fest in 2023, Bojan interrupted an interview to sing along to ‘Jesen u meni’ as they were playing in the background! 

Indexi were a Bosnian band, who were active from 1962 to 2001. They were extremely influential, with hits like ‘Svijet u kome živim’ and ‘Negdje u kraju, u zatišju’, and became known as the ‘pioneers of psychedelic rock and roll.’ In the Kurir interview, Bojan mentions them as one of his musical role models.

Ekatarina velika, sometimes shortened to EKV, were a Serbian band who were active between 1982 and 1994. They are considered one of the most influential artists in the yugorock scene, with popular songs like ‘Krug’, ‘Par godina na nas’ and ‘Srce’. In the Rdeče in črno interview, Bojan’s voice was compared to that of the lead singer in Ekatarina velika. 

Idoli were one of the most remarkable new wave bands based in Belgrade, active during the early 80's. They are regarded as one of the most outstanding and influential representatives of the Yugoslav rock music and their album 'Odbrana i poslednji dani' ('Defense and The Last Days') was voted as the greatest Yugoslav rock album of all time. During the Kurir interview, Bojan mentioned that ‘Ona’ was inspired by Idoli and their unique sound.

Songs Joker Out have mentioned 

‘Računajte na nas’ by Đorđe Balašević is a very important yugorock song in Joker Out’s history, as it inspired the lyrics of ‘Carpe Diem’. While ‘Računajte na nas’ (‘Count on Us’) is about a generation standing up and fighting for peace, Bojan switched the lyric to ‘ne računajte na nas’ (don’t count on us), meaning that you cannot count on them to join in with the ‘game of hatred’ pervasive in modern society. 

‘Kreni prema meni’ is a song performed by Partibrejkers, a Serbian rock band from Belgrade, known for their rebellious energy, both in sound and spirit. The band is still active and well received all over former Yugoslav countries. The song was covered by Joker Out at the Lent festival in 2018.

‘Sanjao sam moju Ružicu’ by Leteći odred was covered by Apokalipsa, Bojan’s former band, in 2015 during Vičstock Avdicija. Bojan also sang it at the Prulček bar with Buržuzija, Kris and Jan’s former band. Leteći odred is a Croatian pop band with a prosperous and successful musical career and performances for over 30 years.

In September 2016, Joker Out posted a setlist from one of their earliest gigs on their Instagram. It included three notable yugorock song covers - ‘Frida’ by Psihomodopop, ‘Motori’ by Divlje jagode and ‘Ne Zovi Mama Doktora’ by Prljavo Kazalište.

If you’d like to listen to any of these artists or songs, check out our curated playlist on YouTube or Spotify!

Sources:

Kregar, Tone, et al. Za domovino - z rockom naprej! Jugo rock: slovensko-srbske paralele. Muzej novejše zgodovine Celje. 2020.

Perković, Ante, and Lah, Klemen. Sedma republika: pop kultura in razpad Jugoslavije. Zenit, 2018.

[connorsnothereeither]

in a hyperthetical modern au, what tv shows or music you think your characters would like?

hmmmmm I’ve been cooking on this question since you sent it-

Ulysses: I feel like Ulysses is very folk music and blues, leaning into jazz maybe, when it comes to what he listens to. Maybe some classic rock in there, and I sometimes picture him listening to big band music from like,,, early 20th century, for some reason. I honestly really think,,, that Ulysses loves sitcoms and soap operas. I think he likes things like Friends, How I Met Your Mother, maybe even leaning into things like the Office. I think he fucking ADORES Grey’s Anatomy. If it’s not his favourite it’s close. Ulysses would find them comforting: long running shows with endless episodes. Something he could put on as a safety blanket because they’re like familiar friends. A season by season chronology of these characters lives; learning, growing, falling in love, discovering themselves. It’s the find of thing he writes about, after all. The history of peoples lives.

