With the popularity of Planet of the Bass I've noticed a lot of people getting eurobeat and eurodance confused. This is understandable but also REALLY funny to me as a eurobeat girlie. Reigning Eurobeat queen Odyssey (you may know her as the girl behind "Discord I'm howlin at the moon") has a good Twitter thread on the subject, but to add my own summary that's hopefully not too jargon-y:
It's PROBABLY EUROBEAT if:
Main lyrical themes are cars/driving/going Very Fast, Touhou, My Little Pony, or Japan (though the latter is more of a grey area since Japan comes up as a theme in some eurodance as well)
Between every verse is a synthesizer riff that sounds too fast to ever possibly be played live by human hands
There's a section where all but the last word or so of every line is omitted (this is where "dancing, we wanna feel the light is flashing, I send the power to myself" becomes "dancing... flashing... to myself")
There's an electric guitar solo (may or may not be synthesized)
The rhythm is a straight four-on-the-floor beat, aka it sounds like WOMP WOMP WOMP WOMP
There's car vroom vroom sound effects
It's PROBABLY EURODANCE (at least as opposed to eurobeat) if:
There's a rapper
Themes include world peace or partying (there are SOME party eurobeat songs but not as many, and it's not like eurobeat is pro-war, they're just driving too fast to think about it)
It's more downtempo
The rhythm is a shuffle beat, aka it sounds like WA-WOMP WA-WOMP
It's in a language other than English or Japanese
It's DEFINITELY eurobeat if:
The YouTube thumbnail looks like this or otherwise involves an anime character and a car
Eurobeat songs you may know include Running in the 90s, Deja Vu, Gas Gas Gas, The Top, Night of Fire, and an honorable mention to The Living Tombstone's remix of Odyssey's eurobeat remix of Discord.
Eurodance songs you may know include Every Time We Touch, Butterfly, Caramelldansen, Cotton-Eye Joe (yes, really!), Dragostea Din Tei, and Blue.
Fiesta de la noche (Night Party) • Oriunde ai fi (Wherever you are) • De ce plâng chitarele (Why Guitars Cry) • Crede-mă (Believe me) • Dragostea Din Tei (Words of Love)* • Printe nori (Among the clouds) • Despre tine (About you) (Unu' In The Mix) • Dragostea Din Tei (Love of the Linden Trees) (Unu' In The Dub Mix) • De ce plâng chitarele (Why the Guitars Cry) (Radio version)
*Colloquially known as "Numa Numa"
Spotify ♪ Youtube
"The kingdom come, the rise, the fall
The setting sun above it all
I just wanna be somebody to you"
Heather’s Top 50 Songs of 2023
thumbs — sabrina carpenter // dragostea din tei — feuerschwanz // edge of midnight — miley cyrus & stevie nicks // warrior of the mind — jorge rivera-herrans // happier than ever — kelly clarkson // flowers — miley cyrus // see you again — miley cyrus // six — six cast // fairytale — joel sunny // middle of the night — elley duhe // our light — lyn // it's terror time again — sesamoid // eat your young — hozier // step into darkness — dubkiller // got you — ga eun // just a man — jorge rivera-herrans // labour — paris paloma // the tornado — owl city // green green grass — george ezra // suzume — radwimps // can't take my eyes off you — boys town gang // survive — jorge rivera-herrans // mermaids— florence & the machine // unknown/Nth — hozier // we didn't start the fire — fall out boy // hold me like a grudge — fall out boy // where is the justice — death note musical // 30/90 — andrew garfield // everyday — buddy holly // i'm just ken — ryan gosling // what was i made for? — billie eilish // speechless — naomi scott // son of nyx — hozier // damage gets done — hozier & brandi carlile // paradise valley — honey and the sting // stand by me — florence & the machine // my prayer — the platters // baby don't hurt me — david guetta // quietly yours — birdy // someone to you — banners // one more time — blink 182 // adelaide — ramblewood // i'm just your problem — lur // you're gonna be okay — ashh blackwood // mr lonely — angel olsen // now and then — the beatles // vois sur ton chemin — bennett // history is now — natalie holt // purpose is glorious — natalie holt // the power — borislav slavov
short version | long version | spotify wrapped
short version is the link to what you see here, my helpfully abridged version. long version will lead you to the 141 song, 8 hour and 17 minute supercut playlist which i’ve been slowly cultivating since early january. spotify wrapped will lead you to a mixture of the long and the short version, which is honestly pretty accurate but does not helpfully represent my ear worms of the week. i also skewed my data for it by listening to the spiritfarer and hollow knight soundtracks on repeat to ease the wedding anxieties.
