#idk everything i know i learned from a book called virtuoso

[theloveinc]

Imagine cello player balugo having a crush on his accompanist who’s trained themselves to play exactly in tune to his pace and tune, after so long of him scrutinising them because he insisted no one was good enough for him

he is so fucking annoying because i know for a FACT by the time his little crush on you develops, you're already sooooo damn sick of him and absolutely convinced he's lying to you whenever he says anything nice.

sure, you learned to play right along with him (because ofc you could) ... but that doesn't mean you actually LIKE it or him after how much he put you through. at last he's ready to sweeten up and start praising you, yet you're just rolling your eyes and leaving after every single performance together before he can even get a single word out. and he's so confused about it too LMFAO

(esp. when you have to go to events together before/after and you're just turning your nose up at him the whole time... when he's literally TRYING to be nice bc he wuvs u :(( ...)

i hate him so bad. someone needs to help you two.

[sastrugie]

john entwistle biography review

ok so first: I didnt really like the biography because I thought it would focus on totally different aspects. John was a musical virtuoso and that hardly ever gets mentioned in the book. But we get exact axccounts on how much money he spent on what day and in which pub he bought which champagne. like wow thanks. The other personal stuff is basic who knowledge you can read in any other Who biography. His autobiographical bits were joy and fun! Maybe the only reason to buy the book in my opinion. He writes totally different than the author...

ANYWAYS: here my fav facts from the book that you probably didnt know before

this is the face of a man who -when his father gave him driving lessons for his 21st birthday as a present- decided driving wasnt really his thing and he spent the money on clothes and parties instead. He never had a drivers license ever and also never desired to have one 

the hospital he was born in, was bombarded and destructed one day after his birth

as a child he was really weak and thin and had basically every disease that existed

his family was poor af

his father left the family early and held contact with his son, but soon disappeared with a new family

his stepdad, Gordon, disliked John alot and would ignore him, hated everything John did or said and he let his bad moods out on Johns mother, which caused John to be very silent and observative around the house so that there wouldnt be any trouble

he did everything to please Queenie (his mom) so that there was no fighting, according to Alison

loved drawing and playing but usually alone since he had no friends apart from their dog

he heard a trumpet solo once from a trad jazz band when he was 6 or so and decided he wanted to learn the trumpet

my fav line of the book probably: “despite his own expectations, he passed the exams to go to grammar school” like same

at school he was bullied from the older boys but soon left alone by them because he would fight back with badass comments 

he applied for the school band for the trumpet but the tallest guy in the year was chosen (he was the 2nd tallest)  which made John mad, but he discovered the french horn

soon he found a friend, mickey brown, at last and he gave him the nickname “ent”

he was so terrible in P.E that he was dismissed with other pupils to play somehwere else, they were called “the hockey misfits” and guess who was among them: Pete Townshend.

yeah as you might know they became besties because they loved music and black humour.

he found himself a gf (alison) and Pete & a school gang (like 4 ppl) and his life seemed to finally get where it should.

his worst subjects were geography and german like wow (im a german geography student lmao)

once they played in a pub and johns stepdad was there and was super angry and gave john a list with his fav pubs and told him “these are the places I never want to hear your fucking music playing”.

after walking home pete decided to switch the guitar and john wanted to become a musician more than ever

Roger found him and John kind of convinced him (it took months apparently) to get Pete into the band and then it all started

he judged the beatles because John Lennons harmonica was “out of tune” in love me do, wow ok you nerd

john started smoking with 20 and was the last one to quit his job for the band and he was against drugs at first (bc he had a “civilized” job) but then decided to give a shit, dyed his hair black, bought cigarettes, smoked dope with pete and did speed too

he wanted to step out of himself and feel good about himself and he was always a fashionnerd so he started buying and trading and selling clothes (he once was dismissed from school bc he wore the school uniform incorrectly)

with 18 or so he was still living at home, had a toy soldier collection and a pet budgie

pete and his college friends made fun of john bc he wasnt a student and still lived at home, although john could have gone to college too and he wanted to, but his stepdad again said no and he had no choice.

