#i just threw out the love of my dreams demo

[getchhoo]

Uh hi pls 🤞🏻 pls answer

[periciles]

weez in my eyes weez in my ears weez in my blood weez in my tears I breathe weez see weez everyday even though my weez is a world’s away

[getosugurusbangs]

undone — the sweater song (kitchen tape demo) by weezer is kinda literally me

[bananasher1337]

reupload of my noco i just threw out of the love of my dreams animation. why not. original audio but there’s one with the demo ver of the song on youtube. i hate weezer

originally finished march 30th 2024

i haven’t been able to animate good since making this i think noco dehydrated me

[sacred-algae]

Falling Away With You by Muse has always been a very Geraskier song to me. And the new demo version just strengthens that association.

It screams Jaskier pining for Geralt. I like to imagine that in the world of The Witcher, he wrote it. It’s full of so much pain, fully encapsulating a love that is so strong it’s killing you and yet you can’t stop for the life of you.

But the new demo is perfect. It’s acoustic, and there are no lyrics besides humming and “ooh”ing here and there. It’s in progress. Listening to it feels like you’re walking in on a private moment you shouldn’t be listening to. It changes and shifts as Matt is recording. As a songwriter, I can practically hear him thinking “Well what about this? No, that’s not right. How about this? Oh, yes, I like this.”

So picture this with me:

Imagine Geralt and Jaskier sitting at their camp. It’s their first day back together after one of their little few month breaks. Imagine Geralt sitting on a rock, cleaning his sword from a day’s work. Imagine the campfire crackling, the crickets chirping. Imagine a 28-year-old Jaskier has his notebook and lute out. Geralt likes to hear him play as they wind down for the night, and Jaskier… well Jaskier has been hyperfixating on a song he’s been working on while he and Geralt were apart. He has the lyrics done, but the tune isn’t quite there yet.

The songwriter’s hands itch to play this new one that’s still in progress. It’s like resisting a pull, but this one isn’t one he wants to write in front of Geralt. No, he can’t. But the hyperfixation is too strong, and he moves to pluck the riff as he tries to play other things. Things he knows Geralt likes—

“Play the new one.”

Well fuck.

“It’s uh… a work in progress.”

“I like it. Keep going.”

He can’t say no to Geralt.

“There aren’t any lyrics yet,” he lies.

“That’s fine.”

So he plays the new one. And it sounds something like this: (lyrics for the og are under the cut)

I can't remember when it was good

Moments of happiness elude

Maybe I just misunderstood

All of the love we left behind

Watching our flash backs intertwine

Memories I will never find

So I’ll love whatever you become

Forget the reckless things we’ve done

I think our lives have just begun

I think our lives have just begun

And I'll feel my world crumbling down

Feel my life crumbling now

Feel my soul crumbling away

Falling away

Falling away with you

Staying awake to chase a dream

Tasting the air you're breathing in

I hope I won't forgot a thing

Promise to hold you close and pray

Watching our fantasies decay

Nothing will ever stay the same

And all of the love we threw away

And all of the hopes we've cherished fade

Making the same mistakes again

Making the same mistakes again

And I'll feel my world crumbling down

Feel my life crumbling now

Feel my soul crumbling away

And falling away

Falling away with you

All of the love we left behind

Watching our flash backs intertwine

Memories I will never find

Memories I will never find

[that-therian-cat04]

Weezer

[putschki1969]

Uta-Net Lyric Essay Part 1

In commemoration of the release of her 3rd original studio album “Sono Saki e”, Wakana has been invited to write three lyric essays for the song column of “Uta-Net”. Part 1 has already been posted. You can read the essay on the website. There’s also an audio recording provided, be sure to check it out!

Hello everyone. Nice to meet you, I'm Wakana. This is the first time I am allowed to write a lyric essay like this. I would be happy if you could learn a little more about myself and the music I make. First of all, let me tell you about the trajectory of my music career. For 10 years until 2018, I was active in a group called Kalafina, and after that, I started my solo activities. Since then it's already been 4 years. At the time of my solo debut, there were so many things I had never experienced, everything felt new and quite exciting but there were also many days when I felt incredibly uneasy and overwhelmed because I had reached a point where I was very unfamiliar with the territory. All my past experiences, everything I had seen and done up until that point, it should have made me stronger and able to deal with those new challenges but for some reason, I was unable to fall back on any of those skills so I couldn't make the most of them. Adding to these worries, life threw yet another curve ball when the 2020 pandemic happened. All of that really made me reflect carefully on myself and my capabilities.

