#song commentary

[deadrituals]

"Prisoners” turns one year old!

Our song Prisoners was released a year ago today! It remains one of my favorite Dead Rituals singles.

It is a straightforward indie rock track, but my goal was to add some interesting textures and layers add some depth to the mix.

The song is about pressure from toxic people, and struggling to find a sense of belonging. It’s an open question that relates to one’s chosen path in life, looking back on every little thing that brought you here. What would happen if you could do it all over again?

The original concept for the song was to have it be an electronic-leaning track, much like the song Dark turned out later on. 

However, I quickly realized “Prisoners” begged for a more energetic approach, so I made it a bit heavier with drums and guitars. My collaborator Paolo Cotrone developed some additional guitar parts and the heavier outro riff, which helped the song come together. My wife Brita also sang on the track’s choruses; I enjoy how her vocals contrast with the dense, raw guitar parts! Paolo and I also created an acoustic version, which gave the track a different flavor. The song also appears on our 2022 live EP, as we recorded a full band take during the sessions. Just a few seconds into the first pass at the song, the nut of my guitar, which I had cut improperly, exploded in scattered pieces everywhere! Thankfully, I had a backup guitar!

Find this song and more of our music on Spotify, Youtube, or Bandcamp.

#prisoners #dead rituals #song commentary #indie #rock #shoegaze #post-punk

[yonghoontual]

gg releases of 2022 that make you (me) go 'so true bestie' part 1

songs that are utterly iconique, ahead of everyone elses, cultural resets and so on. gg only bc i can do what i want. with commentary bc i think i'm funny

LOVE DIVE - perhaps soty. perfect bop, concept, ICONNERY!!! like 'narcissistic my god i love it'??? genius

Feel my rhythm - Mozart sunbaenim would be proud, actually i have no idea who that classical sample is from lol. like i know it but- *gets struck down by the hand of god*

GingaMingaYo - Tsuki dragging billlie right out of nugudom with this one. name a better success story (except for brave girls rollin renaissance)

run2u - oh, her *sighs dreamily* if you dont get it i cant help you

Copycat - now. is anyone surprised? soty no 2. the concept, yoon bomi, the styling, the choreo, yoon bomi, that scene in the mv when chorong and bomi dance facing each other while looking identical, yoon bomi.

dm - fromis9 said it doesnt matter and they were so real for that

danger - I'M IN LOVE I'M IN DANGER. thx woo!ah! for another fun bop bc catch the stars while good was super boring (the fits at the end are still ugly as hell tho)

trouble?travel! - does anyone know this song?? anyway when adora sang 'hey dont go and pop it like champagne' that really spoke to me

pixys villain - "chew you up and spit you out i'm slowly killing you now dont make a sound" say more bestie. going into the bewitched hall of fame

#dont crucify me i obv know its beethoven they sampled in fmr =) #anyway part two following soon. also this is gonna be an ongoing series bc yknow 2022 is still ongoing. can u believe its almost august??? #song ranking #its really not but i need a tag so #song commentary #i guess #tp

[autisticandroids]

FAMINE: That's one deep, dark nothing you've got there, Dean.

[youtube with closed captions]

dean and his father. dean and his family. dean and how bad it is.

(via @closetoyou1970)

#spn #vid #mind the warnings on this one for real #woe! fruit of my rewatch be upon ye. #pallas calls this my 'deangirl coming out vid' which honestly. true. but those who paid attention know i've always been a deangirl. #also. after this no more deanwinchester rilo kiley amvs I Pwomise #anyway. i'm not gonna give a full commentary here but a big reason why i chose this song is that the narrator #is essentially dismissing her own problems and instead watching the problems of someone else #and i kind of wanted to play with that theme. this is the parallels show so let's do some parallels. lots of things happen to characters #that are Like Dean somehow. either in personality or circumstance. that we know or can infer happen to him. but we don't see it bc it's #not sayable. not speakable. so like for an easy one. we see meg being tortured in caged heat. she also talks about apprenticing under #alastair just like dean. so i show her being tortured [in a way that is sexualized and demon-specific] and reacting how she does #because i invite the audience to imagine or interpret that this has also happened to dean at some point. we just don't see it #so there are many dean parallels in this video. some obvious. some subtle but textual. some products of my twisted mind. but that's the way #i am using them to make my argument. #oh also: dean voice sam's eyes going black is JUST like when he used to fight with dad and wouldn't listen to me when i told him not to. #i guess also the point is that because it's unsayable. dean can't say it. dean can't even acknowledge it. and so it bleeds through #into everything in his life #that's why it's important that the song narrator doesn't take her own problems seriously. dean doesn't either.

