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deadcactuswalking · 26 days

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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 31/08/2024 (Fontaines D.C.'s Romance, Sabrina Carpenter, Coldplay)

Well, Sabrina Carpenter has done what Taylor couldn’t do: fill out the top three with her hits, though only the #1 debut - her third song to top the chart - is new, that being “Taste”, with her #1 album, which sold over 89k here, launching other Short n’ Sweet hits “Please Please Please” and “Espresso” to #2 and #3 respectively. Hell, while we’re here, let’s just chalk out Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” at #4 and Chase & Status’ “BACKBONE” with Stormzy at #5. It’s… one of those weeks. Welcome back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS!

content warning: sexual and mental health references

Rundown: Oasis Special

This week has a lot to discuss, a decent amount happening, but it’s all scattered throughout the entire chart and, really, not much of it is all that interesting, though that may just be a me problem in this case. There’s plenty of interest to many fanbases, including one of the biggest in the country but I personally can’t call myself a fan of Fontaines D.C., Sabrina Carpenter - the album was good, though - or even Oasis, the divisive but still massively successful Britpop band who have “reunited” (let’s be tentative about this) for a tour after over a decade of inactivity, though many people don’t recall or respect the years of shovelling out garbage that occurred long after their heyday, so it may seem like even longer. They do have three of their biggest, most respected hits on the chart this week, though only one of their eight #1s - more a demonstration of their quantity of hits than any comment on their lasting legacy.

Firstly, the song used in headlines about the reunion as if this really isn’t the most unstable tempering of relations since North and South Korea: “Live Forever” is back at #19. It debuted and peaked at #10 for two weeks in 1994, whilst Wet Wet Wet’s “Love is All Around” was #1, and made appearances lower down the chart for pretty much all of the 90s… and then 2017. It’s Liam Gallagher’s personal favourite Oasis song, and has since become a bit of a tribute ballad due to its sentiment.

At #17 is “Wonderwall”, which is possibly their most iconic tune and has spent a whopping total of 90 weeks on the chart, yet never matching its first-week peak of #2 in 1995, being blocked by a double-A-side release by Robson & Jerome that nobody remembers. It spent a couple weeks meandering throughout the 90s but resurged on digital sales platforms since 2008 and occasionally makes appearances lower down on the chart since, most recently in November of last year. Though the track may go down as one of the most-covered songs of all time, only a few non-Oasis renditions have appeared on the UK Singles Chart. The Mike Flowers Pops Orchestra actually took it to an identical peak of #2 that Christmas, being blocked my Michael Jackson’s “Earth Song”. 1996 would see dance versions by Bombayblue and De-Code reach #82 and #69 respectively, and American singer-songwriter Ryan Adams charted in 2004 with his rendition at #27. For my money, the best version of “Wonderwall” is when JAY-Z pettily butchering the song at Glastonbury in response to Noel Gallagher indicating his genre wasn’t welcome at the festival. Other than straight-up covers, you can hear elements of the track in Simple Plan’s 2008 hit “Your Love is a Lie” (#63) and Bugzy Malone’s 2017 hit with Tom Grennan, “Memory Lane” (#65). They are, like the original song, not worth listening to.

Finishing the Gallaghers’ trio of songs is my personal favourite of the three, “Don’t Look Back in Anger” which has actually spent barely over half of the weeks “Wonderwall” has on the charts. It debuted at #1, peaking there for one week in 1996, beating out spacemen, hippies and children. It dwoddled around for the next year, returned in 2017 and returned even higher today. The Wurzels reached #59 with their version in 2002.

As for the rest of what’s going on, well, don’t we usually start with the notable dropouts? Songs exiting the UK Top 75, which is what I cover, after five weeks in the region or a peak in the top 40? Yes, you’d be correct, I guess I just decided some angry middle-aged Mancunians was of more importance. Regardless, this week, we say farewell to: “You’re Gonna Go Far” by Noah Kahan, the “Set My Heart on Fire” mashup of “I’m Alive” and “The Beat Goes On”, overall credited to Majestic, The Jammin’ Kid and Céline Dion, “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar, “MILLION DOLLAR BABY” by Tommy Richman, “Smalltown Boy” by Bronski Beat, “Birds in the Sky” by NewEra and Natasha Bedingfield with both “Unwritten” and the Badger remix of “These Words”.

As for our notable gains and re-entries, we have the return of Fontaines D.C.’s “Starburster” thanks to their album release - we’re actually going to review more songs from them than Sabrina - then solid boosts for a handful of tracks, thoe being “Close to You” by Gracie Abrams at #68, “Bring Me Joy” by Rudimental and Karen Harding at #61 and “Cry Baby” by Clean Bandit, Anne-Marie and David Guetta at #51. Now that’s all out of the way - in a different order this time - let’s crack down on the songs that arrived on the boat this week.

New Entries

#73 - “Diet Pepsi” - Addison Rae

Produced by Luka Kloser and ELVIRA

Sigh… first of all, I’m a Dr. Pepper girl myself. Secondly, Addison Rae is the exact kind of person I would never care about: a TikTok personality largely famous for being a social media “it girl” that makes industry-backed moves into traditional media outlets but never really performs too well, gaining a cultish fanbase in part because of that. You can say that she served only for long enough until people start asking, well, “what did she serve exactly?” I had the same opinion of Ice Spice when she first came out, but Rae is being propped by people I actually care for like Charli xcx and A.G. Cook, so surely there’s something there… no, there is not. Bizarrely, for an Internet personality, this feels dated and out of time with what is actually popular. This is a 2018-era falsetto-driven alternative R&B-esque track, complete with weirdly-mixed trap-adjacent percussion that really loves my left ear and synths straight out of The Weeknd’s Google Drive he shared with, like, Halsey, watt, Post Malone and co. back in the late 2010s. There are vague references to Lana Del Rey who approached this sound better on “Summer Bummer”, but there really just aren’t many lyrics here at all in this murky sex jam to form much of anything. The bridge is a vocaloid drop circa 2017 EDM but without any of the build-up, impact or even bothering to properly resolve that aborted bridge. It all just reeks of wanting to be interesting and not actually going for it.

#69 - “Favourite” - Fontaines D.C.

Produced by James Ford

I have yet to listen to Irish indie outfit Fontaines D.C.’s most recent record, Romance. I said when reviewing “Starburster” a few weeks ago that I was not familiar and the single had convinced me on them, but I guess I have my priorities, like relistening to middling James Blake albums from 2019 and contemplating the marketing tactis of the Grimace Shake. At the same time, of course. They would have topped the albums chart on any non-Sabrina week and are at #2 today, but we have more debuts from them to discuss, and I may be missing out on some greater album context, so bear with me on that regard. This was another pre-release just charting in the top 75 for the first time, and starts with a cascading guitar riff not dissimilar to 80s post-punk with a reverb-affected mix that cleans up quite nicely overall but does give vocalist Grian Chatten an interesting dynamic where despite a technically good and clear recording, he appears to purposefully restrain himself from hitting the notes exactly or enunciating all that well, meshing in with the thematically dazed content. He reminisces on simpler times, but ensures to place those times in context and understand that a lot of that nostalgia comes from an ignorance that he no longer has, or has to be strewn out on numbness to experience it, not that it helps since now, all that numbness does is prevent him from feeling anything at all. I will say that amidst the driving jangle of the track, there isn’t a solid hook, which again makes perfect thematic sense for the disoriented dream he’s having here but doesn’t string me back to this song in particular. That main riff is incessantly catchy but it feels a bit wasted on a more hypnotic structure that thrives more on that droning tedium emphasising how distant they are from youth and how paranoid that’s made him in his relationships. This is still very good, but outside of knowing how it fits into the album’s themes, I’m not sure why I’d choose this song in particular.

