#one ok rock ft. alex gaskarth

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See all the signs, what a sight

Like September rain when it falls in the night

Don't wait for your life, for your life

Like September rain

Sometimes gotta fight

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HeY!

jaded - one ok rock ft. alex gaskarth

"never stop forgetting who you are"

send a “hi” for my favorite line(s) of a song!

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"Ambitions" By One Ok Rock (Album Review)

Note: I listened to the English version of all of these songs (I don’t know any Japanese). This review has been long awaited, I’ve had a portion of it done for the past month or so. I finally sat down and told myself I was going to finish it, so here it is. 

Last summer, I went to a concert where One Ok Rock, a Japanese rock band formed in 2005, was one of the opening bands. At that point, I didn’t take a huge notice to the lyrics of their music or the songs in general but I was captivated by their stage performance. The band radiated energy as they jumped around the stage and got the crowd pumped for the headlining artist. 

One Ok Rock’s eighth album, “Ambitions,” blew me away. This was the first time I sat down and listened to the four piece band since I heard about them last July. I tried focusing on their recent album, although this album left me wanting to hear the bands’ previously produced work.

Track 1: Ambitions

Along with “Ambitions” being the introduction track of the album (and the name of the album), it also radiates a feeling of wonder. To me, the writer is trying to understand their thoughts. This presents a burning curiosity for the upcoming tracks. The nearly minute and a half song intensifies and then gracefully comes to a close at the very end. I was disappointed there weren’t lyrics to this track.

Track 2: Bombs Away

The second track on the album, “Bombs Away,” had my interest piped from the first cords. At first the noise is very subtle but quickly makes its presence known.

As I was listening to the beginning instrumental portion, I imagined a group of people wandering an unknown place. This group of people had no idea what was to come or what could be hidden within the walls. 

As the lyrics come pouring in, the singer’s voice is powerful and he clearly knows what he is trying to get across. The lyrics “Save yourself for a better day / No, no, we are falling down” speak to me in a way I feel everyone could understand. Thoughts change and are easily influenced. Some days we feel unstoppable and others we feel lost and hopeless. 

This track hit a home run in my book. I loved what the band was trying to say in this powerful song and I loved it musically and lyrically.

Track 3: Taking Off

The next track on the album, “Taking Off” immediately had me bobbing my head in tune to the beat and when lead singer, Takahiro Moriuchi (also known as his stage name, Taka) began singing I was captivated. This anthem was lyrically great with lines such as “Thought we had it right / Now it’s an endless night” and “We’re taking off together / Even though we always crash and burn.”

 The scenario this song painted in my mind was surrounded by relationships - the toxic ones, the forbidden ones and the dangerous ones - were all apart of that image. 

Track 4: We Are

The fourth track of the album, “We Are” is once again another lyrically powerful song. However, compared to the first two songs this one is a downtempo ballad that still manages to keep its rock vibe beautifully. 

“We Are” is one of those tracks you’d listen to when you feel weak or unimportant to the world. In times where you mess up or things get difficult, this song is there to remind you that you are “The colors in the dark.”

Track 5: Jaded (ft. Alex Gaskarth)

Before I first listened to the song, I was already looking forward to hearing All Time Low’s Alex Gaskarth and his role in the track. However, “Jaded” did not meet my expectations. 

The first few seconds of the track had me thinking I was going to be introduced into a completely different world than the previous tracks on the album let on. Once the song hit the 15 second mark, my interest was piped. I loved the chorus, and how the multiple voices towards the end of the song enhanced the lines “Jaded, what are you thinking / Fading all the time.” 

Unfortunately, it was difficult to distinguish Gaskarth’s voice and I’m not sure having such a similar voice sing along with One Ok Rock added anything to the song. Personally, I think the song could have benefited more if someone with a more distinct voice in comparison with the band had been involved.

Track 5: Hard To Love

The fifth track, “Hard To Love” is a slowed down ballad and gives the listener a feeling of peace and tranquility. The song is a thank you to a parent for helping the writer get through the rough times even though the writer was “hard to love." 

I love the reference to a "diamond in the rough” which to me, represents a teenager making mistakes and trying to find their way in the world. 

The song paints a vivid picture in my mind from the scenery to the actions of the people around. I can imagine the newly green covered trees and the warm but slightly chilly air created when the wind blows. A family is comfortably resting around a fire pit, although the pit doesn’t contain any fire. A now grown man is singing this song to his parents who are wearing proud and grateful smiles on their faces as they all reflect on his childhood and how much the son has grown and accomplished. 

Any listener can tell this track is very personal to the writer. I love how a piece of the writer’s childhood was exposed in such a vulnerable way.

