#and then the instrumentals are GREAT

[soapcan18]

#boreas 🖤 #the oh hellos #oh hellos #see I’d say lapis lazuli is the easy choice for myself #but then after a second of actually thinking #I’m like wait this is hard #BC HEAR ME OUT OK #boreas is not my fav album BUT there are some underappreciated bangers on here #ROSE?? i could write a whole essay on rose and I have #boreas??? SUCH a beautiful song omg #cold and glowing i don’t listen to enough but they’re v good too #and then the instrumentals are GREAT #dare i say i do not like a kindling of sorts that much #i don’t hate it heck I don’t even dislike it but i don’t go outta my way to listen to it or anything #i do love the torches musical motif tho that’s so clever and it’s an effective intro #kinda like prelude but i prefer prelude #and smoke rising is just the rose instrumental extended which i love bc it’s SOO pretty ☺️ #ANYWAYS we got off topic #u all know this by now im just reiterating what i said before this choice is HARD ASF #dear wormwood #ttddv #through the deep dark valley #the oh hellos ep #notos #eurus #boreas #zephyrus #music stuff #folk music #indie music

[oktaviaslabyrinth]

Colgera // The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023)

#the legend of zelda #the legend of zelda: tears of the kingdom #colgera #dragon roost island #the great calamity #nintendo switch #nintendo #game #instrumental #choir #2023 #oktaviaslabyrinth #totk spoilers

[layla-carstairs]

love all the tmi couples POST tmi but in every single case the early relationship was in shambles like why is everyone pretending they cannot see red flags come on now. if they had friends who were actually involved and NOT each other they would be holding interventions and telling y'all to break up at every given opportunity. but no they're surrounded by people who spend their time making objectively worse romantic decisions so they do too. and yes this applies to everyone

#& this is part of the appeal actually <3 #I feel like I'm attending the besties wedding & having a great time #after hating on her bf for the entirety of their relationship. peace and love on the planet earth #clary fairchild #jace herondale #alec lightwood #izzy lightwood #magnus bane #simon lewis #maia roberts #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #tmi #the mortal instruments #bella talks

[kasirose]

Happy happy birthday to the resident high warlock of glitter and our hearts, Magnus Lightwood-Bane!

#magnus bane #magnus bane fanart #malec #and now to present all his titles #husband of alec lightwood #father to max and rafe #high warlock of brooklyn #the great poison #harbringer of debauchery #magnus lightwood bane #1/2 of the perfection that is malec #shadowhunters #shadowhunters fanart #the mortal instruments #my art #tsc #happy birthday magnus bane

[classic-art-favourites]

Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci by Adolph von Menzel, 1852.

#classic art #painting #adolph von menzel #german artist #19th century #realism #history #early modern period #frederick the great #people #musical instrument #concert #sanssouci #palatial interior

[liltaireissocute]

fem!malec because everything is better if it's wlw

#liltaire's art #digital art #shadowhunters #malec #fem malec #wlw #da tarot style #magnus bane #alec lightwood #magnus x alec #the mortal instruments #tmi #your favourite shadowhunter x mage ship is here and now it's wlw #me and my soulmate (re)watched the shadowhunters and it was really great #the shadowhunter chronicles #the shadowhunters #why do i keep making everyone wlw

[naomistares]

Do you have any music recommendations :)? After you mentioned Girls Rituals in one post I became curious about your music taste (affectionate)

HII... thank u so much for asking me this, music is my 2nd passion... !!!

my top artist for 2 years straight has been a band called lemuria, i just really enjoy them! some songs i'd recommend from them: 1- It's not a lie, it's a secret 2- the origamists ii 3- bugbear 4-pleaser

i love all their songs.... so if it were up to me i'd add ten more

i'm also really into slow pulp! really love the song "trade it" by them

also really obsessed with rosie tucker, i've been playing their new single "all my exes live in vortexes" on repeat the past few days, also really love "fault lines" and "ford pinto: for sale" by them too !

also loveee the band pinback! i'd recommend: 1-byzantine 2- crutch 3-tripoli

i could keep going ... but i'll stop! thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk.

#i love music #i love to make music #albeit crappy ones #i love to play instruments too #i am a dog that knows many tricks for no reason #i lovr art #love #extra artist recs #forth wanderers #great granpa #um #gonna have to check my liked songs to remember

[vimbry]

it's sad how many reviews and stuff around tmbg seem to centre linnell as the sole dark and creepy writer of the band, never really crediting flansburgh too. do "hide away folk family," "dirt bike," "rabid child," "black ops," "cloisonné" mean nothing to them, smh.