#53 - “Wait for You” - Myles Smith

Produced by Peter Fenn

Oh, the world’s just been waiting for the “Stargazing” follow-up. This is similarly plucked straight out of 2014, with the folk pick-up and over-processed vocals that really reach a territory difficult to listen to in that pre-chorus, and become a full-on wall of vocal on the chorus about waiting for this other person to be… happy. Okay, so lyrically, there is an interest to this that there isn’t really to its instrumental - I like the perky drums that pick up the pace in the second verse, though - as whilst it’s not too specific, it appears to be about an undying loyalty to a friend struggling with mental health, always being by their side, but also, it hits a weird note on the idea of waiting, not actually acting upon the compassion he has for this person, and because of the focus on Myles himself and just how he wants to wait for this person to be okay, it fails to be inspirational or a generic empowerment anthem, yet it cannot function as a love song either because of how dedicated he is to the mental health angle. Some of the lyrics downplay the issue, though, deriding it as “words in [their] head”, and that trust me, he knows what it’s like, but it’s still their problem to deal with it. It appears well-meaning until that one line in the chorus: “you can’t push me away”. It almost seems obsessive and hopeless, that Smith is clinging onto someone who he’s already tried helping with the meaningless platitudes he fills this song with. I may just be reading too much into a badly-written folk-pop motivational song, but there’s a hint of weirdness to the emotional balance here that is very distracting and self-focused, that I can’t help but think this won’t connect on the same level as “Stargazing”, even if it’s a bit more tolerable on a sonic level to me.

#52 - “In the Modern World” - Fontaines D.C.

Produced by James Ford

Our second of the pair of Fontaines songs is much newer, with the album pumping it up to their highest peak so far, and I’m starting to find it really interesting just how numb these tracks from an album titled Romance are. I also start to understand why this one in particular was what got so high, given the on-the-nose lyrics about just feeling nothing in particular in the 21st century - not feeling anything, but at least not feeling bad - and the clearly post-Britpop strings that bring this into 2000s UK radio rock territory. This really isn’t that far from mid-era Feeder’s wheelhouse, which is not a comparison I think I’d have made for a charting song in 2024, but hey, if I get Feeder propaganda out there, I will. Some empty promises are made to a lover that they complete Chatten, help him belong and hence he’ll make sure that when he does feel some life, she’ll be included, and it’s largely thanks to her… but he doesn’t want to dwell on that too much, he wants to remain some sense of authority in that softly-spoken bridge. The back-and-forth between Chatten and the even wispier Conor Deegan on the chorus is a really unique take that feeds into these lyrics but, wow, the song just goes nowhere. It ends about as empty and airy as it started which actually does not fit as well to me as the less solid structure of “Favourite”. This could be taken to much grander spaces and feel arbitrarily shortened, or at least having cut some paths in the songwriting process that might have actually been worth exploring. This is far from bad, but it’s somewhat disappointing that the song feels like this much of a draft, though it iis pleasant enough to listen to, and I do think that given its middle placement on the album, this could be a case of needing to understand how it plays into other tracks. As far as I can tell, though, this is far from what it could be.

#44 - “WE PRAY” - Coldplay featuring Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna and TINI

Produced by Max Martin, ILYA, Bill Rahko, Daniel Green and Michael Ilbert

I saw the album’s tracklist. I knew this was happening. Yet it still doesn’t make sense when it’s being written out like that. This is a Max Martin-produced Coldplay track with conscious rapper Little Simz, Nigerian Afrobeats crooner Burna Boy and barely substantial vocal contributions from Palestinian singer Elyanna and Argentine TINI… in less than four minutes. Now, as of recent, Coldplay have done similarly off-the-beaten-path, artsy stringing together of disparate collaborators and ideas for vague conscious platitudes, Everyday Life is probably the most obvious example, but this really does not function properly as a song, over anything. As a reflection of multicultural understanding and collaboration, it’s something, but it also sounds like Imagine Dragons. That weak hip hop beat is placed under some grandiose strings that are at least clearly orchestrated and expensive, but Chris Martin’s vocal delivery is not very inspired, and his lyrical framing of being on the outside looking into struggles experienced not just by unnamed brothers and friends, but specific indigenous political activists in Guatemala, but still claiming to be “in the valley of the shadow of the death”, is either a misunderstanding of the phrase or giving himself some detached self-importance that does not help the populist tinge of what is supposed to be a relatively inspirational track, praying for better times to take us out of the difficulties of now. Burna Boy sounds great and I actually appreciate that he and Simz get to play off each other in backing vocals but by that point, the song’s nearly finished and both Elyanna and TINI are rendered part of the choir singing a wordless refrain, turning what I’d call meaningless platitudes about a better world into, well, literally and objectively meaningles lyrics. I don’t think Virgilio Aguilar Mendez can “la-la-la” their way out of false arrest and systemic oppression. I’m also just ashamed that the one time I talk about Little Simz on this series, she delivers her most generic and phoned-in verse that, for what it’s worth, spreads the love more evenly than Martin’s. I really wanted something like this to work, for the sake of the promising ambition and social context it’s supporting, but I really don’t like this at all. It has the grandiosity to pick up the entire world in its mix but does little more than shake it around and make pleas, which… honestly may be a more fitting analogy for modern society than I’d hoped for.

#1 - “Taste” - Sabrina Carpenter

Produced by John Ryan, Ian Kirkpatrick and Julian Bunetta

This was far from my favourite on Short n’ Sweet - in fact, I think it’s relatively unremarkable, even if still good - but its narrative about a breakup between Sabrina and her partner, who’s gone back to his ex-girlfriend but now has the lingering influence of his relationship with Ms. Carpenter when he’s back together with her, or at least that’s what Sabrina wants to believe, makes for a good, sapphic music video where actress Jenna Ortega murders her boyfriend because she hallucinated that she was kissing Sabrina instead. Carpenter - in seemingly both the video and the song - plays a nonchalant but quietly obsessed figure who drives the two to paranoia through very specific and often sexual remarks that are cute, pointed references to her own public image and potential celebrity feuds. It’s definitely the ultimate pop star move for the social media age, but the song’s just fine: the slick guitars are cute and I like the subtle distortion in some of the vocal takes and drum patterns, particularly that moment before the chorus, that adds an edge to what is otherwise a very shiny little song, made to be an earworm but also a flickering reminder of her existence to this new girlfriend that doesn’t really connect with me because… well, who cares? Relationship drama on this level without higher stakes doesn’t really grab me as anything worth caring about, especially without a whammy of a bridge to really hold it together. I prefer it to “Please Please Please” but the album overall, a very nice collection of pop songs that’s lackadaisical and surprisingly organic, has a better selection of songs to choose from. “Good Graces”, “Sharpest Tool”, “Juno”, “Dumb & Poetic”, to name a few. I’m definitely not complaining about this new #1 though, it probably has a lot of legs, I can see this one sticking to people real fast.

Conclusion

Well, that was… something, wasn’t it? I feel like there are genuinely just a ton of mixed bags here, not just between songs but within them: a lot to love, a lot to dismiss and a fair bit to just be unsatisfied with. Best of the Week goes to Fontaines D.C. for “Favourite”, but it’s not that impressive and Sabrina Carpenter’s “Taste” gets a very faint Honourable Mention. It’s the same case for Worst of the Week, though, as nothing in here is offensively bad, just sighworthy. Honestly, Coldplay might get Worst of the Week for having the gravitas for a mostly empty statement in “WE PRAY”, whilst Addison Rae is close behind with the very ignorable “Diet Pepsi” as the Honourable Mention. As for what’s on the horizon, Rizzle Kicks will swoop in at #1, mark my words. Welcome back, lads. Thank you for reading, long live Cola Boyy, and I’ll see you next week!

