#the moral implications of a deterministic universe

[onetimemacaroni]

I kinda wrote lyrics to a Laplace's Angel cover that turns the song into a trans metaphor

I might do this for other WW songs idk

[nox-in-a-box]

What is your favorite song?

Changes constantly and can usually not pick one, but currently been loving Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) by ABBA.

[normalrandomalbum]

"a"

from Laplace's Angel / The Moral Implications of a Deterministic Universe / feat. The Onceler

[applealchemist]

FEATURING THE ONCELER??? WHAT

[tabbbbyyyy]

The new Laplaces Angel??!??!? Oh my god?!?! The new title as well omfg

[literallys-illiteracy]

Expect something about moral implications of the Index and the implications behind predeterminism in the city and Yan Vismok in the next episode of “Literally doesn’t know what a healthy sleep schedule is”

im sure ill be just as surprised about what i end up writing as you are when/if im less delirious

[marcys-garbage-bunker00]

ITS NO MORE THAN CULTURAL

YOU AND ME INSEPARABLE

ITS A SMALL HELL AFTER ALL

[am00eba]

"feat. The Onceler"

[groovyrots]

new normal album got me fiending and now I gotta know

personally I think the best one is "I lied about the apple thing"

its silly. i cant believe he'd lie to us.

[crazylittlejester]

Something happened to the playlist I've been listening to at work, and now I lost it (somehow), so I'm wondering if you have any recommendations to build a new playlist with?

The only Will Wood song I've listened to was I/Me/Myself, but I really liked it, so I'm hoping the rest of his music is like that.

oh no dude im so sorry!!

and yeah the rest of will woods music has that same kinda vibe to it, some of it is more… busy? sounding? than as whimsical as I/Me/Myself but all of it is funky and it’s very nice to my neurodivergent brain. i love the whole normal album i listen to it constantly, and he released The New Normal recently which edited the original songs slightly and included sone live versions from 2018 :)

also Will Wood and the tapeworms is great, here are just some of his songs i’ve been listening to a lot lately

[cicada-days-of-summer]

WILL WOOD THE NEW NORMAL LIVE REVUE

"Blue Velvet" Reboot Starring Tom Waits (Suburbia Overture 2024 Edit) - Revue Lines are delivered with much more clarity than the 2022. The tone of voice used in "Vampire Culture" is significantly less deep, which does add to the aforementioned clarity (he says some wild stuff in this part i just couldnt hear before!) but i do think takes away mildly from the juxtaposition of the three parts. The same can be said about "Love Me Normally," where the voice he uses is much closer to his normal singing tone (as seen in "Suburbia Overture") 4/5, the changes were large but noticeable, the piece overall retains the same charm as the original "Suburbia Overture" seen on The Normal Album

Second Sight Seer! S! (2222024 Edit) - Revue Significantly more clear than the original "2econd-2ight-2eer (that was fun, goodbye.)" and i feel like it does much more for this song than "Suburbia Overture." I think its probably because this song is just generally faster paced. You can much more clearly hear what Will is saying. This might also just be placebo, but the backing track ALSO sounds much crisper. He also kinda does a silly little twinge in his voice. This version is an improvement over the original. 5/5

The Moral Implications of a Deterministic Universe feat. The Onceler (Laplace's Angel 2024 Edit) - Revue OH MY. GOD. His voice in this song is AMAZING. its slightly different than the tone he uses in the original and it so slightly changes the tone of the song. This shit is ORGASMIC. THE ENDING BIT… THE INTRO INSTRUMENTAL… OH MY GODDDD every part of this song is better. i like the onceler reference because his "am i really that bad line" does sound like him lol. WW my tumblrina king. 7/5

I/Me/Myself (2024) - Revue Nothing huge, increased clarity on lyrics and backing track is notable. Just as good as the original 4/5

…well, better than the alternative (Better Alternative Edit) - Revue First i was squealing at the new intro instrumental but then his VOICE!!!!! i started stimming on this shit immediately. im biased because this is easily my favorite ww song ever. HIS VOICE!!! it was amazing in the original and its a subtle change if ur a new listener but oh my fucking god it actually is bringing a tear to my eye. the instrumental is amazing also. THE LAST PART OH MY GOD IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER IM ACTUALLY GONNA START CRYING. 10/5 EASILY this is so fucking good!!!

