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fidgetspringer-art · 1 month

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-✹- 'But I miss you in the mornings when I see the sun, Something in the orange tells me we're not done' -✹-

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leenieweenie12 · 20 days

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No Weight At All

Just a little headcanon about our beloved Alfie comforting reader during a bit of a down episode. No dialogue, just thoughts and actions. Lightly inspired by lyrics from Something in the Orange by Zach Bryan.

Warnings: allusion to depression and/or some PTSD, vague mentions of trauma and violence

Word count: 515

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It had been a difficult few days for you and Alfie knew it. You never had to tell him how you were feeling, he always knew. He picked up on the smallest look in your eyes that told him you were caught up in your emotions. Even if to the rest of the world you appeared to be the happiest person in the world, a simple glance to your face told him the truth. Alfie had that skill with everyone, seeing into their soul. His intense gaze was proof of that.

The evening before had been quiet with both of you in the sitting room in your respective seats by the fire, Alfie with his spectacles resting on the tip of his nose rifling through paperwork and you pretending to read your book. When he noticed that you hadn’t turned the page in ten minutes, he knew something was up. You had been together long enough that Alfie knew better than to ask if you were alright. He knew you would say yes, even if that wasn’t the truth. Instead, he made you a cup of tea, exactly how you like it, and set it on the table next to you. He motioned to you to move over and make room for him. Snaking his arm around your waist, he slid you up on his lap to face him. He put his large hand behind your head and guided it down to his shoulder. You wrapped your arms around him and just sat like this, sitting on his lap with your head between his collar and jaw, two bodies melded into one, and closed your eyes.

Alfie loved being able to comfort you with such a simple gesture. He didn’t always know what it was that caused you to have these somber periods, but that was fine. There were things that happened in your past that were never discussed between the two of you. Alfie didn’t mind. He knew all about inner demons, from his own dealings with adults abusing their power over him as a child, to the trenches in France, to the replays in his mind of downright evil things he had done to supposedly deserving men who were on the wrong side of conflict. He could surely understand the desire to say nothing at all but still crave the comforting touch of another. Which is why he never asked you to talk about what was on your mind during these times. He knew you well enough to know that you would tell him in time or even never at all if you so chose.

The two of you sat together for what felt like hours but was likely far less. Alfie rubbed your back in a slow rhythm so soothing that you fell asleep. The growing weight of your head on his shoulder was the sign that told him you were no longer awake. Even with your entire body resting on his, he felt no weight at all. This was where he was happiest. This was where he was meant to be.

#alfie solomons #peaky blinders #alfie solomons x reader #alfie solomons fanfic #peaky blinders fanfic #alfie solomons headcanon #tom hardy

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revenant-coining · 8 months

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Butimisslyrica

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Butimisslyrica: a gender connected to the lyrics: “But I miss you in the mornings when I see the sun/Somethin' in the orange tells me we're not done” from the song Something in the Orange by Zach Bryan. this might be the lyrics themself and/or how they were sung.

Etymology: but i miss, lyrica

@radiomogai , @imawanokiwaaa

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#butimisslyrica #lyrica #gender #neogender #xenogender #liom #mogai #🪼 creations #category: genders

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rileys-battlecats · 11 months

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It's been a bit since I've offered a music rec but I found something cool not too long ago, and I thought you'd enjoy it. So I'm here!

I have no clue what your opinion on country is, but I personally can't stand that stereotypical modern bro country. You know the type, nothing going on lyrically besides talking about beer, girls, and trucks. It's probably the only genre that I'd actually say I hate, and that's why it's all the more special to me that I found a country artist that I like!

His name is Zach Bryan, and maybe part of the reason why I like his stuff is that his sound kinda tows the line between country and folk. Heck, I'd argue that his song Condemned kind of falls into folk punk! But anyway, it's still ultimately country, but it's GOOD country, and I'm honestly mind blown. As for my favorites of his, I'd say Open the Gate, Crooked Teeth, and Birmingham are my favorites of what I'd call his more story driven songs. I also like Mine Again, Something in the Orange, and Late July as well!

Anyway, this all got a little out of hand because I just had to express how bizarre it is for me to genuinely like country. Hope you're having a good day! 💖💖💖

I remember reading something interesting about that "modern bro country" music!! I can't quite remember the details because I read it a few years ago, but basically a lot of those sorts of modern country singers don't actually like... live in the country. So all their songs are taking cues from other country songs and from stereotypes of what small towns and farms are like, and you end up with tons of lyrically shallow songs about trucks, beer, and women lmao. but ANYWAY I like all kinds of music and don't tend to really hate any genre, but I will agree that a lot of modern country music is like. mind meltingly same-y. and I don't tend to listen to it lol.

But I'll definitely check out those songs you mentioned!! I'm glad you've found a new music artist that you enjoy, thanks for sharing!!

#ask #music recs #unfortunately my sister had a Generic Country Music phase when we were growing up #and because of that I know the lyrics of many MANY bad country songs. big green tractor my beloathed.#one of her favorites that I actually liked was the one about the woman just absolutely trashing her ex's truck because he cheated on her #frankly iconic

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fascinatedmiseducated · 5 months

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Shuffle your ON REPEAT playlist and list the first 10 songs and tag 10 people.

