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too-much-otome · 1 month

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Lucifer Playlist

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These can be for the original game or NB. most of them fit for both. I've had the playlists for a while but recently refined them. I hope you like them!

Explanations (Excluding Character Songs):

Surface Pressure - Encanto Soundtrack

I know it's a bit too cheesy for his character, but listen to the lyrics and tell me it doesn't fit. My mans is taking care of everything. Devildom would fall apart without this man.

Lucifer - SHINee

Self indulgent and self explanatory

My Oh My - Camila Cabello, Da Baby

The beat just makes me think of him. Lyrics aren't a perfect fit but still work.

Emperor's New Clothes - Panic! At The Disco

Very prideful song if you really pay attention to the lyrics. Lots of talk about royalty which is usually a good fit for him.

I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE - Måneskin

We know hes a freak don't you even try to challenge me on this it's just cannon.

Daddy Issues - The Neighbourhood

*looks directly at you* 🫵🏻

S&M - Rihanna

I am once again pushing the Lucifer is a freak agenda. He is 100% into BDSM and you know it. This man loves tying his partners up, without a doubt in my mind.

Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

Reminds me of early on when Lucifer was wary of MC or how he acts when smth goes wrong. It just gives off the confidence and obviously pride that he gives off.

Animal I Have Become - Three Days Grace

I like to think of It as what Lucifer was thinking after falling or how he feels when he finally opens up to MC.

Lucifer's Waltz - Secession Studios

Self explanatory. Very pretty song! I can imagine him listening to this or it playing during a battle or smth.

Feeling Good - Michael Bublé

It's Jazzy! It's suave! It just fits!

Seven Devils - Florence + The Machine

While you can probably guess why this is here, the song also talks of power and revenge in the beginning. I just think it's a good fit.

Dream On - Aerosmith

~ V I B E S ~ That guitar just makes me think of him.

Don't Go Insane - DPR IAN

It fits. I can just picture him while listening to this. Especially that part. You know the part. The one from Tiktok. We've all seen it. I can just see him smirking AGHHHHHHH

bury a friend - Billie Eilish

It's kinda dark and smooth like him. It sounds like things he'd say. It also kinda reflects how he felt about MC in the beginning, confused as to how she's so calm and collected when meeting them.

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maneskin-my-belovedd · 3 years

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Måneskin Fan Infodumps About Cool Linguistic Feature Apparent in Italian Rock Band’s Songs

Because I really like Måneskin and I really like linguistics AND I like talking about both of them, I will now teach you a cool thing I learned about them okay here we go

So the first time I listened to “I Wanna Be Your Slave”, the way Damiano pronounced one of the lines stuck out to me:

I know you're scared of me You say that I'm too eccentric

The phrase “too eccentric” sounded instead like the word “eccentric” with a /t/ in front of it (”teccentric”), which made it a bit hard to understand at first. If you pay attention to that part of the song, you may be able to hear why I found his pronunciation strange: he is singing two syllables-- “too” and “ec-” (from “eccentric”)-- on the same note. In other words, it sounds like he is smushing the two syllables together.

Now, from an English-speaking perspective, this may seem like poor lyric setting. Why try to fit this eight-syllable lyric into a seven-note melody? Why not rewrite the line so it fits-- “You say I’m too eccentric” or “You say that I’m eccentric” would both work better. The thing is, Måneskin's native language is Italian, and from an Italian-speaking perspective the phrase “You say that I'm too eccentric” could definitely work in a seven-note melody, despite seemingly having an extra syllable.

In Italian, along with some other Romance languages like Portuguese and Spanish, there is a phenomenon called synalepha. Synalepha occurs when one word ends in a vowel and another word begins with a vowel, and results in the vowels being merged into one syllable. It is easiest to hear in poetry or music, which depends greatly on syllable count.

For example, take this line from “Vent’anni”, with the number of syllables in each individual word written in parentheses

E (1) andare (3) un (1) passo (2) più (1) avanti (3)

Simply adding the number of syllables will give us a total of 11, but in reality it is sung as eight syllables because synalepha occurs three times. The syllable breakdown is shown below: ties (‿) represent synalepha , hypens (-) represent syllable boundaries within a word, and spaces represent syllable boundaries between words.

E‿an-da-re‿un pa-sso più‿a-van-ti

In fact, if you listen to any Italian Måneskin song, you will almost certainly find cases of synalepha. Lowering the playback speed can help you hear how the vowels are merged into one syllable.

Looking back at “I Wanna Be Your Slave”, we can now see why Damiano might be pronouncing the phrase “too eccentric” as three syllables rather than four; he is applying synalepha, a foundational part of his native language, to English, where it doesn’t occur. We can hear synalepha applied again in other lines in the song:

I wanna be a good boy‿I wanna be a gangster

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I wanna be your sex toy‿I wanna be your teacher

I want to make it clear, though, that this post is not to say that Damiano is speaking English “wrong” or "improperly”. I, along with most linguists, strongly believe that we should discuss linguistics in a descriptive way, objectively describing how language is used by its speakers, rather than in a prescriptive way, determining what is “correct” and “proper”.

