#Symphony No. 8

[rolandrockover]

Joyraiser

Psycho Circus (1998) is not always an easy thing to grasp for the average Joe Kiss fan, if I may say so.

Apart from the usual general fan over-dramatization, or notions that Paul must have been in full Bon Jovi mode for that album some people even report they recognize the melody of a beer advertisement from the 80s in Raise Your Glasses' chorus, and others, and by that I mean yours truly, the soundtrack to a dumpling TV commercial from the early 90s by a large and well-known instant food producer in Germany.

Above all, the latter two assumptions are most probably not at all absurd, as the chances that both contain one and the same piece of music are anything but bad.

And of course I would like to emphasize that this is not about the usual mundane three-note jingles, but a rather a cross-reference to a long-established method of the advertising industry, which has existed since radios and TV sets in our modern consumer culture have been trying to drown people's brains and souls with it to a greater extent every day. And as you might know this consists of little more than appropriating highly vibrating compositions of classical music from the most diverse eras and using them for their own profit-seeking purposes. The average consumer, who henceforth associates their product with those divine melodies, gets culturally re-imprinted in the process.

Just to say the least.

But to stop beating the bush, I am talking about Ludwig Van Beethoven's Ode to Joy (1824), from his 9th Symphony. Who doesn't know it, even if only from a TV advertisement ?

And to give in to the temptation to provide another Paul quote, even though I've been making quite an inflationary use of them lately, doesn't he like to say that Beethoven was the first rock and roller ever? You know, because of his 5th Symphony, which may indeed have given direction to the rock riff as we know it.

And since Paul and Gene made it their mission back then to use Destroyer (1976) more or less as a blueprint for Psycho Circus (1), that would only be logical, wouldn't it? I mean, after Gene and Bob Ezrin already helped themselves to Beethoven's Piano Sonata Pathetique No. 8 for Great Expectations with the subtlety of a compulsive nudist in a crowded public square (2).

And Paul, surely, doesn't go quite so obviously for Raise Your Glasses, but still obviously enough for the whole thing to be considered anything but subtle. So, despite all this, Paul still manages to find enough of his own to give the incorporation of borrowed elements and his own identity an ideal balance, which in this case suits his pop qualities perfectly. And that in a double pack with Holly Knight.

My gosh!

What do you want to call something like that? Cringy? Corny? Not at all, dear people, maybe just a bit megalomaniac, but Kiss, far above all other rock bands, have always been exactly the right address for that.

Klassik!

Side Notes:

(1) There are more reasons than I can list with one hand why this also applies to Music from The Elder (1981). You can read at least a few of them here, here and here.

(2) Which I will of course deal with in detail in the future.

The links are as surely highlighted as Raise our Glasses is not about spectacles. Ode to Joy begins at what is probably its most famous part, the grand finale:

Raise Your Glasses (1998)

Ode an die Freude (1824)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 3: Enveloping Feelings.

(Part 1, Part 2, Part 4)

[ashinaisshin]

Castle Keep・Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997), dev. Konami

[figurecollection]

Reimu Hakurei 1/8 Scale by Ques Q, from Touhou Project

[thefigureresource]

Flandre Scarlet : Koumajou Densetsu ver [Touhou Project] 1/8 scale from Ques Q coming October 2024.

[desceros]

I think I'll have a seizure when you'll write the confrontation with Leo (I'm not ready)

Anyway, it's good to have you back, missed you <3 i had a very nice bedtime reading today

:)

[thehauntedrocket]

Vintage 8-Track - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back OST (1980)

John Williams / London Symphony Orchestra

[nipotazzi]

Symphony in Fortissimo Agitando - Chapter 1

“...r-r-res...starting…”

And all at once, Marina effortlessly and slowly raised herself, or rather, lifted herself, without any help from her hands, or legs, or anything at all. She was floating, higher than the Pearl drone, with her limbs dropping like a dead weight, mimicking the ones of a doll.

Before they could say anything, her suit turned on like it had been filled with LEDs: a shiny and bright neon color covered the octoling’s body. With a smooth synchronized motion, Marina placed her hands in the air, open palms upwards, and fixed her position in space to face them. She looked like an ascended being, almost religious figure; a familiar pose that all of them recognized from the battle.

The drone started losing height, until its propellers were stuck on the sand, but Pearl did not care in the slightest about it. 

“Marina…?”

Eight couldn’t say anything, thinking in despair that her entry for this day in the memory book was going to be longer than she had previously imagined.

Acht thought that her “friend” was seriously getting on her nerves now, with every single thing happening inside of this place being her fault, and now even this to grind on her gears?! Gimme a break…

Marina wasn’t either thinking, or feeling, or willing to speak (unless prompted to do so) anymore. There was no longer any need to, for her mind already knew what to say, as it was programmed to perfection.

“Agitando unit… online."

Fandom: Splatoon

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: Marina/Pearl (Splatoon), Agent 3/Agent 8 (Splatoon)

Characters: Pearl (Splatoon), Marina (Splatoon), Dedf1sh | Acht (Splatoon), Agent 8 (Splatoon), Order | Smollusk (Splatoon)

Additional Tags: Splatoon 3: Side Order, I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping, References to Canon, Angst with a Happy Ending, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Inspired by Tumblr, I think that they had it too nice in canon, Nightmare Fuel, Female Agent 8 (Splatoon), Traumatized Agent 8 (Splatoon), Marina and Pearl Adopt Agent 8 (Splatoon), Smollusk has been adopted

Summary:

Marina has been rescued from the top of the tower, everyone is "fine", and even if this new AI seems threatening, it's not their problem to deal with. Eight and Pearl have just saved the day... right?

Sorry, but the Agitando begs to differ.

Reblogs are always appreciated, and feedback is too.

[ghostlylulla-by]

i did an art trade with @marsnoodlesoup, @twist-dg, @strawberrymangosoda and @monstrous-fusion!

this was my piece for @marsnoodlesoup, with her aconite, marigold and hibiscus! they're playing the goddess harp, ocarina of wind and conch horn <3

[anime--food]

8-gatsu no Symphony: Shibuya 2002-2003 - Movie

[recapitulation]

things that have made me cry recently

mahler 8. twice

fucking bingyi and yinglong who have literally. 15 mins of screen time 🚬😐 idk what that was

[valeroyeaux]

not to be a horn player on main. but mahler 3 good

[loveisunison]

Alright posting this to announce my new QPP :3 Yuu-kun and I in Halloween 🔥 and yes he's cosplaying Kinich Genshin Impact™