Thanks for tagging me, @strange-wafflez !!

Top 10 with my favourite lyrics from the song

Bad Omens - 5 Seconds of Summer "I tried to stop the door as it was closing"

Star Maps - Aly & AJ "...like only a wedding band could do"

Something in the orange - Zach Bryan "I don't know much but there's no weight at all"

Can't catch me now - Olivia Rodrigo "I'm comin' like a storm into your town"

More - 5 Seconds of Summer "A house that's full of everything we wanted but it's an empty home"

Starting Line - Luke Hemmings "I think I missed the gun at the starting line"

Vertigo - Griff "You're scared of love, well, aren't we all?"

Houdini - Dua Lipa "Catch me or I go Houdini"

Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer "Something in the way you're looking through my eyes, don't know if I'm gonna make it out alive"

There it goes (acoustic) - Maisie Peters "the universe is shifting and it's all for me"

not tagging

#spotify on repeat #tag game #lyrics #5sos #olivia rodrigo #dua lipa #aly and aj #maisie peters #luke hemmings #griff #zach bryan

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inevitably-johnlocked · 11 months

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Hi, I think the song "Something in the orange" by Zach Bryan fits a bit with Sherlock

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[Verse 1] It'll be fine by dusk light, I'm tellin' you, baby These things eat at your bones and drive your young mind crazy But when you place your head between my collar and jaw I don't know much, but there's no weight at all [Verse 2] And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't 'Cause if I say I miss you, I know that you won't But I miss you in the mornings when I see the sun Somethin' in the orange tells me we're not done [Chorus] To you, I'm just a man; to me, you're all I am Where the hell am I supposed to go? I poisoned myself again, somethin' in the orange Tells me you're never comin' home [Verse 3] I need to hear you say you've been waitin' all night There's orange dancin' in your eyes from bulb light Your voice only trembles when you try to speak Take me back to us dancin', this wood used to creak [Chorus] To you, I'm just a man; to me, you're all I am Where the hell am I supposed to go? I poisoned myself again, somethin' in the orange Tells me you're never comin' home [Chorus] To you, I'm just a man; to me, you're all I am Where the hell am I supposed to go? I poisoned myself again, somethin' in the orange Tells me you're never comin' home If you leave today, I'll just stare at the way The orange touches all things around The grass, trees, and dew, how I just hate you Please turn those headlights around Please turn those headlights around (Lyrics from Genius.com)

Hey Nonny!

OH WOW, yeah, this is a great one for Sherlock. I really love it. Thank you so much for sharing it!!!

🎶 LISTEN TO THE JOHNLOCK PLAYLIST ON [SPOTIFY] & [YOUTUBE] 🎶

#steph replies #johnlock playlist #artist zach bryan #song something in the orange

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zmwrites · 2 years

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Tag: About Me Compilation!

So I do this every once and a while... I get together all of the tag games that are about me instead of my writing, and I put them all in one post!

If you’ve tagged me to do one of these games, I tag YOU to pick one of the other ones and complete it!

Under a cut, as it’s going to get long:

Autumn Theme This or That - tagged by @sleepyowlwrites

Rainbow Ask Game - tagged by @letswritestories101

❤ - last Song you listened to: Diane by Cam

🧡 - Ideal Pizza toppings: pepperoni + green pepper

💛 - Dream vacation: mmm perhaps a cruise to antarctica to see the penguins

💚 - Earth, Air, Fire, or Water: i want to be cool and be fire but i’m definitely water

💙 - Cartoon you grew up on: Spongebob + Fairly Odd Parents

💜 - Favourite scent: strawberry fields in late summer

URL songs - tagged by @megarywrites

taking these from my ‘liked songs’ on spotify! otherwise no real meaning, just the ones i’m vibing w rn

z - zombie by the cranberries

m - my love took me down to the river to silence me by little green cars

w - woman (oh mama) by joy williams

r - remember it wrong by brennley brown

i - it’ll be okay by rachel grae

t - tell that devil by jill andrews

e - every time i hear that song by brandi carlile

s - something in the orange by zach bryan

Get to Know Me - tagged by @talesofsorrowandofruin

Relationship status: single

Favourite colour: dark green and/or purple

Three favourite foods: rotini noodles w alfredo and baked chicken, my dad’s stew, cheesecake

Song stuck in my head: i don’t have one rn :(

Last song I listened to: Diane by Cam

Last thing I googled: every time i hear that song brandi carlile lyrics

Time: 4:53pm

Dream trip: Switzerland to hike the alps

Anything I really want right now: i would like my parents to not be sick anymore

Get to Know Me v2 - tagged by @sharraus, @whimsyqueen, @mr-writes, @char-writes

Favourite colour: i also am v fond of gold

Currently reading: Thriving by @spacetimewraithwrites

Last song: Diane by Cam

Last series: Vampire Academy lol I watched the pilot and have PVR’d the other episodes but haven’t watched them yet

