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thisworldisablackhole · 10 months ago

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The Requiem A Cure To Poison The World

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More than just a nostalgia act?

The Requiem, formerly known as L'exquisite Douler (a name which has since been relegated to a 53 second piano interlude), broke onto the scene in 2020 with a simple mission statement; make rock music sloppy again. Feeling disenchanted by the current state of highly processed and autotuned alternative music, this young trio yearned for the early-to-mid aughts when young emotional rock bands gained notoriety by letting their voices crack over the jagged edge of minor scales and double stacks - the way god intended.

Debut album A Cure To Poison The World brings that mission statement to life with a short and sweet love letter to the MySpace era of post-hardcore and emo bands. Damien Douleur is an absolute powerhouse of a frontperson and quickly steals the show by transporting the listener back in time with an immediately familiar sense of desperation and dramatic flair. First track "This Is How The World Ends" is the perfect introduction to the band, swinging out the gates at full speed with a drum roll straight into dark sustained power chords and a grim, violent look into how this world is going to end (spoiler alert: with a moment of silence, death staring into you). It quickly showcases what the band has to offer, and is very polite in the fact that it doesn't waste the listeners time. You'll know in the first 15 seconds if this band is for you or not.

The run of songs from the intro to about the mid way point of the album doesn't miss a beat, and I really appreciate the bands effort to switch things up with the subtlety required when pulling influences from a relatively small pool. Even when the song structures begin to feel repetitive or trite, the hooks are passionate and catchy enough to pull you back in. Third track "Less Than Zero" in particular sticks out to me as a refreshing diversion from smudged eyeliner worship to a more melodic punk offering full of chanted backing vocals, "whoah whoah's" and riffs that would sound right at home on Rise Against's The Sufferer and the Witness. Meanwhile, sixth track "Cursed" brings the tempo way down for one of the best slow dance rock ballads I've heard since MCR's "The Ghost of You". This song builds up into an epic swan dive moment as Damien sings, "as the years go by, I hope that there's a smile on my face when I die" before crash landing back into the chorus like Altaïr into a haystack. It's a simple, yet universal sentiment that is nothing short of beautiful in it's expression.

Where this album loses steam and begins to show it's cracks for me is with seventh song "Two Lovers Left Alive". This song strips away the drums, bass and electric guitar and leaves Damien alone with an acoustic guitar, wisped along by the soft winds of a synthesizer as he sings about (if my hypothesis is correct) some kind of immortal vampire searching for a long lost lover, separated by an infinite amount of space and time? The story is cute, but being unshrouded by loudness, this song just illuminates the reliance on cliché emo tropes that are spattered all over this album like defiant scrawls on the inside of your high school locker; coffins, corpses, and chemicals galore. The lyrics on the album are mostly fine - covering themes of suicidal ideation, apocalyptic doom and the macabre - but the hints of emo vampire romanticism come off as a little too campy for me.

Thankfully the energy picks back up with the next three tracks before closing out with another crooner which gracefully avoids the same pitfalls of "Two Lovers Left Alive" by beefing up the arrangement of instruments to provide a more apt backdrop for Damien's voice. "Before I Go…" also features a few creative spins like a Spanish influenced acoustic bridge, a triumphant electric solo, and a short spoken word poem which culminates in a satisfying bookend to the journey. As good as the closer is, the pinnacle of this last chunk of songs is definitely "Diary Of A Masochist". This was my favourite of the singles released in 2023 and remains one of the strongest and most engaging tracks on the record. A majority of this album, whilst enjoyable, doesn't deviate far from the formula displayed in the first few minutes, but "Diary Of A Masochist" pulls out all the little hooks and daggers to crank that formula to it's most potent form, creating a song riddled with dynamic twists and one of the most intense vocal performances to back it all up. The attention to detail here is just on another level, and it makes me wish that same labour of love was applied more liberally throughout the 36 minutes runtime.

So, now we return to the original question. Is The Requiem more than just a nostalgia act, doomed to eat their own tail? The short answer is… it's too soon to tell. No, they aren't doing anything new, but it's done with such a high standard of quality and reverence for their predecessors that it doesn't even matter. They aren't beating a dead horse; they are resuscitating that motherfucker with 10,000 volts of electricity, and to speculate any further would just soak the fun out of listening. Whether or not the formula will hold up on subsequent releases is another question, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there (and I hope we do). In the meantime, I'm just gonna enjoy the gift that is A Cure To Poison The World; an imperfect, yet highly enjoyable chunk of third wave emo worhsip that resonates just loud enough to pump some fresh blood into your tired heart.

#the requiem #my chemical romance #the used #afi #rise against #fearless records #post hardcore #2000s emo #2000s post hardcore #a cure to poison the world #music

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melodyofthevoid · 1 year ago

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Spotify Discovery 10/2

Lot of ukulele tracks in this one, and it’s a mixed bag. I cannot explain for the life of me what makes a ukelele song sound not bad to me but when I crack that code you’ll know.

Generally good though! The bad tracks though I hated more than last time. Also sorry for the delay I had work and a litany of other things (other writing projects) that distracted me lmao.

Good:

Playing on Train Tracks: Very Mountain Goats in its execution, note that it does cover self-destructive behaviors so be wary but the honesty here is captured so well. I love the use of language and metaphor, cutting live wires, standing on the cliff but never jumping, standing on the train tracks, it hits. The simple instrumentals isn’t overly “stripped down” it fits the subject. Good stuff.

What We Have is You: A song from Kipo, a nice little lullaby. Don’t remember what the context of this bit was in the show but I really liked it. Sterling K Brown has a nice voice.

The Dragon of Climate Change: Not one I’ll listen to frequently but I did enjoy the jaunty folk feel combined with the “fuck the rich” vibes. Calling out carbon credits was a good bit. Very bard core.

Lover (take me to the moon): Gives me confused person in love and I think it works. I wish I could really say what makes these sorts of songs click with me vs brush them off as kinda overdone but I’m afraid it’s a mystery to me as well.

Ghost Choir Vocals: Gives the iconic Ghost Choir lyrics in the style of “Mr.Sandman” and the singer is absolutely lovely. Fun and short, always a treat to hear the ghost choir in general and Louie’s instrumentals lend to the singer’s voice.

Davy Jones: I’ve listened to this cover a shit ton on Youtube and still love the vocals. The Davy Jones/Calypso storyline is a fav and there’s just. Mwah. Chef’s kiss vibes. Not much to say here other than absolute banger. (For an improved experience look up the duet version).

Suffering: A dance to agony, it works in a way of celebrating despite it all. The singer is lovely, the guitar is jaunty, and the rhythm is fast and fun. I like it! Gives me Crane Wives vibes and that’s always a plus for me.

Medusa in a Stone Garden: There’s an interesting energy around this one kinda folk rock? I like the Medusa energy, the repetition can wear on at times but other than that? Excellent.

The Water is Fine: Gives me Mariza/Delta vibes, there’s nice overlap on the vocals, there’s energy here too that is fun. A bit Oh Hellos, a bit Amazing Devil.

Anywhere But Here: A lovely little music box style waltz, very romantic. Melancholic too, and just the sort of thing I like to wind down to.

Duet in Death: Another classical piece, I’m sure if I knew more about the webtoon Nevermore I’d have more of an affinity? But a duet between a piano and a violin is one I’m always a sucker for. I adore violins when they’re done well and this one is spectacular.

Devil’s Flesh & Bones: Another WTNV alumni! Eliza Rickman is neat, she’s got a very distinct voice, kinda Cabaret and kinda jazz. This one all works for me.

Neutral:

Rises the moon: The vocal performance of this cover is… a little shaky at times? But I like the song and I think that it’s alright.

Tough to be a Bug: A twee little ukulele ditty, it’s cute but not really one that I’ll listen to. A bit too soft for me ig.

Bird Song: Not the Florence and the Machine song, but a different one. I enjoyed the folk vibes but the chorus has this kinda tropical electronica and that’s just not my vibe? The song has a general montage feel which works for what it is but a meh experience overall.

A Shitty Gay Song About You: The guitar plus the twinkly xylophone and the monotone vocals aren’t… really my vibe. The lyrics are kinda neat, but it’s not for me. I could see someone making a cute animatic to it though.

I think I want to be alone: Relatable but the style is a little too TikTok for me with the playful vibes combined with the depressing lyrics? Doesn’t scratch an itch for me.

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Katarina Josephina: I’m not really sure what to make of this one. It’s got the trappings of a folk story song but it’s got a strange energy to it. Not certain what to say doesn’t work for me, but the trap break definitely does not.

The Spider’s Face: I like the song Nothing from this musical but goddamn this one is too “playful sing song evil” for me. The plucking strings and the vocals… it does not do it for me. Very unpleasant to listen to.

Aisling Song: I do not enjoy listening to children sing. This is a child singing in a very ~dreamlike~ way. I’m sure this works in the movie “Secret of Kells” but without the visuals I would really rather not listen.

PATROCLUS MEETS HIS FATE: I love orchestral stuff, I love video game music, but the artificial strings really take away any of the grandiosity for me. It’s very canned and I’m not a fan.

