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inkedmyths · 2 years
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Me: I've heard of this band Ghost. They have an interesting vibe and it sounds like lore? But idk what the big deal is
Me, after stumbling across Mary On A Cross and listening to it like 20 times in a row: Ah
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comintoyoulive · 8 months
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i wont admit this song grew on me
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lloyds-department · 2 years
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janamelie · 2 months
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Rocky Horror Stage Show Review
As a glance at my blog will tell you, I rarely post about “Rocky Horror” as it’s not my main fandom, but I’ve loved it for 30 years and have just attended a stage show for the first time since the 90s so am writing down my thoughts for my own benefit and sharing here.
I was aware that the current production is somewhat different both from the film and the stage show I saw back in 1994 starring Jonathon Morris.  (Yes, I am a Gen Xer and was heartened to see how many others in my age bracket attended, many in costume.)
If anyone’s curious, this was the earlier Friday performance at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre in the UK.
I’ll get the negative part out of the way first and it’s nothing to do with the actual show.  Unfortunately there was someone near me who had an ongoing argument with someone who was with her throughout the show and at times it interfered with my enjoyment.  (It definitely wasn’t audience participation; I know the difference.)
She carried on doing it after the interval despite being spoken to by staff.  During Columbia’s emotional “I loved you!” speech, “Toucha-toucha-touch me” and other quieter parts it spoiled it a bit for me.  After the show ended a bloke in full Frank drag told her off publicly for “being an arsehole” and I'm afraid to say she deserved it.  If you’re not interested in a show, stay at home and don’t ruin it for the rest of us.
Science Fiction, Double Feature
I love this song and the Usherette’s actress performed it well, getting into the spirit of things straight away with stockings and wiggles.
Dammit Janet
Another really catchy song and the actors handled it well.  They both have strong singing voices which is good as I have seen a Brad who wasn’t that great in that respect.
The Narrator’s first appearance was amusing as he ad-libbed in response to the standard insults thrown at Brad and Janet: “They can hear you, you know!” (The actors were currently frozen onstage so he could do his bit and he joked they weren’t allowed to move or there would be dire punishments.)
The Narrator was a highlight throughout - it really does improve on the film version when the pompous character is actually in on the joke and interacting.
Over At The Frankenstein Place
Well performed again and I enjoyed the audience holding up coloured lights to accompany it.  Riff-Raff’s first appearance got so much applause he just started singing right over it.
The majority of the audience seemed to have seen the show before or at least the film although the Narrator did jokily “spoil” them with his line “Stranger than a sex-crazed transvestite from outer space - whoops, spoilers!”
A word on the audience callbacks which have of course been a staple since the 70s.  There was a reasonable amount but not too much.  I have seen shows which were closer to the film and people would yell after almost every line which got a bit much so this was just about right.
Our hapless couple enter the Castle and are immediately surrounded by Riff Raff, Magenta and Columbia who play it more as pantomime villains than in the film but this doesn’t bother me as theatre doesn’t have close-ups and needs to play to the gallery.  The Eddie plotline is hinted at and then of course it’s…
The Time Warp
What can I say about this one?  Always a showstopper and had everyone on their feet.  Brilliant.  Columbia got to do her tap solo which was a highlight as it is in the film.  And we’ve barely recovered from that before…
Sweet Transvestite
Woohoo.  Frank’s actor was great, as charismatic and confident as you need to be for that part.  He embraced the sensual nature of the role and had physical interactions with practically everyone, even Dr Scott and in the encore, the Narrator by ripping aside his trousers to reveal stockings and suspenders.
The lab scene whizzes by and soon it’s Rocky’s entrance with…
The Sword Of Damocles
Thoughts on Rocky’s characterisation - of course in the film they went for a non-actor who was well-muscled as required for the role and had him only speak when singing.  I actually think Peter Hinwood’s performance works really well as the whole point of Rocky is that he’s just been born and everything is new to him.
But in the stage show Rocky speaks and is more openly rebellious, even telling Frank to piss off twice.  This tends to mean casting a professional actor who isn’t as muscular as Frank’s dialogue implies but that wasn’t an issue here - the actor had both acting chops and muscles.  The relationship between Rocky and Frank is a lot closer to equal.
Rocky compliments Frank on his “good job with the bodywork” and we go into…
I Can Make You A Man
I’m going to be honest, this is probably my least favourite “RH” song which isn’t to say I don’t like it.  I just don’t share Frank’s muscle fetish.  But it was well staged and leads into one of my favourites…
Whatever Happened To Saturday Night?