Last movie: watched the last fifteen minutes of Pride and Prejudice this morning

Sweet/savory/spicy: sweet

Currently working on: i’m supposed to be editing IW1 or even Remnants but instead i’m working on a bunch of other projects that haven’t really gone anywhere yet

Three Facts - tagged by @scmalarky

I have two dogs named Mia and Hank

I’ve been in a writing slump for most of the year

I joined a ringette team this year after not playing since 2011

Catch Up - tagged by @stuffaboutwriting

songs that I have got stuck in my head recently: i was singing something last night but i can’t remember it!

foods that I have eaten recently: toast w butter, pizza pop, cheese/crackers/kolbassa, hazelnut chocolate bar

things that I have searched for recently: every time i hear that song brandi carlile lyrics, we can never go back joy williams lyrics, pizza pop cooking times microwave, oversized baking sheet

items that I have bought recently: my car repair, a vet appointment for Mia, Hamilton tickets, and two The Ordinary skincare products

sentences I have said recently: “Did she breach containment again?”, “Hank, no. Hank no. Hank - this is why you have no friends!”, “Do NOT DRINK MY--HANK NO!!”, “I know you’re nervous. I know. You need to work on your self-calming techniques.”, “Please stop licking my feet”

Happy Game - tagged by @my-writblr, @echoing-sailor,

List 5 things that make me happy? I can do that!

skating

my dogs

pretty autumn leaves

writing (when I can do it)

watching hockey

Fantasy Theme This or That - tagged by @/fablewritten (who has since deactivated)

spell or curse / abandoned mansion or haunted cemetery / vampire slayer or ghost hunter / phoenix or griffin / wrist bite or neck bite / fairy godmother or evil stepmother / herbs or potion / ghost or wraith / dragon scales or werewolf claws / druid or mage / elf or hobbit / divination or necromancy / wand magic or hand magic / centaur or unicorn / dark fairytale or disney-style fairytale / sword or bow & arrow / siren or water nymph / garlic or silver / talking animal or walking tree / demon trap or crossroads pact / enchanted fairy forest or mermaid lagoon

10 Songs - tagged by @corishadowfang, @ren-c-leyn,

Rules: Put your playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs that come up.

These will be from my “liked songs” playlist on Spotify.

High Hopes by Kodaline

Better Man by Little Big Town

These Streets by Bastille

Haus of Holbein by SIX the Musical

Till Forever by Joy Williams

Can’t Miss You Anymore by Avery Anna

Stars by Grace Potter & The Nocturnals

Hands on You by Ashley Monroe

Volcano by Damien Rice

Fast Car by Boyce Avenue and Kina Grannis

And that is all! Or at least all I could find in my messy, messy drafts.

#tag games #about me

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eddiebabygirldiaz · 1 year

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Ryan my beloved bumblebee, 1, 6, and 14 for the blorbo asks please 🐝❤️

Oh hello my dear Owl 💖 Thank you for the ask!

1. If you had to choose who is your number one blorbo?

Eddie Diaz, love of my life

6. Favorite song on your blorbos playlist l?

It's a tie between Pray by jxdn and Something in the Orange by Zach Bryan

14. Pick any lyric from any artist that screams blorbo to you

growing up I made it through tough times / looking back the world hasn't been kind / but I'm alive and I feel fine

(From Lifeless Stars by Palaye Royale)

blorbo asks

#ryan gets mail #asks and answers

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alwaysjustmina · 5 months

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3 18 27 29 for the ao3 ask game

I had already answered 18 and 29 so we agreed on adding 7 and 17 instead.

3. What work am I most proud of?

Whispers of Rain, by far my favorite thing I've written to date. I have so much planned for it and I'm so excited for how it will end.

27. What do I listen to while writing?

Anything and everything Sleep Token and then if I need more, Cigarettes after sex

7. Artist song lyrics I pulled from the most:

Sleep Token (Rain)

Zach Bryan (Something in the Orange)

17. favorite character to write?

Rain. I think I'm most like him, so that's why it's easier...and come on Rain is just yum!!

Thanks @midnight-moth

#mina answers #writer ask game #ask games #ao3 #midnight moth

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thatonesquintern13 · 8 months

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thanks for the tag @movrings!!

rules: spell your url with song titles and then tag as many people as there are letters.

t: truce - twenty one pilots*

h: heads carolina, tails california - jo dee messina

a: all i ask - adele

t: this one’s for the girls - martina mcbride

o: orange juice - noah kahan

n: never gonna give you up - rick astley**

e: everything i wanted - billie eilish

s: something in the orange - zach bryan

q: question…? - taylor swift

u: unwritten - natasha bedingfield

i: iris - the goo goo dolls

n: never grow up - niall horan

t: talk too much - coin

e: evermore - taylor swift (ft. bon iver)

r: riptide - vance joy

n: neon moon - brooks and dunn

1: 1 step forward, 3 steps back - olivia rodrigo

3: 3 o’clock things - ajr

* i have a tattoo of a lyric from this song!

