disintegration by the cure thays the whole post my god i love that song
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Drop the cartman playlist I’ve only seen the kyle one
as usual with my other playlists, y’all should listen in order!
I wanted to explore as much of Cartman’s complexity as I could while staying narratively cohesive. The opening 4 songs are very much rooted in the first 3 seasons of South Park, paying homage to trey’s favorite bands as well as laying Cartman’s foundations. He starts off one-note: He’s fat. Spoiled. He’s a trouble maker. Lullaby insinuates a schizophrenic or maybe sexually abusive childhood, both of which I believe are key factors in Cartman’s behavior (and his views on love).
Mental, Sweet and Bloodmoney are transitional songs during his weird grey area in season 4. By Mama’s Gun, Eric Cartman is born. Arrogant, Self centered, deluded, and probably insane to a default.
Can’t Get Enough of Myself and The Bitch is Back are self explanatory. Cartman’s full of himself and. well he’s an asshole.
F-10-D-A is a nod to one of the episodes, as well as a highlight to Cartman’s hidden talents, this one being music writing. It’s a weird song, but I feel it’s something Cartman would write. Does that make sense?
Ginger is. I really don’t like this song. I listened to it once and I skipped it. But its absolutely perfect for Cartman’s (surface level) feelings about Kyle. Ruka Ruka Ali is like, the South Park of parody songs. He even sneaks in a comment about Jewish people that’s frankly, really random? Yeah. It’s an extremely Cartman song. Hate it. Very offensive. It’s perfect.
Poker Face (c’mon. it’s very Cartman. and he sang it!!) and Circus highlight his love of the spotlight. He’s a performative guy, he’s good at rallying his peers and he knows it. His vanity isn’t… entirely unfounded, sometimes.
Narcissus is the only song to try and reach Cartman’s rotting conscience, the singers criticizing all of Cartman’s faults and warning him that he’ll end up living his Post-Covid future if he doesn’t change.
The next four songs are stacked in order of Cartman’s complex.
Blood: It’s incredibly, incredibly hard to find a song that perfectly sums up Cartman’s deal with Kyle. Blood fits most of the criteria for now, though; his feelings for Kyle are polarizing, and incredibly, incredibly intense.
Beloved Freak: If he keeps living the way he is, he’ll always find a way to make himself a victim
I’m So Afraid: underneath that fragile ego and evil is a scared ten year old boy. His actions are inexcusable, but it’s very clear that his defense mechanisms (or, arsenal of hate) are used to ward off any weaknesses or any sense of guilt.
Closedown: If we strip away his anger, his talent for denial, the victimization, the selfishness, bratty spoiled attitude, this song is Cartman at his core. I really can’t say much about the song without like, making another 2k wordy post about his psychology. You just gotta listen to the song and trust me on this. Hell someone can send an ask abt why I think the is the perfect Cartman song and I will write that goddamn essay.
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