#parx history

[waterparksdrama]

hey y'all so you have a masterpost of unreleased parx perhaps? is pretty much everything on soundcloud? i got the demo album, all bonus tracks, hitchin' a ride, starry eyed, and the everywhere cover. they did anoter green day one i have too. also double dare and ent 2019. anything i may be missing?

we don't have a formal masterpost but i used to have a music player on the desktop blog i had to remove bc it kept fucking with our theme's javascript but i guess i can do that for you here

every unreleased waterparks song or cover that's not a demo or alt version of a released song or a live version (i guess)

1 (A COLLECTION OF UNRELEASED HOME DEMOS, THIS IS NOT G, OR EVEN AN ALBUM, SHUT UP ENJOY): self explanatory. the waterparks demo album released bc a joke tweet of awsten's got 20k retweets and then he actually had to release something. we are probably never hearing the sequel of demos to this.

hitchin a ride (green day cover): for kerrang's covers compilation of different artists covering green day aka green day american superhits! it's a good cover

all by myself (green day cover): a green day cover for the same compilation mentioned above. it's an acoustic solo hidden track by tre cool about jacking off so this is an acoustic solo hidden track sung by otto. and still is about jacking off. he played this during their fend acoustic set (at least once) during warped 2018.

starry eyed (ellie goulding cover): a bonus track from airplane conversations that was a free download for purchasing the ep. we need whatever he was doing in this song back.

play: presumably a friendly reminder or fandom demo that was leaked on july 2019. the fake fandom tracklist suggests that the song was also called kiwi but considering that entire thing was a fucking lie it's hard to trust.

waiting (need me back): a hook of a double dare demo leaked in october 2018. goddammit this one was actually good why didn't he ever leak the rest of it why why why.

why can't i (liz phair cover): the intellectual property target exclusive bonus track. thank you to the target employee that leaked the bonus tracks on reddit and me catching onto awsten liz phair posting so i could be right about what the cover would be. it's a good cover.

double dare 2019 and entertainment 2019: medleys of the band's albums released under equal vision. after their departure from the label, they lost the rights to their equal vision releases and made the medleys to combat this. they were swiftly taken off streaming services and can only be heard through their live album, fandom: live in the uk. i can't listen to these or else an incredible wave of sadness washes through me.

what we do for fun: japanese bonus track off of double dare. literally one of the greatest songs i've heard and i will never understand why it wasn't on the album.

candy: japanese bonus track off of double dare. fun classic pop punk track that feels like it could've been in a 2000s teen movie soundtrack.

as far as i know that's it for (studio recorded) songs and covers because if i had to write down every live cover snippet they did i would be here all night trying to find random shit like their fcp remix cover to the hella good cover to the goddamn national anthem and i don't feel like sourcing all of that. - iz

[bjerre]

if i made a youtube video on the history of waterparks (band) would y’all watch it

[twinkskeletons]

Awtto could've won the whole bracket if people actually used their brains & didn't vote gawsten. Awsten and Otto have HISTORY!!! Geoff is just some dude who joined their band.

ok i do not disagree with u on the ship opinions but awtto did beat gawsten. i dont think they could win against any other bands though not enough people know their lore they just see awsten and immediately have to vote against him lol

[lonnymustreturntothevoid]

or, more simply put;

[theghostofashton]

when old parx Hits and u just have to take a moment to be like 💀😭

[emilyblame]

Waterparks: The Ultimate Poll (2023)

before i kick this off, i wanna take a moment to say congratulations to the boys for getting their first top 10 record! it's a huge achievement and i know it doesn't mean anything but i'm lowkey proud of how far they've come. now let's get that Grammy (?)

ok, so back to the poll... i wanted to do this because we just got a new release and i'm curious about which is the fan favorite (so far.) and also, i see there're some new people in the fandom, so i'm curious about how that's gonna affect the results in the older releases compared with previous poll results.

