#FAN SONGS ARE MY FAVORITE THING

[samglyph]

I truly believe Will Wood is an incredible musician and songwriter and is one of the top lyricists in the last decade both in and outside of the genres that he chooses to play in with absolutely zero irony. I also believe that you can only fully understand that if you’ve either had a pet die before listening to his music or you have a history of drug abuse and mental health crises. Or you’re trans.

#this may sound like a snooty post where I’m just upholding my own favorite music as the best #but honestly it’s in response to a lot of fans I’ve seen be really self critical? #like yeah haha I listen to bad music #and I also have been known to joke about my own weird taste #but here’s the thing! from a technical level! his music! goes hard! it is experimental and that is GOOD #and lyrically listen I listen to a lot of music #I’m even familiar with top forty stuff and while yes the content of his songs is very niche #the lyricism is so genuinely clever and playful and ugh god #ok anyway. sorry #listened to Will wood again #and also this post is about the fact that I first I didn’t get it. #and then I went to a really low point. and suddenly I got it #ok it cracked me open like a fucking egg #music #text #personal #kinda

[vizabel]

the great of art of family, lies, and debt

#art #fan art #video games #psychonauts #gristol malik #playlist #// #psychonauts 2 spoilers #eye strain #as usual this is in chronological order if you can listen to it that way #if a song from your playlist is on here it means it passed my Lyric Evaluation Test #generally how i make my playlists #is a mix of my own library and my favorites that others have found to culminate into the ultimate one for me personally #and i tweak stuff every now and then to make sure things fit to me so watch out for that #my personal favorite is ''oh beautiful town'' hence it being the title

[thecryptidart1st]

#poll #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #10th anniversary fnaf thing #realized i got a few months #i wanna do something big #these are my all time favorite fnaf fan songs

[parallelunivrses]

I headcanon that while Dick and Jason may not have gotten along super well before Jason died, one thing that they bonded over was their love of Dolly Parton. Jason had heard of her, but wasn’t really familiar with most of her discography (he didn’t really have a lot of money to spend on music or time to listen to stuff while trying to survive on the streets). Dick plays him “A Gamble Either Way” and “Silver Dagger” and both hit a little close to home for Jason. he quickly got into the rest of her music.

after Jason comes back and is on better terms with the family, they do a family movie night (the first since Jason’s return) and Dick puts on 9 to 5. during the opening sequence, Dick looks over at Jason with a glint in his eye and starts singing along. Jason rolls his eyes but sings along perfectly, getting kinda into it, just like before he died and it was just the two of them. everyone else is surprised to see the two of them acting this way, except Alfred who is smiling fondly at them

#Jason one time belts out I will always love you when he’s with Roy #and Roy says ‘I didn’t know you were a Whitney Houston fan’ #Jason (offended) says ‘excuse me that song was written and performed by Dolly Parton in the 70’s. that song is a Dolly song #not a Whitney Houston song.’ #jason todd #dick grayson #also dick got into Dolly Parton from Wally you cannot change my mind #red hood #nightwing #dc robin #dc comics #dc #Batman #batfam #my stuff #and another thing: everyone should go listen to Dolly Parton’s America it’s one of my favorite podcast miniseries of all times

[danielpowell]

Find it very interesting that Chai is labeled as a slacker and is on paper having no prior work experience + is called an idiot on several occasions + is stated to be a college dropout

And somehow he managed to get into college in the first place

I'm going to be contrarian and say this man actually had a scholarship but struggled with certain aspects of academia, consequently losing the funding he needed and forcing him to struggle to find a career with no credentials and no experience

#mel talks hi fi rush #you can find ways to get through school by doing the bare minimum #and with how Chai is I'm willing to bet he saddled up a bunch of extracurriculars that helped him qualify #for said scholarships #I would even goes as far to say he is fully capable of studying things he has interest in but #lacked a support network to assist with things he struggled with #and who is to say he didn't do odd jobs or run errands to get enough to survive #but had no idea how to put that in a resume #the beacon (original intro song / streamer mode version) has very telling lyrics to me #also unrelated but the disability commentary is there and it leaves such an impact in my eyes #will one day make a post talking about my favorite line #edit: saw a lot of people saying it's not a serious game so Chai might have just dropped out to get said arm #which I'm not... a fan of #I could see the possibility and 100% get behind the reasoning #and still manage to make it super angsty because (vague gesture) #but this makes way more sense to me personally #gods is it apparent I have no one to infodump and discuss this game with

