#Shine My Machine

[mymelodic-chapel]

Suzi Quatro- Suzi Quatro (Glam Rock, Hard Rock) Released: October 1973 [Rak Records] Producer(s): Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn

[magicicephoenix]

happy 414 day!! time for another silly photo op :D

without text below cut:

[coredrill]

30TH GUNDAM FIGHT WEEK TWO: FAVORITE MOBILE FIGHTER

[missingalo]

Shes my babi, Id give them the world. She deserves the world.

I love sketching her, expect to see more of them ❤️

[squarecubetesseract]

"I can feel the light shine on my face"

And it's fucking blinding me man

[ohmuqueen]

cr.

[lokh]

surely i could play ddr the day after a big tattoo

[vincentsleftear]

I made a Rhaenicent playlist on spotify!! I tried to order the songs to follow the general arc of their relationship 🤭

I definitely had fun putting this together! I may continue to add to it (especially after season two drops) but it’s pretty much finished!!

Yall should def check it out 😇

[daily-shin-tsukimi]

can I request a shin tsukimi

Shin Tsukimi wants to know which one is your favorite.

[emlemony]

I've been posting a lot of sewing machine ASMR on insta and thought y'all might appreciate it as well.

[strxnged]

screaming sobbing crying he's so cute

[questwithambition]

Turns out all I needed was to shower whilst singing along very loudly to Spectrum (say my name)

[marsbotz]

DAMN its insanee even after so long… undertales story is still fucking crazyyyy

[fearlessechoes]

Wish You Were Here (1975)

Here are my thoughts on the legendary album Wish You Were Here!

Disclaimer: I have already listened to this album, but haven’t heard it in a long time, so many of my thoughts here are after not listening to any of these songs in a while (which is almost the same as first time listening thoughts)

1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1-5

The intro is already amazingly ethereal, gorgeous, and ominous. It reminds me of classical music. The synth makes this intro feel especially haunting and melancholy, already setting the tone of the song. Then the guitar kicks in with an absolutely divine and emotional solo! You can already feel how sad this song is. And then the absolutely iconic and powerful guitar riff kicks in!!! It always sounded like a diamond sparkling, in my opinion, because it sounds so watery, and the chimes add on to that feeling. And then the drums and bass kick in, making the song even better and more badass and devastating. This song honestly feels like a eulogy, with how sad it sounds and with the organ added in. The guitar solos here are also so good before the lyrics kick in (they’re very powerful and emotional). And then it becomes groovy and more downtempo, with the synth here being very lovely!! As well as the drums. And then the lyrics come in, making the song even more emotional. I think the “Black Holes” lyric here is very powerful, as are all the other lyrics in tribute to Syd. You can really hear the pain in Roger’s voice. Man, the lyrics here are so freaking depressing after knowing PF lore… The guitar riff here shortly after the first verse is so good as well. Also, Roger’s and David’s voices here are so lovely and good, especially with how emotionally they sing and harmonize here. The choruses and verses here are especially good. And then we get this absolutely powerful, sultry, and emotional sax solo. The arpeggio guitar riff here is also just so good. And then we get a tempo change, which makes the song really cool as well! (It reminds me of echoes a lot; in fact, this whole composition reminds me of echoes, but even more grand and melancholy.)

 

2. Welcome to the Machine

 The machine intro and transition are very very good and ominous! It sounds very futuristic and kind of like techno music. And then we get a lovely guitar contrasting these synths. Then we get very good and raspy singing from David (with divine background vocals from Roger, at least, I think)! Also, the synths and guitar combo here is so powerful and emotional!!! I love it. The lyrics about conformity and standing out against society here are also so powerful! (The machine here being a metaphor for society, I think.) The melody here is also just so powerful and absolutely incredible. The quick synth solos and riffs here are also so good and really sound ahead of their time! This song really sounds as if it could come out today. I also really like how cold and artificial they sound (as well as emotional, which is an interesting contrast; maybe the emotion is faked?), making this “welcome to the machine” feel very impersonal and depressing. And the choruses here are also just so lovely with Roger’s and David’s harmonies. And then it sounds like a person driving in their car to a party??? Huh, it almost sounds like Welcome to the Machine represents someone going to their soulless job and then going to a party afterward to escape their misery… I also like how this song could be about Syd as well, because of the lyrics about buying a guitar and dreaming of being a big star (well, at one point before Syd hated fame, of course, as we all know). This song surprised me with how good it was (didn’t listen to this song in a while).

