#listened to Chelsea dagger

[messagetojenny]

The fratellis music really connect and make more sense to you when you’re old enough to understand them

[ax-y10]

my dad flipped me off <33

[shiftermia]

— utter chaos

james potter x animagus!reader

platonic!marauders x animagus!reader

where James and Sirius interrupt yours, Peter’s, and remus’s study session in the most chaotic way possible. Accident or not.

a/n: idc idc Peter is a marauder too outside of canon. This is more of a ‘what it’s like being friends with the marauders’ than a James potter lovey one but oh well. You’re welcome A.

You don’t have to listen to the song, but I recommend that you do :))

Usually when you needed help on a subject, you went to library for a study session with Lily, Remus, and sometimes accompanied with Peter.

Today just so happened to be a day where Lily went on a date with Mary so Peter accompanied you. Sitting in the far corner of the library, studying for Potions and it’s upcoming O.W.L. you and Peter listened to Remus explain the process of making Liquid Luck.

“But the book says twelve! Why wouldn’t I listen to the author?!” Peter lowly shouted, gripping his hair in frustration.

“He literally wrote the book! Why would it be wrong, Remus?” You asked, laying your head in hands.

Remus sighed and rubbed his temples, feeling an oncoming headache from how many times you both had complained.

“It’s a typo, I asked professor slughorn and he said it was thirteen.” He patiently explained.

Peter slapped down his quill and shot back into his chair, “okay! So why didn’t he tell us that then, hmm?”

“I swear to all things holy they just want us to fail,” you said shaking your head.

Remus ran his hands in his hair and let them rest on his neck. “They don’t want you to fail, it was just a typo and I’m sure Slughorn will mention it.”

Peter squinted his eyes at Remus. “Why do I not believe yo—”

He was cut off by a pair of hands shaking his shoulders, “who would ever not believe our beloved Moony?”

A kiss on your cheek made you look away from Sirius and Peter to James’ face inches from yours. “How are you my lovely darling?”

He placed another kiss on your lips this time and you mumbled in between kisses. “I’m good, you?”

James smiled and placed another kiss on your forehead, “better now that I’m with you.”

Sirius made an offended sound and practically slammed his hands on the table earning a shush from Peter. “What do you mean!? Am I not good company? I thought you loved me James?”

James kneeled to the floor next to you and placed his arms on your thighs, “you are, I just like my darlings company better.”

You ran a hand through his messy curls, “aw Jamie, you’re so sweet.”

He gave you a dopey grin that was promptly wiped off when Sirius suddenly threw himself on him ruffling up his messy hair even more. “Aw Jamie poo, you’re so sweet and caring, you—”

“Shove off!” James pushed Sirius off him and stood up.

Sirius took himself off the floor and launched himself onto James again. “Take it back!”

The two boys started wrestling, laughing wildly and spinning around their little area. Peter hurriedly got up with his arms outstretched, “Shush! Shut up, stop it! Shh!”

“Oh my—” you cut yourself off with a shake of your head and a slight laugh from the sight of your boyfriend and his best friend.

Remus shook his head annoyed, “both of you, quit it. Now.” He said like a stern parent.

James and Sirius were progressively getting louder, now shoving each other. James hit one of the bookshelves, and for a moment you all thought it was going to fall but luckily it didn’t.

But that only got the boys more riled up.

“Ow! Don’t pull the hair, you wanker!” Sirius shouted jumping on James’s back and said boy spun around really fast with a shout.

“James! Stop it!” You tried intervening but you only ignored.

Peter jumped in his place slightly. “Shut up! Stop it! Shh! Shh!!” He glanced towards Remus, so he could say something.

Remus was now stood up with his brows raised and an arm stretched out, stressed as they almost dropped a bookshelf. “James, Sirius, quit it now and shut up!”

The taller boy shoved Sirius away with a loud belly laugh, making the boy hit a different bookshelf making it creak as it moved.

All of you froze as it leaned back slowly and then suddenly two loud bangs to resonated throughout the library and dust flew everywhere from two fallen bookshelves.

It was dead silent. James was panting heavily with a dying smile on his face, Sirius was on the ground in front of the fallen bookshelves with his hair covering half his face, Peter was frozen with his arms outstretched, Remus was bent slightly from the bangs that scared him, and you were still in your seat, mouth agape.