[flashdoesahundredyarddash]

A fanfic idea I've always had for HalBarry that I've BEEN WANTINGGG to write is a mission dealing with the Music Meister but the whole thing turns into confessing to each other about how they feel infront of everyone but through a musical style. Music Meister's power is being able to sing and control people to sing AND dance. I also want to mix the ability of CW Music Meister, his powers contain the ability of creating this figment that is like a sorta daydream sequence. (That's so silly and cool I love it and he's also my favorite villain in general but there's barely anything on him)

I'm still debating what songs they would sing but it would be based on how they feel INTERNALLY and through complex topics like what they are worried about. For example, from gaining the feeling that they'd lose the other if confessing was the way or being afraid of saying the truth directly to someone OR entering a relationship at all. ("What would they say? How would they react? What do I look like to them??" etc. etc.)

Give the other JL members little song sequences and singing. 'If Only He Can Love Me' duet between Dinah and Ollie in Brave and The Bold... OR BRUCE BEING ABLE TO SING. ARTHUR TOO, he's so silly in that episode.

I'm also including Music Meister HEAVILY from 'Mayhem of The Music Meister!' from Batman: The Brave And The Bold S1 E25. Having Neil Patrick Harris be Music Meister for that...I'm amazing. ANDDD AND, the fact that Neil also played Barry Allen in DC: The New Frontier film

#I have a lot but it's 2 am rn (help) #I finished my work so I'm literally writing everything on my mind and this got brought up again because of the brave and bold soundtrack #halbarry #speedster ramble #brave and the bold is everything to me #song fic #my beloved #i actually really enjoy song fics or fanfics with playlists #i hold it very special to my heart #barry allen #hal jordan #hi hi hi i would love to ramble about my ideas that my docs on google are so much #I COULD TALK ABOUT THIS IDEA FOR SOOO SOOO LONG #HEAR ME OUT ON THIS!!! #music meister... #i love his outfits whenever he's shown #my favorites are always the designs involving looks carried into his outfit from the phantom of the opera #im always a fan of animated shows or shows that randomly always have scenario of 'omg we are stuck in this singing action?? help!' #and then throughout the whole thing it's just songs #or shows that have songs occasionally #dc

[drones-of-innocence]

Lyric Headcanon

I know I'm like a bazillion years late and I'm so sorry, @peaches2217 wrote this adorable story back in August and at the end included a cute callback to One Step Closer. The reference was a quote from the eponymous U2 song, where the lyric "a heart that hurts is a heart that beats," is mentioned as something the Bros mother used to say.

I think it was so sweet and it kind of gave me this sense that the Bros' mom quoting U2 was becoming fanon 😂 So what if their mom was just a huge U2 fan, and all her wise or uplifting quotes that the boys fondly remember are literally just lyrics from their songs? They have plenty of material and quotes I've adored my whole life. I'll make a list here, and I may incorporate this into my future fics. Any other Mario writers are welcome to do the same as long as you give me a little shoutout 😎

--In no particular order, here are some quotes alongside some context I believe they could fit in--

"A heart that hurts is a heart that beats." -One Step Closer (A gentle reminder that pain makes us human and can be appreciated.)

"Blessings are not just for the ones who kneel." -City of Blinding Lights. (On religion and judgement against others.)

"...Grace makes beauty out of ugly things." -Grace (A reminder to be kind even when it's hard, maybe something Peach does in her approach to politics reminds Mario of this line.)

"It's no secret ambition bites the nails of success." -The Fly (A warning that both ambition and success can be damaging.)

"I'm not broke, but you can see the cracks." -All Because of You (A quip about money or sense, maybe Mario and Luigi use this to tease each other?)

"The only pain is to feel nothing at all." -A Man and a Woman (A similar sentiment as One Step Closer.)

"Sweet the sin, bitter the taste in my mouth." -Running to Stand Still (Some things are just not worth it, especially when it comes to overindulgence.)