Yes, I thought a lot about singing and asked myself all sorts of questions. Why am I so obsessed with the act of singing? Why does it feel like I have hit rock-bottom even though I love singing so much? What type of music can I be satisfied with? What kind of singing voice can I be happy with? Personally speaking, when I listen to someone's music, I am very intrigued by their "voice". How did they develop this singing voice? How is it even possible to express such things with a singing voice? How can such techniques be implemented? Surely, there must have been a lot of trial and error before finding that particular “voice”. The more I think about these things, the more I am fascinated by the voice of an artist. And it makes me want to learn more about my own voice. When the state of emergency was declared, I just kept singing at home, practicing the tracks from my 2nd album "magic moment" which had just been released at that time, and all my thoughts going to the concerts which ultimately never happened. It’s always up to yourself to decide where your limits are. There is no point to life when you just end up being focused on the things you can't do. I want to be someone who always strives to become a better version of myself.

It's been 3 years since I’ve dealt with such thoughts. All of this has led to the completion of my 3rd album "Sono Saki e". "Butterfly Dream", the first track of this album, is a song I would not have been able to sing three years ago. The melody is hopeful and light but at times, it conceals a lonely disquiet. Back then I would have been uncomfortable singing about a mixture of hope and frustration when it so obviously reflected the upheaval in my own heart. People shine brightest when they can turn their fears and anxieties into aspirations. So when I first received the demo tape for this song, I turned the feelings encompassed in the melody into a yearning. And then I wrote the lyrics to reflect said feelings. It’s a cute and fantastical story which actually hides a small fear. I wanted this message to be used for the beginning of the album.

What do you want most right now? I would like to continue pursuing music while staying true to my aspirations and repeatedly asking myself what I want in regard to singing. I will never forget about my past self who was overwhelmed and crying, I believe it is important to carry those memories with me. 

All right, I will end the first part of my lyric essay here. Until next time.

[weezer-blog]

Fun fact! The bassist of That Dog would later play on some Pinkerton demos! (Namely I just threw out the Love of my dreams"

[gersploosh]

I can't stop listening to the rivers cuomo vocal demo of I just threw out the love of my dreams, I wish he sang the final version

[ladycharles]

I really love releasing an album because it feels so concrete and the future starts to feel so full of artistic possibilities. I was thinking maybe I would post track by track about the songs and get a bit personal.

This song is really meaningful to me because it feels like the moment I really became Lady Charles even though I had a whole first EP. I had the title in my head and became so obsessed with the idea of it being a personal theme song that I basically spent two weeks straight trying to actually come up with a 'worthy' song for it. I even wrote and demoed an entirely different and way worse Manic Pixie Dream Boy first and threw it in the trash.

I struggled with mental health issues that weren't validated when I was young and only really lately have I learned that the things I struggled with were disabilities and not just me being particularly bad at life. I think that plus having a very fluid identity pushed me to internalise the mystery I felt. Not sure if that makes sense but the song is partly romanticising mental illness in order to avoid succumbing to it, and while that sounds dark I actually think of it as very positive and defiant. Like yes, I am different, who wouldn't want to be different when society's idea of 'normal' is so goddamn toxic and inhibited, you know?

That's where it ties in with Manic Pixie Dream Girls - I really think there's a degree of patriarchal disrespect at the core of that archetype because of the fetishistic way the characters are denied the humanity of having an actual psychological reason for their behaviour. They're just 'quirky' nevermind that those quirks line up with adhd or bpd or what have you - those aren't important to the male writers. Yet I really ended up relating to them because I too was kind of encouraged to see myself as quirky and different without separating out the things that were actually pathological.

So while it's not really on me to reclaim it I do really think of it as a bit of turning that archetype around.

The song was released as a single in 2019 but I rerecorded the vocals and added live drums (courtesy of Francy Karema) along with it being remixed by Erin Tonkon and mastered by Sarah Register. I also brought back a low Orville Peck impression under the line about him that legitimately

[lonniemachin]

TURN THAT SHIT UP!!!!!!!!!!!

