#I know ajr was one of my top artists but that song is one of the highest

[mistydeyes]

a collection of random late night thoughts from a high reader: pt ii

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summary: You're back at it again but this time following a joint Air Force mission in Colorado. Price and Gaz learned their lesson so Ghost and Soap are here to entertain your texts.

read part i here!

pairing: 141, laswell, konig x platonic!reader

warnings: swearing, implied drug use

a/n: okay just a lil something something as I make my way through my inbox! you guys have such cool ideas I SWEAR

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r/n: guys i’m upset you didn’t show me these pictures of you :(

ghost: what the fuck are you talking about

r/n: these :((

r/n:

r/n: @ghost @soap i'm making some snack do you want some?

ghost: if it’s that crap you bought from walmart i’m good

soap: I SMELL POPTARTS

soap: TOAST THE STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE ONES

soap: IM COMING DOWNSTAIRS NOW

ghost: please go the fuck to sleep

r/n: do you guys think that if we had a show about us it would get a movie?

ghost: you know half of our missions are top secret

r/n: I KNOW but imagine if it was like marvel and i got to be played by a celebrity

gaz: they're all hotter than you, no one can channel that ugly mug of yours

r/n: FUCKING FIGHT ME YOU ACTOR WANNABE

r/n: if we were a family:

price would be the dad falling asleep to the history channel

laswell is definitely the fun aunt (she sneaks me wine during holidays)

ghost is your angsty older brother who listens to screamo

soap is the middle child who sets fire to things

gaz is the baby brother and is always sticky🤢

r/n: alejandro and rudy are those uncles who you only see on facebook and they’re either at disney or on vacation abroad

soap: correction i set fire to dolls and make them into one supreme action figure

r/n: alejandro you never told me you met lady gaga (*questioned by alejandro*)

r/n: spotify link to alejandro by lady gaga

ghost: i cant see the links

r/n: ofc you’d be the asshole who uses apple music over spotify

r/n: i miss farah

farah: i miss you too <3

r/n: too bad you’re far-ahway

farah: 😐

r/n: i’ve figured it out

r/n: price is lana coded, gaz is hozier, ghost is a mix of artic monkeys and the 1975, and soap is ajr coded (derogatory)

soap: why do you always shit on me

r/n: just listen to bang! that’s so you

r/n: can we get matching tattoos?!?

ghost, gaz, price, soap: no.

r/n: too late, i already sent an artist these

r/n:

ghost: I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU DONT STOP SINGING THE STATES AND CAPITALS SONG I WILL MURDER YOU

r/n: but i was just getting to delaware :(

r/n: you should use this link, price

price: okay, yeet

gaz: he’s becoming too powerful

[mikeysbride]

Welcome Back to Trench

When our kids introduced us to the world of the twenty one pilots fandom a couple of years ago, we were initially full of corny parent jokes:

Why are they called twenty one pilots when there are only two of them?

That's way too many pilots.

They're gonna need a bigger cockpit.

Why, for the love of God, don't they capitalize their name!?

That's not to say we don't still say those things sometimes (thank goodness our teens generally find us amusing), but it's also wild to see how big a part of our family dynamic this duo has become over these couple of years...so much so that I've even suggested that when we finally get a dog, he should be named Clancy. [T.O.P. fans will understand.] They are in regular rotation in our home and in our cars. Last year, they were one of my top 5 most listened to artists on Spotify! And last night, at last, we all went to see them perform live on the aptly-named Clancy Tour. It was the first time seeing them for all 5 of us - our family of 4, along with my 16yo's...um, favorite boy, we'll call him. I don't think she's been quite this happy since maybe when we first surprised her with AJR tickets. But as much as she loves AJR (we all do now!), twenty one pilots is HER band as Living Colour is mine, and Genesis is her dad's. Now we are all along for the ride.

And last night, much of Orlando was also along for that ride, having sold out the Kia Center pretty much immediately when the tickets went on sale months ago. I had a feeling their show would be high energy and that the crowd would be super hyped, and I was not wrong about that. But after being as impressed as I was by AJR (twice!) this year, I wasn't 100% sure what to expect. Tyler and Josh did not disappoint, though, and I have to say I am also quite impressed with THEM...not that I didn't think I would be. We've watched enough of their music videos and live performance clips (full concerts, even) on YouTube for me to know this, too, wasn't going to be just an ordinary concert.

To the point, Tyler and Josh have a way of immersing themselves into the crowd (literally) that makes them feel like they are right there with you - because they are - spending quite a bit of time out amongst their fans instead of on the stage. They are seemingly everywhere at once, making it feel like an intimate performance even with thousands of people in the audience. And the fire. There was a lot of fire, which I rather appreciated because, being prone to being cold, I was chilly in the arena, and it was nice to sometimes be able to feel a bit of warmth from the flames, all the way up our cushy club level seats!

We heard so many favorite songs of theirs last night, including my newest favorite from them, the super catchy "Lavish," but I have not stopped playfully pouting yet that they didn't do my O.G. favorite of theirs - the one that really stuck out to me when I first heard them, and that is "Lane Boy." I love that one so much that I have a bit of a reputation for it at this point. With a catalog as extensive as theirs is, they can't be expected to play everything, but man, hearing that one live would've made the night absolutely, undeniably perfect for me. Here's hoping they'll add it back in on a future tour.

Also on the subject of their music, I couldn't help but giggle thinking that Tyler doesn't really even need to know his own lyrics because that arena full of fans was more than happy to sing every line for him. From the first notes of every song, they were READY. If anyone knows the assignment, it's T.O.P. fans. Apparently, my kids aren't the only ones who can recite their songs like the Pledge of Allegiance. This is a thing I know now.