It seemed as if time stopped and the only thing to break the spell was a loud yell.

“WHAT IN MERLINS NAME WAS THAT?!”

At the sound of Madam Prince yelling, you all took your leave.

You, James, Sirius, and Peter changed into your animagus forms and took off.

“Wait! No fair! No fair! I can’t turn into one!” Remus scrambled to grab his tote bag and books before running after you all.

A stag, a black dog, a wildcat, a rat, and a tall lanky boy with scars ran through the castle halls in between students that were screaming, laughing, and gasping at the sight of you all causing complete and utter chaos.

“s’ cuse me! Sorry! Move out the way!” Remus yelled struggling to hold all his stuff as he ran.

The next hall over, Professor Mcgonagall furrowed her brows from the loud noises coming from the other hall.

She approached the corner when suddenly a stag appeared in front of her with a rat moving wildly on its antlers. The stag moved side to side before running away with a loud huff.

Next a black dog ran towards her loudly barking, causing her to move to the wall gazing at the three animals.

Then a wildcat ran and jumped on the wall she was against and leaped over her causing the professor to yelp and hold a hand to her chest.

Lastly a tall, sweaty boy, ran the corner panting, with his robes falling off his shoulders, and books nearly falling from his grip.

Professor Mcgonagall stuttered and held a hand in the air towards the boy. “Mr. Lupin? Mr. Lupin!”

Remus barely glanced back, “I’m sorry professor!” He rounded the corner with a loud ‘wait for me! It’s not fair!’ before Madam Prince rounded the corner too panting.

“I-I don’t—” the librarian cut herself off and gazed out the window along with the rest of the students where the unlikely group of animals ran past.

You guessed that Hogwarts had never seen such a group of animals with a panicky boy chasing after said animals very often.

[harveyscrinklytie]

college boy Mike's apartment part.2 :333

I just know that he listens to chelsea dagger by the fratellis 🎶

[moonyswarmsweaters]

Which song do you associate with which marauders era characters' ships? Yes, I'm asking for a short playlist

Ahhh

I Love this question!

I practically associate every song I listen to to the Mauraders era but if I had to pick;

Wolfstar: Good old fashioned lover boy- Queen

Starchaser: Like real people do- Hozier / I won’t say I׳m in love from Hercules

Dorlene: Chelsea Dagger-The Fratellis

Rosekiller: I was made for loving you- KISS

Marylily: Uptown girl- Billy Joel

Bartylus: Why’d you only call me when you’re high- Arctic Monkeys

Nobleflower: Alrighty Aphrodite- Peach Pit

Pandalily: Strawberry blond - Mitski

I got so many more for character specific but these are the romantic ones for the ships

[argentcochon]

Band Recommendations Part 1 - 2000’s Garage Rock Revival

I know y’all love Arctic Monkeys, The Libertines, Interpol, and the Strokes, but this genre has so much to offer. Here are some of my favorite bands and some info on them.

1. Franz Ferdinand

I fuck with these guys heavy. My favorite band of all time.

Genre(s) - art rock, post-punk, dance-rock

Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish band that was pretty popular in the early 2000s, but people don’t know much from them other than “Take Me Out” or “This Fire” from their debut album.

Their visual style is pretty unique, with their music videos from their debut album and You Could Have It So Much Better taking inspo from Bauhaus and 1960’s ish European advertising.

Their first two albums are super consistent thematically, and their third album, Tonight, has a bit more of a dance-y vibe but is still recognizably Franz Ferdinand. I honestly can’t recommend this band enough.

They have a new album, The Human Fear, coming out January 2025.

Favorite Songs - “The Fallen”, “Bite Hard”, “Darts of Pleasure”, and “Evil Eye”

2. Maxïmo Park

Genre(s) - electronic rock, post-punk, alt rock, indie rock

The fact that these guys never made it to the same level of mainstream as Franz Ferdinand or Arctic Monkeys is tragic.

Honestly, I don’t really know what to say about this band other than that they sound like garage rock injected with psychedelic rock. I don’t even know, but they are incredible

Their first album, A Certain Trigger, is absolutely amazing. It’s fast paced and has literally zero skips. The second album, Unearthly Pleasures, definitely has a more rock sound, but is still fucking awesome.

They just came out with a new album, Stream of Life, a couple months ago.

