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Jul. 14th, 2011 06:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lotus0kidGot deeply bored at work today.
Funny, I wasn't even thinking about the Elder gods. At least, not consciously. Anyway, I wouldn't have been so bored my doodles turned into dread creatures from realms beyond that of man if TPTB hadn't apparently decided LiveJournal uses up too much T space(?), so I can't go on it (and presumably Tumblr) anymore. *sigh*
Meanwhile, I wanted to try this out- remember that Fandom-as-an-Ex meme from aaaages ago? I am going to attempt it again, but this time, with music. Let's see how this works...
The one who seduced you and fucked you over and broke your heart in a million pieces and laughed about it: Hm. Well, okay, this is nowhere near as extreme as all that, but it did piss me off when I bought Sugar Ray's CD 14:59, and the rest of the songs sounded exactly nothing like the singles I had been enjoying on the radio up until that moment.
The old flame you don't see very often any more but whom you still really enjoy getting together with for a few drinks and maybe a pleasant nostalgic romp in the sheets: Oh jeez, more than I'd like to admit. Okay... Vertical Horizon, Jimmy Eat World, Everclear, No Doubt, Green Day, Res, The Strokes, Dance Hall Crashers, Carbon Leaf, Blink-182, Blue October, Keane, A Fine Frenzy, Oasis, etc.
The mysterious dark gothy one whom you used to sit up with talking until 3 a.m. at weird coffeehouses and with whom you were quite smitten until you realized he really was fucking crazy: The Cure. Another band who I'm pretty sure releases lovely singles and saves all their weird unloveable stuff for the albums. Also minor flirtations with Korn and Nine Inch Nails.
The one you spent a whole weekend in bed with and who drank up all your liquor, and whom you'd still really like to fuck again although you're relieved he doesn't actually live in town: My Love is Like a Spaceship- geeky love song fanmix. And this doesn't fit so well, since it totally does live in my library, and it's never leaving.
The steady: Red Hot Chili Peppers, I guess. They've stuck with me the most since I got into music. And it's where my username comes from.
The one you repeatedly cheat on your steady with: The Real Tuesday Weld, also The Killers, and Snow Patrol, and The Fratellis
The alluring stranger whom you've flirted with at parties but have never gotten really serious with: Oh man, plenty. OK Go, Adam Ant, Al Green, The Clash, The Divine Comedy, Arcade Fire, Frightened Rabbit, Mumford & Sons, I Am Kloot, Joan Jet & the Blackhearts, Jonathan Coulton, The Pogues, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Joss Stone, Billy Idol, Warp 11, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Nellie McKay, April March, Doves, New Order, David Bowie, Patsy Cline, Sigur Ros, The Smiths, Iggy & the Stooges, Tom Lehrer, Travis, Ash, The Verve, and about ten dozen others that I know I would love to pieces but have neither the time nor the money to invest in.
The one you hang out with and have vague fantasies about maybe having a thing with but ultimately you're just good buddies 'cause the friendship is there but the chemistry ain't: Tough one. Ummm, possibly Patrick Wolf.
The one your friends keep introducing you to and who seems like a hell of a cool guy except it's never really gone anywhere: Rufus Wainwright.
The one you slept with on the rebound who still smiles at you, yet you have no interest in any more: Paloalto. But Breathe In is still lovely (albeit partly because it's on the Hellboy soundtrack).
The one who's slept with all your friends, and you keep looking at him and thinking, "Him? How the hell did he land all these cool babes?": Sufjan Stevens. I dunno, I think I've only heard one of his songs anyway, so I probably shouldn't judge.
The one your friend has fallen for like a ton of bricks and whom she keeps babbling to you about on the phone for hours, and you'd be happy for her except you just know it's going to end badly: Jeez, I dunno. I'm so out of touch with most recent music, and I feel like that's what this one is going for. So, Lady Gaga, I guess. Again, I've only heard one of her songs ("Alejandro"- I was getting a haircut at the time so there was no escape), so again, probably shouldn't judge.
Lastly, I have received and listened to The Real Tuesday Weld's new album. Still collecting my thoughts on it, I need to give it a few more tries before I have a solid opinion. I can say that there are a couple tracks I'm 90% sure I can do without, as well as a couple tracks I'm 100% sure I can't do without.