And finally, a huge thank you to Tyler for actually telling those of us in reserved seats to sit and rest for a few songs. Not to be the old lady in the room, but I'm long past the age of wanting to stand for an entire show, in most cases preferring to sit and truly hear the music and watch what is happening on the stage - or in this case (also) in the middle of the crowd somewhere. It was a bit of a reprieve when he said that.

Eh, so maybe I'll let that "Lane Boy" thing slide after all.

[abcwordsurge]

hello my good friend mx surge! what kind of music do you like/prefer, genre-wise? got any favorite songs? and then can i get some favorite lyrics? smile! and. tell me what characters/stuff the lyrics make you think of if you'd like to go that far! doesn't have to be any characters I'd know about or even any at all. i am Curious <- all /nf! do as much as you like. i love asking questions and hearing your thoughts 🫡🫡 —marley

hello my wonderful friend marley! eeee I love talking about music. this is gonna be a long one

(disclaimer: I am admittedly Very Bad at genres, so I'm gonna give you artists and maybe you can decide for yourself what genres they are)

AJR is a big one, I could talk for days about AJR. they're one of the only bands I've been to a concert for (very very good concert, very fun, very dramatic, highly recommend, they are clearly showmen, not just musicians, and that makes for entertaining shows). I'm unironically following someone on tumblr who posts ONLY AJR stuff because every time I see the name "AJR" it's like a visceral reaction that makes me grin. ooh, also Twenty One Pilots. I love then. looking forward to their new album

I listen to a lot of broadway. some of my favorites are Be More Chill, Mean Girls, Six, and Titanic the Musical, just to name a few. I love seeing live shows especially- I saw Something Rotten not too long ago, and the Nick was BRILLIANT it. was, admittedly, a high school production, but nonetheless. he danced a lot, even unchoreographed dancing in the background, just like, vibing, and it was so obvious that he was just having a good time and enjoyed being there (the actor, that is, not the character) and I just liked watching him

oh, and Sleeping at Last! I first discovered them by their Atlas: Enneagram album, because I'm a nerd and adore personality tests (I'm an INTP and a 5 in case anyone was wondering), but I've been slowly absorbing the rest of their music, and it's all so beautiful

favorite songs... hm. I can't not say "2085," the closer to AJR's most recent album, and perhaps the most emotionally devastating song they have released as of yet (which is really saying something). best lyrics from that song are undoubtedly the last bit, where they say "you gotta get better, you've all that I got," then it gets softer and the lyrics change to "I gotta get better, I'm all that I've got." HEARTBREAKING /pos. I mean, I like that part enough that I wrote a whole fic inspired by it. one of my very few angst fics. "All That I've Got," a Minnesconsin fic (link here if you're curious). by the way, the first song of that album, "Maybe Man," is also a banger, highly recommend

I love "96000" from "In the Heights" (I think it's only in the movie version, not the musical version? not 100% sure though). ooh this song makes me crazy. this song... ok. I can't talk about this song without being a bit weird about it, but stick with me. this song always makes me think of the people on the Titanic. I read a book once with fictionalized versions of a few of the Titanic's officers and crew members, and once I was listening to this song and when it got to Sonny's verse, all I could think about was how exactly it matched fifth officer Harold Lowe's vibes. it's not really the lyrics, but several of the verses just remind me of various crew members' vibes. and it's. it's just a great song

"Air Catcher" by TOP. that's another wonderful song. always makes me think of Iowa to Wisconsin, for no particular reason. best lyric is "I don't believe in talking just to breathe," which is an idea that always appealed to me

Tyler Joseph is a BRILLIANT lyricist, actually. other great lyrics by him:

"our words are loud but now I'm talking action" (Neon Gravestones)

"for us to think is to be alive / and I will try with every rhyme / to come across like I am dying / to let you know you need to try to think" (Car Radio)

"death inspires me like a dog inspires a rabbit" (Heavydirtysoul)

"haunted by a couple big mistakes / she covers all the dents with the way she decorates" (Redecorate)

"like an "I love you" / that isn't words / like a song he wrote that's never heard" (Shy Away)

I love "despair" by leo. always makes me think of florida talking to loui (in a queerplatonic way, of course). another great floui song is "Tightrope" from The Greatest Showman, but I picture this one as loui to florida

holy moly this is even longer than expected. I'll leave you with this for now. you've probably gotten a good grasp of my taste by now haha. thank you sm for the ask, I had a delightful time answering :D

[annwayne]

MUSIC ASKS

because it looked fun :3 bagheerita did this a while back and I wanted to do it too, so >P

Edit bc I forgot to also include the credit: originally from @benedictervention-deactivated20

1. A song you like with a color in the title: Blue Lips by Regina Spektor

2. A song you like with a number in the title: One by Harry Nilsson

3. A song that reminds you of summertime: Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood

4. A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about: The Plagues by Mick Byram and Ralph Fiennes Less a person and more..a cult lmao but I still love it

5. A song that needs to be played LOUD: Teenagers or Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance no, I will not pick just one.

6. A song that makes you want to dance: Kissing Strangers by DNCE ft. Nicki Minaj

7. A song to drive to: Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars

8. A song about drugs or alcohol: Gasoline by Halsey (?) It mentions getting high and drinking lol another song that was pivotal in my self acceptance while in the cult.

9. A song that makes you happy: Pompeii by Bastille during track meets we’d play this song off one of our phones and sing at the top of our lungs… some good memories.

10. A song that makes you sad: Love Like You from Steven Universe Ft. Rebecca Sugar less sad and more I always cry when I hear this song?

11. A song that you never get tired of: Saint Bernard by Lincoln lol reclaim religious imagery who?

12. A song from your preteen years: Radioactive by Imagine Dragons this was the first song I discovered completely by myself, not from tv, movies, friends, or family.

