#loretta swift

[controlthesleeve]

William Zabka as Kim Fisher in Dreams of gold: the Mel fisher story with Loretta Swift and Cliff Robertson who played his parents.

#william zabka #dreams of gold (1986) #dreams of gold #mel fisher #kim fisher #cliff robertson #loretta swift #johnny lawrence #cobra kai

[barbreypilled]

May 8th is actually a national holiday for autistic native girls w terminal older sister disease btw

#this is from so long ago lmao like mid march but I needed to post something idk #since I am now a citizen of Baby Island #also all these taylor swift-laden Spotify playlists are a microaggression shes a Buffy Sainte Marie girly #she’s a history turner she’s a sweetgrass burner etc #at the very least she’s a Loretta Lynn girlie #mine #thg #katniss everdeen

[bezdddakota]

Oddly enough, I think my new favorite quote of Loretta comes from this clip comes from 2016 which is about her supporting Taylor’s decision to go pop

#taylor swift #loretta lynn

[catindabag]

TBOSAS on Crack!AU: ✨The Fave Banned Songs of The 24 OG Mentors✨

A friend of mine asked me to list the Mentors’ favorite banned (100% illegal in Panem) songs in my TBOSAS Crack!AU.

So here they are:

1. Coriolanus Snow (Sugar Baby Era)

Snow On The Beach by T. Swift & Lana

Radio by Lana Del Rey

Careless Whisper by George Michael

Bloom by Troye Sivan (For Sejanus)

“Sl*t!” By Taylor Swift (For Sejanus)

2. Sejanus Plinth (Sugar Daddy Era)

Beautiful People by Ed Sheeran

Jenny by Studio Killers (For Coryo)

Lover by Taylor Swift (For Coryo)

Hey Blondie by Dominic Fike (For Coryo)

Ride by SoMo (For Coryo)

3. Festus Creed (Dumpster Fire Era)

We Can’t Stop by Miley Cyrus

Last Friday Night by Katy Perry

All Star by Smash Mouth

Honeypie by JAWNY

Chicken Nugget Dreamland by Parry Grip

4. Lysistrata Vickers (Crazy Fangirl Era)

Wannabe by Spice Girls

Barbie Dreams by FIFTY FIFTY, Kaliii

Watermelon Sugar by Harry Styles

Starman by David Bowie

Groupie by Cate

5. Felix Ravinstill (Class President Era)

Under Pressure by Queen, David Bowie

Touchy Feely Fool by AJR

The Hype by Twenty One Pilots

Kingdom Come by Jon Bellion

This is What Makes Us Girls by Lana

6. Persephone Price (Unhinged Lover Era)

Candy by Unknown Brain

Crush by Tessa Violet

Sweet But Psycho by Ava Max

I Really Like You by Carly Rae Jepsen

7. Clemensia Dovecote (Friend-zoned Era)

Still Into You by Paramore

Your Type by Carly Rae Jepsen

Midnight Love by Girl in Red

Mr. Lonely by Bobby Vinton

8. Livia Cardew (Rich Queen Era)

7 Rings by Ariana Grande

Material Girl by Madonna

Barbie World by Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice

9. Androcles Anderson (Sneaky Sneak Era)

Stand Up by One Direction

Cake By The Ocean by DNCE

Drive By by Train

Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson

10. Hilarius Heavensbee (Disowned Clown Era)

Birthday Party by AJR

Sad Happy by Circa Waves

SugarCrash! By ElyOtto

Thomas Theme by Thomas & Friends

11. Palmyra Monty (Chef on Crack Era)

Cooking by The Book by Lazy Town

Raining Tacos by Parry Grip

Fruit Salad by The Wiggles

Krusty Krab by Trap Remix

12. Apollo Ring (Sunshine Boi Era)

Oh Potato Dog by Parry Grip

Sunroof by Nicky Youre, Dazy

Sunkissed by Khai Dreams

Come On Eileen by Dexys M.R

13. Diana Ring (Pastel Peach Era)

Rainbow Magic by Rosanna Pansino

Cupid by FIFTY FIFTY (Twin Ver.)

