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outofbodyinjury · 4 years

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drivers as 2010s hit songs

(at least on north american radio stations)

Lewis: Daft Punk - Get Lucky keeps bopping for longer than you'd expect. unironically very good whether you'll admit it or not. you get bored when you're not paying attention, but it's worth it to listen up.

Valtteri: Avicii - Levels nordic. makes me cry. just keeps going, and the good feeling is dubious. they talk about it so many times you wonder when you’re getting that good feeling. foundational to a genre, a stepping stone for many more great things.

Sebastian: Coldplay - Every Teardrop is a Waterfall old. very important. vocal haters but overall very palatable. it makes you wistful more often than you'd like to admit.

Charles: Lil Nas X - Old Town Road horses. little kids love this one. absolute simple mastery in its field but damn there’s a lot of discourse. horses again.

Max: DJ Snake, Lil Jon - Turn Down for What irritating, goes too hard just when you don’t want it too, but don’t tell me you’ve never gotten hyped. it’s not that deep and that’s kind of the allure.

Alex: Lorde - Team the prospects are grim but the essence is hope. you like this one, something about it is very fundamental. it’s thoughtful vibes all the way down and everyone else you love likes it too.

Carlos: Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines did it sort of slap, for a pop song? ʸᵉˢ did it actually need loads of side-eye? yeah, that too

Lando: Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe overplayed, but you'll play it again because it's unironically good. rated by people who know their shit, like KOAN Sound and Jenson Button. too cute to be true.

Daniel: Post Malone - Congratulations makes for terrible instagram captions, but people do it anyway.

Esteban: Luis Fonsi - Despacito earworm! never goes away when you want it to. shows up whenever something bad happens, to the point where it’s funny. this... is so sad. alexa,

Daniil: AWOLNATION - Sail is it just me, or was this one always intimidating? you laugh a little nervously when it comes on the radio, and it’s either an acquired taste or you’ve always slept on it. maybe a bit too raw for its own good.

Pierre: Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better oooh you’re so special for liking this one. did you know he’s actually just one person? everyone knows this one, deserves all the airtime it gets, would deserve any more it got. even the haters have a spot of affection.

Checo: Ylvis - The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) had a pretty fuckin terrible time in 2013. not taken as seriously as it perhaps should have been.

Lance: twenty one pilots - Stressed Out incredibly divisive! people who hate it think they’re so cool, but they’re missing out on a fair bit of fun. everything’s cute and nothing’s too serious

Kimi: Pharrell Williams - Happy is this stopping soon? lots of old fucks like this one. dubious congratulations for your fortitude!

Antonio: Capital Cities - Safe and Sound cheesy but cheery, the sound of the summer. no one hates it. terribly endearing if you pay a bit of attention, but at the end of the decade it’s still a one-hit-wonder :(

Romain: PSY - Gangnam Style you probably don't understand but you get hyped anyway. you don’t need to understand. more important than anyone realises. good times all around and very unnecessarily hated.

Kevin: Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks hoes mad! edgy shit has arrived. keeps getting in trouble for it. if it hadn’t taken off, mark foster and kmag would be in much humbler circumstances right now.

George: Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars) you like it. it probably likes you too. unrealistically charming, didn’t have to do a lot to convince you of that. cooler than you will ever be, but you don’t mind.

Nicholas: Drake - God’s Plan money money money 🙏🙏🙏 this is pretty self explanatory. the vibes are good and so are you

#fr charles is more stupid horse by gecs but that's not a big enough hit #leo i hope you see the one that's for you. that one is for you. literally only you. did you know his name is actually kev-#grudging admittance that tdfw slaps. i'm going to go cry now #i have a massive soft spot for safe n sound #can you tell i ran out of ideas for checo #also we don't really play british artists on the radio here and I don't like adele or fuckin uhhh what's his name. the a team guy. ED #this is a little bit about my tastes and a little about local and national radio #tagging time yeehaw #lewis hamilton #valtteri bottas #sebastian vettel #charles leclerc #max verstappen #alex albon #carlos sainz #lando norris #daniel ricciardo #esteban ocon #daniil kvyat #pierre gasly #sergio perez #lance stroll #kimi raikkonen #antonio giovinazzi #romain grosjean #kevin magnussen #george russell #nicholas latifi #f1 #formula 1

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murdocsagaypirate · 6 years

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Russel and 2D G-Mix #10:

8/13/18 Russ is doing fine and 2D is not.

2D:

Starts with Tranz and ends with Fire Flies but we’ve talked about that shit enough.....

The Less I Know The Better - Tame Impala

I’m fucking shaking. ok. So. This is a song a person wrote to someone they’re in love with. It’s fairly safe to assume they are in the midst of an affair. The writer wants to the subject to leave the person that is actually in a devoted relationship with to be with them. The subject says they will, they just have to wait. “The less he knows” about what the person he loves is doing or feeling with the other person, the less pain he’ll have to endure, while he’s waiting on his lover to finally choose him. It was noted to me that this SAME song has been ong MURDOC’s G-mix in the past........ soo...........