13. One of your favorite 80’s songs: Africa by Toto (Ninja Sex Party Cover is my favorite)

14. A song that you would love played at your wedding: Home by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

15. A song that is a cover by another artist: Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Ninja Sex Party

16. One of your favorite classical songs: This isn't fair I listen to classical music the most and I know so many by just like a couple notes. Like. man. I was a band kid you can't do this to me. Alright I'm being a basic bitch- Für Elise by Beethoven

17. A song that would sing a duet with on karaoke: I'll Make A Man Out of You by David Zippel, Matthew Wilder, and Stephen Schwartz (Yes, the disney song I can always belt out a disney song)

18. A song from the year that you were born: Closing Time by Semisonic yeah I pulled a semantics lol.

19. A song that makes you think about life: Creature by Half Alive who asked for more religious iconography???

20. A song that has many meanings to you: Take Me to Church by Hozier

21. A favorite song with a person’s name in the title: Eleanor Rigby by The Beetles

22. A song that moves you forward: Bells by The Unlikely Candidates

23. A song that you think everybody should listen to: Devil’s Train by The Lab Rats I just think it’s a cool song

24. A song by a band you wish were still together: Yeah I don’t know bands so I couldn’t say. Heard MCR has a reunion tour going on rn so good for them.

25. A song by an artist no longer living: Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

26. A song that makes you want to fall in love: It's You (specifically the cover by Road & Ashe, at least the video title says its a cover but I can't find who the og artist is like at all-this was the song I listened to daydreaming about falling in love when I was a teen)

27. A song that breaks your heart (in a good way): Hurt by Johnny Cash

28. A song by an artist with a voice that you love: Say My Name from Beetlejuice the Musical Alex Brightman is one of my favorite voice actors and singers out there like I always can spot him in animated media and promptly lose my shit. I had the chance to see Beetlejuice the musical last December and I can't say how amazing and cool it was to see this musical after years of listening to the soundtrack.

29. A song that you remember from your childhood: Monster Mash by Bobby Pickett

30. A song that reminds you of yourself: Weak by AJR I loved this song when it first came out, listened to it constantly as it was something telling me I could make mistakes and didn't have to be perfect (something unacceptable in the eyes of the fundamentalist cult I was born into) and just a few years later I escaped that cult. Now it's a song that shows me I knew. I knew before I knew.

[justmehernthemoon]

Hellooo!! Holiday pal here!

I'm hoping you're having a good start to the weekend! Mine's looking like a lay in bed, read fanfic and listen to some music kinda one, which I'm so glad for.

I saw you have a 911 sideblog, I'm loving how many of us 1d fans now are 911 obsessed. My dash is perennially filled with stuff I like because of that.

V. Random segue but I also saw you're a music lover too, so today's question is: what are your top 5 artists of this year?

-byeee!

hello again :-)

my weekend was OK!! mostly just lying around but I was with my family so that was nice :-) what fandom do you read fic for? 👀

LOL I know, I feel like many old 1d fans either got very into hockey, F1 or 911 according to my dash. have you watched it? 👀

ooo I have apple so I had to go do that replay thingy lol, my top five were: state champs, one direction, harry, blue october, and ajr !! the last one i find funny bc i feel like i don’t listen to them very often ?? I expected Sabrina to be in there tbh but she’s in my top five songs (my top five songs are act like that by state champs, please please please by sabrina, prayer by disturbed, going to california by led zeppelin, and dammit, janet (the victoria justice one lol) what are your top five songs and artists??

hope you’re having a nice Monday :)

[koshiaoi]

ASK GAME ALERT 🚨 ASK GAME ALERT 🚨

List five of your favorite or top songs, then send this ask to the last ten people in your notifications

Have a nice day :D

god this caught me at a bad moment, cuz I cant rank my faves rn, but i can list all of them!

So here we go again! my last response to this --

anything made by naethan apollo

most nf songs

all Neffex songs

most of Khantrasts, DizzyEight's, DPS's, Rustage's, aerial ace's, Ham Sandwich, 954MARI, MIR Blackwell's songs (yes all those artist have really good music of roughly the same genre, other than Khantrast but he still in the group)

all of Red Leather's songs

the bird by Noah Floersch

Grave Digger by Blue Saraceno

alot of Ken Ashcorp stuff (i love tf2 and found his music through the Masterpiece that is Pootis Engage)

trust ceremony - Jhariah (this one i found from a ISAT animation)

god i can keep going

all of chonny jash's covers and songs

penguin0's songs fsr

ALL of ferry's songs (I LOVE COMFORT ZONE, KT's OFFICIAL GUIDE TO COOLNESS, PUNCH IT PUNK! AND THE FUCKING REST THEY ARE SO GOOD!, i also read his comic its really good)

most of X Ambassadors with Renegades being my faves

Spirits - The Strumbellas

I need a dollar - Aloe Blacc

alot, like 90% of AJR songs

The Score - all of their songs

The Mystic by Adam Jensen

Crossfire - Stephan

Pompeii by bastille (wait no, most of their songs tbh)

Be alright by Dean Lewis (dont ask)

Not alone by Abstract (feat. Roze) and Home by Machine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors & Bebe Rexha they just go together way to well.

Freaks by Jordan Clarke AND Freaks by Surf Curse

King by Lauren Aquilina

ALL OF ANSON SEABRA'S SONGS

a small group of songs from gravity falls amv's Promiseland by Mika In Our Bedroom After The War by Stars Turn Off The Lights by Panic! at the Disco This is home by cavetown (my second fave out of all of these) Youth by daughter (my favorite and i first heard this song on a really good undertale amv) Colors by Halsey (i just love this song it goes so well with most of the songs in this mini list)

Most of Connor Prices songs, INCLUDING THE NEW BUDDY SYSTEM ALBUM!!!!

