#i think billy joel wrote this song about them

[gay-caveman]

[kenobers]

What kind of music do you think the other Batboys listen to? (If you're interested in them ofc)

okay, first of all this is my first ask!! hello!! and it's about music, so extra bonus points to you!! 🌟

second of all, of course i'm interested in the other batboys! i'm working on their spotify wrappeds right now. for anyone’s who interested, here is my spotify!!

these are what i personally think each of them lean towards music wise based on canon and my own headcanons, please don’t stomp on me if you disagree :-)

Dick listens to clown music i really only found one panel of Dick listening to music and it was mostly Original Pilipino Music and mostly ballads, which i love. it also lends itself to Dick being a fan of indie and soft rock, as well very much being a child of the 90s. The Cure and Billy Joel are artists i see him enjoying. i know a lot of people envision him as a pop fan and i think he specifically listens to early rock-pop music from the 70s; think ABBA, the Carpenters, Donna Summer, artists who would mix well with his affection for balladeers. My self indulgent headcanon is that he's a huge Fleetwood Mac and Mavis Staples fan. i think it's a legal obligation to have an appreciation for grunge to be part of the batfam, but i think he sticks with the basics.

Jason canonically likes Slipknot, Lacuna Coil and Poison Idea (which i forgot to include on his spotify wrapped, oops). however, given his background, his continued interest in being connected to the streets of a large east coast city and the fact that we know he loves good writing, he's definitely a 90s east coast hip-hop guy. i really envision him being a huge Wu-Tang Clan fan (as we should all be) and DMX wrote his theme song Where The Hood At. both the metal/punk and hip-hop genres have heavily political roots and the flaws of political systems are a common theme, which is something he’d appreciate. however, i think Jason's criteria for adding a song to his spotify is if it's good. he's not a snob, he just likes his music to be loud and have good lyricism. he likes to be able to relate to it, whereas Dick would be more about the vibe. i love the idea that he's into Jack Johnson when he wants a softer sound. he also gives me major Artic Monkeys vibes.

Tim canonically likes The Clash, Green Day (i think this is another one they all have in common) and i believe Oasis. so one could comfortably deduce that he's into punk rock, early alternative and brit pop (which makes sense, these all tend to go hand-in-hand). i think he would be fond of alternative and indie, like i think he would dig Steve Lacy and Frank Ocean (he's also a bisexual man in his late teens/early twenties who's heavily online, so i feel like it's also a fairly safe bet that he listens to Frank and probably Tyler too). i think he goes through strong phases of certain artists/genres. i think, like Jason, he likes to be able to relate to his music, but he’s also a bit of a music snob.

Steph's most streamed artist is Mucous Membrane. i get strong punk rock, punk pop vibes from her. she likes anything she can scream along to. My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Avril Lavigne, Pierce The Veil, Hollywood Undead. she definitely had a very strong Panic! At The Disco era. she's got a soft spot for Megadeath too. but i think she’s also more than capable (and willing) to scream along to some bubbly pop music too.

Duke has been seen singing The Man on The Flying Trapeze by Spike Jones. granted, this is a fairly well known song and it had a specific context, but i also kind of love the idea that Duke listens to jazz, like also has a lot of Chet Baker and Billie Holiday saved. that’s his time-to-lock-in music. then i could also see him digging a genre that samples a lot of these artists, like r&b and hip-hop. i see Kendrick Lamar pop up on a lot of Duke playlists and i’m inclined to agree. i’d also add Jay-Z to the mix. a good chunk of his spotify wrapped is stuff he plays to get hyped up, which can vary quite a bit. there’s some Fall Out Boy, Chase Atlantic, Rihanna and some classic rock. i think he also daydreams to Holding Out for A Hero quite a bit as well.

honestly, i feel like Cass pulls the most from everyone else’s playlists. i would say that she’s family spotify stalker, but frankly i feel like she uses youtube music. anyways, her personal tastes would lean more towards the sad girl side; Halsey, Mitski, Phoebe Bridgers, Mazzy Star. maybe Penelope Scott and Grimes - i could see her vibing with the combination of the sad girl feel and a unique sort of sound. thanks to Jason, she also digs System of A Down. for Cass especially music is an emotional outlet, so i think she’d be drawn to more emotional stuff. that said, she’s definitely an ABBA girl.

i see people try to argue that Jason would listen to musicals, but if anyone is the secret theater kid, it’s for sure Damian. he likes the drama and the flair of a megamusical and as such, a couple of songs from The Phantom of The Opera make their way onto his playlist (he secretly relates to certain aspects of the storyline but he won’t say that part out loud). he’s a musician himself so it’s not hard to imagine him enjoying someone as genius as Sondheim, although i imagine he’s very picky about which cast albums/recordings he spins. he listens to a lot of classic music, with a special appreciation for Bach as he’s more or less the violin king. but Beethoven’s got a little more flair. i think he also has a playlist of songs he picked up from his siblings and Superboy

i think they all share an appreciation for Nirvana, The Pixies, The Spice Girls and A Tribe Called Quest.

and i do think The Spice Girls comes strongly from Dick’s influence.

what do y’all think they listen to?

[blizzardfluffykpop]

Wish You Were Here

Summary: Changmin’s on tour and you miss him terribly, he misses you too. 

Drabble

Fluff?, Angst?, Comfort?, Established Relationship au

Word Count: 772

Changmin (Q) X Reader

There will be lyrics & references from Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here. (And one to Vienna by Billy Joel).

[A/n: This is so short (I wrote it in like an hour?) but it’s something for my pcd. I’ve been trying to write for a few days for them and this Floyd song started playing in my head, and I realized I could do something with that. (I did try to write about Vienna but bc of how much the song means to me... I couldn’t.) So, this was the next best thing.]

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If this were two months ago, Changmin and you would be lying on your floor talking about nothing and everything. Sometimes your conversations had meaning, and sometimes they didn’t. As you sit on the edge of your bed beside your calendar with your red marker, your mind starts replaying one; “Do you think you could tell heaven from hell?” He hummed before he said, “Well... If I’m beside you. Isn’t that close enough to heaven?” You had rolled your eyes at him, telling him, “You cheeseball. For real…” He giggled, “If they’re not punishing me for all we’ve done together, I’m certain it’s heaven.” You laughed blushing red, “Okay.” He asked, “Do you think you’d know hell?” You hummed, “Anywhere without you is.” And it was. It’s so lonely, boring, and grueling without him by your side. That you’re crossing off the days until he returns from touring. It was torture being without him because of how much joy he brought you. Even if he wasn’t saying anything, just being near him was enough. 

