#bo burnham's melody

[beauty-grace-outer-space]

(Verse):

Turn on social media desperate for replies 

Endless doomscroll spiraling until your battery dies

Take this pill for happiness, take this one for your weight 

Finally catch up with one trend and find you're far too late

(Chorus): 

There it is again, that funny feeling…

That funny feeling. 

There it is again, that funny feeling…

That funny feeling.

(Verse):

Waking up one Wednesday, but in 1955

Explaining to your parents why you wish you weren't alive

Your online friend in Canada is closer than your boss

Weighed women vs gas prices and justified the loss

No one's having children cuz they can't afford the cost

Of pre- mourning their babies every time they hear a shot

Regulating bathrooms, people’s bodies, people’s choice

The lobbyists with the money are the ones who have a voice

(Chorus) 

Live-action remakes, repetition, seen this all before

Genocide and backdoor deals, another world wide war

Read the word of Jesus, try to do as he commands

Then finding out the Bible’s on the list of books to ban

Working one job 9-5, another 6-10

Have your day off, blow your budget, do it all again

Contemplate existence, make a dark joke just to cope 

Worrying the day will come when it won't be a joke

(Chorus)

[thewhizzyhead]

being a busy ass student with student journalism gigs on one hand and comm academic shit on the other is very interesting because with the jam-packed life I live I only really get to breathe at like late lAAATE night when no one can bother me about my responsibilities other than myself. that being said that's also when creative brain goes into overdrive and now misfits finally has the final draft of its opening number woo

[lil-gae-disaster]

Art is dead - Bo Burnham is relatable.

Because I've been taught that my theater group depends on donations to finance the shows.

Because I've been taught that art is painting with colors. Anything else is anything but art.

Because art can't get you a stable life, you have to get a "real" job.

Because everyone likes the artistic pieces unless they find out they're made by a part of a group they hate (like disabled, poc, queer, etc.)

Because most successful artists have committed crimes nowadays.

Because my aunt complains that we don't do more modern pieces and doesn't appreciate our new interpretations of art that has existed for a long time.

Because art class is just about painting and not how we can utilize words, melodies, our voice to create all kinds of art.

Because artists get destroyed by (modern) education.

Because how can it be that I have been told countless times that "PaInTiNg WoNt GeT mE aNyWhErE" or "YoU cAnT mAkE a LiViNg OfF oF yOuR(my) wRiTiNg" and no one DARES to question why??

Because how can it be that people can't (won't) look at the layers old poems or paintings have and just view the top layer, which is how it looks???

BECAUSE I'VE BEEN CALLED A NERD FOR LOOKING BEHIND THE OBVIOUS JUST BECAUSE THE AVERAGE TEENAGER CAN'T.

BECAUSE I'VE BEEN CALLED CRINGE FOR WRITING AND THAT I SHOULD KEEP IT SECRET

BECAUSE THE WHOLE CLASS GROANS WHEN I WANNA PRESENT WHAT I'VE WRITTEN

BECAUSE MY WRITING HAS BEEN CALLED EMBARRASSING,

YET OTHERS ARE ENVIOUS OF MY PAINTINGS

EVEN THOUGH I JUST PAINT WHAT WORDS I HAVE IN MY HEAD

BECAUSE MY OWN FATHER MOCKED ME FOR MY FIRST ATTEMPTS AT WRITING

BECAUSE I'VE BEEN CALLED "CRINGE" "EMBARRASSING" AND A "NERD" JUST BECAUSE I AM NOT AS MENTALLY PUT BEHIND AS THE AVERAGE STUDENT

YES I CAN'T DO MATH AS GOOD AS YOU, BUT I HAVE EXCELLED AT THE JOKE POETRY ASSIGNMENT MY GERMAN TEACHER GAVE ME, WHEN YOU HAVE FAILED AND I WATCHED GLEEFULLY

I CAN EXPRESS MYSELF THROUGH MY KIND OF ART BETTER THAN YOU CAN ATTEMPT BECAUSE YES I MAY HAVE FOUR As BUT I STILL HAVE A MIND THAT CAN CREATE AND NOT JUST FOLLOW RULES.

My writing is art.

I want it to be recognized as art.

Art is not cringe.

Art is not embarrassing.

Art is not something to groan at.

Art is not something only for nerds.

Art is wonderful.

Art is to be appreciated and interpreted again.

And I fear for the future if this is the start of how art will be treated.