Typical Me: DSMP song and not a good one. I don’t like the vocals or the lyrics. Very monotone and unpleasant.

Give a Little: The saxophone and vintage swing feel are neat but I reaaaaally don’t like the vocals. They ruin it for me. Sorry CG5 but really not doing it for me.

64 Little White Things: This is Scary Jokes with the vocal style and again. Not a fan of that. There’s something about the vocals that just sets my teeth on edge, the sing/talking style with the modulation and the carnival music… no. Can’t do it.

#take a shot every time I say ‘doesn’t do it for me #lmao #Melody rambles #Spotify discovery

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the-halcyon-effect · 8 months ago

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copying @jackfromthefairytale again but it's the imminence album this time

come hell or high water: this was honestly my least favorite of the singles, it's good but it's kinda repetitive. i think it's good as an opening song tho

desolation: first song i heard by this band! it's good, and a VERY good description of their sound, but there's not much more new i have to say.

heaven shall burn: 2nd favorite of the singles, behind the title track. eddie is pissed off and i am in danger 👍

beyond the pale: first new track! i have high hopes

ooh that's an architectsy riff. i like it

OOH THOSE VOCAL LAYERS IN THE CHORUS ARE SO GOOD GJEKIDJDOSKEKDPLSKSKDLSK

their architects influence is SHOWING and i am PERFECTLY okay with that

oh it's breakdown time. obliterate me pls

YUP I'M GETTING OBLITERATED

i call these "train breakdowns" because they feel like getting run over by a train OH WE'RE STILL GOING WAIT WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS DEATHCORE NOW‽‽‽‽ and now it's just the chorus again. holy shit

eddie berg how do you do that. just how.

death by a thousand cuts: VERY good track! this is the song i use to describe imminence's sound. wasn't my favorite of the singles but it's still one i put on often bc it's still SO GOOD

come what may: WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT INTRO THIS IS HEAVIER THAN CONTINUUM

OH FUCK THAT STACATTO (? forgot the word) VIOLIN IS SO GOOD

GENUINELY WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS HOLY SHIT IT'S LONGER THAN THE TITLE TRACK

THIS IS ALREADY BETTER THAN ALL THE SINGLES WHAT oh and now the chugs are broken jesus christ

genuinely how the fuck is this the same band as songs like erase. this is fucking brutal i love it

this one might beat the new mts song as my fav song this year so far

oh no it's breakdown time. i am about to die

oh? maybe not? are we getting a violin solo?? yeah i'm ABSOLUTELY down for that

OH THE DRUMS COMING IN TOO WITH THE GLITCHY SNARE oooouuuughhh (nonsexual)

this is their best song ever. like there's no contest WHAT'S THIS OH THE GUITARS ARE BACK THIS IS SOME SYMPHONIC METAL SHIT

and you're telling me this ISN'T the closing song. wtf

welp that's gonna be on repeat for a while

cul-de-sac: gonna guess this one is an intermission, it's pretty short and also following up whatever that was

yup sounds like it. it's cool tho. kinda reminds me of the intro of viking by stp in a weird way

this album is wild so far. like i'm trying to also level up my d&d character but i can't because i have too much to say

the call of the void: ok the intermission built up at the end so this is gonna hit hard i'm ready

I WAS NOT READY WHAT IS THIS

that's not a guitar. those are bombs.

man. when heaven shall burn came out i thought it was gonna be the heavy one. then continuum came out and i thought it was this one. now eddie is just screaming "RAGE" at me and i am happy

also. very good chorus. i enjoy

it takes some skill to make an album where this ISN'T the best song. like holy shit

breakdown???? i'm in danger

oh we got the low cleans. this is ABSOLUTELY gonna be a breakdown

WHAT THE FUCK

eddie berg is not human. that was a banshee. with bombs.

continuum: while this one was a great single i kinda wish it wasn't released as one. it would have been great to have to process this while still recovering from the previous song. plus there were too many singles for this album imo

l'apelle du vide: tbh i have no idea what to expect here but if i had to guess i think it's gonna be acoustic (like the arabic one on heaven in hiding)

ok yup i was right

this acoustic guitar is beautiful

oh this is GOOD!! this is kinda some ghost atlas shit

are we gonna get vocals on this? it doesn't sound like it but i don't mind that tbh

why is there a boat horn what's happening

oh i guess there are vocals (technically)

OH THE DRUMS

OH THIS IS AMAZING

god i love this band so much

the black: best of the singles, easily. would be best of this album if not for come what may. to be honest, though, i don't think it should have been a single. l'apelle du vide gives a really nice chance to rest and recover from the pure brutality of the previous tracks, and having something new afterwards would have been nice. to be clear, though, this is not a huge problem at ALL and it's frankly the only complaint i have about this song.

le noir: idk much french but i think "le noir" is french for "the black", so i'm guessing this is gonna be an alternate version of the title track but in french (kinda like the spanish version of temptation they did). the only reason i have to doubt that is that that's typically the sort of thing that would be a standalone release or on a deluxe version, but here they have it as the closing track of the album, so idk. we'll see!

oh it's only 3 minutes? maybe i was wrong. this violin is beautiful tho

ok this is interesting. i have no clue where this is going

oh this is fucking beautiful

it's kinda expanding on the melody of the title track, i like it a lot

okay yeah i'm crying now. this is amazing

okay that was an incredible album. final thoughts time!

first, i know this is kinda nitpicky, but there were way too many singles for this one. if it were me, i would have kept continuum and the black unreleased before this. the only new parts in the last part of the album were the acoustic instrumental tracks, which were good, but i would have wanted it to be a fully new experience, especially for the title track itself.

as for the good stuff, where the FUCK do i even begin??? this is somehow simultaneously the heaviest and most emotional this band has ever been, and in my opinion it's also the best. this album really is an emotional rollercoaster, with tracks like heaven shall burn and the call of the void being absolutely brutal, while songs like dbatc and all the acoustic stuff being super emotional, and then there's ALSO songs like come what may that are just both at once. besides the nitpick i had earlier, i never knew even remotely what to expect, and that was fantastic of them. i really wish i could forget every song and listen to the whole thing with fresh ears, because i can only imagine how hard it would hit having not heard any of the singles.

i do also wanna talk about the acoustic stuff specifically, because imminence has always done that SO WELL. i do wish we got a proper acoi track with vocals, though, because that kinda felt like it was missing here. not only did we get one both on turn the light on (love & grace) and heaven in hiding (the arabic one), but they had 3 whole fully acoustic songs, and i feel like it would have been nice if one of them had vocals as well, especially the last one. le noir felt to me more like an intermission than a closing track, and i wish it either had vocals, was longer and had more melody, or was moved to before the title track.

to be clear: this is an AMAZING album. it's gonna have to take something absolutely MASSIVE to beat this for my aoty. the complaints i have don't even come CLOSE to outweighing how masterfully done the album as a whole is, and they're also quite literally the only things i can complain about.

also, i'm not gonna do a full ranking of the tracks from worst to best until i listen to the album more, but come what may is the best track. like there's no contest.

#in case you can't tell i have a special interest #imminence #metal #metalcore #Spotify

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ghost-of-you · 1 year ago

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I just came across your analyses of all the 5sos albums and can I just say: chefs kiss. amazing. from the way you approach them both musically and lyrically (are you a musician? you have a very good ear) to being able to tell who is singing which part of the harmony (when there’s more than 2 singing at once I have No Idea, and even when there’s just 2 I’m still a little hit and miss). so grateful you exist and did them!!! not only for my enjoyment purposes but also because of my crazy projects I’m about to tell you about just in case you’re interested

anyway, it started with the RAH version of teeth. I’m a classically trained violist, I’ve played in many orchestras, I looked and asked everywhere I could think of just to lay my hands on something like the score so I could maybe pull some musician friends together and play it. No avail. Then, sleep deprived and slightly manic and very unmotivated in the middle of writing my honours thesis I must’ve played that bass riff when messing around on my viola and was like ‘this isn’t even hard let me just open musescore’ and decided Luke’s voice best fit the cello and calum the viola and six hours later it was a whole orchestral piece with the riffs passing around the upper strings like the RAH version and also woodwind and brass instruments somehow and then the bass riff led me straight into thin white lies which quickly morphed into NITSW (and can I just say that bridge is the best thing ever when played by strings) and I was like, this is telling a story. That became the first movement of the concerto.

second movement had to start with the flutes playing the piano intro of lover of mine, then I borrowed ghost of you from youngblood and threw in lonely heart, all the ones in vaguely 3’s as far as timing goes went in, all satisfactorily longing (if mvmt 1 is Relationship Angst) ending on a reprise of ghost of you chorus a semitone up (I’m not even sure anymore tbh, it’s def less cohesive but pretty I think) and I tried to copy its RAH intro as an outro. By then I realised I wanted to make the third movement about self discovery that ended on red desert because the album is just SO SAD and it deserved a happy ending and I wanted to try fit as many songs from the album in as I could (no shame and kill my time didn’t fit thematically unfortunately and easier should’ve been in movement 1 but sonically it just didn’t go, at least not yet I’m open to attempting to incorporate any of those songs) so started with old me. I realised I could overlay it with best years. Weird choice I know but the chords and melody worked well enough (and I still don’t think best years has been brought to justice ngl). Then I overlaid wildflower with high which is surprisingly a combination that I love, and it worked music wise and I thought they offset each other alright?? I’m still not quite sure where I’m going with it yet. but then comes red desert and I did the RAH intro and the whole song with harmonies (does get repetitive and idk what to do with that yet) and it’s like. yay, I gave CALM a happy ending.

