#elo recs

[queermentaldisaster]

Do you need a soft Omegaverse Ghoap fic with more fluff than smut, and a little hurt/comfort?

WELL WELCOME TO ELO'S RECS, WHERE I SHOVE FICS IN YOUR FACES UNDER THE GUISE OF RECOMMENDING THEM!!!

Today's fic is Too Sweet by k1tt1e on AO3! I read this one throughout the day and almost cried several times. It's a sweet pallette cleanser, especially with what I normally read. 🥹

It's linked, enjoy!!!!

[dragonquest-rottenbrain]

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Hi! My name is Elowen, and my main blog is @queermentaldisaster! I use the same tagging system as I do on my main blog, but since people seem to prefer my COD content over there, I created this side blog specifically for my Dragon Quest content.

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[marvelyningreen]

I know “Mr. Blue Sky” as a standalone song gets a resurgence every now and again, but if you haven’t listened to “Concerto for a Rainy Day” in its entirety you’re really missing out.

[daltongraham]

This is one of my favorite concept albumns. I don't know if it sounds dated to other people...to me it still sounds like The Future. Highly rec.

[lupinus-bicolor]

Secret ELO song I didn't know about until last week :D

[dailyalbumrecs]

Out of the Blue - Electric Light Orchestra

Electric Light Orchestra's Out of the Blue is, I believe, their magnum opus. This album has on vinyl releases one side(one quarter of the entire album) that has four songs that flow together well forming what is referred as concerto for a rainy day which ends on the fairly popular song Mr. Blue Sky. For those more interested to find out about the concerto for a rainy day I suggest the video Polyphonic on YouTube did about it. Now, there are other excellent songs on this album, Turn To Stone and Sweet Talkin' Woman are two that are fairly popular that are also really good, as well as the fantastic western themed song Wild West Hero. My favorite track is Standin' in the Rain.

Apple Music:

Spotify:

Polyphonic video on concerto for a rainy day :

[floralcavern]

Best song depicting loneliness

[ms-demeanor]

oh my god this is random but i rarely come across people who like mike patton, i know he's very influential but for some reason almost no one talks about him, it was nice see you mentioning him!! i would love to hear more about your music taste

I am painfully and overwhelmingly obsessed with Faith No More to the point that I am the lone remaining admin of @faithnomoreshitposting. The first dance song at my wedding was Mr. Bungle's "Retrovertigo" (Mr. Bungle was the last band I saw pre-pandemic and it was fantastic) I also used to make a webcomic on tumblr called @punkpuns that's about goth, metal, and punk subcultures and at lease a few of those comics touch on my taste.

I'm also in a band called P.I.T. and a lot of the music we've made is music I like. It's a punk band but it's a punk band that's heavily informed by the two permanent members being goths who are really into industrial and metal. Here's one of our songs:

My singing style with my band is *very specifically* colored by the way I'm fixated on Patton's voice. That doesn't come across in all of our songs but I was definitely thinking "what would Patton do?" when I was figuring out key changes and breathing and switching between clean and distorted sound or trying to get to the very bottom of my range.

I also really like Orville Peck, Soul Coughing, Hole, Tom Petty, and ELO. I really like The Clash. I really like Body Count. I really like (the) Melvins. I had an obsessive Beatles phase from the ages of 13 to 17 and I grew up in a household where my dad was similarly obsessive about KISS so I kind of like KISS by default even though they objectively suck.

I generally like a lot of music. I like a lot of rap but I'm not deeply familiar with the genre and am mostly aware of stuff that was popular in the 90s. I like a lot of big band music but and a lot of jazz but I couldn't name a lot of albums or songs. I like a lot of country generally but I do not like a lot of country since the nineties. I have listened to and enjoyed a lot of emo but that mostly manifests as playing one Bright Eyes song on repeat. I am not terribly fond of pop music but I get why people like most of it (I don't understand swifties, sorry, she's the aural equivalent of dry toast except listening to her doesn't reduce nausea).