#uk singles chart #pop music #song review #coldplay #sabrina carpenter #short n sweet #taste #little simz #tini #elyanna #burna boy #addison rae #fontaines d.c.#romance #myles smith

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alexturner2005 · 10 months

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every year i’m in a different artist’s top 0.05 or 0.01 or whatever percent of listeners, and then the next year they have maybe one song in my top 100. is this a normal way to listen to music

#i am a hyperfixation listener i guess #this year it’s fontaines dc #last year it was tamino and this year he has one song in my top 100 #the year before i think i was in the top 0.001% for carly rae jepson and she hasn’t shown up in my top 100 since #but tbh even artists i consider my all time favorites frequently aren’t in my top 100 🤷🏼‍♀️#*i just looked and i was in carly rae jepson’s top 0.01 not 0.001 lol #still tho

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femivi · 5 days

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sometimes i catch myself thinking about how to incorporate my other friends into my selfship drawings .. (✿◠ᴗ◠) mhm visiting inazuma? why shouldn't there be manu and ayato in the bg standing by a tea shop? tagging along capitano to mondstadt? yeah, why couldn't i possibly buy some pastries from awea and diluc on the way? 🍰 travelling through port ormos to fontaine, checking out the spices around the market and overhearing a certain cellist having a concert tonight? no way, we're staying to take a look. 🌱🎻 and while we're on the topic of fontaine, maybe we would meet wriothesley and rae or seeing eris fixing neuvilette's tie on our way from the opera epiclese. back to snezhnaya? perhaps childe would like to introduce us to someone over a shot of fire water haha .. so many possibilities .. 🤍🌷

#sleeptalk ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 #remember self shipping is mainly to have fun ! and i think that's beautiful .. 💓

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iforgotwhaticalledthis · 4 months

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Guys I'm such a Genshin nerd but i don't really talk about it ever but god i love Genshin impact and Honkai star rail. Also i can not be normal about any of my interests so here is every fable character and what I think their vision would be. Also which god would be which Archon. Im not the most eleqouent so bare with me here

So, firstly let me define some things. 'Archons' are basically just another word for 'Main God' There are seven Main Archons, who are the main survivors of the Archon War each preside over a singular nation. They rule over a particular element, but also have another trait that goes along with the element. You'll see what i mean later. There used to be a lot more gods, but they all died in the Archon War.

The Seven main Archons are: Venti, Archon of Mondstadt(Nation), Anemo(Element-Wind) and Freedom(trait) Zhongli, Archon of Liyue(Nation), Geo(Element-Earth) and Contracts(trait)

Raiden Shogun/Raiden Ei, Archon of Inazuma(Nation), Electro(Element-Electricity/thunder), and Eternity(trait)

Nahida, Archon of Sumeru(Nation), Dendro(Element-Plants), and Wisdom(trait)

Focalors, Archon of Fontaine(Nation), Hydro(Element-Water), and Justice(trait)

The Archon of Natlan. Natlan has not been released so im not sure on the name. The element is Pyro.(Fire) and the trait is War

The Tsaritsa, though i do believe that is not her true name but her title, Archon of Snezhnaya(Nation), Cryo(Element-Ice), and

A vision is an ornament characters recieve that grant them control over an element.

Archons(a lot of this is just vibes. but i have some reasoning)

So there's 4 major gods but seven Archons , so ive just assigned which ones i think fit best.

Fable - Zhongli. Firstly Zhongli is the god of contracts, as well as the element of Geo i.e earth. The power of the earth is similar to having the power of creation. ALSO Zhongli's personality fits with Fable minus all the god killing- Then again Zhongli did kill a lot of gods in the Archon War. Plus Zhongli's "child"(Xiao) is a loner like Icarus. (you can draw other similarities if you really wanted to.)

Enderian - So Enderian is very obviously the Raiden Shogun/Ei to me. Ei is the God of eternity and electro. The two characters share a similar color scheme- same with Zhongli and Fable actually- Also just vibes. The Raiden Shogun is also a very cold person in the beginning, but when you meet the 'Ei' side of her she's very warm and friendly. You can compare this to how Enderian interacts with Isla, being less of the cold major god most people know her as. Also Raiden shoguns relationship with her "child"(Scaramouche) is similar to that of Enderian and Rae's- Raiden didnt know how to be a good parent, she tried to set Scaramouche free but ended up causing him a life of pain. Similarly, Rae and Enderian had a bad relationship at first, with Enderian learning to be a better mother for him.

Netherum - So while the previous two both had similar colour schemes with their respective gods, this is where it branches off. I think Netherum would best fit Focalors, the hydro(water) Archon. Firstly, Focalors retreats for hundred(s) of years, leaving Furina to pretend to be the hydro archon. Furina is similar to Athena- Not in the way of pretending to be Netherum, but in the way they were created from Netherum, like how Furina was created from Focalors. Focalors is also the god of justice, and the way this concept is executed in the game, I feel like its similar to Netherums power of distruction. Now in theory Netherum would fit with the Pyro archon- especially with the ideal of Natlan being War, but since Natlan isn't released, I wanted to stick with just the released ones, so I would have more to draw comparison to.

Alerion - Alerion fits best with Nahida. -Firstly Rukkhadevata and Nahida = Alerion and Lucenare. Secondly Nahida is the Archon of knowledge. Akashic records anyone? Also the nation over which Nahida resides, Sumeru, can be seen as similar to Purgatory. Nahida doesnt really have a "child" but like. its basically also Scaramouche. So we can see this as the relationship between Luce and Rae in S1

The way not only the gods fit really well but their respective "children" do as well is so- SAJDCSJDIODAKLCSNJOADKL im not normal. Also the Archon War can parallel the God War, the fall of Khaenri'ah being like the fall of the Aether. Theres so many things guyss.

OK NOW WHAT VISIONS CHARACTERS WOULD HAVE

So i originally thought of just doing which characters they would be. but i dont know enough charcters lore to do that and besides theres no real good answers, so im just going to do what visions they have instead! Also since theres not much behind why they have each vision other than vibes honestly. Im also going to detail which weapon they use because why not.

Aax- So Aax would probably have a hydro vision, given they're fish adjacent so water. I think they would use a claymore, since theres no axe, but Claymores are what most of the Tank characters/Heavy hitters use

Addie - If this was HSR i would say physical but genshin doesnt have that- Maybe Dendro? and instead of spider webs they create vines? Weapon would probably be catalyst so that all of their attacks would use elemental damage

Arisanna - Anemo Polearm. Literally have nothing to go off of but vibes. Anemo Since Wanderer has anemo and can fly, albeit differently then someone with wings could. Polearm because vibes. literally just vibes.

Athena- Pyro Catalyst because that has the most destruction vibes. It basically means they can summon fire at will instead of like using it alongside a weapon , they fire itself is the weapon.

Caspian- Anemo, because his chat is the winds. For weapons, probably just a regular sword.

Centross- Electro because purple man. Probably Claymore as a weapon because heavy hitter

Easton - Easton gets a cryo vision as a treat. Again all i can say is vibes. For weapons lets say sword

Fenris - Geo, Claymore. Geo because colour coding, Claymore becuase Tank

Galahad- Pyro, Polearm. Pyro because Nether. Polearm because thats the weapon most used by the soldiers we see in game.

Haley - Haley is in a similar boat as Addie. I would givey ou physical but it doesnt exist. In exchange maye cryo? because like Haley is qiqi coded and qiqi uses a cry vision. For context Qiqi is like a child zombie who died in the war but stayed alive(?) somehow by freezing themself hence cryo vision. For weapon im just going to go with Qiqis weapon, which is a catalyst

Icarus - Geo Catalyst. They can summon the elemnt at will, also we can have cool wack times with the geo they summon being glitched-

Jamie - Dendro, obviously because bear. For weapon Lets go sword

Momboo - Dendro Catalyst. Need i explain more?

Ocie - Hydro Catalyst.

Rae - Electro Bow. Electro because color coding, bow because thats his in canon weapon(also thers not a lot of bow users on this list)

Seven - Again, I wnat to give seven physical, but i cant. Iguess also cryo. For weapon letsgo bow. to diversify

Ulysses gets Dendro but not in a grass and plant kinda way but in a moss and algae kinda way. For weapons Polearm.

