#i dont actually know the lyrics i just think its funky

[m340700]

deuce deuce deuce

[devotedtosadpoetry]

every now and then i remember friends on the other side from princess and the frog exists and i have to go to listen to it or watch it and appreciate it AND LET ME TELL YOU WHYYYYY

the instruments perfectly match every vibe they got going on— Dr. Facilier is a slippery eel and the horns slide up and down with him, and when he leads them into his parlor the horns start hopping with him, bouncing and giddy for what’s about to come. when he talks about voodoo you got some funky instrument that almost sounds like it’s going “ooooohh!!” when he’s talking to the prince and his life you hear another horn that sounds like the trumpet you hear to announce the royal is coming and you should bow. the music sounds so hopeful yet mysterious when he holds out his hands to them, then is immediately interrupted by the BUMBUMBUMBUMBUMS WHICH IS THE MOST DELICIOUS VIBE SWITCH IN EXISTENCE and the whole time it sounds like a sweet Louisiana song

the lyrics DONT GET ME STARTED ON THE LYRICS okay okay okay Dr. Facilier got that sweet charm, the lyrics must match his speech patterns which is why he says “you need to marry a lil’ honey whose daddy got dough” AND DID YOU HEAR THAT SOUND????? “marry a lil’ honey” that sweet eeee sound from the y’s and then the d’s in “daddy got dough” IS DELICIOUS that’s such a good line

BUT THE BEST LINE THEY SAVE AT THE END like this entire time he’s talking about his friends on the other side, which you know aren’t his actual friends as soon as he says “i hope you’re satisfied, but if you ain’t don’t blame me, you can blame my friends on the other side” is such a sick end BUT THEN THEY GO EVEN FURTHER WITH THE BACKUP SINGERS just belting “you got what you wanted but you lost what you had” ARE YOU KIDDING MEEEEE SCREEEEEEEEE ending the song with a “hush” is such a sweet notion like he’s saying to not tell anyone what happened in here.

the genius of the vibes make me drool. neon lighting for villains always makes me kick my legs like a little girl it brings SO MUCH JOY. his parlor is full of so much detail, and LET ME TELL YOU THISSSS: often in villain songs they have their minions sing back at them (think be prepared or in the dark of the night or savages) but it’s just dr facilier out here by himself. so what do you do? have the voodoo chilling with him join in on it, then go ham when the lighting changes to bright neon.

it’s like another world inside that parlor, and it’s a genius song for a genius villain: dr. facilier has a sick design, being tall and lanky he TOWERS over everyone, not only that, but he has a shadow that moves on its own and is at his service. his walking stick makes an excellent prop for him to flip around and make dramatic motions.

they do him justice by giving him a SICK DEATH literally those friends on the other side betraying him and sliding him down to hell by HIS SHADOW WAAHHHHHH

and pulling it all together is the divine voice of Keith David. his voice was made for this role. so charming, easily draws you into that parlor then turns dark and slippery and slimy and harsh ready to take your soul for his own to feed to his friends like WAHHHHHHHH so so so so good and forever my favorite disney villain.

[shrimpychipz]

calbee rambles about his favourite songs cause he’s crazy like that

I Threw Glass at My Friends Eyes and Now I’m on Probation by Destroy boys

I’m not normal about this song i swear on my life

i relate to it but i literally dont its me but it isnt

i like the vibe! The guitar pops off SO GOOD in this song

The lyrics are also sorta funny but they mesh well with the way the singer sings

i swear no one knows this song tho so sad :(

2. You Fuckers Were Asking For This One - boin edit by Rav

(Specifically the boin edit trust me it his different)

THE WAY I CAN RAP THI LINE FOR LINE ISNT FUNNY,,,,

also credits to that one bruabba artist who made an edit with this song that’s what got me into this artist

THE LYRICS ARE SOO AAGGHHHH <3333

theyre so fire. They fit so good.

And the sample of the singing in the background that eventually ends up syncing with the rap. I ascended.

this song is sosososo good CHECK OUT THEIR OTHER SONGS TOO ADDLERALL IS FIRE. CAN SING THAT ONE WORD FOR WORD TOO

3. I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams by Weezer

(Yeah im lame like that)

BUT THIS SONG IS ACTUALLY ME THIS TIME FR

i love scream singing to this song its so me aghhh

how can you resist the fire tune and the funky. Whatever those instruments are sorry idk they just sound good

HE IS IN MY EYES HE IS EARS HE IS IN MY BLOOD HE S IN MY TEARS

FOR I JUST THREW OUT THE LOVE OF MY DREAMSSSSS

(That’s all oops i have so many songs to yap a bout but these are the ones im thinking about rn)

[sc0rpi0sys]

hello welcome to my rating of wu&io new lovejoy ep!!!!!!

disclaimer: its my OPINION. also im not a music person i just like funky sounds thats it i dont know how half of the things are called so bear with me. also also in all actuality they are all bangers and im having the hardest time distinguishing what i like most. so its all just for fun :]

1. warsaw. I WAS ALL DAY CONVINCED THE FIRST WILL BE CONSEQUENCES OR IT'S GOLDEN HOUR SOMEWHERE BUT WARSAW TOOK MY HEART

ok first, this song has BEST EVER chorus and pre-chorus. EVER. I WILL FIGHT

"the place that she got her first kiss is now a vaccination clinic" YES YES TRIVIALISATION OF FIRST LOVE/FIRST KISS YES RAAAA

"looks at you with earnest grace and says the fuck it is we're doing?" BEST LINE IN EXISTENCE CRYING THROWING UP THE EMOTION THE FEELS THE SKJDBSHDJCIKSJ IM SO NORMAL

melodic. the most melodic out of the whole album i think? good good sound

2. consequences

these fucking starting cords/glitches/whatever RAAH

just all the glitches or whatever the fuck in this song AAAAAAAAhhHSGSGVXBBNSK

"or maybe its your laugh that keeps me up at night" 😭😭💞💞💞🥺🥺🥺🥺💘💘💘💘

"so pain fully PUNCTUAL" SHXGSJSIO RAAAAAH YES THE ALLITERATION THE FUXHBWBD RHRHHRHRHRHRHRHR

"drink i've had too much to think" MY FAVOURITE TYPE OF FUCKING LYRIC OF ALL TIME YE SYES YES THANK YOU WILBUR SOOT AND LOVEJOY

"whats this the consequences of my actions now" x10 in my head on repeat

3. it's golden hour somewhere

ILL BE REAL THE "I WON'T ANNOUNCE MY SHEER DESCENT BUT HOLY FUCK THERE WILL BE SIGNS" IS ALMOST THE ONLY REASON ITS SO HIGH

the buildup to chorus is the second one

AND THE DROP OF IT TOO

"our father who art thou central Monterey" i like your funny words magic man <- smells like religious trauma to me <3

4. scum

i feel this one too hard </3

THE DISARRAY OF THE MUSIC THE CRASH BANG BAM BAM IDK JUST YES

"im scum im waste im what YOU WANT" smells like bpd to me so yeah

basically my mental illness likes this one

religious trauma too

"maybe he'll be jesas" ok <3

THE CLAUSTROPHOBIC HORIZON RRARGHSHRGHRHRHRHRHHRGR RABID RABID RABID

5. portrait of a blank slate

the BEST ep starter imo imo

"oh so happy, ohoh so happy" IM HAPPY TOO WILBUR YES THANK YOU SUCH WHIMSY IN HIS VOICE

"another hypoglycemic reaction" ok homeboy ily <33

"just let me stay" ghhhhhhhhh mental illnesses in my head

and the abrupt ending is just 10/10

6. call me what you like

its only here out of spite to my own brain cus it keeps jumping to a more familiar lyrics sequence </3

the song is a fucking banger tho

however not my favourite!

realistically its a four for me

[notahorseindisguise]

do you have a green day song you hate for no reason?

oh this is a gOOOD QUESTION. lemme think.

i dont think theres any i hate? although there are definitely some skips and some dislikes. and i also dont know the whole discography as well as id like to yet! so that is definitely partt of it. like, i probably dont even know some of my fave/least fave songs yet cause i dont listen to them enough.

however, warning! is a pretty mid album, for one. no real standouts, except for minority obviously, which bangs. then theres tre, which i really dont listen to much cause its just. a boring album really.

