#song: total eclipse of the heart

[gleesongtournament]

[cryscendo]

kurt hummel in every performance

1x17 - Bad Reputation

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Rachel Berry + Jesse St. James, Finn Hudson, and Noah Puckerman

[uglyseasonmp3]

🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊

[devondespresso]

steve harrington has such keen hearing because he's spent hours upon hours trying to figure out what the lyrics are to any and every of his favorite songs so he can sing along

[byler-alarmist]

Random thought- the two songs sung in ST3, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Neverending Story", both feature "turn around" in their lyrics.

May not mean anything, but I thought it was neat!

[so-very-small]

some may say that the terrifying, monstrous giant in the woods would never fall in love with someone like me, but through the power of ABBA music I believe anything is possible

[davinverlac]

"Can you hear the crowd? They all go wild. For you and your denial."

A pele de Davin estava pegajosa após uma longa sessão de treino. Já havia recuperado seu fôlego e caminhava na direção do chalé de Afrodite, louco para tomar um banho e colocar roupas que não cheirassem a suor. Seu coração deu um pulo no peito ao ouvir a voz de Quíron através dos alto falantes espalhados por todo o acampamento. O que seria que tinha acontecido dessa vez? Pelos deuses, que não fosse outra morte. Nenhuma notícia boa vinha após um “Atenção, semideuses!” do centauro.

Seus punhos estavam cerrados, tensão correndo por todo o seu corpo enquanto esperava pelo pronunciamento. “Uma pessoa trazida com provas irrefutáveis.” Parecia algo bem definitivo. Será que finalmente teriam encontrado o culpado pelas últimas tragédias? A sensação era de que enfim podia respirar, aliviado em não precisar mais suspeitar de tudo ou de todos. Toda a situação o lembrava muito da época da guerra contra Cronos e a reação dos campistas diante da existência de um traidor em seu meio. Não era um ambiente nem um pouco saudável.

O segundo anúncio, porém, fez com que o chão desaparecesse sob seus pés. Porque Quíron estava dizendo que Christie agora comandava o chalé dez? Havia algo acontecido com Maxime? Teriam tido mais uma morte, afinal? Ou estaria o irmão apenas incapacitado no momento?

Não. Não era o caso.

Mas aquilo não podia ser verdade.

Maxime? O traidor? Não. Não fazia nem sentido.

Maxime e Davin haviam chegado  no acampamento no mesmo ano, ele conhecia o irmão como a palma da própria mão. Ele jamais seria o traidor. Era um dos irmãozinhos de Davin. Inocente. Não era possível. Quíron tinha pegado a pessoa errada.

Davin marchava com passos largos e duros em direção à Casa Grande, determinado a tirar essa história a limpo. Seu irmão era inocente, tinha certeza disso. O verdadeiro traidor estava tentando o incriminar, isso era óbvio. Maxime era inocente.

Em seu trajeto, sentia o olhar dos outros campistas o acompanhando. Era o caso Silena Beauregard outra vez. Estariam semideuses destinados a repetir a história? Os olhares furtivos e repletos de ódio fazem seu estômago embrulhar. Agora, todos os filhos da deusa do amor estavam sob suspeita do acampamento inteiro. Não era justo, principalmente quando Maxime não era o traidor.

Enquanto caminhava, foi obtendo mais informações. A que mais chamou sua atenção é claro, foi o envolvimento de uma certa filha de Fobos. Não podia mais evitar. Precisava ter uma conversa com Bishop. E daria um jeito de arrancar dela o que quer que a fizera acreditar que Maxime pudesse ser o traidor que tanto procuravam.

mencionados: @maximeloi @christiebae @apavorantes

[thefaultinourchickennuggets]

yes I knew this because Total Eclipse of the Heart is an insane song

fucking rips tho

[everysinglepheel]

this idea got stuck in my head and i couldn't stop until i made it happen..

[gleesongtournament]

Glee Song Tournament Round 2

[dougielombax]

So…

Imagine if Freddie Mercury sang Total Eclipse of the Heart.

Okay.

That’s it.

Fr though it would absolutely FUCK!

It would be AMAZING!

[the-eclectic-wonderer]

3, 14, and 20 for the music ask game! :)

Oooh, fun!! Thank you for the questions!! <3

3. A song you’d choose to introduce someone to your favorite genre

This one is hard, because I don't think I have a favourite genre! I listen to a little bit of everything, honestly.