Ven - Bow, cryo. Cryo because i associate that with dead characters/ characters taken through time, bow because i do not believe ven can survive any kind of up close combat

Will - Will gets cryo because i kinda associate it with The aether at this point, and for weapons lets say sword

If i got any details wrong, feel free to correct me! My lore knowledge is a little rusty, i havent played in a while, + i dont know much about the archons after inazuma. Also if you have different ideas for charcters and their weapons/visions please share! i love indulgin in different thoughts

#fable smp #genshin impact #soop.txt #Anyway im a nerd.

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jamisonwritestf2trash · 1 year

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Fuck it. Bioshock main characters and the songs that fit them.

Spotify Link- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/45wCf9Pi0nM9uan700jy8g?si=vQApVhnfSeO40Cpuf1vwtg

This took me way to much time and effort, I hope you guys like it 🫶🏻

Bioshock One

Andrew Ryan- Me and The Devil - Soap&Skin

Atlas - (As a stand-alone character not as Fontaine) Hit and Run - LOLO (I wracked my brain for this one I couldn't think of anything lmao.)

Brigid Tenenbaum- It's Alright - Mother Mother

Frank Fontaine- Thermodynamic Lawyer Esq, G.F.D - Will Wood

Jack- Home - Philip Phillips/ House Of Gold - Twenty One Pilots

J.S Steinman- Mirror Man - Jack Stauber

Julie Langford- Ashes - Céline Dion

Sander Cohen- I Am An Animal Cannibal- Mysteron / Art Is Dead - Bo Burnham

Diane McClintock- Man's World - MARINA

Jasmine Jolene- Cold Hearted Man - Sammy Rae & The Friends

Yi Suchong- None for him, fuck him, he made Jack kill a puppy, and hits the little sisters and never apologized or felt remorseful. FUCK suchong. (To clarify I hate half the people on this list bc they suck too but he is by far the worst and least deserving.)

Big Daddies - Hey Soul Sister - Train

Little Sisters- Stand By You - Rachel Platten

Bioshock Two

Augustus Sinclair- Hell's Coming With Me- Poor Man's Poison

Eleanor Lamb - You're Gonna Go Far Kid - The Offspring

Sofia Lamb- Michelle - Sir Chloe

Subject Delta- We'll Meet Again - The Ink Spots

Gilbert Alexander / Alexander The Great- Weird Science / Deadman's Party - Oingo Boingo

Grace Holloway - He's Not A Monster - Cast Of Charlie's Closet

Stanley Poole- Wrecking Ball - Mother Mother

Bioshock Infinite

Booker DeWitt- My Alcoholic Friends - The Dresdsen Dolls

Elizabeth- Rolling In The Deep - Adele

Robert and Rosalind Lutece- Therefore I Am - Bille Elish

Zachary Hale Comstock - Blinded By Hatred - UnSun

Daisy Fitzroy- Run The World (Girls) - Beyoncé

Lady Comstock- Labour - Paris Paloma

Songbird- You're My Best Friend - Queen

#bioshock #bioshock 2 #bioshock infinite #bioshock inspired #bioshock playlist #spotify #spotify playlist #please im so tired #lmao #i still loved doing it

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freyjaofthenorth · 3 months

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tagged (kinda) by @tr0llskog

Challenge: make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters, and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favourite.

tagging: whoever wants to do it

#after the first three it became a lot harder as i decided to not have more than one per series/game/whatevs

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rubyvroom · 2 years

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and finally music stuff

I don't know if it's that my attention span is for shit lately, but I haven't really been consuming albums anymore, mostly just singles. But a few albums I did enjoy:

That's Rosalia, Angel Olsen, Winter, and Dawn Richards + Vantablack

albums let's face it I'm almost certain to love once I get around to properly listening to them: Hatchie, Let's Eat Grandma

I'd usually list out the shows I went to this year, but for pandemic reasons I haven't been to a concert since I saw Ladytron in 2019. :( I hope to be back at concerts in 2023? Maybe?

And my finalized songs playlist (listed out below if you don't have spotify, but I think I put the webplayer on this)

Tastes Just Like It Costs - MJ Lenderman 3:47

L’enfer - Stromae 3:09

Home Maker - Sudan Archives 5:02

Ojitos Lindos - Bad Bunny, Bomba Estéreo 4:18

Doomscroller - Metric 10:28

Right Now - Angel Olsen 5:07

Ghost On - Angel Olsen 4:20

Say Laura - Eric Chenaux 7:24

midnight sun - Nilüfer Yanya 4:42

Billions - Caroline Polachek 4:56

Dance For You - Empress Of 3:21

Mistakes - Sharon Van Etten 3:59

Welcome To Hell - black midi 4:09

Bleed It - Logic 2:31

Bad Habit - Steve Lacy 3:52

Red Bird Pt. 2 (Morning) - Florist 5:26

On The Ground - Grace Ives 3:25

Body - 070 Shake, Christine and the Queens 3:30

LA FAMA - ROSALÍA, The Weeknd 3:08

Less Than Zero - The Weeknd 3:31

High Priestess - Santigold 3:13

Beach House - Carly Rae Jepsen 2:30

Wild - Spoon 3:13

One - Hercules & Love Affair, ANOHNI 4:37

Jackie Down The Line - Fontaines D.C. 4:01

Quicksand - Hatchie 4:11

So Typically Now - U.S. Girls 3:15

This Hell - Rina Sawayama 3:56

Midnight Legend - Special Interest, Mykki Blanco 3:24

What They Call Us - Fever Ray 4:27

Pink + White - Live at Electric Lady - Remi Wolf 3:53

Romantic Homicide - d4vd 2:12

home - Two Shell 4:05

Shotgun - Magdalena Bay RemixSoccer Mommy, Magdalena Bay 3:59

Protection From Evil - Ibibio Sound Machine 4:36

About Damn Time - Lizzo 3:11

The Heart Part 5 - Kendrick Lamar 5:32

Tired of Taking It Out On You - Wilco 3:36

Down - Hot Chip 3:52

SAOKO - ROSALÍA 2:17

Wolf - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 4:13

Vantablack - Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn, Dawn Richard, Spencer Zahn 3:55

