#I KNOW LIKE. A SINGLE ONE OF HIS SONGS.

[rimouskis]

I'm going to preface this story by saying: I don't necessarily believe in karma, but

I may have been walking through today with a vague sense of disbelief tainted with unkind smugness after my tiktok fyp was flooded with poor fans who tried to get presale ticket to one mr n. kahan's new tour only to find that demand was through the roof and GA pit tickets were seriously going for $300, in presale, and even the "worst" tickets in the lawn were going for $70

and while I undoubtedly think it's deeply unethical for both platforms (thanks ticketmaster) and artists to allow such dramatic ticket cost inflation, I also generally don't relate...

I (VERY LUCKILY) gravitate towards smaller acts, and the most I've paid for a ticket all year has been, like... $90 for a ticket to beyonce, which got cancelled and I was refunded lol. if I look back at all my receipts from shows this year, most have been around $50/ticket after fees, and several have been closer to $20. my favorite show I've seen all year was a $15 ticket.

it's mostly luck—I tend to like smaller acts, and I've been seeing mainly rock acts this year, and those tickets simply don't run as high as pop acts. and part of me is honestly very grateful that I haven't been swept into any of the really recent huge acts.

I think of all the people scrabbling for boygenius or taylor swift tickets and how much money they've had to shell out... how a lot of them don't even GET to see the acts they want to see because they've been priced out or tickets sold out. I can't remember the last time a show I wanted to go to sold out lol. maybe bastille in london?

and again, it's just a matter of luck that I'm not really into any of these megastars and therefore don't have to compete in the gladiator arena to try to see shows I want to see, but sometimes luck manifests as a feeling of self-satisfaction, you know? who among us hasn't experienced a little self-superiority from time to time.

look, if YOUR tiktok was flooded with people saying concerts have been awful since 2021 (including rock and metal shows), but every concert YOU'VE been to since 2021 was amazing and the crowds were really good and you always got tickets and it never broke the bank, you'd feel pretty validated in your choice of musicians and the crowds they attract too, alright?? sue me! I felt frugal AND undeservedly clever!

anyways back to karma. guess who got invited and subsequently agreed to shell out $70 to sit in a lawn and listen to mr. n. kahan sing. I'll give you a hint, her tumblr username starts with an r and ends with an s

#I KNOW LIKE. A SINGLE ONE OF HIS SONGS. #the thing about me is I'm earnestly really good at not judging other ppls music taste because: #I have a whole 1000-song playlist dedicated to music I love but don't play for other ppl bc I regard it as my Fun Time No Taste Music #and it's not that it's bad it's just not as curated as I prefer my music showed to other people lol #and that means I don't judge people for getting really into a band that doesn't do it for me personally #but. I will admit that I have that deeply annoying personality trait wherein if a billion people get into something... #for unknown reasons my own desire to learn about and get into that thing plummets. hashtag hipster. hashtag annoying #so that's kinda why I've never explored a lot of mega-popular musicians #(see: hozier; mitski; boygenius; taylor swift; one direction; noah kahan; etc etc) #+ obviously I don't make quality judgements off of that. I've heard some hozier songs. he's very good. I like handfuls of TS and 1D's music #but I don't have the drive to Also Get Into It #which means I never have to fucking melee for tickets in the queue ahaha and I am very grateful for that #but idk. I think there's something to be said for purposefully seeking out midsize or small acts. I don't really like stadium shows! #my fave concert this year had less than 100 attendees and the lead singer walked right off the stage into the crowd #everyone was chill and gave him space (this was the friday pilots club show) #and I think I can compare it to big vs. small fandom #small fandoms tend to be well-behaved bc everyone knows everyone and beef poisons the whole space lol #and also it's a matter of numbers! the more people who are in a space... the higher likelihood someone's an asshole #and I've been in tiny fandoms that blew up (hellooooo omgcp) and saw that happen firsthand #and I sort of suspect that rule holds true for concert spaces/music fanbases! more people = more variables = higher likelihood of foolery #hell I think of when I was really into 2010s alt rock DURING the 2010s and had to deal with assholes at alt j concerts hahahah #and it was just because I *was* into the music that WAS of-the-time in 2015!!!! #and now as an agèd 20something who likes metal shows I'm just chilling and watching pits form at lowkey 1400-capacity venues #because that's the scene! and I'm not in the thick of it with the current Music Of The Hour #anyways all this is to say that I don't think noah kahan is bad or untalented or unworthy of seeing!!!! #clearly he is if I'm going to fork over $70plusfees to see him with my friend #it's just that I'm grateful my tastes have veered into the cheaper side of the music industry. #I think I'd keel over if my favorite artist was TS and I had to deal with. all that. to go see her. #stronger than the marines etc etc

