#desolation boulevard

[germ-t-ripper]

10DEC24 Enjoying The Sweet’s album “Desolation Boulevard”.

[rastronomicals]

8:11 PM EST November 17, 2024:

Sweet - "The Ballroom Blitz" From the album Desolation Boulevard (November 1974)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

★★★★

File under: Glam

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[jt1674]

[guerrilla-operator]

Sweet // Fox On The Run

Fox on the run You scream and everybody comes a-running Take a run and hide yourself away Fox is on the run

[coastal-stargazing]

This underrated song from Sweet is giving me Madness Combat vibes. It’s also stuck in my head now.

[rolandrockover]

Fox on the Mirror

No, dear Kiss friends, this one is not about Eric Carr, although the question of what Carnival of Souls would have sounded like with Eric Carr on drums would certainly be an interesting one.

In the Mirror (1997) is in a way the only ray of hope for many old (school) fans on the album already indicated above, and you don't have to guess why, because it sounds in stark contrast to the rest of its song material so much more like familiar old school 70's Kiss, and thus the good old days (1).

And, of course, to a certain extent like The Sweet, I would just say.

But that certainly wouldn't bother anyone, because there are also other old klassik Kiss songs that were inspired a little by The Sweet, and from many, many other bands from the 70s and the 60s, and certainly from the 50s as well. And without any influence from the 80s they probably would have looked a lot older in the 80s than they already did, but even that's generally pretty accepted as well. And that's a good thing.

Only the 90s seem to have been memorized as more than just ambivalent to very bad in the collective swarm intelligence of said conspiratorial fan community, more or less of course, because far fewer of them have ever voiced such great criticism of the reunion, but the latter didn't want to revive much other than the beloved 70s anyway.

Still, and thankfully Fox on the Run (1975) wasn't released in those evil 90s, because otherwise we'd have another song to collectively hate.

More or less.

Side Note:

(1) Which may also be due to unmistakable self-references from Dressed to Kill (1975).

You oughta klick on the links and take a look at the verses, every line's getting clearer, and see the vocal resemblance you can't deny:

Fox on the Run (1974)

In the Mirror (1997)

[labradoritedreams]

I love this image, and I don’t know why; I’m not particularly fond of snow, or bone-chilling cold. It seems so desolate, and it frightens me to think of being here even if I weren’t alone. I just feel dread. So why do I want to walk through here?

[lock-my-feelings-in-a-jar]

that’s a form of dyslexia

i have it too

IS IT??

well i think my dad had a form of it, maybe i shouldn't be surprised

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

The Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz 1973

"The Ballroom Blitz" is a song by British glam rock band The Sweet, written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. The song reached number one in Canada, number two in the UK Singles Chart and the Australian Chart, and number five on the US Billboard Hot 100. It remains an enduring favourite, with more than 90 million streams on Spotify alone by the end of 2022. "The Ballroom Blitz" was inspired by an incident on 27 January 1973 when the band were performing at the Grand Hall in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and were driven offstage by a bottling. The song appeared on the US and Canadian versions of Desolation Boulevard but never appeared on a Sweet album in the UK, other than hits compilations. The initial guitar and drum riff of the song has similarity to a 1963 song by Bobby Comstock called "Let's Stomp".

An early cover of "The Ballroom Blitz" was by the Les Humphries Singers in 1974, the first German single to reach #1 in New Zealand. The Damned covered it in 1979, which featured Lemmy from Motörhead on bass guitar, and Tia Carrere did a cover on the soundtrack to Wayne's World in 1992. In 2020, industrial metal band 3Teeth released Guns Akimbo, a two-track set that included a cover version of "The Ballroom Blitz", which was previously featured in the 2019 action comedy film Guns Akimbo.

"The Ballroom Blitz" received a total of 84,2% yes votes!

[archive-of-music]

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Desolationboulevardalbumic/albu

🧡Gender based on the album Desolation Boulevard by Sweet 🧡 albumic/albu referring to album

[russellstyles]

desolation boulevard....

King/ Simcoe, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

[rastronomicals]

10:01 PM EST November 25, 2024:

Sweet - "The Ballroom Blitz" From the album Desolation Boulevard (November 1974)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

★★★★

File under: Glam

[lucysarah-c]

Do you have any plans for a LevixReader longfic that you would like to write about plot-wise (going back to seasons 1 and 4) besides Holy Ground or after you finish Holy Ground?

Hi, dear! How are you?

Oh, that's such a good question! Yes, I do! Actually, I have the first chapter written, but I will post it once I finish 'Holy Ground.' My idea is to finish writing it before even posting the first chapter. It's not going to be as long as 'HG,' no no. 'Holy Ground' is my baby; I planned that story for years, and it's long because I created a whole universe about it haha. Chapters are long, and they are already cut out of plenty of scenes before they get posted. I think that once 'HG' is done, it may be 500k, and that's a lot.

The new fic would only be five chapters; the titles and everything are already decided. Because who am I if not an obsessive controller and planner? The story will be a canon time but AU about what would have happened if Levi, Farlan, and Isabel would have succeeded in killing Erwin, and now they live in the capital city. The title will be 'Suburban Legends,' with one prologue and four chapters. Levi X reader.