ETA: I wish I knew how to quit you, Netflix. No, really, I wish I did. Slapping us all with a huge price increase for the same damn service is a straight-up no-frills dick move. *sigh* ... *trudges off to watch Let Me In on Instant*
Funny, I wasn't even thinking about the Elder gods. At least, not consciously. Anyway, I wouldn't have been so bored my doodles turned into dread creatures from realms beyond that of man if TPTB hadn't apparently decided LiveJournal uses up too much T space(?), so I can't go on it (and presumably Tumblr) anymore. *sigh*
Meanwhile, I wanted to try this out- remember that Fandom-as-an-Ex meme from aaaages ago? I am going to attempt it again, but this time, with music. Let's see how this works...
The one who seduced you and fucked you over and broke your heart in a million pieces and laughed about it: Hm. Well, okay, this is nowhere near as extreme as all that, but it did piss me off when I bought Sugar Ray's CD 14:59, and the rest of the songs sounded exactly nothing like the singles I had been enjoying on the radio up until that moment.
The old flame you don't see very often any more but whom you still really enjoy getting together with for a few drinks and maybe a pleasant nostalgic romp in the sheets: Oh jeez, more than I'd like to admit. Okay... Vertical Horizon, Jimmy Eat World, Everclear, No Doubt, Green Day, Res, The Strokes, Dance Hall Crashers, Carbon Leaf, Blink-182, Blue October, Keane, A Fine Frenzy, Oasis, etc.
The mysterious dark gothy one whom you used to sit up with talking until 3 a.m. at weird coffeehouses and with whom you were quite smitten until you realized he really was fucking crazy: The Cure. Another band who I'm pretty sure releases lovely singles and saves all their weird unloveable stuff for the albums. Also minor flirtations with Korn and Nine Inch Nails.
The one you spent a whole weekend in bed with and who drank up all your liquor, and whom you'd still really like to fuck again although you're relieved he doesn't actually live in town: My Love is Like a Spaceship- geeky love song fanmix. And this doesn't fit so well, since it totally does live in my library, and it's never leaving.
The steady: Red Hot Chili Peppers, I guess. They've stuck with me the most since I got into music. And it's where my username comes from.
The one you repeatedly cheat on your steady with: The Real Tuesday Weld, also The Killers, and Snow Patrol, and The Fratellis
The alluring stranger whom you've flirted with at parties but have never gotten really serious with: Oh man, plenty. OK Go, Adam Ant, Al Green, The Clash, The Divine Comedy, Arcade Fire, Frightened Rabbit, Mumford & Sons, I Am Kloot, Joan Jet & the Blackhearts, Jonathan Coulton, The Pogues, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Joss Stone, Billy Idol, Warp 11, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Nellie McKay, April March, Doves, New Order, David Bowie, Patsy Cline, Sigur Ros, The Smiths, Iggy & the Stooges, Tom Lehrer, Travis, Ash, The Verve, and about ten dozen others that I know I would love to pieces but have neither the time nor the money to invest in.
The one you hang out with and have vague fantasies about maybe having a thing with but ultimately you're just good buddies 'cause the friendship is there but the chemistry ain't: Tough one. Ummm, possibly Patrick Wolf.
The one your friends keep introducing you to and who seems like a hell of a cool guy except it's never really gone anywhere: Rufus Wainwright.
The one you slept with on the rebound who still smiles at you, yet you have no interest in any more: Paloalto. But Breathe In is still lovely (albeit partly because it's on the Hellboy soundtrack).
The one who's slept with all your friends, and you keep looking at him and thinking, "Him? How the hell did he land all these cool babes?": Sufjan Stevens. I dunno, I think I've only heard one of his songs anyway, so I probably shouldn't judge.
The one your friend has fallen for like a ton of bricks and whom she keeps babbling to you about on the phone for hours, and you'd be happy for her except you just know it's going to end badly: Jeez, I dunno. I'm so out of touch with most recent music, and I feel like that's what this one is going for. So, Lady Gaga, I guess. Again, I've only heard one of her songs ("Alejandro"- I was getting a haircut at the time so there was no escape), so again, probably shouldn't judge.
Lastly, I have received and listened to The Real Tuesday Weld's new album. Still collecting my thoughts on it, I need to give it a few more tries before I have a solid opinion. I can say that there are a couple tracks I'm 90% sure I can do without, as well as a couple tracks I'm 100% sure I can't do without.
ETA: I wish I knew how to quit you, Netflix. No, really, I wish I did. Slapping us all with a huge price increase for the same damn service is a straight-up no-frills dick move. *sigh* ... *trudges off to watch Let Me In on Instant*
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Date: 2011-07-14 11:58 pm (UTC)There's no way to do that. It's impossible. It keeps luring you with cool stuff and more cool stuff and lists of even more cool stuff until you can't do anything without Netflix playing in the background. We're all slaves to Netflix.