so, if you're reading this and are new to the fandom, hi!

first of all: welcome to the shitshow.

secondly: god bless your soul, please do not dig into Parx history. ignorance is bliss, my friend.

that said. i have a few predictions for this that i'm gonna keep in a draft and share later along with the results.

and i wrote this in the actual poll, but just in case, you only get to pick one (1) favorite song for each release. and don't overthink it, just pick the one you love the most. this isn't about what Parx song is 'the best' is about which ones are the fans' favorites. so, no pressure, we're all friends here. also, i know you can fill this multiple times, but i would really apreciate it if you just did it the one time. thank you in advance.

side note: i included the demos album because we all know it fucking slaps.

i'm rambling. again.

IMPORTANT NOTE! i'm leaving the poll open for a week. that means results will be up on Friday, 28th. you have until that Friday morning/noon to participate.

i guess that's it!

be nice and remember to have fun!

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: May 23, 2018

Lyrics:

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing

Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision

Always had high, high hopes

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Didn't know how but I always had a feeling

I was gonna be that one in a million

Always had high, high hopes

Mama said

Fulfill the prophecy

Be something greater

Go make a legacy

Manifest destiny

Back in the days

We wanted everything, wanted everything

Mama said

Burn your biographies

Rewrite your history

Light up your wildest dreams

Museum victories, everyday

We wanted everything, wanted everything

Mama said don't give up, it's a little complicated

All tied up, no more love and I'd hate to see you waiting

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing

Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision

Always had high, high hopes

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Didn't know how but I always had a feeling

I was gonna be that one in a million

Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes)

Mama said

It's uphill for oddities

Stranger crusaders

Ain't ever wannabes

The weird and the novelties

Don't ever change

We wanted everything, wanted everything

Stay up on that rise

Stay up on that rise and never come down, oh

Stay up on that rise

Stay up on that rise and never come down

Mama said don't give up, it's a little complicated

All tied up, no more love and I'd hate to see you waiting

They say it's all been done but they haven't seen the best of me

So I got one more run and it's gonna be a sight to see

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing

Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision

Always had high, high hopes

Songwriter:

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Didn't know how but I always had a feeling

I was gonna be that one in a million

Always had high, high hopes

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing

Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision

Always had high, high hopes

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Didn't know how but I always had a feeling

I was gonna be that one in a million

Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes)

Brendon Boyd Urie / Ilsey Anna Juber / Jake Sinclair / Jenny Owen Youngs / Jonas Jeberg / Lauren Pritchard / Samuel Hollander / Tayla Parx / William Ernest Lobban-Bean

SongFacts:

👉📖

[abnormallybetrayed]

my picks for best/worst on parx releases, as inspired by @awstenrollups (im tempted to make a tag game out of this tbh)

airplane conversations

best: fantastic (he sounds awful and im in love with him)

worst: hiding under your porch. i am . biased for reasons.

black light

best: american history (too much of an otto lover for it not to be)

worst: christmas . parx songs with features are the worst park songs sorry not sorry

cluster

best: no capes

worst: fucking none of them . duh.

double dare

best: it follows . i love you mia but it follows makes me need to scratch my insides out with a fork (in the good way)

worst: stupid for you. not a bad song but not . really my scene.

ent

best: not warriors . lucky people close second but that one makes me too sad so

worst: 11:11. same as stupid for you in my mind if im being real

fandom

best: i felt younger. FUCKING. i must be dead,,,nnmmm,,, my sins are all built in,,,, ggmhmmmmmnhhnhnn (basically speech to text)

worst: nba . fuck you if you have such bland taste in girls that everyone in a city of millions of people looks like that one girl YOU are a loser. do better.

gh

best: crying over it all. WOOFWOOFWOOF I WANT THE SOFTEST WORDS I WANT YOU DESERVE AND TO UNLEARN MY HURT

worst: ice bath . "it jsut ties it all together" no it doesnt its boring .