[teruwasright]

Ok lmao ima drop my Teru Playlist and list the songs in it for you all!!!! Some of these songs are related to him in lyric and some just remind me of him for no reason so keep that in mind ^^

1. Make believe by Memphis may fire

2. Like a villain by bad omens

3. Juliet by cavetown

4. In fact (the carousel remix) by Gregory and the hawk

5. Kate's not here by girl in red

6. Hell and back (remix) by Jerome the prince

7. Long live the king by I prevail

8. Numb little bug by our last night

9. Daddy issues (remix) by the neighborhood & syd

10. Oh no! By marina and the Diamonds

11. Darkest days by becko

12. Rät by Penelope scott

13. Mememe by 100 gecs

14. Do it for her (feat. Zach Collison and grace rolek) by Steven universe

15. Spider web by Melanie Martinez

16. Look who's inside again by bo burnham

17. My way by NEFFEX

18. Graveyard by our last night

19. Purgatorium by awake at least

20. Straight to hell by dead things

21. Fight fire with gasoline by self decapitation

22. Hollywood baby by 100 gecs

23. Wired for worthless by citizen soldier

24. Heartless by yameii online

25. Oats we sow by Gregory and the hawk

26. Scars that I'm hiding by from ashes to new

27. Mouthful of razors by memory of a melody

28. Lost in between by yeaow

29. Mother knows best (from tangled) by Donna Murphy

HONORABLE MENTIONS!!!!!!!!!

1. the death of peace of mind by bad omens

2. Trying by cavetown

3. Pretty face by PUBLIC

4. trust me not (hero and villain duet) by backseat vagabond

These ones are more switching povs with Kou (except pretty face-) but I still love these songs ^^

Hope yall enjoy! ^^

[iiotic]

༉‧ა°.Vox (spotify) playlist

Songs:

Eyes on Me (Vox's Song) - PARANOiD DJ

Vox's Interlude - Silva Hound, Dagames

My Games (I Am Your Overlord) - Chroma9

Eyes on Me (P DJ Tech Dance Rework) - PARANOiD DJ

Stayed gone - Sam Heft, Christian Borle, Andrew Underberg..

Valentino - Olly Alexander (Years & Years), MNEK

All Eyes on Me - OR3O

Welcome to The Internet - Bo Burnham

GMFU - 6arelyhuman, Odetari

Discord - The Living Tombstone, Eurobeat Brony

The Fine Print - The Stupendium

Power Glove - Knife Party

Level up! (w/ Odetari) - 6arelyhuman, Odetari

Fighting With The Melody - Jimmy Urine

All Eyes On Me - Bo Burnham

SPIT IN MY FACE! - ThxSomch

HONEY (ARE YOU COMING?) - Maneskin

Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? - Arctic Monkeys

Dead to Me - Melanie Martinez

[immaterial-girl]

something about bo burnham songs…they groove directly into my psyche and make a little home there.

maybe its the combination of melody and flawless rhyme on a sentence i could spend years unpacking and not be able to fully articulate or understand the emotion it makes me feel? but once i think of one of his songs i have to listen to it immediately and usually play it over and over again and maybe scribble some of the lyrics down in a notebook like a madwoman.

it’s like cocomelon to me

[spotify-official]

What is Pixel genre?

Pixel music is a genre of electronic music that is heavily influenced by the 8-bit and 16-bit video game music of the 1980s and 1990s. It is characterized by its use of simple, repetitive melodies and chiptune-style synthesizers.

I love the range you have, Bo Burnham to MARINA? I want to study you under a microscope

[tenderlady]

sending the same questions back to you! 7, 16, 19 please :)

yayyy thank you!!

7. is there/what is a song that always makes you think of your parents?

my dad was a huge tom petty fan, and for the last couple years of his life he became obsessed with learning how to play this on the guitar. he never did quite get it down, but he would frequently just be playing the OH MY MY, OH HELL YES, HONEY PUT ON YOUR PARTY DRESS bit and it always makes me think of him now when i hear it. (also it's a total banger.)

16. is there/what is a song that has been ruined for you by an ex or a former crush/situationship/relationship?

this one just seems like an occupational hazard of dating someone during lockdown. me and my partner at the time both got super obsessed with the inside special and now i absolutely cannot listen to any of the music from it anymore. i'm not too mad about that, i'm gonna be honest with you lol

19. what do you think is the greatest love song of all time?

NEVER FOR MONEY!

ALWAYS FOR LOVE!!!!!!!

music asks <3

[voxxcd]

𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐘 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄!

whether it be melodies that give you inspiration for your muse or songs that get you into the writing mood — pick 10 songs you find to give you the urge, the drive, or the creativity to write for your muse!