[abovetherainandroses]

Pete & Patrick + Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy, through the years

2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 / 2019 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023

bonus: so much for (tour) dust staging ver. (2023)

(1) my video / (2) x

#peterick #pete wentz #patrick stump #fall out boy #where is your boy #storm gifs #commentary time #that was the ONLY vid i could find for 2008 lol #as far as i can tell they did not do this prior to 2007 #latest vid i found of them not doing it was a show from oct 2006 #earliest vid i found of them doing it was a show from sep 2007 #they played the song ONCE in 2019 and i found ONE vid of it #kinda wish i'd started the 2013 gif later and ended it later bc the way pete just stares after patrick really gets me #but alas i'm too lazy to redo it so just watch the vid #also not to be biased but the way patrick looks intensely at pete in the gif from my show is SO good #WHY did i decide to do every year. however it is too late for regrets #anyway they make me smile to look at so it's fine #“more than an hour” gifs next? maybe? but prob only 4-6 bc i've learned my damn lesson

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Rip & Tear!

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #a-qing #xue yang #blood #Song link commentary: A-qing would love Doom Eternal. Lan Wangji would love Animal crossing #They would kick Xue Yang's ass in a store together. March 20th of 2020. One parting nod. Never see each other again #Xue Yang had the fog advantage over LWJ but also...holy heck how good of a fighter *is* he? #The audio drama implies that XY and LWJ fought for a long time and were pretty much at a stalemate until A-Qing and WWX helped #And LWJ is PRETTY good at fighting even with fog. Kinda terrifying to be honest. #Its also a great way to show a character's skill without worfing them. LWJ doesn't need to lose to show how powerful XY is #Late today cause I did TWO comics about XY's arm. I wanted A-Qing to appear one last time.... At least I'll be on time tomorrow B'*)

[demigods-posts]

Reasons why Bring on the Monsters from The Lightning Theif musical is an amazing song:

1.) "There's gonna be a fight. There still might be a war. For a moment, we've got danger on the run." Talk about setting the tone. We're in the clear as of today, but something is coming. Something bad.

2.) "Feeling ready🌊" "Feeling stoked🦉" "Feeling quesy🐐". Love how they gave Annabeth the 'feeling stoked' line. Because, of course, she's waiting in the wings, ready to kick ass when need. But it's also hilarious that the actress playing Annabeth is Kristen Stokes. So, I just imagine the writers gave her that line to mess with her.

3.) "Bring on the monsters. Bring on the real world." Like, yeah. They physically spent the majority of this musical in the real world, but they were disconnected from it. The three of them singing this line is a declaration of unity between their human and godly side. They are neither here nor there, not bound to one world, but exist in both.

4.) "They'll be times when your faith is shaken." Yes, your faith in the gods will be on the brink of breaking at any given moment. But so will the faith in yourself. But sometimes, being a demigod means doing it scared. But you won't go it alone.

5.) "Gotta know where the real fight lies when it's time to rise and stand your ground." Annabeth and Clarisse singing about knowing which battles are worth fighting and when is utterly amazing. Because not only are they both children of war gods, but they also canonically struggled with being strong-willed and prideful. It's like even though were at odds at the beginning of the musical, they aren't as different as they first appear.