[vaguely-concerned]

I am so mad about how desperately into pan I am. he was specifically made to fuck me up. they dangled him in front of me like 'hey would you like to see a sad clown trickster with emotional intimacy issues and a heart of, if not gold, then some mysterious alloy with qualities not at all unlike those of gold at the end of the day?' and I went 'boy would I!' and now I'm lost. I'm on my knees he's like if reyes vidal was actually redeemable instead of just a 'release my man he did do all of that but I don't care' situation

#the way he seems so genuinely *delighted* by grace finding her voice and wants her to be able to make her music again #even when she's not the muse anymore............ what the fuck that is the sweetest thing I've ever heard in my LIFE dude #low-key grace's biggest fan musically at least fhsajkd #stray gods #stray gods pan #(this is not a slam on reyes btw the fact that he's unconscionable is part of the appeal in that specific case lol) #I went into the game mostly blind and from what I had seen I fully intended to romance freddie #and then... this bitch shows up for literally one song and I have to restart the whole thing before I even get to challenging a queen #because I now desire the goat guy carnally and I want to duet with him for the rest of forever thank u #also I don't think I can ever not romance him now seeing the contrast between what he gets up to in the endings #what do you MEAN if you don't romance him he just goes off and no one knows where he is. he's still just so alone??? no not on my watch #(if freddie is dead ( :( ) and you romance him there's an *adorable* part in the epilogue where he tells you hekate has him running around #getting lost relics back in a series of distinctly indiana jones-esque misadventures and it sounds like he's having the time of his life #if this is what it takes for him to actually talk to his family without anyone being complete dicks about it I must solemnly accept #the terrible burden of kissing him on every single run through of this game. it cannot be helped it's out of my hands now)

[theghoulboysblog]

you've infected me with the better oblivion community center bug, i listen to their songs daily and have had multiple epiphanies whilst doing so, and now i gotta know: what's your top 3 songs by them and are there any lines that you love particularly?

OH MY GOD THANK YOU FOR ASKING!!!!! 😭 a long time ago, i made a list of what i thought the best better oblivion songs were in order! here it is:

although i do believe those are the best songs in order, big black heart, their single little trouble, and my city will always be number ones in my eyes! for lyrics that I love, i have so many:

#better oblivion community center #the lyric ”your black heart is BIG 🖤” reminds me of shane 💛 #just since ppl joke that he’s kinda devilish #but even so #his heart is huge and he’s so loving and kind 💛 #and ”i heard the short one’s kinda famous” lyric reminds me of ryan 😭 #LMAOOO #i love infecting ppl with the music i love like a virus #although if you’re enjoying better oblivion #the man in the album (conner oberst) has a band named bright eyes! #and the girl (phoebe bridgers) has single music and a band called boygenius!!! #I highly suggest Phoebe Bridgers #I know literally every single song she has ever put out 😭 #she is my favorite artist!!! 😭

[grinchwrapsupreme]

sorry to be posting about high school musical 2 in the year 2023 but ryan really repaired gabriella and troy's relationship by manipulating and humiliating his sister, lying to troy, and sacrificing his own chance at the talent show award he's been coveting since the start of the movie just because gabriella was nice to him when he was sad