Penguin On Me by Schmoyoho

My Little Pony Theme by My Little Pony

14. Vipsania Sickle (Gym Gal Era)

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! By ABBA

Eye of The Tiger by Survivor

YMCA by Village People

15. Gaius Breen (Hype Man Era)

Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars

The Nights by Avicii

Stereo Hearts by Gym Class Heroes

16. Dennis Fling (Trader Joe’s Era)

Billionaire by Travis McCoy, Bruno Mars

Money, Money, Money by ABBA

MONEY by LISA

17. Pliny Harrington (Sleepy Dawg Era)

The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars

Some Nights by Fun

Saturday by Twenty One Pilots

18. Domitia Whimsiwick (Farm Gal Era)

Everything She Ain’t by Hailey Whitters

If You Go Down by Kelsea Ballerini

WWDD by Lainey Wilson

Biscuits by Kacey Musgraves

19. Urban Canville (Exploding Man Era)

World’s Smallest Violin by AJR

All Time Low by Jon Bellion

When I was Done Dying by Dan Deacon

The Pi Song by AsapSCIENCE

20. Io Jasper (Nerd in Love Era)

Boys by Charli XCX

What Lovers Do by Maroon 5, SZA

Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen

The Science Love Song by AsapSCIENCE

21. Florus Friend (Introvert on Stage Era)

Dreamland by Glass Animals

Loretta by Ginger Root

Herp De Derp by Schmoyoho

22. Iphigenia Moss (Rebellious Diet Era)

Boom Clap by Charli XCX

Popular Song by MIKA, Ariana Grande

Prom Dress by mxmtoon

23. Juno Phipps (Royal Baby Girl Era)

Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani, Eve

Dance The Night by Dua Lipa

California Gurls by Katy Perry

24. Arachne Crane (Screeching Banshee Era)

Beautiful Trauma by P!nk

Super Bass by Nicki Minaj

Primadonna by MARINA

#tbosas #crack #playlist #crackship #crack post #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #ballad of songbirds and snakes #hunger games #the hunger games #suzanne collins #coriolanus snow #president snow #sejanus plinth #snowjanus #snowplinth #coriolanus x sejanus #lucy gray baird #thg #thg fandom #festus creed #lysistrata vickers #livia cardew #arachne crane #felix ravinstill #clemensia dovecote #taylor swift #lana del rey #harry styles #bosas #alternative universe

[seresinsbabe]

music game!!

rules: shuffle your “on repeat” playlist from spotify/the music service of your choice and post the first 10 tracks.

thanks for the tag love!! @roosterbruiser

God Is A Woman by Ariana Grande

Ride With Me by Nelly

Ayo Technology by 50 Cent ft. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland

Devils In The Canyon by The Strike

I Ain't Worried by One Republic

Carry Out by Timbaland and Justin Timberlake

Demons by Hayley Kiyoko

Lavender Haze by Taylor Swift

Harper Valley PTA by Loretta Lynn

I'm Not Mad by Halsey

tagging: @topguncortez @yanna-banana @topgun-imagines @sunlightmurdock(no pressure!!)

#music game #get to know ash #this is mostly pop #but my music taste is so vast this barely touches the surface

[hannahhook7744]

'Right Where You Left Me....' Moodboards;

Enchanted Forest Name: Kiran Adil Hassan Mani Woodcock.

Storybrooke Name, if cursed: Corwin Tucker.

Nickname(s): 'Ran, Cor, Princey, K, Doctor Himbo, The Bumbling, and Kir.

Age during season 1 (minus the cursed years): 20 years old.

Enchanted Forest Job: Prince and heir to the throne.

Storybrooke Job: Medical intern.

Kingdom Name: The Kingdom of Linos.

Family: Reshmi/Vashti (Mother),

Raj (Father),

Amir/Aaron (Younger Brother),

Shahzad/Shawn (Younger Brother),

Penelope Devlin/Paisley Spinner (Fiancée).