Don’t Forget - Sky Ferreira 3:48

La Buena Vida - Camila Cabello 3:17

American Teenager - Ethel Cain 4:18

Last Last - Burna Boy 2:52

Free Yourself - Jessie Ware 3:54

Runner - Alex G 2:36

Step By Step - Braxe + Falcon, Alan Braxe, Panda Bear, DJ Falcon 4:02

Heaven Come Crashing - Rachika Nayar, Maria BC 5:33

Constant Repeat - Charli XCX 3:09

Spud Infinity - Big Thief 5:34

El Galatzó - Lucrecia Dalt 3:32

Looking at Your Pager - KH 2:54

Angel - DJ Python 10:52

What It Is - Amber Mark 5:25

happy accident - Tomberlin 5:45

Walkin - Denzel Curry 4:40

Somewhere Near Marseilles ーマルセイユ辺りーHikaru Utada 11:54

Belize (feat. MF DOOM) - Danger Mouse, Black Thought, MF DOOM 3:54

Right to Riot - Hagop Tchaparian 5:00

Running with the Hurricane - Camp Cope 4:15

Belinda Says - Alvvays 2:45

June - Destroyer 6:33

Greatest Hits - Jockstrap 4:27

keisha - Yaya Bey 2:55

Oh! - The Linda Lindas 2:35

Back To The Radio - Porridge Radio

#best of 2022 #2022 in review #music posts

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Top 100 songs of 2022

100º Amber Mark – What It Is 99º Suede – She Still Leads Me On 98º The Blaze – The Dreamer 97º Freddie Gibbs – Couldn’t Be Done (ft. Kelly Price) 96º Father John Misty – Q4 95º Chappell Roan – Femininominon 94º Placebo – Beautiful James 93º Sharon Van Etten – Anything 92º The Smile – The Smoke 91º Stella Donnelly – How Was Your Day 90º Bartees Strange – Wretched 89º Sudan Archives – Selfish Soul 88º Demi Lovato – 29 87º Katy J Pearson – Talk Over Town 86º Oliver Sim – Hideous (ft. Jimmy Somerville) 85º Soul Glo – Gold Chain Punk (whogonbeatmyass?) 84º Arlo Parks – Softly 83º Cass McCombs – Belong To Heaven 82º The 1975 – Oh Caroline 81º TSHA – OnlyL (ft. NIMMO) 80º Carly Rae Jepsen – Western Wind 79º Brockhampton – Brockhampton 78º Arctic Monkeys – Body Paint 77º Lizzo – About Damn Time 76º FLO – Cardboard Box 75º Jean Dawson – Three Heads* 74º Stormzy – Mel Made Me Do It 73º Let’s Eat Grandma – Levitation 72º Porridge Radio – The Rip 71º RM – Still Life (ft. Anderson .Paak) 70º Maggie Rogers – That’s Where I Am 69º PUP – Cutting Off The Corners 68º BABYMETAL - Monochrome 67º Sampa The Great – Never Forget (ft. Chef 187, Tio Nason & Mwanje) 66º Dry Cleaning – Don’t Press Me 65º Charli XCX – Beg For You (ft. Rina Sawayama) 64º Laufey – Fragile 63º Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – The Way It Shatters 62º Nilüfer Yanya – anotherlife 61º The Beths – Expert In A Dying Field 60º MUNA – Anything But Me 59º First Aid Kit – Out Of My Head 58º Just Mustard – Still 57º Alt-j – Happier When You’re Gone 56º Kendrick Lamar – Die Hard (ft. Blxst & Amanda Reifer) 55º Florist – Red Bird Pt. 2 (Morning) 54º Confidence Man – Holiday 53º Danger Mouse – Belize (ft. MF DOOM) 52º ROSALÍA – Hentai 51º Plains – Problem With It 50º Beabadoobee – The Perfect Pair 49º Beyoncé – Alien Superstar 48º Big Thief – Simulation Swarm 47º Ghost – Darkness At The Heart Of My Love 46º Aldous Harding – Fever 45º Nas – 30 44º Noah Cyrus – Noah (Stand Still) [ft. Billy Ray Cyrus] 43º Fred Again.. – Danielle (Smile On My Face) 42º Beach House – New Romance 41º The Weeknd – Less Than Zero 40º Horsegirl – Anti-Glory 39º Julia Jacklin – Lydia Wears A Cross 38º FKA Twigs – Oh My Love 37º Tomberlin – Happy Accident 36º WILLOW – Split 35º Hurray For The Riff Raff – Pierced Arrows 34º Rina Sawayama – This Hell 33º Vince Staples – MAGIC (ft. Mustard) 32º Kevin Morby – This Is A Photograph 31º Nilüfer Yanya – The Dealer 30º Harry Styles – As It Was 29º Black Country, New Road – The Place Where He Inserted The Blade 28º Mitski – Love Me More 27º Pusha T – Diet Coke 26º Weyes Blood – It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody 25º Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Wolf 24º Angel Olsen – All The Good Times 23º SZA – Ghost In The Machine (ft. Phoebe Bridgers) 22º Nova Twins – Antagonist 21º Caroline Polachek – Billions 20º Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero 19º Kae Tempest – More Pressure (ft. Kevin Abstract) 18º Wet Leg – Angelica 17º Megan Thee Stallion – Plan B 16º Soccer Mommy – Shotgun 15º Phoenix – Tonight (ft. Ezra Koenig) 14º Bad Bunny – Neverita 13º Fontaines D.C. – I Love You 12º Alvvays – Belinda Says 11º Alex G – Runner 10º ROSALÍA – Saoko 9º Jockstrap – Concrete Over Water 8º Yeule – Bites On My Neck 7º Denzel Curry – Walkin 6º SZA – Kill Bill 5º Sudan Archives – Home Maker 4º Kendrick Lamar – N95 3º Nilüfer Yanya – Midnight Sun 2º Steve Lacy – Bad Habit 1º Ethel Cain – American Teenager

>>> Link for the playlist on Spotify <<<

#top50 #top #100 #songs #music #2022 #of #best #Top100

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12, 20, 23, 59, 60 :) szép napot 😘

12. what is something you want right now?

az nem lenne rossz, ha holnap még nem kellene dolgozni menni, illetve egy csokikremes suti is johetne 🤷🏼‍♀️

20. what is your favourite song at the moment?

fontaines dc - roman holiday

arctic monkeys - body paint

carly rae jepsen - surrender my heart

23. fear(s)

denevérek, magasság, kudarc

59. why i joined tumblr

mar nagyon régen volt (kb 2010) es fogalmam sincs, de gondolom nem volt jobb dolgom 🤷🏼‍♀️

köszi 💕

#answer

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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 07/09/2024 (Nothin')

Sabrina Carpenter takes the entire top three for a second week - “Taste” at #1 (also its second week there) with “Please Please Please” at #2 and “Espresso” at #3. And whilst we’re here, the rest of the UK Singles Chart’s top five consists of Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” at #4, “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” by Billie Eilish at #5, and this episode at… 8:15. Welcome back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS!

Rundown

As always, we start the episode with the notable dropouts, those being songs exiting the UK Top 75, which is what I cover, after five weeks in the region or a peak in the top 40. This week, we bid adieu to “Did it First” by Ice Spice and Central Cee, and yes, that’s it. This was not a particularly exciting week and the rest of the dropouts simply weren’t notable, much was just Fontaines D.C. naturally slipping away after the first week. In fact, realistically, you can skip this week. We’ve got two debuts in the lower reaches and a whole bunch of gains that mostly just feel expected or temporary given how slow this week was in particular. There’s not much in the way of a surge or fascinating trend here, just kind of a stall-out, which is natural for a chart but does not leave me with much to say, hence the stalling.

We see returns for “These Words” by Badger and Natasha Bedingfield at #75 and “You’re Gonna Go Far” by Noah Kahan at #60, but most of the stories, if you can call them that, are deep into our notable gains, with boosts for “Belong Together” by Mark Ambor at #64, “The Man Who Can’t be Moved” by The Script at #62 and God, you know it’s a slow week when “Mr. Brightside” is up six spots to #59. After that, we see rises for “You & Me” by Disclosure featuring Eliza Doolittle at #56, “Black Friday (pretty like the sun)” by Tom Odell and Lost Frequencies at #55 - can’t be mad at those - then “Close to You” by Gracie Abrams at #53, “Diet Pepsi” by Addison Rae at #50, probably the most notable gain here for a pretty mediocre song, then “Pretty Slowly” by Benson Boone at #43, “WE PRAY” by Coldplay and co. at #31, unfortunately, “I Love You, I’m Sorry” by Gracie Abrams at #25, “Sailor Song” by Gigi Perez at #24, “Slow it Down” by Benson Boone at #19 and some residual hype for the Oasis comeback really seeping into the highest reaches of the chart: “Wonderwall” at #11, “Don’t Look Back in Anger” at #9 and “Live Forever” at a brand new peak of #8. Now to look at the two songs debuting in the top 75 right near the bottom and see if I’ll look back in anger at these flops or that these iconic smashes will live forever. I… don’t think I can pull that one off.