"There is no failure here, sweetheart, just when you quit." -Miracle Drug (Uplifting reminder to keep going. Maybe something Mario tells Luigi.)

"Stay a child somewhere in your heart." -Original of the Species (A plea to not become jaded by adulthood.)

"The right to be ridiculous is something I hold dear." -I'll Go Crazy if I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Being silly for the sake of silliness is an underappreciated privilege in our lives.)

"It's hard to listen while you preach." Every Breaking Wave (Remember other people have valuable things to say that you'll only hear if you listen.)

"Love is bigger than anything in its way." -Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way (I feel like this could be a quote Mario chooses to live by, and he tells Peach this and it kind of shifts her perspective too 💖)

#I'm not done #I have so many more #I have enough material for a U2 sideblog probably lol #I think the Mario bros mom being a U2 fan is a quirky and cute little character trait #And I loved it in Peach2217's story even though it probably wasn't intentional that way lol #ALso I promise I didn't mean to be late rip #It's been like 50 days #I swear I read and appreciated it #Things just got chaotic in my IRL #I hope this kinda slightly makes up for it #If anyone wants more just hit me up #Literally I have a 7 hour U2 playlist #I can do this all day lol #I love this idea of Mario sharing his mother's wisdom with Peach particularly #Even funnier if he doesn't really realize that it's not *her* wisdom exactly #Just her favorite songs maybe haha #ANyway that's all #Headcanon #Mario #Princess Peach #Luigi #Mareach #Diary of Drones

[starbuck]

I know the kneejerk reaction from Black Sails fans to this line from Treasure Island is “but it wasn’t just for money, it was for love,” and that is SO true and valid. But, at the same time, I’d like to posit: imagine it was all just for money. So what?

A squire, someone born into more money than he could ever possibly know what to do with, is going to put down poor people for wanting economic stability???? For being willing to put their lives on the line to achieve it?????? It’s all very reminiscent of “‘You people, incapable of accepting the world as it is,’ says the man to whom the world handed everything.” Like Woodes Rogers, Squire Trelawney sees the pirates as villains for being unwilling to accept their lots in life and refusing to play by civilization’s rules, even though those rules are rigged against them.

YES, it’s about Stories and Civilization’s Warped Narratives and all of that, but also, even if Trelawney was right about this, he would still be wrong, and I think that’s important to keep in mind also.

#treasure island #black sails #tagging because it’s Adjacent and also i’m mainly talking about it in the sense of Black Sails Fan Treasure Island Reception 😂😂 #(LOVE that that is a thing btw! i love us) #completely random but i was listening to I Earn My Life on repeat last night and this popped into my head #EXCELLENT song btw - honestly my favorite on Spirit Phone

[s0ckh3adstudios]

HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN THIS.

I ACTUALLY CANNOT STOP LISTENING TO THIS OMFG

#obsessed #so glad the fan songs are rolling out #there was this little song doodle on twitter i found that is my favorite thing ever i should show y'all it needs to be seen more #sock talk #tadc #Youtube

[01tsubomi]

sometimes your favorite song is by the idol group you see every time you go to tokyo but they haven't released it to streaming and they're quite obscure (not to mention taping performances is extremely NG in jpop idol culture) so the only time you have a chance of hearing it is when you go watch them perform and it's like not even guaranteed that it'll be on the setlist every time and then you find out it's actually by a disbanded sister group of theirs and they also didn't release it to streaming but they did put it on youtube in a 20 minute long video that features their entire first mini-album except for some reason it's the absolute worst quality vocals you've ever heard on a professional recording as in not the mic quality but the actual singing quality as in it sounds like a group of friends doing karaoke not even professional singers just some friends with no retakes no autotune touchups not even re-recording the lines that are off rhythm but it still means you kinda get to hear the song in your apartment. but is it even really the same song as the one you hear when your favorite member gets the solo in the chorus and walks from the back of the stage out towards the audience between the rest of the members as if parting the sea. is it