Animal Companion(s): Shooting Star, Sunburst Heavens, and Swift Foot (Horses).

Theme Song: “Who I Am” by The Score.

Fairytale They're From: The Three Spinning Women.

Enchanted Forest Name: Penelope Guinevere Devlin.

Nickname(s): Pen, Penny, P, Pais, 'Ley, Lazy, and The Lazy Spinner.

Storybrooke Name, if cursed: Paisley Spinner.

Age during season 1 (minus the cursed years): 19 years old.

Enchanted Forest Job(s): Spinner (formerly),

Princess Consort/Queen to be.

Storybrooke Job(s): Seamstress.

Kingdom Name: The Kingdom of Linos.

Family: Gwenllian Devlin/Jean Spinner (Mother),

Ferdinand (Father),

Klotho/Karen (Adoptive Aunt),

Atropos/Annabelle (Adoptive Aunt),

Lachesis/Loretta (Adoptive Aunt),

Kiran Adil Hassan Mani Woodcock/Corwin Tucker (Fiancé).

Animal Companion(s): Flax (Cat).

Theme Song: "Everything I wanted" by Billie Eilish.

Fairytale They're From: The Three Spinning Women.

Enchanted Forest Name(s): Rowena Elladora Jones (Formerly Blithe).

Storybrooke Name, if cursed: None. She wasn't cursed.

Nickname(s): Ro, 'Wen, Winnie, The Forsaken Child, The Princess Who Never Smiled, R.J, Little Jones, The Queen of Strife, The Mother of Monsters, The Queen of Monsters, The Chaotic Sorceress, The Queen of Clumsiness, The Wild Sorceress, The Forbidden Child, R, Kid Pirate, Queen of the Outcasts, Queen of tbe Rejects, and The Pirate Queen.

Age during season 1 (minus the cursed years): 19 years old.

Enchanted Forest Job(s): Princess (Formerly),

Queen (Formerly),

Pirate/Fugitive (Formerly).

Storybrooke Job(s): Writer,

Mail Sorter at Storybrooke Post Office.

Kingdom Name: Rally (Formerly),

Strife (Formerly),

Storybrooke.

Family: Queen Pandora Blithe of Rally (Mother),

King Adam Blithe of Rally (Father),

Killian Jones/Captain Hook (Adoptive Brother),

Tempest Banks (Fiancée),

Warren Scarlet (Fiancé).

Animal Companion(s): Sweetpea (A Skeletal Moss Monster).

Theme Song: "Try" by Pink.

Fairytale They're From: The Princess Who Never Smiled.

Enchanted Forest Name(s): Warren Artemis Scarlet.

Storybrooke Name, if cursed: None. He wasn't cursed.

Nickname(s): Scout, Tree Climber, The Animal Whisperer, The Woodland Bard, The Tree Bugger, Tree Hugger, King Scout, The King of Monsters, The Father of Monsters, The Unlucky Boy, Scout Scarlet, Cuddlebug, The Hard Worker, Animal Boy, The Jack of All Trades, Tree Boy, Scouter, and The Honest Worker.

Age during season 1 (minus the cursed years): 21 years old.

Enchanted Forest Job(s): Thief (Formerly),

Handyman (Formerly),

Farmhand (Formerly),

Musician,

King-to-be/second in command of Strife.

Storybrooke Job(s): Storybrooke Pet Shelter Worker,

Musician.

Kingdom Name: Sherwood (Formerly),

Kingdom of Strife (Formerly),

Storybrooke.

Family: Lamia Scarlet (Mother),

Alaric Scarlet (Father),

Will Scarlet (Older Brother),

Penelope Scarlet (Older Sister)(Deceased),

Tempest Banks (Fiancée),

Rowena Jones (Fiancée).

Animal Companion(s): Shadow (Shapeshifting Cat Fish that can only turn into a cat/cat fish of varying sizes),

Rover (Beetle),

Ridden (Mouse).

