#mike Wheeler's basement beats

[flaringgoosebumps]

Mad World by Tears for Fears is in Mike Wheeler's basement beats got me like:

Forever.

Why?

I'll be crying in the corner, thanks

#the most depressing and suicidial lyrics ever? no im gonna love this kid til the bitter end #mike wheeler kinnie #because four of the songs on his playlist are songs i cried to when i was 14 #and kept me alive #stan mike wheeler #mike wheeler depressed #mike wheeler #byler #mileven #mike Wheeler's basement beats #mike wheeler official spotify playlist #playlistgate

[autumnaltrees]

so i was thinking about mike's bassment beats spotify playlist and how the first song in said playlist is smalltown boy by bronski beat - a song about the need for gay men in the 80s to flee from homophobic small towns to the freedom of the city and i thought about looking up the meanings of the other songs included in the playlist to see what other hints there are to mike's character

i was also thinking about how significant it is that smalltown boy is the opening track to the playlist and i wondered about what the final track to mike's playlist is as that would seem equally significant to me

so the last track on the playlist is be afraid by franz ferdinand and the lyrics go as such:

Don't be afraid if you hear voices Feel the sweet air spoken upon you

Dream again

Sometimes the sound of a thousand whispering

it's pretty short in terms of lyrics and has less of a clear meaning compared to smalltown boy so i thought i'd google the meaning of the song just to see if there were any explanations from the band or a sort of general opinion on the song meaning which i didn't end up finding, however i did come across another song by franz ferdinand almost immediately called micheal and i thought well that's a coincidence (but not really) so i looked up what the meaning to that song was and lo and behold

so it's about a gay man who wants to be with another man called micheal

the music video is set in a basement

and the song contains hidden secret messages such as how the show queer codes mike

but also it's interesting how in the song the hidden messages can only be heard when played backwards

kind of like upside down...

bonus thought! the lyrics to smalltown boy:

Mother will never understand why you had to leave

But the answers you seek will never be found at home

The love that you need will never be found at home

and the hidden message in the song michael:

She’s worried about you. Call your mother.

#mike and will are for sure confessing their love for each other in the upside down #perhaps in mike's basement #byler #mike's bassment beats #stranger things #mike wheeler #will byers #gay mike truther #smalltown boy #bronski beat #michael #franz ferdinand #st theory #stranger things theory #st s5 #s5 speculation #mine

[abirdonathrone]

omg look at that some super byler coded spotify lyrics…. wait they are all from mike’s playlist??

i spent way too long going through all the songs and screenshooting stuff :,) yes i am crazy

some of these require a bit more explaining so feel free to ask about my delusional thought process :,))

#byler #mike’s basement beats #smalltown boy #mike wheeler #stranger things #spotify #lyrics #byler endgame #byler coded #the funny thing is these are all things i would totally expect to see on wills playlist but they chose to put it on mikes

[chirpsythismorning]

It's finally here! The full version of my Smalltown Boy x Running Up that Hill Mashup is now on SoundCloud for anyone that wants to dance themselves to tears!

#stranger things #mike wheeler #smalltown boy #running up that hill #byler #synth pop does it again #nobody asked for this #but im delivering anyways #0:45-0:49 hits!! #honestly it all hits #smalltown boy agenda #stranger things 4 #stranger things 5 #mike's basement beats #stranger things music #soundcloud #mashup #bronski beat #kate bush

[booksandpaperss]

listening to Smalltown Boy rn and god it really is such a Mike Wheeler song. Whoever picks those playlists knew exactly what the fuck they were doing. Even queer coding aside, it still describes Mike and his conflict with himself to a T. Like, it tells you all you need to know about his character and I am soooo normal about it

#it is midnight am I even making sense #but yeah #the insanity of that song being on his playlist #it’s like it was written for him #byler #mike wheeler #mike wheeler i know what you are #smalltown boy #mikes basement beats #elli’s random thoughts

[nyxi-pixie]

i know we are all aware of mikes folder of will drawings

but like imagine him painstakingly maintaining it- every time will gives him a new drawing little mike being super excited to add it to his collection, reorganising it by how much he likes them or by the date he got it or something like that😭😭 just the inherent intimacy of putting effort into keeping up something that personal☹☹☹☹☹

#dont speak to me im so emotional about this #'its unrequited' IM FOAMING AT THE MOUTH #mike wheeler has been down astronomically bad since before the events of s1 and that art folder is the only proof i need #its so special to me like fjajfieikg #COS THERE WAS A LOT OF DRAWINGS IN IT #imagine him rearranging them bc he wants to put new ones up on the walls in the basement #AHHHH i love him #mike wheeler my scrimblo blimpy gorpworp #mike wheeler i know what you are #byler #mike wheeler is never beating the gay allegations

[lunabug2004]

What do you think Mike's favorite song or what songs do you want to hear in st5 (Idk how asks works so sorry if this is weird)?