then theres father of all motherfuckers. ohhh, this album man. its club music. and i dont like it. imma be so real, its not even bad music?? its just. boring. and its SO not green day. its just out of character for them. its too like..... nothing. it says nothing.

i guess id say the song i dislike the most, and this is tough to say, is meet me on the roof from father of all motherfuckers. and im gonna be honest, i actually REALLY like this song. its funky, and its fun to listen to. however, i have higher standards for green day.

like, this is the chorus!! seriously, billie?? i expected bigger things from you man. i despise it when songs do that thing where they end lines with "girl", or "tonight", to give the lines a sense of completeness. idk how to explain it over text but, you get it. and it does both 😭😭 i listen to this song a lot because its very funky and its got good vibes. however its lyrics are just unbecoming of a green day song and that pisses me off

[transmasc-wizard]

Pretty please, the black parade Opinions

several people have said they want to hear my opinions on this which is pleasantly surprising!! so, i love every song on this album to death, and due to procrastination on having to pick something for the lowest spot, i decided to start with the Best one. also this took rlly long because i ended up re-listening to the whole album, whoops

1: Mama

cmon. fucking cmon. does this genuinely need to be defended like at all. this entire song altered my brain for real. the circusy music vibes?? the fucked up lyrics?? the emotions??? you should have raised a baby girl i should have been a better son?? perfection. 10000/10. fight me

2: House of Wolves

there is just so much stuff in this song, and it's all immaculate. from start to end you've got the most sound per sound you can possibly get, in the best way. AND!!! fucking AND!! it's got villain song vibes. 11/10 what more could you want

3: Famous Last Words

*choking back unspeakable emotions* yeah it's fine i guess

(11/10)

4: Dead!

this is partly so high because it's also got that great concentration of most sound per sound, but also for the sheer upbeat energy of such a macabre premise. i'm a sucker for that!!! also, it is a Blorbo Song. i have assigned it to an OC who is very dear to me and that boosts it up. (Hey. i said this would be biased). also the unhinged energies near the end are just the best <3 10/10

5: Welcome To The Black Parade

it's the album's namesake. it changes your brainwaves forever. it's vibes are impossible to replicate. even my parents know every word. i couldn't not put it in the top 5. caaaaaarrrryyyyyyy oooonnn-- 10/10

6: Kill All Your Friends

ah. we've come to the one I can't play in the car because of how concerning the lyrics are to my mother. look,,, i am a basic bitch. i hear a song that's upbeat and tragic and i love it!!! it's also got that nice sound-per-sound quality again. black parade songs in general are good at that. 10/10

7: This Is How I Disappear

it's angsty. it's angry. it lets you scream "FUCK" really loudly. it lets the writer brain run wild. it sounds deeply, deeply haunted. there's 38 seconds of guitar before you get a single word. it's perfect. 10/10

8: The Sharpest Lives

10/10. theres a place in the dark where the animals go you can take off your skin in the cannibal glow juliet loves the beat and the lust it commands drop the dagger and lather the blood on your hands romeo

9: My Way Home Is Through You

we're back at soooo much sound per sound!!! this one is more raw and angry and i love it for that. it does something to my brain i dont even know what but it just does. it's Also a blorbo song too. 10/10

10: Heaven Help Us

i've probably actually listened to this one the least, but that's because it literally overwhelms me to listen to for more than a few times in the row. istg it's a religious experience. 9/10

11: Teenagers

i sing this one in the car with my dad very very loudly :D it's a funky funky tune, it doesn't really give quite the same vibes as the rest of the album but I really like it! 8/10

12: The End.

i think it's integral to the Dead! experience!!!! that's why it's higher than some of the others that i actually liked a bit better. if you haven't listened to these songs back to back (The End. coming first) then you have not lived. but on its own, i really mostly like the part from "when i grow up i want to be nothing at all" -> onwards. 7/10

13: Sleep

i have. zero thoughts. not a single coherent thought about this song. it is just,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, skjdfkdgjskda.sfdsdf. to be clear the lack of thoughts isnt "oh its fine i guess :/" it's "i am physically incapable of getting my emotions into a coherent order over this" lol. 8/10

14: Disenchanted

really good!!!!!!!!! but I'm not a huge fan of the really calm opening or the way he sings at the very very start. however it gets really, like.... hypnotizing? after that, and then really powerful, and i just. <3 <3 <3 absolute solid 8/10 song that i still VERY MUCH enjoy despite it being all the way at 15 on this list skhfksdkjf. (Tho... A Secret.... i had a bit of an enemies to lovers arc with this one. i used to dislike it.) 8/10

15: I Don't Love You

a good song but not one i'd listen to for hours on repeat like some of the others. I think it's got some REALLY banger moments but it could have been More bangery, you know?? still a solid 7/10 though

16: Blood

another funky one!!!!!! it's really fun and makes me laugh a bit, especially "i'm such an awful FUUUUUUUCK!!". however (and i know this is bc it's a hidden track but still) i can't stand the minute of silence at the start skjdfhksdjf, i like to loop my songs for constant Noises and i can't do it w/this one. 6.5/10 again

17: Cancer

objectively it's a good song but for subject matter reasons it tends to make me very very sad, so it's a lower one on the list. nothing against the song though it's so good but it genuinely makes me close to crying lmao. so i don't listen to it very much at all. 6/10

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and that has been Black Parade Opinions with Nico!!! if anyone bothers me some more i will do the sweet revenge, conventional weapons & danger days opinions as well

(i,,,, have not listened to bullets. whoops)

[cherryblossomsno1fan]

part 2 of bsd characters except it's conversations/things me and my friends have said

Chuuya: piss on the principal and say "transphobe" and leave

Fyodor: I heard piss

Dazai: oh. my. god.

Dazai: THIS SERVER ISTG

Fyodor: HELP HAGAHAHHEJSS

Chuuya: HELEPPAFGKOHJ

Dazai: HOW ARE WE ALL OBSESSED WITH PISS

Dazai: FUCK IT. WAR CRIMINALS HAS A PISS KINK.

Fyodor: We are obsessed with piss or making fun kf it

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Dazai: Make it a soliloquy for when its a rainy day and i want to feel like a badass widower, and then you can cum

Chuuya: hey what the fuck?? its two am

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Margaret: my humor is dry but my pussy is wet

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Chuuya: At least I haven’t been called twink here, my old friend used to call me that constantly. Not a bad thing but

Higuchi: isnt a twink something for gay men

Akutagawa: Twink is a weak ass bottom

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Ranpo: fan behavior

Yosano: growls

Kunikida: not the fan behavior-

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Dazai: KUNIKIDA WHY WOULD YOU FUCK ME OVER LIKE THIS

Chuuya: heh bottom

Dazai: we both know perfectly well it's not like that.

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Atsushi: DID YOU JUST CALL ME A TWINK

Akutagawa: are you deaf aside from a coward?

Atsushi: NO PLEAH DID YOU ACTUALLY CALL ME A TWINK

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Hawthorne: i have to shit so fucking badly but i’m in church

Mark: shit on the pastor

Margaret: IM CRYONG HELPS

Lucy: burn the church.

Steinbeck: arson😩😩😩

Hawthorne: i think i might literally shit my pants

Lucy: burn the church

Steinbeck: burn the church

Hawthorne: it’s like squeezing out my ass hole

Mark: poo on the pastor

Poe: run to the bathroom in all seriousness

Margaret: IM CRYONGE

Hawthorne: i cant their praying rn

Hawthorne: so i can’t really run

Mark: waddle

Margaret: tears will start running out of my eye sockets if you shit yer pants

Lucy: say “UwU pastor sama i have to take a poopoo, please let me go shitty witty in the toilet, I’ll pray to sky daddy tonight nya”

Poe: NO

Mark: NYA?????

Steinbeck: IDEK WHAT TO SAY

Louisa: WHAT IS HAPPENING

Margaret: thats it here comes the tears

Poe: MARGARET'S ACTUALLY CRYING HELP

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Gin: HC my wifi has a praise kink

Gin: “Such good wifi” Works better

Akutagawa: i have a praise kink

Gin: wha

Akutagawa: i also have a degradation kink

Gin: same

Akutagawa: idk how that works but

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Margaret: I’m gonna ride Jesus like the wind

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Dazai probably: it's cunnilingus but for buttholes

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Kunikida to the ADA talking about someone (for the scenario let's say it's Fyodor):holy shit he is the single most annoying person ever AND IVE MET YOU GUYS

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Kyouka: fuck you and your privileged shoes!