** my friends and i play a game on road trips where we make alphabetical playlists and i have put this song on every single one. it gets them every time.

there are far too many letters for me to tag, so if you see this, consider yourself tagged! and tag me if you do it :)

#this was so fun!#but why are there so many gd letters in my url LMAO #i tried not to repeat artists but i only know so many songs that start with Q…#this is probably the first time the link to never gonna give you up has been posted where you’re told exactly what it is #all of these songs are in regular rotation on my spotify btw #like do not give me the aux if you want a cohesive playlist

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thisaintascenereviews · 8 months

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Zach Bryan - S/T

Country music (and to some extent, folk and Americana music) is a style of music that I’ve had a complicated relationship with over the years. My parents listened to it exclusively growing up, so I knew a lot of 90s and 00s artists, but I got into alternative music because I wanted something that was “mine.” As a child, especially a teenager, you want something that’s yours. You want to feel like you have your own identity, but I just didn’t like country at the time. For many years later, I still didn’t like it, at least to the point where I’d call myself a fan. I’ve reviewed plenty of country albums over the years, but I don’t have many country albums that I’d consider to be my all time favorites. That’s been starting to change, though, because one artist that has risen up the ranks of my favorites is Oklahoma native Zach Bryan.

I could write a whole piece on his seemingly strange and interesting rise to fame, but long story short, Bryan was in the Navy and started posting videos on Tik Tok during 2019, and that led to him self-releasing two albums before landing a record deal with Warner Nashville in 2020. Last year saw him get his first charting single, “Something In The Orange,” and release a 34-song triple album entitled American Heartbreak, as well as a surprise EP a few months later in the form of Summertime Blues with songs that didn’t fit the narrative or themes of American Heartbreak. It was already a lot to release a 34-song triple album that clocked in at 2 hours, but to release another EP and a few one-off singles? That’s insane, but Bryan has amassed a diehard following, and you can all myself one of those diehards.

I’ve been a huge fan of his work for the last few years, especially since 2020’s Quiet Heavy Dreams EP, where I personally feel as though he found his voice, but American Heartbreak and Summertime Blues cemented how much I love his music and resonate with it. His newly released self-titled album only began being talked about a couple of weeks ago, if that, so it was a great surprise that we got a new record from him in such a short amount of time. The record is also interesting because it has a handful of guest spots on it, including Sierra Ferrell, The War & Treaty, and Kacey Musgraves, of all people, but the song she does with Bryan, “I Remember Everything,” is certainly a highlight. It might even be my favorite song, but this is one of those albums where my favorite song constantly changes. Every time I listen to the record, my favorite tends to change. I find something new to enjoy about a song with each subsequent listen, so my favorites reflect that, but that’s a good sign when an album can have so many potential favorites.

The thing about Zach Bryan’s self-titled album is that you can make the argument that the album is too long, the production is very inconsistent, and some songs are definitely better than others, but when it comes to Zach Bryan, it doesn’t matter. People are going to love this album regardless, myself included, warts and all. Bryan said he self-titled this album because it was his most personal batch of songs to date and you can hear it. Part of what makes this album so magical for me are the vocals and lyrics. Bryan has always been a storyteller, starting off with himself and then branching out to other characters, but this album goes back to his roots and talks about himself. It feels very raw, stripped back, and personal, especially when the production reflects that. A lot of fans have said that this album feels like demos stitched together, but that’s part of its charm for me. That’s not a bad thing.

Sure, this album is 54 minutes long, and the album is top heavy, but a lot of great songs are at the end. Hell, Bryan’s worst songs are what would be considered other artists’ best songs, and that should say a lot about him. There are a lot of highlights here, such as “I Remember Everything,” “Hey Driver,” “Ticking,” “Smaller Acts,” “East Side Of Sorrow,” “Overtime,” “Fear and Friday’s” (both the poem that opens the album and the song), and “Holy Roller,” but there are tracks that sort of pale in comparison. I wouldn’t get rid of anything on this album, though. Everything feels necessary, and cutting anything would just feel wrong.

Zach Bryan is about to have a great week on the Billboard charts this week. It seems like the whole album charted, and good for him, but it’s unfortunate that he released his new record at the same time that Jason Aldean and Oliver Anthony are conservative heroes, for the lack of a better, so country music doesn’t have the best look, especially with Morgan Wallen being the face of the genre, too. Those artists shouldn’t be in the same conversation as Bryan, but there is an argument that can be made about whether those songs helped this album to be as popular as it is, since country music is having a good year (even if what’s popular isn’t good). Bryan has been on the rise for the last few years, however, so the reason is irrelevant, but what matters is that this might be his superstar moment, and this record is deserving of that. It might be his best album to date, but something in the orange tells me he’s not done.

#zach bryan #something in the orange #summertime blues #american heartbreak #hey driver #i remember everything #kacey musgraves #the war and treaty #the lumineers #sierra ferrell #bluegrass #folk #country #rock #oklahoma #east side of sorrow

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hannahraehum · 10 months

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Sound of the Rainbow

My playlist will consist of the sound of the rainbow through each color: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo/violet. For the purposes of the assignment, indigo and violet will be considered as the color purple. I chose this theme because I have always been fascinated by the use of color descriptions as a way of emotion by artists. Colors gain so much association with both visual and mental descriptions. When you think of yellow, you may picture beautiful sunshine and peace, but red is more conducive to passion or anger. Color is used heavily in literature and cinema to psychologically illicit emotion from the viewer, and just the same, music uses this but via lyrics and description of color.