Virgil: Music wise, I think he listens to classical music a lot of the time honestly? I think he just likes it as background noise. The obvious answer feels like it would be true crime… but I don’t think so. I think Virgil knows true crime would be harmful for him to watch because it would feed his paranoia. But I think he LOVES quirky procedural dramas and monster of the week shows. Psych, Bones, Elementary, veering into the realms of Twin Peaks, X-Files, Buffy and Supernatural, even Gravity Falls. Things where there’s enough meat for him to sink his problem solving conspiracy brain into the lore, and the magic systems, and the week by week whodunnits, but fictional enough that he can, if he needs to, pull himself away.

Daniel Thorns: I think Dan in a modern AU would dig folk music a lot. I also think he’s a big fan of… whatever kind of horny yearning modern alt rock shit the can Dan & Neph playlist has going on lmao- but he probably has a soft spot for 2000s pop rock. In terms of TV… I don’t know honestly. I don’t think he’s the kind of guy to watch TV much. I think he likes,,, cooking shows. Great British Bake-off type beat. I think he puts them on in the background while he crafts and does leather working :)

Leopold: points at this 1920s bitch. That’s a Jazz Man. He likes Jazz. Even in modern day. In terms of TV shows, I think Leopold has a guilty pleasure for cosy mystery shows. Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Murder She Wrote, maybe even something like Only Murders in the Building. He just thinks they’re fun and cosy and he curls up with a hot drink and blankets on his big couch to watch them at night before he goes to bed. I think Daisy and Owen say they hate them and it’s cringey but will also get super engrossed walking by halfway through an episode, and up falling asleep on the couch with him while he watches them, and when he’s finished Leo carries them each to their room, despite the fact they’re like, fully 18 and 16.

C.W. Hare: This is gonna sound like a bad rabbit joke. But genuinely… I think he’d really like hip hop. Hip hop, R&B, potentially rap. I don’t know, there’s an energy to him that just screams it to me. TV show wise is complicated… I’m not sure honestly. I don’t think he watches a ton of TV by himself, but I think he will watch anything his friends put on because he wants to spend time with them and engage with the things they like. He’d watch anything J. Amp, or even Beckett, Artisan, or potentially even Jay puts on. He doesn’t watch the show for the show, he watches it to spend time with people.

[heroshifter]

★ Music you can listen in your DR ★

(from 60's to 90's)

𓈒 ﹒ ☆ 𓂂 ˚ ☆ ꙳ * ࣭ ࣭

→ 60's ←

The Rolling stones (rock)

Pink floyd (rock)

The Mamas and the Papas (folk rock)

Marvin Gaye (R&B/soul)

Tammi Terrell (R&B/soul)

Louis Armstrong (jazz)

Beatles (rock/pop)

The Animals (rock/R&B/British blues)

Ben E. King (R&B)

Frank Sinatra (jazz)

→ 70's ←

The cure (rock)

T.rex (rock/ late 60's but their album were published in 70's so I put them here.)

Mott the Hoople (rock)

Slade (rock)

David Bowie (rock)

Queen (rock)

ABBA (pop)

Boney M. (Pop)

Eagles (rock)

Kiss (hard rock)

→ 80's ←

the Smiths (indie rock)

Radiohead (rock)

Black Tambourine (indie pop)

Sonic youth (alt rock)

Fugazi (punk)

Dead Kennedys (hardcore punk)

Bad brains (punk)

Eurythmics (pop punk)

Madonna (pop)

Guns and roses (rock)

→ 90's ←

Rage against the machine (rock, in fact it's more complex than that but it's rock)

Green day (punk)

Red Aunts (punk)

Nirvana (rock)

Audioslave (rock)

Limp Bizkit (metal)

Linkin park (alt rock/metal)

Slipknot (metal)

Fugees (Hip-hop)

Coolio (rap)

𓈒 ﹒ ☆ 𓂂 ˚ ☆ ꙳ * ࣭ ࣭

[thebibutterflyao3]

Marauders/Emeralds Era Characterisation/Builds/Backgrounds in my fics

-I’ve seen a few newbies looking for head-canons to try out in their fics. Feel free to use any of these.