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Kenji: the square is the sandwich.

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Dazai, texting Kunikida: my ass is made out of armadillos.

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Kunikida: no i'm not gonna write a box of condoms.

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Q: you made my teeth wiggle! bitch!

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Yosano: silence twinkymalinky

Ranpo: WHAT'S WITH THE TWINK RELATED INSULTS

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Dazai: What are you doing step bro

Chuuya: help me get out of this fucking washing machine dazai or so god help me i'm telling mom what a slut you are

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Chuuya: bitch person

Q: bitch person

Chuuya: yes i can't call you bitchboy you're nonbinary

Q: PLS

Dazai: bitch enby?

Chuuya: no, bitch person

Mori: Bitch human

Kouyou: that would be assuming Q is human

Q: im not sure at this point

Dazai: Bitch god

Chuuya: bitch being

Mori: yeah

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Atsushi: I hate it here.

Akutagawa: good.

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Nikolai, as a joke: list of Fyodor's kinks - tear kink - piss kink - scat kink - mold kink - dirty water kink - electricity kink - mommy kink - cockroach toilet flushing kink - marking kink - horse kink - hussie kink

Sigma: jesus christ

Sigma: COCKROACH TOILET FLUSHING KINK?????????

Dazai: sounds about right

Sigma: IDEK WHAT THAT IS

Fyodor: IHY

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Chuuya: i'd step on someone if they steal from me

Elise: no spray febreeze in their eyes

Gin: no you gotta K.O them

Higuchi: i dont like confrontation but i dont mind having to use violence

Hirotsu: im pretty sure the devil is scared of you

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Ranpo: genuinely think that the one lyric in the song up by cardi b is "i said my face bomb ass tight rack stuck and shat light" bc i haven't looked up the actual lyrics and at this point i don't think that looking them up will stop me from continuing to sing these lyrics.

Yosano: you.

Yosano: ok

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Lucy: ok 2013 humor i didnt ask for your input

Atsushi: what else am i supposed to say?? good for you?? break a leg?? don't die?? what the fuck

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Ranpo: we ate ,,, lamp

Ranpo: *lamb

Poe: l

Poe: lanp

Ranpo: ??

Poe: lap

Ranpo: lamnpl

Ranpo: we ate goat

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Tetchou: psst

Jouno: Oh no

Tetchou: gay

Jouno: What about it

Tetchou: nothing just gay

Jouno: Stares

Jouno: Same

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Tachihara: i have never had boba

Tachihara: it looks funky

Gin: It tastes amazing

Tachihara: do you like swallow the balls or bite them

Gin: Either way

Tachihara: shit that sounds weird out of context

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Yosano: it's wonky! it is- it's fucking wonky! none of this is straight and i can relate to that!

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Louisa: my only experience with boba was when i once went into a boba shop and ordered,,, coffee

Poe: You

Poe: What

Louisa: yeah,,,

Poe: WHY COFFEE

Louisa: ok so kind of a long story

Louisa: i was in a coffee shop before but i accidentally ordered a drink that wasn't coffee but i wasn't gonna ask my friends to go back to the coffee place to get coffee and they wanted to go get boba so i saw there that they also had coffee and i was like "Oh i'm gonna get that"

Louisa: it tasted like black tea with milk

Louisa: not coffee

Louisa: so it was an absolute scam

[thefangirl-16-blog]

Ranting about Every Wide Smile

(that is currently in my playlist)

So I have a playlist of 20 different versions of wide smile and I'm bored so I'm gonna talk about them (cos I've got a mostly free day today and I'm procrastinating) also i worte this as I was listen to each versions so some have way more than others, sorry

1983 Workshop

I cant understand 90% of what he's saying but what i can hear i really like. But i mean its Michael and he's great so of course he sounds good lol. The context of this version's very different since it would go there U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D. is the final show and really wish i could hear it better cos the lyrics are definitely different and id really like to know they are. Also also I love much he gets into it

OLC Cast Recording

I listen to this one almost everyday lol. I have clear Michael Staniforth bias but can you blame me? idk what to say about this one, its just really great lol

Japan/Australia Tour 1987 album

The intro from Bway onwards is somehow giving both 14 year old writes edgy poetry and actually being kinda cool and idk how. This one does kinda sound like he's just singing instead acting it at all but that could also just be me. Like the way he says this red C will not divide a lot

London 1988

Okay unpopular opinion time but this is low-key my second favourite wide smile. Idk i just really like his energy also its very elctraboose-y to me so that's probably a big factor as well. "You naughty know it boy" my beloved. They way he says no way makes the brain very happy which is a weird thing to focus on i know lol

1989 Bochum Press Rehearsal

Rip Electra's Mic in the opening. I love the way cb moves so much also the way hes like red caboose:D at certain points - very cute. Mini handshake for the win HANDSTAND CARTWHEEL THINGY

Broadway 1988

TODD LESTER MY BELOVED <3 my absolute fave version no competition. THE SPILTS!!!! incredible. Gets one point off for Electra's brush hair tho. "I admire you soo" and "GREASEBAWL". The way he says rail disaster lives rent free in my way and can't explain and the hiding in the back of the freight train bit, basically all of it lol. Also im trying not to focus too much on visuals but love the choreography. V. good electraboose handshake as well. The little bit at the end with even more pop culture references is low-key incomprehensible half way through but i cant help but love it. "Sleep tight sleepy head, the red caboose is under your bed"

Bochum 1989

This somehow has less pixels than my beloved london boot. Idk how i feel about his laugh at the start still a very funky little guy tho. Nothing really stands out too much but its still very soild (as if theres a bad version this song) does the red ca-BOOSE thing at one point

US Tour 1990

I really like the way his voice sounds but idk how to articulate why. He gets the longer ending again which i really enjoy

'National Tour' 1990 (might also be US Tour)

Voice doesnt really scream cb to me but I dont dislike it either very different take on the handshake bit vocally but since I'm listening to these all at once, it's a welcome change

Bochum 1991 Album

The opening 2 seconds gives me life. Not sure about how i feel about it just kinda starting tho. He seems kinda quiet? at the beginning but i like him the longer it goes on tbh. He's just a funky little man here and i love it also he basically yells red caboose and i love that

honestly I have no idea what year this is Bochum

This one is defiantly in the wrong place in the playlist lol. I wish I had more to say about this one, it's just very solid but this is another one where nothing really stands out too much. I like his little laugh at the end tho

1991 Bochum

Another one that moves in a very cb way idk how to explain it but it juts screams cb to me lol. Love his voice as well. The way he say red caboose is so great. Handstand-cartwheel-thingy my beloved <3. Love his laugh as well

Bochum 2001

Very mixed emotions on this ceeb. Definitely think he goes way too far his laugh, he does sound pretty gremlin-y but im not sure if it's in a cb way? idk how to explain it. This Electra wig is just bad I'm sorry. Gets props for being the last video that I've found with the handshake. I think I've been too mean on this one, he's not BAD im just not sure if the vibes is right i guess?

Bochum 2003/4

The first handshake-less wide smile video. Also the audio on this insanely loud for some reason? it's got nothing to do with the performance tho. A nice ceeb, I enjoy. Electra puts his hand on CB's shoulder at end and i'm counting that as an electraboose moment now

Bochum 2003/4 (but a different one)

That moment when you realise this footage might be as old as you. fdjbjdkbgkbfkdb i hate having nothing say. He's good but nothing really stands out that much after it cut down imo so it makes the later ones hard

Bochum 2004

You can tell his guy is faking the laugh :/ he does just sound like he's say hahaha. Electra rolling the r in red sound is cool tho. This ceeb low-key did a little laugh-word thing on one of his red's and that's cute, i like that

Bochum 2015

Nice laugh in the beginning, still hate that they somehow made it shorter again and less electraboose stuff. He definitely does the red caBOOSE thing and I love that so much. There is lowkey electraboose at the end tho which is good (i mean they stand now to each but you know - im easily pleased)

English Charity Gala Bochum 2017

I don't really love Dan's CB that much tbh. His voice just doesn't really fit for me? love his can't explain. He has a v. good laugh tho, especially at the end

London Workshop 2017

Okay don't @ me but I really like this guy as BV, like i don't really like him the rest of the workshop but I do really like his wide smile. The way he says back and track is so great and idk why. "Ain't that rich". The vibe is very different from the ceebs but i think that really fits BV so im not complaining

Bochum 2018

I hinted this before, but I think Dan is a better BV than CB imo. Didn't say this before but I love that it's longer again (now give them a handshake as well). Dan's high notes absolutely give me life

[mikaze-discord]

OG Heavens: Love letters

For these Heavens posts, I had reached out to a few people who just never ended up responding. With projects like these, please at least hear them out, you don't have to do it because I know its a huge project but at least tell them you won't be doing it instead of ghosting them. But apart from that little road block, this project was really fun!!