RED - The Red by Chevelle

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Released in 2002 by the 90s band "Chevelle" this early 2000s hit is all about pure rage and "seeing red again." It's categorized as Nu Metal or alternative metal and peaked at #56 on Billboard Top 100. The lyrics are straightforward and the electric guitar engulfs with its sound to wholly capture what anger feels like and not being able to control yourself.

ORANGE - Something in the Orange by Zach Bryan

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This country single released in 2022 by the hit country singer Zach Bryan is all about stunning sunsets coupled with sorrow and heartbreak which is a beautiful juxtaposition. He sings "Something in the orange tells me we’re not done" as if the sky is speaking to the writer to tell him he has unfinished business with a past lover. To add, Bryan recorded two versions of the single: the stripped-back and somber versions and one with piano and strings. The song has peaked at number 10 on Billboard.

YELLOW - Yellow by Coldplay

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Yellow by Coldplay was released in 2000 on the album Parachutes. The lead singer and writer has been quoted to say the song is about devotion to a lover or someone special and also about his favorite color. I think the repetition of saying yellow coupled with the acts of devotion sparks a visual of absolute beauty radiating and what love feels like whether romantic or not. The genre falls under post-Brit-pop and pop rock. During production, the band and producers had difficulty choosing a tempo that worked for the song, one in between not too fast or too slow but still remained pop-like yet sentimental.

GREEN - Green Light by Lorde

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Pop artist and hit-maker, Lorde released this pop single in 2017. The song's lyrics seem to be about a lover lost in a past relationship not able to move on from their ex yet. The green light represents a street light that Lorde is waiting for in the song so she can move on to a new relationship. The entire song elicits visuals of city life such as drinking at a bar, and dancing on light-up floors which goes hand in hand with the 'green light.' All of this comes together for the listener to visualize night life in a city engulfed in street lights of green.

BLUE - Blue on Blue by Bobby Vinton

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Released in 1963, this 'easy-listening' classic from the 60s is one of my mom's favorites and was a tie between this and "Blue Velvet" released from the same decade. Backed by an orchestra, the singer expresses heartbreak; "blue on blue, heartache on heartache, blue on blue now that we are through." The song peaked at #3 on Billboard and spent over 13 weeks at the top #100.

INDIGO/VIOLET - The Purple People Eater by Sheb Wolley

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This Halloween holiday classic dates back to 1958 and is considered the Doo-Wop genre or rock and roll. The song is light-hearted and sings about a purple people eater that comes from space to be in a rock and roll band. The creature is a "one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater" which elicits very silly and fun visuals which perfectly go with the Halloween spirit. The song reached #1 on Billboard and remained from June to July.

#Youtube

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revenant-coining · 8 months

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Andimdamnlinaic

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Andimdamnlinaic: a gender connected to the lyrics: “And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't” from the song Something in the Orange by Zach Bryan. this might be the lyrics themself and/or how they were sung.

Etymology: and i’m damn(ed), linaic

@radiomogai , @imawanokiwaaa

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#andimdamnlinaic #linaic #gender #neogender #xenogender #liom #mogai #🪼 creations #category: genders

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pussysidon · 10 months

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Star Wars Characters/Ships as Songs on my Playlist:

Featuring: my questionable taste in music

Hera Syndulla: Almost (Sweet Music) by Hozier. Like, it's about recovering from the loss of a lover. Like: "I got some color back, she thinks so too. I laugh like me again, she laughs like you."

Cal Kestis: Could Have Been Me by The Struts. Just listen to the lyrics: "Don't wanna live as untold story, rather go out in a blaze of glory. I can't hear you, I don't fear you."

Han/Leia: Come on Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners. I imagine this is their relationship from Han's perspective.

Anakin and Ahsoka (not a ship): If We Have Each Other by Alec Benjamin. "The world's not perfect but it's not that bad. If we got each other than that's all we have. I will be your brother and I'll hold your hand. You should know I'll be there for you.

Mando: Hell's Coming with Me by Poor Man's Poison. You know that sound on TikTok that trended for a while that went like "I am the righteous hand of God, and I am the devil that you forgot"? Yeah it's that song. Just listen to it it's so Mando coded.

Thrawn: Mastermind by Taylor Swift. It's a song about the struggles of being a genius.

Cassian and Jyn: I Know The End by Phoebe Bridgers. I'm not 100% sure what this song is about but damn if it doesn't give them vibes.

Bo-Katan/The Armourer: Don't Blame Me by Taylor Swift. This lyric in particular works for them: " For you, I would fall from grace, just to, touch your face."

Crosshair and the Bad Batch: Two Birds by Regina Spektor. If you haven't noticed by now, I pay a lot of attention to lyrics: "Two birds, on a wire, one tries fly, away, and the other, watches him close, from that wire. He says he wants to as well but, he's just a liar."

The Empire in general: Feed the Machine by Poor Man's Poison. This song is literally about the evils of fascism/capitalism.