also fun fact, the cover for this year's mix is actually a picture of the tree outside our room during our wedding day.
under the cut are the lyrics that really resonated with me and only a little personal tidbits from this year, because let's be real, nobody cares.
i. thumbs || sabrina carpenter
'cause that's just the way of the world
it never ends 'til the end and then you start again
This one was playing as we left the florence concert late last year and dogged me all through january and february last winter.
ii. dragostea din tei || feuerschwanz
Alo, salut, sunt eu un haiduc
Si te rog iubirea mea primeste fericirea
Yes, it's a metal cover. Yes, I found it on tiktok. Yes, I love it unconditionally.
iii. edge of midnight || miley cyrus & stevie nicks
The midnight sky is the road I'm takin'
Head high up in the clouds (oh, oh)
There's THREE Miley Cyrus songs on here this year. Nuts. I really loved cranking this while driving home from Newark back when I was still hybrid. Much serotonin in those gray winter months.
iv. warrior of the mind || jorge rivera-herrans & teagan earley
Maybe one day they'll follow me and we'll
Make a greater tomorrow, then they'll see
Is it REALLY a surprise that Epic grabbed me by the throat this year?
v. happier than ever || kelly clarkson
You ruined everything good
Always said you were misunderstood
Made all my moments your own
Just fucking leave me alone
I actually ended up hearing the Billie Eilish version of this first, but I ended up reading a post about how Billie's version was for the shitty boyfriend's of the world but Kelly's was to her mom and just. That resonated SO so much that it's stuck with me ever since. I have a complicated relationship with mine. She didn't come to my wedding this year. Anyway, definitely screamed this in my car on long drives.
vi. flowers || miley cyrus
i can buy myself flowers
write my name in the sand
I need to preface this with the fact that my partner and I have a wonderful relationship that I wouldn't trade for the world. This song is still a fucking banger.
vii. see you again || miley cyrus
I got my sights set on you and I'm ready to aim
I have a heart that will never be tamed
Third Miley song of the year, I believe all ear worms before March. I ended up getting in a Tiktok loop of body transformations set to this song while I was really getting into working with weights. It was great inspiration that I DEARLY needed that early into things. The song is also incredibly catchy.
viii. six || six cast
we're one of a kind, no category
too many years lost in his story
I honestly feel like we saw this musical last year but this song in particular dogged me into this one.
ix. fairytale || joel sunny
*instrumental*
Found this instrumental version of a much beloved song due to a random discover weekly and loved it so much that I seriously considered using it in my wedding.
x. middle of the night || elley duhe
Come, lay me down
'Cause you know this
'Cause you know this sound
Shh, it's the horny booktok song. I won't be shamed.
xi. our light || lyn
夢を夢と気づいた夜 君を見つめ瞼を閉じる
温もりも重ねた手も声も 目覚めれば微睡みへと消えて
I have been trying to finish persona 5 royal since 2020. this year, i finally beat it.
xii. it's terror time again || sesamoid
Oh, you just might die of fright,
It's a terrifying time.
Yes, it's a Scooby Doo remix. yes, I love it.
xiii. eat your young || hozier
I'm starving, darling
Let me put my lips to something
Let me wrap my teeth around the world
The horniest Hozier song since Take Me to Church in my humble opinion. I adored it immediately.
xiv. step into darkness || dubkiller
Blood on your hands, maybe you're dreaming?
Do you believe, nightmares you're seeing?
Tiktok?
xv. got you || ga eun
Will you promise you’ll rescue me
Take me from eternal loneliness
This was the theme song (I think?) to a Korean drama we were obsessed with for a little bit and I don't think we ever finished? Song is interesting though and sticks with you.
xvi. just a man || jorge rivera-herrans
When does a ripple become a tidal wave?