Additionally, I doubt that English’s lack of synalepha is something taught to Italian speakers. As a native English speaker who has studied Spanish for around seven years, I was never formally taught that synalepha occurs in Spanish; the closest thing I can remember was one of my professors telling me that Spanish “flows” more than English. I only noticed synalepha after listening to songs in Spanish and noticing how vowels in separate syllables combined into one syllable.

In conclusion, I think looking at the “mistakes” made by non-native speakers of a language is so interesting. It reveals a lot about their native language and how people acquire new languages. Are they applying a grammatical rule in their language that doesn’t exist in the second language? Or maybe they are over-applying a rule that only exists in the second language? Maybe, like synalepha, it’s a rule that’s never taught but is implicitly understood by native speakers.

I just think that non-standard features of a language, especially those used by non-native speakers, shouldn’t be looked down upon as impure forms of the language, but instead should pique curiosity (”why do they say it like this?”) and serve as a reminder of our diversity (”it’s so cool that there are different ways to say this!”).

#maneskin #måneskin #linguistics #italian

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maticide666 · 3 years

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my eurovision top 39 songs (finally)

anyway i finally got my top 39 completed. under a read more because it can get kinda long with the commentary i added klfdja;sflk (and by that i mean VERY long, maybe a wall of text if i have a lot to say about the song.)

none of this takes rehearsals into account.

basically, 39-37 i don't like, 36-35 are meh, 34-25 are decent, 24-18 are good, 17-12 i enjoy listening to a lot, 11-4 i love, and I would pay for votes for top 3 if i could.

39. Azerbaijan - Efendi - Mata Hari - Honestly, I kinda want to like this song. The instrumentation is nice, especially with the Azeri instruments. Efendi's vocals are ok during the verses. However, her vocals during the MA-MA-MA-MATA HARI part makes this song utterly unlistenable for me. It is just so distracting and ear-grating. Not great for my sensitive ears. And that is without taking anything else into account.

38. Estonia - Uku Suviste - The Lucky One - For some reason reminds me of a boring modern country song. Bland af. At least the melody of the chorus is nice.

37. Cyprus - Elena Tsagrinou - El Diablo - Discount Lady Gaga at the best points of this song. Feels like three songs at once. Also, the lyrics seem like they just went all "What Spanish-sounding words sound spicy? Taco? Tamale? Mamacita?" As a Spanish speaker and as someone of Mexican descent who enjoys those foods, this annoys the living shit out of me. At least I can make El Diablo/Fallen Angel memes out of this. (Honestly, I don't mind the gratuitous Spanish with the words El Diablo.) Also, this song got real old real quick.

36. Slovenia - Ana Soklič - Amen - The gospel vibe is nice, but there is just too much Christianity in it for me to enjoy this song. Sorry, Ana.

35. Moldova - Natalia Gordienko - Sugar - Sounds like a sugary version of Siren Song by MARUV. Kinda boring, but enjoyable in the right circumstances.

34. Georgia - Tornike Kipiani - You - Good to listen to when mind feels blank. At first I kinda liked this song, but nowadays this song has lost its charm. This won't sound out of place alongside boring 70s slow classic rock songs.

33. Austria - Vincent Bueno - Amen - Not something I would listen to regularly, but still nice. For me, easily the biggest downgrade from 2020.

32. Greece - Stefania - Last Dance - Pleasant to listen to, not much else.

31. Portugal - The Black Mamba - Love Is On My Side - Good song, but not my cup of tea. Unfortunately, some great songs have to be near the bottom of my ranking.

30. Germany - Jendrik - I Don't Feel Hate - A fun song to listen to. The novelty wears off after a while. The feel good vibes and ukulele are nice.

29. Israel - Eden Alene - Set Me Free - the song release version was bland and boring, but the revamp. Now THAT is good stuff. The song doesn't seem so empty anymore. I miss the key change from the original, though.

28. Spain - Blas Cantó - Voy A Quedarme - A very emotional and beautiful song from Spain. Again, not usually my cup of tea. However, the melody somehow gives me a nostalgic vibe.

27. North Macedonia - Vasil - Here I Stand - DAMN Vasil has a lovely voice. Nice that he's showing it off here. Too slow of a song for me to enjoy regularly, though.

26. Albania - Anxhela Peristeri - Karma - I don't have much to say other than this song is nice.

25. Bulgaria - VICTORIA - Growing Up Is Getting Old - Pleasant to listen to, but depending on my mood I think this is a beautiful song but not my cup of tea or a complete snoozefest.

24. Serbia - Hurricane - Loco Loco - Fun song, but it feels like something is lacking, and I can't quite put my finger on it.

23. San Marino - Senhit - Adrenalina - Once the initial hype from Flo Rida being on the song died down, this became another typical Eurovision bop.

22. Sweden - Tusse - Voices - At first I thought the song was completely unremarkable and couldn't understand how this won Melodifestivalen. Nowadays it's a nice song to chill to. I gotta respect a perfect televote score from the national final.