#really unrelatable content i'm posting tonight #it's not like actually my favorite song but i'm always like swept off my feet when they perform it #god damn am i homosexual #i have got to get to tokyo. i did say i would be back within september . aaaaaaaa #it was like. march or april? that they just randomly started performing it a lot #and it's funny remembering that my oshi is like. actually a very talented idol and not just someone i stan as a joke #sometimes i go in like aaa haha i uh i'm back! me the foreigner! i guess i'm participating in idol culture #bc i do always do the fanmeet part at the end too where i get to talk to her for like. probably 90 seconds? idk i lose track #and even though i'm a random white girl we've been at this long enough that she talks to me exactly like any other idol fan #and does all the 'you were't looking at any of the other girls were you?' and the 'i'm happy you're back i wish you'd come every day!! :)' #very interesting thing to experience firsthand #but also makes me forget that the main reason i stan so hard is because. she's just a really good idol #like sometimes i get to the venue kinda nervous to be there and then as the live goes on i'm like. ah. of course. i'm here not bc of the #idol-fan relationship validation but because i get to watch this lady perform again and she's so so good #especially that song. i really wish they'd release their own version #i really do love her voice #personal

[imalsoscarlet]

Noah Kahan:

I beg you, sir, just let me call/ I'll give you my blood alcohol/ I'll rot with all the burnouts in the cell/ I'll change my faith, I'll praise the flag/Let's wait I swear she'll call me back/ "'Son, are you a danger to yourself?"/ Fuck that, sir just let me call/I'll give you my blood alcohol/ I'll rot with all the burnouts in the cell/I'll change my faith, I'll kiss the badge/Let's wait, I swear she'll call me back/ "Son, why do you do this to yourself?"

Me:

#getting sent to bridge city #havent done that sent i was a TS fan #music #noah kahan #dial drunk #storytelling in song is my favorite thing ever

[epicfranb]

Idk how correct it is to attribute the entire path your life has taken to a single event but i think if my childhood friend didn't say "that's the kind of music teenage guys listen to" when i was introducing her to Skillet when we were like 10, i think i would be way more info music and bands now.

#don't mind me just revisiting my favorite pmv's from the time </3 #kids be kids but i really depended on her and her opinion and was very sensitive to her criticisms #like. i never understood how you can be 'into a band' bc for me it was always like #i just enjoy their songs and it doesn't matter whatsoever to me who the people behind it are #and like it's a valid way to enjoy music right. i just didn't understand how it could be any other way #then lovejoy happened and well. im not into lovejoy as a band but i was a fan of wilbur's for a long time before that #so i understand a little more #and now also crow mcr posting all the time and I'm enjoying it so much #cuz i just rewatched one of my former favorite pmv's with an mcr song and got hit with nostalgia #it's no use thinking about what i could've been if things had gone just a little differently #but i think i would always be into my nerdy stuff like mlp fnaf undertale and homestuck #that's how it started and that's how it's going. just now with minecraft

[outeremissary]

I always think I never had any particular interest in albums rather than individual songs (product of iTunes), but when I go back to relisten to stuff I remember from childhood I think that's maybe not true. I was always picking up music as individual 99 cent songs after hearing something on the radio, but my parents bought things as albums (like normal adults) and there were a lot of artists they enjoyed who I listened to as albums. Especially artists where they only had the one album for a given artist. Anyway today I'm remembering how obsessed I was with We Are the Night by The Chemical Brothers in middle school.

#I think that this is actually an album we owned because I became so obsessed with the one song on it that got radio play #and I was let down that it was the one chemical brothers album we didn't own so my dad got it since he was a fan of their older music anywa #I have such vivid memories of these songs... I think battle scars was my favorite #listening now my first thought was it had to be a budget blvd of broken dreams for kid me since my parents despised green day as sellouts #but I can hear the unique qualities in it that I loved when I listen more carefully. there was an air of horror to it to me #other albums I remember listening to a lot were the understanding by röyksopp and season of poison by shiny toy guns #I didn't grow into my dad's rock and metal until I was a little older lol #hm. I'm adding turned to real life to some things I think #rambling #if you're wondering why sometimes I just say random things about myself at length it's because 1) I feel like it just because #and 2) I worry that if I don't write down things as I remember them I'll forget them again #posts for myself.