But now, you’re stuck just biding time until he comes back. And presently, you’re waiting for him to tell you he’s about to go on stage so you can wish him luck and go to bed. But rather, he texts you to turn on the radio. So, you get up and turn the radio on, something you both had picked up on a whim at a thrift store. And you crash back on your bed. Kicking back before crossing your legs over each other, you grab your phone and put it on your chest so you can see the pop-up notifications. Tears prick your eyes as a Pink Floyd song filters through the speakers. While you know it’s not about your situation, you could relate it to yours. 

As the solo goes on, you receive an attachment from Changmin, and you instantly open your phone, checking to see the photo of the city buildings you’re missing. And just as Clapton sings the chorus, Changmin texts you, “How I wish, how I wish you were here.” The tears that were pricking your eyes finally fall. You text him, “Aren’t you supposed to be on stage?” He texts back, “Not for another hour.” And you send, “Call me.” And he does, so you ask, “You requested that, didn’t you?” He hums before telling you he did, and you ask, “How did you know that was when the lyric was playing?” “Don’t you remember that radio app we found that plays stations from around the world?” You laugh, “Of course, how could I forget…” 

And he laughs, and you whisper, “I wish you were here too.” He starts singing, “We’re just two-” And you join in, “Lost souls swimming in a fishbowl, year after year. Running over the same old ground, what have we found? The same old fears, wish you were here.” When you both finish singing, he asks, “Is this our song now?” You hum, “While you and I are apart, yeah.” You continue, “It’s torture without you.” He sighs, “Yeah, but we’ll bear it.” You agree, “I know.” And he tells you, “Anywhere without you is.” You sniffle at that, “But we’ll be okay soon. You’ll come back for a weekend, and we’ll bear it until you’re back for longer.” You hear him sniffle on the line as he whispers, “I know,” and your heart aches. You wish to be beside him, “Minnie?” “Yeah?” “I love you.” “I love you too, (N/n).” 

After a few more tears and sniffles, you ask him to tell you what it’s like in the Big Apple. And he tells you everything he’s seen and done this time around. He whispers, “Oh, baby, you’d love it here.” You hum, “Is this like how Vienna is waiting for us?” “No, it’s better.” You laugh, “If you say so.” “I do.” You both giggle, and that’s when you hear his manager tell him, “It’s almost time for you to get ready.” You listen to him agree, and you let out a breath, trying to calm your heart. He sighs, “I gotta go, doll…”

“I know.”

“I love you.”

“I love you more. Please give Deobis an unforgettable show.”

“I always do.”

“I know. I’ll talk to you later, okay?”

“Okay.”

You hang up the phone. It was never easy for either of you two to say goodbye. But maybe next time you two will be together. Or maybe you’ll catch the next flight out to see him at the following stop. Either way, until then, you wish he was here or that you were there.

[mannytoodope]

Linda: This thing started way before I was born. My great-grandma Maria had four kids, and they didn't have a lot of money. One of them, Tony, worked down at the docks. And he was trying to save up to buy his dream house in Staten Island. 

Gene: I think Billy Joel wrote a song about that. 

Linda: But Joey, the baby of the family, married a rich girl. I think her father invented the raincoat. 

Bob: Probably not. 

Linda: Shush! And then Joey and his new rich wife bought Tony's dream house before Tony could! 

Tina: Damn. 

Louise: So, is that why someone crossed all of Joey's family out on the family tree? 

Linda: No. There's more. You see, Joey invited the family over to his new house for dinner. And my great-grandmother Maria brought over her famous Bolognese sauce. 

Gene: ( whispers loudly ) Say more about the sauce. ( whispers ) It was delicious, Gene. I knew it. ( normal voice ) And then it happened. 

Tina:( gasps ) 

Linda: I didn't say what it was yet. 

Tina: Sorry, it's just tense. 

Linda: So, they're eating dinner, and Joey is just laughing and laughing about how great his new house is. But as he reaches for the Parmesan cheese, Tony goes in with his fork to get more pasta and accidentally stabs Joey in the hand! 

Louise: Yes! He forked him! 

Tina: ( gasps ) 

Linda: Joey and his sister Paulina thought Tony forked him on purpose because Joey bought Tony's dream house with Daniela's stupid raincoat money. I

Bob: It-it couldn't have been a raincoat. 

Linda: It was. But Tony swore that it was an accident, and his sister Claudia, my sweet little grandmother, believed him. Joey throws Tony out of the house. Claudia and her husband Burt, my grandfather, go with him. And here's the kicker: it's pouring rain. None of them have raincoats. They all get wet. From that moment on, you were either Team Tony or Team Joey.

[thebreakfastgenie]

Hi :3 If you're still doing the character ask game, may I request 4, 5, 19, 24, & 25 for Charles? Thank <3

Hello! I am still doing them!

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?

Hmmm I don't know!! I would put him in Boston Legal as a client involved in a lawsuit over something ridiculous just because DOS's humor would have been perfect on that show.

5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

Where's the Orchestra by Billy Joel. This was my most inspired song choice. It's all about getting to this point in your life where you've achieved something and thinking "this is it?" and the metaphor it uses is an orchestra. To quote the man himself, "life isn't a musical, it's a Greek tragedy." (No I do not think Billy Joel was okay when he wrote this song, it was the last song he wrote for an album that he said he felt as if he'd died when he finished it.) Where's the orchestra? Dead, perhaps? Charles's whole goodbye dinner speech in GFA just tracks to this song so well.