Track 6: Bedroom Warfare

After the previously heartfelt ballad, the album heats up immediately with “Bedroom Warfare,” a fiery track that takes the saying “keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer” to a whole different level.

The lyrical aspect is intriguing, and almost romantic. They’re enemies, sure. But I think underneath, the characters portrayed in the song have chemistry they keep wanting to deny. So called enemies by day but lovers by night. 

 This is by far one of my favorite tracks on this album. The story within the song is exciting and dangerous which makes everything more interesting.

Track 7: American Girls

“American Girls” is a straight up summer anthem. I wanted to get up and start dancing around my room as soon as it came on.

The nearly three minute song had me fascinated from the beginning. With the first line, “I’m coming straight out of Tokyo,” I was left with the impression that the inner bad boy of the lead singer was about to come out. 

The whole second verse left me shocked but 100% in a great way. The inner bad boy was definitely coming out but I’m not complaining. With the lines “It’s like I’m in a movie, said "Do you wanna use me?” / And she said “Hell yes” surprised me.

The song wrapped up perfectly and I was content after that. No complaints for this one.

Track 8: I Was King

At first track nine, “I Was King” had a harder time catching my attention than the rest of the songs on the album. 

The song has a 15 second introduction before the lyrics start flowing but for a reason I’m unaware of, it felt like a longer span of time than in reality. 

 The farther into the song I get, the more I become accustomed and the more it grows on me. However, compared to the others this is most likely a song I’d skip when listening to the album in the future.

Track 9: Listen

“Listen” is a song the band wrote for, what I’m assuming, is their fans who are suffering from depression, mental illness or just having a hard time in life.

The lyrics “All these years, the days go by / I’ve seen you fall a million times / Everybody makes mistakes” are important because we all struggle. It’s human nature to struggle and this song is about hanging on through those tough times. Sometimes you just have to “listen” to those people around you who are there for you and don’t want to lose you.

Track 10: One Way Ticket

“One Way Ticket” is a personal song different than the rest of the tracks. Emotion is clearly present in the singer’s voice. Some parts of the song remind me of something similar to pop band, One Direction. 

The image I receive when listening to this song is surrounded by a long-distance relationship. The singer wants a “one way ticket” to see his other half because when they’re apart, he feels all alone.

I love how the writer says “You are my address” and a couple lines later says “I need a one way ticket / Home.” I admire the analogy used between his address, home and the person the song is about.

Track 12: Bon Voyage

Track twelve of One Ok Rock’s “Ambitions” is “Bon Voyage” which bounces back from the two previous songs. The audience is once again emerged into the punk-rock world.

At first we’re met with the sounds of video game lasers but soon the song breaks out and we’re bobbing our heads to the beat.

This track is musically appreciable but the lyrics are only somewhat catchy. For me, the song wasn’t as great as some of the others.

Track 13: Start Again

“Start Again” is a track about being yourself and not apologizing for it. Musically, the song is terrific but the lyrics are what get me. They have an important message that frankly, the world should hear.

Lyrics such as “If you don’t think I’m worth it / Find someone else / I won’t say I’m sorry / For being who I am” are words I think people should live by. To many people these days are too afraid to be themselves.

Track 14: Take What You Want (ft. 5 Seconds of Summer)

The final song off this album is “Take What You Want” (feat 5 Seconds of Summer). This was actually the first song I heard more than once by the band. This was originally the song that made me want to dive deeper into the band’s musical work. 

I’ve loved this song since it first came out. I remember listening to it the first time and freaking out over Ashton Irwin, from 5 Seconds of Summer and his solo in the song. (Woah, I sound like such a fangirl!) 

I honestly have nothing but good opinions on the song and I don’t think it could have been any better.

Overall, I think this album is outstanding and one of the best I’ve heard yet. My top three favorite tracks are Bedroom Warfare, American Girls and Take What You Want.

[exocean]

Rules: You can usually tell a lot about a person by the kind of music they listen to. Put your music on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, then tag 10 people. No skipping!

i was tagged by the lovely @seokyomie and like you i too love music tags, so thanks!!

send them off! - bastille

girl power - the cheetah girls

that should be me - justin bieber ft. rascal flatts

close to you - rihanna

attack on bangtan - bts

push the button - sugababes

aside - shinee

ik leef niet meer voor jou (live @ symphonica in rosso) - marco borsato

love me love me - winner

tables turned - neck deep

and since you did like a bonus list i figured i would do the same, this time i shuffled my favourites playlist!

freaking me out - simple plan ft. alex gaskarth

i'll be okay - mcfly

hitchhiking - shinee

drown - bring me the horizon

take what you want - one ok rock ft. 5 seconds of summer

save rock and roll - fall out boy ft. elton john

vampire money - my chemical romance

skyway avenue - we the kings

dear maria count me in - all time low

shhh - seventeen

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🌸 Song Tag 🌸

Rules: List the first ten songs that pop up on shuffle mode and tag ten people. No cheating.