Ship in a bottle by Fin Argus

The Villain I Appear to be by Connor Spiotto aaand end! then more ima add on to this! Lag train - Inabakumori 

NIGHT DANCER - Imase

all of Koethe's songs

Airplane mode - Hayd

most if not all of tally halls songs

Everybody Knows - Sigrid

every Eve song! they are so good!

YELLOW - 神山 羊 < cant find the English spelling

Overdose - Natori

Snakes - Miyavi & PVRIS

i can keep going but i want to make it where every time someone ask i add a little bit more! and thank you for the ask!

[ghosts-and-blue-sweaters]

#2, 7, 9, 16, and 17 for the Spotify wrapped ask game!

A song you didn't expect to see in your top 10

Wings by Halfy & Winks! I listened to this a ton last year, but I really didn’t think I’d listened that much this year? Like. I’m genuinely really confused lol.

Most streamed month of your top artist (explain if you think/know why)

Lovejoy with the month of June! :D

It was probably because of a road trip I went on! I listened to music for the entire car ride XD

Favourite lyrics of your #1 song

Call Me What You Like by Lovejoyyyyy (contains swearing)

How about these ones:

Though a big reason I like them is because of the way they’re sung; I think it’s really pretty :)

A song everyone should know

A LOT, BUT IF I HAD TO NAME ONE

Stationary Cycle by Theodore Shapiro!!! It’s sooooooo beautiful and from an amazingly good movie :D

Saddest song

AGAIN, A LOT LOL

But probably My Play by AJR (contains swearing). It’s just… an awful song, in terms of emotions. Especially when you know the story behind it :( AND THE EMOTION IN THE SINGER’S VOICE AAAAAAAA

The music video in particular made my heart drop, especially at the very end :((

[disaster-by-chance]

Omg I'm staring at your receptify like "Twenty One Pilots?! Gorillaz?! The Score?! Kendrick Lamar?! Half Alive?! Hozier?! AJR?! Fall Out Boy?! Mother Mother?! Barns Courtney?! Saint Motel?! Hollywood Undead?! Glass Animals?!"

You have great taste, no I'm not biased.

But thank you for the tag though 🩵! Here's my wrapped!

Guys I promise it's totally normal to have 100k minutes of music listened to. It definitely,,, totally is. That's like,, the average amount, right??

NPTs: @here-comes-the-moose, @stardume, @mother-mommy, @electrikworm

Explanation under the cut because I want to yap about my results:

The Crane Wives was a no-brainer because 1) I listened to a LOT of their music when writing a pilot episode for an original TV adaptation of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice 2) a lot of their songs fit an OC I have 3) I absolutely love their music and they had a new album and I looped it for weeks after it came out (and I got to see them in concert!!)

I was sure that Jorge was going to make it onto the list because recently I've been unable to function without listening to the whole EPIC playlist at least once a day for like the past two weeks, but I didn't think he'd make it up to the #2 spot because I didn't start listening to EPIC until a little later in the year. But whaddya know!

I was kinda expecting Friday Pilots Club to be on this list since they did release a new album and the first couple of songs they released before the albums were fucking bangers that I couldn't get enough of. However, didn't think they'd be #3 on the list and seeing that they are and two of their songs are my in my top songs, I sincerely regret not going to see them in concert. </3

My top artists nearly always have Fall Out Boy or Glass Animals (or both) 😭 Wasn't super surprised about Glass Animals being there because they did have a new album (that I didn't really like but there were maybe 3 songs I did enjoy) and I listen to their old music a LOT when writing. I was a bit surprised to see Fall Out Boy though because I didn't think I listened to their music as much this year (they were my top artist last year) but alas.

"Does the Swallow Dream of Flying" was NOT what I was expecting to be my top song 😭 I do remember looping it a LOT when it came out because I just loved it to pieces and it was a good song to listen to when writing stuff, but I didn't think I did it THAT much because after a while I forgot about that song.

Actually, now that I realize it, the top four songs on my "Top Songs" list are all new songs that were released this year prior to their albums being released. So like,, I think because they were new I looped them a lot. On top of them being really catchy.

I was dying over "No Longer You" from EPIC being on the list because it's a song I didn't start to really listen to until like the Fall 😭 so you know I looped it a LOT for it to make it to #5 despite coming in so late in the game.

Also,, to explain myself about the 100k minutes listened (which is 3k less than last year </3),, the only defense I have is that when my family throws parties I'm the DJ. But that's like it. The truth is I literally cannot function without music. That is all. Thanks.

Anyways,, that's my yap session about it all. The Spotify Wrapped itself sucked but like,, I'm happy with how mine turned out because it's a lot less embarrassing than I thought it would be 😭

Y’all here is my Spotify wrapped 2024!!

Show me yours (if you use Spotify)!!

NPTs: @returnofthepineapple @techs-stitches @99aceace @amalthiaph @523rdrebel

[allsassnoclass]

for your spotify wrapped... #60?

60. “Turning Out Pt. ii” by AJR

send me 1-100 and I’ll tell you the song it corresponds with on my Spotify 2020 playlist

[seylaaurora]

ok ur turn. top 5 ajr songs (do not feel the need to give big long explanations like i did lol im just insane. unless u’d like to be equally insane about it)

I cannot do this. I now see the error of my ways of asking you to do this ranking, cause it is just pure torture😆

Started to relisten to their first album cause it's the one that's least clear in my mind and... I already want all of them in my ranking and I know I like the Click, Neotheater and OK Orchestra even more... take pity on me😭

Let’s start with Pitchfork Kids! Absolute classic, absolute banger, delightfully weird in the way that reminds me why I love AJR. The song of their first album that stayed the longest on my playlist and the one that I always get back to being obsessed with whenever I listen to it. I don’t know what it is about this song. I don’t even think it’s one of their most relatable songs, probably not even one of their weirdest songs, it’s just... soooooo good tho. Legit one of THE AJR songs of all time. I don’t think I’ll ever get over it. They’ll never be able to produce a song that hits the same buttons Pitchfork Kids does. No one will be able to, it just holds such a special place in my heart and my brain.