-there is some variation, of course, plus some of my fics are set at the younger Hogwarts ages, but usually in this order from tallest to shortest as adults:

Remus Lupin (6’ 1”-6’4”) - typically an inch or two taller than James, but rarely quite tall. Lanky, long-limbed with curly dirty blond/light brown hair. Sometimes, he’s stronger than he looks, other times he’s a wet noodle. Disabled (usually physically, but sometimes with Tourette’s or Epilepsy). Introvert. Classic literature/fantasy novel buff. Neutral Good. Welsh. Bisexual with a preference for men. Smokes occasionally, prefers weed.

James Potter (around 6’) - athletic with strong upper body, solid but rarely super muscular. Wears glasses, intelligent, and has ADHD. Chaotic Good. Messy curls. Wide open music taste, but always Queen and a sucker for a ballad. Deep voice. Extrovert. Deeply romantic. Usually Desi via Euphemia, but love the Latinx James hc. Bisexual>Pansexual (used interchangeably for James). Non-smoker.

Barty Crouch Jr. (around 6’) - athletic, but slim. This man has no arse. Stronger than he looks. British, but love the hc that he’s Italian. Burnt out gifted kid, occasionally tech savvy. Heavy-metal and emo fan. Usually has ODD. Extrovert. Chaotic Evil. Omnisexual or Bi with a preference for mascs. Often with tattoos and/or piercings. Heavy smoker.

Dorcas Meadowes (5’9-5’11) - athletic, or slender with some curves. Black, British, and the most intelligent of the group. Long braids. Ambivert. Love her characterisation as a good Slytherin. True Neutral. Listens to R&B, but secretly loves pop music, mostly sapphic artists. Occasionally has Depression. Neither butch or femme exclusive, bit of both. Bisexual or Lesbian. Non-smoker.

Evan Rosier (5’9”-5’10”) - painfully average floppy-haired blond white boy with a tan. Neutral Evil. Solid build. Grunge music fan. Piercings rather than tattoos. French or British. Ambivert. Demisexual. Prefers edibles or shrooms to smoking.

Regulus Black (5’7”-5’10”) - usually a hair taller than Sirius, but he was shorter by a bit once or twice. Chin-length wavy hair. French. Writer (poetry) and/or musical prodigy. Introvert. Slim to average build. Lawful Evil. Anxiety, OCD, and/or Autistic. Classical music or jazz, nothing with lyrics. I have written him as intersex (or trans in a few WIPs), but usually a gay cis man. Non-smoker, mostly. Social drinker, but overestimates his tolerance.

Sirius Black (5’8”-5’10”) - most attractive amongst the guys. Usually slim, but strong and flexible. Highly intelligent, but easily bored and uninterested in academics. Artistic (painter) and/or musical (percussion instruments). Rock/grunge junkie. Shoulder-length hair and tattooed. Chaotic Good/Chaotic Neutral. Sometimes ADD, often emotionally stunted with abandonment issues. Heavy drinker, occasional smoker.

Mary McDonald (5’8”-5’10”) - depends on the fic, but always in heels so she seems taller. Curvy queen. Most attractive and socially aware of the entire group, extremely trendy, designs/sews a lot of her own clothes, high-femme. Prefers soulful music and light pop. Popular, but keeps her emotions buried. High expectations. Does not suffer fools. Lawful Neutral. Black, British, and extroverted. Natural hair. Social smoker and drinker. Neurotypical. Aromantic or lesbian.

Lily Evans (5’6”-5’8”) - very curvy to plus-size. Super long dark red hair, often braided with a fringe. Academic overachiever, Lawful Good, pretty, and fiery/defensive when confronted. Fantasy book nerd. Introvert. Neurotypical with anxiety. Pop music girlie. Artistic (usually sketching). Welsh/British. Non-smoker. Bisexual>Pansexual (used interchangeably for Lily) or Femme Lesbian, but rarely wears make-up.

Marlene McKinnon (around 5’6”) - athletic/ stocky queen with thick thighs. Blonde, usually in a ponytail and shoulder-length with fringe. Scottish/British. Music-obsessed (mostly 70-80s rock) and lives in band tees and Docs. Tattooed. Extrovert. Chaotic Neutral. Social smoker, but rarely. ADHD. Butch lesbian who loves eye-liner. Occasional short skirt to break Dorcas’s brain.

