#courtesy the yt algorithm

[dollsahoy]

Would you call this goth pop?

First one has flashing lights

[cto10121]

original english lyrics for “la gloire à mes genoux” from le rouge et le noir

A/N: Just stumbled upon a subtitled video of Le Rouge et Le Noir via YT’s algorithms and sampled a bit of music. Not at all inspiring, but this song’s lyrics did hit hard because this is still the case, sadly. We live in a lord-and-knave world now, my masters, what can I say? Not too sure about this one, lyrics-wise, since I feel I repeat phrases and key ideas too much, but I grew tired of looking at it over, so! It shall have to stand until I come up with something better. Like if you like, reblog, comment, etc.

Glory At My Feet (La gloire à mes genoux)

Julien Sorel All my life I’ve heard, “keep to your place” All this life you’ll live like a rat race It’s the fate of your birth It’s your place on this earth Your worth

All this world was made for the high kings Can’t escape the fate that your blood brings A Chain of Being that binds It’s the circle of life For life

Toe the line or be prepared to beg on your knees Bow and genuflect, reflect, bid thank you, say please

Low you were born Low you will be It’s destiny

Am I your fool to mock me?

I want your glory at my feet I want the world you hide from me None of the little sweet None of the courtesy Of privilege

I want your riches at my call I want your blood stained on my wall None of your hidden sneers None of your little fears Of class revenge

On this path unwinding you’ll find me Low as mud, my blood that will bind me To this contract decreed By the Lord and His creed His greed

Soon I’ll flee the prison of your story of kings Soon you'll see me flying like a bird on the wing

Nothing I was Something I’ll be There you’ll see

See me rising high I’ll fly Beyond what you can bide No longer will I still believe your lie

Your lies about your right Your might Your spite I’ll bring to light

I’ll never be your fool now Your tool to use to rule now

I want your glory at my feet I want the world you hide from me None of the little sweet None of the courtesy Of privilege

I want your riches at my call I want your blood stained on my wall None of your hidden sneers None of your little fears Of class revenge (2x) 

[dollsahoy]

90s alternative with a hint of early 2000s Japanese funk. Kinda angry.

flashing lights

[dollsahoy]

Fluffy angry pop

[dollsahoy]

and then YT suggested this

[dollsahoy]

YouTube has suggested Genie High to me. Genie High is what happens when some older Japanese TV personalities/comedians/musicians (including the guitarist from ゲスの極み乙女。, which I remember seeing on Tumblr a few years ago) form a band (with frequent additional guest singers.) It is Very Japanese (anime opening music-ish)

(there's some...humorous body horror in that one)

(flashing light edits start around 1:45 in this one)

(yeah, that bass player is one of the comedians. so is the drummer.)

There's more. You get the idea.

[dollsahoy]

Oh, look, another Murder Him video. Harder rock this time.

This band may have a theme (this one's heavier)

one more (no death in this one)

[dollsahoy]

Wikipedia calls them symphonic metal. You may be as much or more interested in the Borg aesthetics.

It...reminds me of how much my Mom liked Evanescence? I never listened to Evanescence, so that's probably not really helpful...

[dollsahoy]

Do you like your hair metal songs to have a goofy gimmick? (subtitle translations are available)

How about the big hair metal power ballad being about LGBTQIA+ Pride?

[dollsahoy]

Oh, I guess Shibuya-kei is old enough to get throwback style now (and Nomiya Maki is still there.) This is the kind of stuff listened to in the late 90s.

[dollsahoy]

Another perky pop song about killing your boyfriend (or at least fantasizing about it)

[dollsahoy]

Throwback to early twenty-teens sounds? I don't know, I haven't actively listened to mainstream music for decades. Still, I share because somebody's going to like some of this

Flashing lights in the first one

(The above does not sound like the intro all the way through, which I would have liked to have heard how that would have gone)

[dollsahoy]

I'm not really into metal, so I offer this to metalheads who follow me

[dollsahoy]

Goldie Boutilier has sex appeal and trauma, and you can't have one without the other

Second song is a bit psychedelic. First one is...agitatedly dreamy?

(second video is not technically NSFW, but parts of it could make some people, looking over your shoulder, uncomfortable)

[dollsahoy]

YT started suggesting a bunch of Thai pop songs to me. Again, straight-up pop music really isn't my thing, but I thought the slightly hard rock edge of the first song and the problems with a zombie boyfriend in the second video might entertain some people

[dollsahoy]

The oni will mock you to the beat of a low key groove

warning for a big fake spider