#i get a short burst of seretonin then it just. ends

[fun-k-boards]

I hate how I'm like this.

Then my mutual interacts with me

But then I'm back to this

[mc-doppomine]

My Ranking of Buster Bros!!! Songs

As I’ve put with my previous posts about song rankings, this is all done in good fun. What I think slaps may be what you think sucks and vice versa. So take it with a fistful of salt. I will not include the battles as that will be on its own list. I will include BB City, Nausa du Zuiqu and Ez Do Rap for fun.

I honestly feel bad for the Buster Bros because discography wise, I actually like most of the songs. Like if they came on, I probably wouldn’t switch it off. But at the same time, they do not have many that really slap for me. Like songs I’m obsessed with. Which kinda makes me feel bad because since I usually listen over the songs while I write this, I think...yeah these songs are good. 

14) New Star - Probably the only of songs that I’d lean more towards not liking. It really made think of a middle schooler, which I guess is the point since this was Saburo’s introductory song. But you know when you find like old recording of you performing in school and you’re just like ‘oh no.’ But yeah got that feeling. Also I was like ‘man, what a little shit’ from his lyrics. Which, again, makes sense. Does not mean I had to love it. 

13) School of IKB - Maybe because it just felt like a departure from Jiro’s usual sound that threw me off. It isn’t bad by any means but I guess I wasn’t expecting it. It really is a song that says a lot about Jiro’s growth and I’m super proud of him. I will admit that the chorus confused me and I while writing this figured out that he meant ‘I wanna be a cypher that continues after sunset.’ Because the other lyrics that kept coming in between the other ‘I wanna be a...’

12) Ez Do Rap - It is catchy but probably still one more forgettable, especially since I have to go look it up if I want to listen to it. 

11) Run This City - Fallen so far but it did a good job of keeping with the series and making me think that I could get into hypmic. So thank you for your service? Honestly, weirdly I think Buster Bros is one of the crews that actually had their anime versions sound really good for the music? 

10) BB City - I don’t know how all these extra songs end up having this energy of like just feel good and fun? I thought the subject was funny more than anything. Especially since they go so into their pettiness, they forgot the real goal here. It reminds me of another song but I cannot think of what it is. 

9) Ikebukuro West Game Park - This one actually hits pretty hard. Especially the break down near the end. I just had stronger feelings for the ones above it. I don’t mind the callbacks but I think i have to be in a mood with it though. Still thinking about the beatboxing though. 

8) Re:start!!! - I feel so bad that this is where it is but it’s primarily because of just liking fast over slow. But it is such an important song. Like for all that it is. Like this is a song where Jiro is actually the one supporting the entire song when normally it is Ichiro doing so. Like it is proof of him trying to be his own man and yet he is still a loving brother. And ah, I’m just crying over how they remain so strong together (and all these crews need to stop bullying them just because their (sibling) relationships are in shambles). 

7) Ore Ga Ichiro - Honestly think this one and number six could be switched around dependent on what kind of ‘I’m coming to kick your ass’ I felt like being that day. I actually remember it’s small feature in the anime. And it had given me hope for the music of the whole thing (it was half right). And honestly it really does tell you about everything about Ichiro with one song. And I honestly feel a little...proud? Like this sounds more like him than his TDD self. 

6) This Means War - Eyo my name is Jiro! But no, seriously, this song sounds like the kind of thing I’d listen if I was prepping to go fight someone. And Jiro’s words are so intense and take no prisoners about it. Plus instrumental??? Also intense, I love it. 

5) Requiem - Okay so this song was set up for success considering I thought Dies Irae was a banger of classical song to begin with. Add Saburo’s rap to it? Absolute banger. Sounds like a villain origin story to me. Too bad he’s like ‘but Ichi-nii would not like that.’

4) Break the Wall - Look man, they knew what they were doing when they based it off those dance songs. I personally get reminded of Earth, Wind and Fire. But yeah, it’s a good song and such a hopeful song. I am often in the back at work dancing to this song because it just has that vibe. 

3) Nausa du Zuiqu - The one song I can never spell right. But pretty high up for an insert song, huh? But yeah, I got nothing. This one, like Wrap & Rap, just gives me so a boost of seretonin. Because my first thought is ‘is this fucking Ievan polkka? Ichiro, you weeb!’ And he dragged Samatoki down with him. Then it was hilarious to find out they’re fucking go at it in a sauna while doing trivia about saunas. Like Samatoki said, ‘why do you know so much about saunas?!’ 

2) Ohayo Ikebukuro - I’m aware a lot of this is them talking but it’s also so bursting with their personalities and their dynamics. It’s ultra charming to me. Also I thought the breakdown when they’re doing haiku raps (don’t at me, that’s what they are) sounded too great considering they were just doing honestly silly haikus except Jiro. Also I was laughing because I found Ohayo Ikebukuro while writing an outline for an Ichiro/Reader and was like ‘wait, what’ when I found this talked about the kind of girl they liked. And Ichiro’s type...was kinda what I wrote for it. Guess his type is obvious, huh?

1) 3 Second Killer - I know, crazy that we get a Rhyme Anima song top the list. I had actually half forgotten this song. Like I know I thought it was fucking great even with the TV version but I didn’t listen to it because the TV version was so short. So when I found out that the Straight Outta Rhyme Anima extended all the songs, I was like ‘wait what?’ Came to this one, awesome. But it absolutely fits my love of let’s fuck shit up and being a badass vibe. Also my god, this must’ve been such a pain to record because if you look, almost every line is a different brother rapping for like the chorus. It also alternates between which and how many doing the line. And it sounds awesome! Also you hear that guitar in the fucking back? It is going ham. 