I guess what I’m asking is I want to do more of these for more of their albums or combination of them (like they’re genuinely so fascinating from a musical and storytelling lens I can’t get enough) and I’ve got some ideas but I want to hear if you have anything you can just hear coming after each other. like complete mess and red line or smth?? even moodswings and space between a rock and a hard place?? idk. just ideas. throw them all at me. I’ll do it and dedicate it to you

Okay, first, no, not a musician, it's just that my dad was a dj, so i grew up around a lot of sound equipment because he's very particular about sound quality and that totally developed my ear for that type of stuff and my interest for music is that much more intense because of it (i did teach myself how to play the guitar and i do sing, but, like, i don't have any real training) and I really appreciate you coming here to say these, because i have a lot of fun writing those. Also I saw your tags, don't know if you ever figured it out but the milf anthem is mrs all american lol

Second, I'm desperate to hear what you did with calm, from the description alone it feels like something impressive, I'm very interested to see how you overlayed high and wildflower because i can see it, but i can't really imagine how that would actually work sokaosksokas

And third, I actually have quite a few smaller combos i like to push together (i went through a mashup phase when i was learning how to play 5sos songs lol) but i usually go from lyrics and adjust the guitar to fit my voice, i have no idea how that could work for you, but one i always do is vapor -> lie to me -> why wont you love me -> bad omens (it used to be high at the end, but then they dropped bad omens and i liked the way that narratively bad omens closed the loop, you end up trapped in the relationship you know it's not working I like that a lot for this combo), i have a few weirder ones, that are mostly the ones that i never fully managed to make it work but i think they could, like moodswings into bleach, story of another us into close as strangers, i know you saw my post about rearranging 5sos5 to tell a story and for some reason i think you can overlay caramel and bad omens, and red line and you don't go to parties (this one i admitedlly don't really know, but i think the red line riff with the ydgtp riff could be something, just a feeling lol), there's the rhythm section mashup, tomorrow never dies -> babylon -> tears, that I think you can make something with the bass in all of them, for some reason vapor and me myself and i, talk fast -> not in the same way -> blender -> kill my time, this one i think its cool because of the 80s pop of the melodies and the progression of the story with the lyrics, lover of mine -> best years -> older -> ghost of you, again you have the narrative and i think the piano can work all of there to make this tragic love song. And this is everything i can think of right now, but i will probably think of more as soon as i hit post tho soaskookasas

But seriously, this sounds really cool, please let me know how it progresses <3

#like legit #also thank you for asking me this is fun to think about #i was asked

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scrambled-eggsed · 2 years ago

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basically im super gay for gwendoline christie, and thanks to a kickass edit by @lavender-knives-ahs (who i think unfortunately deactivated? so the link is to one of my reblogs) i have developed several Thots about Weems and Mary On A Cross by Ghost. so here's a surprisingly long, self indulgent in a fun way, dramatic essay, analyzing the parallels between Larissa Weems and the character of Mary in the song!

the main point that makes me connect weems with the song is her role as a sort of mother figure to Nevermore - especially her relationship and conflicts with Wednesday (about which i will elaborate later), but also in general the care she has for all her students - and the tragic, dramatic end she comes to. meanwhile, "mary on a cross" is such a powerful image of the idea of a maternal figure giving everything she can to her kid - Mother Mary taking the place of her son on his cross, in a supreme act of love and devotion. its a bit sad to think about it, but to be honest if weems hadnt died this comparison wouldnt be as powerful as it is. in any case, weems' death ties her into that same theme of death/sacrifice for someone under her care.

to talk more about the edit - i gotta start with the on-point opening, "not just another bloody mary" playing during weems' scream at the rave'n. it's such an important character moment for Weems - up until the rave'n, the audience knows she has bitter history with the addamses, and that she has something to do with the cover up of rowan's murder. when combined with the coldly immaculate looks and mannerisms she keeps up, it leads to her being a very intimidating character, and extremely suspicious to the audience in regards to the murders. basically, while very compelling and intriguing, she seems distant, cold, and likely to be a cold-blooded killer ----- until the rave'n.

i can definitely say that for me, the scream she lets out was 100% the moment i stopped suspecting she was the killer, and saw that while she might be ruthless, intimidating, and possibly - probably - very flawed, shes also very... normal. as human and as messy as anyone, behind the professional front. after several episodes where she seemed to be distant and cold, that scream suddenly reverses the notion created by the previous episodes, of her being othered from the audience. and i GOTTA reiterate just how perfect the opening of the edit is!!! this scene, coupled with the line leading to the image of poor mary on the cross... *chef's kiss* its such a good choice of scene and lyrics to immediately draw up the comparison between weems - as an empathetic character under a lot of pressure in regards to keeping the children under her care safe - and an unconventional, scared and disheveled character of mary, protecting her son.

another line that was really interesting to me is "your beauty never ever scared me", a line right in the middle of the edit. its such a simple sentiment and expression of adoration, and imo on its own its already strangely captivating, and even more so in the edit. the lighting is suddenly bright and larissa's face is the center of the screen, really letting you focus on her beauty. this line being a change in the chorus from all the repetitions before also helps underline how much the object to whom the singer is directing the line - so, mary, but here also weems - is regarded by him as a pristine, uncorrupted being.

the "never ever scared me" part of the line ties it to the singer's repeated request of having mary run away with him, despite the consequences, and really that sentiment will always hit just right when it comes to weems - if only for the contrast between her usual performance of perfection and the stress underneath (see the previous point), mistakes and eventual death (see the next points).

im saving her death for my final point, but imo her actions leading up to it also create more ground for comparison between her and mary in the song. in a really sad way, many of the things she does for the school contribute to marilyn's betrayal and her own death, and leaving the students to deal with the danger on their own. as the headmistress, she keeps fighting for control over the situation - she is convinced that she knows best how to handle everything that is happening, and so she insists to do things her own way, which includes keeping wednesday in check and not investigating the murders. right up until the very last minute she is alive, she constantly beats wednesday down and claims to be in complete control of the situation.

this is a result of what is, in my opinion, one of the most compelling traits of weems as a character - just how much she is always in charge, to an alarming degree. she is always composed, professional, polite, but even beyond that, she always holds herself gracefully, elegantly, not a hair out of place, in a way that always emphasizes how she's the one in control (i really could go on forever about this, her design is brilliant). everything about her character screams how she undoubtedly holds most of the power in the show - at the very least on the same level with the mayor, if not more than him. she tries to orchestrate the chain of events in the way she sees as optimal, and she undoubtedly has the power to do that. through most of the show she dismisses wednesday and doesnt take into consideration any of her input and opinions, and due to her being absolutely convinced that she knows best, she essentially lets laurel continue her plans until the point where it becomes too late.

this is all to say that weems is headstrong and stubborn, but in the ends its that same stubbornness that ultimately leads to her being murdered, as a sort of unbelievably magnificent failure of everything she tried to achieve. this progression of events is, i think, similar to the narrative in the song, of an unconventional presentation of the character of mother mary - a subversion of her story through the metaphor of a crucifixion, as well as the characterization of her as more of an individual person facing some sort of decision, rather than the known story of her as a mother. throughout the song, the singer wants them to run away together, but he warns her of what would happen, how he would essentially take away from her purity - this is mostly in the phrase "you go down just like holy mary", which could be both "you go down" meaning sex, but also "you go down" as a way of warning her that she would be ruined or corrupted in some way, sexual or other.

both in weems' and in mary's case, theres similar contrast - ruining something uncorrupted, diving headfirst into a dangerous situation, while not necessarily aware of the consequences. while weems is a much more domineering character than mary, they both suddenly face a situation very different from what they know, and end up dying, not even necessarily as a sacrifice - mary's death in the place of her son is also being referred to as something vulgar, and possibly a sort of retribution for the loss of her innocence. meanwhile, weems' death is accidental, sudden, and despite being tragic and emotional it doesnt actually help the school - its not a sacrifice, but a culmination of weems' stubbornness and need to be in control (a very disappointing culmination imo).

weems' death (she isnt dead nope nope nope shes fine. anyway) itself is also a good point for comparison, just for how sudden, messy and somewhat humiliating it is. she was surprised by a quick, deadly attack, from the person who was really the only adult we saw her be genuinely friendly with. she then collapses gracelessly, foaming at the mouth, and then shes just dead, with a final look of fear and hurt she gives wednesday. continuing the previous point, i think this connects to the song through the same narrative of a woman's story ending in sharp and painful contrast to what she knew before - similarly to how mary's crucifixion is depicted in relation to her going down a path that defies purity, through sex or just general rebellion.