Theme Song: “I tried to be perfect” by Sum 41.

Fairytale They're From: The Princess Who Never Smiled.

Enchanted Forest Name(s): Sylvester Boris Lucas.

Storybrooke Name, if cursed: Boris Lucas.

Nickname(s): Silver, S, Wolfie, Fangsie, Fang, Silv, Moondust, Starboy, Bongo Boy, and Spaceboy.

Age during season 1 (minus the cursed years): 21 years old.

Enchanted Forest Job(s): Defense guard.

Storybrooke Job(s): Waiter.

Kingdom Name: Misthaven (Formerly),

Kingdom of Strife (Formerly),

Storybrooke.

Family: Granny Lucas (Grandmother),

The Wolf (Grandfather),

Antia Lucas (Mother),

The Big Bad Wolf (Father),

Graham Humbert (Adoptive Brother),

The Dwarves (Pack),

Tiny (Pack),

The Charmings (Pack),

Quinn (Former Pack),

Adair (Former Pack),

Adalyn (Former Pack),

Adalyn's sister (Former Pack),

Tempest Banks (Pack),

Penelope Guinevere Devlin (Pack),

Kiran Adil Hassan Mani Woodcock (Pack),

Warren Scarlet (Pack),

Rowena Jones (Pack).

Animal Companion(s): None.

Theme Song: ‘Running With the Wolves’ by Aurora.

Fairytale They're From: Boy Who Cried Wolf.

Enchanted Forest Name(s): Tempest Atlantica Banks.

Storybrooke Name, if cursed: None. She wasn't cursed.

Nickname(s): Undine, Treasure, and Siren.

Age during season 1 (minus the cursed years): 20 years old.

Enchanted Forest Job(s): Siren Vigilantee,

Singer,

Queen of Strife.

Storybrooke Job(s): Storybrooke Canner,

Singer.

Kingdom Name: Atlantica (Formerly),

Kingdom of Strife (Formerly),

Storybrooke.

Family:

Nereida Banks (Mother),

Tidal Banks (Father),

Nereida (Maternal Aunt),

Myrddin (Maternal Uncle-Via-Marriage),

Melusine (Maternal Cousin),

Warren Scarlet (Fiancé),

Rowena Jones (Fiancée).

Animal Companion(s): None.

Theme Song: 'Drunken Sailor' by Aeseaes.

Fairytale They're From: Undine.

#ouat #onceuponatime #once upon a time #once upon a time fanfiction #ouat fanfiction #ouat fanfic #ouat ocs #ouat original characters #ouat moodboards #ouat moodboard #etc

[blaiddfailcam]

Thinkin more about the chronology of Caria (Carianology, if you will,), and it just occurred to me, the Academy rebelled against Caria after Rennala's mind went with the divorce, but exactly how soon?

Radahn, Rykard, and Ranni were still honored as demigods, and whereas Rykard and Radahn became scions of the Golden Order, Ranni seemingly retreated to Caria Manor. We know the Cuckoo attempted a siege of Caria Manor, laying waste to Kingsrealm on their way, but were repelled by Ranni's trap. A ghost in Caria Manor recounts Ranni's return to the manor, wishing her a swift restoration of the Full Moon's sovereignty, possibly indicating this was prior to the Night of the Black Knives, when she fully devoted herself to the Dark Moon. At some point, Loretta departed in search of a haven for the Albinaurics, and eventually allied with Miquella; knowing Ranni remained in Caria Manor, she seems to have offered up a phantom of her Haligtree-era self as a last line of defense for her former lady.

With all this in mind, it appears as though Caria had fallen from favor during the age of King Consort Radagon, prior to the Shattering. The Academy had sworn not to intervene in the Golden Order's affairs, nor during Shattering Wars, and so were spared during Radahn and Malenia's campaigns. Despite this, the Cuckoo were free to war against Caria at their leisure. After all, Ranni had rejected her Great Rune—perhaps this implies she was already marked a traitor to the Golden Order even before her disappearance, and that she would receive no support from Leyndell should the Academy attack her?