Favorite Songs - “Graffiti”, “Quiz Show Clue”, and “The Unshockable”

3. Dirty Pretty Things

Genre(s) - indie, post punk

This band was a one-off project from Carl Barât of the Libertines, but I wish we had seen more of them. The band has a weirdly nautical, almost shanty-ish sound mixed with the garage punk of the Libertines. They released one album in 2006 so it’s not a huge commitment.

Favorite Tracks - “Bang Bang You’re Dead” and “Bloodthirsty Bastards”

4. The Fratellis

Genre(s) - alt rock, indie rock

Definitely one of the more popular ones on this list, but they are totally unlike any other band. They have some odd rockabilly influence and a knack for narrative, making their style of music totally unique.

Costello Music, their first and most popular album, is absolutely amazing. Don’t think there’s a single skip. I personally have t listened to much of their recent stuff, but I cannot recommend their first few albums enough.

Favorite Songs - “Chelsea Dagger”, “Creepin’ Up The Backstairs”, and “Whisky Saga”

5. Klaxons

Genre(s) - new wave, dance-punk, electronic rock

I love this band. They have a sort of chaotic sound that meshes so well with the electronic dance influence.

They only released 3 albums, the most recent from a decade ago, but their music definitely stands the test of time.

Favorite Songs - “Totem on the Timeline” and “Golden Skans”

6. We Are Scientists

Genre(s) - post punk, alt rock, pop punk

Another great band, totally underrated. They feel like if the Strokes went to Hot Topic. They totally have that pop-punk sound, very reminiscent of Fall Out Boy or early Twenty-One Pilots.

I haven’t listened to their whole discography, but their first album, With Love And Squalor, is absolutely fabulous. It’s super high-energy and lyrically fun.

Favorite Songs - “Inaction” and “This Scene is Dead”

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Henrietta • Flathead • Cuntry Boys & City Girls • Whistle For The Choir • Chelsea Dagger • For The Girl • Doginabag • Creepin Up The Backstairs • Vince The Loveable Stoner • Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night • Baby Fratelli • Got Ma Nuts From A Hippie • Ole Black 'n' Blue Eyes

Spotify ♪ YouTube

[yupokaysuremhm]

I love finding out about people's wrapped. So hit me with 1, 3 and 10. Please.

Thanks for the ask!

1 - Catchiest song

Ooh this is hard because I think *all* the songs I listen to are catchy, but I'd say the catchiest would probably be Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis

3 - Sexiest song

LMAO opposite problem! Most likely none of them, but if I had to pick then it would be something by Glass Animals, maybe "Walla Walla" or "Toes" (i know i know, it's a good song, ignore the title)

10 - A song that was also in last year's wrapped

This has made me realize just how different my listening was this year from last! The first 10 songs I picked that I thought "surely, these must have been on my wrapped this year as well" were NOT in fact in my top 100! That said, Fluorescent Adolescent by Arctic Monkeys was my #16 song in 2023 and my #15 song this year :)

[brian-in-finance]

A Tale of Two Tonys

and Brian knows the difference 😉

Part Three of Four

It was suggested elsewhere in July* Brian confuses the Tonys’ roles. It’s also suggested one Tony entered the spotlight only when a(n imagined) narrative required a participant. (*Waited for today’s Happy Birthday 🥳)

Long before TV-Outlander…

A chuffed Tony McGill, The Fratellis’ manager, enjoys watching music legend Pete Townshend perform with the band at the Spin Magazine Party at Stubbs BBQ during SXSW 2007, 16 March 2007, Austin, Texas

‘We don’t want to be a pop band’

A multi-platinum album, songs sung by football crowds - it's all rosy for the Fratellis. Not that they think so, they tell Caroline Sullivan

It's late afternoon outside Amsterdam's Paradiso club, and the small group of teenagers hanging around on the steps have just seen something to get excited about. "Jon!" a girl calls, as Fratellis singer Jon Lawler - Jon Fratelli when he's on stage - appears from around the side of the building, on his way to soundcheck for that night's show. The girl and two friends detach themselves from the others and scramble over to Lawler, whose skinny frame and halo of curls say "pop star" as surely as if he were toting around a platinum disc.

"Jon, can you do us a favour?" When Lawler nods indulgently, she continues: "Could you send the support band out?"