19. How about a relationship they have in canon that you don't like?

If I could delete the Charles/Margaret ship tease from season 6 I would. I wouldn't hate it so much if they had ship tease in season 7 after she got divorced. But most of it happens when she's a newlywed and her marriage isn't even on the rocks yet and it just makes absolutely no sense for her after she made such a big deal about breaking up with Frank and staying faithful to Donald! I still don't think I'd ever ship them, but it wouldn't be such a hard no for me if it was handled differently in the show. It felt like they only wrote Charles flirting with her because Frank did, but she'd dumped Frank a whole season before! Some of their later scenes as friends make me understand why people ship them, but I never will because season 6 just poisoned me against it forever.

24. What other character from another fandom of yours that reminds you of them?

This is not a fandom I'm in per se and it's kind of a limited resemblance but it makes me crazy: in Downton Abbey, Sybil works as a nurse during WWI, and after the war she feels increasingly alienated from her noble family's way of life. She just can't pretend the rich people nonsense matters anymore. And from what we see of Charles in GFA, I think that's going to happen to him. He's exposed to so many things and forced to connect with so many people from different backgrounds, he can't just go back to how he was before. There are also some Charles elements to Josh Lyman, who is not nearly as wealthy but also a high-achiever Harvard legacy from a privileged background who lost a sibling as a child.

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

I didn't like him at first! I mean, I like characters who suck, so I liked him because he was well-acted and funny, but I wasn't invested in him emotionally. I was like wow he's an asshole. I don't always like character who suck right away, either, because if I'm deep in a show I'm thinking about how likable they are, and my love of well-crafted characters who I would loathe as people comes later. Anyway after a couple of seasons suddenly I cared about Charles and I still do! He's a rich asshole who's a caring person deep down to me. I'm not super interested in soft squishy Charles, I like him to kind of suck but have a heart of gold. I haven't been engaging with a lot of Charles stuff because I've been oriented toward the Gelbart seasons more, but because of that when I do see Charles stuff I get to remember how fun he is! I have a soft spot for poor little rich boy characters.

[justhere4thevibez]

The fic ask game: 4, 11, & 13 for “If you fall, I will catch you” & “Cooking Up Something Sweet” which are just two of MANY fics that I adore btw. ❤️

Ooh, fun! I also love both of those fics!

Alright, I'll answer the questions for If You Fall first!

4: What’s your favorite line of dialogue?

Oh, gosh, this is a hard one! I'm terrible about remembering what I wrote once it's out in the world 😂 but Wayne has a number of fantastic lines in this one! Like this one:

“Son,” Wayne said, weary and exasperated. “You can’t pull the wool over your old man’s eyes. The only Chrissy I ever recall you knowing in Hawkins was that Cunningham girl, and I seem to remember you having quite the set of heart eyes over her back in the day.”

Or this one:

“You’ve got an awful lot of weight on those shoulders of yours,” he said, giving her a gentle squeeze before he let go. “I’m not trying to add to it. I just want you to know that, well, you two matter to me and Ed. We’re here for you, alright?”

I just adore Wayne!

11: What do you like best about this fic?

This fic is one of the more difficult to write just because it's so heavy at times. But in spite of that (or maybe because of it) I love the softness between Eddie and Chrissy. The fact that a simple touch or kiss on the cheek can mean so much is incredibly powerful, and it's a responsibility I take very seriously, too. I never want to romanticize or diminish the seriousness of Chrissy's situation, but I want there to be hope and life as well. That balance is tricky to write, but so so rewarding when I manage to do it well!

13: What music did you listen to, if any, to get in the mood for writing this story? Or if you didn’t listen to anything, what do you think readers should listen to to accompany us while reading?

I'm terribly inconsistent about the music I listen to when I write! I've definitely veered a bit more toward 80s-esque music, partially because it's set in the canonical world/ages of Chrissy and Eddie, and partially because of the song title 🥰 other than that, I mostly listen to movie soundtracks! I think 80s pop/rock is excellent background if you're reading this fic!

Alright, on to Cooking Up Something Sweet!

4: What’s your favorite line of dialogue?

Again, tricky! But slightly easier because I only had a oneshot to look through 😂 might be cheating since this a chunk of dialogue instead of a line, but oh well 🤷‍♀️

“Chrissy,” he said softly, waiting to speak until her eyes met his. “Would it be completely out of line if I asked to kiss you?” Her lips parted in surprise, and that telltale blush rushed over her face again. “I don’t think that would be out of line,” she finally stammered, keeping eye contact with some difficulty. “I think—I think I might like it if you asked me.” “Okay.” Eddie shuffled closer until they stood face to face. “Can I kiss you, sweetie?” “Yeah,” Chrissy breathed, already reaching for him.

11: What do you like best about this fic?

I really enjoyed the challenge of creating intrigue and attraction despite them not actually meeting until nearly the end of the fic! They only communicate via Instagram messages, so their actual contact is very limited, but it was really fun to play with!

13: What music did you listen to, if any, to get in the mood for writing this story? Or if you didn’t listen to anything, what do you think readers should listen to to accompany us while reading?

The music I think of for this fic is late 60s-early 70s pop like The Beatles, Billy Joel, The Beach Boys etc., because that's what my mom always listens to when she cooks, and now it's what I listen to in my own kitchen when I cook!

Thanks so much for the asks 💛

Ask me more questions about specific fics!

[amiserableseriesofevents]

Let’s create a “clegan/buckxbucky/buckyxbuck/eganven/whatever we call the buckies” playlist together.

🎶 🛫 When you get this, list 5 songs you like to listen that remind you of Clegan (MOTA) and publish them. Then send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool) (@onyxsboxes so i can add your replies to the playlist) 🛫 🎶

You can include more or fewer songs (as you prefer), I'll collect all the replies and put them together in a playlist that I'll share in a week or so (I'll update it as I receive replies, so no rush and no pressure).

Ohohoh this is my time to shine

This one for me is more 100% John than actually Clegan, I admit it, but the vibes (mostly Paul the real estate novelist who never had time for a wife who's talking with Davy who's still in the navy and probably will be for life) can be read as Clegan so I'm putting this in.

THIS ONE!!!! "And I don't even care if it's just a summer fling, if it's all experimental and you go back to safer things"????? Pure Clegan angst with Marge looming on them (sorry Marge I love you I swear)

Same goes for this one honestly, "And when you think about me all of those years ago you're standing face to face with I told you so" it's soooo them (you're nothing more than her husband Gale!!! Gale!!!!!!!)