Role Models. This always hits even harder listening to it after Woody Allen like I’m doing today (no one can tell me it’s not a direct sequel to that song, this is 100% partly about Woody Allen). The disillusionment of realising your (childhood) heroes are not who you thought you were. Your heroes letting you down is suuuch an experience of growing up. They’re not just heroes, but they are actual people and honestly, some of these people suck. The struggle of taking what your heroes gave you while leaving the people behind that gave it to you. To what extent can you separate the art from the artist? How do you go on, knowing the influence this person’s art had on your life, on the person you are today and the decisions you’ve made? How do you become okay with you having been shaped by something made by a person you so fundamentally disagree with? How do you keep that part alive while killing the part that is attached to that person? (I’m trying really hard not to write an essay but it’s not turning out so well)

3 O’Clock Things. Look. This song is ace. I don’t make the rules.

Way Less Sad. I haven’t seen a single person yet who didn’t think this song was super optimistic, but also kind of thought that was weird of themselves to think. It’s an “This is not happy, so it can’t be the ending” optimism. I don’t know if we’re just all not okay, or if it’s not actually all that weird to think it’s an optimistic song, but this song came out in February 2021. That’s what we were in. Stuff sucked. It still does. But we are, in fact, not dead yet, and I personally think it’s very sexy of us to hold on to hope. We’re not done yet. Things will get better. They just will. It feels a little like spite, and I’m okay with that. This song makes me want to go out and change my life for the better

Birthday Party. There’s always been some social commentary in their music, and while this isn’t even the most obvious one (looking at you 3 O’Clock Things), it’s just so delightfully ironic about it. Look, Role Models doesn’t hit for no reason. This song always felt like a promise to me. We won’t be them. I remember seeing a post on Instagram around the time about how people were apparently complaining that they shouldn’t get political in their songs and I always thought “who the hell did you think you were listening to?” AJR’s songs have always been about growing up, and while there is the things about how to navigate relationships with other people, looking at the state of the world and building opinions on it has always been part of growing up too. This song is about the innocence of a child who will find out about all the horrible things going on in the world at some point, and I, for one, find that incredibly relatable.

Okay, this got away from me XD

I think I could write an essay about each of their songs, and my top 5 ranking could change at any point. I also wanted to put Weak, Netflix Trip, Call my Dad and Burn the House Down on the list, but I can’t do 9 instead of 5😂 at some point it’s just too much😂

Was this insane enough for you?😂

Drop sth in my ask box if you also want me to do a top 5 ranking for sth

[demadogs]

what are some other songs about covid or related to the effects the lockdown had on the artist? i find it so interesting listening to them. the ones i can think of off the top of my head are choreomania and my love by florence and the machine, epiphany by taylor swift, and bummerland by ajr but i know theres more

[sparkyblizz]

still thinking about that tiktok that was saying a lot of artist's top songs are like the hits on the radio that aren't indicative of their discography as a whole. which is true, a lot of the top songs do tend to be the pop hits, you know? but this makes me think of AJR. I think Bang! might be one of if not their top song (I don't think I Won't or The DJ Is Crying For Help have overshadowed it yet) but I think it's pretty indicative of their discography. I mean even just in OK Orchestra they've got a considerable number of like upbeat pop-esque songs like Bang!, Way Less Sad, World's Smallest Violin, Bummerland, I think OK Overture counts? and then in Neotheater and The Click they have other songs that I think have similar vibes to Bang!. also I just like really upbeat sounding songs like Bang! and Way Less Sad etc., they're some of my favourite AJR songs. notable shoutout is All My Favourite Songs by Weezer ft. AJR, that collab SLAPS. I know there's at least one Weezer fan that won't kill me for this take <3 I l-word you <3

[yuusaris]

Tag Game - Tag People You Want To Know Better

got tag-sniped by @justapalspal to talk about my favorite subject -

mmmmmmmmME ~

Favourite time of the year: I like the in-between seasons like Spring and Fall. Harvest and new blooms y'know? Best temperature, I can go cute or cozy, all the fun holidays are around there.

Comfort foods: I love a good udon or age tofu at any time of day, but I always aaalllwaaayyys go for some form of chocolate when I'm feeling down. I'm a big foodie, though, so also on the roulette of Make Yuu Comfy is a good, and I mean good. Burger.

Do you collect anything: Okay, so when I was a kid, I collected porcelain dolls and Tinkerbell snowglobes (A thing I weirdly had a good number of), but had to pack both away when I moved in with my fiansband. Nowadays, MTG or YGO cards are kiiiind of the closest thing I got. I'd like to have a cool collection of like, rocks or fan-merch, but money is money and I've got about 35 years until retirement, sooooo....

Favourite drink: Tea. I drink so much tea. You don't even know how much- my mother. Got me a 1700 miligram loose leaf electric tea kettle for Christmas last year, and I have been brewing anywhere between one to three pots a daaayyy. I will have a kidney problem. I don't care. I've got a nice stash of loose leaf tea - I'm not even saying this just cuz Pal replied, I just - honest to god have so much tea. Yet I keep losing tea cuz I keep brewing large pots of it. I have a SipsBy susbscription.

Currently, I gotta give it up for the Buckland Tea Blend in particular, it's such a stunning Earl Grey, the bergamot flavor balances pretty perfectly with the raspberries and lemon peel and lavender, it's just. Honest to God, top-tier tea.

I would also be remiss to not plug Pleasures of Tea, of which I know and am pretty chummy with the owner of. I have her house blends, I learned all my looseleaf tea stuff from her, and every time I'm in the area, I stockpile whatever I can get my hands on, like my Golden Monkey black or Yunan golden curls, she has a stellar peach oolong, tung ting - I love all her teas, honest to god. Just.