Please enjoy under the cut!!!!

EIICHI OTORI

From @milkmateartist:

I have always leaned towards megane characters and Eiichi is no exception. However, it's not often you see idols wearing glasses, and that is something I appreciate about Eiichi's design. His color palette also intrigues me since I love deep shades of blue. His royal blue jacket is very attractive, and the way he pops the collar also makes me go "kya!".  His voice is also very sexy as well and is pleasing to the ear uwu. I love how egoistic he is too. Being incredibly ambitious he has been able to reach amazing heights that surpass other idols. The one thing that seems to make him unique though is that he really gets zealous and overly passionate when it comes to the power of music, so much that it makes him physically tremble. You could get high off that shit literally. His entire being is centered around being an idol, and all the components of him go above and beyond the requirements. It's not just a job for him or something that simply makes an earning or brings satisfaction. It's pretty much everything to him. For that reason he has made it to the top. There is also the component where he's lonely and isolated emotionally that interests me. Despite being a beloved idol, he clearly didn't get the love he needed growing up. Even though he had Eiji I feel as though his nature was more to protect Eiji and shield him from whatever terrors would arise. I admire his ability to come through all of that and pay attention to the things he really cared about. Eiichi can be himself, his strange, sexy self, but also he acknowledges the lonesome darkness within too. I think that component makes him incredibly powerful.

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While appearing to be a bad guy in the anime (at least), Eiichi seemed to be that typical bad boy idol that would steal away Haruka from the main group. The time when he approached Haruka and took her by the chin is a perfect example. How dare this new guy just think he can have his way with our protagonist!  To be honest I liked that aspect about him a bit. While I can't remember my first impression of Eiichi aside from not knowing how to feel about that, he slowly grew on me. He had the appearance of just another selfish idol, demonstrated by swiping the mic away from the announcer at one of his concerts and immediately declaring their foreseen victory. So far that looked rather bland to me, and I was still cheering for STARISH. They really made him out to look like some bad guy who would not play fair and do whatever he could to take the throne (and the girl).  It's not surprising his glasses shine adds to his 'freaky antagonist' vibe that the show seemed to try to give off, but however for me I love the glasses beam, thus having the opposite effect.

And then there is the Next Door episode. Now here's where we got to see more of Eiichi aside from when the HEAVENS Dragon demolished the entire stadium. Aside from kya-ing over the EiichiOtoya content (especially where he goes behind otoya and covers his eyes), I got to see more of him here. It surprised me that someone so cocky and confident was actually the same depressed, lonely person that Otoya was. But it was also evident to me as well that he did care about the effect it had on Otoya as well after he sort-of-well mind broke him. I like how he is ambitious but also still caring, as compared to an antagonist that would stop at nothing to achieve their goal regardless of how much pain they cause.

I also enjoy Eiichi because I feel like I can roleplay him well. Usually for me, roleplay has to achieve some kind of goal since I tend to be business oriented. I think to some degree I'm able to practice being a eboy idol through Eiichi, as I do enjoy charming the fans. It also helps that I can naturally play characters with an inflated ego who enjoy charming people.

From @/egoisticCEO on twt:

July 2019. When Eiichi was first introduced to me via his voice, I hated him from the very beginning. His singing, his appearance, his personality – everything about him made me despise him. It’s funny looking back and seeing how quickly my attitude changed towards him, realising I’d been biased against him because of a friend. Finding more about him, hate turned to interest. It seemed like his life hadn’t been the best. Maybe that was why he acted in such a way? Interest turned to liking him more. Maybe I’d misunderstood him. I’d made the mistake of taking him at surface level.

December 2019. Like was slowly turning to love. More and more, I found myself looking at him instead of my current favourites. I found myself wanting him to actually be a part of Egoistic. Once I started devouring HEAVENS Radio and unveiling his true character, it was shocking how quickly I fell. He truly acted like a father to everyone in his band. Giving them what he never received. Everything was for them to thrive.

2020. With how much I was at home, it only made sense I grew more obsessed. I found Life with Thanks’ translation. “We’re irreplaceable to him,” he tells us, and that made me certain that his heart wasn’t as evil as some people liked to believe. He’s a caretaker, someone who wants everyone to feel like they matter. Even at his own expense. Instead of selfish, he’s selfless.

I related to him more than I have to any character – it was comforting. Seeing someone have no choice but to put on a brave face, even when his confidence was at an all time low. 2020 got a lot harder for me, but when I recovered, Eiichi was like a home to go back to. Time and time again, I’d have to break away, but I’d always be invited back in by that stupid smirk and overexaggerated ego and the warmest heart you could ever find. Every scene I watched with him would make me smile. I’d tease him to myself. I still do.

2021. That brings us to now. I can’t see my love for this one of a kind man dying any time soon. I don’t want it to, either. Just looking at him makes me happy! He’s the type of character with so many facets to his personality that you can keep digging and never reach the end. So, in conclusion, I hope I never stop finding new things out about this wonderful idiot. More than anything, he deserves all the love he gives to others, and I’d love to provide it tenfold.

KIRA SUMERAGI

From Anon: 

Many have their reasons to love their favorite characters. As for me, why Kira Sumeragi is my favorite character is because there are several things about him that I can relate myself to and there are a few qualities he has that I like about him. If many do not know about Kira that much, they’d look at who he is. He may look intimidating at first and may not talk much, when in actuality, Kira is a considerate, dependable, and mindful guy. Mainly, he is the type of guy that lets his actions do the explaining. He is a hard worker, as an idol, he looks after his bandmates, HEAVENS, like family. It’s like what Eiichi said in HEAVENS Radio about Kira, “he is HEAVENS’ pride!” Although he may not say much, Kira is very observant of his surroundings and never hesitates in his decisions. The members of HEAVENS understand and acknowledge Kira, knowing that he means well.

You can even tell in his solo music! Although there are only two solo songs for Kira, if you read the lyrics carefully, Kira’s thoughts and feelings are shown. Kira always knew that if he cannot explain his feelings through words, then he’ll let his songs and his actions do it for him for you to see.  Although the anime doesn’t show much of Kira, the only way to get to know him more is through HEAVENS Radio, also drama CDs like Paradise Lost, and other media like LINE Messenger Japan. There’s still much that I’d want to know about him, but as a start, these things are what makes Kira my favorite character for HEAVENS.

From Anon: 

Aside from my huge bias towards OnoD the first thing that drew my attention to Kira was his design. Dark haired anime boys with bright eyes have such a vibe and I loved how mysterious he was set up to be in season 2. But the thing that really hooked me a lot was the found family that Heavens became over the progression of the anime.

Particularly since people in the fandom have a bunch of funky headcanons about Kira being the mom friend in the group, which is incredibly wholesome. Kira’s very quiet and reserved but clearly holds a deep caring for his group members and does what he can when needed which is one of the reasons why he became so loveable for me.

NAGI MIKADO

From @/_PXRFECTIONIST on twt: 

If I managed to stan Nagi, so will you.

Greetings. I present to you, once more, a story of how I came to love a character that I wished I threw hands with.

So.

Nagi Mikado.

The possible only utapri character that Shinomiya oshis despise. Thanks to what happened in the anime.

Truth be told, I too was one of them. Until I came to love Both Shinomiya and Nagi. Reason?

Research.

Ya see, it is universally agreed upon that the way Nagi was pushing and pulling at Shinomiya's trauma and DID was… Not okay. So I said "yeah okay what an obnoxious kid i dont think ill ever like him lol" especially since I never come to really warm up to people younger than me.