#hsm2 #high school musical 2 #ryan evans #i forgot how instrumental he was to the finale of this movie i love him so much #i also love that gabriella was nice to him even though everyone has hated him for years #so much of his role in this movie and the third one rests on the shoulders of him having Natural Charm #that got buried under sharpay's schemes and the fact she didn't let him have other friends #like literally everyone loves him #in the third movie every single person is like yeah ryan evans my best friend ryan evans my buddy ryan evans #we love to see it #actually i think his is the only character development that sticks throughout the trilogy #everyone else resets at the start of each movie #but not my boy #not my special little boy #also last thought i think he should have spent more time hanging around with martha #sorry they're dancing together in the finale song and i just know they would love to talk dance together

[phantonixx]

URL song tag

tagged by @f1shart ! thanks for the tag, that was really fun to create!

P — Peace be thy Name - IRIS

H — Heart of an Artist - IRIS

A — Anathamatics - Emanuel

N — November Has Come - Gorillaz

T — Too Dangerous - IRIS

O — Omen Child - IRIS

N — Nobody - Skindred

I — I'll Find My Way - IRIS

X — XOXOXO - Black Eyed Peas

X — XX - Je$u$

tagging @getlost0p and @lesthell21

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#THIS IS MY TIME TO SHINE #THANK YOU ASHER FOR TAG I WAS WAITING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT EHUSHEJSJEJE (i'm extremely happy) #i am ALWAYS excited to talk about and share my music taste #>] #here you can see that i am REALLY the fan of IRIS\DAGames LOL. i listen to his music like 90% of the time for 9 years now so. yeah. #i put songs that i love and listen for years. for the last one XX i had to upload it myself because nobody had ever posted it anywhere #it's been 5 years and this track is literally nowhere to be found but my old laptop lol #i know literally nothing about that song but i still love it a lot #i would also talk about every single one of these songs i swear. they all mean a lot to me. but that would be way too long and boring lol #but maybe one day i will... who knows hehehe

[clavissionary-position]

but going back to jude, all i know is that my obligatory avril lavigne song for him is Hot

#why do i use tumblr like it's xitter #does that song fit william better? ofc it fucking fits william better #god gave me pants so william could take them off #i'm not going to call him will #that's shakespeare's name #he came first #before the chicken and the egg #there was shakespeare #no one would believe me if i said i've never smoked a joint in my life #i'll call him billy tho #billy rex #that's his rockstar name #his david bowie name #his ziggy stardust name is tbd #if anyone sees this pls don't think i know a single thing about david bowie because i truly don't

[newfeeling77]

i wish i wasn’t capable of physically feeling the presence of someone in a building even when i can’t see them. i know i sound insane but theres like 4-5 people i have a psychic connection with whether i like it or not. im sitting in a cafeteria with like 100 ppl n im by a hallway that leads to a door on the side of the building n someone will go in or out every 5 minutes or so n you know bc its a loud squeaky door. n like the 7th time i heard it open the guy i had planted myself here specifically to say hi to i had the impression it was him before he even like emerged from the enclosed area. and it was of course. its almost annoying i dont want to be so aware

#i heard it n my body language started shifting n i was like oh it must be him bc im having an involuntary response n it wassss #happens with a guy i work with too he’s never consistent on when he shows up but i still can feel whether or not hes in the building #or ill get like. this is REALLY strange but sometimes i close my eyes n i get flashes of visuals or sound #like im seeing or hearing from another persons perspective #so one time i was in the shower n i got a flash of a certain song that i only hear in the store n i saw a bit of the freezer section #n i was feeling bold n strange so i texted the guy like are they playing this song right now #n he said . yes why n i just ignored it i wasnt about to explain i had a brief experience where i could see through his eyes. #smells too the smells are the most intense indicator that my mind is recieving input from someone elses senses #idk if ive told all my psychic smell stories though #ofc reading the story its more likely that the song just popped into my head as a random thought bc i am familiar with every single song #they play in the store and i know what time he stocks frozen stuff #but its more fun for me to believe i can briefly look through the eyes of another person. for some reason i find this enjoyable