Ooooh this is such a good question and thank you for being my first ask!! I have legit never thought about this before (which is shocking cuz I love music so much) and I don’t listen to much 80s music on my own so I’m not very familiar, but I’ll give it a shot.

I am in the process of listening through the Mike’s Basement Beats playlist but haven’t finished yet so this may change, and this is also purely my opinion based on my music taste, so I’m sure it’s probably not too accurate.

Anyways, to actually answer the question: I think Mike’s favorite song would either be Smalltown Boy (basic, I know) or Mad World which are both from his playlist and I think just really fit his character. As for songs I want to hear in s5: Boys Don’t Cry, Heroes, or either song I said before (just cuz I like them 😂)

I also want to say if we’re including modern songs in this: Family Line and Devil Town and Dollhouse are all songs I really relate to Mike.

Again, I may end up changing my mind on this, and if I do I’ll let you know 😉

#stranger things #mike wheeler #stranger things 5 #character songs #?ig #ask #anon ask #answering asks #ooh I loved this #so fun #again thank you for the ask #mike #character playlist #Mike’s basement beats #Jay's saying stuff :) #Jay's talking ST <3

[bylerschmyler]

A work colleague just infiltrated my mind with Friday I'm in Love with from the Cure and the first line of the song is literally saying "I don't care if Monday's blue" and in Mike's Playlist there is literally a song called Blue Monday.

Than I started to look into the Cure and they have literally a album from 1987 that is called "Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me"

And this are the songs:

The Kiss

Catch

Torture

If Only Tonight We Could Sleep

Why I can't be you?

How Beautiful you are

The Snakepit

Hey you!!!

Just like heaven

All i want

Hot Hot Hot

One more time

Like cockatoos

Icing sugar

The perfect girl

A thousand hours

Shiver and Shake

Fight

And how almost all of this titles would fit a S5 plot.

#stranger things #byler #mike wheeler #will byers #stranger things spotify playlist #mike's bassment beats #mike's basement beats #Will's castle byers classics #the cure is will related #the cure #kiss me kiss me kiss me #music in stranger things #stranger things theory

[lilpotthead]

If you somehow haven’t listened to Mike’s Bassment Beats (or even if you have) PLEASE pay special attention to one song in particular:

You may think of Smalltown Boy first and while YES that is an incredible Mike Wheeler-core Byler-coded song… it did not hit me like “Running In the Night” by FM-84 and I don’t think any other song ever will

It’s literally impossible to listen to this song with Mike in mind and NOT believe Byler is real.

My other fav Byler anthems from this playlist:

When Love Breaks Down by Prefab Sprout

Love Is a Stranger by Eurythmics

Something About You by Level 42

Cars by Gary Numan

Honorable mention from Will’s Castle Byers Classics:

Creature Comfort by Arcade Fire

In conclusion, Mike’s Bassment Beats is the only Byler confirmation I need and I will be listening to it for the rest of my life!

#stranger things #mike wheeler #will byers #byler #st soundtrack #mikes basement beats #will’s castle byers classics #spotify #playlist #running in the night

[imyoursgiogio]

gonna carry on with my mikes playlist analysis

#im not #no i will i have to finish it at some point #i didn’t spend hours going crazy over a song for no reason #byler #mike wheeler #im mikes basement beats biggest fan

[bigblob]

I want Too Shy and Smalltown Boy in trailers with us in favor. I want it soo bad. I will be the perfect start to a byler win.

#im fine with a korrasami ending #i still got hope #we can pull through #it can be the most beutiful thing ever #cutest ever #its gonna be great #<- delusional #. . . #i spelled beautiful wrong . . . #stranger things #mike wheeler #byler #will byers #mike's basement beats #st5 #stranger things 5

[wlbuers]

mikes basement beats!