After an instant's bemused silence, he echoes: "The support band?"

"We really want to meet them," she explains.

"I'll see what I can do," he tells her and walks off, shaking his head as if he can't believe it. This must be one of the times when Lawler wonders whether selling 1.5m copies of the Fratellis' debut album, Costello Music, actually means anything. For every true believer who sings their songs at football matches and crams into venues to see them, there seems to be someone else who would rather meet the support band. Or, worse, is a critic who regards the group as beery louts.

There are reams of reviews, both for Costello Music and their new album, Here We Stand, that portray the Glasgow band as yobs making music for yobs. Like it or not (and they don't), the Fratellis have been designated this era's custodians of the oik-rock tradition. So Lawler and his bandmates, bassist Barry Wallace and drummer Gordon "Mince" McRory, are in an odd position. On the one hand, they're a proper pop phenomenon: Scotland's biggest group, winners of the 2007 Brit award for British Breakthrough Act, inescapable to anyone who watches football (Chelsea Dagger has become the nation's terrace chant of choice) and all-round band of the people. But on the other, they're reviled by many for the very reasons others love them. And that greatly annoys Lawler, who, as the middle-class son of two teachers, probably has more in common with the Fratellis' critics than with the people who buy their records.

"You can't pick your fans, can you?" he asks, having settled himself at an outdoor table overlooking the canal that runs behind the Paradiso. "But we're grateful to have fans. And I think when people describe us as a band to get drunk to, or a party band, it shows you how out of fashion rock'n'roll is. We get described as a pub band, but that's what rock'n'roll is. Twist and Shout was three chords and 'C'mon, c'mon, c'mon' - it was nonsensical. But that was why it was effective."

Lawler's passion is melody; he wants to write songs that postmen whistle and football crowds chant and radio stations keep on rotation. "People don't trust melody," he says. "I've always been a huge fan of the Beatles and Pink Floyd, people who use melody. I don't understand dance music. Melody, a tune - it's primal."

Is that what accounts for those 1.5m sales? He laughs softly. "I don't know the complex answer, but the simple answer is that a good band will get an audience. I knew as soon as we started to play together that we had it, 'cos I'd listened to the radio and it was all Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party, and I knew from the first minute that this was the one that was going to work. There was a click, and I knew."

His instincts were spot-on. Brought together in 2004 by an ad posted in a Glasgow music shop, the trio played their first gig early in 2005. By the end of 2006, they had a No 2 album. Lawler was then 27 and had been around the block several times, working by day at a Ministry of Defence call centre - most of his wages went to his ex-wife, who he'd married as a teenager, and their son - and writing songs at night. Wallace and McRory were similarly dividing their lives between day jobs and nighttime music "careers" (the new song Shameless draws attention to the fact that many of their competitors are "half as old as I am" and seem "younger every night", though Lawler claims to be unfazed by the prospect of turning 30 next year).

The initial media coverage was adulatory, but the Fratellis reacted as if the media were a particularly pesky fly. In early interviews, they sulked, fabricated stories (their Wikipedia entry still lists Fratelli as their common surname, as per their lie that they'd all dropped their real names and adopted it) and failed to charm. "[The press] did dance around us for the first few months," Lawler acknowledges, making it clear that he hadn't been happy about it. Eventually, though, the press got the message: the Fratellis didn't like them. They responded in kind. "Lots of the bands we love, like Zeppelin and Floyd, were also hated by the press," Lawler says with an air of quiet vindication. "We did two cardinal sins with the press: we took the piss, then stopped talking to them."

Despite the chippiness, Lawler is very likable. He's articulate and introspective - in contrast to colleague Barry, who whiles away the pre-soundcheck minutes by showing a group of roadies that he can insert a lit cigarette into his belly-button and "smoke" it - and admits he's not a natural frontman. "I'm introverted by nature. I'd give it to Mince in a flash, 'cos he's got that exuberance." Well, there's a revelation, since Mince doesn't do interviews or photos, and today is out visiting Amsterdam's famous coffee shops.