New Entries

#73 - “Indestructible” - Andy C and Becky Hill

Produced by Andy C

Part of me is somewhat excited for a song like this - a lesser-known producer, so one less likely to be coasting on name recognition, teams up with a recently inspired Becky Hill, whose last album was great, for a single with a cover art that looks straight out of 2014. Surely, this will be alright, and it very much is in the vein of what I expected, though with a sense of epic bombast that the charts do sometimes miss… and contrasts heavily with our other debut. The layered buzz of synths behind Becky are peppered with smaller synth plucks that are really cute to notice, and eventually transform into a pulsing build-up that, whilst sometimes clunky with its percussion, locks in well enough for a distorted, warping bass in the expected drum and bass drop alongside some really detailed synthwork in that moment that really fills the mix in what is basically just a dancefloor smash with little error. It’s not going for anything too drastic, in fact, the sound is reminiscent of exactly what I expected going in, but it dedicates itself to that sound in a way that is far from cheap and ends up being just as immersive as the best tracks from Becky’s last record. I could even see it slotting in and not doing too much damage to the tracklist cohesion. As far as if it will be a success, who knows? I do want to say it has some promise on sheer quality alone, but we’ll see.

#72 - “TOO COOL TO BE CARELESS” - PAWSA

Produced by PAWSA

PAWSA was the guy behind the second of the Nate Dogg bootleg remixes - if that sounds weird to you, it is weird but I covered it in detail when those songs debuted - and it seems like that has actually landed him some vague follow-up success, with our highest debut - weird to say that about a #72 peak thus far - being his single that had been bubbling under for a few weeks. Our story actually starts long before, however, in 1984 with the release of “Don’t Look Any Further” by the late Dennis Edwards featuring Siedah Garrett, an R&B staple that has been prolifically sampled in countless of rap songs, primarily for its bassline and iconic vocal riffs. The original actually only peaked at #45 here, but a cover by M People reached #9 in 1993, whilst Meat Loaf was #1 for “I’d Do Anything for Love (but I Won’t Do That)”, and again, it’s been sampled way more times to even list here, as the songs that sampled it have themselves become iconic, oft-sampled hits like “Shackles (Praise You)” by Mary Mary or “Hit ‘Em Up” by 2Pac. In his new version, PAWSA pitches it down and emphasises the subtler synth funk elements in the original mix to an almost vintage house sound that really is minimal in both presentation and composition, getting by on a classic bassline and some cute but basic drum programming, as well as the flickering synth line and a mixed vocal from Edwards that does not sound great at this pitch. What’s most disappointing is that you could easily turn singular elements of this song into fully realised, new songs as has been done before, so if you’re packaging this as its own thing, not just a remix, it wouldn’t hurt to take a few more artistic risks, and I’m honestly confused as to why PAWSA wouldn’t want to outside of laziness or just knowing that a great sample that was a minor hit back then can be just as successful at a different tempo. This is definitely better than hiss Nate Dogg remix, but I do feel like there could be much more potential here that’s untapped.

Conclusion

I mean, it should be obvious given I’m picking between two tracks, but Andy C and Becky Hill get Best of the Week for “Indestructible” whilst PAWSA snabs the Worst of the Week for “TOO COOL TO BE CARELESS”, though saying I have any strong feelings about these would be a lie. As for what’s on the horizon, I expect Megan Thee Stallion, Central Cee Linkin Park to do some damage but maybe The Chainsmokers, Aitch or Fred again.. can spice things up too. Somehow, the easier weeks end up as the dullest to write. For now, thank you for reading, rest in peace to Rich Homie Quan, and I’ll see you next week!

#uk singles chart #pop music #song review #andy c #becky hill #pawsa

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Glastonbury 2024: Top 10 Guide to The Festival Experience

Dominate Worthy Farm with our ultimate guide to Glastonbury 2024! From headliners to hidden gems, staying healthy to having a blast, this guide will transform you into a Glastonbury pro. Glastonbury 2024 Lineup Announced: Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and SZA Headline The lineup for Glastonbury 2024 is here, with Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and SZA topping the bill on the Pyramid Stage. The festival, which takes place at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, is known for its diverse range of music, and this year's lineup is no exception. From Afrobeats to Drum & Bass, Grime to Folk and Ballet, there's something for everyone at Glastonbury. Other highlights include Shania Twain, Jungle, Disclosure, Avril Lavigne, Fontaines DC, Peggy Gou, The National, Burna Boy, Janelle Monae, Jessie Ware, and Charli XCX. The festival kicks off on Friday with sets from Shygirl and MJ Cole, while the main stages open on Saturday. If you can't snag a ticket, you can catch all the action on television, radio, iPlayer and with over 90 hours of live coverage planned. Here's a look at some of the must-see acts on each of the festival's biggest stages: Pyramid Stage: - Friday: Dua Lipa, LCD Soundsystem, PJ Harvey, Paul Heaton, Seventeen - Saturday: Coldplay, Little Simz, Michael Kiwanuka, Keane, Cyndi Lauper - Sunday: SZA, Burna Boy, Janelle Monae, Shania Twain, Paloma Faith Other Stage: - Friday: Idles, D-Block Europe, Anne-Marie, Bombay Bicycle Club, Confidence Man - Saturday: Disclosure, The Streets, Camila Cabello, Bloc Party, The Last Dinner Party - Sunday: The National, Two Door Cinema Club, Avril Lavigne, Nothing But Thieves, James West Holts Stage: - Friday: Jungle, Heilung, Danny Brown, Sugababes, Noname - Saturday: Jessie Ware, Masego, Black Pumas, Nitin Sawhney, Corinne Bailey Rae - Sunday: Justice, Nia Archives, Brittany Howard, Jordan Rakei, Steel Pulse For the full lineup and set times across Glastonbury's 10 biggest stages, check out the official festival website. This year's festival promises to be one for the books, so get ready for a weekend of music, comedy, poetry, dance, and theater! Staying Healthy and Having a Blast at Glastonbury 2024 Glastonbury Festival is a legendary experience, but with the excitement comes the responsibility to take care of yourself. Here are some key tips from healthcare professionals to ensure you stay healthy and maximize your enjoyment throughout the five-day event: https://youtu.be/6OmgU6opk3E?si=lHMwj56sCo9nhnZb Top 10 Essentials for Glastonbury Domination - Curate Your Festival Journey: Dive deep into the official Glastonbury website to explore the star-studded lineup featuring headliners Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and SZA. Discover hidden gems across 10 stages, crafting a personalized festival itinerary that caters to your musical tastes. - Hydration is Paramount: Glastonbury's energetic atmosphere can be physically demanding. Pack a reusable water bottle and make frequent use of the festival's numerous free water points to stay hydrated throughout the event. - Protect Your Hearing: The festival experience is synonymous with powerful music. Invest in earplugs or noise-canceling muffs specifically designed for concerts to safeguard your hearing without compromising the musical experience. - Functional Festival Fashion: Prioritize comfort when selecting your festival attire. Closed-toe shoes with good traction are essential for navigating uneven terrain. Pack layers to adapt to the unpredictable British weather. - Sun Safety First: SPF 30 sunscreen with UVA protection is a non-negotiable item. Reapply liberally throughout the day, especially after sweating or swimming. Sunburn can significantly impact your festival enjoyment. - Drugs are Strictly Prohibited: Glastonbury enforces a strict no-drugs policy. Using or possessing illegal substances poses health risks and can lead to eviction from the festival. - Foot Care for Festival Feet: Festival grounds can be breeding grounds for bacteria. Prioritize foot hygiene – pack breathable shoes and change socks regularly to prevent athlete's foot. - Fuel Your Festival Adventure: Pack snacks and plan your budget for on-site food options. Maintaining your energy levels is crucial for conquering a long festival weekend. - Explore Beyond the Music: Glastonbury offers a diverse range of experiences beyond music stages. Explore the schedule and uncover hidden gems in comedy, poetry, dance, and theater. Embrace the full cultural experience! - Stay Informed and Safe: Download the official Glastonbury app for essential information, including maps, set times, and safety updates. Staying informed ensures you can navigate the festival with ease and prioritize your safety. By following these essential tips, you'll be well-equipped to conquer Glastonbury 2024 and create lasting memories. Now get ready to immerse yourself in the music, culture, and vibrant atmosphere of this legendary festival! To get more updates on Festival visit WhatsOn Glastonbury 2024 Lineup Announced: Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and SZA HeadlineHere's a look at some of the must-see acts on each of the festival's biggest stages: Staying Healthy and Having a Blast at Glastonbury 2024Top 10 Essentials for Glastonbury Domination Read the full article