The Rebels crew: Something in the Orange by Zach Bryan. You all know the drill:" But I miss you in the morning when I see the sun. Something in the Orange tells me we're not done."

Cassian Andor: Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift. I feel like this song works well for Cassian because like, bro was literally being chased by the rebels and the empire. He was literally an Anti-Hero.

Anakin: Little Dark Age by MGMT. This song's lyrics encapsulate Anakin's fall to the dark side like:" All the rage my little dark age."

Ahsoka: You're On Your Own Kid by Taylor Swift. This song could work well for a lot of characters but I picked Ahsoka because the song is about leaving home and the nostalgia for something you've never had.

Bo-Katan: Queen of Kings by Alessandra. She's the Manda'lor. What more is there to say?

Rey: My Sister's Crown by Vesna. The chorus translates to:" My beautiful sister, you are so strong, brave and the only one. The crown is yours." It feels like the Jedi before her are saying this.

#star wars #sw rebels #the mandalorian #song recs #yes i know #my music taste #is amazing #but you can't blame me I'm mentally ill #i spent so much time on this

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jackalsinthekitchen · 1 year

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pop report #3 (1/21/23)

only some of our stars are problematic, but all of them are a little upset

It’s a new reshuffle for our rotation of shadowy, spacey hits, many of them familiar company by now.

“Anti-Hero” leads the pack as usual, followed by “Kill Bill”, “Unholy”, “I’m Good (Blue)”, “Creepin”, “Die for You”, “Rich Flex”, “As It Was”, “Bad Habit”, and “Something in the Orange” – each one a good song of some sort, each one deliberately on the downbeat side. “Orange”, by Zach Bryan, is striking. The title metaphor (the vermillion of a new-dawn sun) feels overstated as it goes on. But Bryan wrenches the lyric out of his throat with such a gritty, wounded passion that you’re wrapped up in the drama of the scenario even as the author doesn’t lay it out detail for detail. It’s the only song of the ten that doesn’t happily submit to the prefab trends of our time. America’s top-selling songs sound fake and spectacular.

The superstars lingering in our charts share an underdog edge. SZA toils in the shadow of Rihanna and Beyoncé. SOS may not be her breakout among Black women making artful statements in a vague genre often pigeonholed as “R&B”. Not unlike her labelmate Kendrick Lamar, she’s boldly inventive, but doesn’t foreground her ethereality the way Solange, Janelle Monae or Charlotte Adigéry do. Her music is more street and soulful, but its edge is tempered; lyrically, melodically and sonically it prefers a suggestive path, its strength its insouciance.

Taylor Swift could buy Luxemborg, but I think she’s underrated too, as the nitpicky response to Midnights demonstrates. No pop star resembles Hillary Clinton more – her deficiencies are her caution, and the pushy sincerity with which she undermines her best ideas. I admire aspects of Midnights others can’t agree on. I think Jack Antonoff’s production is fun, its overall tone of luminous gloom offset by cute little sonic surprises in the arrangements. It’s been accused of sounding soullessly synthetic, but in fact the technology purposefully emulates cheapness. And her choice to curse in nearly every song, while contrived (and as such weirdly enjoyable), has the same insufficient-progress impact as, say, a president voicing support for gay marriage in 2012.

You probably haven’t guessed that I’m running down Billboard’s Top 10 albums, because I didn’t tell you, but Metro Boomin’s album follows at #3. I’m not that familiar with his work, but he does have friends – John Legend, the ever-resilient Chris Brown, Travis Scott, Young Thug, the late Takeoff, A$AP Rocky, and Lakeith Stanfield, who starred in the trailer, to name seven. His music emanates an indigo mood, often darkly attractive in arrangement and tune. And the uniformly macho-minded contributors explore angles of their own angst that at times yield uniquely compelling results. Still, you can imagine falling asleep to this album, and the resulting dreams wouldn’t be very much fun.

I struggle with Drake, as I’ve said, because I’m just not convinced his instincts are sharp enough for great art. He makes perfect sense when he finds a terrific hook (“Best I Ever Had”) or groove (“Passionfruit”). But as befits a performer who made his name (well, real name) on the charmingly soapy Degrassi: the Next Generation, some of his public acts have felt not just forced but unselfaware. And when he tries to catapult off his commercial primacy into playing at swagger, you simply don’t believe him – you get annoyed. That the album is reported to be quite bitchy about the artists’ ex-girlfriends has kept from me from exploring it, but at the same time it’s a valid resistance for any listener to have. Judging from its tenacity on the charts, this doesn’t seem to be too widespread a problem.

It’s conceivable that a collective American fatigue, a weariness at having been roughed by current events, explains the evidently en vogue wave of tonally sullen and slightly ominous-sounding bangers. Bad Bunny has the aura of a Casanova-rapscallion hybrid, but like Post Malone, his music is luxuriously atmospheric (at least by the evidence of his most recent album, Un Verano Sin Ti). The pulse of his beats is dependable and insistent, but his tracks are never monotonous; they’re consistently playful even when moroseness perfumes the proceedings. My girlfriend says she admires Bad Bunny’s work because “he’s fuckin’ sexy and I love his voice”; she emphasizes, though, that songs from the last record hung around in her head more than these seem to, with an air of disappointment in her inflection.