while on one hand im not sure theres much to say about weems' character in relation to the sexual interpretation, on the other hand, along the same idea of ruining something pure or clean, weems' clumsy and humiliating death is so shockingly opposite to her usual poised and perfect self. the death itself has so much contrast to her character that it underlines just how much weems' own confidence and headstrongness - insisting to cover up the murders, insisting not to let wednesday investigate, etc - contributed to her being killed by a trusted colleague, and possibly a friend. in a quick turn of events, she finds out that she was wrong, that wednesday was right, that she herself let the killer into the school she cared for so much, and before she has a chance to properly react she is already poisoned and dead. and obviously, thats the perfect scene to end the edit, with a final suggestion from the singer to mary to run away, advance towards her own downfall.

i need to point out that ive really been stretching the narrative of both the song and the show - the image of mary on a cross isnt a clear or necessarily literal progression of events from the choice the singer presents to her. in addition to that, i think weems as a character was just really under-explored in the show, and thats a shame, so many things i said here were my own interpretations and opinions. still, despite all that, the parallels here still hit painfully hard. imo. thanks for reading to the end lmao ily

#larissa weems #principal weems #gwendoline christie #Wednesday #god this was fun to write lmfao

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Been sorting and restructuring my vocaloid playlist again which means it's time for another edition of "songs I want in project sekai"

I'm Glad You're Evil Too- PinocchioP swings N25 and WxS for me pretty consistently, but this swings N25 specifically. This feels like SUCH a Kanade and Mizuki sort of song to me, honestly.

Childish War - was listening to the Juby/Rachie English cover of this recently, I think the chart would be fun. This is a Tenma Siblings song.

Melancholic- one of my favorite junky songs!!! I think a MMJ cover of this would be delightful. I saw Airi fanart of this the other day and it's been rent free in my brain since.

[It's Not] World's End - This is VERY much an N25 sort of song to me, but it's also got a really nice jaunt to it that I think would make it very fun to play.

The Weekend is Coming- Thought about this recently because i had to find a new video for 16bit Wars for my playlist. It's still really good!!! I still really like it. A pretty equal contender for a MMJ or WxS cover.

Fire Flower- songs that still make me cry in this the year of our lord 2023. An easy WxS cover, I wanna hear a Tsukasa solo version of this.

again - I listened to a remix of this recently and it strikes me as an Ena solo. I would even hazard this as an Ena and Mizuki cover.

Saihate- I feel like this is such an old classic? I'm kind of impressed it's not in the game as far as I know? I'm pretty sure it's in Project Diva. Anyways I'd give it to N25 or MMJ, I'm kinda torn on it tbh.

[Not] a Devil- this came out REAL recently, but I've had it on repeat and I think the chart would be really fun. I think this would make a good An and Kohane duet, tbh. OR: my ideal duet of Mafuyu and Emu.

Lavie- I honestly just want an Akito cover of this tbh, it's not terribly deep. BUT I think it would be stellar as a rhythm game chart.

Reincarnation Apple- another song on the long list of "N25 or WxS?" debates. I equally want to hear a Mafuyu and a Nene cover of this. It would be fun with the full chorus of either group though.

Delusion Sketch- an older bop, I still really like the PV for it. I would give it to MMJ or N25 probably, though it's got a little more poppy than I usually associate with N25.

panda hero- In my ideal world where Kenshi Yonezu would let PrSk cover his older songs, they also get into contact with older cover artists to get permission to use their rap versions. Either way, VBS no questions.

A Song I'd like to Sing- I forgot how much I enjoy this song, I've got a cover of it I'm pretty partial to. This has strong WxS vibes to me, but I could see it as an ensemble PrSk protagonists song.

lifeline- my FAVORITE junky song, bar none. Finding it again to put on a playlist was a TRIAL. Definitely a l/n song, not a hard choice.

Sing My Love- one of my old middle school jams. It's still super cute tbh, I'd give it to MMJ. Give this to Haruka for my health.

Love Hero- probably in my top 5 Gumi songs tbh. The instrumentals say l/n but in my ideal world the video game squad gets the song about event flags even if it's not their usual fair.

Marshall Maximizer- the micchi cover of this keeps coming up on my playlist so it's been on my brain. I would GREATLY enjoy this as a VBS cover, but I could also see it as an N25 song tbh.

Dont Kill The Love Song- I've been on a PinocchioP kick don't @ me. I think this would make a fun l/n song though, or WxS for the vibes.

One of Repetition- I CAN'T decide if this is more of a MMJ song or VBS. I feel like it works well as both. Give this to Minori and Kohane for another crossover duet.

The shape of my heart - this one is a bit of a relic, but I remembered it recently and it still holds up I think. An easy l/n song for me if I had to assign it (I don't, but it's fun). They need a few sadder songs in their repertoire.

Go Go Ghost Ship- Again, In My Ideal World Where We Get Kenshi Yonezu Covers. My first instinct says that I wanna hear WxS go ham on this song.

Thank you once again for joining me on my post playlist editing vocaloid kick. If I messed up any of the links up there, let me know o7

#vocaloid #prsk #more more jump #wonderland x showtime #leo/need #vivid bad squad #nightcord at 25:00 #thanks for tuning in everyone #i will not be taking any criticism at this time #fun game to play: guess my favorite group from this lineup

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idontwanttospoiltheparty · 2 years ago

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Top 5 silly Beatles moments. Silly is up to your interpretation lol

Also, top 5 songs from 1989. Bonus points if you give explanations why!

Hi Ashely <333

Top 5 really great silly Beatles moments: (could not Possibly rank)

The milk story I was today years old when I learned about.

Literally whatever the fuck the first three christmas records were PLUS the outtakes

All those music videos they shot on that one day in 1965 (ESPECIALLY the We Can Work It Out one)

That time they just ghosted George Martin cause they didn't want to have to record their song in German and then they like hid behind curtains when he showed up at their hotel room.

ironic but. everything with Magic Alex. incredibly silly of them.

Top 5 1989 songs is too hard but here's a top 6 :)

Out Of The Woods: arguably her best produced song; the way it sounds like anxiety and nostalgia at the same time???? Repetitive chorus of all time. She sings it so nicely, the lyrics are so great. Just. Love this song. It's quintessential Taylor.

Blank Space: Pop perfection, unironically. I think the minimalist production paired with the doowop progression makes it so insanely timeless. A cultural reset for real. Tumblr may act like they dislike her now but I remember when normies were posting lyrics from this. The "Gotta long list of ex-lovers" is one of her BEST melodies. I LOOOOOVE the ad-libs she does in the final choruses.

Clean: Also arguably her best produced song. Kinda wish she would work with Imogen again this song is so unique in her discography. I looooooove the mbira :( Also the imagery in this song is so good.

I Know Places: This was my first listen fave! The chorus is SUBLIME!!!!!! It's just such a bop and sooooooo underrated.

This Love / New Romantics: Completely different songs lol but here we are. This Love is just very very very beautiful and like reeeeeeeeaaaaaaally pulls off saying So Much in few, simple words. The harmonies on this song are soooooo lovely. New Romantics is also pop perfection. "Cause baby I could build a castle / Out of all the bricks they threw at me" is perhaps my fave lyric on the album!!!!!

#ask #emometalhead #taylor #bugs

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calciumcryptid · 2 years ago

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A while back I came to the realization that I haven't listened to SZA before, so enjoy this little condensed reaction to the SOS album (yes I am aware it came out in 2022 but it's her most recent album so hah and I've been wanting to post something music related for so long).

[ Before Pressing Play ]

This will not take into account any music videos, because that's not how I listen to music.

Gods, I've been away from north western music for so long I forgot albums had like over twenty songs instead of less than ten. Due to this I won't be able to give throughout explanations to all songs because there is a lot so there is going to be a few where I go 'yeah it sounds nice and that's all I can really say'.

[ SOS ]

I'm going to be honest, the music sounds like it is removed from SZA's voice. Like the two parts are communicating from the other side of a school hallway leaving this weird unpleasant echo.

Lyrics aren't that pleasant either, but I think that is because it is paired with this weird space I feel between the sound and lyrics.

SZA vocals are amazing though, which is a lot more than I can say about some artists these days. Definitely carries this song.

[ Kill Bill ]

This is the song I knew before listening to the album and I genuinely think it is a great. The sound, the lyrics, and her vocals pair really well together and it really deserves the fame it has because it's just so pleasant to listen to.

I'm also a huge fan of songs where they allow the pre-chorus and chorus change lyrics (going from 'I might kill my ex' to 'uh, I just killed my ex'). I am also a huge fan of narrative songs so yeah I really fucking love Kill Bill.

[ Seek & Destroy ]

This song is a little repetitive, and I can see how that would annoy others but I think there is just enough variety to make it not annoying.

It reminds me a lot of KAZINO by BiBi in how it kind of weaponizes the repetitiveness in a way, and the lyrics themself have some fun wordplay. I especially liked 'permission to crash, collecting damages boy' for some reason.

[ Low ]

Whisper Vocals! I love whisper vocals where the singer kind of just talks softly into the mic. She does kind of suffer a little bit from the sound overpowering her though.