 3. Have a Cigar

The intro here is just so groovy and sleazy! I love it and how it already tells a story and sets up an atmosphere! Also, the synths here are lovely as well!!! The guitar is especially good!! And then Roy Harper’s vocals come in! Which are very good! I love how he plays the character of a sleazy, money-hungry, and corrupt music manager and how he enunciates certain lyrics here, adding to the vibe and character of this song. The lyrics here are just amazing as well, with how they tell the story of a band trying to make it big and signing a contract. And then David’s really freaking good guitar solo kicks in!! The bass here is also just so good. The instrumentation of every song just feels so grand and full, even better than DSOTM. I also love the sudden shift to a radio station playing the song! Already setting up the next song... and showing how the band that is being talked about here in the lyrics that gets a hit on the radio is Pink Floyd themselves (as well as the lyrics “which one’s pink” as well, of course)! How self aware ;) I also like how this song could connect with the previous song about the band members abandoning their soulless jobs and going against the machine by being in a band (at least in my opinion).

 

4. Wish You Were Here

And then the absolutely iconic acoustic guitar intro kicks in, played on a 12-string!!  It’s very emotional and lovely-sounding. And then the rest of the band kicks in!!  Making the song sound even better and more powerful! I adore the mixing here, and every instrument here sounds freaking amazing! The lyrics here are so emotional and hard hitting as well, with the “souls in a fishbowl” verse being my favorite. I also love how powerful the choruses sound here. David’s voice is extremely lovely and vulnerable here! And the guitar improvisations are just so good as well, and David’s vocal scatting instead of a solo is also just so good at the end of the song. Ngl, I almost cried during this song because of how emotional it is…

 

5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 6-9

And then we get this very ominous wind transition to the next parts of SOYCD! It kind of reminds me of the transition from One of These Days to A Pillow of Winds from Meddle. The bass suddenly kicks in with the guitar, and the synth orchestra sounds very cool and ominous!!! Also very badass, tbh, and then the drums kick in! Making the song even groovier and more badass here! And the synth and keyboard solo here is just so good as well! The buildup here is just amazing!!! And then we get a groovy, freaking guitar solo here that leads to an amazing tempo change along with a keyboard solo in the background!! This part  honestly just goes so freaking hard; it’s amazing! Also love how high the guitar goes here, as if it was screaming in anguish!!! It really shows the guilt and anguish of how PF feels about how they treated Syd! And then we go back to the main part of this song again! The choruses just go so hard here as well!! The lyrics here are just so cool as well! I also love the reference to Wish You Were Here (steel breeze). The guitar arpeggio and keyboard solos here at the end are just so good as well!! Honestly the keyboard solos have to be my favorite part of the SOYCD composition. It just feels so groovy and sad… I don't know how they did that! I also love the funky and screaming guitar/synths here! I honestly like these parts of SOYCD much more than the first few parts… Maybe because the instrumental improvs here are much better here, imo. And then we go back to the intro to the first few parts, which sound much more melancholy here. The piano in this segment is very good and has a sad sound. The last part almost sounds like a melancholy waltz imo, and you can really feel the emotion of saying their last goodbyes here with these ending parts.  It's almost like a eulogy. And then the ending here has a reference to See Emily Play, making it an even sadder and bittersweet ending and tribute to Syd… If I wasn’t so focused on writing down my thoughts, I probably would’ve cried at this song (and more songs on this album in general).

 

In general, I absolutely adored this album! I definitely like this better than DSOTM, since every song here is just so grand and well done instrumentally and lyrically, with there being no filler (even more so than on DSOTM). I also just like how more emotional, powerful, and personal this album sounds in comparison to DSOTM. It almost made me cry… This album just also feels more digestible and cooler to me than DSOTM, and I like its futuristic sound a lot more than Dark Side’s sound. Not to mention that I absolutely adore every song on here, which is why I didn't mention a favorite song here since I think all songs here are equally amazing and perfect. Next time I'll listen to this, I'll probably be crying at all the songs (but I couldn't this time since I was focused on writing down my thoughts). This now has to be my favorite PF album, with Meddle coming in at a close second, and Dark Side being spot number 3. Next up is Animals, an album I’ve never heard before! I’m excited to see how that will turn out.

[flowerforaheart]

:)

[autistic-shaiapouf]

Could I use your art as a PFP, obviously with credit and links? I ADORE your gutterman

With credit and links then absolutely! Go for it and thank you‼️ That gutterman is part of the aftermath of me utterly losing my mind over them over the course of a single night, they are. severely underrated imo!! The mother of me poem pulled them into the spotlight and made them an instant fav for me 💖 Really hoping to do some more art of them in the future bc of how happy they make me lmao

But yes! Anticipating scrolling the ultrakill tag and potentially seeing my lovecore little guy pop up 💖