Boy was I wrong.

My heart really sways easily when I go deep into characters, and why they act the way they are. And also because I chose to roleplay as him, but let's not. Speak of that.

(its actually the main reason i like him in the first place who am i fooling)

Nagi is… Indeed obnoxious, and really has bad manners that are covered up by his cute looks and fame, especially since he's one of the original HEAVENS members, but once you get to really know him.. It makes sense why he's being such a brat. And that is sort of endearing. And knowing how his group is like family to him too, it becomes harder and harder to completely dislike him.

….

He really is a boss man.

He knows what he wants, and how to get it. He knows how to get people to like him without handing over the tiniest sliver of his weaknesses. He acts in his own way that shapes his personality to suit him, yet still manages to be caring and helpful, even if it's hard to see tenderness and good will through his aggression.

Reading his solo lyrics, listening to the drama CDs, even thinking of headcanons due to lack of lore, it all slowly comes together like a lovely parfait to suddenly make you realize..

'Wow…'

'I really do like that rat.

[starlesscitiess]

Hey chance what is your favourite water parks song

OKAY OKAY OKAY SO

yall better know by now that i could NEVER pick just one its just not fair okay

and i want to ramble so

my favourite songs from each waterparks album (+eps cause duh (not including 1 cause i havent heard it im sorry)) with explanations

lets go

airplane conversations

i was hiding under your porch because i love you 

i will admit this is purely for self-indulgent nostalgia reasons. it reminds me of fall out boy and fall out boy = 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 so yknow,,,,

S C R E A M I N G??? YES????

black light

night maps 

the opening is like ✨✨spooky✨✨ i love it sm

“shouldacouldawouldbeenthelastonesto bleedthefuturewhOoOOaAa”

awsteb,,,,,, voi cE ,, pr e t  t 

im a natural blue 

this is just a no brainer its so gOOD I,,,,, REEEEEEE 

i love the guitar smmmm

“i know that not everybody wants to be different, but this is getting riDICULOUS”

hehe futurey vibe w the lil bleep bloop noises

cluster

mad all the time

its just,, such a mood,, tired all the time? mad all the time? i dont feel lucky in here buried in my head? i feel most safe in my bedroom? so keep out of my room cause i think ive seen enough of you today??? same

would you believe me if i said the “ah ah”s werent part of the reason? no? yeah neither would i

it feels like exactly what its trying to express which is brilliant 

g u i t a r (god bless geoff wigington)

“oH wOah (wait shit)”

pink

the whole first verse is just,,,, perfect

chorus. also perfect

more electronicky beep boop :D

THE BUILDUP??? BETWEEN THE BRIDGE AND CHORUS???? YES???

dubsteppy bit 🥺🥺🥺

lil tiny quiet bit 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

crave

the drUMS (gOD BLESS OTTO WOOD???)

maybe just a lil bit cause of the music video 

gimme that blessed geoff singing content fuck yeah ill slorp it up 😩

THE ONE GUITAR BIT TOO???? LIKE SORRY AWSTEN UR TAKING A BIT OF A STEP BACK FOR THIS ONE SONG

double dare

gloom boys

maybe just a lil bit cause of the mv too,, (lord knows im obsessed with that fucking “slow down jellybean” line)

THE GUITAR??? ICONIC

BASS??? ALSO ICONIC

its just so goddamn catchy f u c k

i ADORE the way the chorus like s o a r s in a way i could never capture like yes u go u funky lil dyed hair man

“on my ceiling,,,, yEAH-”

in fact dont even ask me to pick a lyric theyre all gorgeous

stupid for you

listen,,, we know how that relationship ended up but look me in the eye and tell me this isnt just the cutest fucking thing ya ever did hear????

THIS IS AWSTENS FUCKING MOMENT OKAY I HAVE NEVER BEEN DISAPPOINTED BY ANY PERFORMANCE OF STUPID FOR YOU EVER

seriously i wish someone wouldve written this for me it just 🥺🥺🥺

GET THEM HIGH NOTES FUCK YEAH

ALSO??? VOCAL??? RUNS????

i am literally in love w the music video so i mean

royal

the drums are actually amazing help

THE CHORUS SO CATCHY FUCK YEAH-

“cause i worked myself to death, dont believe me ask geoff” *points to geoff* 🥺🥺🥺

RELATABLE AS FUCKKKKKKKK

nananananananana nananananananana

jfc ive already written so much

entertainment

11:11 

WHEN THE DRUMS START THAT IS LIKE A WHOLEASS SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE RIGHT THERE

this is such a great song to be sad to????

nostalgia for absolutely no reason levels are off the charts-

not warriors

i just love the way it starts it makes me so happy

this has some of the best lyrics ive like ever heard (yes im biased and what of it)

“but hey for what its worth, i think you saved my life” we just gonna ignore how accurate that is

haha nice reference to,,, your own songs,,

its just? so pure???

we need to talk 

its boppy but like in a sad way yknow??

“cause you shine brighter than morning... at least i thought you did”

the,,, th e ,, l i dd, ol g i g,,, th, e g i gg, le,,,,,,,

“fuck me” idk why i think thats so funny but it is

fandom

dream boy

actually just slaps. 10/10

but also?? the lyrics?? discussing an unhealthy expectation from fans that is built completely on each individual fans emotional needs and is therefore unlikely to be fulfilled for everyone??? A+ i love it

another example of the song sounding like exactly what its trying to express. its almost overproduced, larger than life, built to sound almost fake just like what its trying to condemn through sarcasm, especially in the video. incredible. love it. 

i felt younger when we met

“i said i loved you to death/so i must be dead” is such a gutpunch of an opener. hits you right away

the entire chorus is just great

HOO BOY THE PRE-CHORUS. THE F U C KIN G-

again an amazing song to be sad/have a mental breakdown to no i dont speak from experience what do you mean

the transition into cherry red is fucking genius okay

high definition

where do i even start

its just so perfect. relatable even if youve never experienced the exact thing hes referring to. honest, understated, emotional, heartbreaking. 

every single time you listen to it a different line hits you

yet another song to cry to

awsten was not lying when he said this was the best song hes ever written

feels like holding a vigil for yourself. 

overall just... perfect 

anyway that was probably way too long and annoying and you probably wont read all of it but like,,, goddamn i needed to ramble. thank you soooooo much for the ask and have a wonderful day 💜🥺

[ain]

Hello! i sent you russian recs before and i hope they helped you! this is like the first time i see someone be so enthusiastic about learning russian, im sure your mom will come around and if not the most important thing is what makes you happy, i hope you're feeling better

Утро is so good!! im so glad you liked it! 🥺 and i got more for you

Кино is a legendary band, even though I'm not that big of a fan, you might like some of their songs

there are bands that are generally well-known, like Нервы (i think some of the most popular songs are Самый дорогой человек and Слишком влюблен) and Би-2 (they're not necessarily in the same category though)

the hatters have some good songs but im not sure which ones really to recommend tbh, maybe Танцы or Да, со мной не просто, they're pretty funky

Аффинаж have a unique sound id say, i recommend their songs Солнце and Звездолет

some random songs from my playlist: Черные очки by Комсомольск, Молчи by кис-кис, Не спеши performed by Анна Герман (or Муслим Магомаев, his version is very beautiful too)

also i recently revisited some artists that were popular way back then, so if you want a song to be super sad to Бесполезно by Валентин Стрыкало is perfect

lastly seeing that you like Аквариум id recommend checking out songs from old soviet movies, they all unlock never before known emotions, songs like Нежность, Со мною вот что происходит, Последняя поэма

this is kind of all over the place i apologize hsjakam

Good luck with your studies btw!!!! you're doing great from what i saw on your blog <3

hi !!! i know this is literally months late but i was keeping it bc i wanted to listen to the songs in moments of crisis TM to keep me warm ! that sounds so silly but like the romanticism of listening to new songs recommended by a stranger askdjfh thank you so so much for these !!! i’ll tell you what i think of each of therm !

Кино - theyre not necessarily my style either but Бездельник (the first one) is so good honestly !! i think theyre one of those bands you have to listen to the whole discography of to get to the hidden gems sdhf also i read some of their history and Oh My God ok i get why theyre legendary now sdkhd

Нервы - this isn’t really my style :( i think the voice is too nasally ? idk it’s just not my thing but i can see how it would be appealing !!