This song rocks hard and Eddie’s actor did it justice.  Not sure it got quite as much applause as it deserved but I get it - we’ve just met him, he’s taken the focus off Frank and is about to be unceremoniously killed for that.  I adore the way the film stages the song with all the Transylvanians rocking out too.
So Frank chases Eddie offstage with a chainsaw and returns to reprise “I Can Make You A Man”.  I’ll add here that as far as I’m concerned, no production which includes this blatantly queer, unashamedly lustful song is in danger of becoming too “mainstream”.  Frank was all over Rocky, complete with gyrating.  Even this audience which were certainly the most tolerant in that respect that I’ve been in still reacted to the stronger parts.  Mostly with approval though.
I realise that things have changed since the 90s in that respect and as an elder queer myself, it warms my heart.  I do think it’s partly that the plot of “Rocky Horror” is better known now.  And thank God for that as I don’t need to be in another audience who apparently thought they’d come to watch “The Sound Of Music” and nearly walked out.
After the interval, it’s directly into the bedroom seduction scenes which are staged a bit differently from the film and earlier stage shows - we go straight into (strongly) implied oral sex with first Janet and then Brad, both of whom only then find out that it’s Frank rather than their fiance / fiancee respectively.  After which both agree to more sex without too much persuasion needed, as long as Frank doesn’t tell anyone.  
All I’m going to say is that “Rocky Horror” has always been problematic.  It’s basically an X-rated panto and taking it seriously is kind of missing the point.  I enjoy analyses of it though.  But when you’re watching it live the music tends to override all that as it’s such a good time.
The production manages to make the Frank / Brad sex scene even more gay by having Riff Raff pop up next to them. Nothing happens as he’s just there to tell Frank that Rocky’s loose but for a second you think there’ll be a m/m/m threesome.  Which would of course fit the undercurrent in both show and film that Riff Raff at least is attracted to Frank if maybe not vice versa.
I hope I’m remembering this next part in sequence.  Janet enters the lab feeling guilty and upset and meets Rocky who’s hiding from Frank (the aforementioned woman who wouldn’t shut up meant I missed part of the dialogue and it differs from the film.  Grrr).
I think Rocky says something to raise Janet’s suspicions so she uses the monitor to search the Castle’s rooms and gets an eyeful of Frank and Brad getting it on.  I’ve never been clear as to whether her hypocritical shock is due to the fact that Brad’s having gay sex whereas she had straight sex but at least it leads to another of my faves…
Touch-a touch-a touch me
I love this in the film and it was well done here.  My only quibble is that Magenta and Columbia were up in the rafters and just provided a chorus rather than the full-on sapphic frisson which Patricia Quinn and Little Nell treat us to in the film.  But I guess it would be hard to make that work on stage.
Exit Janet and Rocky, enter Brad who also uses the monitor and sees his beloved with Rocky.  I’m not sure how much emotional sense it makes for him to then launch into…
Once In A While
But I don’t care because this was actually a highlight which it’s never been before in stage productions I’ve seen.  I understand it being cut from the film as it would have killed the momentum stone dead.
But in this frantically paced stage production it’s a welcome quiet moment and as I said before, Brad’s actor had the voice to pull it off without the Narrator needing to take the piss out of him to keep audience interest.  
Oddly though, Janet reappears in the rafters and sings along with the latter part of the song which makes no sense since she’s supposed to be shagging Rocky right now.  I suppose it’s a way to indicate she’s having second thoughts about wrecking her relationship which fits how the show leaves Janet and Brad, hinting they’ll reconcile.
Followed by Frank whipping Riff Raff (offstage of course, they don’t want to cause actual bodily harm to an actor) for letting Rocky escape and wailing about Rocky’s betrayal as he finds it out via that extremely convenient plot device, the monitor.  Via which they also notice Dr Scott’s arrival.
Once Scott’s inside, Rocky and Janet reappear and we get that hilarious repeated “Janet!”  “Dr Scott!” etc exchange which was milked for maximum humour, ending in Rocky telling Frank to piss off which was a bit jarring for me being such a film aficionado.  Although Hinwood’s glare does kind of imply that.
Dr Scott brings up Eddie and rather than the film’s “unknowing cannibalism” scene we just get the actors passing a joint of meat around and pantomiming shock which is fine by me as that bit is gross, let’s face it.  
It’s like that meme - I can excuse murder, very dubious consent and incest but I draw the line at cannibalism.  Nah, just kidding, it doesn’t bother me that much.