This is also very them imho, "there is very little left of me and it's never coming back" is so John to Gale at the Stalag and "I think you're changing, don't worry you don't gotta stay the same" is Gale's response, and the whole song the vibes are them in the Stalag

This is one of my favorite songs ever, a masterpiece on grief, and now I always think of them when I listen to it (you can see why I wrote a Clegan fic with a verse of this as the title eheh). It's heartbreaking but I think it represents perfectly the pain of being the one left behind

This too is Stalag Clegan coded, mostly on Gale trying to keep John from doing stupid shit and getting himself killed – "my white knuckled dying grip holding tight to your quiet resentment" is soooo Gale Cleven coded

Last one to be more hopeful lmao "You're familiar like my mirror years ago" is literally Bucky giving Buck his name, and "I slithered here from Eden just to sit outside your door" is John again but this time as he gets to the Stalag

I know you didn't ask me to include an explanation for every song but in pure John Egan fashion I am indeed a ✨yapper✨ so there you go! Hope you'll like these songs 🥰

[prozac-shaped-urn]

Rules: list your top 5 albums from 5 different artists on a poll so your followers can vote which album they think captures your vibe best.

I was tagged by my friend @droughtofapathy who wisely suggested this trend because it is, in fact, very much up my alley.

Alright SO! Here's the breakdown and I'll give like the ~vibes~ of these too, for those of you who have no idea who these artists are (meaning you DOA).

Rumours is very much spiteful witch classic rock goddess vibes thanks to the multiple breakups and affairs going on with that group in 1976. I don't think anything else can compare to it, to be honest. Every single song is still played on the radio to this day, and 8 of the 10 tracks are singles. It was pretty fucking traumatic for them to make but the music has held up nicely. Christine and Stevie writing songs about their ex-partners while also having affairs with band members and sound crew was........... something. Check out You Make Loving Fun and Dreams for more evidence. (This is kinda cheating but there's another song called Silver Springs that Stevie wrote about Lindsey which was a B-side to his spiteful anthem You Can Go Your Own Way which was written about her. Anyway, Silver Springs really gives him the finger. "I'll follow you down 'till the sound of my voice will haunt you/You'll never get away from the sound of the woman that loved you" is a curse if I have ever heard one. Like FUCK Stevie....... jesus christ woman)

River of Dreams is classic rock, heavy on the piano and bass. Billy's chops are on full display and his writing is clean and clear. It has some underrated bangers like Two Thousand Years and Famous Last Words. The album is overall more symbolic than most of his work. Think literal dreamscape (which is then-wife Christie Brinkley designed the cover art in reference to).

WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? is indie pop at its finest. Billie and her brother/producer Finneas created something utterly fucking whack and unmistakably brilliant, and it's one of my favorites because Billie's main design when crafting music is using a minor key and 4/4 time, which is like my go-to when finding new music. I love her other works too, but ilomilo sits inside my psyche so well that I forget where I am and let it guide me into a writing flow. I also love bury a friend mainly because the high-pitched whizzing sound bite is a literal dentist drill. Finneas recorded a literal dentist drill to create that sound.

Let's Talk About Love is your typical contemporary love song album with lots of slow and steady major key songs, but Treat Her Like a Lady is my favorite track on the whole thing. I love its reggae rhythm and upbeat anthem sound. A close second is the much slower and moodier Where Is The Love. Also, Celine doesn't write her own music, whereas everyone else on this list does. But I love her sound and her technique is a masterclass.

Dreamboat Annie oh my god... Dreamboat Fucking Annie. What a hell of an album. You've got Magic Man which is a funky, swamp witch type of song, and then you have the frenzied Crazy On You with its wide swinging tomtom hits and strong bass line, and then the sisters on Sing Child is like the female version of The Guess Who's No Time with the beautiful harmonies and HOLY *SHIT* Nancy Wilson can play a guitar. Like oh my GOD can she play a guitar.

I'll tag @jennamacaroni @thestarlightforge @die-schwanenkoenigin and @tinathedragon if y'all haven't done this yet

[gachag0d]

Sour Taste ANGST | Obey Me x Olivia Rodrigo's Sour

Synopsis: Sorting the Obey Me characters into which Olivia Rodrigo's Sour songs I picture them crying to whist being insecure about themselves or thinking of a toxic MC.

Characters: The Brothers and The Dateable (-Luke)

CW: Olivia Rodrigo's music contains Swearing, Some Suggestive Content, Infidelity and Depictions of Toxic Relationships. Lyrics imply MC is toxic/unfaithful.

A/N: Love this album! I can't wait until the new one. "Vampire" has me hyped! Also, listen, I'm gonna be honest. I'm an Asmo stan, and this album is basically his angst playlist, right? You'll see his name pop up a bunch. Shh, don't worry about it... I just love angsty Asmo... (Mammon is here a bunch as well lol)

"All I did was try my best This the kind of thanks I get? Unrelentlessly upset (ah, ah, ah) They say these are the golden years But I wish I could disappear Ego crush is so severe God, it's brutal out here (Yeah!) I feel like no one wants me And I hate the way I'm perceived I only have two real friends And lately, I'm a nervous wreck 'Cause I love people I don't like And I hate every song I write And I'm not cool and I'm not smart And I can't even parallel park"

MAMMON, Leviathan, Asmodeus, Diavolo, Lucifer

"Ain't it funny All the twisted games All the questions you used to avoid? Ain't it funny? Remember I brought her up And you told me I was paranoid You betrayed me And I know that you'll never feel sorry For the way I hurt, yeah You'd talk to her When we were together Loved you at your worst But that didn't matter It took you two weeks To go off and date her Guess you didn't cheat But you're still a traitor God, I wish that you had thought this through Before I went and fell in love with you"

SOLOMON, Simeon, Diavolo, Lucifer, Satan

"And all my friends are tired Of hearing how much I miss you, But I kinda feel sorry for them 'Cause they'll never know you the way that I do, yeah Today I drove through the suburbs And pictured I was driving home to you And I know we weren't perfect But I've never felt this way for no one, oh And I just can't imagine how you could be so okay, Now that I'm gone I guess you didn't mean what you wrote in that song about me 'Cause you said forever, now I drive alone past your street"