[Edit: Ohhh... So perhaps this would explain why assassins were dispatched to dispose of her?]

This also makes the prospect of Miquella's potential alliance with Ranni all the more intriguing if she was denounced as a heretic by the time he was even born... No wonder it feels like a secret, even in a game loaded to the brim with clandestine affairs. Ranni may have been extended invitation as an adoptive child of Queen Marika, but she was ultimately the black sheep of the pantheon (well, besides Morgott and Mohg, who were flushed away for being so so ugly babies).

#elden ring #my ramblings #ranni #miquella #as always these are just half-baked ideas i don't necessarily believe to be concrete lol

[originallandlockedmariner]

For three years running…

2020

Kobe. Pandemic. Lockdown. Koalas on fire. Harry and Meg retire. Toilet paper hoarding. Alcoholism. Impeach the f*cker. Parasite. Bonnie Henry. Tiger King. Working from home. Sourdough bread. Harvey Weinstein guilty. Zoom overdose. Dip your body in sanitizer. 6 feet. Quarantine. OK Boomer. Home schooling (everyone passes). Murder hornets. Dolly Parton. Don’t hug, kiss or see anybody, especially your family. Chris Evans’ junk. TikTok. Glory holes. Face masks. CERB. West Coast wildfires. Stay home. Small Businesses lose, big box stores win. F*ck Bozos. ‘Dreams’ and cranberry juice. Close yoga studios, but thumbs up to your local gym. Speak moistly to me. George Floyd. BLM. F*ck Trump. Phase 2, 3 and Summer. RBG. Baby Yoda. Biden wins. Bond and Black Panther die. No more lockdown. Back to school and work. Just kidding... giddy up round 2. Giuliani leaks shit from his head. Resurgence of chess. UFOs are real. Restrictions. Dave Grohl admits defeat. Monolith. “F*ck... forgot my mask in the car”. No Christmas shenanigans allowed. Bubbles. Alex Trebek. Use the term ‘dumpster fire’ one too many times. Jupiter and Saturn form 'Christmas Star'. Happy New Year Bitches!!!! 2021... you better not sh*t the bed!!

2021

“We love you, you’re very special”. Failed coup attempt at the Capital. Twitter, FB and IG ban Donny. Hammerin’ Hank goes to the Field of Dreams. Bozo no longer richest man but still a twat. Leachman, Tyson, and Holbrook pass. The economy is worse than expected. Kim and Kanye split. Brood X cicadas. Dre has an aneurysm and nearly has his home broken into. Bridgerton. MyPillow CEO is a douche. Covid restrictions extended indefinitely. Captain Von Trapp dies. Proud Boys officially a Terrorist Organization. Richard Ramirez. Cancer takes Screech. Travel bans. Impeachment trial (again?… oh and this was barely February? WTF??!!) Suez Canal blockage. Myanmar protest. Kong dukes it out with Godzilla, while Raya watches. Olympics. Friends compare elective surgeries. F9. Canada Women’s Soccer Gold. Free Britney. Multiverses. Residential Schools in Canada unearth children’s bodies. Kate is Mare of Easttown. Cuomo resigns. Disney and Dwayne cruise together. Wildfires. Delta variants. Musk passes Bezos. Candyman x 5. Capt. Kirk goes to space. F*ck Kyle Rittenhouse. Astros didn’t win. Squid Game. Goodbye Bond. Dune is redone. Angelina is Eternal. Astroworld deaths. Meta. Omicron. Three Spidermen. Tornados in December? World Juniors cancelled. Pills against Covid. School opening delayed. And Betty White dies. 2022… my expectations are ridiculously low…