[ Love Language ]

I don't have much to say about this song, cause it is just good. At some points the lyrics feel like they don't flow as well as other points but it's a good song.

[ Blind ]

The lyrics flow less well on this one and SZA feels like she is out of breath at points of the song but other than that it's quite lovely. The chorus also sort of carries this song, definitely one I'd listen to only for the chorus.

[ Used ft Don Toliver ]

Wow this is embarrassing to say, but I don't like SZA vocals on her own song. Her vocals are kind of overpowered by the music, and they seem like they're racing each other instead of staying in tune with one another. Don Toliver is much more in line with the music.

This seems to get better in the second half but it is still kind of weird to hear in the opening.

[ Snooze ]

This is certainly a song, and honestly that is all I can really say about it. Like it is nice but it doesn't really grab me in anyway.

[ Notice Me ]

I really like this song, it is kind of fun and I love the parts in the verses where she raises the pitch of her voice on the end of the sentences. I also like how this song doesn't really have a chorus, which is so rare to find and it serves the song well.

[ Gone Girl ]

I like the verses and pre-chorus, not very fond of the chorus but it isn't bad either so can't really complain.

[ Smoking on my Ex Pack ]

I've decided I'm just not a fan of songs where the entire song is just rap just like my mother and father, and I'm especially not a fan of the high pitch backing vocals.

[ Ghost in the Machine (ft Phoebe Bridgers) ]

This was a much better feature than Used, the song really serves both singers voices and I really love the lyrics a lot and will be adding this to my on repeat as soon as possible.

[ F2F ]

I like the reference to a previous song in the lyrics.

This song dips into elements that are more heavy rock and that is the neighborhood I'm from musically so it's really no surprise I like this song.

[ Nobody Gets Me ]

Not what I thought this song was going to be about, but the music and lyrics scratch a very specific part of my brain which is nostalgia in a song where a song is very recent but it just feels nostalgic which is weirdly hard for me to find.

[ Conceited ]

This is certainly a song, and honestly that is all I can really say about it. Like it is nice but it doesn't really grab me in anyway.

[ Special ]

This is certainly a song, and honestly that is all I can really say about it. Like it is nice but it doesn't really grab me in anyway.

[ Too Late ]

This is certainly a song, and honestly that is all I can really say about it. Like it is nice but it doesn't really grab me in anyway. It reminds me of characters of mine so that's a point.

[ Far ]

This is certainly a song, and honestly that is all I can really say about it. Like it is nice but it doesn't really grab me in anyway. It reminds me of characters of mine so that's a point.

[ Shirt ]

Don't worry the dryspell on my words have ended and I have actual things to say about this song. I quite like it and the vibes and the lyrics. I especially like the lyrics.

[ Open Arms ft Travis Scott ]

Once again I find her vocals are kind of overpowered by the music, and they seem like they're racing each other instead of staying in tune. I thought this was going to be a Used issue where the other singer suits the song better but uh... Travis Scott sounds just as disjointed with the music.

[ I Hate You ]

The it's a song thing but better.

[ Good Days ]

The it's a song thing but worse just because I can't say I like the vocals on this one.

[ Forgiveness ft Ol' Dirty Bastard ]

Is this even a collab because Ol' Dirty Bastard is practically muffled for a good chunk of it and then SZA songs and he has like two lines and it ends. Like I'm hesitant to even call this a collab, maybe I'm just not aware of Ol' Dirty Bastard's personal style of music but this was a weird experience.

[ Ultimate Song Ranking ]

Kill Bill

Ghost in the Machine ft Phoebe Bridgers

F2F

Nobody Gets Me

Shirt

Low

Seek & Destroy

Love Language

Notice Me

Gone Girl

Blind

Conceited

Too Late

Far

I Hate U

Snooze

Special

Good Days

Used ft Don Toliver

Forgiveness ft Ol' Dirty Bastard

Open Arms ft Travis Scott

Smoking on my Ex Pack

SOS

Ranking Summary: The last four are the ones I'd have to say I don't like and one is because I don't like the particular style and three are because I think most of the collabs didn't fit SZA on her own album.

So do take this ranking with a grain of salt.

[ Closing Thoughts ]

Not my musical neighborhood, but she has a very pretty voice and some good ass songs. Definitely grabbed about half for my own likes list.

#calciumlistens #not tagging it as the artist since this was made for one mutual and one mutual only

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sinceileftyoublog · 3 months ago

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Album Review: Wild God

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BY JORDAN MAINZER

During the chorus of "Song of the Lake", the first track from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' incredible new album Wild God, Cave finds himself in a familiar place: telling a story. "And he sang the song of the lake / And all the king's horses and all the king's men," Cave beckons. You expect him--and perhaps he expects himself--to jump into an English nursery rhyme, using the fable of Humpty Dumpty to somehow comment on the bleakness of the human condition. Instead, he tells us to "never mind, never mind." It's a moment that sets up what the man himself has described as the unbridled joy that pervades Wild God. If throughout his career, Cave has been a troubadour of everything from murder ballads to real life-inspired funeral dirges, on Wild God, he's more preacher of the gospel than shaman working with evil spirits.

It is and will be forever impossible to separate Cave's music with the unfathomable grief he's experienced this past decade, the loss of of two of his sons. Though he knows grief is a non-linear process, Wild God represents the ways in which he has received a newfound sense of optimism and hope and perspective on life. On "Frogs", he's walking home, gazing wonderous at the sight of a frog in the gutter, "leaping to God, amazed of love, amazed of pain, amazed to be back in the water again." On "Joy", Cave at first confronts an all-too-familiar feeling: "I woke up this morning with the blues all around my head / I felt like someone in my family was dead." Accompanied by French horns, piano, and an omnipresent backing chorus, he shares that "a ghost in giant sneakers, laughing stars around his head"--maybe his son, maybe a stranger, and either way, funny--tells him, "We've all had too much sorrow, now is the time for joy."

Cave also sounds invigorated back with The Bad Seeds, sounding like this. Two of their previous albums, 2016's Skeleton Tree and 2019's Ghosteen, were primarily ambient and electronic, staring trauma in the face. Even 2013's Push the Sky Away was moored in minimalism in comparison to the band's back catalog. Indeed, they haven't sounded this upbeat since 2008's Dig, Lazaurs, Dig!!!, trading that album's sexed-up goth garage rock for time in the church. The songs are bolstered by drummer Thomas Wydler, who has apparently put behind him the health problems that prevented him from joining the band on tour in the 2010s. His crisp snares and meaty beats are front and center, even delving into hip-hop on "Conversion" and "O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)". In conjunction with the backing vocals, the drums make the songs anthemic. On the album's title track, the protagonist is searching for people to believe him and believe in him, Cave in beckoning and wailing mode: "He's moving through your body like a prehistoric bird!" If the backing vocals on Skeleton Tree sounded like a Greek chorus, on Wild God, they sound like a gospel choir, begging us to "Bring your spirit down!" On "Conversion", Cave's lines are syncopated with the chorus's repetition of "Touched by the spirit / Touched by the flame," as propulsive as an MC, a tangible contrast to the song's abstract hues of synthesizer, piano, and flute. And on piano ballad closer "As the Waters Cover the Sea", everyone prays for "peace and good tidings to the land."

That Wild God is a bright album doesn't mean it's lacking in realism. Two of its best songs dive back into earthbound pain. On "Cinnamon Horses", beside circular prickles of acoustic guitar, Cave waxes on the complexity of love through contrasting imagery, "cinnamon horses and the turpentine trees." And then there's "O Wow O Wow". It's dedicated to another deceased loved one, ex-Bad Seed and ex-girlfriend of Cave, Anita Lane, who passed away in 2021. At first, Cave's obscured by vocoder, singing whimsical, beatific verses like, "The country doctor whistles across the meadow / The schoolboy he hops up and says gee whiz!" (Carly Paradis gives us a whistle to aid the story.) But during the song's outro, we hear a recording of Lane in conversation with Cave, reminiscing on the past. There's Cave, again, making us look at death straight in the eyes, but preparing us for a universal truth, asking us to consider that life is beautiful not in spite of it, but because of it.