#tmbg #this rigid dichotomy they tend to get forced into even tho linnell has written some happier songs and flansburgh plenty horrific ones #I'll be honest tho. I fully went into tmbw-interp-tab conspiracy when I first heard ''sleeping in the flowers'' lmao #I thought that song was about somebody getting murdered #the title seemed like a euphemism to me #it's actually. according to flansburgh. just about getting high in central park #and it's inspired by itchycoo park by the small faces which I knew and loved before and it's GREAT go listen to that. it's '60s psychedelia #so the lyrics are prob fantasising about spending time with the crush and essentially playfully talking sweet nothings together #bc they're stoned and in love #but honestly I thought ''you proclaim that you're an island. I proclaim that I'm one too'' #''I declare that I am england. you declare that I have drowned'' #sounded to me like someone trying to get away and be alone but the other person not getting the hint #esp bc the narrator introduces themself as not wanting to be ''known as the creep'' #the part about getting a ride home with a drunk guy ''who showed me how to spin my head round and round'' #sounded like the driver helping them get their story straight/take their mind off it #and the narrator feels they came across as ungrateful about their advice in their shocked state #plus the way the instrumental between the verses and chorus changes from fuzzy and gritty to lighthearted brass #like it's catching you off-guard #but it's not about any of that it's about being high #anyway none of that is an example of a genuinely creepy flansburgh song but

[edeldoro]

I love how the broken, gilded cage Robin sits in appears to resemble a waterphone (and a phonograph within, by the look of it?). You may have heard its beautiful haunting voice in horror films and music in general. That the splash art attributes it to her, a Path of Harmony character, The Robin of Penacony, renowned singer across the stars, is so cool.

#HSR #Honkai Star Rail #Robin hsr #Trying to reclaim what dignity I have #. #It's such a great choice of musical instruments #A medley of instruments honestly #They really said the waterphone is for the sapphics-- (SHOT) #So far I've only seen one (1) public tweet about the waterphone like ueueue (sound of crying) #Robin! Waterphone! It's a delightful surprise ough #Also not to mention birds galore.... #Birbs #The waterphone needs to leave me alone help I am still not over the fact they put it in Robin's splash art #Like she can apparently have resonance with other lifeforms? Excited to see how they'll spin it from there #Makes me want to re-experience Tales of the Abyss lore again waugh #Fonons... Fonic Hymn... The Score... #Robin von Star Rail as a Tales of character help #I need to stop rambling in the tags and catch Zs but music instruments! Robin! Chef's kiss

[wikitpowers]

remember when jace said there was no way valentine would agree to trade the mortal instruments for him bc i do :(

#this is so sad fuck off #SCREW U VALENTINE #JACE DESERVES ALL THE LOVE IN THIS WORLD #(also side note literally his grandma locks him in a cage in this scene) #ig his family ain't great at showing love....... #[enter circus music] #but fr this made me sad :(( #city of ashes reread #jace herondale #valentine morgenstern #imogen herondale #cassandra clare #city of ashes #the mortal instruments #tmi #tsc

[asurrogateblog]

roger had to be the band's bass player because he's what a bass guitar would look like if it got turned into a person against its will with black magic

#you know that thing about how people's dogs look like them? yah same thing but with instruments #he's got bass proportions #fuck. this is a great idea for a dnd bard character isnt it #roger waters #pink floyd

[carelessflower]

of course I’ve also made a show alec version who do you think i am

tag list (tell me if you wanna be removed or added):  @magnus-the-maqnificent @literallytypogod @ukisteria  @wildesummerchild @sociallyineptbibliophile @queenlilith43 @khaleesiofalicante @wandererbyheart  @raziyekroos  @onetimetwotimesthreetimess @alexandergideonslightwood @andrwminward @noah-herondale-lightwood @elettralightwood @dustandducks​@deliciousdetectivestranger @delightfullyterrible @letsgofortacos​ @kita-no​ @mxtthew-fxirchild-apologist  @thelightofthebane @secrettryst @pocketoffeels @cityofdownwardspirals @stupidfuckindinosaur @i-have-not-slept @kasper-tag

#alec lightwood #malec #tsc #tmi #shadowhunters #the mortal instruments #the shadowhunter chronicles #my edit #video edit #great ​sluttification

[oktaviaslabyrinth]

Full Steam Ahead // The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2009)

#the legend of zelda #the legend of zelda: spirit tracks #full steam ahead #the great sea #nintendo DS #nintendo #game #instrumental #2009 #oktaviaslabyrinth