Би-2 - sort of similar to Кино sdhds like they have some really good things but not a lot which makes me think i have to go through their songs and find the rly good things !!

the hatters -  Танцы sounds like it has great music video potential omg it almost reminds me of caravan palace by lone digger ? same vibes ksdhf .  со мной не просто is rly good i genuinely like this one !!! it has supervillain vibes in the best way !! it cheered me up a bit :) it’s so upbeat 

Аффинаж - the intro for Солнце is so good + it’s so atmospheric !! the lyrics are so poetic too !! Звездолет too !! it has poetically dystopian vibes sdkhf i think in terms of actual sound and lyrics they’re really good !! the неееееебо плечом задев на землю просыпал снег ~ и еееей на снегу пишу - то, что, боюсь, не скажу bit is physically healing me for some reason sdjfj ill add this to my playlist !

Черные очки by Комсомольск - i genuinely dont know why this hits but it does !!! 

Молчи by кис-кис - this is very sad and the lyrics are so well written but it also sounds ,, politically charged ? it kind of sounds like what the youth people in my country would sing if they were allowed musical freedom idk how to explain it sjdf

Не спеши makes me wants to dance in the kitchen tenderly with a lover at midnight with it on a record player asjdhf i am having feelings !!

Бесполезно by Валентин Стрыкало - i actually listened to this before ?? omg i didnt realise sdhf i have it saved !! but anyway без меня всё будет так же так же как со мной осколки звёзд сорвутся с неба и исчезнут king im going to cry valentin did that <3 valentin strykalo handshake claude debussy : beat drops !

also this is completely absurd but im listening to Последняя поэма as im typing this and i dont know why but im literally in tears !! like physically i am crying maybe its pent up emotions ?? either way i just ,, im feeling things dkshf its os gentle i want to tell this song “thanks for the hug”

thank you so so so so so so so much for everything !!!! im sorry i was so late w responding :(( i love asks like this so much !!! i appreciate it a lot :) 

[kalakilo]

the empty text box answer hall of fame

over 400 of y’all took my stupid uquiz. why.

an anon ask requested me to show my favourite answers to the little text box at the end so i spent like two and a half hours going through every single answer AGAIN since i hadn’t screenshotted any while looking through them the first time. you idiots are so funny and lovely people and here is a big post going through some iconic answers. i hope this can be entertaining but also it is mostly just for me lol

first of all, in one of the questions i mention that i often leave “i fucked ur mom” in the empty text boxes at the end of most uquizes. this then resulted into 43 of you leaving “i fucked ur mom” in the textbox in some way or another and one person asking: “i wonder how many people wrote “i fucked ur mom” after what you said earlier”. some favourite variations of this include:

as a wise uquiz maker once said “I fucked ur mom”

to quote u, i fucked ur mom <3

i fucked your mom but i thought it was you anyways the pussy was bomb

as I was fucking your mom, I realised that I truly am the sexiest bitch alive

i didn’t fuck your mom, but i did make sure she got home safely <3

and a bonus i also enjoyed: Can you ask your mom if she’s single

no, my mother is not single, and i really hope none of you actually fucked her. that being said i laughed at these every time thank you so much

these next ones i just want to talk about even though the original sender will most likely not even see them. or they just need some context. i just need peace of mind

the first question of the quiz was my favourite one to do because kpop songs are sometimes absolutely fucking bonkers and i wanted to showcase that it was hilarious!!!! i can confirm that not all kpop is like that. i specifically chose the funky ones because i think it does add to character and that is something that i can simultaneously enjoy and also laugh at. but kpop also has amazing lyrics!! it’s not all one thing and kpop is super diverse. i didn’t personally know some of the songs i put in there, i just knew their funky lyrics so i cannot speak for fm but also what the fuck was that song

as you should. carry on. i was very threatening with “do not leave it empty you bitch”

this one was just cute!! idk if you’re going to see this person who sent it but my native language is finnish. chuu is an icon.

one of my questions was if you were a wizard what would you say when you cast a spell and one of those answers was fuck you. this person took it to the next level and i loved it so much i couldn’t stop smiling at this one

listen i’m fuckin trying

this person just completed the assignment. left me a wonderful love letter

and last but not least, this person did everything i told them to do in the actual question. a+ incredible performance!!!

if i could i’d put in all the screenshots i took but since there is a photo limit i believe, i will just write them out exactly as they are. moving on, here are just some random ones that i really enjoyed:

i’m your father, luke

i am so sad, i dont have enough white beads to make a little 3d seed beed chicken sitting down ): i even arranged all the beads i stole from my mom by color, it took me 3 days, and now i cant even make a little chicken ): a little seed beed chicken )’:

you’ll meet the king of fungi in 34 days

today i managed tp find the nether fortress and collect 10 blazerods. im about to beat minecraft for the forst time in my life

Dude every question of this was a riot I love you

Bro I’m just here for the vibe

I think dogs should be able to vote

i killed a man lol

Pebis.

jack sparrow pirates of the caribbean was confirmed some flavor of homo way back when which means HE was disney’s first gay character yet they refuse to give pirates of the caribbean the credit it deserves and they refuse to my calls where I try and tell them they simply must have jack sparrow pirates of the caribbean kiss a man directly on the lips in the next movie

ehhhhhh I’m evil penis boy im gonna steal your penis

I love you, no homo. The homo costs extra

Yo check this out *<|:) he’s in a party hat

theres way too many kpop references in this quiz

\_/____ it’s a slug

that was the weirdest quiz i’ve taken in a while and i truly enjoyed it

My cat is meowing at me i thin i’m going to die today

FUCK (are you pleased)

I wish I was a nac Mac feegle but more than that I wish I could enjoy being a nac Mac feegle

I forgot what this quiz is about already

I hated these questions and have lost 10000 years of my life answering them (no but thanks for the quiz!!!)

on god I was gonna choose the ‘cuddling stray kittens’ option for the how do u sleep question but then I remembered that I actually did sleep in a refrigerator box on my bedroom floor for months when I was like 9 :/ throwback!!!

when i was 7 i put my hand in a food processor while it was running to “see what would happen” and somehow im 28 and still have all my fingers and toes

this last one deserves its own moment. it’s the best message i got:

congrats on the phd doctor bitch!!!

along with all of these messages, i got a lot of song recs (thank you sm!!) and i got so many lovely messages from people saying they liked the quiz or just other generally nice things and i can’t explain how much serotonin these answers have given me. just wanna thank everyone who took the time to write something in there i loved it!!!!!!!

[tomorrow-human]

MY THOUGHTS ON iDKHOW'S ALBUM DEBUT: RAZZMATAZZ

So I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME have just released RAZZMATAZZ today and heres what I think...

[SIDE A]

¹LEAVE ME ALONE:

A bombastic opening track. Was released in the beginning of August...? Probably? This song just SCREAMS at you with retro futuristic funkiness. It has 8-bity flourishes in the instrumentation and seems to be maybe talking to the same person as Choke (from 1981 E.P.) and the title track Razzmatazz have been (or maybe a separate entity as suggested by the vinyl booklet and Indoctoration?).

Anyway, fantastic track, great opener, and nice mood-setter.

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²INDOCTORATION:

It's... eerie. It's not a song in the same sense as Leave Me Alone, despite having a wobbly backing track. It's a spoken interlude that seems to be initiating you into Tellex maybe? It yet again mentions the White Shadows that will be overseeing your progress with Tellex. It seems oddly nostalgic for some reason. That's strange. Overall, solid little piece of lore building that really reinforces the concept aspects.

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³MAD IQs:

It's the first song from this album that wasn't released as a single and it made my jaw literally drop. It has a similar lyrical and vocal structure to the opener and New Invention, but what I like is how much they were able to do with it, though it makes you wonder about how far apart these songs were written; but In the context of the albums concept and the Tellex stuff however, it could be interpreted as a corporate decision, this repetition. The minimal instrumentation in the verses with Ryan's sturdy drumming and Dallon's bassline makes me go fucking bananas. It's so fucking great and full of this punchy energy. And the HARMONIES. YES. "Voluntary victim~" "I'm burning~ in your mad IQs" SIR STOP BEING SO VOCALLY TALENTED. Also I think i heard him shriek right before the bridge which? Snazzy. So Mad IQs, energetic track, filled with more of iDKHOWs signature darkness.