Seeing himself as a lyrics-and-tunes man rather than a performer, Lawler now confesses that he doesn't think much of Costello Music. "I agreed with some critics about it. There was a decent percentage of it that I didn't like. It has a pop sheen, and we don't want to be a pop band." He's much happier with Here We Stand, which the band insisted on producing themselves. "The only reference people had for us was the first album, and that really bugged me. That's why we didn't use a producer on this, 'cos we didn't want anybody else getting their hands on it. It was the album I was desperate to make, and I think it'll change a lot of opinions."

A tiny spider chooses this moment to appear on the table. When he sees it, he blanches and hastily moves to another seat. "I'm scared of spiders," he says, mildly embarrassed, which leads to an anecdote about his wife phoning him on tour in Munich a few days ago to announce timorously that she had found a spider in their house, and what should she do? Mrs Lawler is a key character in the Fratellis' story, a burlesque dancer whose stage name was Chelsea Dagger, she was the inspiration for the band's signature hit. "Her name was a play on Britney Spears. I remember the night I wrote it - I found the notebook with the lyrics the other night. It came to me really quickly. I was going [sings the familiar refrain] 'Do-do-do-do-do-do' and it was so easy to write that I couldn't believe nobody had ever used [the melody] before."

He is, however, much more satisfied with the music on Here We Stand, which, unlike most second albums, is not much concerned with the experience of suddenly being famous. "I don't like to reveal too much or pour out my heart and soul, but I'm really proud of the lyrics on this album. When I hear them, I smile to myself and think I've done some good work. I'm really proud of a line in Shameless: 'Won't you make sure my mother gets half my weight in gold/ Tell her I just did what I was told.'"

He sits back and waits for my reaction. "Hmm," I say. He goes on: "If someone else had written that, I'd have been really jealous." But is he as pleased with Here We Stand's first single, Mistress Mabel, which is a load of rhyming gibberish ("Headline ratbag, so they told her/ Last night's nametag across her shoulder") set to mid-tempo pub-rock? He isn't. "Mistress Mabel is absolutely the worst lyrics I've ever written. I'd had the song for ages and just couldn't think of lyrics that meant anything to me."

Later, the Fratellis provoke the same reaction from their Dutch audience as they would from a British crowd: it's all unbridled dancing, singalongs and a sweaty sense of fraternity. The band's manager, Tony McGill, watches with me. Chelsea Dagger, of course, spurs the place into a frenzy of churning hands and feet, and McGill is shouting. It's hard to hear him, but he's saying something about the tune having been used as the theme to a Dutch TV show. Which seems about right. Pop like this is universal, and the Fratellis have earned their place in the pantheon of British groups who move crowds by hitting them with songs that they'll be singing all the way home.

· Here We Stand is out now. The Fratellis play the Glastonbury Pyramid stage tonight.

The Guardian 27 June 2008

Remember… we get described as a pub band, but that's what rock'n'roll is. Twist and Shout was three chords and 'C'mon, c'mon, c'mon' - it was nonsensical. But that was why it was effective. — Jon Fratelli

Later edit: “Waited for today’s Happy Birthday” in the first paragraph should say “yesterday’s.” The birthday is 12 October. I got busy, posted late, and forgot to update. Oops… (This bit won’t show up on reblogs posted before 19 October 2024.)

[sawtismisreal]

I love making aus of my special interests and hyperfixations just randomly it's like I hear a song I enjoy? New au time! I listened to Chelsea Dagger by the Fratellis and made a saw au and now it's so far removed from my original idea you can't even tell it's inspired by that anymore

[penroseparticle]

Penrose Song of the Day, Day 39: London Calling by The Clash

So I used to scorekeep hockey games a lot. Like a lot a lot. There was a period of time where I could make about 400 bucks a week scorekeeping games on the weekends. I ran the scoreboard, the reporting to Gamesheet (A scorekeeping app), kept a paper scoresheet, and did the music. It was a lot of work to run all 4 of those things at once! Especially if a game got busy.

I've done house level, Travel level, AA and AAA, Really everything. At a certain point you learn the scoreboard machine. You learn when to click what buttons when which whistles blow and you start to get almost mechanical. Like an automaton that reacts to specific noises. And the thing is that no matter how great or badly I did at scorekeeping, no one ever mentioned it after. I could royally fuck up putting the score on the board and I would still get called back the next week to do the clock. Parents notoriously hate working the scoreboard- they just want to watch their kid and get in fights with the refs. Easy money. I charged 60 bucks a game and they forked it over gladly (Hockey parents don't care man. They're paying 8k for the season anyways sometimes. House is like 2k, travel can be way more with hotels, airfare, etc. It's an expensive sport. What's an extra 60 bucks a season to not have to sit in the box and freeze while missing Timmy score a goal.)