When does the reason become the blame?
When does a man become a monster?
More Epic, because I am a mythology loving twelve year old at heart. The many, MANY tiktoks to this particular song did not help.
xvii. labour || paris paloma
The capillaries in my eyes are bursting
If our love died, would that be the worst thing?
It's catchy. I had more typed out but tumblr fucking ate it, so fuck it.
xviii. the tornado || owl city
A little rain never hurt no one, so I kept pressin' on
And I tried to tell myself it's always darkest before the dawn
Another song I played very loudly while driving home.
xix. green green grass || george ezra
Green, green grass, blue, blue sky
You better throw a party on the day that I die
Dancy song!
xx. suzume || radwimps
ル・ル・ルルルルル・ルルル・ルルルルルル
ル・ル・ルルルルル・ルルル・ルルルルルル
We saw this in theaters! I really loved it!
xxi. can't take my eyes off you || boys town gang
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off of you
The Tiktok dances got me. More serotonin when I really needed it.
xxii. survive || jorge rivera-herrans
Six hundred lives I'll take
Six hundred lives I'll break
And when I kill you, then my deed is over
More Epic!
xxiii. mermaids || florence & the machine
You only get one night upon the shore
So dance like you've never danced before
I love Florence. That is all.
xxiv. unknown / nth || hozier
You know the distance never made a difference to me
I swam a lake of fire, I'd have walked across the floor of any sea
Hozier was honestly the artist that kept me the most company this year if I'm not counting Spiritfarer or Hollow Knight.
xxv. we didn't start the fire || fall out boy
Mars rover, Avatar, self-driving electric cars
SSRI's, Prince and The Queen die
World trade, second plane, what else do I have to say?
I know it won't happen, but I hope every generation does a remake/remix of this song. Also, I saw Billy Joel himself in concert this year!
xxvi. hold me like a grudge || fall out boy
Hold me, hold me like a grudge
The world is always spinning, and I can't keep up, whoa
Honestly, I was a fan.
xxvii. where is the justice || death note cast
isn't everybody sick to death of all this stuff
can't we all stand up and say enough?
This song gets stuck in my head like no one's business.
xxviii. 30/90 || tick tick boom cast
making choices, wicked witches
poppy fields, or men behind the curtain
tiger lilies, ruby slippers
clock is ticking, that's for certain
I still think that if Stranger Things did a musical episode Steve Harrington would have Andrew Garfield from Tick Tick Boom energy.
xxix. everyday || buddy holly
Every day seems a little longer
Every way, love's a little stronger
Good Omens 2 dropped! I loved it! I also didn't love it! But mostly I was just happy.
xxx. i'm just ken || ryan gosling
I wanna know what's like to love, to be the real thing
Is it a crime? Am I not hot when I'm in my feelings?
And is my moment finally here, or am I dreaming?
I went to see this movie by myself because I was sick of waiting for someone to go with me and honestly had a great time. It was silly and fun and I loved the fact that so many dudes got so incredibly butt-hurt about it.
xxxi. what was i made for || billie eilish
'Cause I, I
I don't know how to feel
But I wanna try
God, this song. It made me cry at the end of Barbie and I've been getting up in my feelings about it ever since.
xxxii. speechless — naomi scott
I will take these broken wings
And watch me burn across the sky
Apparently this is from the Aladdin live action? I haven't seen it so I can't confirm, but I DID hear this song this summer and fall in love with it.
xxxiii. son of nyx || hozier
*instrumental*
This one might be my favorite?
xxxiv. damage gets done || hozier
And, darling, I haven't felt it since then
I don't know how the feeling ended
But I know being reckless and young
Is not how the damage gets done
Another Hozier!!!!!!
xxxv. paradise valley || honey and the sting
Take what you want from me
I bring it willingly
I may have done these next three out of order, but hey! I got married this year! As some of you may know, paradise valley has been the song that I have been obsessed with since I first heard it on Wolf 359 back in 2018/2019. I couldn't figure out a way to make it work in a traditional sense for the wedding, so I ended up using it as a private last dance. As the clock was hitting ten o'clock we had our dj gently shoo the stragglers out the door and just crooned this to each other in the dark. It was probably my favorite part of the entire night.