[brudenellgrooveleeds-blog]

Match Report: Brudenell Groove FC vs Konnect FC

‘A tackle from behind which endangers the safety of an opponent must be sanctioned as serious foul play.’ (Law XII - The Laws of the Game, FIFA, 1998). 

On the date that Chelsea faced off against Barcelona, a fixture that elicits memories of Henning Ovedo’s farcical refereeing performance in the 2009 Champions League semi finals, it seemed depressingly fitting that Brudenell Groove were on the end of a tragic refereeing performance. 

Walking into the hallowed turf of Goals Kirkstall’s ‘Pitch 10′, there was a clear physical mismatch between the two sides. While the Groove- kitted out in their legendary patchwork of old brown and red footy tops- cut svelte figures, their opponents for the evening were of fridge-like proportions. Their all black thermal tops rippled at the seams of their imperious physiques, looking like if the Globo Gym’s Purple Cobras were dressed for a funeral. 

Taking into account the discrepancies of size, this was a game that needed a strong referee. This was a game that needed to be officiated in the right way. This was a game that needed somebody with a basic understanding that smashing through the back of someone with no intention of getting the ball is, shockingly, not allowed in the laws of the game. This was a game that did not have what it needed. 

Still, this team didn’t get a wholly undeserved promotion to the second division from the fourth without having a bit about themselves. The Groove started sharply, fizzing passes across the surface and pressing their opponents with the crazed hunger of a clubber hunting for an afters 30 minutes before closing time. Two early mistakes were ruthlessly pounced upon by Bird, who started the game in majestic form, no doubt having heard the raucous pre-match whispers that super scout Oliver Walkden was amongst the baying crowd of spectators. 

It soon became evident that, like the Purple Cobras, this team was built around their own White Goodman, a minuscule bloke with glistening silver boots and an arrogantly impressive touch. Alongside him were four utter bastards. In the absence of any discernible technical skills, these malevolent men managed to make ends meet with masochism. The first time one of their number clattered through the back of PGinho, controversially picked despite rumours of breaking team curfew in London the past weekend, and the referee neglected to blow his whistle, a gleeful glint twinkled in their previously dark and emotionless eyes. 

Even in the oppressive conditions, the boys from Brudenell soon settled into their Groove. The vocals were handled by their goalkeeper Ross, whose impressive shouting from the nets could easily see him moving into a future career as a D&B hypeman. The bassline of Betts and Tidmarsh formed a formidable duo at the back. Betts showed the composure that it took to park his campervan in Goals’ meagre spaces also translates to the football pitch, while Tidmarsh tidied up attacks like they were the debris of a weekend well spent and his parents were arriving in half an hour. Ahead of them, McLaughlin and Hardy tirelessly ran like the most relentless of drum patterns. They caused chaos by pulling the opposition across the field, adding some quality kicks here and there to enrapture the crowds. The beautiful melody of star players Bird and PGingo completed the piece, adding picturesque touches of pose, panache, and pizzazz to the performance. 

Even with the ensemble complete, White Goodman had a frustrating knack for slotting chances in the bottom corner from seemingly innocuous positions. The referee continued to suspiciously ignore Goodman’s teammates’ appetite for a bloodbath, with McLaughlin and Hardy both on the receiving end of particularly agricultural interpretations of a ‘fair challenge’. 

At half-time, the Groove went in 3-2 down. The scent of blood had sent Konnect FC into a rabid frenzy, and they added to their lead just after half-time. Despite the Groove’s best efforts to fight back. an incessant stream of jammy goals, tackles that wouldn’t look out of place in a Bruce Lee film and refereeing calls that were conspicuous by their absence meant they went down in the final five staring at a 7-5 deficit. 

Tidmarsh burst through and tucked away to bring it within a goal, before the Groove were pinned back by one of the only fair tackles on the night to leave it 8-6. From the kick off, some lovely interplay played in PGinho. As the mercurial talisman lined up one of his trademark strikes, the biggest bastard of the lot smashed into the back of him, landing his knee with the crushing weight of a Monday morning alarm clock. The tackle was so shocking that even the referee blew his long forgotten whistle. 

There were rumours PGinho’s temper had been short in training that week after his extracurricular activities in London, and this assault was the final straw. 

“You dickead” he bellowed. The pain on his face was remarkably noticeable.

Tackles like that have no place in the game anyway, but targeting a man who had systematically depleted his seretonin reserves over the weekend was plain cruel. PGinho showed impressive restraint to limp off the pitch without taking a piece of his opponent with him, but the ensuing scrappiness meant the game got away from the Groove. 

At the end, super scout Oliver Walkden presented himself to the starstruck team. “Unlucky today lads, I was impressed with what I saw”. He informed the adoring Groove squad. Then he delivered some monumental news.

“If you think those lads are bastards, you’ve got a reunion with the Orb next week” he informed them. Bird’s eyes instantly glazed over, harking back to the magnetic pull of Leeds City Boys’ star man’s incredible gut. 

The boys trundled off knowing they had played a good game, and had the chance to avenge their sorest embarrassment in the next chapter of their story...

Goalscorers:

Betts (1)

Bird (4)

Tidmarsh (1)