#black eyed boy

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: July 28, 1997

Lyrics:

No I don't lack ambition

Can't you see what I hate

That it's you who is sinking

Locked behind iron gates

You should know

You're falling into fiction

I can tell

You're on some foolish mission

You're black eyed soul

You should know

That there's nowhere else to go

My black eyed boy

You will find

Your own space and time

You call me superstitious

Tie me up with your deceit

I could never be malicious

Though I seem so bittersweet

You should know

You're falling into fiction

I can tell

You're on some foolish mission

You're black eyed soul

You should know

That there's nowhere else to go

My black eyed boy

You will find

Your own space and time

Black eyed soul

You should know

That there's nowhere else to go

My black eyed boy

You will find

Your own space and

Time

Yeh, you should know

You're falling into fiction

I can tell

You're on some foolish mission

You're black eyed soul

You should know

That there's nowhere else to go

My black eyed boy

You will find

Your own space and time

Black eyed soul

You should know

That there's nowhere else to go

My black eyed boy

You will find

Your own space and time

Songwriter:

Black eyed soul

You should know

That there's nowhere else to go

My black eyed boy

You will find

Your own space and time

Edward Campbell / John Mcelhone / Richard Hynd / Robert Hodgens / Sharleen Spiteri

SongFacts:

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Homepage:

Texas

[texastheband]

On July 28, 1997 ’Black Eyed Boy’ single was released!

It was written by Sharleen Spiteri, Johnny McElhone, Eddie Campbell, Richard Hynd and Robert Hodgens. Produced by the band itself.

The single picked at #5 in the UK and reached Top 50 in Australia, Belgium, France, Ireland, Israel and Sweden.

The music video was directed by Karen Lamond, who later worked on the band's 'Put Your Arms Around Me' video.

"Texas immerse themselves in Motown on this thumpingly catchy Supremes-sounding groove, conjuring up a perfect summer gift for radio... Sharleen plays Diana Ross on the stand-out track from White On Blonde, its Motownalike euphoria pumped up even further in this single version. Will send the album shooting back up the chart." - Music Week magazine, 1997

"[Black Eyed Boy is] little more than the Supremes-by-numbers." - The Times, 1997

Official release included b-sides 'Sorry', 'Fameless', 'Black Eyed Disco' and 'Say What You Want (Acoustic Version)'.

Watch Performances Compilation: 1, 2, 3, 4

Lyrics; Buy at Discogs

[meo-eiru]

Found out

[pandoramusicbox]

Here is my small page on humans

Now human kin I have talked about before

some of this information is not the most up to-date but its not exactly wrong either.

mostly the information regarding the elven. the ratios have been changed a bit.

[daddario]

[cartoonbrain]

Artwork From Mainichi Elementary School Student Magazine from 1983.

[burakku-jakku]

Osamu Tezuka year of the dragon greeting card (1976)

Happy new year!

(x)

[astroboyart]

Source: Rakuten

The 2025 Osamu Tezuka calendar is listed with it's cover art on the website for the Japanese company, Rakuten.

The cover art follows a snake theme with 2025 being the Year of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac.

This calendar is set to release in September 2024.

[huimangi]

[honeyhoneyplskillme]

thinking about this

[pick-a-plush]

I suggest Marie Maison de Mieux Pitschi vs. San-ei Boeki Pururun Baikal Seal

Omg I love how scrungly the cat is! And the seal has such big cute eyes! Let’s see what everyone thinks!

[optimisticgardenhologram]

That Wammy Boy stare.

Or - eye colors, symbolism, and my head canon about L, Near and Mello's "weird dead eyes".

In Volume 13 Takeshi Obata reveals that because Ohba requested Near and Mello each have something reminiscent of L in their character designs he decided to express this by giving them the same eyes as L. As a result in the manga all three have black seemingly iris-less eyes.

So are we meant to understand that they all actually had pitch black pools where most humans and indeed everyone else in the manga had normal human eyes including the luxury of colored irises? On the other hand, in the anime L retains his familiar black eyes, however Near's are grey and Mello's are blue.

So why the inconsistency? In my opinion....BOTH are true.

It's not impossible to have eyes that are so dark brown they appear practically black, and the line between iris and pupils becomes hard to distinguish. But Near and Mello both have very fair skin and hair, it makes sense for them to also have light eyes.

My interpretation is that Obata's intent here is meant to be more symbolic than literal. Their black eyes may indeed actually be brown, grey, and blue respectively. But the similarity Obata tries to convey is not in the surface of their physical appearance, it's their essence that shines through. It's what I will call the "Wammy Boy stare" (admittedly something of a misnomer because it's really only a quality shared by L and his successors, but bear with me I wanted to use a catchier term).

The stare is the feeling those eyes project, the unnerving sense that they observe and analyze everything around them. That they can see into your soul, through and past you, and against your will can unearth your sins. That they know what makes you tick and just what buttons to push. That they know something you don't. It's in equal parts mysterious and alluring and intimidating as fuck. It's psychic damage, a feeling of exposure, a gaze that can make you squirm and stammer and reveal your secrets. Eyes that see everything but reveal nothing about the mind of their bearer.

Since I like to try to ground my theories in at least a crumb of source material, this ties in also to Near's comments in the C-Kira one shot where he said the reason L singled out himself and Mello and chose them as his potential successors was because of how they observe, and "the nasty look in our eyes".

In conclusion: Near has grey eyes, and Mello's are blue. But they are both distinctly L's.

[texastheband]

Texas - Say What You Want (Acoustic Version) B-side from ‘Black Eyed Boy’ single

Where to buy: at Discogs

[fuumiku]

Let myself just doodle for an hour yesterday and remembered how art can be therapeutic lol. Still trying to get my Chil down and for my style to be consistent, struggling, and then threw in an old style I’ve been wanting to make work in for funsies. Good to remember that art can be messy & art can be fun. Save mee Chilchuck save meeee

[jtownraindancer]

totally straight normal ways to look at your best friend

[lemonlimestar]

am i the only one who thinks that cass and tim don’t look like twins? like the only thing they have in common is black hair and maybe height. Maybe. ig being pale too but Only when the colorist wants me to be pissed off (looking at u convergence batgirl). tim looks more like dick than cassie imo