I will pretty much listen to anything, the things that I like the best are rarely played on the radio, and there's very little that will annoy me if someone puts it on (please don't make me listen to showtunes or pop country).

IDK music is good. I like music. On my website rec page I've got a running list of whatever piece of music I've been fixated on recently. I think I spent two months of 2020 listening to Janitor by Suburban Lawns on repeat.

[iqmmir]

I saw your post about songs that fuck with your brain chemistry -- any recommendations...? 👀

Yes ill always recommend hindi and bangla songs 💥💥💥

Hindi —

literally anything by r.d. burman honestly, but i remember the main ones i absolutely loved when i was smaller (i had awesome taste in music. Trust) — kya hua tera vada, gulabi akhen (please please listen to this one please pleas eplease), tere bina zindagi se (this is meh but like. i was obsessed with it so.), chura liya hai tumne jo dil ko (also please please please listen to this i love this so much forveee), meri bheegi bheegi si, dilbar mere

I'm not sure if these are by rd burman as well but FUCK these are so good 💥💥💥 — salame-ishq meri jaan, o saathi re (i prefer asha's ver, but kishore kumar is awesome too), khaike paan banaras wala, pal pal dil ke pas (my brother liked this more than me), yeh dosti, dum maro dum, phulo ka taro, pairody song (specifically look up mr india pairody song literal banger im telling you), hawa hawaii

Another paragraph break so it's easy for me — yeh mera dil yaar ka diwana, beqarar karke hamen yun na jaiye, mehbooba mehbooba (there's a new one but the SUCKS . Trust . Meh booba sholay, also by rd burman), bach ke rehna re baba, jhoomka gira re (theres a new version called kya jhumka and that sucks okay), kiki ki muskurahaton pe, jaane woh jaise log the, aa chal ke tujhe mei leke chalu

comparatively more recent — ik bagal, ranaji, azadi (im pretty sure there are many songs with this name, so specifically azadi gully boy 👍👍), namak, beedi, panga, mehboob mere, ghoomar, pinga, train song (also from gully boy), kab se kab tak, jahaan to chala, chikni chameli (this changed lives . Trust), nagada sang dhol baje, zoobi doobi

Also ANYTHING gulzar wrote, FUCKING banger

Bangla —

ANYTHING MANNA DEY SANG . ALSO SUMAN . Um i always thought it was suman chaterjee but apparently it's suman chattopadhyay . but also i have favourites so :))) — se amar choto bon, coffee houser sei addata aaj aar nei, hoyto tomari janya (most of these are my brother's recs because i listen to bangla songs less than he does), ghurche chaka, amader jonyo, pagol, haal chherona bondhu, petkati chandiyal, bose aanko

^ sent by my brother

ALSO EVERYTHING BY TAGORE . RABINDRANATH TAGORE . SO AWESOME — jodi tor daak shune keo na ashe (also called ekla cholo re), ami banglay gaan gai, hridmajhare rakhbo, fagunero mohonay, neel digante oi phuler agun, gram chara oi ranga matir poth, ore bhai phagun legeche bone bone, amra shobai raja, projapoti projapoti (this is a children's song but it's good and you will listen to it.), phagun hawaye hawaye,

not rabindrasangeet (what we call tagore's songs) — gouri elo dekhe jalo, majhi tor radio nai, not bengali (it's assamese) but SUCH a banger — kapili kapili

I have more songs but i forgor

[queermentaldisaster]

GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYSSSSS I FOUND IT AFTER DIGGING THROUGH MY HISTORY

OH MY GOD

I FINALLY

ARGH

@resident-idiot-simp @forestshadow-wolf @bringinsexybackk69 THIS ONE

[cherries-in-wine]

HIII HOW ARE YOUUUUU <3

sigh i love elo

HIII HIII HIII MY FAVOURITE TUMBLR BBG IM FINE JUST SLEEP DEPRIVED BUT YAYAYAYYA IT RAINED LIKE REALLY NICELY TODAY SO IM SO HAPPY YIPEEEE

love u and all ur music recs istg 🎀🎀🎀

[brigitttt]