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dstrachan · 6 months

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'VIEWS FROM THE EDGE' - w/c 25th March 2024

Jesse Rae ‘Iphupo (A Dream)’

Zac Hilon ‘A Dream Is There’

Ramin Djawadi, Neil Davidge & Tina Dico ‘The Storm That Brought Me To You’

Makings ‘Late Night Drive’

Edgar Broughton Band ‘Apache Dropout’

Restarts ‘No Confidence’

Samara Vilain ‘Withdrawal’

Stiff Little Fingers ‘Alternative Ulster’

Therese Vaux de la Fontaine ‘Ruslaka – Song To The Moon’

Hardmoon ‘The First Years In Space’

Hawkwind ‘Masters Of The Universe’

The Menstrual Cramps ‘Class War’

Healthy Junkies ‘Desire’

Madisyn Whajne ‘Killing Desire’

Felicity Buirski ‘Collision Of Desire’

Betty Davis ‘Is It Love Or Desire’

Jesse Rae ‘D.E.S.I.R.E.’

Trickbaby ‘Nine Parts Of Desire (Cut La Roc Instramental Mix)’

The Gaslight Anthem ‘Desire’

Justin Hinds & The Dominoes ‘Fire (Is A Desire)’

Lethe ‘Erosion’

Leather Academy ‘Ships’

David Bowie ‘Aladdin Sane’

U2 ‘Desire’

Raintown ‘Hope In Troubled Times’

Rain Freedom ‘The Big Tall Wish’

#views from the edge #mad wasp radio #td1 radio #community radio

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Hi 🙂 ♫

Am I A Girl? - Poppy

I Love You - Fontaines D.C.

Wannabe - Spice Girls

Kollage - Carly Rae Jepsen

Love And Anger - Kate Bush

send me a “♫” and I will put my music on shuffle and give you a 5 song playlist

#ask game #answered #thisismypseudonym

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Fear of Mu21c - the top 261

This is the conclusion to #FearOfMu21c, a crowdsourced attempt to find the most popular singles of the 21st century. An index post explains further.

108 people put in their lists of singles, awarding 10 points to all of them, 11 points to the top five, and 12 points to the favourite. Contest runner Arron has wrangled these together, broken ties, and compiled a full chart. It's below the cut.

Hear it all! Spotify playlists of the top 250 in chronological order by release date... and the top 50 in countdown order

266 pts 1 - 1 thing - Amerie

223 pts 2 - Paper planes - MIA

215 pts 3 - Hey ya! - Outkast

212 pts 4 - Can't get you out of my head - Kylie Minogue

198 pts 5 - Biology - Girls Aloud

194 pts 6 - Crazy in love - Beyoncé ft Jay-Z

188 pts 7 - 212 - Azealia Banks ft Lazy Jay

186 pts 8 - Dancing on my own - Robyn

176 pts 9 - Back to black - Amy Winehouse

175 pts 10 - Umbrella - Rhianna ft Jay-Z 11 - Freak like me - Sugababes

154 pts 12 - Video games - Lana Del Rey

150 pts [inc 10 in bonuses] 13 - BOB (Bombs over Baghdad) - Outkast

143 pts 14 - Get ur freak on - Missy Elliott 15 - Overload - Sugababes

142 pts 16 - Take me out - Franz Ferdinand

137 pts 17 - Hurt - Johnny Cash 18 - Bad romance - Lady Gaga

133 pts 19 - All my friends - LCD Soundsystem

132 pts 20 - Feel good inc - Gorillaz

131 pts 21 - Since I met you - The Avalanches 22 - The fear - Lily Allen

124 pts 23 - Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 24 - We live here - Bob Vylan

121 pts 25 - I bet you look good on the dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys

120 pts 26 - Toxic - Britney Spears

114 pts 27 - One more time - Daft Punk

113 pts 28 - Mr brightside - The Killers 29 - Destroy everything you touch - Ladytron

112 pts 30 - Time to pretend - MGMT 31 - Do you realize?? - The Flaming Lips

110 pts 32 - Stan - Eminem 33 - Call me maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

106 pts 34 - Crystal - New Order

105 pts 35 - Christine / Tilted - Christine and the Queens

102 pts 36 - Pure shores - All Saints

101 pts 37 - Roscoe - Midlake 38 - Tightrope - Janelle Monaé

100 pts 39 - Blank space - Taylor Swift 40 - Chaise longue - Wet Leg 41 - Song 4 Mutya (out of control) - Groove Armada

94 pts 42 - With every heartbeat - Robyn

93 pts 43 - Fell in love with a girl - The White Stripes

92 pts 44 - Make me feel - Janelle Monáe 45 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley 46 - Witness (1 hope) - Roots Manuva

91 pts 47 - Ms Jackson - Outkast 48 - Theme from sparta f c #2 - The Fall

90 pts 49 - My girls - Animal Collective 50 - Chewing gum - Annie 51 - Milkshake - Kelis

83 pts 52 - Archie, marry me - Alvvays 53 - Blackstar - David Bowie

82 pts 54 - Bad guy - Billie Eilish 55 - Where are we now? - David Bowie 56 - Seven nation army - The White Stripes 57 - King kunta - Kendrick Lamar 58 - Wildfires - Sault

81 pts 59 - Blinding lights - The Weekend 60 - The rat - The Walkmen

80 pts 61 - Green light - Lorde 62 - Somebody that I used to know - Gotye ft Kimbra 63 - Galvanize - The Chemical Brothers ft Q-Tip 64 - Pagan poetry - Björk 65 - This hell - Ria Lina 66 - I don't feel like dancing - Scissor Sisters 67 - Blind - Hercules and Love Affair

73 pts 68 - Alright - Kendrick Lamar

72 pts 69 - You want it darker - Leonard Cohen 70 - Heartbeats - The Knife 71 - Seasons (waiting on you) - Future Islands 72 - Losing my edge - LCD Soundsystem

71 pts 73 - Uptown funk - Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars 74 - You are the generation that bought more shoes and you get what you deserve - Johnny Boy 75 - Sunrise - Pulp 76 - I love it - Icona Pop ft Charli XCX

70 pts 77 - American boy - Estelle ft Kayne West 78 - Out of time - Blur 79 - Boys in the better land - Fontaines Dc 80 - Portions for foxes - Rilo Kiley 81 - Work it - Missy Elliott

66 pts 82 - Come on, let's go - Broadcast

64 pts 83 - Everything is embarrassing - Sky Ferreira

62 pts 84 - House of jealous lovers - The Rapture 85 - The look - Metronomy

61 pts 86 - No one knows - Queens of the Stone Age 87 - Get lucky - Daft Punk ft Pharell Williams and Nile Rodgers 88 - Royals - Lorde 89 - Burn the witch - Radiohead 90 - The show - Girls Aloud 91 - Hung up - Madonna 92 - Bulletproof - La Roux 93 - Standing in the way of control - The Gossip 94 - Silent shout - The Knife

60 pts 95 - Last nite - The Strokes 96 - Wolf like me - TV on the Radio 97 - Dog days are over - Florence and the Machine 98 - Family affair - Mary J Blige 99 - Cranes in the sky - Solange 100 - Strict machine - Goldfrapp 101 - Rolling in the deep - Adele 102 - Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 103 - Slow - Kylie Minogue 104 - The mother we share - Chvrches 105 - Say it right - Nelly Furtado 106 - Digital love - Daft Punk 107 - Someone great - LCD Soundsystem 108 - That's not my name / Great DJ - The Ting Tings 109 - Hope there's someone - Antony and the Johnsons 110 - Wet dream - Wet Leg