6.) "No, I'm never gonna once have it easy. I'll make mistakes, but my own, and it frees me." In TLT, Book!Sally says something along the lines of: 'If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.' This is as applicable to a demigod as it is to a mortal. And it's bittersweet because not every demigod gets the chance to choose. Or rather, they don't choose wisely because they're so spiteful when it comes time. But sometimes, you gotta let the anger fade and move forward.

7.) "I'll be back next summer. You'll see me again. I'll be back next summer. I'll survive 'till then." There's something about this line that makes me want to cry. Percy started this musical saying he didn't want to be a half-blood, essentially rejecting the idea of a demigod, but ends the musical declaring his eventual return. He isn't saying goodbye, but a see you later. Which just tugs at my heart strings knowing we'll never get a second musical, but it's okay because Percy's essence extends beyond the Broadway medium. Whether it be a book, musical, movie, or graphic novel, Percy will always be back.

8.) Also, if you listen to the instrumental of this song, the guitar riff at the very end is playing the same melody of 'I didn't wanna to be a half-blood' underneath Percy's declaration of unwavering loyalty to demigods. And it broke me like a bone.

You guys remember these? That's great because I didn't. It just occurred to me that I never finished my analysis of the TLT musical, and I thought I'd get on that. Anyway, this song is fucking incredible, and I want a SOM musical. But I digress.

#if you're an og you'll remember this era of @demigods-posts #but yeah i still have a few songs to cover #simply for my own fulfillment #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo text post #pjo #the lightning theif #the lightning theif musical #tlt musical adaptation #tlt shitposting #tlt musical #tlt commentary #tlt musical commentary #percy jackson #annabeth chase #grover underwood #clarisse la rue #silena beauregard #chiron

[blaintism]

@gleesource 500 followers celebration day 4: tina cohen chang + her pop rock playlist

(in/sp)

#glee #tina cohen chang #gleeedit #gleesource #gs500fc #mine #i have lots of commentary on this one #first. this is the extremely self serving gifset #i wasn't sure what to caption it bc obvs theres a focus on classic 2000s emo/pop punk bc i adore it #but not every song there is that #the songs all come from a playlist emily and i made so ofc shoutout to emmy my dear #the headphone thing is also inspired by a meme she sent me months ago #i drew them myself and i find drawing in photoshop hard and annoying so if they look bad DON'T say anything #my ass is photoshop certified but all you learn in that is the editing. i much prefer dedicated drawing programs (csp beloved) #i think that's all i want to make clear #also yes im just showing up for tina day. what of it

[stuckinapril]

😐 no one told me id burst out crying in front of my best friend watching past lives

#you guys should’ve warned me like I was not expecting tnat #now I’m gonna need 8 business days to process this I HATE THIS #literally typing this w tears on my face #I’m literally never gonna get over this NO ONE WARNED ME I hate yall fr #‘WATCH PAST LIVES’ WHY SO I COULD BE EMOTIONALLY DESTROYED FOREVER #Whatever #I’m not built for this I want happy endings #and that one line #‘see you in the next life’ #NO WAY THEY JUST DID THAT #I actually can’t process this. one more thing to go to therapy about THANS GUYS . #Also worth mentioning Celine Song’s own commentary about the ending and Nora grieving her unlived life as she walked home #This hits on so many personal levels for me I’m actually never gonna be over this film ever #p #past lives

[jackfromthefairytale]

something about jack harkness's growth, from being absolutely prepared to die to becoming unexpectedly immortal, to outliving everyone he knew, to playing with life and death like little dolls, to finally coming to respect death when it took the man he loved

just jack, understanding so completely that his immortality might keep him alive indefinitely, but also that it is a curse that he wouldn't wish upon anyone no matter how lonely he gets, only wanting more time to say goodbye to ianto and still not getting enough at the house of the dead. jack coming to accept ianto's death and letting himself grieve and move on, and fighting on behalf of ianto's right to stay dead and not be dragged back when torchwood really wanted to

#i just- #they are so ''if your wings won't find you heaven / i will bring it down like an ancient bygone'' #in the sense of ''you absolutely deserve to rest; i might not be able to die but i will do whatever i can to stop them dragging you back'' #torchwood #ianto jones #jack harkness #the lyric in the second tag is #song: sleep token - euclid #doctor who #torchwood's commentary on life and death has me biting wires

[duchess-of-oldtown]

This Week on Keeping up with the Greyjoys...