21. Ireland - Lesley Roy - MAPS - nice.

20. Croatia - Albina - Tick Tock - Grew on me slightly. Shoutout for including a verse in Croatian.

19. Switzerland - Gjon's Tears - Tout l'Univers - Another grower for me. Doesn't hit as hard as his song from last year, but I dig it.

18. France - Barbara Pravi - Voilà - Lovely chanson right here. I wish it didn't take forever to pick up, though. I was about to completely give up on this song in the middle of my first listen. I'm glad I didn't.

17. Belgium - Hooverphonic - The Wrong Place - Classy. Not much else to say.

16. Ukraine - Go-A - Shum - I'd definitely go rave to this song. I kept finding this song hard to rank due to the white voice. I couldn't decide if I absolutely adored it or if I found it grating. Maybe I just wasn't feeling well when I first thought about it.

15. Lithuania - The Roop - Discoteque - Lots of fun, doesn't have the charm that On Fire had last year. I would dance to this song.

14. Poland - RAFAŁ - The Ride - I actually kinda like this song???? Even with Rafal's vocals??? I know he has political controversies, but I can't help but think this song is nice. A better, less controversial singer would benefit this song, though. I'm not counting the revamp just yet since it was released too recently.

13. Latvia - Samanta Tīna - The Moon Is Rising - This song gives me nostalgic mid to late 2000s hip hop vibes. The guitars in this song are lovely.

12. Romania - ROXEN - Amnesia - Definitely something that can put me in a trance if I'm in the right mood.

11. Czechia - Benny Cristo - omaga - Nice, catchy, I would dance to this.

10. Malta - Destiny - Je Me Casse - Damn, Destiny has a lovely voice! And the song itself is wonderful. I'm not a fan of the amount of Swedish talent being used instead of Maltese talent, but I really do enjoy listening to this.

9. Denmark - Fyr og Flamme - Øve Os På Hinanden - another really fun song! This really grew on me. Nowadays if I want to listen to a Eurovision song, this is one of the first songs I think of.

8. The Netherlands - Jeangu Macrooy - Birth of a New Age - I can vibe with this. You can hear the passion in this song. I wish I could let my body do the talking right now, but y'all can't see that with just a tumblr text post.

7. Russia - Manizha - Russian Woman - I was NOT expecting this to come out of Russia when it won the national final. I wasn't expecting to like this either. The message is great, the instrumental is great, everything about this is brilliant.

6. United Kingdom - James Newman - Embers - A funky song. I LOVE James's voice. Massive upgrade from last year in my opinion. I'm a sucker for brass in an upbeat song. Unfortunately, I have had the staging kinda spoiled and I am VERY skeptical about this coming out of bottom five. I'm done with the BBC.

5. Australia - Montaigne - Technicolour - There is a Lot happening in this song and I am all in for it. I'm kinda terrible at parsing lyrics, but it's a non-issue when I can follow Montaigne's voice and forget about the lyrics. Ironically enough, it's Montaigne's voice that also worries me this Eurovision season - mostly whether she was able to pull off her live on tape performance off.

4. Iceland - Daði og Gagnamagnið - 10 Years - I didn't think Daði could pull it off against this year, but he did it. I like this just a little more than Think About Things, which was my favorite song last year. I'm still a little gutted that this pandemic robbed him of a probable victory, but I've made peace with it. I still need to learn the dance moves, though.

3. Italy - Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni - FUCK YEAH A KICKASS ROCK SONG IN EUROVISION! This song gave me massive rock en español vibes on my fist listen, and honestly this is something I would bang my head to if I had the same body I did when I was 15.

2. Norway - TIX - Fallen Angel - I was not expecting to like this song much, let alone becoming THIS obsessed with TIX. In fact, he wasn't even on my radar for winning MGP. I listened to Ut Av Mørket for the first time and thought something like 'this is boring af, but at least it's in Norwegian'. And then he changed it to English, which I wasn't a fan of at first. And then one day the lyrics clicked - especially with my own struggles with mental illness. To this day this is one of only two Eurovision songs to actually make me cry. Even now he still isn't my MGP winner (that honor goes to JORN), but he has definitely won my heart.

1. Finland - Blind Channel - Dark Side - To say that this song kicks ass would be an understatement for me. This song has just the right mix of rock, pop, and even metal. Ever since I found out that this song would be in the national final, I knew that it would be my favorite this whole Eurovision season regardless of who won UMK. Yes, my jaw dropped when I saw the lead Blind Channel had in UMK. I literally cancelled my plans to watch the MGP final live because of these guys. I am not disappointed. Even Måneskin couldn't bring these guys down in my ranking. And while the lyrics might be a bit iffy, they did get me through rough times. I hope these guys are able to bring rock music back like they want to. But for now, I will give them my (useless tbh) douze points.

#eurovision #esc #this post took me two days #and even longer to actually rank everything #mostly because half the time i couldn't decide which song i liked more #so something gerbear's sorter couldn't help with #i'm tired rn #of course my top 3 is predictable

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