SIMEON, Mammon, Beelzebub, Diavolo

"I called you on the phone today Just to ask you how you were All I did was speak normally Somehow I still struck a nerve You got me fucked up in the head, boy Never doubted myself so much Like, am I pretty? Am I fun, boy? I hate that I give you power over that kinda stuff 'Cause it's always one step forward and three steps back I'm the love of your life until I make you mad It's always one step forward and three steps back Do you love me, want me, hate me? Boy, I don't understand No, I don't understand"

ASMODEUS, Mammon, Simeon, Leviathan

"So when you gonna tell her That we did that, too? She thinks it's special But it's all reused That was the show we talked about Played you the song she's singing now when she's with you Do you get déjà vu when she's with you? Do you get déjà vu? Oh Do you get déjà vu? Strawberry ice cream in Malibu Don't act like we didn't do that shit, too You're trading jackets like we used to do (Yeah, everything is all reused) Play her piano, but she doesn't know (oh, oh) That I was the one who taught you Billy Joel (oh) A different girl now, but there's nothing new (I know you get déjà vu)"

MAMMON, Lucifer, Solomon, Asmodeus, Satan, Belphegor, Barbados

"Well good for you, I guess you're getting everything you want You bought a new car and your career's really taking off It's like we never even happened, baby What the fuck is up with that? And good for you, it's like you never even met me Remember when you swore to God I was the only Person who ever got you Well, screw that and screw you You will never have to hurt the way you know that I do Well good for you You look happy and healthy, not me If you ever cared to ask Good for you You're doing great out there without me, baby God, I wish that I could do that I've lost my mind I've spent the night Crying on the floor of my bathroom But you're so unaffected, I really don't get it But I guess good for you"

SATAN, Belphegor, Mammon, Asmodeus, Leviathan

"Before you found someone more exciting The next second, you were gone And you left me there cryin', wonderin' what I did wrong And you always say I'm never satisfied But I don't think that's true 'Cause all I ever wanted was to be enough Don't you think I loved you too much to be used and discarded? Don't you think I loved you too much to think I deserve nothing? But don't tell me you're sorry, boy Feel sorry for yourself 'Cause someday I'll be everything to somebody else And they'll think that I am so exciting And you'll be the one who's crying Yeah, you always say I'm never satisfied But I don't think that's true You say I'm never satisfied But that's not me, it's you 'Cause all I ever wanted was to be enough But I don't think anything could ever be enough For you, enough for you, oh-oh No, nothing's enough for you"

ASMODEUS, Beelzebub, Mammon, Leviathan, Simeon

"We broke up a month ago Your friends are mine, you know, I know You've moved on, found someone new One more girl who brings out the better in you And I thought my heart was detached From all the sunlight of our past But she's so sweet, she's so pretty Does she mean you forgot about me? Oh, I hope you're happy But not like how you were with me I'm selfish, I know, I can't let you go So find someone great, but don't find no one better I hope you're happy, but don't be happier"

SIMEON, Diavolo, Barbados, Lucifer, Solomon

"All your friends are so cool, you go out every night In your daddy's nice car, yeah, you're living the life Got a pretty face, a pretty boyfriend too I wanna be you so bad, and I don't even know you All I see is what I should be Happier, prettier, jealousy, jealousy All I see is what I should be I'm losing it, all I get's, jealousy, jealousy Co-comparison is killing me slowly I think, I think too much 'Bout kids who don't know me And I'm so sick of myself I'd rather be, rather be (oh, oh) Anyone, anyone else (anybody else) Jealousy, jealousy"

LEVIATHAN, Asmodeus, Diavolo, Mammon

"It's bittersweet to think about the damage that we do 'Cause I was going down, but I was doing it with you Yeah, everything we broke, and all the trouble that we made But I say that I hate you with a smile on my face Oh, look what we became All the things I did Just so I could call you mine All the things you did Well, I hope I was your favorite crime Your favorite crime Your favorite crime 'Cause baby, you were mine"

MAMMON, SIMEON, Solomon, Belphegor, Barbados

"Address the letters, to the holes in my butterfly wings Nothing's forever, nothing's as good as it seems And when the clouds won't iron out And the monsters creep into your house And every door is hard to close Well, I hope you know how proud I am you were created With the courage to unlearn all of their hatred God, I hope that you're happier today 'Cause I love you, and I hope that you're okay"

LUCIFER, Simeon, Diavolo, Beelzebub

Honestly, I can see all the Brothers just bawling at this one...

[withacapitalp]

you have to know this was coming: eddie, for the question game! <3

favorite thing about them

Oh my god Eddie so many good things!!! Eddie's passion is really amazing to me. He cares so much (part of why he and Steve work so well!) But like Eddie runs because ANYONE would run in that situation with Chrissy but he spends every last moment after that making up for it and wanting to do different and trying to be there for the Party HES SO GOOD ALSO HOW SOFT HE CAN BE AND HOW GENTLE HE CAN BE!!!! Him trying to comfort Chrissy, him and the boys, him and Steve walking in the Upside Down I LOVE HIM

least favorite thing about them

Oooof the hypocrisy kinda gets to me. He can't claim to be like this champion for the different, and then force Lucas to choose between his game and Hellfire. Like bud cmon!!!!

favorite line

"86 BABY"

"Never change, Dustin Henderson"

"I wouldn't remember me either"

"Harrington's got her, dontcha big boy!!"