Every Day Is Halloween!!! please just listen. its so perfect for s4 mike.

lyric ex:

"I have given up hiding and started to fight I have started to fight"

(mike becoming himself in high school w the help of eddie)

"Well any time, any place, anywhere that I go All the people seem to stop and stare They say 'why are you dressed like it's Halloween? You look so absurd, you look so obscene'"

(hellfire shirts, longer hair)

"Oh, why can't I live a life for me? Why should I take the abuse that's served? Why can't they see they're just like me I'm not the one that's so absurd

Why hide it why fight it? Hurt feelings best to stop feeling hurt Denials, reprisals It's the same it's the same in the whole wide world"

(internalized homophobia, "mikes trying to be as normal as possible," hurt feelings from will)

the list goes on

#excuse my poor quoting skills #i wasn't gonna copy and paste the whole song #im also not one to analyze things like the playlists but i found this interesting #playlistgate #mikes basement beats #mike wheeler #byler

[abirdonathrone]

still cannot get over these being on michael wheelers official playlist like cmon now don’t make it so obvious

also am i the only one who literally listens to this playlist on shuffle everyday i love all the songs so muchhhh literally most of my fav songs and on this playlist

#byler #stranger things #mike wheeler #spotify #mike’s basement beats #byler endgame #byler proof

[steveshairychest]

Steve innocently asks, "Can I woo him?" during the dnd game currently going on in the Wheeler's basement.

Eddie blinks once, twice, before all the wires in his brain reconnect, and he gives Steve an amused grin. "You want to 'woo' my character?" He hopes no one can hear how fast his heart is beating as he watches Steve push their two custom-made figurines closer together. If anyone else had touched Eddie's figurine, he would have smacked their hand away.

"I want to take him to the tavern and buy him a drink."

"To get him drunk and make him spill the whereabouts of the map?" Dustin asks. Eddie leans back in his chair and watches the two of them bicker, his hand pulls a piece of hair in front of his face to hide the flustered smile pulling at his lips.

Steve scrunches up his face and shakes his head. "No, I'm wooing him, Dustin. Are you not listening?" Steve looks up at Eddie, his eyes full of determination. "Let me woo him." He says this with a nod at Eddie's figurine.

"Stop saying woo." Mike groans into his hands.

Eddie pretends to think about it for a moment. He holds up one finger and ducks behind his dm screen to 'consult' the books. "Hmm." He hums and peaks over the screen at Steve, who anxiously chews on his bottom lip while fidgeting with a d8. "You may woo me - uh - I mean, Sir Edward."

"Can I roll to stab Sir Edward? I do not want to watch this."

Eddie shushes Mike and nods at Steve, who bounces excitedly in his chair. "Go ahead, big boy. Give it your best shot." If only Steve knew that he's already got Eddie and Sir Edward completely enamoured, no further wooing necessary.

#HERES SOME SILLY BOYS FOR U #MWAH #steve knew exactly what he was doing #steddie #stranger things #eddie munson #steve harrington #st4 vol2 #steveddie #stranger things s4 #mike tries the same thing on will and will makes his character fall into a pit of snakes (lovingly)

[booksandpaperss]

okay I might be exhausted and making flimsy connections but I’m listening to Mike’s Basement Beats again after a hot second and Machine Age Voodoo being on there makes me instantly think of the Manifestation Theory ( @madwheelerz ), like I haven’t been able to figure out why that song is on there yet but. hmm.

#manifestation theory #mike wheeler #mikes basement beats

[munson-blurbs]

Summary: An evening in the Wheeler basement reveals what you've been trying to deny about your best friend, and longtime crush, Eddie.

WC: 827

Warnings: hurt/no comfort, unrequited love, mention of sex. You've been warned.

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Eddie “Speak First, Think Later” Munson struck again. 

A rainy spring Saturday had the Hellfire Club gathered for an impromptu meeting in the Wheeler basement. Eddie whipped out a campaign that he’d been saving, somehow just as detail-rich as the ones he’d meticulously prepared for regular Friday sessions. It had gone on for hours until Dustin, the last player standing, rolled to cast a fireball and was met with utter failure. 

“Damn, and here I thought this was one of my weaker ones.” Eddie popped a sour cream and onion chip in his mouth, crunching down with a triumphant grin. “Looks like I’m unstoppable. Impenetrable. Invincible, even.” 