[monriatitans]

MonriaTitans

Let's Play Some Demos! - Part 17

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Welcome to Part 17 of the Let’s Play Some Demos! | LPSD series! For those who are new, I aim to introduce gamers to, usually, Indie games and to provide commentary and feedback on the games for educational purposes! For this episode, I used some of the demos I had grabbed from the Cooking Fest and Cozy Quest Steam Events! I think. I grabbed a bunch during those events, and outside of them, so I don't know anymore… Each demo gets 30 minutes, not including the adjustment of settings and character creation.

Today, I, attempted, to play 4 demos for your enjoyment, which resulted in my picking a fifth:

Doloc Town - Available: To be announced Doloc Town is a cozy pixel art farm simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Build your dream farm from scratch and explore this mysterious wasteland. Harvest, plant, build, and battle against ferocious creatures while discover the untold stories of this forgotten land!

Feed the Cups - Early Access Game Feed the Cups is a Roguelite multiplayer online cooperative game. Run a Drink Shop, stocking up, preparing ingredients, taking orders, crafting drinks, cleaning up, and checking equipment. Join your friends together!

Manitas Kitchen - Available Welcome to Manitas Kitchen, a casual cooking game with a dressing of arcade and mini-games, where you'll meet Trexito, a T-Rex with short arms that has one dream: to become the best pizza maker!

Mushroom Picnic Party - Planned Release Date: Q1 2025 Help find little mushrooms and prepare for an epic picnic party in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game!

Rift of the NecroDancer - Available: Feb 5, 2025 The NecroDancer's back in an all-new rhythm game! Dragged into a strange new world, Cadence must engage in musical combat with monsters surging through the Rift! Face pulse-pounding Rhythm Rifts where every beat is a battle, all set to an original soundtrack by Danny Baranowsky & friends.

All links above are to the games' Steam pages.

Why was it an "attempt" to play? Because the gameplay for Feed the Cups could not be recorded, just like with Backpack Battle. So, since the rest of the demos were short, I decided to grab a fifth! I'll have to pick a day to play the non-recordable demos on my own, take screenshots, and do a separate mini-review. Despite this, I will still be able to render a verdict, via the "Layered Compliment Sandwich":

Doloc Town's pixel art was great! I LOVE a pixel art game! And was enjoying the protagonist's oversized shirt and what looked like a welding mask. And, almost, the second I found out jumping was faster than walking, I became a hopping fool. The game has an interesting balance of tutorial and figure-it-out. The tutorial for removing platforms needs a slight adjustment. It took me a minute to figure out what "at your feet" meant. There's trying to be creative and then there's needless confusion. Advising stand on it to hit it with the pickaxe is fine. What I found amusing was when the bag got full, there was suddenly a letter about where to get a bigger one. Convenience kink!

Feed the Cups looked promising, but I can only comment on the snippets that actually showed up in the video, which was the art. It wasn't bad. I was looking forward to seeing more. And I think there's a pattern with their demos; they made Backpack Battle. If I remember, I'll dig deeper to see if it not being recordable was on purpose. It's not a good business move if it is, though. Video game journalism includes videos and, a lot of the time, people buy games because they saw someone else play them. I'M one of those people. Before I buy a game I'm looking forward to, or even their DLC, I look at reviews. I look at game footage. I wanna know what I'm getting into before I buy. So, IF they are purposely blocking their demos from being recorded... why?

Manitas Kitchen was a pleasant surprise! The typos threw me off, though. I don't know if I have a learning disability, or if it's because I'm Autistic, but the less grammatically correct a sentence is, the longer it takes me to process it, so there were a few pauses as I was reading. THANKFULLY, the tutorials were in pictures, which made picking up on the mechanics easier. I'm a visual learner, so words must come with pictures. Examples are, usually, needed, and they delivered. Well done! An annoyance, though, is the small space. The stations need to be widened a smidge and/or the area where Trexito can stand and still access the stations. I lost track of how many times I snapped at the game because I was pressing the button to put the pizza down and it wouldn't do it. Although, what is incredibly unique about this restaurant management game is stress. I don't remember there ever being a game where stress was taken into consideration AND it has effects. When Trexito became too stressed, he actually slowed down, forcing me to let him sit. THAT was brilliant!