Theon: I'm on a voyage of really finding myself again

Asha: Stannis is just really out here enforcing gender roles in a fucking crisis... anyway back to that asshole who flips his hair and left me walking in a fucking blizzard on a broken ankle

Victarion: WHAT DO YOU MEAN GRINDR ISN'T AN APP FOR SHARPENING MY WEAPONS *smashes phone*

Euron: *showing off his entire collection of villain costumes* It's all about dressing for the job you want not the one you have.

Aeron *tied to a bow of the Silence*: EEEEEERRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH

Balon: ☠️

#I want to see a reality show based on the Greyjoys but it just gets more unhinged every season #Euron is there with his GRWM videos while his crew is committing war crimes behind him #Rodrik Harlaw is there purely for reaction shots and looking into the camera #Theon keeps stumbling into shots each more dishevelled than the last #Victarion keeps getting catfished #Yes it's euron #Aeron just be going through it but he'd just be in confessionals denying it all because he ain't a lil bitch #Theon just sobbing in the confessionals #Asha is just dropping bea Arthur worthy commentary #Keeping up with the Greyjoys #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #house of the dragon #asoiaf meta #hotd #valyrianscrolls #stannis baratheon #asha greyjoy #theon greyjoy #euron greyjoy #aeron greyjoy #victarion greyjoy #House greyjoy #House Greyjoy of pyke #the iron islands #the iron isles #The salt throne #The silence #a game of thrones #a clash of kings

[penelopepitstopp]

Greg and Ed on tour - Year 2: Electric Boogaloo

#greg davies #ed gamble #taskmaster #britcom #i also have the full audio commentary which is basically the two of them talking shit for 90 minutes and making up songs #it's glorious #greg kept asking Ed if he loved him/would date him/wanted to kiss him #i will try and upload it somewhere if i can

[jbk405]

I just discovered this video of Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, and Isaac Hempstead Wright singing along to the opening to Game of Thrones. This single-handedly brought me more enjoyment than the entire series ever did.

It's just so....fun!

#Game of Thrones #Sophie Turner #Maisie Williams #Isaac Hempstead Wright #Sing-along #Theme song #Audio commentary #Arya Stark #Sansa Stark #Bran Stark #Youtube

[reilleclan-blog]

The Duality of Love in Cyberpunk 2077

I find it interesting how a decent amount of ppl compare Songbird and V to Johnny and Alt's relationship b/c of them being netrunners and V and Johnny both defying big authoritative figures to save someone they love. Or care for(usually when I say the word love I mean care for) anyways. Which I agree but I started to think of Rogue and Johnny's relationship.

Johnny was straight up cruel to Rogue maybe their relationship wasn't the best or they had other "terms" during their relationship but for the most part, Johnny was not a "good lover". He cheated on Rogue I think Alt as well? And yeah he was mostly selfish throughout their relationship. Even though in the game Alt says "Johnny can alter his memories" it's funny how V is still shown how much a bastard Johnny is. Not like he ever tried to hide it really.