Oh, and this Dark Pearl oolong from Cleveland tea lab? To die for.

Favourite music artists: MCR defined my life as a child - I wrote a whole Vampire fic titled after one of their songs, and wrote a terrible songfic with another - both of which could be released should I screw up a Frenzy - but I'm one of those people that listens to a few songs and says I like the artist. I like a handful of DemonDice/AJR/Saint Motel/Calliope Mori songs, for example, but I don't listen to everything or seek new ones out. New ones just kinda happen to me, y'know?

Current favourite songs: I have literally named my hanahaki fic after the last full line of Ijimekko (Bully) by Calliope Mori, so that's been on repeat. And, like I said, I haaaaave been listening to Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier by Corb Lund because my Zorc-writing brain is weird and I made a post about my Zorc song choices. The other two songs circling my brain like a whirlpool are Hell's Coming With Me thanks to that tkb vine being so kickass and World's Smallest Violin because AJR can do a catchy tune, goddamnit, but kids can ya lighten up a little???

But also also? Both the Brittle Bones Nicky songs because big TKb feels, bruv.

Favourite fics: I'm gunna assume you don't mean of my own creation, which means Different Form Different Time and Body Life are out of the running.

I've said, I've said, I will contionue to say forever, love makes monsters of us all, heed the tags, it's such a perfect perfect show of Yami Bakura's care for his host, even if we never get it from his POV, it's absolutely fascinating and tasty and pulpy.

This... is an Owl House fanfic, but I found it doing a Review exchange on the fanfic subreddit, Live To Serve and, honest to God, every fic this person writes is fluff gold I was such a sucker for how cute this is! It's so simple but so good!

Oh! Oh! Help yourself to seconds (and thirds), there is not enough Chat/shipping (slashed so this isn't in the tag, but it's Yusaku and Shima) and it's just - so sweet. So cute. "I'm a bi king", you fuckin are, Naoki, you funky dude, i love ya. Pain Shared, same thing, love that Chat, love those boys, they're perfect together and they're gunna live in a modest home in Den City suburbs and raise some robots together.

Yada yada Last Puzzle yada yada Sugar, yada yada something written by firetrap, I got all those tender classics under my belt.

Ah, but to make this wrapped up, also gunna push Ateb' Men Alezl, Keep The Light Shining, and my husbands very very cute Murderbot fanfic a moment of respite. it's adorable. It's perfect. I couldn't ask for cuter Murderbot and ART togetherness.

Tagging: ....isn't working right now. For some reason.

BUT

@nightingalejune @ladymdc @championofdogs @ninjam117 @isisishtar and @millenniumringg

and my usual targets of @tepperzz @corvidcorgii and @fourdollarwordss

[titoist]

many thanks to my friend @vetulicolia for having the consideration to tag me in this. i intuit that this game has the basal concept of something akin to, ah… "list 6 songs that are important to you" - or perhaps 6 songs that you have just been listening to, recently, regardless of importance. i figure that i will do a mishmash of both, and see what comes of it.

pilotredsun - vitamin kid (pilotredsun, pilotredsun, pilotredsun… pilotredsun is immensely important to me as an artist and a musician, but i would hardly call them a favorite - in the sense that one often wouldn't call fine wine their favorite drink. perhaps i see pilotredsun's work as something adjacent to music, but different enough to warrant distinction in its own right. Vitamin Kid, in specific, is…hm. i have listened to a lot of pilotredsun's discography, and while vitamin kid is perhaps not my strict favorite, it is quite important to me, as it was one of the first pilotredsun songs i ever heard, and is still immensely endearing to me in a nostalgic sort of way. relatively early pilotredsun is always a treat to look back on, the collected soundcloud works.)

They Might Be Giants - Stand On Your Own Head (i recently discovered a love for this this due to the recommendation of someone i know, and i am immensely grateful. i had listened to it in the past, passingly, but had never really sat down to give it a thorough review before, and i've found a love for it. it's definitely not my favorite off of Lincoln, but it is nonetheless a track i have recently been obsessed with - "i love the world, and if i have to sue for custody, i will sue for custody!")

casio dad - i'm ok with you (im unsure how to properly describe my feelings on casio dad - and, believe me, i have tried before. but my loquaciousness turns to mush under the benevolent gaze of classic j - the artist behind casio dad and the current…co-owner, i believe? of the band 'glass beach'. i like casio dad very much. it is possibly my favorite 'band' of all time. i think it sounds very good. if you listened to casio dad, that would make me happy.)

Seth Boyer - The Cremation of Sam McGee (this track is one that i…initially viewed my interest in as ephemeral, passing, a temporary obsession i would - despite my very sincere appreciation for it - eventually chew up and discard. however, as time passes, it has become gradually obvious, with increasing clarity, that it is turning into a personal favorite of mine. The Cremation of Sam McGee is, as a poem, among my favorites already - and this work translates it into a song with beautiful, beautiful execution, the vocals and backing banjo always stuck in the back of my head in some capacity. a nebulous dream i have is to, one day, do my own cover of this song with sufficient quality.)