Peter Pettigrew (5’5”-5’7”) - stocky/plus-size, straight blond hair. British. Logical and strategic, but struggles with abstract concepts. Chess player, comic book collector, video game/movie buff, and weed fiend, but non-smoker. People-pleaser and supportive of his friends, but ambivalent around strangers. Ambivert. Asexual, unlabeled, Questioning.

Pandora Lovegood (5’-5’3”) - always petite and slim. Long blonde hair, usually loose or in elaborate half-updos (like Phoebe Buffet in Friends). Hippie vibes and high-femme. Usually Autistic. Ambivert -depends on who she’s with. French. Animal lover, compassionate, high-strung, a gossip but rarely maliciously, collects crystals. Pansexual. Non-smoker, but open to experimentation. Rarely drinks.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"....IN THE HANDS OF MID-'60s YOUNG BLUES FREAKS AND JAZZBOS."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a c. 1964 EMI promotional shot of THE GRAHAM BOND ORGANISATION (a.k.a. GBO), a British jazz/rhythm and blues group of the mid-1960s consisting of bandleader Graham Bond, saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith, and the rhythm section of Jack Bruce, & Ginger Baker.

"This one’s 2am with a matte black finish. The Organisation’s take on the traditional blues holler done up in the hands of mid-sixties young blues freaks and jazzbos. A tonic by the way of The Graham Bond Organization’s "The Sound of 65.""

-- AQUARIUM DRUNKARD, on the GBO track "Early in the Morning" (1965)

PERSONNEL:

Graham Bond✝ – Hammond organ, vocals, Mellotron, alto saxophone

Dick Heckstall-Smith✝ – tenor saxophone

Jack Bruce✝ – electric and acoustic basses, vocals, harmonica

Ginger Baker✝ – drums

Source: https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2013/05/20/the-graham-bond-organisation-early-in-the-morning.

[fortenik]

Grimmer hcs bc I’ve been thinking of him a lot lately

(This is not mine but I do agree with it) he struggles cutting off his nails bc of the whole thing that happened in Prague

When he speaks english he has British accent, when he speaks spanish he has Castilian Spanish accent.

He has salty tooth

He has a very high spice tolerance

Quite canon but he likes blondie ladies (Tenma was the exception lmfao <man and black haired>)

Constantly he hits his head with the highest part of the door frame, or when he’s getting inside/outside a car.

Never finds the correct size of pants (my man’s way too big)

His hands are always warm (Iwanthimtochokeme)

Tea>>coffee

He smokes (obv not all the time but he does it, one pack of cigarettes lasts about half a year or more and of course he only smokes when he’s stressed or when he’s cold, and never close to children)

He indeed wants to be a father again but he’s afraid to make the same mistakes.

He’s not good in maths, like ofc he can do the basics but don’t ask him the result of y-3y’+2y=24e^-2x

He believes in ghosts and the life outside the Earth

He LOVES music in every shape or form, jazz, classic, pop, rock, indie, blues, r&b, even reggae, he would listen to everything.

[xxrhxysxx]

John Price headcanons #1

this will be multiple parts because I love this man also I'm really trying to write more.

(TW: nothing really, some swearing and very little talk on sexuality and what he finds sexy)

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He likes chocolate ice cream. It is literality his favorite flavor ( he used to eat an unhealthy amount when he was a kid lol)

He’s more of a coffee person than a tea person.

When he was a kid he used to have a cute little doggy named Valorie. He lost her to old age and now really likes the song by Amy Winehouse.

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When he was a kid he also had a big fat crush on Princess Tiana from The Princess and the Frog.

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He almost got married once but it really didn’t work out…

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I personally HC him as unlabeled sexually. he likes both men and women, and if had to pick he would say bisexual but he isn’t sure. He really doesn't care as long as he and whoever he's with are both happy.

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He had a shit ton of black friends growing up lol ( this is probably why he's so fond of Gaz) He most likely had a black girlfriend at some point. Long term too!

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He takes really good care of his beard.