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Date: 2011-07-15 02:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-15 01:45 am (UTC)The one your friends keep introducing you to and who seems like a hell of a cool guy except it's never really gone anywhere: Rufus Wainwright.
God, I had the biggest crush on Rufus Wainwright when I was in high school. What I saw in him I couldn't tell you, but...anyway. I still have a lot of affection for his music because of that, despite his somewhat whiny, nasal voice.
I like Patrick Wolf a lot, but I'll admit that "The Magic Position" is kind of an outlier of what he does. But I do like what he does, now that I've figured out what it's supposed to be, mostly. And Sufjan Stevens relaxes me. I have no clue what he's singing about half the time (and neither does he, let's be honest), but I always feel soothed after I listen.
I also love Lady Gaga, god knows why.
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Date: 2011-07-15 02:39 am (UTC)Yeah, his voice.. not really working for me, and I can put up with a lot. Anyway, I've got "Instant Pleasure," I think that'll do for me.
Sad to hear "The Magic Position" doesn't reflect most of his stuff. Seems a waste, since he does it so well. I just.. don't even know about Sufjan Stevens. It's possible I'm kind of turned off by the hype that seemed to develop around him. Which says worse things about me than him.
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Date: 2011-07-15 02:49 am (UTC)Huh, I don't think I've ever heard "Instant Pleasure". I will have to go and track that down.
Is there a lot of hype about Sufjan Stevens? I can imagine there would be; he's got a kind of hipster-ish charm to him that would appeal to, well, hipsters. He's got some good creepy songs, though ("John Wayne Gacy, Jr is really very informative), and his rendition of the national anthem is great. I think I shared it for some meme or another.
I'm honestly just looking forward to when she does an acoustic album. I like her songs a lot better when they're not so loud and flashily produced.
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Date: 2011-07-16 12:03 am (UTC)Ooh, it's a keeper. Found it on a mix for PG Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster. I also have "Beautiful Child" (also on the mix), but I'm not nearly as fond of it. Can barely understand what he's saying half the time.
Well, he's name-dropped in a Snow Patrol song, so I would say there's hype. And, yeah, it's definitely hipster-based hype. Which... eh...
I could be into giving that a listen. Whatever else I've accidentally heard has really sounded like the same over-produced pop.
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Date: 2011-07-16 01:58 am (UTC)Thanks for that, it's a good one. Hedonistic but not as sad about it as some of his other songs. "Beautiful Child" is a weird song, just in general, off one of his weirder albums.
Heh, is he? Oh, Snow Patrol. I admittedly like a lot of music that's kind of hipsterish, so that may explain why I like him.
Mmm, I love this version of Paparazzi. I love how she plays the piano; I think she's up there with Billy Joel in terms of technique that's kind of wasted in pop music.
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Date: 2011-07-16 02:26 am (UTC)"Beautiful Child"'s very.. epic. It's pretty- I'd probably like it more if I took the time to look up the lyrics, I guess.
Yup, in "Hands Open"- "Put Sufjan Stevens on, and we'll play your favorite song." I like hipster-ish music too, no point in denying it really. But something about Sufjan Stevens seems oddly... compulsory.
That's pretty cool! She clearly has a lot more technical talent than your average pop product, which deserves respect.
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Date: 2011-07-16 02:34 am (UTC)*laughs* I don't know, the lyrics are pretty strange.
Oh wow, I'd never noticed that.
There's another youtube video of her out there from when she was studying music at NYU, and it's adorable because she's all brown-haired and young.
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Date: 2011-07-16 03:07 am (UTC)Ye-eah, from what I can make out, seems like it.
Yeah. I mean, I guess that means Sufjan Stevens has Snow Patrol's seal of approval, so...
Aw. And apparently she was an extra or had a very small role in The Sopranos too.
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Date: 2011-07-18 03:09 am (UTC)So, Lady Gaga, I guess. Again, I've only heard one of her songs ("Alejandro"- I was getting a haircut at the time so there was no escape), so again, probably shouldn't judge.
I actually really like Lady Gaga-- and Alejandro is my least favorite of her singles. I would have never expected myself to, but all of her stuff is like an earworm for me. As a performer, I find her overrated. But her songs as pretty catchy.
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Date: 2011-07-18 09:49 pm (UTC)I'm sure they are catchy. Now I remember the commercial for that one big dog show on Animal Planet used "Paparrazi," and, yeah, it sounded like your typical catchy pop song.