2022

Wow… eight billion people. Queen Elizabeth II passes away after ruling the Commonwealth before dirt was invented. The monkeypox. Russia plays the role of global asshole. Wordle. Mother Nature rocks Afghanistan. Hover bike. Styles spits on Pine. Olivia Newton John, Kristie Alley, and Coolio leave us. Pele was traded to team Heaven. FTX implodes. Madonna and the 3-D model of her vagina. Pig gives his heart to a human. Beijing can brag that it is the first city ever to host both the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. Uvalde. $3 trillion Apple. Keith Raniere gets 120 years. The Whisky War ends with Canada and Denmark going halfsies. Mar-a-Lago. Nick Cannon brood hits a dozen. Shinzo Abe is assassinated. Inflation goes through the roof (if you can actually afford to put a roof over your head). Volodymyr Zelensky. European heat wave. Bennifer. Salman Rushdie is stabbed on stage, Dave Chappelle tackled, and Chris Rock is only slapped. Thích Nhất Hạnh. Heidi Klum goes full slug. Cuba knocked out by Ian. Liz Truss and 4.1 Scaramuccis. Taylor Swift breaks Ticketmaster. Human shitstain Elon Musk ignores helping mankind and buys Twitter instead. Riri becomes a mommy. NASA launches Artemis 1. Trump still a whiny little bitch. Music lost Loretta Lynn, Christine McVie, and Meat Loaf. Democracy died at least three times. Pete Davidson continues to date hottest women on the planet. Microplastics in our blood. Alex Jones is a cunt. So is DeSantis. Argentina wins the World Cup. Meghan and Harry. Eddie Munson rips Metallica in the Upside Down. tWitch. Roe vs Wade is overturned by the micro dick energy of the Supreme Court. CODA. James Corden shows he is a "tiny Cretin of a man". Amber (and the shit on the bed) Heard (round the world). Sebastian Bear-McClard proves he’s one of the fucking dumbest men alive. Latin America's ‘pink tide’. Anti-Semitic rants by Ye. Bob Saget. A verified blue checkmark. Godmother of punk Vivienne dies. And, Tom Cruise feels the need for speed yet again. 2023… whatcha got for us?!? Nothing shocks me anymore.

#me #my words

[godofsmallthings]

shuffle your ON REPEAT playlist and list the first 10 songs that play, tag 10 people.

thanks for tagging me @andisitover !

lux - rachel reale

red wine supernova - chappell roan

grandfather, please stand on the shoulders of my father while he's deep sea fishing - lana del rey, riopy

c'mon loretta - trixie mattel

now that we don't talk - taylor swift

bongos - cardi b, megan thee stallion

video games - trixie mattel

suburban legends - taylor swift

soup song - nep

margaret - lana del rey, bleachers

@sweetteaswift @pr @atimewillcomeforsinging @yourorganicshoes @sapphicscience @jonismitchell @latinashepard @kurtsvonneslut @seamgreen @poembyneruda

#tagged

[homospockual]

#hyperspecific polls #i honestly think it’s loretta. an unmatched slay. i sing it on every road trip and i feel a little bad every time #also sorry ms. hayley for bringing this song up again i know you’ve grown

[stylecouncil]

I cannot reiterate how much that post was not about taylor swift. I don’t ever even consider her as ever being an actual country artist. I don’t believe that woman has ever faced a single actual hardship in her life I’m sorry. she shouldn’t be in the same breath as dolly or tammy or loretta. that’s who I was thinking about when I made that post.

[bezdddakota]

Was I literally the only person under 45 watching CMT tonight??? Like no one has Taylor’s message video?

I know it’s too stupid but.... how the fuck was I the only one to even see her message????

#taylor swift #loretta lynn

[awomaninscience]

Happy New Year friends, old and new. This is the most recent photo of me from 2022--a year of remarkable highs and lows for me. And another photo of my most beloved companion.

I hope that you are proud of surviving another year in this incredibly trying landscape we have been in for quite some time now. I hope that 2023 brings you more joy and prosperity, and if not, I hope it brings you the strength, hope, and resources necessary to conquer what ails your body, heart, and soul. You are worthy of good things.