[hecksupremechips]

My hot infinity train take is that the only character who actually likes ccj and knows them is Tulip, because she’s one of those nerdy teens who prides themselves on knowing niche rock music instead of trashy pop. Lake is therefore cursed with knowledge of ccj and has a big grudge against them because they do not like dad music and they do everything in their power to never hear a ccj song ever again

#infinity train #i think jesse would like a variety of genres but his favorite wouldnt be dad rock #he might know like one popular ccj song but thats about it #grace didnt get to hear much variety growing up only like classical music and those really obnoxious pop or hip hop remixes they play #in competitive dancing that are just SENSORY OVERLOAD #when she does get a chance to listen to more music she would probably think ccj is lame #simon only listens to edgy 2000s trashy guitar greasy hair music #also side note this is something that means nothing but bugs me a bit #i dont think the other characters would hear train to nowhere and instantly be like OMG ITS JUST LIKE THE TRAIN OMG #unless of course they keep that attitude up with literally every single thing that ever mentions trains #imagine. ‘im gonna take the subway’ ‘THE TRAIN?????🙀🙀🙀🙀’

[imabiscuitinthousandworlds]

i should not be allowed to read this author at emotional times. like. late at night. relocated from sleeping on the sofa (again lmao) at like 2am and was awake and i had mentioned that i really loved the play that one author had written (yes, the one filling me with admiration and envy so bad that let's not get into that) to my teacher and she also really likes that author and loaned me two books of his. so i decided, hey, i'm gonna read a bit, either i get tired and fall asleep (good) or i finish the book (also good) except now i'm hit once again by this stupid emotion mocktail i wanna write like that so so so bad but i'll never be able to write this or something like it because he already did that, that's the point, so now i'm tired but still not sleeping because ough and also i should really analyse the story maybe

#i already noticed a lot of details #he wasnt exactly subtle in saying his part #but damnn #a biscuit's rambles #its 4am i am still not sleeping i am still so unnormal about it #to be fair i did try to sleep #but that one theatre adaptation of a different play and this book started mixing #like the guy was whirling around on his colourful space rock on wheels thing with that bigass cane for steering (actually happened and it w #s GOOD okay it was a bit weird at the beginning but so so good) but that cane thing was a candy cane #and he like. used the hook thingy to pull me in by my collar. i have never before dreamed in 1st person pov btw that doesnt actually happen #and then thaz feeling was like a dull echo of the main guy at the end of the book #while the other two actors/characters from the play were also there #the main character still standing in the middle like a marionette slowly spinning w/out visible strings and s/that costume and stuff it was #so good. and the other one except she wasnt visible under all the clothes (that was like a pretty symbolic thing in the play) #and for some reason all of this was accompanied by iron maiden's 22 acacia avenue #i know every single riff and guitar solo and line by heart it was the exact song playing #interesting choice of lyrics for a mashup of classic literature with very different topics and one modern adaptation of one of those! #i mean that line of dreaming stopped but now im awake again ugh

[uzu-hime]

So like legit how does one make friends when they are

-too adhd for normal people

-too depressed for adhd people

-poor (no money to do things or go places)

-25 on the outside, single mom for 10+ years on the inside

-so so lonely but so so afraid of adding anyone else to the "only want to hang out with me when you need free therapy" group that includes everyone I know

#i want friends #but i don't know how to make them #or where to find them #im too weird for a lot of people and too introverted for others #and for some reason everyone i do befriend always ends up being basically my therapy patient #or they only ever want to hang out on their terms which... don't exist #side eyes my friend who always says 'i miss you guys we should hang out' in the group chat but then turns me down #for her boyfriend every single time i try to make plans #'he works night shift i have to clean during the day' girl are you his girlfriend or his maid?? #if you don't want to hang out with me just fucking tell me instead of playing cinderella all the time #my mom says i should get out more and do more things but honestly i live in bumfuck ohio #what things???? #rural america is a nightmare for being social if you don't have money and also don't want to hang out at your local high school #i can't even go to the park in town by myself because too many women have been abducted there #im not making this shit up #i just want someone to sing silly songs with me and try on stupid outfits just for fun and go to new restaurants #no one has ever heard of and sit in the woods in silence for a while and maybe take a nap together and compare grov #*grocery lists and just. #why is it so hard #what is wrong with me that the only friends i have only like me sometimes #even my mom who likes me all the time won't even go shopping with me anymore #she's too burnt out from working #maybe it's not me #maybe im just another victim of capitalist america's isolation #even then i don't know what to do about it. my cat helps but im still just. lonely. #im tired of being lonely #vent post #ignore me