Eddie’s Teddy
A nice ensemble number which I don’t have much to say about.  Fine.
Planet Schmanet Janet
Good song which delivers the necessary exposition regarding the Floor Show, followed by Columbia snapping and confronting Frank about how he uses people but instead of getting frozen as in the film she’s hit with drugged gas and has a lengthy trip played for laughs.
Not sure about this change as surely it’s enough to have her frozen like the others to explain her continued participation.  It changes the situation from Columbia voluntarily staying in the Castle even though she knows Frank doesn’t love her to her actively deciding to leave until she’s hit with the gas.  Not keen.
Having frozen everyone except Magenta and Riff Raff, Frank reacts to her question about when they’ll return to Transylvania by saying their loyalty will be rewarded and this is interestingly different from the film.  He says “You will discover that when the mood takes me, I can be quite generous” and pulls at her legs (she’s seated) in a way which makes it blindingly obvious he means sexually.
Her retort “I ask for nothing, Master” happens as Riff Raff chases Frank away from her in an obvious nod to their incestuous relationship (yes, we do get the “My most beautiful sister” line).  I really didn’t get the sense that Magenta has any sexual interest in Frank even in this production let alone in the film.  Riff Raff, on the other hand, is jealous as hell of him but also wants him.  (Although I was seated to the far side so may have missed some nuances.)
So, to the Floor Show.  “Rose Tint My World” is such a banger.  It was beautifully staged with stunning costumes and lighting as Columbia, Rocky, Brad and finally Janet pop through the curtains in their basques, stockings and suspenders in rapid succession for their solo verses and then Frank makes his starring entrance for “Don’t Dream It, Be It” and “Wild And Untamed Thing”.  Love it.
Then of course Riff Raff and Magenta crash the party and Frank pleads for his life with “I’m Going Home” which was sung and performed beautifully and again, got so much applause that the actors had to talk over it.   
Frank takes the time during it to have affectionate moments with all four of his most recent paramours which is a nice touch, especially as he seems genuinely upset when Columbia tries to shield him from Riff Raff and is mercilessly shot dead.  For a moment at least, then self-preservation takes over.  But in vain, and he and Rocky also die.  I’m sentimental (sorry Magenta, don’t kill me) so I like the confirmation that Rocky clearly did feel something for Frank even if he was scared of him.
Riff Raff orders Dr Scott to leave but not Brad and Janet.  Clearly an oversight somewhere as the Castle takes off into space in an impressive special effects explosion and there they still are to perform “Super Heroes”.  They first walk away from each other then change their minds, hug and walk off together, hinting all is not lost for their relationship.
The sweetly melancholy tone continues for the “Science Fiction, Double Feature” reprise.  But like the film, they’re nice enough to leave us on a higher note, in this instance by bringing the whole cast back onstage for an encore of the “Time Warp” (this time including Frank which I love) and part of “Sweet Transvestite”.
Excellent decision both to leave us on a musically upbeat note and to (sort of) fix the ending which does kind of fit the “Kill your gays” trope.  I know that’s because the show is a celebration of old sci-fi films which usually did kill anyone even remotely like Frank but these days, who cares how awful he is if considered realistically?  He’s not real, he’s literally an alien and there is no reason he has to die except for drama, so bring him back at the end.  He’s too good to waste.
So that’s it.  I had a great time and as always loved the inclusive atmosphere.
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scissormedaddyass · 12 days
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FMK Saraya, Zak Knight, Jeff Jarrett. Except it really does stand for fuck marry kill.
okay dammit. i’m taking the marriage as a celibate one here. not because of any rules, but by personal choice.
FUCK saraya because well. look at the list. also i hope our passionate tryst will convince her to break up with her shitty boyfriend
MARRY jeff jarrett. karen seems happy so he must be a good husband. he plays guitar. (i think. maybe the thing is just for show?) his theme song is catchy. (i assume it plays whenever he enters a room.) that’s a man i would challenge a water authority tax assessment with, i bet he’s real good at bureaucratic forms
KILL zak knight so he stops attacking random aew employees backstage 😭
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koretoqueen · 7 months
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I don't want to have the industrian revolution or any kind of nature vs technology plot in the next movie and it's a dealbreaker for me. It's boring. It's overused. Just NO. Give me magic. Give me Norse lore. It's a fantasy world dammit! Don't shoehorn global warming drama into Frozen because. it. doesn't. fit.