I Lied About the Apple Thing (Skeleton-Bones Edition) - Revue First thing u notice is the instrumental change. AMAZING. His voice is once again alot clearer in the version, slight tone change is noticed and appreciated. 4/5

Ideas Only Spread Because People Like Them, The "Free Market of Ideas" is not a Meritocracy, it's a Set of Unhealthy Coping Skills and a Corporate Oligarchy, Wake Up, Man! Don't Let the Lies Dim Your Light! anyway this one's black box warrior (2024 edit) - Revue Clear lyrics doing alot, his enunciations a little different. The pace is the same tho which is nice. the voice is kinda different. Like how the choruses are a bit more in this version. I don't feel like changes are that prominent, comparable to the original all honestly, its a perfectly good song though. I generally feel like BBW is one of the weaker songs on this album so im not really shocked by this. the ending sounds better in this one 3/5

Karen, Thannsdfghjkl You for the Casserole, But I Need You to Lea-n into a Typo (Marsha 2024 Edit) - revue oh my loordddddd the voice is already so much better. this already puts it above the original. the backing track seems similar this far. Rerecording the vocals improved this alot his emphasis is great in this. Its not a shocking difference like some other songs so far but its very good. 4/5

Love, Me Normally - Revue This is the last song on the original The Normal Album, cant even tell its a edit. Because its not apparently. i was tripping trying to review i was going back and forth between the two. apparently legal issues didnt let him remaster it???? whats the freak

A Knee-Slapping Joke Title Referring to How Ending Tracks on Will Wood Albums Are Always Kind of Like That (Memento Mori 2024) - revue HIS VOCALS ARE SO CRISP ITS LIKE HES IN THE ROOM WITH ME. the backing is much more subtle letting the vocals really take the lead which does alot for this song i think. SO crisp an amazing remake this is SO FUCKING GODO THE ENDING OH MY GODDDDD THIS SONGS GREAT 5/5

I/Me/Myself (2018 Live Studio Demo) - revue WOAH. this is!!!! fresh!!! avocado ass song god dayum. Clearly unrefined but i kind of LOVE it oh my goodddd classic will voice and acoustics!!?!?!???!! with different lyrics??!??!?? on such a popular song this is sooo refreshing god damn. oh my god. oh my god. this is incredible. oh my god. 6/5. this is so. new. oh my god

Laplace's Angel (2018 Live in Studio Demo) - Revue once again the acoustic is AMAZING its really refreshing after how synthed TNA is. his voice in this again is GREAT the lyrics being slightly different do alooot. generally very yurmy. 4/5

Memento Mori (2018 Live in Studio Demo) - Revue Talking intro? cool!! WHAT REFERENCE TALKING INTRO… different lyrics again! love that. alot more chill than the final, nice sound. Hes playing the piano and says "take it away hands" instead of "take it away hank" for the musical interlude, thats fun. he does a weird voice thing. sure. this ok enough. 4/5

[donaviolet]

What's your fave Will Wood song of all time?!?!?! I GOTTA KNOW

HOW I AM SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE ONLY ONE?? THEY'RE ALL SO GOOD I CAN'T!!!

But if I HAD to pick one I think it'd be Laplace´s Angel - or as we can call it now The Moral Implications of a Deterministic Universe feat. The Onceler -, it's one I never get tired of and it makes me feel like an evil villain dancing around >:D The lyrics keep getting stuck in my head because of how good they are, I'm even learning how to play it in the guitar!! Plus the Onceler reference lol

Besides that I also really REALLY love:

2econd 2ight 2eer since it's the first song of his I've heard, and it's so so catchy

6up 5oh Copout, my fav from Everything is A Lot but the other ones are also absolutely amazing

Dr. Sunshine Is Dead, I can't even describe why I love it but it makes me go asasajhshjadhjashjd

The Main Character!! I keep replaying that final part over and over it's so good!!

Outliars and Hyppocrates!! Which I also learned to play in the guitar

The Song With 5 Names - it fits so so well with my original story it actually scares me

Suburbia Overture / Vampire Culture!! I could go on for paragraphs for my interpretation of the lyrics, and the both sides are so good!!

Euthanasia - legit almost made me cry, Tomcat Disposables too aaaaa

Yes, to Err is Human, So Don't Be One - the whole album is such a hidden gem askjkdasjkdjk

Mr. Capgras Encounters a Secondhand Vanity, it's so so so good!! On second thought the entire Self-Ish album is so so so good, probably my fav album of his but very tied with the Normal Album

I ended up talking a lot but Will Wood is probably my fav musician of all time, I can't go one day without listening to his songs :P

[yukasyukasyukasyukas]

William Woodiam albums and songs from my favorite to my least favorite

Live versions, singles and ft.s not included as well as songs from albums that aren't on Spotify and prince ali because I'm lazy, besides for the song "...And if I did it, you deserved it" because I love that song🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁🪱🐁

In case I make it

Cicada days

Tomcat disposables

Half-decade hangover

Euthanasia

Against the kitchen floor

That's enough let's get you home

It's kind of a lot

Willard!