But, so Johnny showed Rogue time and time again that he was a "bad person" or specifically a "bad lover" but everytime Johnny had some bullshit cooked up he always went to Rogue for help. Even when Rogue protested against the things they did, she still decided to help him through and through. Also during the raid on arasaka(ending) with Rogue, Johnny can leave Wayland(to basically die) Rogue gets upset at Johnny but (in a way still sounds like how she did in the past) rages at him but still fights with/for him. Later on Johnny will blame Smasher for Wayland's death (but if he had helped Wayland, he wouldn't have died)

Basically, Rogue put up so much bullshit to help Johnny no matter what it was. Interesting way to be loved/show ur love. Rogue was emotionally manipulated but still always put her life on the line to help Johnny. And he was probably the last person she should've helped but she did it anyways out of love or eddies?(mostly love). But with V and Song, Song lies to V(Song is betraying V's trust) and at the same time, V can do the same thing to Songbird BUT they both still had the choice to protect one another. Whether it was V still sending Songbird to the moon or Songbird still deciding to protect V from dying by some Raging AI. Johnny just takes and takes and even 50years later he's "changed" but can still be a fucking bastard in the end and Rogue pays the price. Diving in head first to save someone she loves. And possibly redeem herself as well.

And Johnny rushing into arasaka Tower to "save" Alt, I honestly felt like he did it for Alt but genuinely it was more for his ego? Rogue calls him out on it? And I think I agree. He could never let shit go, and in a way it felt like Alt's death was used as an excuse to blow shit up(taking shit to the extreme or to prove to himself that he was worth arasaka's time💀). I have no doubt in my mind he loved Alt but did he love her the "right" way, never. It made me think what if Johnny wasn't such an asshole and he decided to pay attention to his gf could she have actually ASKED for his help.

He claimed Songbird only got to the moon cause of "luck" but really she had support SOMEONE THAT LOVED HER AND BELIEVED IN HER. Helping, If only he could've been there for Alt maybe both of them could've had a "happier" ending. Songbird had V with her to the very end. Whereas Alt was alone and Johnny was too.

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Idk I might've been all over the place with this but I really wanted to talk about it. I love this series so hopefully no one takes this shit to heart lol I'm just saying. I wonder. Uhh take care

I didn't know what to title this, maybe I'll change it. Edit: The Duality of love in cyberpunk? (Is that a good title?) asking for a friend if anyone has an enny to spare , I'm seeking financial assistance ty

#cyberpunk 2077 #commentary #johnny silverhand #rogue amendiares #alt cunningham #song so mi #rpg

[chainshippingenjoyer]

been brewing this for a while

#not a silly wholesome playlist #agony playlist #cherry waves is there for some vague sexiness #but thats about it #just a cute little mix that makes me bawl my eyes out #made with the intention to be played as is or shuffled #i have plans for webweaving some of these songs + chainshipping #idk just insane #im insane #might make a second post where i give commentary as to why i added each song #but idk if anyone cares that much 😭😭 #ANYWAYS jesus #thanks if you give it a listen or a save #enjoy #saw franchise #chainshipping #saw #saw 2004 #lawrence gordon #adam stanheight #adam faulkner stanheight

[scionshtola]

my hands 'round her body her perfume left on me

#look.....do i have to explain myself alsdkfjals #ffxiv #oc: corisande ymir #y'shtola rhul #gpose #corishtola gpose #a little bit of inspiration for. The AU. #they both look so good in these outfits im 😭 #im v embarrassed by this caption btw but the song is perfect #i shall not embarrass myself further with commentary on the situation here

[weallpartyatybcpatricksfuneral]

ngl smile for the paparazzi is a genius song and I'm tired of pretending that cobra starship wasn't a genius band at times

#like i am 100 percent serious here #the way they commented on celebrity culture + scene culture was insane #because they put that satire under a layer of legitimate pop music #like smile for the paparazzi is on the same album as like. kiss my sass. #youre not in on the joke is on the same album as good girls go bad + hot mess #which i feel like is a commentary in itself of #you only know them by their hits (the pop hits that genuinely sound like any other scene pop song) #but hiding right under the surface of that is their true message and intent (celebrity culture is evil genuinely and ruins people) #ngl titling their first album while the city sleeps we rule the streets AND THEN having the opener of their second album commentate #on the dangers of the city nightlife for celebrities is insane actually #give them more credit please damn #cobra starship #gabe saporta