Hope that podcast is just a sidestory and not a harbinger of things to come 😕
I agree. Don’t get me wrong, you can do industry vs nature in an interesting way. In LOTR, it’s done in such a way that it adds to the setting rather than just being an extremely on-the-nose “INDUSTRY IS EVIL” activism message.
But, in Frozen we are exploring storytelling tropes that are incredibly new and are like… there is mythic, magic story beats that in most worlds are purposely kept mysterious. In Game of Thrones/ASOIAF, we really don’t know how magic works. In LOTR, the magic is as unknowable as nature itself.
Frozen is most certainly a soft magic system. But it is rooting the mystery of that system in a way that we, as an audience, can understand. In F1, Elsa’s magic was massive and unknowable… until you understand that the magic IS Elsa. It is massive and mysterious, but the second Elsa trusts herself, it becomes quite clear what the nature of her magic. It’s her.
And then Ahtohollan in F2. Still kind of a mystery, that one, but we actually get to see the seer enter the temple! We get to see what is within, what she can do, and how it all works! She sees memory, history, ancestry, and possibly the other side. To me, it is a very thin part of the veil and all sorts of magics can be accessed by it. And the best part is, we get to watch Elsa reveal the mystery!
There are so many pagan mysteries in our own world that is not understood or lost and in a sense, Frozen feels like a really mainstream way to pull back the veil and sees the secrets of magic. All with sisterly love and catchy songs to boot! They are doing it in such a beautiful, mainstream way and I just feel like we don’t need to have yet another narrative focusing on nature vs industry, magic vs science.
And don’t get me wrong, there are great stories that talk about that… but please with F3, go deeper into the mystery. Go deeper into the myth and magic. We can have a great story in a high fantasy setting, and I want to taste that mythic, pagan world.
Thank you for sending the ask! It’s always lovely when I receive them 😍🥰
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tapok-eve · 2 months
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ELAS MUSIC BLAST!!! (for the "send me songs" ask game)
bakrom - hiiragi kirai
ftp - master boot record
last call - neo: the world ends with you
three minutes clapping - the world ends with you
the world looks red - heaven pierce her
ダイジョブですか? (are you ok?) - cosmo@bousou-p
shun-ran - john
ladikerfos - keygen church
collage - utsu-p
cat - milgram kazui (va: takeuchi ryouta)
camel dancefloor - igorrr
voidroid - r-906
AWWWWWWWW THAMKS :3 :3 :3 :3
THAT'S SO SWEET OF YOU :]
bakrom - hiiragi kirai
kinda catchy tbh. Really pretty MV, not exactly my style of vocal but I am particularly fond of "this is the only medicine that works on you now" lyric. I'll probably listen to it at least a few more times because I'm kinda hooked on the storyline of the MV. (unethical doctor? they exchanged roles in the end?)
ftp - master boot record
downloading immediately OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH I LOVE THIS IT SCRITCHES MY BRAIN IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES. I am definitely gonna listen to this if I need a boost of energy
last call - neo: the world ends with you
kinda catchy. I really liked the instrumental, especially these little breaks. Also I listened to the acoustic version and I like the vocal there way more
three minutes clapping - the world ends with you
ok I really like this. Honestly the beat slaps. The guitar riff at the start was nice. Vocal very lovingly sucks but let's be honest, it's not about the vocal here.
the world looks red - heaven pierce her
ok I really like this. Oooooooohh, this one is multilayered. So much going on and how it all comes together is stunning. Too much to mindlessly listen on repeat but I'll definitely give at least several mindful listens
are you ok? - cosmo@bousou-p
ok I really like this. I definitely love the style of cosmo@bousou-p and used to listen to a lot of them in my vocaloid phase. Also I really damn like the message behind the song :3
shun-ran - john
downloading immediately. I definitely like the sekai version more because of how vocal there illuminates the lyrics. But the original is nice too with its tuning
ladikerfos - keygen church
ok I really like this. Again with the ULTRAKILL soundtrack huh? And I eat this up every time :3 GOG I LOVE ORGANS (both the instruments and the guts)
collage - utsu-p
downloading immediately. OUCH. THAT HIT TOO CLOSE TO HOME. I used to love utsu-p in my vocaloid phase and dammit, they still can pull a punch.