Art is Dead - Bo Burnham

Fight For Me - AlicebanD

Digital Silence - Peter Mcpoland

Lifetime Achievement Award - Lemon Demon

2econd 2ight 2eer (that was fun, goodbye.) - Will Wood

All Eyes On Me - Bo Burnham

Send In The Machines - Bohnes

The Best - Future Royalty

Cold War - Foreign Figures

Ego - Daysormay

tagged by: stolen tagging: idk who's been tagged so steal (:

[misterbardman]

Songs on my favorite songs from my Falling from Olympus playlist, with lyrics, that just remind me of trials of Apollo:

•”I’ll blow up into smithereens and spew my tiny symphony all up and down the city street while tryna put my mind at ease. Like finishing this melody, this feels like a necessity, so this could be the death of me or maybe just a better me.” - Worlds Smallest Violin, AJR

•”You don’t have to be like everybody else, you don’t have to fit into the norm, you are not here to conform. I am here to look inside myself, recognize that I could be the eye, the eye of the storm. I am not my body, not my mind or my brain, not my thoughts or feelings, I am not my DNA.” - Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land, MARINA

•”They give so much to me, I’m losing touch, get me? Served on a silver platter, ask for seconds they just let me. They tell me I’m a god, I’m lost in the facade, six feet off the ground at all times, I think I’m feeling odd.” - My Ordinary Life, The Living Tombstone

•”Well, well, look who’s inside again. Went out to look for a reason to hide again. Well, well, buddy you’ve found it, now come out with your hands up we’ve got you surrounded.” - Look who’s inside again, Bo Burnham

•”You’re a loser, baby, a loser goddamn baby. You’re a fucked-up little whiny bitch, you’re a loser just like me. You’re a screw-is-loose loser and only one-star reviewer.” -Loser, baby, Hazbin Hotel

[favterukanes]

Ok I got TERU SONGS!!!!!!

a lot are sad/angsty sorry not sorry- again the songs are sad, angsty, and just songs that reminds me of him for no reason ^^

Numb little bug by our last night (one of my personal favs)

Juliet by cavetown (this song is also in my Terukane Playlist-)

Fight fire with gasoline by self deception

Straight to hell by dead things

People I don't like by UPSAHL (this one also reminds me of the sunflower trio)

Purgatorium by awake at last

Hostage by no resolve

Graveyard by our last night

Daddy issues (remix) by the neighborhood & syd (YES OK- )

My way by NEFFEX

In fact (the carousel remix) by Gregory and the hawk (this would actually be a song about Kou-)

Family line by Conan gray (I literally love this song-)

Look who's inside again by bo Burnham (the ultimate Teru song in my opinion-)

Like a villain by bad omens

Kate's not here by girl in red

Scars that I'm hiding by from ashes to new

Mouth full of razors by memory of a melody

Hell and back (remix) by Jerome the prince

Darkest days by becko

Rät by Penelope scott

Mememe by 100 gecs

There are some hard bops in here (tho I love all of them) so I hope you enjoy!!! ^^

HAHAHA u cant have a Teru playlist without angst. Its impossible!!

WOOOOOAAHHH. FIRST ONE IS ALREADY A BANGER?

At this point the entire lyric matches with him!! And its such a great music too. I wish i could pick a single bit of the music to put here but it all matches ??!! Σ(°ロ°)

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I'll always love cavetown & his musics, no matter the hate ppl give to him!!

And i have such a soft spot for this music, and how poetic it is ugghh!!

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HAHAHAH couldnt miss daddy issues in a Teru playlist.

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i loved "in fact" thats exactly the type of music i like to listen to!!??!? And it is so amazing im flabbergasted!

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FUCKKK, FAMILY LINE IS SO GOOD. Totally shocked with this playlist now, just woah.

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YEYEYEYEYEYEYE BO BURNHAM!!!

With Teru's prideful self, aahhhh !!!

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I dont even have anymore to say!! Just that i loved ur whole playlist !!

funny how this playlist show how badass Teru is but at the same time so pathetic, THATS IT!!!

Big bops here, i had fun listening (˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧

[storm-and-starlight]

Top Nine No Skip Albums (as tagged by @heronfem), organized in favorite album order! I just straight up don't listen to music by album (and am also truly ridiculously picky about stuff) so this was. a lot harder than I was expecting! (this isn't so much "top nine no-skip albums" as "literally the only nine albums I can think of that I don't skip any songs on" lmao)

Tagging anyone else who'd like to do this, just tag me back so I can see!

