George Brett // July 1976 // Inspiration for Lorde's Royals
Kansas City Royals star George Brett in the July 1976 issue of National Geographic // photo by Ted Spiegel
" New Zealand singer-songwriter, Lorde (whose real name is Ella Yelich-O’Connor), cited a National Geographic image as the inspiration behind her chart topper, “Royals.”
“I had this image from the National Geographic of this dude just signing baseballs,” Lorde said in an interview with VH1. “He was a baseball player and his shirt said, ‘Royals.’”
By Chelsea Huang // Nov 2013
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Brett Bigbee (American, 1954) - Man, No Man (2023)
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Dream a Little Dream of Me
summery: reader ponders their feelings.
tw: angst.
a/n: okay so...this is my first time writing a generic fic, in which I mean you can imagine whatever character you want. So uh...I hope I did this right. Also, listen to 'Dream a Little Dream of Me' by Karen Fukuhara. It's *chefs kiss*
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“Stars shining bright above you
Night breezes seem to whisper,
I love you
Birds singin’ in the sycamore trees
Dream a little dream of me”
Rain drizzled, gently pattering against the windows. I watched as the clear drops raced down. My brain was racing yet it was blank all the same. That growing pit in my chest ached as I listened to that familiar bittersweet tune. I loved to listen to it, yet it always brought me into a somber trance. The gloomy weather only seemed to add to my mood.
“Say nighty-night and kiss me
Just hold me tight and tell me you’ll miss me
While I’m alone and blue as can be
Dream a little dream of me”
I frowned. I understood that longing feeling. Being alone and wishing for someone to love you. Although the singer is singing about their lover, my mind wandered to who I was crushing on. The thought of him kissing me, the thought of him holding me and asking me to stay with him, it loosened that hollow feeling just a little.
I had been pining over him for so long, it was starting to hurt. The pattering of my heart when he smiled at me so handsomely, started to ache. The warm flush that I used to bask in that he’d always manage to cause, started to grow cold. The usual happiness I felt when I’d look at him turned bitter. Yet no matter how much it hurt, I still found myself falling for his charms. The bitterness would leave, if only for a little while in his presence, only for it to come crashing down when he was gone.
“Stars fading but I linger on dear
Still craving your kiss
Now I’m longin’ to linger till dawn dear
Just saying this”
There was no one to blame but myself. I had spent so long dwelling on my feelings, on pretending like they weren’t there, that it started to warp. I was by his side for so long, that it felt like he overlooked me, that if I were to disappear from his life, that he wouldn’t even notice.
The answer to my problems seemed easy on surface level. Just confess, get these feelings off my chest and be done with the whole deal. Yet, after this long, he hadn’t noticed. He hadn’t noticed how my gestures ran deeper than just friendly. How I dropped everything to make sure he was okay. Not only that, but he hadn’t hinted at liking me back. We were just friends, and even if it hurts, I don’t want to lose that. Because I care for him as a person, and if he’s happy, then that’s all I could ask for.
“Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you
But in your dream whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me
Dream a little dream of me”
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@bobdylanfanpage and I took it upon ourselves to tier-list our favorite guys based on vibes. here's mine.
BAE STYLIN: richey edwards, david sylvian, richard barbieri, gerard way, syd barrett, george harrison, dave vanian, mick taylor
I'M LOOKING: bernard butler, mick karn, frank iero, trey parker, matt stone, nick mason, robert plant, keith richards
NO COMMENT: nicky wire, brett anderson, todd rundgren, richard butler, richard wright, andrew eldritch, mick jagger
YIKES: roger waters, john lennon, leonard cohen*, jimmy page
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK: eric clapton, jim morrison**
*got points taken away because he's a fucking freak who wrote beautiful losers aka the worst literature experience of my life
**i hate him so much its unbearable
DISCLAIMER: I love all of these guys so much even though I am so mean to them, they are my little guys and I cherish them deeply and wholly.
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"..a job for Superman!"
From Action Comics #643 (July, 1989). Written and pencilled by George Perez, inked by Brett Breeding, colored by Glenn Whitmore, lettered by Bill Oakley.
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