SO MANY ICONIC LINES

brOTP

EDDIE AND NANCY BEING BESTIES IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SO PERSONAL TO ME

OTP

Steddie obvi but I also really love Eddie and Argyle? I think stoner bfs is so much fun!!! I also really adore Hellcheer in every aspect but romantic they were my first!! Also hellcheer was the first fic I ever wrote I have a soft spot for them

nOTP

Mungrove, Eddie and death lol

random headcanon

Eddie is a jealous little guy!!!!! he's not just an only child, but he also spent so much of his life in poverty and ostracized. His things are His Things (including His People) and anytime he has to share he gets a lil twitchy

unpopular opinion

Okay I don't want Eddie to come back in s5. I think the duffers would fuck it up, I think it would be unsatisfying, and I'm just not here for watching a mediocre version of what fanfic has done better. The duffers need to learn how to just kill someone

song i associate with them

SO MANY Obviously 'I wouldn't remember me either' and Master of Puppets but also Vienna by Billy Joel and Jackie and Wilson by Hozier!

favorite picture of them

HES SUCH A SILLY GOOSE

[thebutterflyeffectarchives]

music

Listening to this song while I write about the story of my life. As music changes throughout this stream of consciousness, I will paste the songs in. I think this is my new blog. Instead of deleting the old blog I've kept over the years, I think it's time to start fresh. I've left my trails blog still open as I've vowed to myself to stop deleting blogs but I feel I need a new blog to mark my season of the cocoon. I've been doing the same in Spotify. I'm currently in Chapter 3 and I think about to begin Chapter 4. Whenever I write posts I want to involve my present experience more and observe it. Hence the music inserts. Music is the first creation of time travel I've found in this human experience.

Ash and Shaka came over earlier to play music. Worked on a song I wrote about Unity and this idea of being so close to a group of people that you don't know where their hands begin and yours end.

I finished Be Here Now by Ram Dass and am in delight and awe of this book. I meditated today in the sun and worked on focusing on my breath. Lots of saying "In, out, in out, "I feel hot" thought pops into my head and I observe it, in, out, in, "the sun feels nice", in, out, in.." and so on for 15 minutes. For the most part, I am able to empty my mind and I'm confused by that fact since I haven't really had a strict meditative practice. However, when I was Christian, I would sit for hours on end waiting for God to speak and in silent prayer. Maybe that time was my meditation. I've been praying quite frequently again too. It makes me feel connected to the deepest wish of peace and joy, to my dreams, and makes me feel like I'm making a difference in the universe via prayer. What I love most about this book is finding Jesus's teachings again and utilizing them. It's wonderful to find that all that studying of scripture was not a wasted effort. I've been wanting to read the bible again. I'm following a mixture of zen, buddhism, christianity, and paganism and its delicious. My mouth waters every time I hear the word "present" and my heart skips a bit when I contemplate love. I think of that verse that in order to inherit the kingdom of god we must be like children. I'm approaching this newfound spirituality like a baby. I seek to be fresh out of the woman, seconds old, ready to experience everything for the first time. Each day, I'll try to spoon feed myself spiritual baby food. Today's meal consisted of contemplating unity. Practice for when I must escape the warm covers of this cocoon. For now, I can rest in the simplicity of the womb. The safe place of contemplation and non-action.Soon, I will put it all into practice. For now, I learn.

I've been wanting to play this song on the piano and sing it. I may soon. I'm making progress on Rock Fall and it's starting to sound pretty lovely. I'm hoping I can video tape myself playing it and be done with it. After that, it's time to go back to The Curious Nature of Photons and play it how I intended. I think I can make it sparkle more. Its my masterpiece, I just know it. It just needs more spice and passion and my love the song has only increased since I stopped playing it. Perhaps absence makes the heart grow fonder. For the longest time, I dared not play a note. It was too painful but I think I need to play it again and work through the pain. The only way out is through baby... The piano is a deep lover of mine. It's keys are so familiar. I hold hands with music with every touch. Newtons third law in practice with every note and it makes me giggle. I make love to this instrument ferociously. Loud, soft, big, small, swollen, and then I let the silences between notes speak for themselves. Some silences, longer than others.

I haven't climbed all week and I'm itching to go. I'm anxious to take a whack at the 12- and try again the 13-. I plan to end my workout with meditation and then maybe I'll crawl up in the kids room and read a book in the back until I have to go to work. I only work 30 hours but still wish I worked less. However, I am thankful that I have more of the morning to relax and unwind. On the weeks I have Ez, I will just go climb after I drop him off but on the weeks I don't, I plan to climb first and then go to the mountains after. I need mountains daily so going this week without the mountains will be a little tough but it's all gravy.

Off to the world of roblox with Ezra and maybe make some scrambled eggs/contemplate being the witness in my life and manifesting my dreams .

[creacherkeeper]

Most underrated band or artist?

what band do you think has the best or most interesting story? (toxic breakup, bandmates in love, etc)

is there a song that always makes you cry, no matter what? what is it?

what is your favourite song of all time?

Most underrated band or artist?

i listen to a lot of pretty small artists but me and my squad love lizzie no so much and like no one else has ever heard of her but go listen to hard won <333 good modern folk (if yall see me blorbo tagging lizzie losttownship thats who shes named after)

what band do you think has the best or most interesting story? (toxic breakup, bandmates in love, etc)

i truly dont follow peoples like actual lives very much im not super in band fandoms or anything but maybe ben cooper from radical face. he wanted to be a writer and he wrote three novels and then his computer crashed and deleted all of them and he threw it out the window and started writing songs instead. he has a series of albums called the family tree that are all about several generations of a fictional family that are very good but also some of the songs on there are about his niece who he adopted away from her awful parents and they do make me weepy. also we're from the same hometown!!

is there a song that always makes you cry, no matter what? what is it?

i am very much not a crier ive cried like three times in the past five years but the one that gets my ass the closest and i think got me last time is vienna by billy joel

what is your favourite song of all time?

answered already but sweet child o mine by guns n roses :)

[newmusicradionetwork]

Susannah B Brings Her Soulful Songs Alive With Longtime Members of Alanis Morisette’s Band