Mushroom Picnic Party WAS ADORABLE! And fun! If you've been here a while, you know I hate puzzle games because I'm not good at them and they make me feel, and look, like an idiot. Not a pleasant feeling. Hidden item puzzles are the only ones that don't make me feel like an idiot. It's a hidden item game, so, if I can't find it, the designer did their job. It's a pleasant game! Mushrooms are a niche not well represented and the developers did well here! I wanted to keep playing! What was, also, incredibly satisfying was being able to choose the theme of the puzzles! More purple, please! It was a pleasant experience! Well done!

Rift of the NecroDancer combining a rhythm game with monster hunting is pretty unique! My first rhythm game was Rock Band and, funnily enough, I'm better at Rift. It probably has something to do with the fact I'm only using a keyboard. My coordination is limited, which Rift helps with. Where the game gets annoying, while being simultaneously brilliant, is the tutorials. Reiterating, I'm a visual learner. So, them showing how the monsters behaved before the tutorial began was BRILLIANT, but how they were to be stopped can use some work. I would suggest telling the player when to press the button during the first few encounters. Look at the section where I was dealing with the knight to see why. And the shield folks. I was following along with the beat as well as I could, but I was still missing. And I was starting to get pissed off. And feel like an idiot. When someone fails a section THAT many times, another tutorial needs to pop up to provide further guidance. Don't change the music. Keep that. My brain would, probably, be replaying the music if I wasn't balancing myself out with YouTube videos while writing this. And don't change the art style, either. Please and thank you.

Overall, I want Doloc Town, Manitas Kitchen, Mushroom Picnic Party, and Rift of the NecroDancer, and they are on my wishlist.

As a reminder, Doloc Town is not available, with a date yet to be announced. Feed the Cups, at the time of writing, is an Early Access Game. Manitas Kitchen is Available. Mushroom Picnic Party's Planned Release Date is Q1 2025. And Rift of the NecroDancer will be Available on Feb 5, 2025, at the time of writing.

And that's it for Part 17! Thank you for reading! If this series of videos is something you're interested in, the videos are available on YouTube, The Titans' Discord, Steam, Rumble, and Odysee!  Don't forget to hit the Subscribe and/or Follow buttons to know when there's more!

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TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Welcome Gamers! 1:32 - Artist Shout-Out 6:03 - Demos' Intro 9:56 - Doloc Town - Available: To be announced 42:14 - Feed the Cups - Early Access Game 46:15 - Manitas Kitchen - Available 1:10:29 - Mushroom Picnic Party - Planned Release Date: Q1 2025 1:38:18 - Artist Shout-Out/Picking Another Demo 1:41:04 - Rift of the NecroDancer - Available: Feb 5, 2025 2:12:32 - Demos Line Up 2:15:49 - Artist Shout-Out 2:17:01 - Thank You/Links2:20:45 - Rendezvous Point Bookshop Plug/Viewing 2:28:36 - MonriaTitans & WGS Instagrams 2:29:51 - Farewell

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“Let’s Play Some Demos!” Video Series YouTube Playlist “Let’s Play Some Demos!” Video Series Blog Posts

Pilot: CrossCode, Dumpy & Bumpy, Ynglet, Zero Ranger

Part 2: A Dance of Fire and Ice, 2064: Read Only Memories, Death and Taxes, Underhero

Part 3: TEKKEN 8, Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition, Secrets of Grindea, Forspoken

Part 4: Death's Hangover, Fae Farm, Fate/Samurai Remnant, Mini Settlers

Part 5: All-Star Fruit Racing, Indivisible, SaGa Emerald Beyond, Visions of Mana

Part 6: Glorious Companions, Tales of Arise, Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge, Cozy Island

Part 7: The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, Cursebane, Dex, The Lady Puppet

Part 8: Detroit: Become Human, Little Goody Two Shoes, Luma Island, Tinkerlands

Part 9: Backpack Battles, Glaciered, Ratopia, Slime Rancher

Part 10: Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory, Maid Cafe on Electric Street, Neon Noodles, Tiny Glade