cat - milgram kazui (va: takeuchi ryouta)
ok I really like this. It's kinda hard to judge this w/o any solid knowledge on milgram but I like the jazzy tune regardless. Kazui is not someone I would sympathise with right off the bat but It definitely made me want to vote innocent
voidroid - r-906
downloading immediately. THIS IS A LEGIT BOP. I was headbanging the whole time and I am still headbanging. I knew It's gonna be like a crack for me the moment I heard the first notes. The airy quality really elevates this
Ooooooffff that was a LOT :3
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE MUSIC SELECTION I REALLY ENJOYED LISTENING TO THESE TUNES
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yeehawkins · 1 year
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omg me? responding to a tag game? wild njdkfbjs
tagged by the very cool @mini-uzzy to shuffle my library and list 10 songs and 10 people! thank you for the tag wyb uwu
can't wait to see what horrors shuffle has me place on main here 😎
Mein Land - Rammstein WOW IMMEDIATELY thank you Likes for putting me on blast
I Feel Loved - Depeche Mode shuffle really said "you are going to post your interests on main dammit"
Suicide & Redemption - Metallica fun fact i use this song as a timer of sorts sometimes bc it's nearly 10 minutes long lole
Know Your Rights - The Clash i'm not much into punk but something about this album just really did it for me! it's so strange
Devoured by Design - Blue Stahli i found this song via my friend bea!! it goes hard what can i say
Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - Metallica to my many followers who probably hate this band i'm so sorry it has come up twice lmaO
The Distance - CAKE ngl i don't remember adding this, but it's catchy enough to always stay in the likes
Heiwa - Ferven oh hey another song i found via bea??? it's so chill and calming <3
In Your Honor - Foo Fighters a very good song to scream tbh, also damn this shuffle SERIOUSLY picked most of my faves and put em in the spotlight
No Light, No Light - Florence + the Machine literally the most recent song in my likes! remembered it was in a playlist i'd listened to a long time ago, listened to this song again and it slapped still
ima tag uuuuuh @staticspxcelover @fluffonthefloor @radioxvideo @davemustaine @jaymzhetfield @songbirds-sweet @sourstars @lovely-menza and ok i can't think of more that werent already tagged by wyn fnjkgjkds, so anyone else who wants to do this feel free!
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whatsaboomlakalaka · 8 months
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8, 11, 14!
8. What project(s) are you currently working on?
my active wip is a (very late) birthday present for a friend and one i love and cannot stop thinking about from a world setting, but have nothing out there yet it's hockey rpf (mattdrai, but so not the focus) and also highkey a modern bridgerton au? but only in the fact i've given one of them seven siblings and am running with the family chaos vibes i'm having a lot of fun and i adore every single one of them i've created
11. Do you have specific playlists for writing fics? 12. Do you have a playlist for your current WIP(s)? Share it!
it completely depends on the vibe! i have 100s of playlists but these are my most regular background writing ones: - heart - songs i'm going to overplay and ruin for myself (this one is my every evolving constant playlist that never goes over 50 songs) - flutterbys - on the rocks (women focussed pop) - catchy songs (helpful when writing crack!fic imo)
14. If you could see one of your fics adapted into a visual medium, such as comic or film, which fan fic would you pick?
i write too much slice of life fic for this lol and not answering the same fic every time i'm asked for a specific one is SO hard so, apart from love don't die, i'm gonna go with tagged i know its based on a movie already dammit but my vibes are different, i promise
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texasbama · 8 months
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Im so mad that Barbie song with Onika and the other chick is so catchy. Dammit!🥴😂
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betweentimeand42 · 1 year
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Besides “Edith Piaf,” here are my other favorite Sparks songs:
-“The Rhythm Thief.” Okay, this has kind of become my actual favorite Sparks song, but I find “Edith Piaf” more listenable, in a way. With “Rhythm Thief,” it demands my attention, so I can’t just put it on any time. Anyway- fucking OUTSTANDING piece of music right here. The multi-tracked choir of Russells is my favorite aspect of the song- when I heard it, I immediately thought “THIS is how you mix multi-tracked vocals, it should feel like you’re slamming into a wall, why does no one else seem to get this?!” But I also love all the various orchestration- the MIDI oboe appearing on the break right before the conclusion of the piece, and the entrance of the low brass is just… ahhhhhh, SO good. God I wish they’d record it with a full orchestra & choir, they would knock it out of the park. (However, the live version that I saw on the 2022 tour also knocks it out of the park despite being understandably stripped back. Russell’s voice is just. Yes.) (and yes I'm aware that they've played it live with a full orchestra, but I want a studio-quality recording, dammit!)