[sendmyresignation]

if you wanna indulge me, id love to hear your opinions on sing (all of mine are detractory which i know isnt the complete view of the song)

omg id love too!! sorry this took me a sec to formulate post-work haha. i know we don't agree about sing but honestly that's the beauty of music opinions- I feel like it becomes easier to define what I like about things when faced with legit measured criticism anyway

for me, i want to start with the structure and instrumental since it's usually not mentioned (most of the criticisms of sing are exclusively lyrical or intention-focused). it's so cool. and evocative. and full of tension!! my favorite use of synth on danger days, plus the keys and the drums (man i love the dd studio musician drums lmao), really emphasizes sing as a suspended moment both in the album (necessary bridge, tonally, between bulletproof and planetary imo) and in the track itself- its alllll building up to that bridge and final chorus. but there's all these little pieces- the backing vocals, there's so many hidden guitar parts that riff just under all the noise, that opening like, tambourine. sorry for not having a quote on hand but Ray's said he really loved writing sing and it's so totally obvious to me. especially live- part of the reason I was soooooo excited for sing swarm tour edition is that even during dd ray was like absolutely shredding for sing after the bridge. and everytime time it's so good. part of the reason the lyrics don't bother me is sing could stand alone instrumentally and I'd still want to listen to it. (sing also reminds me of Ray's solo music- the sentiment is more significant that the lyrics and the music is itself a vehicle for storytelling)

also though, i think there's a lot of intention with sing (it's up to the listener to determine if that paid off obv) but within the context of dd the record as a pirate radio station, sing has always read as a trojan horse song. making it a single too, like once a song takes on a life of its own outside the record there's new meaning and circumstance. so both within and outside the killjoy universe sing is a vehicle for not just the bridge but the overall sentiment of dd (how fucking excited was gerard when glenn beck took the glee bait) like, yes, i do agree they could've benefited from another pass over the lyrics (i will always defend keeping "sing it till your nuts" bc its sounds like sing it to your nuts though) but I don't personally get the criticism that sing isn't "specific enough" about what exactly it's against or is too optimistic about "sing it for the world"-- i think there are songs on the album (notably planetary right after it!) which do that job just fine. dd is gerard in arguably top lyrical form so theres a lot of meat in the rest of the record like. sing it for the world is a purposely simplistic art is the weapon. like those are the same sentiments rendered very differently!

also like. i do think there was a very directed target at the younger part of their fan base here (girl/boy) which is sweet. to me. like i did hear sing first when i was a young teen (one of the few dd songs i was familiar with) and it did feel huge and empowering at that moment. my chem are their best when they are navigating the dualities of their specific fame, which includes simultaneously making very serious, adult rock music which is concerned with violence death grief and sex, as well as being a role model for younger people and taking them seriously and neither of these are in rhetorical conflict with each other. so like whatever sing is a little juvenile. but it's still filled with passion! taken as a legitimate project with a creative instrumental and a narratively-driven music video. I like that aspect, it works for me. I'll never call it my favorite my chem song but its certainly not the worst when you add in the bridge (i wanted to prove my point without the bridge but like. damn!! it's a good bridge!!!). that's my spiel.

#god this is long but thank you for the ask it made me think :) #like at the end of the day a great instrumental with subpar lyrics is going to beat out #a song with incredible lyrics and a bothersome instrumental bc that effects tone and meaning and listenability and impact #so i think sing is v easy for me to appreciate #my posts #angstics #igottheanswer

[okom]

high off my absolute gourd just watched this video where frank picks up rays guitar part so smoothly and seamlessly for him after ray misses, and ray looks so proudly at frank!! im staring into my orb thinking about how frank and rays guitar parts aren’t just support and melody, they weave and interchange with each other like two unlikely friends shaking hands to band together to fight a common enemy (bells tingling over an ancient memory that remembers frank saying that playing live felt like he was fighting for his life) And how important it is that Ray felt like he could trust Frank to have his back while playing these songs especially when they were first starting to write together and i’m going insane. theres so much weight in trusting a stranger to fight alongside you and feel confident enough that they would handle their piece with care. ray is not only able to translate gerard’s thoughts into melody but ray and frank also share a common language that’s unique to each other in the creation of their art and you can see that in the way their respective parts communicate to and with each other in the music and onstage FUCK. i’m just vibing over how harmoniously frank and ray fit together as guitar players like this really is a once in a lifetime band. basically:

#howard benson deserves jail for making gerard’s vocals so loud i have to find the instrumentals to be able to hear the guitars #gerard i love you but please shut the fuck up for two seconds no babe of course your screams are great i’m just trying to hear the music #it’s 4 am i’m sorry but i’m romanticizing the way they all work together i cannot chaenge this i accidentally greened to hard #my chemical romance #frank iero #ray toro #petal.txt

[kaitcreates]

“Jace has no demon blood in him” is inaccurate. Jace has 1.5% demon blood in him thanks to Belial.

#I wonder if this will ever come up #Belial just goes “Ahhh my great great great great grandson. How are you? #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #shadowhunters #the mortal instruments #tmi #tessa gray #jace herondale #belial