How to Train Your Dragon OST by John Powell HTTYD my best beloved. I watched this movie when I was seven years old, got Test Drive stuck in my head and Forbidden Friendship stuck in my heart and haven't gotten either of them out since. I know it's not teeeeeeechnically an album, but I love it anyways and it holds an incredibly special place in my heart. Favorite song: Forbidden Friendship

Save Rock and Roll by Fall Out Boy The yearning... the yearning. Something about the nostalgia and the ache and the... the everything about this album sank into me. Alone Together is the song that got me to actually start listening to Fall Out Boy's entire discography, and we all know how that went. Favorite Song: Alone Together

Love Run by The Amazing Devil I just. I love this album so much, with all its motifs and melodies and intertwining songs. It's chaotic and beautiful and I will never get over how every single song but the last is about love going wrong in some way and yet the chorus of the very last song is love's worth running to. Favorite Song: Love Run (Reprise)

Vices & Virtues by Panic! at the Disco A collection of Absolute Bops and also The Yearning (Panic! version) and it's just. It's fun! The music clicks exactly with my brain in both a melodic and emotional sense, and that is extremely rare for an entire album to pull off. Favorite Song: This one's from the bonus songs that I think you can only find nowadays on Youtube, but it's Stall Me!

Masterharper of Pern by Tania Opland So this is a published CD of filk music based off the songs and poetry from the Dragonriders of Pern books, and. look. I like medieval-inspired folk. That's what this is. It's also about a book series that was extremely formative for my love of dragons, so just like. It's good. I like it. Favorite Song: Star Stone

Inside by Bo Burnham Every single song on this album is simultaneously an Absolute Banger and an Absolute Mood (which is everything Bo Burnham writes, really, but this one especially). That Funny Feeling is the best example of what it's like to be alive when it feels like the world is collapsing down around you that I've ever found. Favorite Song: That Funny Feeling

Ola Gjeilo by Ola Gjeilo Ola Gjeilo is probably my all-time favorite choral composer -- he does such fun things with harmony without being boring like some people (*cough* Whitacre *cough*) can be. Favorite Song: The Lake Isle

PTX, Vol. III by Pentatonix I went through a massive PTX phase in middle school (I was a preteen choir kid, what were you expecting), and this is one of the albums that stuck around. Favorite Song: Rather Be

Artificial Intelligence by Tom Cardy Every single song this man has ever produced is absolutely fucking flawless and I have nothing else to say. Favorite Song: Read Between the Lines

[vexx-ation]

365 Albums in 365 Days: 160/365

Date: Sunday June 9th Album: Inside Artist: Bo Burnham Released: 2021 Genre: Musical Review: It’s a little weird watching someone have a mental breakdown in real time but you know what? I’ll take it. It’s good art. Much like Shop A Pop Opera, this is technically a film and not an album, but in terms of musicality, Bo has a really good sense for incredibly catchy lyrics and theater. I often find myself throwing one of the songs on despite the content of the lyrics because the melodies are just catchy enough. Go white boy go Favorite Track: Look Who's Inside Again

[mogamingthe1st]

Life Series Playlist (Outdated)

An update (below cut)

Third Life:

To My Enemies by Saint Motel- This one is the vibes for the start of the season. Upbeat, not a whole lot of angst yet.

I Can't Decide by Scissor Sisters- Bdubs betrayal of Impulse

Dead Girls by Penelope Scott- Scott after Jimmy's death. "I don't see her but I see her and I know it isn't real but I fake it anyway"

American Healthcare (Glitzy) by Penelope Scott- Martyn, specifically his alliance with Ren

Choke by IDKHOW- More vibes, but later in the season, the red army is coming.

Bad Bad Things by AJJ- The Red King, "If I don't go to hell when I die I might go to heaven, might go to heaven but probably not"

Never Love an Anchor by The Crane Wives- I might remove this, it used to be Grian's song for being the winner of the season, but I changed it.

Lukewarm by Penelope Scott- End of season Grian and his win. "Throw a punch, watch it sail through the air; keep talking but there's nobody there" among other lyrics.

Last Life:

Hayloft II by Mother Mother- Setting the stage for this season, it's unhinged in an angsty way is how I describe it.

Tongues and Teeth by The Crane Wives- Cleo burning the forest. Yes this one is specific, but it does double as the vibes of the Fairy Fort alliance.

Who Are You Really? by Mikky Ekko- The southlands alliance. Just them.

Born2Run by Penelope Scott- This is later in the season when things are picking up and there's more drama.

Bad Girls by M.I.A.- Gaslight, gatekeep, and girlboss because they deserve it <3

Curses by The Crane Wives- Scar? I want it to be Scar. "There's still cobwebs in the corners, and the backyard's full of bones" he is lonely and it makes me sad

Feel Better by Penelope Scott- Bdubs. Bdubs and Etho omg. "But someone loved me, someone fucking loved me"

Goodbye by Bo Burnham- Scott as his winner's song. I feel like Scott finished the series realizing he was now alone even though he won.