-“Amateur Hour.” I think I’ve ranted about this song a lot in the past, but like??? I still maintain that it’s one of the most perfect recordings out there. Everything about it screams “happy to be alive,” or maybe that’s just the way it makes me feel. It’s so bright and vibrant and bouncy and the lyrics are such a sweet yet humorous take on first-time sexual encounters, where it never really mocks the subject of the song but simply says “don’t worry, you’ll get it eventually!” And who could forget that it also includes my favorite line in all of Sparks’ music- “It’s a lot like playing the violin, you cannot start off and be Yehudi Menuhin.”
-“Johnny Delusional.” Ron wrote it and it was a late addition to FFS so it counts in my book. This and Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury Hill” are my joint favorite song of all time. I remember the first time I heard it, enjoying Alex Kapranos’ voice and then suddenly… who is THAT?? Omg, it really is SPARKS!! Then the dance beat came in on the chorus and I was done for. I still rock out to it every time I listen and I was so happy to hear it played live this year. I also love how the song makes you feel sympathetic towards the type of person who’s one of the last people I would ordinarily feel sympathetic for. I love when songwriters do that.
-“Eaten By the Monster of Love.” One of my favorite things about Angst In My Pants as a whole is the contrast between the shiny synth parts and the gritty guitar parts, and that’s on full display here- I love the driving rock beat and the repeating synth riff that plays throughout the verses. I also love how catchy and aggressive the “don’t let it get me!” chant is, and the fierce, tight drumming on the break. But most of all, I love how affirming the lyrics are (even if it’s done in a humorous way), and I REALLY love Russell’s pronounced American accent on this track- I can’t explain why, but I love it so much when he sings in that way.
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key-lime-soda · 1 year
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really glad that you're enjoying the song rec! the entire 'a beginner's guide to faking your death' album is a banger and it mostly has similar vibes to the opening song! so like! i know you're streaming that shit (song) into your brain but! i recommend those too! but i'm also an infinite well of jhariah fan so like. i recommend all of his songs in due time. have fun and have a good time, sumi! (also i got the guts to come off of anon. it was me)
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DAMMIT SYDNEY I JUST GOT DOWN FROM THE HYPE OF FINISHING CHAPTER 1 AND NOW THE BRAINROT IS BACK FJDJDHD
ok that's enough insanity, I'm really glad you sent me this, it's really catchy and the lyrics fit the lore so hard. Jharian seems really cool and I definitely will listen to the rest of the album :D
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fireladybuckley · 2 years
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We’re going to be watching the Eurovision final tomorrow but I haven’t seen any of the entries at all, so @firemedicdiaz and I are watching through all the countries that didn’t make it.  Figured I’d post some reactions for the hell of it.  In alphabetical order, I guess.
Semi-Final Round 1
Albania Sekret - Ronela Hajati Well... that was interesting, anyway.  Not my kinda song.  Those pants are fire though.
Austria Halo - Lum!x feat. Pia Maria Honestly this is a banger!  I quite like it, very catchy.  I’m guessing they didn’t make it because her voice was a bit off but I genuinely like it.  Will be adding this to my playlists probably.
Bulgaria Intention - Intelligent Music Project Dammit why are there already two good songs that didn’t make it?  This is a very safe rock song but I dig it.  Definitely better than any ballad imo.
Croatia Guilty Pleasure - Mia Dimšić Song’s decent.  I was cracking up at the beginning because that guy in beige was just standing there looking kinda pensieve.  
Denmark The Show - REDDI Ah.  A ballad.  As far as ballads go, it’s not terrible.  I like the lyrics.  But colour me meh’d. OH WAIT - It’s picking up.  Okay I like this a lot more.  Always love a fakeout lmao.
Okay I take it all back I like this a lot.  WHY WAS THIS CUT?!
Latvia Eat Your Salad -  Citi Zēni Oh wow.  I knew about this song going in but I had no idea the performance was going to be like that.  The colours!  The energy!  Fucking ESC committee or whoever the fuck you are COWARDS.  This shit is primo Eurovision and absolutely should’ve been in the final.   Amazing.
Slovenia Disko - LPS Non english so I can’t comment on the lyrics but I like the energy and it’s super boppy.  Another one that maybe should’ve made it through?!  What the hell is going to be in the final?  If it’s a bunch of ballads I’mma be pissed.
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Semi Final Round 2
Cyprus Ela -  Andromache Oh Venus, interesting.  I appreciate the aesthetic but I don’t care for the song.  Don’t really care that this one didn’t make it.