Feed Me Jack - Jelly the Queen (feed me jack is a band i view with a degree of heavy nostalgia and melancholy. it was…mmm. i would be willing to say that my discovery of it served as an entry point, a gateway, to my modern taste in music - it got me hooked on math rock, for awhile! and i still do like math rock, but, wew….you shoulda seen me in 2017/2018. despite very probably being in my top favorite bands out there, it met an unceremonious end when they broke up…i believe in 2017? a deep sigh. that occasion is something i view as an immense tragedy, a lost opportunity. )

AJR - World's Smallest Violin (i am, quite (un)fortunately so, of an indie pop penchant. they have crucified me for this in the past, and i suspect they will do so again. i discovered this song a fair bit ago due to a friend of mine occasionally sending it, and it has endeared itself to me heavily - if only for the sound, the idiom of the song, rather than its messaging, which i find myself somewhat apathetic to. it is very overtly meant for those who have some level of disconnect between the acts of them and their ancestors, who ogle and gaze up at the illustrious portraits of patriarchs long-gone on their fireplace and think to themselves, "their deeds were strong, and mine are weak". well, i don't really feel that compulsion, both in the sense of feeling a detachment, and finding their actions to be immensely brave in comparison - i knew them personally, if only for a short while, and they were unhappy and deeply lonely people up until their death, even if their titles of judge or lawyer or business owner could make one think differently for a moment. i, to some extent, inherited their struggles. the song has the lyric "someone somewhere has it worse" - and, though i do not say this with self-deprecation or out of the urge of masturbatory sadness, within the purview of this songs' goal, i am that someone, somewhere, that has it worse. one could perhaps tie this to my previous post. anyway i'm using this as a space for my garrulous personal rumination again & just end it off with my saying that i think it's a good song.)

and i suppose that's that. who to tag…let me think. er…. @mdq, @icetrancer, and i figure that you might get a kick out of this, @liziveth. on top of that, i invite anyone who sees this and wants to do it, regardless of them necessarily being tagged. it's good fun. bows and exits the stage.

[feralnumberfive]

interview tag game

rules: answer questions and tag x people you are contractually obligated to would like to get to know better! tagged by @fivevanyaklaus (Thanks a bunch!)

name: Pine (not really but shhh)

gender: Female

star sign: Sagittarius 

height: 5′6

time: 3:38 am CST

birthday: December 21st

favorite bands: The Beatles, AJR, Mother Mother, Panic! At The Disco, Rare Americans, ELO 

favorite solo artists: John Lennon, George Harrison, Stevie Wonder, Lady Gaga

song stuck in my head: Heart Of Glass by Blondie 

last movie: Wonder Woman 1984 

last show: Ghost Adventures 

when did i create this blog: October 1st, 2020

what do i post: The Umbrella Academy stuff 

last thing i googled: Josh’s Frogs. It’s the company where I got my Madagascar Hissing Cockroach. I’m tired of my fish dying on me so if that keeps happening I’m just going to get another cockroach

other blogs: @becauseitsmurderbynumbers It’s my Prodigal Son blog and I have a personal one but I don’t want to share that

do i get asks: Yes, and I love them all!

why i chose this url: Because I love Five being a feral old man

following: 82

followers: 506 on this blog, which is amazing. Thank you all so much. I love you all ♥️

average hours of sleep: Oh geez probably between 7-9 hours. I usually just let my Fitbit track it for me, which is usually around 7 hours. I am a horrible sleeper though

instruments: Bb clarinet, Bb bass clarinet, Eb contra alto clarinet  

what i’m wearing: Matching purple cat pjs with a lavender colored EAA sweatshirt and fuzzy socks 

dream job: Pilot of some sort. I like the idea of being a cargo pilot though 

dream trip: Going back to Seattle and or Oak Harbor, WA. I love it there

favorite food: I’m just going to say pizza cause I honestly don’t really know

nationality: American

favorite song: Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns

last book i read: The Making of The Umbrella Academy 

top three fictional universes i’d like to live in: HTTYD, Yellow Submarine/Pepperland, Star Trek

tagging: I'm tagging some of my newest followers :] Of course if any of you don’t want to do this you don’t have to at all @singingcroissants  @kingcharon  @baslliisk  @sxlkyicing  @autistic-zombie

[three-gulons-in-a-trenchcoat]

We Gon' Burn The Whole House Down

words: 1.4k

[Notes: ahhhh it's finally completed! this was actually a prompt I started first, forgot about it, lost motivation, and eventually came back too heh. I am proud of this one though]

Also: I would recommend listening to this song while reading this since it's what the story, as well as the title, is based on. For mobile users, or if the link isn't working, listen to Burn the House Down by AJR thanks!

*This Story Contains Spoilers For Unlocked*

“Keefe was right, you really haven’t decorated your room much.” Sophie glanced up from where she was rubbing Iggy's belly, the small (now blue and green) fluffball letting out a whine of dissatisfaction at her retreating fingers. “I guess I’ve just never had much time to decorate,” she sighed. Tam shrugged,” I guess I can’t complain, my room at Teirgans isn’t that decorated either.” He stared at the papers framed around the room, Keefe had gotten into the habit of giving his friends old pages from his sketchbooks, insisting that they were useless to him in his quest to find memories about his mom. His gaze lingered on a drawing of Luna and Silveny, curled up in the grass together. The mama alicorns head rested on top of her baby’s, both of their eyes closed as they dozed. Currently, the two alicorns were playing in the pastures with his sister. He was sure Wynn and Greyfell were there too.

Faint chatter echoed downstairs. The collective had gathered in Havenfield for another meeting. They've been having a lot of them lately.

Ever since Keefe left.

Sophie cleared her throat, looking away from the pictures. Her body felt heavy.

Tam seemed to notice her discomfort, and he turned to her, his eyes softening, “I’m sure he's alright.” He murmured.

Sophie resumed her scratching, Iggy's grumbling purrs filling the room, “I hope so.” she whispered.

The silence stretched on for a moment before Tam cleared his throat,“ This is a bit awkward isn't it?” he asked.

Sophie looked up, “What do you mean?”

Tam huffed slightly, and Sophie noticed how he shifted in the same spot, so she patted the bed. He hesitated for a moment before sitting down.

“I mean, I know we’re friends, but….” He trailed off.

Sophie understood, “I guess I haven’t been the best at including you and Linh huh?” she said.