If I had to pick a genre that I love and that's relatively less popular, I'd go for jazz! And in that case, I think a wonderful introduction to the genre is anything by legends Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, especially when they sung/played together -- and I'd recommend this version of Summertime as a starting point. It's an incredible piece, full of technical ability, emotion, virtuosity and atmosphere, and it showcases a lot of what I love about jazz as a genre.

14. A song you love to sing along to

So many. So many. I *adore* singing and I love my music, so I'll honestly sing whatever I'm listening to and have a great time with it (as long as I'm alone, and even in company sometimes!). If it's not within my range, I'll find a way.

I'm especially fond of songs that allow me to be a bit dramatic -- stuff like Italian heartbreak anthem Maledetta Primavera or, for a more international example, Holding Out For A Hero (yes, I do all the voices -- and the poses, of course).

20. A song you’d put on a playlist for the person who sent you this ask

Ooh, interesting! To be honest I mostly associate you with classical music, and you seem to be fond of it, so I think I'd fill a playlist for you with my favourite classical pieces :) what would you say to the Duo des fleurs from Delibes' Lakmé?

[wayward-sherlock]

people that sing “once upon a time i was falling in love but now i’m only falling apart” at the top of your lungs: are you ok.

[fieryophelia]

Still waiting for Spotify and YouTube to update their charts later today but Google has already come through with some beautiful data for a certain eclipse themed song we all know and love during the total solar eclipse we had in the USA on Monday, April 8, 2024...

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%201-d&geo=US&q=%2Fg%2F1q5jzj36p,%2Fg%2F1q5j2__98,%2Fg%2F11bzvv1522,%2Fm%2F01qdc_p&hl=en

Look at the time of peak searches. And also note the path of searches on the map...

Map - http://www.nationaleclipse.com

So then I decided to compare with a few top eclipse anthem contenders to see who won the battle. Bonnie blew them all away.

Dark Side of the Moon came in #2 in comparison, followed by #3 Black Hole Sun and #4 Here Comes the Sun. None of them really dominated any city on the map over Bonnie.

Other potential eclipse anthems I checked that rated lower than the Beatles to the 4 listed above: Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel, Steal My Sunshine by Len, Total Eclipse by Iron Maiden, Dark of the Sun by Tom Petty, Promises in the Dark by Pat Benetar, Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen, Blinded by the Light cover by Bruce Springsteen (would be #5, this version was also more popular than the Manfred Mann's Earth Band version), Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone by Bill Withers and the individual song Eclipse by Pink Floyd specifically (the album ranked higher). I'm sure I'm missing some but these were at the top of multiple eclipse themed playlists I consulted.

I'm also not sure exactly how many searches this graph corresponds to yet, but I'm sure we'll get recap articles that might have numbers. From a different Google data product, it looks like over 200k searches were done for Total Eclipse of the Heart on Sunday, April 7th alone, the day before (still less than "how to make eclipse glasses" LOL).

Looking forward to Spotify's data. 🌞

Also fun to look at: comparing searches for this song over time with total US eclipses. Possible spikes due to eclipse interest would be 2012 (annular) and 2017 (total) but the 2023 (annular) barely registered. The other spikes may be due to Bonnie performing it on TV (2005) and the TV show Glee covering it (2010).

I'll look at this more later.

But just for fun too, if you've never seen it, check out the Literal lyrics version for the original music video (it was insane, even for the 80's) https://youtu.be/fsgWUq0fdKk?si=CRXE_Zd86GpZa1yG

[valen-dreth]

my pics of the eclipse are NOT good but i was there in the LAST town in the states to see it and i saw it :]

[chirpsythismorning]

WAIT!!!?? TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART HAS ALREADY TECHNICALLY FEATURED IN STRANGER THINGS??? DURING THE SCENE WHERE STEVE AND ROBIN ARE LAUGHING OVER HER CRUSH ON TAMMY THOMPSON, THEY SING IT DRAMATICALLY??? I'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW THAT SONG IS EXTREMELY MIKE MONOLOGUE CODED (TURN AROUND)!!! BUT AFTER DUBBING THAT SCENE OVER THE MONOLOGUE???? IM SCREAMING!