Part 11: Critter Café, Grimoire Groves, Pixel Cafe, Wizdom Academy

Part 12: AdventureBarStory, Bone's Cafe, DELTARUNE, Mudborne

Part 13: Food Truck Simulator, Magical Bakery, Magical Delicacy, Seaside Cafe Rush Hour

Part 14: Chef's Tail, Espresso Tycoon, Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo, Tavern Talk

Part 15: Chicken Journey, FANTASIAN Neo Dimension, Terra Memoria, Until Then

Part 16: Cornucopia®, Hipster Café, Let's Café, Spells & Secrets

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Originally published to https://opinionsandtruth.wordpress.com on January 28, 2025.

[vanweezer]

pinkerton deluxe for the album thing <3

hiii tysm for the ask! for the sake of this post not being fuckoff long im scooping out all the live performances and remixes except for pink triangle acoustic because <3 i owe it to her

tragic girl

getchoo

you gave your love to me softly

i just threw out the love of my dreams

butterfly

the good life

falling for you

pink triangle

pink triangle live & acoustic

no other one

you won't get with me tonight

devotion

waiting on you

el scorcho

across the sea

i swear it's true

why bother

tired of sex

getting up and leaving

long time sunshine

as one of my favorite albums of all time ever ranking them based on favorite-least favorite FEELS like a crime so simply pretend that the first 10 songs are the ones i love all equally and could never get tired of playing and all the ones after that are songs i dont listen to as much/could skip in a playlist if given the chance. also the ywgwmt demo with brian >> above all else

send me an album and i'll organize the tracklist from favorite-least favorite

[thesmithslover2]

the demo of i just threw out the love of my dreams is so much better (in my little opinion). i love the poor quality and it’s GAY. homosexual pinkerton. pinkerton if it was good, if you will

[edenaffinity]

Keith’s Playlist (as told by me)

I see a lot of character playlists for VLD characters on Spotify, but they all seem to be the same kind songs and type of music, so I took it upon myself to compile a list of songs that I think Keith would actually listen to.

Firstly, I wanna say that I never really bought into the “emo Keith” hc. He always hit me as more of an alternative, indie rock kind of guy. But I do believe he listens to plenty of MCR and FOB nonetheless.

Secondly, I don’t believe that Keith listens to a lot of music on his own. I think he grew up listening to music with his dad and maybe even Shiro, and that HEAVILY influences what he regularly listens too on his own.

And everything else is songs that Lance, Hunk, and Pidge recommend to him.

Disclaimer: I know next to nothing about music, this is based off purely vibes and that edible I took an hour ago

So with that said:

1. Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls

I get that Iris is kind of basic but you can't tell me that this isn't Keith's song.

2. Over My Head by The Fray

For some reason, I feel like Shiro would be listened to a lot of The Fray in the 2000s.

3. When I Come Around by Green Day

Pidge and Keith bond of their love of Green Day, I know this to be fact.

4. Better Than Me by The Brobecks

Lance somehow stumbled across this song and sent it to Keith.

5. Give It Away by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Totally something he once heard his dad play and Keith just never forgot it.

6. Grand Theft Autumn / Where Is Your Boy by Fall Out Boy

Okay, so I am a firm believer that Pidge is a diehard Fall Out Boy fan and they're slowly converting Keith.

7. I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams by Weezer

Sorry to put Weezer here, I just feel like this is another rec from Lance. Why is Lance listening to Weezer? Idk, he just is.

8. Tell Me Its Okay by Paramore

Yet another Lance rec but I feel like Keith is really into the song and then discovers the rest of Paramore's discography because of it.

9. Everlong by Foo Fighters

Another kind of basic one, but for sure something he reminds from his childhood.

10. Smile Like You Mean It by The Killers

Pidge, once again, big The Killers fan and is slowly converting Keith. But he let's this song best.

And honorable mentions go to:

Come As You Are by Nirvana

The Kids From Yesterday by My Chemical Romance

My Hero by Foo Fighters

Hunting For Sport by Remo Drive

I Hate Myself for Loving You by Joan Jett

Keith and Lance as Taylor Swift Songs 👸🏼

Klance as Taylor Swift Songs 👸🏼

Lance's playlist 💙