“Yeah, whatever,” Gareth muttered, but there was no missing his own smile as he added, “tell that to Chrissy Cunningham.”

Chrissy Cunningham? Your stomach dropped at the mention of her name. You’d noticed him glancing over at her table in the cafeteria, and saw him at her locker a few times, but that didn’t mean…

Jeff snorted. “He can’t tell her anything without looking like a total moron. ‘H-Hey, Chrissy. Nice hair, um, thing.’” 

“I do not sound like that, asshole.”

“Dude, you said that exact sentence in algebra yesterday. It was a direct quote.”

Your throat was scratchy from shouting during the game, but you cleared it and forced yourself to speak. “What’s going on with Chrissy?”

Grant ignored the glare that Eddie preemptively gave the rest of the guys. “Our fearless leader is smitten with the Queen of Hawkins High,” he teased. Mike, Dustin, and Lucas all underscored his statement with obnoxious kissy noises. 

“Shut up!” Eddie yelled, but it only further spurred them on. 

“Don’t be shy,” Dustin said through his laughter. “Everyone knows you loooooove her!”

You didn’t. Okay, maybe a part of you did, but your optimism—or perhaps naivety—dismissed the idea. Because if he loved Chrissy, that meant he didn’t love you. It meant the long hugs and arms slung over your shoulder were platonic. That the deep conversations late into the night were simply between friends. 

“I don’t love her,” Eddie retorted, his pinkening cheeks giving him away. “I just think she’s cute, okay?”

“Cute?” Lucas said. He rolled his eyes. “Puppies are cute. Kittens are cute. Babies are—”

“Fine, I think she’s the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen in my goddamn life!” Eddie snapped, but a soft smile tugged at the ends of his lips. “Are you idiots happy now?”

The most beautiful girl he’d ever seen in his life. In his life. 

Happy? You were the farthest thing from happy. 

Your eyes blurred with tears, blinking them back and timing a sniffle with the crinkling of the chip bag as Mike passed it to Lucas. If you could pull yourself together, you could excuse yourself before you broke down completely. 

“Dude.” Jeff looked at Eddie, pulling his gaze to you despite your reluctance to even glance his way. “She’s a girl.”

“Oh, shit.” Eddie chuckled, snagging his Mountain Dew can from the snack table and taking an extended swig. “It’s not like I’m gonna have sex with my best friend, though.”

Gareth feigned a pout. “I thought I was your best friend.”

“Yeah, well, I’m not having sex with you either.”

You watched as Eddie finished his soda, crushing the can in his fist and tossing it at the drummer’s curly mop of hair. 

It’s not like I’m gonna have sex with my best friend. 

Not even a pause. Not a moment of consideration. Nothing close to the movie-esque scene where the boy realized that the girl of his dreams had been right in front of him the whole time. 

Mustering up a half-smile, you pushed yourself off of the couch. “I’m gonna head home. I’m pretty beat.”

Beat. Broken. Destroyed. Shattered. 

Eddie sat up, brushing Lays crumbs onto his jeans and leaving them shiny with oily residue. “Let me drive you,” he offered. 

You shook your head. “N-No, I wanna walk.” 

“It’s raining,” he protested. 

“It’s fine.”

That may have been the first time you’d declined the chance to spend time alone with him. You lived for the days you’d climb into the passenger seat of his van after Hellfire, resting your head against the window as it vibrated from the bass of the radio speakers. 

Eddie shrugged. “Suit yourself,” he said, turning his attention back to the guys. 

He didn’t come after you. You heard his laughter echoing around the basement as you ascended the stairs, barely managing to close the door before you burst into tears. 

Everything you wanted Eddie to feel for you, he felt for Chrissy. The thought of watching his eyes follow her around the cafeteria on Monday roiled a sickness within you. 

You wished you’d never showed up to the Wheelers’ today. Although it wouldn’t have changed Eddie’s love for Chrissy—or his lack of love for you—at least you could continue pretending that there was hope. 

Now, you had nothing but a broken heart.  

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#eddie munson #eddie x reader #eddie stranger things #eddie x you #eddie munson x you #eddie munson x reader #eddie munson x f!reader #eddie munson x female reader #eddie munson x y/n #eddie munson fanfic #stranger things fanfic #fanfic #eddie munson stranger things #stranger things #angst #hurt/no comfort