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The first time he had non-British food he damn near left the country permanently. This man was in love ( he specifically loves Indian and Jamaican cuisine)

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He loves 80s-2000s rock but also listens to jazz and R&B.

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Probably has a small crush on Megan Thee Stallion ( it really is not that small lol breaks his neck whenever her name is mentioned in conversation) Gaz is on his ass about it lol

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He has a slight dad-bod

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He thinks open-backed clothes are sexy

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He lives in an apartment it is quite big but it's nothing special. He wants a pet to come home to but he’d be too worried it will die while he is gone.

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He would love his partner no matter what. You would need to do something world-shattering for him to stop loving you.

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He snores so fucking loud omg... (It's bad guys... Real bad)

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. That's it. I had a lot of run writing this and I hope you guys enjoyed reading it my request are in fact open so if anyone what to sent a request I'd be happy to answer it. Tho it might take me a minute because in a slow writer and school is hard lol-rhys☆

[enricobratta]

Sade Adu, the British-Nigerian singer, songwriter, and actress, gained worldwide fame in the 1980s with her smooth, soulful voice and unique blend of jazz, R&B, and pop music. By 1992, she had already become an iconic figure in the music industry, known for her sultry style and emotionally resonant lyrics. Her second studio album, Stronger Than Pride (1988), had cemented her as one of the most distinctive voices of the era. The 1992 photograph taken by renowned photographer Ellen von Unwerth encapsulates the elegance and charisma Sade exuded both on and off stage. Von Unwerth, known for her glamorous and often playful photographs of female musicians and celebrities, captured Sade in a moment that reflected the singer’s signature grace and confident allure.

The early 1990s marked a significant period in Sade's career, as she maintained her status as a global superstar with albums like Love Deluxe (1992), which featured hits like "No Ordinary Love." Sade's music continued to resonate with fans, blending lush melodies with intimate, heartfelt lyrics. Von Unwerth’s photograph from 1992 serves as a visual complement to Sade’s musical evolution, highlighting the effortless chic and mystique that made her an enduring figure in both the music and fashion worlds. As a musician, Sade broke barriers, becoming one of the most successful British female artists in history while maintaining an air of privacy that only added to her mystique.

Sade's influence on both music and culture has continued to endure, with her works inspiring generations of artists across genres. Her combination of sophistication, timeless beauty, and unshakable artistry remains a defining feature of her legacy. The photograph by Ellen von Unwerth captures this essence of Sade, a figure who, even decades after the peak of her fame, remains an icon whose music continues to touch hearts around the world.

[cyarskj1899]

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June is #BlackMusicMonth.⁠ ⁠ This month, we’re honoring the undeniable impact of Black artists, not just with celebration, but with truth.⁠ ⁠ We’re unpacking the roots of our sound, spotlighting the pioneers too often left out of history books, and tracing the legacy that shaped every genre—from gospel to hip-hop, country to rock.⁠ ⁠ Black music is the culture.⁠ ⁠ Follow along as we uncover the stories you may not have been taught, uplift the voices that changed the game, and celebrate OUR history.  #BMMBIN

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Today’s entry is about a rock and roll pioneer who isn’t always recognized as often when you consider the history of iconic rock and roll musicians but deserves recognition anyway .

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (born Rosetta Nubin, March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973)[1] was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospelrecordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar. She was the first great recording star of gospel music, and was among the first gospel musicians to appeal to rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-rollaudiences, later being referred to as "the original soul sister" and "the Godmother of rock and roll".[2][3][4][5] She influenced early rock-and-roll musicians, including Tina Turner, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis.[6][7][8]

Tharpe was a pioneer in her guitar technique; she was among the first popular recording artists to use heavy distortion on her electric guitar, opening the way to the rise of electric blues. Her guitar-playing technique had a profound influence on the development of British blues in the 1960s. Her European tour with Muddy Waters in 1964, with a stop in Manchester on May 7, is cited by British guitarists such as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Keith Richards.[9]