[lastwiltedflower]

if you want to date me you may have to defeat my seven favorite starkid songs (rogues medley, haunted by the kiss, even though, virginity rocks, different as can be, liam's got a phone call, the night belongs to snarl)

#dont bash me liam's got a phone call is so catchy #its my ringtone #“oops! wrong number PALLLL” #hope y'all know my favorites change like every other minute but these ones... they're my babies... my beloveds #i actually DO have a boyfriend fyi and he listens to starkid w/ me sometimes #his favorite show is ani! and his favorite song is american way (he's such a geek i adore him) #love how this started as me being like “lol scott pilgrim joke haha” and now i'm like “wow i'm surprisingly not single let me just-” #team starkid #hatchetfield #starkid

[warpspeedchiic]

arctic monkeys covering other artists>>>other artists covering arctic monkeys

#besties i'm going to be very honest i do Not like the louis tomlinson 505 cover #not a slight against him i have no idea what he's like as an artist i don't know a single song of his #but i just don't find his voice very fitting for it like it's just not strong enough imo? #like i know even alex was a total amateur and not that much of a vocalist back in the day but je makes it work idk idk #i don't care much for the dua lipa diwk cover either the hozier one gets sort of a pass #idek OKAY sorry for being no.1 alex turner DICKRIDER i just think he does it the best!! andnobodywill evercompare!! sorry not sorry!!!1 #any wayz do u think we're getting a cover for glasto. 99.9999% sure not but indulge my delusions for a moment

[mwagneto]

insaaane how much gomens reset my mental health to like 2017-2018. sitting in my room doing fuck all except looking at tumblr. i literally started listening to hozier again

#not to imply i like stopped on purpose i just didn't rly seek him out lately but i #listened to him a lottt back in like 2016-2019 so the contrast is bigger #ALSO HELP HE ONLY HAD ONE ALBUM TIL 2019???? god damn im a real hashtag og stan for real #I'm trying to listen to all his songs in chronological order coz with all the new albums and singles I'm #getting lost so I'm making sure I've heard all of them #I'm not like a stan i just hate chaos and need everything to be organised in my mind. #by not a stan i just mean i usually dont listen to stuff just coz i like the artist #nor do i like knowing anything about the ppl that make the music #but i donnnnt like disorganisation. so. blasting through all of them it is #plus i DO like them and they make me ill very nicely especially with g0mens in my brain so #barking

[carlyraejepsans]

also going through the playlist as it stands now? i think THEE sans undertale song on there is Sober Up by AJR. i mean Bang! (also by AJR) fits him to a t as well, if only on an angstier level, but sober up is perfect for how i interpret his character arc in the pacifist route. if i ever actually make an amv it's gonna be this song.

you've got the recurring "hello hello" intro line that works with the imagery of his endgame phonecalls. the "how's it go again?" motif representing resets. the parts about missing old friends and who you were before you grew up, with some literal rereading, fit ridiculously well for his homesickness and grief for the friends he left behind. you've got the numbness/apathy element that a good sans song never lacks, but most importantly while the song is heavily melancholic it's! all about wanting to get better!! to find hope, get over the past (which i would argue is sans' main point of internal conflict). it just fits everything about my hyperspecific understanding of his character, it makes me so !!!! :DD