he was very awkward and introverted but could open up with his music 

he was really into pop art (esp pop art clothes)

was a pseudo mod bc he only liked the fancy clothes and motown music

with the who he found a purpose in his life and finally could be different than ordinary ppl

hated when people touched his hair, he literally hated it

would fuss much about his hair in general

once after a concert they were starving and the room service was alreday home so they had to look on used plates and food wagons and John found a shrimp and said: “who wants to dine with me tonight?” (idk that really made me laugh)

keith moon was john entwistles soulmate and they were the cutest, most iconic and funniest duo ever end of discussion

his amps would soon be called little manhatten bc he had so many bc he wanted to be loud

he actually went to sing at church once when he was like 24 and the band made fun of him then he stopped

in the late 60s he bought a house with alison in a normal neighbourhood and went walking the dogs on sundays and stuff

but he was a party animal and always the last to go

he was really sensitive and cried often according to Alison but only in front of certain people

he would totally step out of his way to please people

when they played at the monterey pop festival they didnt bring their own amps along and john was furious bc he said the american amps are shit and kit was like “no” and john didnt talk to him for the whole festival until their perfomance was over and they had sounded like shit to tell kit “I TOLD YOU SO” thats how extra he was

when he got money he would spend it bc he was so used to being poor that he thought it wouldnt last long and he had to enjoy it NOW

he was always calm and everyone respected him and kit told a story where he entered the room and roger was at keiths throat and and pete was screaming something and john was sitting in the corner cleaning his nails. thats who energy

liked to dance at parties

his fav drink was rémy cognac with 40% and he would drink like 1 bottle alone everyday in his later years...wow dude

he was also gentlemanTM and once paid taxis for girls from london to brighton after a party

once at a wedding the free drinks were out and John just gave the barkeeper his creditcard and said he will pay for all the drinks of the night for everyone (it wasnt his wedding)

Roger once said: “John made smartass comments that deserved a punch in the face” sounds like him yes

he didnt really care about money and always wanted to pay and never told anyone how much things had cost and brought gifts for everyone

soon that ended in a shopping addiction tho and he bought ridiculous things for ridiculous amounts of money

when the who was inactive he sank into depression :(

held the band together during who by numbers & who are you

wrote and played all the quadrophenia horn parts himself

never lost his passion for art and always drawed alot, said Alison

cried when Christopher was born aww

once he saw their manager in an art museum and how he wanted to buy a painting but couldnt afford it, so John bought it secretly and shipped it to said managers home as a gift

We all know John was a huge collector. His most treasured collection was .. wait for it: teapots.

he tried to save Keith from being arrested once and ended up being arrested too lol

wanted to write a scifi concept album but desorted the idea and gave some songs to the who (905) or Pete

was a good cook apparently

When he gave a hug HE was the one who decided when to let go sdfghjk

hated confrontation and would hire other people to tell someone bad news

he spent so much money on dumb shit like wtf

but didnt really care either

probably the master in picking up and seducing girls

he let his stepdad live in the quarwood mansion when he wasnt there but Gordon was still an asshole wtf

the contact to his real dad was really sporadic

when the who ended, it hit him really hard and he didnt know what to do besides partying and buying stuff/hording stuff

was very insecure and selfconscious in the 80s according to Maxene :(

he actually took pete breaking up the who really personal and was sad 24/7

was that kind of guy that said bad stuff about the who but when you said bad stuff he would try to kill you on spot

with cocaine he felt really confident and still like the 60s/70s rockstar he once was but he didnt understand that these times were over and he needed to move on

sometimes went into random pubs with friends and made jam sessions for the guests

he still was generous and loving until he died and tried to play with other bands but it was not the same

he really liked Kenney and hung out with him more than with his wife at some point lmao

was a total giver and people who worked at quarwood would steal money from him but when someone pointed that out he got angry with that person for even suggesting that

was a real softieee (and a huge nerd)

all his friends said that he was shy at first but once you got to know him he would come totally out of himself, was very funny, loved to tell stories, was very very loyal and would try evertyhing to make you laugh aww

all in all a glorious story with a sad ending and he did destroy himself completely, but lets remember that Pete Townshend described old John still as "wonderful, mature and elegant” so lets cling on to that :)

[ofmvsic]

“After playing Chopin, I feel as if I had been weeping over sins that I had never committed and mourning over tragedies that were not my own.” 