Double Life:

Smokey Eyes by Lincoln- Once again we begin with the overall feel of the season.

Canary in a Coal Mine- haha rancher duo, I love them, I'm not over the canary curse STILL being real after 4 seasons, wtf man

You and Me by Lifehouse- A nice song for the healthy relationship that is clock duo. Also it mentions clocks. (I specifically have the extended wedding song version lol)

Too Close by Sir Chloe- This one is desert duo and Ren and bigb, but I really think it's from Scar's POV "you get too close, take the one I love the most"

Burning Pile by Mother Mother- Boat boys. The ship burns everything burns. Yep.

No Children by The Mountain Goats- Listen to this in the context of double life and tell me it's not Scott and Pearl. "I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow, I hope it bleeds all day long"

Limited Life (very unfinished):

Never Be Alone by Shadrow- I know, I know, but hear me out. This season feels very watcher-y and also brings back the boogeyman and just feels like everyone has to be on edge at all times.

Fighting With The Melody by Jimmy Urine- honestly idk I just brought this one over from my C!Grian playlist because it fit. "Welcome to your fate, end of the line" and "You are so dead, dancing with the enemy"

Hell's Comin' With Me by Poor Man's Poison- I have this down for TIES, but mostly Impulse since he made it to the end, idk

Problems by Mother Mother- The bad boys yeeeaaaaahhhhhh. "I am a sinner, you are a saint" among other lines.

I'm Gonna Win by Rob Cantor- This is Martyn's winner song, he legit went insane at the end there what can I say. "I'll never lose, I'll never die"

Here's a link also I will take suggestions, this is legitimately just my music taste

[cozy2000]

i don't care abt your opinion of the guy or his music, the song is catchy and it was a big thing at a certain point, i just wanna know...

[forlorngarden]

☕️ im here for YOUR unpopular music opinions bab xx right my wrongs xx

im genuinely a bit terrified because many of my music tastes and opinions are deemed lame and basic but lame girl is my alias and profession so i will commit to it.

before we start let me assessment the level of my lameness - i have a twenty one pilots and a taylor swift tattoo. see? this is what we are working with

whatever

- lyrics are much more important to me than music i do love beautiful melodies and production of course but if the lyrics slap i will probably not give a fuck about anything else

- the best way to listen to music is by going through albums from start to finish. shuffle is evil and my sworn enemy

- phoebe bridgers is in fact one of our greatest songwriters right now. yes, along with mitski. im sorry ridi. they explore different themes and i feel like our connection to said themes is what makes us love one or the other more. and well. it's phoebe for me. i feel like punisher changed the course of my existence that winter night in my small god awful apartment where I listened to it while for the first time while cutting my hair with paper scissors.

- same with taylor. there's much to say about her as a political figure (of sorts), as a businesswoman, as an artist too, and not all of it will be pretty. but she's a strong, strong writer who is constantly overlooked by many outside of her (very annoying and over the top, yes) fanbase (that i have beef with but. that's another story).

one of the most consistent criticisms of her as a songwriter though is that there's too much of her, so much she feels inescapable. and that is a classic case of being woman'd (term courtesy of rayne fisher-quann - we as a society and as consumers are compelled to want to take any woman that gets too successful down a notch. she has always been annoying. there's too much of her. overrated. and so on. rayne's essay was rather eye opening and i can't recommend it enough). but that is a co-product of misogyny, people of marginalized groups (fairly) recognising her privileges and being (fairly) upset by the lack of opportunities for equally talented artists, her enormous fanbase and the pit of despair that is modern stan culture.

- on the topic of stan culture. oh brothers what makes people so mean? for the life of me i can not figure out what good it does you to write "flop" under popcrave tweets. do people feel righteous? cathartic? edgy? is this for the sake of ruling up some and getting throwaway validation from the others? can not wrap my head around this.

- in the same vein. we have GOT to stop demanding content from any kind of artists, musicians included. i think everyone here agrees but i needed to say that because i can not bear seeing this attitude on twitter anymore

- oh those were some thinkpieces babes. well i wasn't an academic for 6 years for nothing

- flash round! melodrama best album ever made; jack antonoff the lows are low but the highs are really fucking high have you heard choreomania and hard feelings/loveless; bo burnham amazing lyricist im not even fucking sorry about this one though i got bullied on tiktok for it; we deserve an emo renaissance. i think that's it for today that was really something