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#album review #nick cave & the bad seeds #jim sclavunos #george vjestica #larry mullins #wild god #pias #nick cave #the bad seeds #skeleton tree #ghosteen #push the sky away #dig lazarus dig!!!#thomas wydler #anita lane #carly paradis

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maximuswolf · 4 months ago

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Experiences with grief through music

Experiences with grief through music There is an odd silence that surrounds you when you claim to be untouched by music. It is not a boastful declaration, but rather a resigned acceptance. For years, I was the person who could appreciate the technicalities of a composition, admire the lyrical craftsmanship, and even nod along to a catchy beat, but I had never been moved to tears by a song. Friends and family would describe moments when a particular melody or verse pierced through their hearts, unraveling emotions they didn't know they had. I listened with curiosity and a touch of envy, but my own experiences remained stubbornly flat. Music was a backdrop, never a trigger.This emotional aloofness extended into other parts of my life, but it never seemed to matter much until earlier this year. When my girlfriend passed away, it was as if my entire world shifted off its axis. The grief was sharp, relentless, and all-consuming, but it stayed locked inside me. I felt it in the way I moved, slower and more deliberate, and in the way I spoke, quieter and more reserved. Yet, I could not cry. The tears, like the emotions stirred by songs, remained elusive. Our shared love for music was one of the many things that brought us closer. She had a soundtrack for every mood, every moment, and she introduced me to artists and genres I had never explored. I remember her laughter when a song particularly moved her, her eyes closing as she let the music wash over her. She could always find something in the lyrics or the melody that resonated deeply. It was a connection I admired but never fully understood.In the weeks following her death, I found myself unable to listen to our favorite songs. The silence in my apartment was deafening, yet I couldn’t bring myself to fill it with the echoes of our shared memories. One day, seeking some semblance of her presence, I sifted through her soundtracks, playing songs at random. The familiar tunes were like ghosts, haunting yet strangely comforting. But I remained stoic, my grief a quiet storm within me.Then, one evening, it happened. The song that broke me was unexpected. As “Call Me” by Yeat played through the speakers, something inside me shattered. It wasn’t a song we had a special connection to, but in that moment, the lyrics took on a profound meaning. The repetitive chorus, the simple plea to “call me,” struck a chord deep within my soul. I imagined her reaching out to me from the afterlife, a phone call away, and the floodgates opened.The tears came suddenly and fiercely, each drop a testament to the overwhelming sense of loss and longing I had kept buried. The raw emotion in Yeat's voice, the vulnerability of the lyrics, mirrored my own desperate need to hear from her again. I wept for all the things left unsaid, for the moments we would never share, and for the haunting silence that had become my constant companion.“Call Me” became the soundtrack to my grief, a reminder of the fragility of life and the enduring power of love. It taught me that music could indeed reach the deepest parts of my soul, even when I had believed myself impervious to its touch. In my tears, I found a connection to her that transcended life and death, a way to keep her memory alive.It was ironic, almost absurd, that a song like “Call Me” by Yeat would be the one to break my emotional dam. But in its simplicity, I found a profound truth: sometimes, the most unexpected things can touch our hearts in ways we never imagined. And in that moment, as the song played on, I felt a sense of release, a cathartic embrace of the pain and love that defined our time together.I’m very interested if anybody has had similar experiences, or found other ways to grief through music. And what about that particular song was it that broke you? Submitted July 28, 2024 at 08:18AM by Internal-Terrible https://ift.tt/Tl1h5xV via /r/Music

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mallahanmoxie · 1 year ago

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portraits first listen rank with my thoughts as I listen through

your arms - y'all KNOW im a ballad bitch but I was in your arms!!!!!! I was in your arms!!! your arms once!!! just for a moment !!!!

I wish I was a shooting star - "is anybody home upstairs?" no girl 😭 oh YEAH I didn't know where that was going but it's MYYY fucking jam oh man this is oh show this to the Radiohead bitches they're gonnlove it MMM STRINGS? yeah OH END IT GIRL DO IT

heartbreaker - I can't believe I thought this underwhelming the first time I heard it now im out here singing HEARTBREAKER every time she says it WHY is she so heartfelt with it

raincatchers - god I love when she does strings and vocals there's a travelling synth at the back of the penultimate (?) chorus I really like and I LOVE the eeh oohs and the ahh uuuhs

paradise calling - a nice retro song but somewhat too simple for me wait I just relistened and I like it better

tears don't fall - they don't girl you're right

automatic - oh instant upbeat ? I'm running babe Im running for u OH I LOVE THE CHORUS yess sing oh the piano at the end !

Portraits - oh the repetition kept up OH IT CHANGED my this is a very lay down and close your eyes and picture yourself in space song

ruins I - I like the mysterious atmosphere of this one oh is this the bridge? nice ah fuck I LOVE when she goes experimental with the endings go girl for u I'll be a ghost for the duration of this outro

ruins ii - I'm going to be very interested in how these two songs connect later man SING bird I love her oohs OH she did the params in voice nice I like the outro on this one too

battlefield - the little video game synth is my greatest enemy bridge???? Sing it!!! I love your voice on its own!! oh no it's back once I can manage to ignore my enemy this will be a weep song

final verdict: I think she chose her singles VERY well and I appreciate the absolute beast that I wish I was a shooting star is this album is a little too 80s for me it's not my favourite sound but I enjoy lots the way she's stepping out of her comfort zone and I think the sounds suits her well she sounds like she had lots of fun and im so glad for her (loved the artistic direction of this album!)

predictions: I think ruins I is going to skyrocket once I'm in a more receptive mood

#first listen rank #psa newsmen still at large #your arms is the most like her older albums so i like it the most #its a good damn song tho #id be glad if i laugh at this post in a few weeks

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eurovision-del · 2 years ago

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After the flood of new entries last Saturday, we’re only getting one this week, from Lithuania! Pabandom iš naujo wraps up this weekend, so here’s how I rank the finalists!

Beatrich – Like a Movie

Moon Bee – Rumor

Mario Junes – Do What You Do

Juste Kraujelyte – Need More Fun

Petunija – Love Of My Life

Rūta Mur – So Low

Paulina Paukstaityte – Let Me Think About Me

Gabrielius Vagelis – Sauksmas

Il Senso – Sparnai

Monika Linkyte – Stay

I honestly meant to do a ranking of all the semi-finalists once all the songs were revealed after both heats, but unfortunately I didn't find time in between all my Super Saturday rankings! I did follow the shows though, PiN tends to be one of my favourite national finals, and this year didn’t disappoint. There's plenty of non-qualifiers I want to give honourable mentions to – Midnight Train, Saw Your Ghost, Vacuum, Žinau, tai tu (which didn’t even make it past the heats!) Lithuania is doing a lot of heavy lifting in my ESC selections playlist!

However, my absolute favourite song of the entire selection did make the final, and that’s Beatrich’s Like a Movie. It had me from the opening drums, it’s a great, high-energy pop punk track, and I love the attitude with which Beatrich performs it! The song is very memorable, the chorus is quite repetitive but it works for me – one listen is all you need to get it in your head!

Continuing the female rock theme, I also really enjoyed Rumour. It’s a little slower, a little slicker, but it’s also a lot of fun. It’s also got a great attitude to it, and the melody is very catchy, especially with the way Moon Bee sings ‘rumour, rumour’. But in the end, I just love how the music sounds with the guitars on the chorus. I’m interested by her hippie styling, which doesn’t quite fit the sound of the music, but is certainly eye-catching.

There’s so much else I love in this ranking! Do What You Do has this great dark vibe with a hard-hitting chorus, and although his high notes are a little weak, I’ll forgive him because his voice sounds so good throughout the rest of this song, especially in his lower register. I really liked how Need More Fun was staged with the dancers, although I wish we’d got to see the singer a little earlier. The song is very distinct with the staccato melody and snappy vocal, and the lyrics are a mood. Petunija has a heartfelt ballad – very stripped back and simple, but I really felt the sorrow in her performance, it touched me. Rūta Mur has an incredible voice, and I like the throwback 80s sound in So Low. Finally, Let Me Think About Me is a well-produced, solid pop song, and I was surprised and impressed by that rising melody Paulina belts out at the start of the chorus!

All in all, Lithuania have so many good options here! It would honestly be faster to say what I'd like them to avoid rather than what I'd like them to pick. I'll be rooting most for Beatrich, and I'd also be overjoyed with Moon Bee or Mario June winning, but honestly I'll be happy with any of my top 7 here, all are songs I'd listen to on my own time. I think all of them are interesting in their own way, and could make an impression at Eurovision.

#eurovision #esc2023 #nf ranking #lithuania

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hops-hunny · 4 years ago

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When He Sees Me

Pairing: Fred Weasley x Chubby!Reader

Pronouns: She/Her

Word Count: 4.3k

Request: N/A

Summary:(Y/n) always thought she was too rational for love, until she wasn’t. (Based off of the song When He Sees Me from Waitress)

Warnings: Slight negative thoughts and angst but vast majority fluff and pining! Oh and positive use of the word fat.

A/N: Fred is a little OOC in this?? But I honestly just imagine him as the type of guy to be sorta whipped if he really falls for someone.

I stick with real things

Usually facts and figures

When information's in its place

I minimize the guessing game

(Y/n) had always been a rational girl. In her younger years at Hogwarts, as all her friends began to giggle and blush at their crushes, she kept her nose in her books. Although she was curious of what they were experiencing, the thought never lasted long in her mind due to what her mother had told her from a young age.

(Y/n) was about the age of 6, sitting on the floor near the couch as she colored humming to herself softly. She had noticed her mom was in a bad mood due to her being sprawled out on the couch many upon many empty bottles of alcohol littered the table. She wasn’t sure why her mother was so upset but ever since they had seen her father at the park with her babysitter last week her mom had been in this mood and her father hadn’t been back.

“(Y/n) dear, promise me something.” her mother muttered to her half asleep. The girl turned around smiling at her mom. Her mom gave her a weak smile back as she pet the top of the girls head. “Never give your heart to a man. He’ll only leave it in pieces.”