White noise

Becoming last names

You liked this (okay, computer)

Vampire reference in minor key

Big fat bitchie's blueberry pie idk what comes after

The main Character

The new normal/ the normal album

Blue velvet/ Suburbia overture

Karen, thanksdfghkjkl for the casserole whatever comes next/ Marsha, thankk you for the dialects but now I need you to leave

The moral implications of a deterministic universe feat. The Onceler/ Laplace's angel/ (and 2018 live at studio demos)

...well, better than the alternative

I lied about the apple thing/ outliars and Hippocrates

Ideas only spread because people like them, the "free market of ideas" is not a meritocracy, it's set of unhealthy coping skills and a corporate oligarchy, wake up, man! Don't let the lies dim you light! Anyways, this one is black box warrior/ BlacBoxWarrior- OKULTRA

A knee-slapping joke referring to how ending tracks on Will Wood albums are always kind of like that/ memento mori/ (and 2018 studio demos)

I/ me/ myself

Second Sight Seer/ 2econd 2ight 2eer

...And if I did it, you deserved it

And the ringmaster is pleased to introduce...

He'll use me for his needle show

We killed Amanda Palmer, Mystery solved

Bleüctipie

Doctors & dealers

Ecsta est fabula, Aplaudite!

Drugs ain't cheap in Poughkeepsie

Recurring Nightmare #432

Nüburbåtizé

Sing the Singer/songwriter song

If we're not careful, we'll turn into alcoholics. I mean... Catholics

Self-ish

Cottard's solution

Mr. Capgras encounters a secondhand vanity

The song with five names a.k.a Soapbox Tao a.k.a. Checkmate Atheists a.k.a. Neospace Government (A.K.A. you can never know)

2012

Hand me my shovel, I'm going in!

-ish

Dr. Sunshine is dead

Self-

Camp here and there (omg, it's CJ and CHB colors)

Your body, my temple

When somebody needs you

The rhumba of death

Venetian blind man

Under a technicolor sky

Evening announcements

Under a monochromatic sky

Afternoon announcements

Yes, to err is human, so don't be one

Good morning, campers!

Morning announcements

Welcome to camp here and there

Everything is a lot

Skeleton appreciation day in vestal, NY

Front steet

¡Aikido!

Cover this song

White knuckle jerk

6up 5oh cop-out

Chemical overreaction/ compound fracture

Jimmy's mushroom's last drink

Thermodynamics lawyer

The first step

Everything is a lot

Red moon

[nautilusopus]

🔥 ksbd

i flat out disagree with tom bloom on the philosophical implications of what omniscience would be in a deterministic universe wrt the nature of free will.

i get that this is largely a petty complaint -- my personal opinions on what free will is are irrelevant and the point of this whole thing is NOT to "prove jadis is secretly wrong and not actually omniscient" (word of god she is perfectly omniscient and also they spell it out pretty hard in the story, she's correct end of) because that's just refusing to engage with the writing on its own terms and with the story it's trying to tell, and that the important part is to accept that this is just how determinism works in this narrative so you can meet it where it's at and therefore parse the ACTUAL important thing it's trying to say which is "the universe, which we've just explained works in this terrible way, is painful and scary, and yet you have to choose hope and keep trying anyway until the moment your corpse hits the dust" -- but it does annoy me on a personal level.

not to "guy who's only played vii" this too hard but i also disagree that determinism is necessary to even tell this kind of story, which people also tend to argue, because vii does this exact same moral but from the complete opposite side of things: not only does free will exist in ffvii, it exists to such an extent that there is no such thing as fate and there is no plan and even the stars and planets themselves have fucking no one at the wheel we're all up shit creek together and in the face of this you must find your own small meaning and joy in a universe that ultimately does not care about you and doesn't even know you're there.

like that's just existentialism baby. i don't think it's to the detriment of the work really, but it is something i personally find annoying and that i don't think many people agree with (or the ones that do are also the morons trying to argue "well maybe jadis IS secretly wrong" or "well then this story is pointless if the characters have no free will grrrr" so i am largely alone in that) so imma bitch about it here

[samglyph]

76 for wrapped??

The New Normal coming out does mean that a couple of these songs appear on here twice (if you combined listens of both versions this song might’ve made it into the top ten but alas)