[louderfade]

#i carried a printout of this around with me in my bag as a teenager bc i was a big dork #to be clear it was the pumpkins of whom i was such a fan and not billy specifically #besides being a terribly obnoxious cringelord going through a christian phase he was also terrifically up his own ass about his bad poetry #and he was always being a dick about/to people who use drugs which is a very bad look imo so i was not exactly a billy fan #so i don't know why this stupid thing was so important to me #i think i was grieving the fact that all my favorite bands broke up before i was old enough to see them live but who knows #tbh i think teenage reasoning is mostly a mystery to everyone. no one can explain their thought process from age 15. #even current 15 year olds seem to be pretty clueless and generally at the mercy of their own brains #when i think of being 15 i recall a lot of chaos and confusion and a vague but constant rage toward everything in general #but picses iscariot does rock. those songs hold up and so does gish. just sayin. #this has been a boring post about some shit i liked too much as a teenager that i bet you wish you'd just ignored at this point #follow for more boring content about my personal life likely to make you reevaluate the ways in which you spend your time #pastlife #smashing pumpkins

[theamazingannie]

I’m a sucker for musical parallels and referencing an old song in a new song but I feel like this TTPD lead up is not just a “this is how I used to feel and now I’m using those themes to show how I feel now” and more of a “those feelings were never real and actually those love songs that were so beautiful before are actually about a bad relationship and full of red flags” cuz it’s honestly ruining my feelings on those old songs. Like Taylor’s whole thing is letting us interrupt the songs and apply them to our own lives and now it’s like even she is encouraging us to only see them through the lens of her most recent breakup and it really sucks tbh

#like when it was just fans being swifties I could ignore it and keep believing they were good love songs #but now that those Apple Music playlists came out and these songs are being sorted through different lenses #it feels like she wants us to look at those beautiful love songs differently and I hate it #taylor swift #ttpd #like I’d make jokes and talk about her personal life #and look at her songs and be like hmmm maybe that’s what she meant by this #but mostly her songs were always separate from her real life relationships #(otherwise I wouldn’t be able to love the speak now era love songs lmao) #I apply her songs to my characters #sweet nothing was the perfect song for one of my ocs who got famous and felt like he couldn’t be himself anymore #expect when he was with his bf who didn’t see him that way #and now I listen to it and I hear all those tweets saying ‘omg he didn’t love her and didn’t care about her and THATS what she was saying’ #and having lover being one of the top wedding songs of the 2020s #and the ‘at every table I’ll save you a seat’ now going from ‘I want you by my side always’ #to ‘I have to save it but you don’t show up cuz you’re never there for me’ #and lavender haze going from ‘we don’t need to be married to be in love and I just want to be with you #and I wish people would stay out of my private life’ #now being ‘I actually did want to get married and this was me just being in denial’ #it SUCKS #things were much easier when I was just playing my thoughts here rather than following fan pages on Twitter #I’ve met a lot of great people and learned some fun stuff but this is exhausting #I just want to listen to my favorite artist without analyzing every line to figure out if she really meant it like that #I love her for her ability to tel stories I can relate my characters to #that’s all I really want to do with her songs #makes me want to leave the fandom and just listen alone #but also doing that before made me miss album announcements and vault puzzles and other news #idk I’ll probably stay but it just really sours the whole experience for me #and I wish it didn’t

[m-owo-n]

I KNOW Steddie’s song is basically Head Over Heels and all, but it’s also very common in fics that Steve is a fan of ABBA. So I want to know why I haven’t come across something like this happening:

“So if you had been in the clutches of Vecna, what song would we needed to play?”

“It’s definitely not up to your standard of music, but, I guess it’d have to be Head Over Heels”

Eddie snorts “Knew you’d be a Tears For Fears guy”

“Um” looking at Steve now, he’s blushing “ABBA, actually.”

#steddie #stranger things #eddie munson #steve harrington #just- wHY HASNT THIS BEEN BROUGHT UP #WHY DID I ONLY THINK OF IT NOW??? #after reading a fic where steve and dustin are dancing and singing to abba while preparing dinner with Mrs Henderson at the table dancing #it is my headcannon that she is the one that gets steve into abba #why would this be Steve’s favorite song though is the question #like it is a good song don’t get me wrong #but I’d love for a fic with an in-depth analysis of why #angel eyes seems more likely but I would just love for that interaction and reference to both THE steddie song but also abba fan steve #gotta get that bingo on the steddie fanfic bingo board anyway I can