At the time, the girl obviously had no clue what she meant but the older she got and the more she saw the people in her life get their hearts broken time and time again she had developed a clue. So, she simply focused on anything that wasn’t romance. School, plants, knitting, you name it and that’s what she gave her attention to. Even though it wasn’t a conscious action, it still affected her deeply.

I don't like guessing games

Or when I feel things

Before I know the feelings

How am I supposed to operate

If I'm just tossed around by fate?

Like on an unexpected date?

Although her friends described it to her many upon many of times, she still found herself absolutely clueless of what feelings of love was like. That's why when she saw him, she was confused by what was happening.

“Oh he’s simply lovely! He does this funny little things with his hands where-” Although (Y/n) was focused on her coursework, she was still listening to Diane as usual. She liked to listen to her friends retelling of experiences with lovers, soaking it in like a cheesy romance movie. She looked out the window needing a quick break from her work. Her breath hitched quietly as she placed a soft chubby hand over her heart feeling as it raced wildly in the chamber of her chest. Her body had a tingling sensation all over that she had never felt before as she felt herself get dizzy.

“W-who’s that?” she said in an airy tone, causing her friend to follow her gaze. There he stood, laughing and joking around with his friends pushing each other around. His ginger locks blew in the wind slightly and his skin glowed in the soft afternoon sun.

“You mean you don’t know who that is? That’s Fred weasley! He’s like one of the most popular guys in our year. I can’t believe you just asked that.” She snickered some, teasing her friend. She stopped once she noticed the girl who was usually quick to snap back was unusually quiet. She smiled softly at her expression, noticing that look in her eyes. Whether (Y/n) knew it or not yet, she was absolutely enamoured with none other than Fred Weasley.

“I don’t like him. He makes me feel funny.” she said, however the way she looked out the window still said otherwise.

“Funny how?”

“I don’t know, just funny.”

“Like laugh funny or like funny funny?”

“Obviously not laugh funny, are you an idiot?” She asked, glaring at her blonde friend. She looked out the window once more. She noticed him look back causing her to gasp, eyes wide with shock. He winked at her causing her to scoff, pick her things up before shutting the library blinds and run off to who knows where.

Diane laughed to herself as she began to pack her own stuff up to go after her friend. She sighed before running quickly out the library to catch up.

“Ah, young love!”

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With a stranger who might talk too fast

Or ask me questions about myself

Before I've decided that

He can ask me questions about myself

He might sit too close

Or call the waiter by his first name

Or eat Oreos

But eat the cookie before the cream?

“For the last time Diane, I’m not talking to him!” she said, slamming her book closed as she tossed it on the table in front of her. Her, Diane and a few of her other friends found themselves in the common room as they usually did on friday nights talking and gossiping about anything that came to mind. Today’s topic of discussion was the girl’s apparent “crush” as they called it. Considering she had nothing to base off of whether that’s what the funny feeling she had mentioned earlier in the week was, she decided to trust her friends in them saying that’s what it was.

“What? Oh come on, give me one good reason why you won’t.” Molly said, facing her friend her sharp green eyes boring into (Y/n)’s (e/c) ones.

“Oh I can give you a PLETHORA of reasons why not!” the (y/h/h) girl exclaimed as she stood up. She began to pace, trying to rack her brain for good reasons on why not. “Aha! What if he butters both sides of his toast? Or-or what if he asks me too many questions on why I’m talking to him? Or if he’s as popular and well known as you say, what if he takes that as an excuse to ignore personal space boundaries and gets handsy?”

“He’s a teenage boy, not a serial killer. Someone’s been watching too much muggle crime specials.” Molly said as she rolled her eyes, sighing as she leaned back into the couch. (Y/n) glared at her friend, letting out an exasperated sigh as she facepalmed. It wasn’t like she didn’t wanna do anything about these feelings. She most certainly did. Whatever would get rid of them the quickest is the route she wanted to take.

“Well, you could always let him know another way!” Ronnie said as they looked up at their friend. “You’ve got so many skills and talents, why not take advantage of it?” Although Ronnie wasn’t very talkative, whenever they opened their mouth they always said something that made perfect sense.

“As per usual Ronnie, you’re the voice of reason. Merlin bless Ronnie for all of eternity!” (Y/n) exclaimed dramatically as she got on her knees, pretending to worship her friend like a god.

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(Y/n) had been doing just that, making herself known to Fred without making herself known. The (y/h/h) girl had wanted to be anonymous about it, leaving things without her name however Diane pointed out the fact that (Y/n) had “the presence of a ghost” and that “even ghost had more of a presence then her” which meant that even if she did attach her name to the things left Fred would have no idea who it was. Because to be frank (Y/n) was, well, a nobody.

She noticed this little ‘talent’(if you could even call it that) first year when her teachers would mark her as absent despite her being in the front row of the class and having some of the highest marks. She seemed to fly by unnoticed by all but her small group of friends which they all found funny, especially with Diane being one of the most popular girls in their grade if not all of Hogwarts.

So, she started off small. She’d leave little notes for him in places she knew he’d find them, usually his first or last class of the day, and his seat in the great hall. She would watch him as he’d read them, flushing sometimes as he read them. However, his usual response was to read them out loud to George, bragging about how a pretty girl was leaving him notes.

“Ah listen to this one, Georgie! ‘Here’s a quidditch tip for you Fred. I noticed that when you’re on your broom you have a habit of going to the right which is why you often get stopped. Try switching it up sometimes! However, that’s not the only thing I’ve noticed. Somehow despite being in that dorky quidditch outfit, you still look just as fit as usual. Yours truly, (Y/n).’” He smirked at that part, a chorus of ‘ooo’s from his friends.

“Although she may be blind to say that, she does know her quidditch! Sounds like a catch if you ask me. I’m surprised she didn’t go for me, the better twin.” George said, choking on his toast as Fred smacked him on the back of the head.

Diane nudged her friend, glancing at her. She laughed as she saw her friend’s round face buried in a book to hide the overwhelming amount of shyness that was overcoming her. Even though this had become a regular thing, she still couldn’t stop the way her heart would race every time Fred would read one of the letters aloud.

To avoid the notes becoming repetitive, she started to switch it up every once in a while. Baked goods, hand knitted scarfs and gloves, even flowers with meanings behind them made their way into Fred’s ownership. However, the more things he got the more not only him but other people became curious. Who was (Y/n) (L/n)?

But what scares me the most

What scares me the most

Is what if when he sees me, what if he doesn't like it?

What if he runs the other way and I can't hide from it?

What happens then?

If when he knows me, he's only disappointed?

What if I give myself away, to only get it given back?

I couldn't live with that

Molly was currently trying to catch up to her soft friend, a sympathetic look on her face. “Why not? I think you should just go up to him and tell him! So many other girls have tried, claiming to be you.” she said, catching the other girl’s attention. She bumped into her as the (h/c) girl abruptly stopped. She turned to look at her friend with tears in her eyes causing her to look down at her agape.

“Do you wanna know why I haven’t just gone up to him yet? Do you really?” She said above a whisper as she looked up at her tall friend, silent tears making their way down her cheeks. “It scares me. It scares me even fucking more than what I feel for him does. Fred is just so..he’s funny, talented, popular. Who wouldn’t want him?” she choked out, looking away. “What if when he sees me, he doesn’t like me? Whenever he reads my notes or gets one of my gifts he always mentions how beautiful (Y/n) must be.”

“(Y/n)...”

“Let me finish Molly. When he says that, he probably means some tall leggy blonde like Diane. I’m just me.” she lets out a dry chuckle, sniffing as she wipes at the tears streaming. “Sure, I find me beautiful, you guys find me beautiful, but the world doesn’t. I don’t look like anyone he’s ever been with before. Fred is always surrounded by tons of gorgeous women. If he saw me, he’d only be disappointed. If I gave myself to him and he rejected me, I couldn’t live with that. Now I see what my mom was talking about.” she said as she walked off leaving Molly confused by the last part of her statement. She frowned hearing her friend’s words but she knew her better than to chase after her when she was upset. She turned the other way, walking quickly in hopes she’d make it to her lecture not too late. However, a flash of red hair out of the corner of her eye didn’t go unnoticed but it did slip her mind when she saw her friend later.

So, I'm just fine, inside my shell-shaped mind

This way I get the best view

So that when he sees me, I want him to

(Y/n) sat in the library at a table by herself. It was a friday, usually she’d spend this time with her friends in the commons. However, after the never ending pestering to just talk to him, to face him she told them she wasn’t feeling well and that she’d be retiring early. It wasn’t a lie, she had completely planned on getting some much needed rest but as she lay in bed tossing and turning her restlessness turned into frustration leading her to read a bit to clear her mind. Reading was what she enjoyed doing when she wanted to clear her mind or simply escape the insufferable reality she was living in. But after she found herself reading the first line to chapter three 10 times she placed her bookmark between her pages, looking out the window.