2022 was the year I graduated with my master's degree and became an emergency and trauma nurse on the south side of Chicago. I found my calling and intend to challenge myself to become a better nurse who brings healing and warmth to my patients as they face some of the worst days of their lives while navigating our cruel and unjust healthcare systems. I adopted a cat named Loretta and have been learning about all the sweetness that comes with being a bona fide cat owner and not just a foster parent.

2022 was also the year that I lost my dog, Nolyn. He was my best friend, my four-legged son, and the best thing that ever happened to me. He was gifted a peaceful passing at the ripe old age of 15 years and 3 months. My grief has been immeasurable. Through most of my young adult life as I struggled through surviving leaving an abusive home and learning to live with a serious mental illness, he was my only family and oftentimes my only friend. I have never felt so lonely and I have shed tears over him everyday since he passed. His decline with swift and he suffered very little. I broke my own heart to spare him of the suffering of the dying process and I feel some peace in knowing that he went to the next plane of existence never knowing true pain in this one. I'm not sure how to properly honor him and his life and the selfless love that was shared between the two of us, but writing this here so many more people can know about my special angel boy feels like one way to do it.

2023 will have its own challenges, but I am infinitely blessed with all the lessons of survival and love that Nolyn taught me. Surely through him I can make it in this year and all the years to come.

May we all be so blessed with a love like this in our lifetimes.

Happy New Year to us all, xoxo Liz

P.S. If you have been thinking about getting a dog, take this as your sign to go and get one today.

#personal #me #happy new year #year of loss #dog #animals

[junkyardromeo]

if i ever hear anyone in real life compare taylor swift to my queen loretta or my kings bruce n bob im getting out the gun

[chicknparm]

69 or 98 or 8

69. ivy - Taylor Swift

It wouldn't be right to do one of these without at least one Taylor song, so we got pretty lucky that you picked this number! Nice!

This song gets thrown around by a lot of swifties as an example of how good her songwriting has gotten, and I think it is quite a good example, but not really for the reasons they think. One could easily read the lyrics and dismiss her verbosity as pretentious set-dressing; a cynical shortcut to make herself and her songs appear deeper than they really are. I think the way some fans talk about her lyrics invites this kind of reading, but I promise you that indulging in that line of critique is doing a disservice to both the music and yourself.

The story told in ivy is one of conflict and infidelity; the narrator is having a passionate affair with someone else while her loveless, lifeless marriage gathers dust. The poetic language, instrumentation, and tone of Swift's voice all evoke much older forms of storytelling. Evocative stories are a cornerstone of country music, but have fallen out of favor in recent decades, and ivy seems to want to reach back even farther and remind the listener more of Jane Austen than Loretta Lynn (in fact, ivy wasn't out of place when it was used as a needle-drop in the Dickinson series). The melody is dark and tense, as are the dancing arpeggios on the guitar, as she sings verses about the pair being magnificently cursed; drinking her husband's wine and grieving for the living. The tension gets resolved in the chorus, where the melody warms up and she exclaims with relief (the use of "goddamn" feels more profane here than many of her uses of "fuck") that her "pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand taking mine."

The warmth becomes heat becomes fire when we reach a classic Taylor Swift Bridge where she proclaims "So yeah, it's a fire, it's a goddamn blaze in the dark, and you started it." From there, we never return to the tension of the verses, instead riding out the chorus until the end, with the narrator resigning herself to an imperfect life half-loved, crooning "my house of stone, your ivy grows, and now I'm covered in you" as electric guitar peaks its head out of the background.

This one's pretty good.

98. Psycho Killer- Talking Heads

cw: french

I didn't know he was speaking french in parts of this until I played this song in Rock Band 2. I couldn't understand a lot of the lyrics when my parents played Bruce Springsteen tapes so I didn't think this was that weird. I still don't know what the french sections mean, aside from qu’est-ce que c’est, perhaps we'll never know.