From gracing off-Broadway stages and captivating audiences at pop and jazz clubs in her native Manhattan and Los Angeles to releasing critically acclaimed independent jazz and pop albums, Susannah B has enjoyed an impactful, genre-defying career. On her latest album, the perfectly titled POV, the veteran singer/songwriter offers fresh perspectives on some of her favorite previously recorded original songs, including the recently released lead singles “Talkin’ to Myself,” “Be All Right,” “I Got Lucky” and “Secrets & Lies.” Susannah complements those stirring originals with a beautiful re-imagining of Billy Joel’s “Vienna” and a soulful, contemporary take on “It’s Alright to Cry” – a heartfelt song her mother, renowned Broadway composer/lyricist Carol Hall, wrote for Free to Be…You and Me, the 70’s  children’s album and Emmy-award winning TV special created by actress and author Marlo Thomas. Hall was best known for composing music and lyrics for the iconic Broadway musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.   “It’s Alright to Cry” is set for release July 31 –  before the highly anticipated drop of POV September 8. POV will also include a mystical pop version of the final single, “My Time Now,” whose lyrics freshly resonate from the perspective of a mother with grown children. “I called the album POV because I’m now openly celebrating my age, feeling blessed to stand in solidarity with other late bloomers and to have enjoyed such a diverse career, with time off in between phases to become a devoted mom,” says Susannah, who launched her recording career in the 2000s with Happy Today (2003) and Let’s Pretend (2008). “As we age, we have different ways of looking at things, and a song can mean something very different at various points in the journey. The concept of POV also refers to the way different people can experience the same thing, but their individual points of view cause them to have different reactions to the shared experience. That fascinates me, and I spend a lot of time thinking about how I consciously choose to see the world. I think many of humanity’s problems would improve if we simply considered other people’s POVs and didn’t expect everyone to see things the same way we do.” POV is produced by Susannah and keyboardist Michael Farrell, best known for his work with Alanis Morrisette, and Macy Gray. The other band members are also veteran touring musicians with Morissette, including drummer Victor Indrizzo (whose resume includes Avril Lavigne and Brandi Carlile), upright and electric bassist Sean Hurley, guitarist David Levita (Faith Hill & Tim McGraw) and saxophonist Sal Lozano. The bands’ other collective credits include Beck, Colbie Caillat, Kacey Musgraves, Sara Bareilles, Lana Del Ray, Shakira and Eminem. Read the full article

[romilly-jay]

Didn't Start the Fire, or, On Just Letting People Like/Dislike Things

More nostalgia. More dancing at the Utopia/Dystopia event horizon. Straightforwardly, in my case, more dancing*.

[*Despite being pillow-shaped, I'm reasonably rhythmic, having had modern-jazz-tap-ballet classes for YEARS in my youff... unfortunately, I'm also an inveterate dad-dancer despite being neither male nor indeed any kind of parent... TLDR - these days I dance only in the privacy of my own hallway and it's for the best.]

My partner does all the cooking in our house. On Sundays, it's bacon sandwiches for lunch and he cooks to some Spotify-type randomised playlist which must be called, I dunno, 80s Nostalgia or etc similar.

The other day Billy Joel's We Didn't Light The Fire came on and I LEAPT onto the dance floor [aka the hallway floor]. ELECTRIC.

I think I love Billy Joel first and foremost because my dad did and we had HOURS of driving to and from his family in Nottinghamshire to the sound of Billy Joel's greatest hits playing in the car.

Secondly, I love We Didn't Light The Fire super extra much because I was studying towards my GCSEs /A Levels around the time it was released and history was my no1 favourite subject. Also, I was very much of the We're Going to be Obliterated by Nuclear Disaster generation and this song is a weird combination of upbeat and tending-towards-disaster. There's a lot of war and threat in the lyrics.

https://genius.com/Billy-joel-we-didnt-start-the-fire-lyrics

Sort of amuses me that according to the lil intro on Genius (link above), BJ doesn't really like the song, though he likes the lyrics. Personally, I like both, but I *really* like the buzzy repetitive thrum of the melody line (which he describes as mosquito-like LOL) -

From the article, which in turn is from a book by Bill DeMain:

These are his words on the subject:

I started doing that as a mental exercise. I had turned forty. It was 1989, and I said, “Okay, what’s happened in my life? I wrote down the year 1949… It was kind of a mind game. [It’s] one of the few times I’ve written the lyrics first, which should be obvious to why I usually prefer to write the music first, because the melody is horrendous. It’s like a mosquito droning. It’s one of the worst melodies I’ve ever written. I kind of like the lyric though.

Passage taken from the book, In Their Own Words by Bill DeMain (Chapter 14) where he interviewed Joel about his thoughts on the song.

And this in turn got me thinking about the negotiation (or lack of negotiation) involved in Letting People Like What They Like (and Dislike What They Dislike)... which assumes by the way that What They Like isn't actively illegal or harmful. [I wish that was obvious.]

I'm just talking about differences in taste/preference and allowing someone to like things that mystify you or dislike things you cherish and for it to be... fine. A non-deal. Difference. Ain't difference great?

I'm thinking about this in context of Billy Joel, who is proactively hated by one of the people I enjoy following on X-formerly-Twitter - and who is sufficiently vocal about this that he i) lost a side-hustle off the back of it when still in grad school and ii) got a special shoutout in his friend's substack when that friend was writing about <3 for BJ.

And in light of the recent (and at time of writing, current & ongoing) Taylor Swift UK tour... I'm impressed by TayTay's world dominance but haven't knowingly heard any of her songs - undoubtedly, I have indeed heard her songs. I'm 100% sure that her shows are UN-believable if you like that sort of thing. (Generally I don't, but you know one person who I have heard live in concert, as a teen? Billy Joel. He probably played We Didn't Light The Fire. I don't recall.)

I have no issue at all with other people expressing their huge love, joy and excitement about seeing her in concert. That's amazing. For them. I'm genuinely delighted she's bringing so much happiness.

No, don't need to hear many more details but I am getting a little adrenaline rush just from seeing the social media exuberance.

References

§DeMain, B. (2004) In their own words: songwriters talk about the creative process. Westport, CT: Praeger.

[hbogirls]

1, 8, 11, 18, 24, 36, 39, 62? 😊

omg yay thank you for sending these!

Favorite original club member? santana!! my #1 girlie of all time. a mean girl hiding a heart of gold and a bundle of insecurities who is given the time and grace to grow into herself? well yes!

8. Character you’re indifferent about? tina tbh. even when the glee club was smaller in season one, it felt like they were running out of things to do with her, and that problem only worsens as more characters are added over the course of the series. there's just simply not much going on there, to the point that i often feel like when people try to assign depth to her in fanon it rings hollow. there's nothing really to hate, but there's also nothing to really love or cling to imo.