#oh and also it's a fucking BOP #if anyone has recommendations for songs like it i would LOVE to hear them #i know i haven't responded to most of the asks and messages but i have listened to every single one of them #there are some VERY good gems in there #but all of them are about like... I'm presuming a geno/neutral run/helplessness in the face of the inevitable point of view? #which is GOOD because it's definitely part of his character. but I'm missing happier/more melancholic bittersweet songs #and his arc is all about bittersweetness. finding a softer epilogue to a tragedy that ended long ago... #i care him. very much :] #undertale #sans #'all my new friends we smile at party times but then we forget to smile at everything else' #THE SNOWDIN RESIDENTS COLLECTIVELY HIDING THEIR ISSUES AND FEARS FOR THE FUTURE WITH HUMOR #spooktunes

[celticwoman]

oohh can u do my name for the mini playlist i love ur awful taste 🫶

n - no one knows by stephen sanchez with laufey

i - if i were to die by winona oak

n - new skin by vérité

a - amy by yerin baek

send me your name and i’ll make a mini playlist with the letters in your name

#NINA JSKHKDSJF #okay. i've been so obsessed with if i were to die lately. miss oak just knows how to fucking get me. every single time #and no one knows is one of my fave stephen sanchez songs. his and laufey's voice go so nicely together #i hope you like them 😙 #ask #ask game #nina tag

[crossbackpoke-check]

V random but I’m in my Brockpetey feels could I listen to your 46 60 playlist!!

of course!! the first playlist i mentioned in the tags is actually not mine—it belongs to ash @notthequiettype and is a soundtrack to their wonderful fic Lake Rules (go read it if you haven’t already!!! highly recommend!!!)

annnd this one is my personal brockpetey vibes playlist

happy listening!!!

#liv in the replies #sadcanucksfan #also!! ash if you want me to unlink/untag please let me know and i will!!! #this one got bumped up because it’s currently relevant (i just posted brockpetey content) the rest of them will be scheduled in the queue 🫡 #if i don’t do it now i will lose all links and ability to find things #as for my brockpetey i have zero reasons for any of the songs besides minnesota. it’s all vibes no thoughts. #minnesota to me is the quintessential brock petey song topped only (but really equaled) by charm you (also by samia) #like minnesota i would love to say is a joke but i really heard that song for the first time YEARS ago and went oh my fucking god. #i’m going back to minnesota huh #and then CHARM YOU??? AN ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST ME PERSONALLY???? #you’re telling me there’s the lyrics ‘kissin you would be like kissin on the USA’ & ‘flying while i’m lying that i hate LA’ & it’s not 406? #(addition that i wasn’t gonna tell you but i have to tell y’all because it’s relevant to Me. samia is so so so so good live.) #(also i haven’t added it to the playlist because it’s sad but kill her freak out has narrative potential as brockpetey. also???? #they’re all somehow petey pov to me. sometimes people just get assigned bands in my head for no reason & i think samia is petey’s vibe band. #BESIDES bbno$ which is canon lmao. spiritually petey is a samia song to me i guess idk why either sorry but kill her freak out #is a (seemingly you know how i am) unrequited brock/petey for when brock got his gf. thank u for your time i hate it too just listen to it) #also no statements about my music taste i will cry. if you hate it don’t tell me if you have recs do tell me #although i do have a joke playlist compiled of all the songs brock has been screencapped listening to because. why not. it’s fun and also #has that man ever listened to a single lyric in his life. what the FUCK is up with your chill playlist bud none of those songs are chill. #lovingly. ripping my hair out. the amount of times he listens to fast car like???? girl are you okay. #anyway this is ur reminder i miss stalking people on spotify let me see your music taste cowards. #ALSO #IF I THINK TOO LONG ABOUT PETEY IN MINNESOTA I WILL LOSE MY SHIT SO I AM NOT JUST KNOW THAT I CLICKED THE FIC & SKRTED I CAN’T HAVE EMOTIONS #if i did not have someplace to be at precisely 7:50AM i would be having a full breakdown please believe me. #oh also ALSO bonus points if you figure out what the numbers in the name are :)