Georgia Lock Me In - Circus Mircus WHY.  This clown thing is so creepy AF.  I initially liked the song (it gets very annoying after a while) and that flower beard is amazing but I cannot get behind those giant clown images.  But just... why.
Ireland That’s Rich - Brooke Decent lyrics I suppose.  Not bad, but kinda forgettable imo.  
Israel I.M. - Michael Ben David Getting serious Adam Lambert vibes here hah.  Big energy, flashing lights, catchy, gay AF... I’m honestly surprised this one didn’t get through.
Malta I Am What I Am - Emma Muscat Good lyrics.  Not a bad song.  Feels a bit generic musicwise, but definitely not terrible.
Montenegro Breathe - Vladana Very nice aesthetic between the outfit and the lights.  Song is fine I guess, just boring.
North Macedonia Circles - Andrea I’m not really sure what to make of this song.  Getting kinda confusing vibes between her look and the song itself.   It’s okay.   Loving her hair though.
San Marino Stripper - Achille Lauro Um... I... I don’t even know what to say about this one.  I feel like they’re trying to do what Maneskin did with such success last year and failing miserably.  Super overkill with the bull and the flames imo.
Love that purple guitar though.
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Can’t wait for the finals tomorrow!!  I am excited :D
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okay, after a couple days to collect my thoughts, here is my official izzytown ranking of beach bunny’s newest album, emotional creature!!!
entropy - 8/10, a great first track to kick off the album. no complaints whatsoever with this song (the lyrics go hard!)
oxygen - 7/10, also love this song, however it does get stuck in my head multiple times a week, so that’s why it’s a lower rating
deadweight - 10/10, currently my favorite song on the album (may change with time, but upon first listen, it’s AMAZING)! i’m a sucker for the little instrumental sections at the end of their songs and this delivered.
gone - 8/10, the drums are great, and it makes me feel like i’m in an indie film.
eventually - 6/10, melody-wise not as catchy, but it’s in my singing range AND the lyrics hit very close to home, so that’s good. a great panic attack anthem
fire escape - 8/10, love this song. feels very classic beach bunny with the guitar riff and how the song is paced, it’s just lovely.
weeds - 9/10, the pacing of the song is GREAT? the lyrics are also wonderfully done and make my artist heart happy
gravity - as this is an instrumental interlude, i won’t rank it. but it’s really great and i love how it breaks up the more upbeat songs and the slower songs. the space vibes are immaculate, it gives heartstopper instrumentals energy
scream - 6/10, not my fav but it’s also pretty nice? the lyrics are very relatable but the melody is very slow (which is fine, but not always what i look for in beach bunny songs). would use this in a mellow background music playlist
infinity room - 7/10, love this song but it’s so SHORT! very relaxing and wish it was longer, dammit
karaoke - 8/10, i love to sing this one (lmao ironic considering the title), and the melody is pretty chill. also an ear worm, which is why it’s been deducted a bit.
love song - 9/10, the chord progression on this song is PHENOMENAL. the lyrics are so artsy and it gives me life. also, the transition into the end of the song with the repeated riff from fire escape ALONG WITH THE LYRICS FROM ENTROPY? iconic. perfect last song on the album!!
overall, this album gets a B+ or an 8/10 overall ranking. not sure if it’s my favorite ep/album they’ve done (looking at you, prom queen ep), but it definitely had plenty of gems and it was worth the wait :)
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i’m still gay im still mentally ill i’m slightly less hungover and i couldn’t think of a new way to start this ask
jody in wonderland!!! the superior dream episode *glares at the dumping ground island*
may-li!!! she’s here, she’s queer, she’s an absolute icon!!! wait shit was she the first canonically queer main character??? because i don’t think elektra counts as canonical :((
i will forever have such a soft spot for jody in wonderland. it’s such a fun episode yet so important to jody’s character development. and also oddly full of surreal horror
oh this is also the superior musical episode *glares at joyless division*
hey wait why the fuck does jody side with chloe so often?? you’d think she’d get a bit pissed off that chloe acts like ryan is the worst brother in the world when kingsley exists. dammit now i’m mad that jody and ryan didn’t get more of a friendship
tyler’s character being the one to say “it’s family. you can’t throw it away” just has so many layers to it
crack headcanon: rick being the duchess means that rick’s trans
s2 e1 time, time for baileyyyyyy
here’s an interesting question: where do you think the divide between tbbr and tdg is?? obviously it’s between the two shows, but tdg s1 still feels like tbbr at first. to me, it’s either when gus gets fostered or s2 e1
*sudden realisation i only have a season until ryan shows up* oh god oh fuck i’m not mentally prepared
honestly this is probably one of the most heartbreaking tyler plots in the show?? and they don’t even do it properly??? like if they were gonna do an episode plot about him thinking he’s fat they could’ve at least bothered to actually play it seriously instead of making it another siLLy B-pLoT because the end result has some. concerning implications
mike is great and all but he’s seriously shit at listening to the kids. it’s like he doesn’t actually follow the advice he gave tracy in s1???