What I CONSISTENTLY got praise for was the music I played.

Now I think I have good taste, but I'm not like. Special. Most people have similar tastes, everyone's on the bell curve of "can tell a song is good" vs. "Carrying tunes in tin buckets". It's helped by the fact that some things are kind of obliged- certain songs are, for lack of a better word, required (For instance, Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis is a Chicago Goal song. So if you are doing hockey music in Chicago, you ARE including that song no matter what. Period). So building a good playlist isn't that hard. A little The Alan Parson's Project to kick the games off. Some Chumbawumba for after a tough hit. The Hockey Song because this is Youth Hockey.

The mainstay of the list, for better or worse, is a classic rock/arena rock/current pop mix. It's what people expect, it's what I mostly have to deliver. Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Huey Lewis and the News, Duran Duran, One Republic, that kind of thing. It's consistently a crowd pleasing list, and it's gotta have energy, be recognizable, and be something that people will want to hear possibly twice over a hockey game. The original playlist was something like 50-60 songs. I thought that would be enough, because I am stupid. Turns out hockey games have 30-50% of their game time with the clock stopped- as in, the times when someone would typically play music to fill dead air. So I added more songs. Put on some Rush because I'm catering to the Dad demo. Putting Imagine Dragons and Boss Beat music in its natural habitat (Don't look at me like that, I've been to sporting events, these songs are made for this). Some pop girlies because I like sports, but I'm still gay. Kesha. Lady Gaga's Bad Romance (permissible due to it surviving in the zeitgeist, etc.).

And then I got... weird with it. One of the first goal songs I ever used was Otherworld. As in, the boss music for when you fight Jecht in Final Fantasy X. VGR's Electronic Amp-Up of Mii Channel features prominently and is a huge crowdpleaser with the 25-45 crowd. Baby Shark exists for when I want to annoy people. Megolovania is on it for god's sake. If it sounds good and is a little Easter egg for someone listening, trust and believe that I put that song on the list.

People loved it. Every game, without fail, between 1 and 3 people would find me after to compliment the music. The playlist was good! I named it "18U no vursing" and have used it for about 6-7 years now.

The problem with making a good playlist is that you have to constantly top yourself. I wanted to make the list better. Have more fun with it, include more jokes, more clever remixes and mashes. Things that people would like.

What made that easy was something so simple I almost overlooked it. People already told me what they would like. There's a reason arena rock, classic rock, and pop music are the bog standard. It's what works for the medium and what people like to listen to.

There's such a thing as getting too in the weeds, too obscure. You gotta remember your audience, your goals, and your scope. I wasn't debuting hot new artists (ok I was sometimes). I was playing music for people during their kid's sport. And so I readjusted my scope. The playlist grew. A few indie picks, the gags that worked (Mii Channel, Baby Shark, Electronic music with a hidden secret, etc.), but mostly pop and rock and that's all.

I'll let you in on the secret for why my hockey playlist got so good and why people started to love it so much. I'll tell you the secret to making any list popular. I started getting suggestions.

And I listened to them.

The first song I added to the playlist due to a suggestion was London Calling. I like The Clash, but there's billions of songs out there, I hadn't thought to put them on yet. But a ref skated up to me during stoppage of play and said "Hey do you have The Clash on there?" and I realized I didn't. I added it mid-game and played it between the 2nd and 3rd periods.

He thanked me after the game.

A couple weeks later I was asked if I had the soundtrack for Slap Shot on there. I started playing Maxine Nightingale, Leo Sayer, the works. The guys had a hoot and were laughing and smiling between periods.

I noticed that refs were a little nicer when I flubbed the scoreboard if I was playing songs they requested.

I asked one of my teams if they had a specific warmup song they wanted me to play. They were delighted to tell me it was Levels by Avicii. I played it every game to kick things off. Another team told me it was Welcome to DC by Mambo Sauce. A third said Welcome to the Jungle.

The playlist grew. It's 400 songs long now. Like a full 24 hours straight.