54 pts 111 - I know a place - Muna

53 pts 112 - French navy - Camera Obscura 113 - I do this all the time - Self Esteem

52 pts 114 - Harder than you think - Public Enemy 115 - King of the mountain - Kate Bush 116 - There there - Radiohead 117 - Anti-hero - Taylor Swift 118 - Good fortune - P J Harvey 119 - The wire - Haim 120 - Int'l players anthem (I choose you) - UGK ft Outkast

51 pts 121 - There goes the fear - Doves 122 - Up with people - Lambchop 123 - The words that maketh murder - P J Harvey 124 - Emerge - Fischerspooner 125 - Shake it off - Taylor Swift 126 - Empire state of mind - Jay-Z ft Alicia Keys 127 - Two months off - Underworld 128 - One day like this - Elbow 129 - You ain't the problem - Michael Kiwanuka 130 - Love is a losing game - Amy Winehouse 131 - Mariners apartment complex - Lana Del Rey 132 - Myth - Beach House 133 - This is america - Childish Gambino 134 - Some girls - Rachel Stevens 135 - Lloyd I'm ready to be heartbroken - Camera Obscura 136 - Move your feet - Junior Senior 137 - Husbands - Savages

50 pts 138 - We found love - Rihanna ft Calvin Harris 139 - Damn, dis-moi (girlfriend) - Christine and the Queens ft Dâm-Funk 140 - Groovejet (if this ain't love) - Spiller ft Sophie Ellis Bextor 141 - Chandelier - Sia 142 - Levitating - Dua Lipa 143 - Don't start now - Dua Lipa 144 - Go! - Public Service Broadcasting 145 - About you now - Sugababes 146 - Since u been gone - Kelly Clarkson 147 - Heads will roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 148 - Slow life - Super Furry Animals 149 - Bootylicious - Destiny's Child 150 - This is the life - Amy MacDonald 151 - Welcome to the black parade - My Chemical Romance 152 - Pretty pimpin - Kurt Vile 153 - Go - The Chemical Brothers ft Q-Tip 154 - Days like these - Low 155 - Party hard - Andrew Wk 156 - The turning of our bones - Arab Strap 157 - Bohemian like you - Dandy Warhols 158 - Pumped up kicks - Foster the People 159 - We the people… - A Tribe Called Quest 160 - Take me to church - Hozier 161 - Williams' blood - Grace Jones 162 - Geraldine - Glasvegas

44 pts 163 - The girl and the robot - Röyksopp ft Robyn

43 pts 164 - Remember where you are - Jessie Ware 165 - Chaeri - Magdalena Bay

42 pts 166 - Evil - Interpol 167 - Hoppipolla - Sigur Rós 168 - Reflektor - Arcade Fire ft David Bowie 169 - Neighbourhood #2 (Laika) - Arcade Fire 170 - Midnight city - M83 171 - Coles corner - Richard Hawley 172 - Miami - Baxter Drury 173 - Heartbeat - Annie 174 - The modern age ep - The Strokes 175 - Lose yourself - Eminem 176 - Call the shots - Girls Aloud 177 - PDA - Interpol 178 - Loud places - Jamie xx ft Romy 179 - Don't shut me down - ABBA

41 pts 180 - Oblivion - Grimes 181 - Bloodbuzz Ohio - The National 182 - Düsseldorf - Teleman 183 - Such Great Heights - The Postal Service 184 - Precious - Depeche Mode 185 - I'm a cuckoo - Belle & Sebastian 186 - Somewhere only we know - Keane 187 - The rip - Portishead 188 - New rules - Dua Lipa 189 - Bring me to life - Evanescence 190 - Hard to explain - The Strokes 191 - Someone like you - Adele 192 - Star roving - Slowdive 193 - Lonely boy - The Black Keys 194 - Obstacle 1 - Interpol 195 - Not in love - Crystal Castles ft Robert Smith 196 - In for the kill - La Roux 197 - Queen of hearts - Fucked Up 198 - Stuck between stations - The Hold Steady 199 - Burn baby burn - Ash

40 pts 200 - Push the button - Sugababes 201 - Try again - Aaliyah 202 - Danny Nedelko - Idles 203 - Close your eyes (and count to fuck) - Run the Jewels ft Zack de la Rocha 204 - More than a woman - Aaliyah 205 - Feel good hit of the summer - Queens of the Stone Age 206 - Pyramid song - Radiohead 207 - Head home - Midlake 208 - Telephone - Lady Gaga ft Beyoncé 209 - Like I used to - Sharon van Etten and Angel Olsen 210 - Over and over - Hot Chip 211 - Into you - Ariana Grande 212 - Vampire - Olivia Rodrigo 213 - Archangel - Burial 214 - Emmylou - First Aid Kit 215 - Motion sickness - Phoebe Bridgers 216 - 99 problems - Jay-Z 217 - Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz 218 - Sea within a sea - The Horrors 219 - 1901 - Phoenix 220 - I follow rivers - Lykke Li 221 - Whenever wherever - Shakira 222 - Fake empire - The National 223 - Sprawl II (mountains beyond mountains) - Arcade Fire 224 - Frontier psychiatrist - The Avalanches 225 - Danger! high voltage - Electric Six 226 - Ladyflash - The Go! Team 227 - Katy on a mission - Katy B 228 - GMF - John Grant with Sinéad O'Connor 229 - Kids - MGMT 230 - You know I'm no good - Amy Winehouse 231 - I luv u - Dizzee Rascal 232 - Beautiful day - U2 233 - Mykonos - Fleet Foxes 234 - Lazy - X-press 2 ft David Byrne 235 - Club foot - Kasabian 236 - Fallin' - Alicia Keys 237 - Greatest hits - Jockstrap 238 - Remedy - Little Boots 239 - I believe in a thing called love - The Darkness 240 - Lies - Chvrches 241 - Leave the door open - Silk Sonic 242 - Reagan - Killer Mike 243 - Shut up kiss me - Angel Olsen 244 - Round and round / Mistaken wedding - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti 245 - Glue - Bicep 246 - Black magic - Little Mix 247 - Hade - Charisma.com 248 - My heart is a drummer - Allo Darlin' 249 - One-armed scissor - At The Drive In 250 - Feel it still - Portugal, The Man 251 - Kryptonite - Three Doors Down

34 pts 252 - Irish blood english heart - Morrissey

33 pts 253 - Whole again - Atomic Kitten 254 - Feel you - Julia Holter

32 pts 255 - It's a hit - Rilo Kiley 256 - Papillion - Editors 257 - Summertime sadness - Lana Del Rey 258 - Everybody's changing - Keane

31 pts 259 - The middle - Jimmy Eat World 260 - Somebody told me - The Killers 261 - Editors - Munich

Performers getting at least 250 points in total were:

JAY-Z 552 pts/4 in the chart

OUTKAST 538/4

SUGABABES 499/4

ROBYN 465/3

BEYONCÉ 409/2

RIHANNA 408/2

TAYLOR SWIFT 403/3

KYLIE MINOGUE 394/2

GIRLS ALOUD 391/3

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM 345/3

AMY WINEHOUSE 339/3

DAFT PUNK 336/3

M.I.A. 333/1

YEAH YEAH YEAHS 324/3

LADY GAGA 318/2

LANA DEL REY 307/2

AMERIE 286/1

DAVID BOWIE 279/3

KENDRICK LAMAR 265/2

ARCTIC MONKEYS 263/1

GORILLAZ 262/2

(Yes, this includes nominations that didn't make the published chart.)

Observations

#FearOfMu21c was part of "Music Twttr", an accumulation of mostly-British mostly-middle-aged mostly-male posters. It reflects a particular cultural bias: primarily The Sort Of Tune They'll Play on BBC 6 Music. Almost nothing not in English, very little folk and country and roots music.

I ended up with 17 votes counting to the top 261, 16 to the top 250. This is as much as would be expected by sheer chance.

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