If Drake is skirting the problematic with relative impunity, who knows what you call Morgan Wallen’s 105th week on the chart. His album, conveniently titled Dangerous: the Double Album, is still selling in the long wake of Wallen’s collision with the sort of controversy that permanently stains you. Taken for what it was*, without proselytizing, his offense seems even more unthinking and less racially targeted than Elvis Costello’s 1979 barstool faux-pas, for which EC is still living off the hook. But it’s hard not to see Wallen’s persistent sales as reflecting the wokeness-contrarian impulse coursing through society.

It doesn’t help that Wallen’s general vibe is smug and shallow; he prefers to plow past deeper emotions. Most country pop works the way disco works – the way it sounds is sometimes silly, but the tone and tempo can be enough of a kick to counteract that. But it rarely feels as commanding or texturally interesting as whatever Zach Bryan is up to. The very title of his album, American Heartbreak, reflects his interest in humanity’s ragged diversity. A more civilized-sounding Tyler Childers, Bryan elevates every lyric with his plaintive, shopworn delivery. But even if he sang as insincerely as Wallen, or as weakly as, say, Kris Kristofferson, you’d still instantly sense that those lyrics are worth returning to.

Another hip-hop artist whose vibe is generically masculine, Lil Baby favors producers similar to Metro Boomin, those inclined to mine the line between dreamy and dreary. Baby has a strangely captivating flow – tuneful, viscous and casual across the consonants. And while his lyrics don’t skimp on the usual hardnosed hustler act, that flow is full of feelings unsuffocated by his swagger. That said, there’s a repetitiveness to this music that starts to feel oppressive over 23 tracks, and it makes you wonder how much fun the artist is having.

By contrast, YoungBoy Never Broke Again (good name – manifest that shit) doesn’t want you to relax. His music is chaotic, assertive, taut with tension. These boisterous collages of sound are creative enough to stay riveting, even when the cumulative effect is claustrophobic or unpleasant. YB N B A raps, through a sizzling autotune, even more loosely and woundedly than Lil Baby. There’s almost always something interesting going on, and 19 songs in 39 minutes isn’t going to try anyone’s patience. But once again it’s a seemingly-not-so-lovable-guy unloading his problems line by line without repaying your attention with hooks.

T-Swift’s ex Harry ‘Will Never Go Out of’ Styles is another multimillionaire I’ll defend as awaiting some due. Savvy beams off his every move, and he’s turned himself into a true fashion icon. But I suspect that his reserved demeanor, plus the usual indulgent hate boy bands attract like bug zappers, has compelled certain people to assume there’s less behind those bedroom eyes than the sleek intelligence Harry’s House exhibits. Truly, he should not be allowed to wax about cinema without a set of notecards, but the pop he’s bringing these days isn’t exactly lacking scope and vision. Like the best directors, Harry is an earth angel fascinated by the sweet nuance of human behavior, and the thrill of trying to evoke it.

I’ve long appreciated that modern pop seems to have shaken off a certain kitschy artifice. The prevailing aural trends, forged in a world of limitless technology, favor heady and challenging atmospherics. Thus the corniest hits are at least pacifying, and the best profound and genuinely transportive. But evolved as the status quo feels, I’m feeling a hunger pang for the shock of the new – for a disorienting shake of the frame. Or, as with “Running Up That Hill”’s fluke success, a resurgence of the old in service of the same surprise.

*if I have it right, an inebriated Wallen casually refers to one of his (white) friends with the n-word

#taylorswift #sza #samsmith #kimpetras #davidguetta #metroboomin #theweeknd #drake #21savage #harrystyles #stevelacy #zackbryan #morganwallen #lilbaby #youngboyneverbrokeagain #badbunny

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deadcactuswalking · 1 year

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My favourite hit song of 2022

I did not make a list of the best or worst hit songs of the year. If I did, you would have read it already but alas, I did not write down my thoughts on my favourite or least favourite hits that 2022 is produced. For what it’s worth, I did draft a list of what those would be, but the worst list is full of boring songs from last year. Why I didn’t do this is largely because I was focused on non-charting new releases in 2022, because they were a Hell of a lot more refreshing, but also because these lists end up slightly redundant when half of them I have probably already covered on REVIEWING THE CHARTS – where I end up reviewing UK hits, broadening my horizons to an extent not really seen in those year-end lists. Also, it felt a bit dishonest. I was listening to, let’s see here, 1990s queercore punk, twee pop, plunderphonics and depressive conscious hip hop the whole year, who am I if I go on tirades about good Justin Bieber was, even if it was a good year quality-wise for pop music? Regardless, it felt weird ending the year on just any other old episode of the chart show, so... what were my favourite hit songs of the year?

Well, going off on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 and then removing songs that made the 2021 year-end also as I probably would have done, this is what my list, without the #1, looks like.