ip

best: i have two catagories for this one

technically best: ritual

favorite anyways: end of the water. i need to fucking eat him.

worst: fuck about it. no heat. "oooohhohohoho when we fight its like self-harm. when you argue with me i want to cut myself" ok fucking asshole manipulative little piece of shit if i see you im gonna fucking kill you myself. sorry the demons took over 🥰🥰🥰

[honeybeekao]

hiiii do you have any more music recs? your taste in music is so good and i have a lot of time to just sit and listen to music today

also how are you doing today?

aside from all the recs i gave leo (those are like my favorite songs recently!!! i have a playlist on songs i like to put on repeat so i'll share some of those!! + more parx)

-cabo by ricky montgomery

-natewantstobattle's cover of sunflower

-starkiller by bear ghost

-seize the moment from the sk8 soundtrack

-tegami by angela aki

-ancient history by set it off

-american graffiti by waterparks

-what if it doesnt end well by chloe moriondo

-stupid for you by waterparks

-rose colored boy by paramore

!!!! im really good today ! i feel really happy and im so glad to talk to you all again :))

[waterparksdrama]

happy birthday airplane conversations!

airplane conversations is waterparks' first ever release and the only release without members geoff wigington and otto wood.

in july 2011, awsten knight accumulated members for waterparks, but only 3/5 of the members he got including himself provided for the ep (gage matthieu and owen marvin). that same month on the 27th, they released their first ever single for airplane conversations, "i was hiding under your porch because i love you".

(note: the version of "i was hiding under your porch because i love you" on the ep is different from the single version. the (likely) original version can be found below)

on september 15, 2011, the band released their second single for the ep, "silver".

in march 2012, though it was not a single, the band also posted "they all float" on their page for warped tour's battle of the bands 2012. a few days after that, they announced the title and tracklist for airplane conversations.

on april 3, waterparks released airplane conversations. the physical versions of the ep included three bonus tracks: a demo (fantastic), acoustic song (silver), and a "Ke$ha-style remix" of certain songs off of the ep along with a free download link to their cover of ellie goulding's "starry eyed".

on june 13, waterparks released their first ever music video for "i was hiding under your porch because i love you". this would be the only video featuring gage and owen and has been privated from their youtube since then.

by january 2013, geoff and otto had joined the band officially, making their music video debut with "silver" on the 9th of that month.

bonus:

the jf sessions video provides a good look at the band during airplane conversations once geoff and otto joined.

okay that's all i have here's a meme awsten unironically posted in 2012 to promote airplane conversations.

[bjerre]

Hey where can we find the waiting waterparks song? I’ve literally never heard of it

it’s an unreleased song from double dare!! awsten leaked it on instagram live a few years ago but here’s a reupload :)

[livingdeadvamp]

The whole IP soulsuckrr starfucker thing is amazing cos Awsten looked at the "Angel and devil on your shoulder" concept and went "hm what if they were both really fucked in the head, hated religion, and had a situationship" and then wrote the best songs in parx history

[randombubblegum]

im the person who talked about the awsten x awsten edits, it was like 3am when i sent that LOL but a bit ago awsten retweeted and replied (and even replied to the parx account from main with one of the photos) to some parxie who made 2 manips of awsten and himself and they looked real and i was saying that person should make manips of awtto, hope i explained that less confusing this time 😭

OHHH LMAO 😭😭😭 ok i get what ur talking about now LOL

first of all: little gay boy? second of all PLSS make believable awtto edits like perhaps dont tweet them at him bc of rpf boundaries (even tho we are the only side keeping up that 2-way agreement -_-) but i would love to see them. and also awsten seems like hed probably go nuts due to. well. he has a history of loving and encouraging awtto manips 🤔

[snxpdragons]

parx mutual who actively doesn't engage with artists' social media/history vs parx mutual who keeps casually mentioning unhinged facts + cool lore

[delicatelysublimeforester]

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