Psycho Star - King Tuff

Aw~ this is such a nice song of universal existential crisis. Very 2D.

Multi-Love - Unknown Mortal Orchestra

So. this is a song about struggling with a relationship where one person brought a third person in, made it poly, and made the songwriter feel used and left out. He specifically talks about feeling like a painkiller (I’ll be her Vicodin) for the other person... I don’t know what to say anymore, dude. do I even need to say it? are we one the same page here?

Nobody Cares - Superorganism

EE! I love this song! It’s a very double-edged sword kind of meaning talking about how you’ll realize eventually that people don’t notice most of the things you’re insecure about but then you’ll also notice that no one really notices YOU, and like the things you’re legitimately struggling with.

BTSTU (Edit) - Jai Paul

*looks straight into the camera*

Don’t fuck with me Since you shipped my ass off to sea I never knew where I was going I went where the water was flowing

I know I've been gone a long time but I'm back and I want what is mine I know I've been gone a long time but I'm back and I want what is mine The ship was the love of my life We went down together that night I surfaced and married a shell And for years I just cruised on the run

So don't try and fuck me about The worst thing that happened was I was standing too close to your heart I'm tired and about to wake up

If you’ve been paying attention there isn’t a goddamn single word I need to say about this song. But I’ll say it anyway: 1. Plastic Beach. 2. 2D is so fucking done.

ruby - Ben Khan

I’m not sure what the first verse is about, but the rest goes into two people doing drugs together and having fun and having this like unspoke "if I say I love you out loud it will ruin this” kind of thing.

Double Dutch - Superfood

Omg this song is cute. A part of me worried there something dark about it but I can’t find it. It just seems like the tale of someone that find something they were good at, joined a group of people that share that interests and now that thing is part of their identity!

Don’t You Forget About Me - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

I’m fucking sorry... but... “Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs “... really??? ALso jUsT FUck oFF?!! Lyric Selection:

I never understood you How you'd press on my heart till it broke Nothing lasts forever Where do those feelings go? Don't you forget about me Said you couldn't live without me That I gave you the warmth that you missed Always knew there'd be others How many lives have you had since we kissed? Tell me you'll always remember What we had before it all fell apart Don't you forget about me, baby Is it right if I love you more? (Don't you forget about me)

(Also apparently there are 5 more songs for each character if you go to the spotify app, but I kind of only want to touch on Play God by Refs because........ oh boy)

You're making it easy Whenever you tease me To think that there might be something there I know that I won't be Won't ever be happy Sticking around, cause you don’t care I don’t know why I’m always hypnotized I try so hard to look away I can’t move anything, I’m paralyzed When we’re close I don’t have anything to say I’m happy to help you Whenever you want me to Boss me around and hang me dry I know that you need me More than I need you But I love when you look me in the eyes

this is so sad alexa play tranz

Russel:

Can’t Get Enough - DJ Manny

The singer wants to have sex with the person the song is about.... there's a lot of interesting... tapping. I found this song a tad annoying, Russ.

Superstar - Popcaan

Ok so this song is by the same dude that was in Saturnz Barz who raps in Patwa... Soooo. It’s hard to understand and. theres a lot of words. I think it’s about, he grew up in poverty but always knew he’d be great, aaand now he is.

Mirage - Toro y Moi

“I just want everybody to have a good time“ He’s trying to fix something, worrying about it, but there nothing he can do because nothings really lining up.

Pet Cemetery - Tierra Whack

His dog/friend is gone/dead/killed and misses him and keeps his name alive because he would do the same for him :((((( I really enjoy this song for Russel combining the imagery of like dead fluffy animals and the idea that his friends were shot down. ... sad.

The Feeling (Roberto Echo Remix) - Summers Sons

Keep it on, keep it loopn on... He’s got a lot to say and he loves his friends and he’s just gonna keep making music with his buddies and staying strong. Hell yeah, Russel, you have fun over there being stable.

Hip Hip - Mos Def

SO there’s a lot going on with this song, it’s pretty amazing, and you should go listen to it. But for the purposes of this little tumblr post it just further characterizes Russel as very passionate about black american and international black issues.

Runnin’ - The Pharcyde

dude why do all of Russels song have so many words... I believe, with only reading it once, its about finally deciding to stand up to people bullying you.

Jazz - Mick Jenkins

People. are out here. lying. and doing drugs. just like the last one. Lots of rap lyrics. really good. about social issues. not long enough attention span.

What did we learn? Russel is out there being a good boy, just caring about his community and making music and being stressed out about stuff a bit. 2D is regretting allowing himself to be with someone that didn’t fully commit to him because of all the pain it’s caused him AND FUCK MY LIFE UP DUDE. I JUST WANT THEM TO HUG IT OUT OMG!!!!

#lyric analysis #g-mix analysis

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