http://puptheband.bandcamp.com/ this is my aggressively happy music right now! my favorite track is "dark days"
It's not, but it usually has a stronger beat, which pings the same brain stuff. (It's the beat and the discord/distortion that pings my brain. Synthpop tends to have the former but not the latter, which works if I'm not really out of it. Really out of it means like... Einsturzende Neubauten or something. >>;) I loooove this though; I... may be listening to it on repeat for the third time as I type. Thank you! :D
And because it amuses me, here's the official video for goth-rock legends The Sisters Of Mercy's "Black Planet", which involves them driving the genuine Monkeemobile around Southern California for absolutely no good reason as far as I can tell. The sheer bizarreness makes it. Circa 1985.
Aynsley Lister - Purple Rain. A pretty decent bluesy version. I still think the best is Prince, with Etta James a close second.
Intimate by Crystal Castles. They're kind of my go-to band when I'm trying to brainstorm Really Dark Fanfic Scenes TM.
I am in love with this song. Both because it is one of my favorites from high school and this is an amazing rendition.
My Medicine- The Pretty Reckless EDIT=(cw for nipples and butts, forgot about that in the music video, surprised youtube didn't censor it)
Sadly I can't find a youtube video of it but I've been listening to the All Levels Remix of Pepper Steak from Off.
Now for a blast from the past: "It'll Chew You Up And Spit You Out" by Concrete Blonde in 1986. This one was the B-side on the 12" promo single for Still In Hollywood and is basically an alternate version of that song, with the same chorus but different verses.
So Long by Jenny Owen Youngs is sort of unfortunately accurate in some respects. No one was made for this, to be lonely Keep it against your chest, this is only So long
I finally got around to watching the second How to Train Your Dragon movie since it was added to netflix and I was blown by the soundtrack, I've been listening to it nonstop on youtube. Also, I've been noticing that John Powell pop up a lot as a name in my animated movies. Might have to look him up sometime.
...Oh, and Twenty One Pilots' The Run And Go Don't wanna call you in the nighttime Don't wanna give you all my pieces Don't wanna hand you all my trouble Don't wanna give you all my demons You'll have to watch me struggle From several rooms away But tonight I'll need you to stay.
And I'm all blood and knuckles, Longing for home, If it weren't for second chances, We'd all be alone.
Here, have some soundtrack music from the three awesome animated things I've been sperging out over lately: Spoiler: STEVEN UNIVERSE SPOILERS
Queen of the Damned by Tristesse De La Lune. I think they're officially genred "electropop" whatever the fuck that is, but it's dark-themed synth music with female vocals very popular among the Goth / Darkwave crowd. They're German, despite the name. The two of them used to be in Blutengel and split off to do this. This song's from about 2003.
Catchy song about being lonely after a break-up! Whenever I take a recommendation from my mom's 40-something kpop-loving homeschool-mom friend, it instantly lands on my list of songs that I want to listen to every five minutes. I've been listening to this one on repeat for like fifteen minutes now, haha. Spoiler: English lyrics Without any thoughts, just like any other day, I met up with people and talked and laughed When night comes, the TV is my only friend When the morning sun rises, then I finally fall asleep It’s so pathetic – I guess I liked you a lot After you left, the blue sky looks yellow in my eyes Are you hurting somewhere? I’m right here Or are you in a new relationship with someone new? I miss you my baby My heart wants to cry but I have no one to talk to Sometimes, I want to smile widely but I have no one by my side Maybe I’m missing you oh oh Maybe I’m missing you oh oh Maybe I’m missing you oh oh Maybe I’m missing you Back then we were clear and clean In the beginning, we were so affectionate And I know everyone’s like this but why was I like this? (But) As time passed, it was like glass shattering, like the ring on my finger fading Like being cut by a sharp knife, like being suffocated by a chain called restraint Memories of you and I, I thought were always good Only misunderstandings that weren’t cleared up and scars remained and I hated it I knew I should have held in the words “let’s break up” till the end but (Because still) The days we used to fight and argue are way better than now My heart wants to cry but I have no one to talk to Sometimes, I want to smile widely but I have no one by my side Maybe I’m missing you oh oh Maybe I’m missing you oh oh Maybe I’m missing you oh oh Maybe I’m missing you Every day when I open my eyes, it still feels like you’re next to me Can’t I turn things back to when we were together? My heart wants to cry but I have no one to talk to Sometimes, I want to smile widely but I have no one by my side My heart wants to cry but I have no one to talk to Sometimes, I want to smile widely but I have no one by my side Maybe I’m missing you oh oh Maybe I’m missing you oh oh Maybe I’m missing you oh oh Maybe I’m missing you
Been trying to get stuff done all day with no success, but apparently all I needed to re-energise was to listen to a Breton song about sailors and windmills? Okay.