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⁴NOBODY LIKE THE OPENING BAND:

Ah yes, Opening Band. Ironic considering how often iDKHOW are the opening band, but I'm sure that's obvious, seeing how they usually sing this one at the start of their gigs. It was actually (I think) the first or second song I didn't know how but found through youtube so I might be pretty biased here. It's a sweet sounding change of pace with the instrumentation being made up of only the piano and tambourine that tells of a typical opening band, that no ones ever heard before and likely will never hear again, via a sympathetic narrator with a hint of the typical iDKHOW teasing. In all honesty, it would've worked better as the album opener, which then could've been followed by Leave Me Alone, but it's a nice change of pace overall.

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⁵NEW INVENTION:

I already reviewed this song on my other blog right here so imma keep this brief. It shares similar aspects to Leave Me Alone, with the music video concept and song structure, but It manages to darken the narrative, and the choir-esq harmonies sound like ultra bright neon lights that only push this mood further. It still is a magnificent song and by far one of my favourites in the album.

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⁶IN THE GALLOWS:

MASSIVE SHIFT IN STYLE HOLY FUCKOLY-. The track opens with a very cutesy old timey little piano intro and starts the verse with a little funny beat. If you don't listen to the lyrics, it sounds like a silly little oldie song. But as we all know, iDKHOW doesn't do silly. The lines "For you, I'd die▪︎Or kill myself▪︎which ever makes you smile," From just the first verse are a prime example of this. The narrators murderous and suicidal intentions have clouded the romantic attraction into obsession- And I kinda like that, in a poetic way. The chorus is a standout, with the calm start to the explosion in the line "I'd swing from the gallows and wave" that just swings at you with a baseball bat to the chest. Oh, and the sax solo? Magnificent. This whole song is a chefs kiss from me.

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⁷CLUSTERHUG:

I love the lyrics of this song the most of it all. It sounds like a rebellious teenager wrote it after thinking about how shit their hometown is and wanting to get out. It also incorporates how much the narrator would want to do all this with their crush, adding that slightly goofy and pretend-aloof chorus of "only if you'd like me to I could fall in love with you" as if they weren't already in love or at least that's how I see it. The vibe of this song is more pop-y than the rest of the album, but that's more likely because it was repurposed for Razzmatazz after being originally written for The Brobecks, their older band. It's a nice little tune :).

[SIDE B]

⁸SUGAR PILLS:

This. Will. Get. Stuck. In. Your. Head- and. You. Will. Like. It. Basically, just seems like a song about drugs that, for some reason, reminds me of Gorillaz (who I dont even listen to). But the BASSLINE AGAIN- Jesus help me live. It has more of that energy we saw with the first few tracks and adds even more electronic elements. It's probably my second favourite song from this album that's not a single because of how fun the chorus sounds. What else can I say? I can just imagine myself bopping to this in the car screaming 'SUGAR SUGAR SUGAR PILLS' On a hot day.

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⁹KISS GOODNIGHT:

It's so sweet 🥺. It's one of those songs I could imagine a character in a movie singing to someone from a stage. If you want pretty song vibes just listen to it. Because it is a pretty song. And that's all I have to say on it. Now allow me to take a moment and shove it into my pretty song playlist that acts like my personal lullaby machine.

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¹⁰LIGHTS GO DOWN:

Yes. F u n k y. Give me that sweet sweet disco energy, thank you. It's just filled with all these *☆~blingy and sparkly~☆* effects, and, combined with the drumming, the result is just glorious. The best part of this song is in my opinion the bridge where it goes darker lyrically and in sound that just naturally slides into another funky-ass sax solo. I can definitely see myself dancing to this at a party and then in later years growing nostalgic for those days.

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¹¹NEED YOU HERE:

It's supposed to be happy in tone and hopeful slightly but it just makes me sad. It's a song about how, because Dallon has to tour because it's his job, he has to be away from his family often. And he had nO RIGHT ADDING HIS DAUGHTERS VOCALS AND RECORDINGS INTO THE MIX ITS LIKE HE WANTS US TO CRY. It's not my favourite of the album, not going to lie here, but it's also such a sweet song with nice instrumentals and vibe 🥺 so that's all I'll say.

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¹²DOOR:

It seems like this one was written around the time sad ukulele music was really at its peak but am I complaining? Fuck no because this song is great. It just gives it to you straight, that if the narrator ever does anything that the recipient doesn't like, they can always cut them out of their life. It's nice in that regard- you don't usually get songs that don't try to deflect the pain or gain pity. We need more of these kinds of songs. The shortness of it really adds to the effect of this being more like a regularly said thing, even though I'm always a bit sad that it ends so fast. It does, however, nicely close the near end of the album before Razzmatazz.

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¹³TOMORROW PEOPLE:

Creepy Tellex thank-you note. You're welcome..? I want no part in your conspiracy tho. Go away weird American corporate man voice.

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¹³RAZZMATAZZ:

And there it is. The title track. Like new inventions, I have already reviewed it here on that same blog so this will be brief also and more just thoughts. It's a great closer and is more old timey than most of the songs here as well. And with the last instrumental and sax solo, we come to the albums inevitable end... until next time.

[GENERAL THOUGHTS]

Overall, this was a fantastic little debut for iDKHOW and I loved it. So worth the pre-order. The songs were great and the lyrics were just excellent. My only real criticism is that the song order on Side A was a bit strange. I feel a way to fix this would be to throw Nobody Likes The Opening Band into the beginning, then have Leave Me Alone as a second track, and maybe even switch one of the songs on this side with one from Side B (either Mad IQs or New Invention with something else but then that would be kind of stretching it). Or maybe even switching Clusterhug with Mad IQs or New Invention could work. So in general? Razzmatazz good album. Next question.

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Thank you for reading, anyone who happens to see this and have read this. Hope you've enjoyed some of my thoughts on the debut and agreed with at least 2 points I made. See y'all on another review (or shitpost)!

-L.J

[knockedlooses]

i finally got around to listening to CALM and holy SHIT. i am SO IN LOVE. so i just wanted to share my opinions and live reactions on it! don't @ me but actually do pls talk to me about this i'm SHOOK

red desert / what the fuck???? this song is so beautiful??? i just want to take a road trip and play this song on repeat. the HARMONIZATION???? the VIBE???? ALL IMMACULATE. i feel like i need to prepare to upgrade myself when i listen to this song and just go off on a cross country road trip and discover who i truly am all over again and also??? i need to scream this shit at a concert ASAP.

no shame / this song has already been talked about a lot but i will always stand by the fact that this is a CERTIFIED. BOP. BANGER. it SLAPS, if you will. always. its pretty funky and i enjoy funky

old me / another song that has been talked about a lot bc yanno singles but GOD AGAIN. SO GOOD. the way the instrumentals build up into the chorus??? it will forever make me think of a color bomb going off. its beautiful. mwahs.

easier / honestly probably my least favorite but still very good, will always sing along, dont @ me. its funky tho so i still enjoy but on this album? least fav sorry not sorry

teeth / MY HYPE SONG. MY MF HYPE SONG. THIS SONG HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT A LOT I KNOW BUT HYPE. HYPE HYPE HYPE LIKE YES BITCH SOMETIMES YOU ARE A STRANGER IN MY BED FUCK IT ALL

wildflower / ok??? um???? the audacity they have to harmonize like that and make my whole body erupt into chills???? excuse me??????? this song is so fun too i just want to get up and dance like an absolute fool to it. a total idiot. complete buffoon.

best years / this one made me bawl my eyes out. i want to sing this to the love of my life. it hits so close to home. god fuck fuck FUCK what the FUCK it all sounds so ethereal too????? my boys really have just been gettin so much better and this song also makes me realise how far they've progressed as musicians and now i'm just goddamn emotional

not in the same way / WELL SHIT. WELL DAMN. this really gets me too. this song is just too real overall, it paints such a mental image when i listen to it between the lyrics and the instrumentals and the build up to the chorus???? mmmm yes. thank you.

lover of mine / OH BITCH EXCUSE ME W THOSE INTRO INSTRUMENTALS UMMMMMMM. this also made me tear up a little bit, i feel it way too hard in my heart and soul. this one resonates, HARD. that's all i have to say. damn.

thin white lies / the riff in this is mesmerizing as fuck. i need to sing this at their concert ASAP as well. the energy in this is also so immaculate, the chorus gives me chills. and then the introspection in it as well??? man FUCK. probably my favorite song off the whole album i WILL be listening to it on repeat for forever

lonely heart / just by the name i knew i would get emotional. i don't even want to commentate on it too much because i don't believe i can articulate myself well enough to describe the raw emotion and beauty of this song. another contender for top favorite, for sure.

high / "i need to stop letting me down" damn. "i hope you think of me highly when you're with someone else." what. what what what what What??? so good?????? you can just tell this is such a raw song too, it's so beautiful. i can already visualize the wave of lights in concert when this gets played, it's a magical song that i know probably touches all of our hearts.

