Sparks Album Seasons (Part 2)
Music That You Can Dance To
Summer. Specifically late August, the screaming synths match that screaming internal voice begging summer to stay.
Interior Design
I lied. I can’t place every album, this one isn’t one of my favourites and it’s hard to place for me :,)
Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins
Fall or Winter. It’s cold out and the 90s are here to make you forget about it. So it’s either late fall or January. It’s miserable. But you can almost forget about that because of the impressive wall of sound and intense beats.
Plagiarism
I outta plagiarize my entry for Interior Design, because the is one doesn’t have a strong association (since it’s a mix of songs from many albums).
Balls
Winter. Will fight to the death over this. This is the New Years Album. The let loose, it’s a new year, let’s stay in and dance album. I mean, snowballs? It’s a winter album, trust me
Lil Beethoven
Winter. Bleak November album, past the point where there are beautiful leaves and warm days. Perhaps a bit of snow on the ground but mostly it’s cold and miserable and somehow you’re soaking wet as you trudge back to your studio apartment to live the bohemian life you lead. You’re probably wearing those fingerless gloves and an insufficiently warm Bob Dylan coat.
Hello Young Lovers
Late winter/Spring. Still kind of chilly out, very early spring (like February). I mean, lovers, bunnies, it makes sense.
Exotic Creatures of the Deep
Spring. This is the May album, I can’t explain it but it is. Slightly jaunty music, almost like if Lil Beethoven wasn’t a depressed struggling artist.
Ingmar Bergman
Winter. Guess what, we’re back to struggling artist except this time you’ve made it past Christmas and the fun holidays and now you’re sad again.
FFS
Summer. If you thought Introducing wasn’t the album of the summer, then this one is. Driving beats, fun melodies, this one is summer.
Hippopotamus
Summer. Another summer album! July, except you’re not at the beach, you’re blaring this by the pool at some country club and all of the rich people are staring at you. Someone’s maybe alerting security because they realized that you don’t actually have a membership there but it’s okay, because you do have Sparks’ groundbreaking album, Hippopotamus.
A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
Summer. I consider this one to be a summer album too, more June. Except for Left Out in the Cold, which BOTHERS ME BECAUSE ITS A WINTER SONG.
Annette
Spring. I feel like this is spring only because I got obsessed with the soundtrack a few Marches ago and well… Spring!
The Girl is Crying in her Latte
Winter/Spring. Another sort of February album. The more I listen to it (and Interior Design), I sort of hear a connection between the two? Am I crazy? Some songs sound very synthy like Interior.
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Does anyone know what to do when someone is sad or having a bad time or whatever in front of you
Like I don’t know how to deal with that
Do I joke to try and cheer them up? Do I tell them it’s okay? (What if it isn’t?) I normally just get paralysis and just stop talking, waiting for them to move on or to signal what I’m supposed to do
Like if someone starts crying in front of you, what are you supposed to do?my first instinct (if we’re close enough) is to hug, which is great because it doesn’t require talking. But what if they’re not in a huggy mood? I try not to come across like I’m uncomfortable, because I want them to know that I care and am here, but it is still very uncomfortable. I think it was easiest when I was in a relationship, if they were ever sad I knew they’d be fine with hugs and I knew how to comfort them and tell them I’ll be there. But if it’s someone I’m only slightly close to? What do I do???
And that’s only if someone opens up to me or is sad and needs comforting. If it’s an emotional argument or something I completely shut down. It’s like a defence mechanism, if I get too stressed out (hahaha omori reference) then I practically black out. I go into autopilot and afterwards I don’t remember it. I am not designed to handle that much negative emotion. When my partner broke up with me it was like a short circuit, I didn’t know what to do so I just started quoting emotional doctor who quotes for a mixture of trying to lighten the mood and carry across my emotion.
Basically, if you need to vent or talk or open up to me I will be there for you (I realise I’m kinda just saying this to the internet, I’m not going to deal with some random person’s venting in my dms, but mutuals there’s a strong chance I’ll listen) but please excuse me if I come across as distant or uncomfortable. I am, it’s not your fault, you carry on, I just have trouble with emotional intensity. But I will try my best to help
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and while i’m on a self indulgent thing? i think that any of the kids calling Bruce “dad” changes his whole demeanor. it helps him know that whatever they’re talking about is serious.
hearing his name shouted across the house does nothing for him. a hundred people say his name all day, including his kids. whatever the situation is can be fixed.
but hearing “Dad!”, cried out in battle or screamed from the other room, has him rushing to their side. what is it love and i’m here you’re alright and shh i’ve got you
“Bruce, I need help” = can’t open this large jar, have a question about math homework, need someone to look at this case file for me
“Dad, I need help” = I am hurt. I am scared. I am in danger. I need you to make things better. I need you to protect me.
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I think one reason Goncharov worked so well is that on tumblr you’re regularly being subjected to fandoms you’re not in and media you’ve never seen. I assumed the people i followed all just got really into some movie that I had no interest in and scrolled right past for a solid week before realizing.
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