Tagged by: @chunghamor 💖

Two Moons - EXO ft Key

Overdose - EXO

I’m Fine - BTS

OUTRO: House of Cards - BTS

Jaded - ONE OK ROCK ft Alex Gaskarth

6AM - J Balvin ft Farruko

Dizzy - Waterparks

Dimple - BTS

Décalcomanie - MAMAMOO

Answer: Love Myself - BTS

Tagging: @crybabyjk @milktea887 @sdmnluv @rise-bangtan @lovelygoldunicorn @namiiyae @bangtanbby @thebestofking @teykenn @akamonkey

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#

- what your muse’s name is in mine’s phone

Georgie Sanford

- what your muse’s picture is in mine’s phone

- what your muse’s ringtone is in mine’s phone

Jaded - One Ok Rock ft. Alex Gaskarth

- my muse’s last text to your muse

[Text] Hey, I’m really sorry about prom.

[Text] I hope your dress is okay.

[virgilsinferno]

Jewel, for the name playlist.

j - jaded // one ok rock ft. alex gaskarth 

e - emperor’s new clothes // panic! at the disco 

w - would you be so kind // dodie 

e - everything i didn’t say // 5 seconds of summer

l - lane boy // twenty one pilots 

[fakepunkrock]

So I was tagged by the lovely @miniwroetofreezymd  

Relationship Status: Single af Favorite Color: Lime green has always been my fav colour Lipstick or Chapstick: It depends on the day and what I’m doing, I like both Last Song Listened To: Jaded by One Ok Rock ft. Alex Gaskarth Last Movie Watched: Straight to DVD, Idk if that counts a a movie, I guess it does Top Three Shows: The Flash, Skam and A touch of Frost Top Three Characters: Barry Allen, Jack Frost (from ATOF not jack frost the cold dude) and Jack Skellington

Last Book Read: Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, It was actually heaps good One Hobby: Drawing Favorite Time of Day: Evening Coffee Shop/Cafe Order: Well it depends if I’m getting it to take away it’s a cappucino with a shot of caramel, but if I’m sitting thereit’s a salted caramel thickshake with a lemon merginue tart Favorite Childhood Movie: Pooh’s Grand Adventure or nightmare before christmas or meet the robinsons Favorite Tumblr Colouring Trend: I don’t know what this is???? Favorite Holiday and Why: Christmas for sure. I love how people tend to be happier and everyone’s excited. And my Mum and I always put a tonne of lights up and I love shopping for gifts and just the smell of tinsel

I’m gonna tag @anxxiiety, @neckledeep, @condorkball, @jonnorfuckingmcball and whoever else wants to do it xx

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@aneverendingreplay tagged me to post 9 songs I've listened to a lot lately, and I love music so ?? I'm gonna do it I guess? 1. You don't know me- Jax Jones ft Raye 2. You be the anchor (etc)- Mayday Parade 3. Jaded- ONE OK ROCK ft Alex Gaskarth 4. Caroline- Aminé 5. A shot across the bow- Mayday Parade 6. Curtains Close- As It Is (please check out their album 'okay', such a healing experience) 7. Sexual- NEIKED ft Dyo 8. Closer- the Chainsmokers ft Halsey 9. Fake Love- Drake Most of these songs are just ones I hear over and over again on nights out but they're still jams so *shrug emoji* I don't know who's already been tagged and like who's already done this so if you have like feel free to ignore this but I'm gonna tag @cashtontrash @lilacpages @2015-harry @holymashlum @cliffakitten @cashtnarry

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okay so @ittybittybubbles tagged me in the first ten songs on shuffle meme, so here that is lmao 1. kanye west -- mercy 2. cartel -- no subject (come with me) 3. one ok rock -- jaded ft alex gaskarth 4. hayley kiyoko -- gravel to tempo 5. panic! at the disco -- northern downpour 6. with confidence -- keeper 7. hawthorne heights -- this is who we are 8. boys like girls -- me, you, and my medication 9. my chemical romance -- i don't love you 10. paramore -- hate to see your heart break i tag @grlsnotgrey @monkeytcow @alexxturners @2ndbest @tragers plus anyone else that wants to do this lol

[rapmonsama]

Justine

J- jaded - one ok rock (ft alex gaskarth)

U- u remind me - usher

S- summer - marshmello

T- testify - needtobreathe

I- i love it - dean (ft doki)

N- nothing lasts forever - maroon 5

E- even if - mercyme

Send me your name and I’ll make you a mini playlist that start with those letters !