🎶✨when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)🎶✨

thanks Adi!! I love sharing music recs so I'm gonna realllly loosely interpret the word "song" for some of these:

the very specific 4-song sequence of "Standin' in the Rain", "Big Wheels", "Summer and Lightning", and "Mr. Blue Sky" from ELO's album Out of the Blue

the album beyond the edge of the world by Louie Zong. Yes the whole thing

"Crystal" by Stevie Nicks, the Practical Magic version

"Norman's Walk" by Jon Brion from ParaNorman??? ideal composition

And yeah why not. "Smooth Talkin'" by Ninja Sex Party because it's amazing to dance to

[run-down-that-dream]

3. 16. 21. 24. pleaseeeeee!

of course!!!!! <333

3. made me cry

makes me cry everyyy time. it was so good live in the acoustic part of their set last time I saw them too 😭

16. makes me nostalgic

takes me back to a very specific summer I spent with my aunt and cousin going to the beach n stuff, and we met up with some more family members to see speedwagon in concert <3 such a great time. they weren't even a band on my radar at the time but I did love that song

21. someone recommended to me

amy was my secret santa the first time I participated lol <3 I believe this was one of the recs I got from that but it was a few years ago so I could be wrong? either way I'm still an elo enjoyer!!

24. I want to be my theme song

didn't even have to think about it tbh this song embodies all the vibes I want to have ✨✨✨ plus it's how I got my blog title. it just works so well for me

send me a number and i’ll give you a song

[trashworldblog]

What is your favorite musician/band?

this is the hardest question. i listen to a lot of solo artists. im going to infodump my current listening habits rn.

car seat headrest is probably my favorite band. god damn it shane madej stop messing with my music taste. i love how hard certain lyrics hit you like bricks, and the way they sing is so ???? entrancing?? relaxing?? idk. its nice to listen to rock, i dont listen to rock very often. also i can tell alot of it was made by a 20 something, its got college kid energy /pos

Limbo is a classic for a lo-fi indie pop vibe. also shes a super cool person and is so nice. cant wait for her new stuff!!

phoebe bridgers, obviously. kyoto and i know the end <3

taylor swift, obviously. i really only listen to fearless tv, speak now, a little of midnights, and our song. listened to her at 8 so its very nostalgic.

chloe moriondo started soft indie, turned closer to alt?? idk LOUD and very for the girlies. she brings a "im going to punch cocky men with my hello kitty boxing gloves" energy to suckerpunch that some people dont seem to like. she slays

PINK PANTHERESS: to hell with it is literally no skip, i have the entire thing memorized. absolute genius.

porter robinson: i fell in love when shelter was posted and now im obsessed with the song musican. anything describing the creative process is always super cool. my current morning alarm song

tv girl: the only other band i listen to. city pop vibes??? indie pop. ive heard that their music is sexist but??? idk???? interpreting lyrics is hard sometimes, i always took it as sarcastic.

others in my rotation: dodie, girl in red, hayley kioko, mxmtoon, beabeadoobee, miracle musical, conan gray, clairo, cavetown, hozier, mitski, penelope scott, wallows.

70ish music recs: billy joel, elo, elton john, dolly, chicago, abba

i also listen to 80s japanese city pop, general lofi music, general trendy songs (like tiktok songs n stuff) and muppet soundtracks. (moving right along is SO GOOD)

[your-cryin-fool]

Hmmm M and 8 for the song rec thingy!

Make It Better (Forget About Me) - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Mr. Blue Sky - ELO

Motorways (Erase It) - Dhani Harrison

Misfire - Queen

Misery Business - Paramore

Mamma Mia - ABBA

Makin' a Move - TWRP

and of course

Man or Muppet - Jason Segal and Walter

I know you know at least some of these and there's not a particular vibe to these recs, but I enjoy all of these songs a lot!