I don't scorekeep as much now. But I think I'll keep building the playlist, thanks.

~~~~~~~~

Scorekeeping was nice, but playing the music was the part that made it fun. It's made me realize one thing about myself- If Radio DJ was still a job in a way that was meaningful or mattered, I would want that job. I would probably kill for that job, actually. Listening to callers tell me they missed Chappell Roan could I please play Good Luck Babe. Or telling me that their dad's favorite song was Mr. Blue Sky so thank you so much for playing it. Girls having me play Before He Cheats for their dick ex-boyfriend. Wishing people Happy Pride with an hour mix of queer artitst. Having call in time so people could just chat.

I kind of am doing that here, and now, but in slow, painstakingly written, long-form music recommendations. I like making playlists. I love getting music dialogue going with my followers. I like discovering new music, and talking about it with people here. I am slowly, surely, working the same muscles I would need to do exactly that job, just quietly and in my own personal little corner of the world.

You know I have a discord server I made? I haven't added anyone to it, and I probably won't do anything with it. Yet. It's called Radio Waystation. Let me just link the only post I've made in there so far:

"This is for playing your music and sharing it- I might set up a radio rotation but. Essentially I want to use voicechat to let us showcase our music to each other when we want to. Dynamically- You can run a prepared playlist for your radio time, you can do a Q&A or ~Call In~ time. You can actively Disc Jockey. You just have to share your sounds to other people. Your radio time, your rules- you can acquiesce to people's tastes, you can troll people, you can play the sound of silence. You can play the same song over and over. You can express yourself. And sometimes people will say THAT SUCKS and not enjoy your presentation, but ultimately your time is yours alone. (no tolerance of intolerance loophole bullshit- you know what kind of shit will get you pulled off the air, don't be a dirtbag). Workshop a song, get help putting ikea together. But I hope you play some music."

Hey I'm nothing if not consistent.

I now know that's a lot more complicated due to how Spotify and Discord interact, and whether it's strictly speaking legal (I am intimately familiar with music licensing requirements due to my past job, thanks). But I think it's something worth figuring out someday. Someday soon, I think. I want to make my radio station.

Not a lot of today's writeup was about the song, unfortunately. And that's a bit of a shame, because again- I like The Clash. 1970's English Punk Rock had some bangers, babes, and London Calling is like. one of the greats. A recognizeable guitar part, a truly bangin bassline leading in, and just the most moshable, jumpable lyric delivery. You need to be standing pressed against the stage screaming this stuff out with Joe Strummer.

Listen I don't need to defend The Clash bigger nerds than I have done so for far longer than I've been alive. But hey. It's music I love. And as always- You could be dead right now. Go listen to something that you love.

[cupidbedsy]

put your 'on repeat' playlist on shuffle & let your friends pick their favorite of the first five songs!!

thank you for the tag lovely ! @isaadore

i listen to so many more different songs and shuffle just had to pick my most known ones

tagging ; @prettyboysinmyheart , @quinnylouhughesx43 , @toasttt11 , and anyone else who wants to !

[chelsieb]

when you get this, list 5 songs you like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers :3

My first ask I've actually wanted to answer 💛 thank you, lovely @brenna

I'm just going to list the last 5 songs I listened to today, because my playlist is too big.

1. 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love' -The Darkness

2. '(It's Not War) It's Just the End of Love'-Manic Street Preachers

3.'Cringe'-Matt Maeson

4.'Chelsea Dagger'- The Fratellis

5. 'Arabella'- Arctic Monkeys

[housewifemd]

do it

Well. If you insist

1:A song you like with a color in the title

blue lips - regina spektor

2:A song you like with a number in the title

in order to not answer '39 - queen, i will say 25 or 6 to 4 - chicago. or 10538 - ELO

3:A song that reminds you of summertime

in pensacola florida the radio used to overplay the hell out of freewill - rush, which made me associate it with the beach. so thats one. superbass - nicki minaj, also

4:A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about

the less i know the better - tame impala

5:A song that needs to be played LOUD

nuclear fusion - king gizzard & the lizard wizard

6:A song that makes you want to dance

gatorkitty

7:A song to drive to

the dripping tap - king gizzard

8:A song about drugs or alcohol

addict - adventure galley. Except not really but close enough

9:A song that makes you happy

10:A song that makes you sad

a pearl - mitski