xxxvi. stand by me || florence & the machine
So darlin', darlin', stand by me
Oh, stand by me
This was our first dance. As it should be. We timed our few spins around the 'darlins' and it honestly went great. 10 out of 10, would dance again.
xxxvii. my prayer || the platters
My prayer is to linger with you
At the end of the day
I did a sneaky thing. It was Nick's grandparents 65th wedding anniversary a few days before our wedding, so I quietly found out "their song" and had our DJ play it as the first official couples/slow dance of the night after wishing them a happy anniversary. They cried. I cried. The photographer cried. It was great.
xxxviii. baby don't hurt me || david guetta
What is love?
Baby, don't hurt me
Yeah, it's just a catchy cover.
xxxix. quietly yours || birdy
I've always been yours
Only yours
This was from the Persuasion soundtrack and god, it's just so achingly haunting.
xl. someone to you || banners
I don't wanna die or fade away
I just wanna be someone
Well, doesn't everyone?
Look. I just wanna be someone.
xli. one more time — blink 182
Do I have to die to hear you miss me?
Do I have to die to hear you say goodbye?
I don't wanna act like there's tomorrow
I don't wanna wait to do this one more time
One more time. I got tickets to their concert next year. We'll see if they cancel this one.
xlii. adelaide || ramblewood
Wish you could lay those shadows down
And find your way back home
I think this is a local artist? I fell in love with the song though.
xliii. i'm just your problem || lur
Sorry I don't treat you like a goddess
Is that what you want me to do?
Watched Fionna and Cake in like a day and a half and fell all the way back in love with Bonnie and Marceline.
xliv. you're gonna be okay || ashh blackwood
puff out your chest, take a deep breath
you're gonna be okay
This showed up on an anxiety mix and now I literally sing it to myself if I'm having a fast day. It is VERY short, but impactful.
xlv. mr lonely || angel olsen
Now, I am a soldier
A lonely soldier
Away from home
Through no wish of my own
My Yuletide fic that has not yet been revealed was about [REDACTED]. I listened to this and a handful of other sad, lonely songs while writing it.
xlvi. now and then || the beatles
Oh, now and then
I want you to be there for me
This song has DEVASTATED me since it came out. I will not be the same again.
xlvii. vois sur ton chemin || bennett
Vois sur ton chemin
Gamins oubliés, égarés
Another tiktok ear worm. I'm not much for techno, but I love this one.
xlviii. history is now || natalie holt
*instrumental*
Loki fucked me all the way up, guys. I know everyone is crying about it, and I'm crying too! It's beautiful and tragic and one of the most fantastic endings for a character arc that I have EVER seen out of Marvel. I HOPE they leave it alone. I hope they leave it as is so we get to keep the beautiful ending and they don't fuck it up.
xlix. purpose is glorious || natalie holt
*instrumental*
Again, fucked me ALL the way up. I wept. And watched it three times in a row. These two songs will be on my writing playlist for the rest of time.
l. the power || borislav slavov
I found you too soon
Shining star of mine, hold tight
Don't fight the power
I have not officially finished Baldur's Gate. However, every iteration of this song is haunting me.
A short list of things that continue giving me culture shock every time I encounter them despite the fact that I have known both of these things for years
1. Yes I would love some Smarties oh wait American Smarties are sad chalk dust. Right. Uh. Never mind.
2. What do you MEAN Dragostea din tei was an early niche viral internet sensation and not an inescapable chart-topper
NO i had a whole ask written up about how inside out by eve 6 reminds me of simeon but then the app crashed 😩 its 2 am im not writing it all up again but give it a listen especially the first half of the chorus with simeon and his conflict in identity and relationship w the celestial realm in mind its just tragic my poor angel
also 10/10 recommend the following songs: rockstar sea shanty by the lottery winners, dragostea din tei (numa numa) metal cover by feuerschwanz, take one me bardcore cover by joseph c phaze
i really like silly cover songs
-🥐
Ah, yes, you see I am quite old, so I was alive and listening to the radio when Inside Out by Eve 6 was hugely popular. That really brings me back, I gotta say. Who even listens to the radio anymore? Anyway, at the time, the radio was all I had, so I listened to it kind of obsessively. And you just had to listen to whatever they played because you didn't get a say. And thus, I have memorized that particular song so well that the minute I saw your ask I bust out singing it and scared the hell out of my cat lol.