[marshmallowtraver]

1-35 for that music thing just because I love you and want to watch you suffer 😉

1. What are your 5 most played songs?                ~ If You Don’t Know- 5sos~ Oh, Calamity!- All Time Low~ Stay The Night- State Champs (cover)~ Hey Everybody!- 5sos~ Ancient History- Set It Off

2. How many albums do you have?                too many

3. Which artist do you have the most songs for?                All Time Low

4. What your first song in alphabetical order? Last?                first: Actors- All Time Lowlast: 24K Magic- Bruno Mars

5. How many songs do you have with the letter O? Z? K?                O: 36Z: 0K: 24

6. How many songs do you have?                1282

7. Spell out your name with songs that you have.                D: Dial Tones- As It IsA: American Girls- ONE OK ROCKN: No Apologies- Bon JoviI: I Don’t Care- Fall Out BoyE: Ecstasy- Late Nite ReadingL: Last Call- Sound of the StereoL: Last Young Renegade- All Time LowE: English Love Affair- 5sos

8. What’s your least played song?                She’s Kinda Hot (Alternative Version)- 5sos

9. A song you always skip.                I Write Sins Not Tragedies- Panic! At The Disco 😭

10. 3 songs you have with a name in the title.            ~ Annabelle- A Rocket to the Moon~ Marie- Marshall Traver~ Molly Makeout- The Friday Night Boys ft. Alex Gaskarth

11. What song makes you cry every time?                Dad’s Song- Set It Off

12. What song means so much to you?                Forever Unstoppable- Hot Chelle Rae

13. What song gets you pumped the most?                Uncontainable- Set It Off

14. 3 songs you have with cities in the name.                ~ Hello Brooklyn- All Time Low~ San Fransisco- 5sos~ Twin Skeleton’s (Hotel In NYC)- Fall Out Boy

15. What album will you always listen to all the way through?                Ambitions- ONE OK ROCK

16. What song do you have on repeat right now?                Slow Burn- State Champs

17. Make a story with 6 song titles.                ~ On a Night Like This- Letters & Lights~ We Are- ONE OK ROCK~ Confident- Demi Lovato~ Partners in Crime- Set It Off ft. Ash Costello~ When the Party Ends- The Summer Set~ Bye Bye Bye- Our Last Night ft. Cody Carson (cover)

18. Do you have a rainy day playlist? What songs are on it?                i don’t, no

19. Using one song, tell me how your life is going.                Easy Enough- State Champs

20. Do you make playlists?                i enjoy it very much

21. What’s your favorite playlists?                too many songs honestly

22. Do you have any songs with colors in the title?                yes, Colors- Halsey 😇

23. Put your phone on shuffle, what song comes up first? Do you know every word to this song?                Our Time- Ian Keaggy, no I don’t 😅

24. How many artists do you have?                a lot, man

25. How many songs do you have?                1282, we had this discussion already

26. 3 songs you listen to when you’re feeling kinda down.                ~ You Are Loved- Set It Off~ Sing- My Chemical Romance~ (Un)Lost- The Maine

27. 3 songs you listen to when you’re feeling hopeless.                ~ Just Keep Breathing- We The Kings~ Missing You- All Time Low~ Fight Song- Rachel Platten

28. 3 songs you listen to when you wanna dance.                ~ Never Know- Set It Off~ Permanent Vacation- 5sos~ Weird People- Little Mix

29. 3 songs you blast out the car speakers, with the top down in the summer.~ I Like It Like That- Hot Chelle Rae ft. New Boyz~ Uma Thurman- Fall Out Boy~ Good Time- MacKenzie Bourg (cover)

30. A song you’re ashamed to have in your library.                i like what i like and i’m not embarrassed about it

31. Do you have any movie soundtracks?                obviously

32. What’s the oldest song you have?                i literally don’t know

33. Pick a song and tell a story with it.                Untitled- Simple Plan: When I was a freshman, my grade had an assembly about texting and driving and the speaker talking about losing his son played the video and I cried a lot but that’s when I started listening to Simple Plan so that’s cool 

34. What song reminds you of yourself?       Shout Out to My Ex- Little Mix

35. A song you have that you have because you heard it on a commercial and liked it.i don’t think i have any tbh

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jaded // one ok rock ft. alex gaskarth

[diane-cortez]

Jaded - One Ok Rock ft. Alex Gaskarth 🎶

[musicpvcollection]

ONE OK ROCK Jaded ft. Alex Gaskarth from All Time Low

http://dlvr.it/N7nLvP

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🎵!!!

molly makeout- the friday night boys ft alex gaskarth taking off- one ok rock catch your wave- the click five under the city lights- without conscious thought miserable at best- mayday parade 

send a “♫” for a 5-song playlist!