11:A song that you never get tired of

fucking. many of these. we're all alone - crx is what i'm listening to right this actual second

12:A song from your preteen years

king & lionheart - of monsters and men

13:One of your favorite 80’s songs

bizarre love triangle - new order

14:A song that you would love played at your wedding

SIGH sister golden hair - america -_-

15:A song that is a cover by another artist

SMALL TOWN BOY - ORVILLE PECK

16:One of your favorite classical songs

i.. sorry

17:A song that would sing a duet with on karaoke

don't you want me - the human league

18:A song from the year that you were born

one more time - daft punk

19:A song that makes you think about life

me & michael - mgmt

20:A song that has many meanings to you

dead of night - orville peck

21:A favorite song with a person’s name in the title

hannah hunt - vampire weekend OR chelsea dagger - the fratellis

22:A song that moves you forward

gold on the ceiling - the black keys

23:A song that you think everybody should listen to

once again.. most of these. ill pick: operator (that's not the way it feels) - jim croce

24:A song by a band you wish were still together

i cannot think of one i wish was still together. like they ran their course

25:A song by an artist no longer living

Can i pick operator again

gimme three steps - lynyrd skynyrd

26:A song that makes you want to fall in love

i am in love. electric love - borns

27:A song that breaks your heart

two - the antlers

28:A song by an artist with a voice that you love

gospel for a new century - yves tumor

29:A song that you remember from your childhood

do wah diddy diddy - manfredd mann

30:A song that reminds you of yourself

barnacle goose - born ruffians

[sheenashifts1217]

Hiii! I’m sending an ask about the shufflemancy post

Can I get a message from my s/o Mattia from my dr?

Thank you♥️

-Mel

Hello my love :)

I asked Mattia what they (idk their pronouns so I’m using “they” to be as respectful as I can) would like to say to you.

First song:

Lyrics that stand out:

“How’s life, tell me how’s your family

You’ve been good, busier than ever

Wishin I’d realized what I had

I haven’t been sleeping

Swallowing my pride standing infront of you

Nothing but missing you

I go back to December all the time

Your sweet smile

So good to me

I understand”

So I’m feeling a mix of energies when I listen to this song for you. Firstly Mattia cares about you deeply and can feel your love no matter the distance. However, it feels like you guys may be going through an argument or a rough patch at the moment, but DO NOT worry. Mattia is telling you they are here and ready to listen. If they messed up, they want you to know they will apologize. They may have a hard time admitting their faults but I’m hearing “you’re worth it”. Whatever happened between you guys, it will be or already is fixed because I’m seeing how you guys find a new version of each other once you resolve the problem.

Second song:

Lyrics stood out:

“Let her dance with me just for the hell of it

You got me wrong

Thank ya dear bring your sister over here

Get lonely after ya leave

The one you believe”

Do you guys have a miscommunication trope? That’s what it’s feeling like. The first song shows that you all had a deep history and then went through some kind of conflict. Then you guys figured it out and started to find yourselves again. THIS song is continuing you all truly finding each other. Mattia is trying to prove themselves to you. They want you to see they’re ready this time. They want to be the one for you. They’re saying “believe in me”. Almost as if it’s destiny.

Third song:

Lyrics standing out:

“Don’t make a sound

I know they’re watching

Sex is on fire

I’m driving

We’re the ones to transpire

We’re still the greatest”

First thing I want to say about this song is that towards the end of it, I saw that montage of Hardin and Tessa from After, where they’re running through the library and then get to know each other more and more. So, again, you all have found each other on a new level. Mattia is incredibly grateful for you and thankful that you have them a second chance. They know what people say and they know you hear what people say, but mattia is saying “let them watch” and you couldn’t agree more. You all are happy and thriving. They feel like your relationship will definitely last and they want it to last. They are reminding you to take care of yourself and know that it’s all going to work out. I just heard “you got it, come see me”. Mattia feels almost giddy at just the thought of holding you in their arms. So they want you to hurry but also to put yourself first.

I hope this resonates, please let me know if it does or doesn’t. I hope you’re doing well and I love you so much!!!

[zackery-the-star]

An Art fight attack for @alynwrench , featuring their oc Ireen!

Adding onto the chain muahahaha >:)

I am FINALLY back from vacation woohoo 🎉🎉

very off topic but I listened to this on repeat while drawing lmao