Willing to cross the line between sacred and secular by performing her music of "light" in the "darkness" of nightclubs and concert halls with big bands behind her, Tharpe pushed spiritual music into the mainstream and helped pioneer the rise of pop-gospel, beginning in 1938 with the recording "Rock Me" and with her 1939 hit "This Train".[2][6] Her unique music left a lasting mark on more conventional gospel artists such as Ira Tucker Sr., of the Dixie Hummingbirds.[10] While controversial among conservative religious groups due to her forays into the pop world, she never left gospel music.[10]

Tharpe's 1944 release "Down by the Riverside" was selected for the National Recording Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress in 2004, which noted that it "captures her spirited guitar playing and unique vocal style, demonstrating clearly her influence on early rhythm-and-blues performers" and cited her influence on "many gospel, jazz, and rock artists".[11] ("Down by the Riverside" was recorded by Tharpe on December 2, 1948, in New York City, and issued as Decca single 48106.[12]) Her 1945 hit "Strange Things Happening Every Day", recorded in late 1944, featured Tharpe's vocals and resonator guitar, with Sammy Price(piano), bass and drums. It was the first gospel record to cross over, hitting no. 2 on the Billboard "race records" chart, the term then used for what later became the R&B chart, in April 1945.[2][13] The recording has been cited as a precursor of rock and roll, and alternatively has been called the first rock and roll record.[14][7] In May 2018, Tharpe was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an Early Influence.[15]

[sonic-wildfire]

10 Artists in Rotation - Team Sonic!

List of artists and corresponding genres for each character below the cut!

Navigation: [Team Sonic] (you are here!) | [Team Dark] | [Team Rose] | [Team Chaotix] | [Team Silver] | [Babylon Rogues] | [Team Eggman] | [Infinite & Mephiles]

Sonic:

Venetian Snares (breakcore, drill and bass, IDM, tracker music, acid techno)

Suicidal Tendencies (crossover thrash, hardcore punk, thrash metal, alternative metal, skate punk)

Crass (anarcho-punk, experimental rock, art punk, noise rock)

Diabarha (splittercore, speedcore, extratone, terrorcore)

Atari Teenage Riot (digital breakbeat, industrial rock, breakcore, breakbeat hardcore)

Machine Girl (hardcore breaks, digital hardcore, footwork, drum and bass, EDM)

Slayer (thrash metal, groove metal, crossover thrash, speed metal)

Napalm Death (grindcore, death metal, deathgrind)

MDC (hardcore punk, anarcho-punk)

Rise Against (melodic hardcore, punk rock, alternative rock)

Tails:

The Beatles (pop rock, Merseybeat, rock and roll, psychedelic rock, blues rock)

Fleetwood Mac (pop rock, blues rock, soft rock, British blues, jam band, art rock)

Air Supply (soft rock, adult contemporary, pop rock, AOR)

Bee Gees (pop rock, baroque pop, disco, soft rock, psychedelic pop)

The Killers (pop rock, alternative rock, new wave, post-punk revival)

R.E.M. (alternative rock, jangle pop, pop rock, power pop)

Muse (alternative rock, pop rock, art rock, electropop)

The Smashing Pumpkins (alternative rock, synthpop)

U2 (pop rock, alternative rock, big music, post-punk)

Radiohead (alternative rock, art rock, post-Britpop, post-rock)

Knuckles:

Wu-Tang Clan (hardcore hip-hop, boom bap, conscious hip-hop)

Kendrick Lamar (conscious hip-hop, hardcore hip-hop, pop rap, trap, jazz rap)

The Roots (conscious hip-hop, jazz rap, boom bap, hardcore hip-hop, neo-soul)

A Tribe Called Quest (jazz rap, boom bap, conscious hip-hop)

Chico Trujillo (nueva cumbia chilena, Latin alternative, pachanga, cumbia)

The Upsetters (reggae, dub, roots reggae, Jamaican ska, rocksteady, deejay)

The Wailers (reggae, roots reggae, Jamaican ska, rocksteady, dub)

Bam Bam (grunge, hardcore punk, post-punk, gothic rock)

Harry Belafonte (calypso, contemporary folk, mento, folk pop)

Michael Jackson (contemporary R&B, pop, dance pop, pop soul, new jack swing, disco)