[alltimewhat]

Favorite Linnell Songs!!!

Hi!! I’m back this time with my favorite Linnell songs list. Once again I apologize in advance for the length of this submission bc same as the first, I had a very hard time narrowing these songs down. Categories are: top tier, bangers, kids (because I enjoy enough kids songs sung by Linnell that I think it deserves its own category fgdhfhgd), and misc. again for the songs I couldn’t quite place so they may fall into multiple categories. Note: the songs I’ve chosen are in no particular order and I don’t have commentary for every song.

TOP TIER

Kiss Me, Son Of God - This track…..the vocals, the arrangement, the relevancy. *chef’s kiss* it’s perfect. (I also very much enjoy the alt. version from Miscellaneous T)

The Neck Rolls Aren’t Working - I’m very impressed with the vocals in this song bc this is 59-60 year old Linnell singing this. He’s still so good at belting out in songs. Talk about retaining great lungs.

Last Wave

A Self Called Nowhere 

Microphone - I am in absolute love with this song!!! Something about it pulls at my heartstrings, there’s just a quality to Linnell’s voice here that rly gets to me. I’m in love and it’s a beautiful, underrated song.

Now Is Strange - The Spine Surfs Alone doesn’t have many tracks, but the tracks it does have are strong, especially this one! I think some of Linnell’s best vocals come through here and I continue to be amazed with his lung capacity.

She’s An Angel - Really underappreciated, and I think it should be up there with Don’t Let’s Start in terms of popularity. Great slide guitar from Flans!!

BANGERS

Man It’s So Loud In Here - no thoughts head empty (seriously one of my favorites, if not my number one, from Mink Car. VERY good vibes)

Till My Head Falls Off

You Probably Get That A Lot (elegant too remix) - I was obsessed with the Join Us version of this song when I first heard it. I love when tmbg does electronic stuff so to discover there was a sick electronic remix of a song I already really loved was a blessing tbh!! I just wish there was an instrumental version.

Erase - Favorite line from this song has been and will always be “please don’t call it strangulation, that is such an ugly word.”

Am I Awake - I am so GRATEFUL that we have documented video of the Johns working on this song. It’s interesting to get a glimpse into their production process, and Linnell is rly fucking cute talking about the backwards marxophone.

Spiraling Shape

Metal Detector

Push Back The Hands - A funky banger and one of the first songs I heard from I Like Fun. I’m obsessed with the bass on this track. Favorite line bc it’s just rly catchy and confuses people who don’t actually listen to the words or don’t get that tmbg are like That; “squeeze your eyes shut and scream like a newborn”.

KIDS

Meet The Elements

Sleepwalkers - Lowkey asmr from Linnell in this song and it gives me much comfort.

Apartment Four - The tiniest bit of falsetto is SO CUTE and I’m proud of him for not straining his entire fucking set of vocal cords for once to get there dfadfhdh. I wish it was longer.

MISC.

[She Was A] Hotel Detective in the Future

It’s Not My Birthday 

I’ve Got A Match - One of my favorite tracks from Lincoln, I really like this song lyrically. My favorite and most relatable line is; “I’m gonna die if you touch me one more time. well I guess that I’m gonna die not matter what.”

Dead - Another song I really like lyrically. I find it funny that this song describes being reincarnated as a bag of groceries, but it definitely has some serious relatable lyrics; “Now it’s over I’m dead and I haven’t done anything that I want, or I’m still alive and there’s nothing I want to do.”

Hovering Sombrero

Okay I’m going to stop here because I can see this list getting p long and if I try to keep working on it I know I’ll end up going back and forth on my choices and rearranging WAY too much. Of course there are plenty of other songs that could tie with or replace these at any given time. Anyway I hope you enjoyed and I’m looking forward to your response!!

-AHH yes just as before this is so excellent!! its funny but i think because linnells songs can be so different and so similar to each other i have more varying opinions on this list than the flans list!!! i will say i agree with most of this but i think my favorite linnell kids song is or so i have read, and i dont personally like dead that much! (its a lil 2 slow for me X(( ) but other than those tiny things i really think this is an excellent list . maybe ill make playlists of these!!!!

[zelda-and-princess-hyrule]

zelda zelda please impart your knowledge on to me what are your favourite lemon demon songs I'm addicted to touch tone telephone now

OOOOH boy I have like a whole playlist of my favorite ones, but ones that are at the VERY top are

White Bread Boyfriend - it's basically making fun of those high school relationships that people get into to just to say they are in a relationship

Cabinet Man - A man is fused with an arcade machine or is killed and put into an arcade machine (it depends on who you ask) and haunts the arcade

When He Died - a dude died (shocker) and they find a bunch of weird cryptic shit in his house

Redesign Your Logo - Its the title, theres a really cool computer like voice in the background

Knife Fight - Neil and Marty fight with knives, but theres a twist at the end

Dizziful Bliss - Its really cool for spacing out, especially if you have a chair that spins and you do that while listening to the song

Spiral of Ants - another good song to space out to, I actually dont know any of the lyrics bc I space out so much while listening to it

As Your Father - Neil is your dad now and is gonna yell at you a lot

Two Trucks - "well I was thinking about two trucks having sex and the rest is history" Neil, when asked about his inspiration for the song

Oz Explodes - This one is just plain catchy

Marketland - A guy goes to a place where everyone is trying to sell him some weird stuff

Ben Bernanke - Its about a guy named Ben Bernanke (an economist I think) and he is absolutely batshit crazy for this guy named Spencer. I really like this one especially with the switch between the change in tune between the verses and the chorus

A Mask Of My Own Face - this one is really funky and upbeat. Best line in my opinion is "I look in the mirror and what do I see? A sexy motherfucker motherfucking looking back at me"

Aurora Borealis - I think its about a guy showing his lover Aurora Borealis but it goes wrong

Jaws - Neil explains the plot of Jaws

Your Evil Shadow Has a Cup of Tea - idk why but I really like this one. Has a real funky instrumental

Amnesia Was Her Name - man has amnesia and falls in love with the nurse taking care of him

What Will Happen Will Happen - it's a song about not worrying about the future and is oddly inspiring

Ode to Crayola- it's about liking crayons a lot, maybe even eating them? I dont remember

Action Movie Hero Boy - guy wants to blow stuff up to look like the cool guys in movies

Samuel and Rosela - it's about this old couple who hate our generation

This Hyper World - it's good song

Word Dissacosiation - you could sing literally any words that come to your head and nobody would probably notice if you got the words wrong or not

Pumpkin Pie - guy makes really good pumpkin pie and the king wants him to give him the recipe but refuses. Its extremely upbeat

I Know Your Name - this was the first ld zong I heard, or at least the first one I remember, and I was extremely charmed by it. It's about a guy who keeps getting psychic visions

Between You and Me - A guy is in a long distance relationship and wants to meet up with her and is hoping that everything will fall into place

Dance Like an Idiot - a scientist learns that you dont have to dance good to dance

Relativity - dont remember any of the lyrics but I really like the instrumental

Mr Wolfgang - Mr Wolfgang goes on a killing spree

The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny - an epic battle between a lot of pop culture icons

Musical Chairs - Had to include this because my sister loves this song to death, but personally, I prefer the alternate version of it. Both versions are good tho.

Bicycle Race - it's a cover of the song Bicycle Race by Queen, a lot of people dont like it bc it 'sounds bad' but I think that's why I like it lol

This is prob more than you asked for but those are the ones that I really like lol