It was if the universe was taunting her from the sight in front of her. There he stood, talking to another girl from their year. She couldn’t recall the girls name but it wasn’t that important, she was beautiful. She sighed as Fred laughed at something the girl said, patting her head before walking away. ‘It’s better this way. He can’t see you which means he can’t reject you which means you won’t get hurt’ is what she kept telling herself. However if that was the truth, then why did she feel so empty inside?

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(Y/n) laughed along with her friends as they sat in the empty common room. Everyone from their house was Merlin knows where at this time as they all shared their intimate horror stories.

“Oh come on, that did NOT happen.” she said through laughs, eating another chocolate from the box on the table. Her cheeks hurt from the amount she had been laughing. Diane was in the midst of telling what happened during her recent sexual endeavor with some guy from her herbology class.

“I swear he did! His face was green and everything! Next thing I know he was blowing chunks off the side of the bed. I offered to take him to the infirmary but he didn’t hear me through his tears so I just made my exit as swift as possible!” she said laughing as well, face red from how much she had laughed through the telling of the story. They all continued to howl with laughter, someone else’s laughing triggering someone else to laugh even more. (Y/n) was the laugh one left laughing as her friends all began to grow quiet.

“G-guys? Why’d you stop? Who’s next?” she said, looking at Molly who was on her left and Ronnie who was on her right.

“Um, don’t look how (Y/n) but Fred Weasley is coming this way.” Diane said, causing the girl to stop breathing briefly.

“W-what?!” she whispered loudly, eyes growing wide.

“Yeah and um don’t freak out, but he’s looking directly at you. No pressure though!” Molly said, giving her a rough pat on her back as she offered the girl a smile. The (h/c) haired girl glared up at her. As Fred grew closer, their voices grew quieter.

“Why wouldn’t that make me nervous?!” she said through gritted teeth as she pulled on Molly’s curls causing the girl to let out a quick ‘ow!’. She chuckled nervously. “Well, we have nothing to worry about! It’s not like he knows who I am!” she said as she relaxed some, closing her eyes as she leaned back. She heard footsteps stop in front of her causing her eyes to shoot open as she looked at the ground. Huh. Those shoes didn’t look like Ronnie’s shoes. Matter of fact, they didn’t look like Diane’s either. Or Mo- oh no. She looked up, arms folded across her abdomen self consciously as she looked up at the man in front of her. She couldn’t help but take in his appearance.

He was in a white shirt, some spots see through from what she assumed was a mix of sweat and water. His flaming hair was mostly dry but damp in some spots and he adorned a pair of sweatpants that made him look quite godly in her opinion. If she had to guess, he had just gotten back from quidditch practice. It was weird for her to be this close to him intentionally. The only time she found herself close to Fred was when they’d walk past each other in the hall or when their classes would go by each other due to a required location change for the lesson. Therefore she had never been able to see the freckles on his knuckles, the barely noticeable acne scars that adorned his forehead, or even the way his Irish spring’s shower gel smelled oh so heavenly.

“I’ve been all around the castle for weeks, months even. I think the main reason it took me so long was not only the fact that I haven’t really seen you up close before, but all the other birds claiming to be you. It was like that one muggle film, what’s it called? Cinderfeller?” he pondered for a moment looking off.

“I-it’s Cinderella.” Ronnie chimed in, giving him an awkward smile. They were all quite stunned. Although they all knew that this wild goose chase couldn’t go on forever, they didn’t expect it to be Fred of all people to approach first. They were sure (Y/n) would reveal herself on her own time but it seemed that they weren’t the only one’s getting impatient with the girl’s excuses and whys.

“Right, thank you. So I set off, making a list of every girl in our year in the castle- with the help of George and Dean of course- and we spoke to quite literally all of them. It was easy to weed out the fakes because they couldn’t answer questions related to some of the gifts I had received. So by the process of elimination that leaves you, love. Are you (Y/n)?” He said, crouching down to her level. As hues of brown met hues of (e/c) it was much too intimate for the girl to handle. She sat there, mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water.

“W-well I am a (Y/n). I’m sure there’s plenty of others in the castle!” she retorted letting out a forced laugh, wiping her sweaty palms on her skirt. Was the common room always this warm?

“If I recall correctly, weren’t you bragging the other day about being the only (Y/n) in the castle? You said and I quot-” a quick stomp of (Y/n)’s foot on Diane’s caused the blonde to quickly stop whatever she was in the middle of saying. Fred looked down at the (h/c) hair girl with a quirked brow and knowing smirk. She was caught red handed. Without another word, he quickly pulled her off the couch with ease, dragging her along with him. She tried protesting and looking at her friends for help but they all simply waved and smiled at her, making kissy faces and noises. ‘Idiots’ she thought as she rolled her eyes. Fred continued to guide her, the path to where they were going looking awfully familiar until they arrived at the astronomy tour.

“Listen Fred, I just wanna say I’m sorry. I know you were probably expecting (Y/n) to be someone who looks like Diane, or hell, even Molly’s dumbass but I’m not. I’m just me.” She began as she walked to the edge, looking off the balcony. “I know now that you’ve seen me you’re probably disappointed. I’ve seen the girls you hang around all the time and they’re bloody gorgeous and-”

“So are you.” he whispered, causing her to whip her head around quickly.

“Pardon?” she responded with glassy eyes. The girl wasn’t too sure why her eyes began to water from three simple words. They weren’t the usual three words that cause or evoke such an emotional response but they felt like the missing piece of a puzzle. Her eyes followed the lanky guy as he walked over to her, tucking a few pieces of hair behind her ear as he interlocked their hands. Long, skinny and defined calloused hands meeting her soft thicker but smaller ones.

“So. Are. You. Beauty is such a fluid thing. There’s no one way to be beautiful, lovely. Museums have many unique and beautiful forms of art and so does life.” He let his hands wander on her sides, gliding up and down her love handles, waist, and hips. He took one of his hands to tilt her head up oh so gently. “If you were a sculpture, you’d be made of the finest of marble by the most talented of sculptors. Hell, if I wasn’t so bloody bad with art I’d sculpt you myself but I don’t think I’d be doing you much justice. It’d be a monstrosity.” he said, shuddering at the idea of him doing anything art related. (Y/n) found herself giggling at that.

“If only you applied this verbiage to your coursework. Perhaps you’d actually be doing decent.” she remarked as she continued to laugh. Fred gasped a bit before joining in as well with his own laughter. As the laughter died down, he lifted a hand caressing her cheek, thumb sweeping across the smooth skin. She found his eyes to see they were filled with adoration. “Fred Weasley, are you whipped for me?” she spoke softly as if she had said it any louder, that he’d simply disappear.

“I have been since the first time I saw you.” He responded, his own cheeks flushing a bit with a light crimson. She looked at him puzzled a bit before her eyes widened slightly.

“You remember that? That was months ago!” she noted. He grinned at that, pulling her closer.

“Of course I do. Imagine my delight when I found out that beautiful girl who slammed the blinds shut on me happened to be the girl my heart was slowly going out to with every note and kind gesture you sent my way. Merlin is definitely on my side. Although I must be honest,” he looked away for a bit before lookin back at her. “The list was a huge help, but I also couldn’t help but overhear your conversation in the hallway that day. However I knew then wasn’t the right time to approach you, I assumed you would’ve just been more upset over the fact I was eavesdropping a bit.” he mumbled. She opened her mouth to question what conversation before she recalled what she had said to Molly that day in the hallway.

“Hearing you speak so lowly about yourself upset me quite a bit. I wanted to plan out what I was going to say a bit more and also make sure it was actually you.”

“I’m sorry you had to hear me say those things about myself. I usually don’t say such things like that, I’m very confident in the way I look. To me, fat and ugly aren’t synonymous but I know everyone isn’t so open minded.” she admitted, dropping her gaze to the ground. “I’m also new to this whole feelings thing. You’re the first guy I’ve ever had feelings for.”

Now, it was Fred’s turn to become speechless. He couldn’t believe his ears, he had the honor, no, the privilege of being the first guy to be such a sublime goddess of a woman? He felt his ears heat up and he knew he had to look absolutely ridiculous. “I don’t blame you, I am one hell of a guy!” He said, flexing his arms as he flashed her a cheeky grin. (Y/n) scoffed some, shoving him away as she rolled her eyes playfully. She pondered for a second before standing on her tippy toes planting a kiss on his cheek...or at least that’s what she had planned. Fred being Fred turned his head last moment wrapping his arms around her waist as he pressed his lips into hers. She gasped softly, chills running up her spine again as her body tensed.

Even this was her first time having a kiss, she could tell this was a feeling she’d be craving nonstop. (Y/n) wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling Fred down to her height. The ginger boy smirked into the kiss, trailing his hands all along her soft frame practically melting at the feeling. His hands snaked their way down to her ass, cupping the pillowy flesh between his large hands causing the (y/h/h) to moan softly. The Gryffindor pulled away, biting and pulling her bottom lip along with him.

“So, I have a question for you then…”He started, pressing his forehead against hers. She felt the warmth of his minty breathe hit her face as she looked into his eyes expectantly. “Do I really have a tendency to go to the right when I play quidditch? Because in my opinio-”

“Fred! Really?!”

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