I can even give you a sneak peak:

Snow crunching underfoot, cobblestones slippery, skies open and flamingo pink, the screams of newspapers and old brooms sweeping streets. Head down, dark locks dusted with snowflakes, hands in pockets, calloused, tired feet in a worn uniform. Elaborate sighs, eyes glued to the floor, shop owners opening their stores, boulevards closing. A shaking figure paces down the streets, curious eyes following its path as some recognize him.

The ferry wasn't scheduled for its first trip for at least two to three hours more. He needed to pass the time; his meeting with the higher-ups and Historia had lasted until dawn. The early mornings downtown hold a melancholy that deeply affects him. As he reaches a small plaza, his sigh rises and he admires the view. Sheena's Wall exhales an air of foreignness he can't comprehend, like visiting an ex's house - familiar yet tinged with unease and foreignness. A place once called his own, now recalled with flashbacks of bad dreams.

The overwhelming desire to be alone consumes him, perhaps hidden in a forest outside the walls where nobody could see or expect him. Unusual for him, but he feels on the verge of tears. What could be the reason? The stress of the Wall Maria retake expedition? Erwin's unwavering determination and wavering intentions? The reasons he joined the scouts now disturbed like a distorted dream? Kenny? The kids from the underground reminding him of his own and, once again, Kenny? His mother?

Desolation and doubts cloud his mind; the streets teem with strangers, and the wash of loneliness shivers his body in a way it hasn't before. He can almost believe that at 31, he wishes Kenny were around again, to guide him, to ask him questions, to show him the way. Joining the scouts seven years ago, knowing more at 24 than at 31. Pacing the streets like an abandoned dog, wondering where to return, never thinking they'd one day be left to fend for themselves in the empty fields, seeking civilization by the scent of food and the hope of love.

Thank you for passing by! I can't help but wonder what made you want to ask that question! Feel free to return haha.

Have a lovely day/night!

[buffshipper8490]

Rating Mature

Chapter Summary

Led by Finn, the oppressed citizens of Coruscant revolt against the First Order. In an effort to put an end to the rebellion before it spreads, Chancellor Hux deploys the fearsome bloodtroopers, his elite Red Army. Meanwhile, Poe, Chewie, and BB-8 return to the Skywalker— the Eclipse class Star Destroyer the Resistance stole from the Kuat Drive Yards— where Poe must convince a downtrodden Leia to set a course for Coruscant to help Finn and his People's Resistance fight...

Excerpt

We’re doing this, we’re really doing this, Finn thought as he crouched in an abandoned building. There were hundreds of the people from the underground with him here, placed all over the street, watching and waiting for the First Order to spring the trap they’d set for them. They from all over the galaxy, from every walk of life. Some humanoid and others decidedly not. They had come to Coruscant in hope of a better life and ended up living in the sewers. But they were all here for the same reason, the same cause. Everything he and Rose had talked about was coming true. This was the revolution, this "People's Resistance", and he was leading it. Well, maybe it wasn’t exactly what they’d talked about. Rose was supposed to be here with him. But there was no time for him to fall apart, not when he noticed movement down below. Two small figures emerged from a side street, swallowed up by the desolate urban landscape. As they got closer, Finn could make out a familiar golden protocol droid and a blue and silver astromech by his side. Finn sighed to himself. “Come on, Threepio. Not now.” On the ground, the two droids went on, completely unaware of the trap they were walking into.  Artoo beeped nervously. “I agree,” said Threepio, looking at the charred tank Finn and the rest of the People's Resistance members had placed at the far end, practically right in front of them. “This certainly isn’t the Coruscant I remember.” Just then, a shadow fell over them both. A towering AT-MT walker entered the from one end of the boulevard, dwarfing the droids as they watched it pass. Threepio’s photoreceptors glowed in the gloom. “Oh dear.” Finn held his breath. Everything hinged on this moment, and of course the exact moment when the First Order found their bait, Artoo and Threepio would somehow find their way directly into the thick of it. It was almost pathological. The walker paused directly beneath their hideout, and Finn exhaled. It was working. Even with the droids in the mix, they had it exactly where they wanted it. Now he just needed Threepio to stay quiet for once. The comm he’d stolen crackled to life, set to the same frequency as the walker pilots. <Any life forms?> asked the walker pilot. <Nope.> replied his co-pilot. Finn tensed. It was now or never.  “Now!” he shouted, his crew firing grappling guns into the building opposite. The lines criss-crossed over top the walker, the two pilots too busy focusing on the droids and the burned out tank to notice what was going on overhead. Maybe Leia had a point. You should never underestimate a droid. “On my mark.” Finn checked to make sure everyone was ready. “Three... two ... one… go!”

New fanfic link! Likes ❤️ and Reblogs 🔁 are much appreciated!

[riri-of-the-valley]

it’s a one-way street and i can’t make a u-turn

it’s impossible to retrace my steps back from where it started to go all wrong. i can’t just turn my back away from the current and foreseeable future just to fix the past that would’ve gone the same way it did in all parallel universes i live in.

i can’t suffer walking through another boulevard.

upon dwelling in this familiar avenue of what-ifs and lost possibilities—it struck me that i am all that’s left to navigate this desolate landscape of what could have been.

r.r.