- Oscar Wilde

keep reading to learn about your pastel princess a.k.a. the virtuoso~ 

name: amelia may dangtran skeleton: the virtuoso fc: lana condor pronouns: she/her age: twenty-two major: music clubs: band occupation: regent’s movie theater connections from skeleton: the greenthumb, the primadonna, the spitfire living arrangement: WHERE’S MY SPITFIRE AT lol spotify | pinterest

↳  positive/negative traits

+ kind, passionate, driven -  anxious, awkward, dependent

↳  likes/dislikes

+ classical music, pastel colors, stick-and-poke tattoos, milk tea -  automatic flushing toilets, soda, the word “panties” 

↳  other

birthday: september 1st, 1997 sun sign: virgo

you can call her amy, mel, lia, may. pick your poison.

amelia grew up right across from daisey in ashmont, connecticut and the rest is history.

the only child of two famous, renowned surgeons, who try to support their daughters’ dreams even though they’d much rather her get a medical degree. 

if you grew up around daisey you probably noticed amelia in her shadow, always hanging around at first because of them carpooling, and then it turned into a convenient friendship that sometimes daisey was too cool for. 

amelia decided she wanted to play the piano when she was six, and when she began to accel at it she decided to pick up the violin as well. 

she can play both but she likes the violin a whole lot more since she can carry it around.

she plays percussion in band so catch her playing some sick ass triangle and marimba at your football games, fam.

she’s very socially awkward and any attempts to flirt with her will probably be met with fidgeting and stuttering and serious foot-in-mouth syndrome. 

if you knew amelia it’s probably more because she was daisey’s friend than anything else. amelia’s pretty hard to pull off the wall; hard to get her earphones out of her ears and her hands out of a book of sheet music.

difficult to get to a party in the first place. she’d much rather practice or be locked up watching amadeus or something like that. 

she’s pretty sweet though you’ve just got to make your way under the awkwardness, which is. hm. HM. 

her parents being gone all of the time meant she was either home alone or across the street at the rutherford’s place, biking down their long drive or doing fashion shows in the backyard. 

amelia loves her parents but love is ?? to her because they were always absent and leaving her to kind of fend for herself. 

that being said, if you need a good ass meal come to amelia because she had to learn how to cook for herself when none of her parent’s cooks were home, and considering amelia stayed up practicing until late hours, that was pretty often. 

daisey actually didn’t treat her like too much of a monster but there was some emotional manipulation there that amelia is kinda blind to. and someone probably told her and she probably was just like “i don’t see it” because she just didn’t get it. 

she took ballet for a hot minute because her mom thought she might like it since she was into classical music and stuff. amelia kept with it until she was fifteen and then decided that was enough for her. she’d rather play the music than dance to it. 

she has way too many trophies and ribbons and certificates. 

her room probably has dead composer busts on each available surface so hope that doesn’t freak you out or anything

won’t leave without a pair of headphones. becomes incapacitated. if you do catch her outside without headphones be concerned.

if you need a music recommendation she’s got you. just don’t ask if you don’t have like two hours to spare.

she’s never had a boyfriend or girlfriend before and it’s very obvious (i don’t even think amelia has thought about her own sexuality so that’s something lmao) 

kind of a basic nerd; loves bubble tea, pokemon, anything cute like puppies but especially kittens, the color pink. 

she has a cat named shostakovich and that’s probably all you need to know about her. she wants to adopt another and name him beethoven but we’re working on it. 

wanted connections: 

do you wanna do the damn shameless thing and be amelia’s josh or peter kavinsky? call me. lmfao 

please tutor her she’s so stupid at everything but music oh my god 

speaking of pay her $250 a month for piano or violin lessons because she’s certified to teach or she’ll like. take off a rate for tutoring her in exchange lol

you can force her to the gym to be your workout buddy because otherwise she’s not moving

idk if you’ve got gears churnin’ lemme know~ we can brainstorm

feel free to like or just straight up hmu to plot~ <3