Anyway, now that I've exposed my age, let's move on!
I'm sorry you lost the bulk of your ask! That sounds awful :( But I quite agree that the first half of the chorus could indeed apply to our angel. I find Simeon in general to be one of the more tragic OM characters. And with lines like "I would swallow my pride, I would choke on the rinds and the lack thereof would leave me empty inside. I would swallow my doubt, turn it inside out, find nothing but faith in nothing..." well I should say that sounds like him, huh?
Reading that through a Simeon lens makes me go OH NO. (Also yes I wrote the lyrics from memory so don't come for me if I got them wrong lol.) I especially think the concept of swallowing his pride is interesting because it's like by doing that he's also trying to suppress the very essence of Lucifer. Like Simeon had a time when he was fighting to forget every part of the brother he once knew because it hurts too much to think about Lucifer falling.
And then when he shows up in the Devildom, he kinda has to do it again because what pride could he possibly have left at that point? He was the one who stayed out of it. He didn't stand on either side. Having no conviction in that sense could certainly leave him empty and then after that, he's struggling with his faith and the doubt that's been planted and...!
I never thought I could get so in my feelings about an anime angel because of a late 90s alt rock song lol.
Also thank you for the music recs!! I am also a HUGE fan of genre changing cover songs... I've really gone down the heavy metal cover rabbit hole, but I haven't heard the Dragostea Din Tei one! I also just love sea shanties so I'm sure that will be fun for me! Also bardcore?! Sign me right up for that lol! I'm excited to listen to them!
To be completely honest I have NO IDEA how this made this to no.1. Yes sure I enjoy this song but how did we get here? Did I leave it on repeat at some point? My best guess is this is a good concentration song so maybe this is from when I left it on repeat during work. Good song tho.
5. Seena by Lunaar
High on my liked list and a pleasant song, so this makes sense. Again, something of a surprise because I've just been listening to it casually but that did it I guess.
7. Drink And Shout
Again, high on my liked list and I listen to it casually. Great vibes.
9. Sleeping in the Cold Below
I think this was higher last year but still placing, I'm lowkey obsessed with this song.
*smacks face against phone like a window* wait. Did you watch it? Not too sure how to censor the emeto part considering there is actual crucial lore in that but if you got through it, congrats! You now know the newest tumblr sexyman! He's a purple rabbit that sucks. The creator wants to draw him in dresses very much. She simps for her oc an is afraid of what her hands have wrought. Imagine making a trending tumblr series. Poor Gooseworx. Oh!! And she confirmed that that one part was heavily inspired by The Stanley Parable. Damn. That tiny indie game gets around! Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone. I wonder how the numa numa guy is doing?
I did watch it yes! I just kinda looked away while the emeto bit was happening. Still heard everything! Also I had a feeling that little area was tsp inspired JFNSKG empty office spaces are perfect for existential horror apparently
I'm not shocked that's how the creator feels about Jax. Sometimes you just make a guy and they latch onto your brain yknow?
AhnHyangyeon's cover of Dog Taryeong! I've had korean folk music on the mind after having to search for a specific kind. They're fun to sing, even if I don't know what exactly the songs are about
I was tagged by @byesca to list five songs I actually listen to, thank you! 🥰
I’ve already done this for songs I’ve been listening to recently so I’ll go for (not-so) guilty pleasures that I genuinely love this time:
Rasputin - Boney M
Yes Sir I Can Boogie - Baccara (aka. Scotland’s new national anthem... don’t ask)
Dragostea Din Tei - O-Zone
Love Machine - Girls Aloud
Thunderbirds Are Go - Busted
Tagging: @rock-n-roll-fantasy, @alexturne, @thespiritofvexation, @see-sawed, @1llusionmachine, @aeolianblues and anyone else who fancies a go (no pressure of course!) 🥰