Anyway this song is a classic, obviously. The bassline is rock solid but still has enough movement to keep the rhythm fun and danceable despite the slower tempo. David Byrne is an all-time great vocalist and he gives a great performance. I, too, hate people when they're not polite. This is such an obvious choice that you'd think it would be overdone and cliche to use it in movies, and maybe it is, but I still pop for it every time. It's like using Fortunate Son in Vietnam movies, sometimes the obvious choice is the right one.

8. Savior Complex - Phoebe Bridgers

I liked Phoebe Bridgers' first album, but Punisher was an improvement in basically every way. Savior Complex was a literal jaw-dropper the first time I listened to it, coming at the end of a devastating three song run including Chinese Satellite and Moon Song. Some musicians just have an ear for perfect pop melodies. Call their songwriting sophomoric (and you'd be correct), but power pop writers like Billie Joe Armstrong and Rivers Cuomo have always reminded me a bit of Paul McCartney in their ability to craft memorable, joyous, sometimes anthemic hooks and melodies seemingly in their sleep. Another skill of McCartney's, which far fewer are able to replicate, is his ability to write a melody that plays your heartstrings like a fiddle. Truly skilled musicians can tell a story and take you on an emotional journey without words, and Phoebe proves more than capable of that here. And I don't know if you've heard, but she's pretty fucking good at the "words" bit too.

Savior Complex might be my favorite Phoebe Bridgers song, even though there are plenty of others with stronger lyrics. But that melody, man. Those strings. The guitar nervously walking the bass notes around. The way her voice flutters when the title drops. Her breathy falsetto as she pleads that she's too tired, and a bad liar. Other songs got more attention on this album (and they deserve that attention), but Savior Complex is an understated masterpiece in my opinion. Just a gorgeous, gorgeous song. I love it so much.

#ask meme #mmmmbestie

[marebear-and-her-digidiary]

Welcome to my blog!

My name is Mary-Margaret! I am a 24 year old Canadian wife and homemaker. I use my blog as my digital diary and scrapbook. I’m married to my husband, Christian. We have a dog named Twitch, he is a chihuahua mix, and a male bearded dragon.

Favourite hobbies and things:

Hobbies: sewing, needlework, reading, retro + modern gaming, nostalgic media, collecting houseplants, antiquing, stargazing, fashion, cosplay, arts and crafts, photography

Colours: warm tones, gem tones, earth tones, muted colours, gold, creams

Seasons: Autumn, Winter

Animals: dogs, birds, squirrels, deer, bears, foxes, wolves, reptiles

Foods: shepherd's pie, taco bowls, pizza, black bean burgers

Favourite Media:

Genres: horror, comedy, romance, psychological thriller, fantasy

TV Series: Bones, Roseanne, Mary Tyler Moore, Rhoda, All in the Family, I love Lucy, The Waltons, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, Criminal Minds, early to mid 00s Disney Channel/Nickelodeon/Teletoon/4Kids sitcoms and cartoons, Betty Boop, Looney Tunes, Garfield, Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Smurfs, The Woody Woodpecker Show, The Jetsons

Anime: Princess Jellyfish, Toradora!, The Disappearance of Yuki Nagato, Lucky Star, Future Diary

Movies: Rose Red, Halloween series, Ring series, Darkness Falls, Spiderwick Chronicles, Halloweentown series, Tim Burton films, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Resident Evil (2002)

Video Games: Atelier series, Persona series, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Star Ocean series, Resident Evil 1-3, Dead Space series, Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, Amazing Island, Tony Hawk: American Wasteland, Mario Party 4, Harvest Moon, Story of Seasons, Animal Crossing series, Wii Sports, Digimon series, Pokemon series, FFXIV

Books: A Corner of The Universe by Ann M Martin, to drink coffee with a ghost by Amanda Lovelace, Lush by Natasha Friend, cut by Patricia McCormick

Musical Artists: Black Veil Brides, Asking Alexandria, Andy Black, Bring Me the Horizon, Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Evanescence, P!nk, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Avril Lavigne, Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Crystal Gayle, Eminem, Doja Cat, Trixie Mattel

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