grievous bodily harm counter is now at 6!! possibly more!!
entirely valid! iconic intro! why fix what isn't broken?
god, yeah. while I love Tyler figuring out that he likes Jody, 'The Dumping Ground Island' just doesn't quite hit the mark like 'Jody in Wonderland' does. it is iconic and forever will be, as horrifying as frog!mike and walrus!kingsley are. I love that it has Jody use a classic kid's story to help her process the emotions she's going through about giving a witness statement against Kingsley. it feels really accurate to how kids tend to think when dealing with really difficult situations? or maybe that was just my experience, but I think the writers were really smart about how they did it.
unfortunately, Elektra does not count, you're right. while queer characters don't always have to SAY they're queer, simply putting a pride flag in her room doesn't feel like enough. so yeah, May-Li was our first canonically queer character!
that's what I'm saying! the episode is crucial to how Jody grows as a person, and that is a key point in her development. she makes a choice and she goes forward from it stronger than she was before. and yeah, the surreal horror is... surreal. whenever Kingsley shows up, but especially when Jody is stuck in the cage and he's walking towards her smirking? feel like my heart stops every time and this is the moment where you are trapped in fear with the heroine of the story.
now, I may have to disagree on that one; I am actually a bit of a sucker for 'Joyless Division'. while the plot of the episode is a bit odd and doesn't really do much for me, and the songs are a bit cheesy-sounding, there's just something about it that gets me whenever I rewatch it. the songs are stuck in my head for days because they're so damn catchy, whereas I'm always left slightly disturbed and horrified by the songs in 'Jody in Wonderland' lmao.
hm. that is an interesting point you raise. I can't really say why Jody sides with Chloe so often. she might not want to get pissy at her for being so cold with Ryan sometimes because, well, while she knows that there are worse brothers in the world (i.e. her own), it's not her place to tell Chloe how she should feel about her own past trauma? just a thought, I dunno, might be more of a mistake on the writer's part and not actually that deep. maybe Jody felt some empathy with Chloe in a way for how she felt about her brother (not that the situations are at all comparable) and combining that with how often Ryan pissed her off, maybe she found it a bit hard to be too sympathetic toward him BECAUSE of her relationship with Kinglsey. but it could've been nice to get some deeper interactions between the two of them rather than always kind of being at each other's throats and leaving Tyler stuck in the middle kjghdkjh
ooh, damn, yeah, Tyler getting that line uhh makes me have feelings.
baby we are on the exact same page, I have been secretly headcanoning Rick as trans for some time now, and I'm so happy you see it, too. I love the choice to have him as the duchess.
BAILEY!! MY BOY!!
honestly, while I do agree that Gus' leaving episode does feel like a big divide in a way, I don't actually Feel the divide in the two shows until s3 e1. there's something about s2 that still has that kind of gritty TBR vibe to me, especially with 'Experience', 'Finding Frank', 'Be My Girl' and 'Hope'.
RYAN!!
I do definitely think that they could and should have handled that storyline with Tyler better. there should have been a better conclusion to it as well, and honestly I think that maybe that feeling should have stuck with him for a few more seasons just like his concerns about having bipolar disorder like his mum did. it should have been the main plot of the episode, not the b plot, BUT on the other, more positive hand, I do appreciate them doing this storyline with Tyler. there's very little representation of boys/men with eating disorders or body dysmorphia without portraying it in a concerning gym-bro kind of way that's meant to be played for laughs. it was a bit honest about how kids, especially ones who are just at the beginning of becoming a teenager, can pick up a remark about their body and become overly focused on it in an unhealthy way. like I said, I do think that it's a storyline that should have been done over the course of more than one episode and season, so that it's not just a toss away moment, but I also do really like that episode.
yeah, it bugs me how little Mike actually does listen. he used to be pretty good at it, but the writers seem to lose their grip on their character's voices a bit, especially because of how long Mike has been in the Tracy Beaker universe, so sometimes things are going to get a bit out of character. really annoying.
oh wonderful!!
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