11. Character that deserves better? quinn!!!! omg they abandoned my poor girl after season 2. there's clearly sooo many interesting things going on under the surface with her and they chose to couple her up with puck and call it a day?? she didn't even make it to the double gay wedding episode! those were her best friends! this is not to mention the fact that when quinn gets a chance to be funny, dianna consistently pulls it off and delivers comedic lines perfectly. they made her be so sad all the time!! where is the levity? conversely, where is the exploration of what they set up to be a truly oppressive home life? i know that a show of that size and scope can't possibly address every aspect of every character (it would be deeply annoying if it did) (and actually i think that's why there always has been such an active fan community around the show-- there's a lot of gaps to fill in), but with quinn they actually took the time to set so much stuff up that if they had followed up on even 3% of it, i would've been perfectly content. but alas!

18. Favorite noncanon couple? faberry! my official position on them is that quinn was fully in love with rachel for like.. most of the series, and that rachel didn't understand that/recognize that/reciprocate that until sometime post-canon, but, whether it's intentional in the text or not, there's a very rich faberry tapestry there. i mean you were singing that song to finn and only finn, right? hello??

24. What ship is completely underrated? i was gonna say samcedes, but i think people actually do like them a lot, so i will go with the truly hidden gem that is artie/kitty. somehow their respective brands of bitterness neutralized each other, and it was very cute and charming

36. Top 3 duets? lucky, brave, and be okay

39. Top 3 group numbers? tongue tied, just the way you are (the billy joel cover, not the bruno mars one), and you learn/you've got a friend

62. If you were head writer for Glee, what’s one thing you would’ve done differently? not to sound like mark wahlberg talking about 9/11, but season 4 wouldn't have gone down the way it did if i was there. if you're insisting on introducing new people to an already massive cast, at least act like you care about them a little! when ryder and marley talk to each other (and ryder and jake too tbh) it sounds like ai wrote a conversation between troubled teens. so if there had to be new people, i, as showrunner, would have insisted that even a modicum of effort was put into their stories. BUT i think actually if i had it my way, the new people added to hit the glee club magic number 12 would've been extras. there's already a big enough main cast, we don't need to be adding several half-assed arcs that no one cares about on top of that. what they did was try to split the difference between caring about the new people and making them accessories to the old people, and all they did was create a bunch of scenes to be fast-forwarded through. tv writing is hard though, i get it.

[neuro-gal-thoughts]

I'm trying to remember when I began to hate Septembers. They used to feel like such a curse. I would often fall into a seemingly out of nowhere bout of depression in September. Or something really awful would befall me.

Not to say every year it comes and bad things happen to me, but they certainly were on a streak in my adolescence and young adulthood. Regardless, I tend to brace for stormy weather when I realize September is approaching (or I get pulled over and ticketed for speeding and realize it's September 3rd T-T).

Towards my 30s, Septembers mellowed out. There were a couple years where I barely even took in September.

So last week, I took note of August coming to an end. Generally, feeling grateful that I no longer dreaded living in September because a dark cloud cast over me so heavily all I could do was sleep during the days and stay up all night, unable to face the world like a nightcrawler.

Hell, I would go to the grocery stores at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning, back when stores were open 24 hours. It was peaceful to walk down empty aisles (save for a few tired employees who were perfectly fine ignoring me as I ignored them, lost in our own late night worlds). To drive on dark, quiet, nearly empty roads.

Back to last week, I only allowed myself a few moments to think about September approach on Friday. On my drive home from work on Thursday morning (yep, still a nightcrawler but I get paid to work these hours), a throwback playlist played Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends" right as I hit a red light.

The truck in front of me had a license plate starting with the letters "DAD-F" followed by the last two digits of my birth year.

That moment made me realize I had to do a final farewell for my dad. Billy Joel Armstrong's song about losing his father. A license plate with the word "DAD"?? "F" as in his Female daughter. And the year I was born.

If I was to prepare for a rough September, how about processing my Father wound some more?

My dad didn't die, but for the last 3-4 years I began unpacking my relationship with my dad. Which snowballed into decentering men and checking myself. Confront my internalized misogyny.

And so I waited until September came to truly let myself think about my dad. I wrote my dad a goodbye letter, coming to the realization that my relationship with my dad essentially ended when I was 12-13 (6th grade) in that process.

At that time, he was having an affair and he and my mom were being generally awful to each other and their kids. And it wasn't that my dad cheated on my mom that made me realize that my dad wasn't my dad anymore.

It was a specific day, one in which my dad wasn't catastrophically awful to me and my siblings, but something about his behavior really stuck with me and that day never left me.

He'd been flippant about watching me and my siblings, usual asshole Dad behavior where he wanted to go out and blew off taking care of his kids. My siblings and I walked to the gas station to buy ice cream and my dad drove off to a buddy's place to play cards and get caught up in his gambling addiction.

My relationship with my dad up to that point had been a childhood filled with happy memories mixed in with complicated, bad, painful memories.

If I could sum up my relationship with my dad into my teen years with one word it would be: strained.

There were bad memories because of course I was an emotional teenager and having someone who was narcissistic like my dad led to stupid arguments between us. But, unlike my childhood, not really any good memories to be had.

After hiding from my feelings by trying to numb them out and ignore them in my 20s, I was able to start working on it in my 30s. Admitting I want my father's love. That I miss the affection and attention he gave me when I was a small child.

That I hate him for being a shitty dad. For being abusive. For being neglectful. For not caring about his kids, not caring about me. For being selfish. For making shitty decisions and expecting other people to clean his messes up for him. For making his resentment so obvious and venomous.

Understanding that his resources for good parenting (much less surviving at many points in his life) weren't the best. Understanding that I can still hate him for being a shitty dad while also having compassion for the struggles he faced in his life so that I can understand that the hurt inflicted upon me was not my fault.

Accepting that I will spend a lifetime working on trust and love because I was shown so little.

And for my own inner peace, to try to see if this helps, I wrote my dad a goodbye letter. Accept that the father/daughter relationship I have always wanted will never be one that I have with my dad. Allow myself to feel my emotions over my dad when they crop up.

They don't carry as much weight as they used to and they don't occur as often as they used to. But I do want to allow myself to feel my feelings when they happen.

And there were signs for me to let my relationship with my dad evolve into what it is becoming now. I don't need to pretend anymore.