#this bisexual loves herself a bicycle metaphor

[oldsouldreamer85]

Don’t mind me. I’m just sitting over here swinging back and forth between anger, sadness and joy. Mmm, it’s so much fun working through past relationship trauma that I’ve repressed until now and have finally begun to process and heal from. I’m just grateful I’ve got two himbos and their “I’m so done with this idiot” (affectionate) husbands to keep me in my happy place.

[monsterfucker-lisa-swallows]

Top 5/10 songs you know the most about (like background info and such)

Top 5 songs you can relate to autism (or Top 5 songs by autistic artists)

oh let’s see, uh...

“The Show Must Go On” by Queen. Recorded during the later stages of Freddie’s battle with AIDS. They almost thought his voice wouldn’t be able to handle it, but he pressed on with it. It’s last on their final album because they weren’t sure if they’d be able to make another one. An absolutely stellar version exists on the jukebox musical Moulin Rouge, which is why sometimes I think that musical was an AIDS metaphor.

“Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen. Allegedly recorded on the same piano the Beatles used for “Hey Jude”. Reportedly took the band three weeks to record. Freddie stated that the song is about personal relationships. Brian May said it was about Freddie’s personal traumas. There is a significant theory that the song was about coming to terms with homosexuality (especially when paired with the song “Bicycle Race” which is widely interpreted to be a coded message about being bisexual). 

I’m gonna lump these two together because it’s the same story. “Vow” and “Queer” by Garbage were the first two tracks the band ever jammed on together. That jam session was famously bad. It was basically Shirley’s audition and though she’d been in bands before, she’d lied about having ever written music herself. Luckily the band allowed her to come back in and try again. 

“Supervixen” by Garbage had about a million different rewrites. Shirley said early versions were love songs or odes to Chris Cornell. It eventually turned into the song it is today.

“As Heaven is Wide” by Garbage was written by Steve Marker. It’s one of their darkest songs about sexual abuse at the hands of the Catholic Church. Shirley herself wasn’t Catholic, but was from a religious background. So she felt anxious about singing it. But she felt it was important, so worked up the courage.

“Milk” by Garbage was the first song Shirley ever wrote by herself.

“Why Do You Love Me” by Garbage was written during the Bleed Like Me album about the fact that the band wasn’t getting along at the time. They eventually worked it out after taking a 7 year hiatus. Touring in a cramped bus with the same people for 10 years can drive anyone a little batty.

“So Like a Rose” by Garbage was written for a friend of theirs who committed suicide.

"One Way or Another" by Blondie was written about Debbie Harry's stalker.

That’s all I can think off the top of my head first thing in the morning lol

And goodness my first thought about autistic artists always comes back to Courtney Love, doesn’t it? I’ll try lol

“Girl Anachronism” by the Dresden Dolls

“Please Don’t Touch” by Polly Scattergood

“Left Alone” by Fiona Apple

“Not Your Kind of People” by Garbage

This isn’t really a song, this is a feeling. Can I arm chair diagnose KatieJane Garside with something? Because for some reason I get sapphic autistic vibes from her lyrics. Generally. Especially in Liarflower. Lol