It felt weird, she knew Tam, and she knew they both considered each other friends but, they barely talked to each other outside of Blackswan stuff, or when all of them were hanging out together.

Tam was only up here because he asked to see Keefe's artwork.

Tam nodded, “It’s partially my fault,” he grimaced, “If I hadn't joined with the Neverse-”

“Don’t say that.” Sophie said firmly, her eyes meeting his, “We all know it wasn’t your fault.”

Sophie knew he didn’t believe her. His eyes betrayed him. Unfortunately, she knew that guilt all too well.

The silence was back, and thicker than it was before.

“Have you ever listened to music?” Sophie found herself blurting. Her face ran hot, wishing she could take the words back. Of course, he could you idiot, her mind reprimanded, his family literally does that for a living.

Tam opened his mouth.

“Human music,” Sophie added quickly.

Tams mouth closed, “No, I haven't.”

“Do you want to?” Sophie offered.

Tam cocked his head, his eyes skittered around the room, “How?” he asked dumbly.

Sophie sat up, walking over to her dresser. She crouched down, reaching into the bottom drawer. It's not like it was illegal to have human items, In fact, the collective and Councilor Terik knew she had kept some human things with her when she came to the Lost Cities, but you could never be too sure.

She withdrew, holding her iPod and some earphones, “With these.”

Tam blinked as she walked back over, sitting down and plugging the earphones into the jack. He stared at the iPod curiously as Sophie turned it on.

“It’s human obviously,” Sophie explained, tapping the screen and opening her music. She smiled softly, it had been so long since she had listened to any of her songs.

“Are they human artists?” Tam asked, peering over her shoulder to look at the screen.

Sophie nodded, “A lot of human music is stored in this app so that people can listen to it from anywhere.”

Tam's eyes flashed with understanding, and Sophie handed him an earbud. He stared at it.

Sophie giggled slightly, pointing to her ear, “In here.”

The tips of his ears turned slightly red, and he looked down, “Right.” he mumbled sheepishly, placing the earbud in his ear slowly.

Sophie scrolled to her most recent playlist (recent meaning a couple of years Ago) and clicked on her most recent play.

She had only found this band when she was bored and homesick, scrolling through her recommended.

The song started almost immediately, and Tam’s brow furrowed, trying to understand the language.

Used to keep it cool

Used to be a fool

All about the bounce in my step

“It's in a human language,” Sophie explained.

Watch it on the news

Whatcha gonna do?

I could hit refresh and forget

Trumpets started in the background, following the beat of the song, and Tam relaxed slightly, “That kinda sounds like one of the instruments my mother uses.”

Granted, Sophie could understand the lyrics just fine, but she knew Tam couldn't. Even so, he seemed to like the beat as the song progressed, and she smiled lightly when she saw his head bobbing along with the music.

She noticed the song fading slightly, and her mood lightened, she had always been a fan of beat drops in songs, especially these ones.

…..Is that right?

The trumpets sang faster as the tempo picked up, and Tam's eyebrows raised slightly.

Lose

My

Mind

The beat dropped, and Tam's mouth gaped slightly. Sophie laughed softly at his expression. She had to admit when she had first listened to it, she had a pretty similar reaction. There was something about the distant drums and the background bass that really tied the whole song together.

We gon' burn the whole house down

Tam smiled, glancing up at Sophie, “What are they saying?” He asked, and Sophie noticed his foot tapping her carpet to the rhythm as well.

Sophie quoted the lyrics as they faded out, “We gon' burn the whole house down.”

Tam snickered, “Are humans a bunch of arsonists or something?”

Sophie laughed, “Some maybe, but these lyrics have a different meaning I think.”

Tam glanced down at the iPod, which was flashing lyrics, but not in a language he could understand.

Sophie was no singer, but she did want Tam to understand the song, so without meaning too, she began to quote the song as it continued.

“…Gawking at the tricks up your sleeve,” She said it quietly, and Tam looked up

“Are those the lyrics?” He asked.

Sophie nodded, continuing, “Too good to be true, But I'm in a room, Full of entertainers and thieves, Used to let it go.”

The trumpets picked up again, and Tam must have realized that the beat was about to drop again because he followed Sophie’s words slowly.

“Woah no,” Sophie smiled, moving her head in time with the lyrics as Tam copied her.

The two had turned to face each other, with Tam slowly mouthing the lyrics (A little bit off time-wise, but Sophie didn't blame him) And Sophie nodding along.

“Way up way up we go, been up and down that road, way up way up oh no,-” Sophie started.

“We gon' burn the whole house down.” A large grin broke out on Tam’s face, and Sophie found herself smiling with him. She had never heard him sing before, and it sounded nice. His voice was smooth and drifted slowly, almost like he was whispering the words instead of singing them.

They finished the song like that, with Tam slowly learning the repeating lyrics and timing and Sophie helping him out occasionally.

The song finished loudly, with the beat dropping one last time as the riff slowly faded out.

The grin stayed on Tam's face as he glanced back at the iPod.

“That was…nice.” He murmured, and Sophie gazed at him.

“I listen to human music sometimes, when I want to remember my old home.” Sophie said, looking down at the iPod, “Dex fixed it up so it's powered by sunlight too,”

Tam nodded, and he glanced back up, looking sheepish, “Are there maybe..more songs by them?”

“AJR?” Sophie questioned.

“Is that what they're called?” Tam asked, then nodded quickly, “Yeah, them.”

Sophie smiled, clicking right below the song and opening up the band's full list, her eyes widened slightly, “There are more since I last listened to them.” She said.

“How many?” Tam asked, leaning over.

“About 60.” She murmured.

Tam shrugged, and then he smirked, “Can we listen to all of them?”

Sophie smiled back, laughing slightly, “Sure.”