#10 – “Después de la Playa” – Bad Bunny #9 – “PUFFIN ON ZOOTIEZ” – Future #8 – “Never Say Never” – Cole Swindell and Lainey Wilson #7 – “’Til You Can’t” – Cody Johnson #6 – “All Too Well” (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift #5 – “Something in the Orange” – Zach Bryan #4 – “Ghost” – Justin Bieber #3 – “I Hate U” – SZA #2 – “Running up that Hill (A Deal with God)” – Kate Bush

See why I didn’t write this up now? Since I knew I wasn’t going to, I was able to be more truthful with myself and not my capabilities – half of the list I’d already praised heavily on the weekly series, and let’s be real, I could not do “All Too Well” or Kate Bush justice if I tried. I can talk about my #1 though, surely. That #1 represents the year, right? It’s the song you think defines the year of pop music and gives you a lot to talk about... right? Well, actually, not really. The song that most defined this year in pop music is probably “Big Energy” by Latto, which goes to show how genuinely terrible 2022 could seem in terms of its trends. And as for giving me a lot to talk about, I don’t know – I’ve never tried. I listened to it out of curiosity in the early Summer and ever since then, I never even registered it as a hit. It just... meant something more, and I’ve never tried to tap into that. However, there’s no better time than the present, so I suppose I should try. My favourite hit song of 2022 was “PROVENZA” by KAROL G, and I’m going to find out why.

#1 – “PROVENZA” – KAROL G

I’m not a KAROL G fan. I’ve heard her hits this year and one of her albums, and I found all of her music incredibly charming and oddly whimsical but I can’t say I’m a big fan because I simply haven’t heard enough. I’m not a fan of any of the artists on my list except maybe SZA and even then, I still haven’t heard SOS. So since blind fandom is out of the question, what elements of a song matter in terms of an individual opinion? Well, that’s a ridiculous question with like a morbillion answers but let’s try and find some basic answers.

We can kind of push genre to the wayside but it is relevant to one of the main reasons people like music, although interestingly not one people pointed out to me: lyrics and songwriting. It’s safe to say that I don’t speak Spanish, and I know very little music theory. I did GCSE Spanish for literally a month. I’ve listened to this song many a time in the past year – though not as much as many others, we’ll get to that – and really, the only words I could ever decipher were “baby” and what I thought was “tempo” (it’s not), as well as the song title and producer Ovy on the Drums’ tag in the outro. I never looked at the lyrics, and I almost don’t want to. I’m sure that translating the lyrics would do me a load of good in understanding the song, but I gravitated to this song without understanding the lyrics and I’ve constructed some kind of narrative in terms of my relationship with the song: it’s pure comfort for me, thanks to the production, and I kept on coming back to it to feel that comfort in a year which was not particularly willing to grant me it, even if it granted me a bit more stability than the last year. This song to me encapsulated that because of how constant it feels. I’m not sure if I’d want to translate the lyrics and threaten my relationship with the song, especially since I rarely get all that emotionally connected to media, music in particular. It seems like ruining a good thing, and considering the year before and the year ahead, at least for me personality, 2022 seems like a bubble that I don’t particularly want to pop.

Speaking of things that don’t pop, let’s talk about the production and vocals, since that is what is in the file of the song itself, not all these contrived connections that are just my transposed personal issues, I’m sure. If I didn’t care so much about this song, which is a development that took months after its release in April of this year, I still think I’d like it a lot, which is kind of unusual for reggaeton (though this is closer to dancehall, really). I love the tropical sound effects, the water splashing over the simple lead melody which occasionally gets drowned out by the percussion, feeling like pebbles washed over by the sea and snaps that may as well be crabs nipping at your feet. I’m not even a person who likes beaches particularly, or really has any wish to go to some beach in Latin America, but I’d imagine this is what it sounds like, Bad Bunny ad-libs included. I don’t know if that really is Bad Bunny but it sounds just like him, and his little echoed shouts as well as his harmonised, Auto-Tune-drenched backing vocals feel like the most “tense” elements of this song opposite KAROL’s second verse. In fact, there is an odd tension to this song. It’s a typical pop song length but in part due to those strings as well as the drums finding a way to seep in and out, it feels a lot shorter and occupies a space that is strictly temporary. Hell, it even fades out by the end, which is something I usually find cheap. This even weasels its way into the songwriting: KAROL G’s performance, whilst mostly spectacular, is still a bit slippery, emphasised even more by the Auto-Tune and the really fast-paced second verse, as well as the fact that half of the final chorus eschews the percussion entirely because it – for the only time in the song – gains some velocity and comes in for the attack.

That theme of being temporary makes it even more special: it’s trying to get the best out of everything whilst you have it all, and for 2022, that’s really what defined my year. Sure, you can press replay on the song constantly, but that’s not what I did, really: according to Spotify Wrapped, there are 54 songs I listened to much more. What I did was come back to it when I just wanted something easy. It was a breeze of comfort that I absolutely acknowledge was temporary as I’d probably get back to listening to angry lesbian punk rock soon after... but for a time, the sky is clear and blue, your feet are on the sand, and everything’s okay for now.

Here’s to a good 2023. Thank you for reading, and I’ll see you on Friday for REVIEWING THE CHARTS!

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