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my-chaos-radio · 8 days

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Release: April 19, 2024

Lyrics:

I was supposed to be sent away, but they forgot to come and get me

I was a functioning alcoholic till nobody noticed my new aesthetic

All of this to say, I hope you're okay, but you're the reason

And no one here's to blame, but what about your quiet treason?

And for a fortnight there, we were forever

Run into you sometimes, ask about the weather

Now you're in my backyard, turned into good neighbors

Your wife waters flowers

I wanna kill her

All my mornings are Mondays stuck in an endless February

I took the miracle move-on drug, the effects were temporary

And I love you, it's ruining my life

I love you, it's ruining my life

I touched you for only a fortnight

I touched you

But I touched you

And for a fortnight there, we were forever

Run into you sometimes, ask about the weather

Now you're in my backyard, turned into good neighbors

Your wife waters flowers

I wanna kill her

And for a fortnight there, we were together

Run into you sometimes, comment on my sweater

Now you're at the mailbox, turned into good neighbors

My husband is cheating

I wanna kill him

I love you, it's ruining my life

I touched you for only a fortnight

I touched you

I love you, it's ruining my life

I touched you for only a fortnight

I touched you

Thought of calling ya, but you won't pick up

Another fortnight lost in America

Move to Florida, buy the car you want

But it won't start up till you touch, touch, touch me

Thought of calling ya, but you won't pick up

Another fortnight lost in America

Move to Florida, buy the car you want

But it won't start up till I touch, touch, touch you

Songwriter:

Jack Antonoff / Taylor Swift / Austin Post

SongFacts:

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Homepage:

Taylor Swift

Post Malone

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filosofablogger · 2 months

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♫ Little Does She Know ♫

Today’s song choice is another suggestion from Clive … also another I hadn’t ever heard before, but I really enjoy broadening my horizons, hearing a new variety of music! The rhyming of the lyrics is what made me chuckle on this one … where else will you hear “laundry” paired with “quandary” and “urgent” with “detergent”? Not much background info on the song, but the artists, the Kursaal Flyers,…

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#"pub rock"#Graham Douglas #interesting rhymes #Mike Batt #Paul Shuttleworth #Songfacts #The Karsaal Flyers #Will Birch #Youtube

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breezingby · 9 months

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"Peter Yarrow wrote the song in 1958 before he joined the group. It started with a poem his roommate, Lenny Lipton, left in his typewriter. In a Songfacts interview, Yarrow told the story:

"Lenny Lipton and I were at Cornell, and it was exam time. He came to my place in Collegetown, sat down at the typewriter, and wrote some poetic words - he had been thinking about Ogden Nash for a while. And he wrote part of what became the lyric. He actually left the piece of paper in the typewriter when he left because he was absorbed in getting to his exams. It was not intended to be a lyric of a song or anything - it was just something that he typed on paper, and I looked at it and loved it. I wrote the rest of the words to give it a song form and a dramatic arch, and the music to it.

Later, on the second album [Moving], when we were looking for children's songs - we did some children's songs on the first album, including 'Autumn to May' and 'It's Raining' - I suggested 'Puff, the Magic Dragon,' and we put it on the album, without any thought that it might ever become popular in any important way. Yet, it happened spontaneously at some point, because a DJ somewhere in the Northwest started to play it on the radio, and it just took off, and it's the song that it now is."

A few years after this song became a hit, Yarrow found Lipton and gave him half the songwriting credit. Lipton, who was a camp counselor when Yarrow found him, gets extensive royalties from the song. Lipton went on to develop a system for projecting films in 3D."

#music #peter paul and mary #'Puff the Magic Dragon'#Songfacts #song meaning #lyric interpretation

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young-apple · 1 year

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There are songs that are like knives

#incorrect quote #love quotes #song #songfacts #quotes

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leviabeat · 6 months

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"She's very interesting if you look into all the details around her; she was definitely shady," Volbeat frontman Michael Poulsen told BraveWords.com. "I just thought, how the hell? If you read about her, there's so many things that come up. She's been all around, flirting with a lot of royal men. At that time, having the kind of act that she had with her Spider Dance… people were coming to her show, the miners were throwing their gold in front of her because she would be lifting up her skirt so they could see everything. She was very controversial, but at the same time, she was very beautiful, and all the men were totally drawn to her. It's a very interesting character."

Volbeat debuted the song during the band's appearance in June 2013 at Germany's Rock Am Ring Festival.

Poulsen told Classic Rock magazine about his writing for the Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies album: "I wanted to bring in some characters that people weren't so familiar with or maybe had heard a little about," he said. "Lola Montez is not a typical character, the same with Pearl Hart. I wanted to find characters who were a little bit deranged."

"Mostly, the inspiration came from books as I read a lot," he continued. "The same with Black Bart, who is one of my favorite characters. Of those three names, they are all real characters who were alive."

Via songfacts.com

#lola montez #song facts #volbeat #michael poulsen #outlaw gentlemen & shady ladies #bravewords #songfacts #classic rock magazine #pearl hart #black bart #volbeat interview #Youtube

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spencermarcu · 2 years

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#spencer marcu #songfacts #homemade #about #music

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the-illiterate-pirate · 11 months

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"Hey this song is pretty good, maybe I'll use it for a fic. Oh, but it's a sad song! I should keep it for an angst fic!"

I DON'T WRITE ANGST

#crying over the songfacts page on Like a Stone #actually maybe I“ll keep it for Scollopi #scollipi?#jay's bullshit

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snoopybutch · 1 year

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Shoutout to Rodleen Getsic who did the bg vocals of Knife Prty bc they are soooo haunting and fun I love a good scream-sing edge

#deftones #chino moreno #rodleen getsic #thank you to songfacts #knife prty #white pony #white pony album #deftones my beloved

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my-chaos-radio · 15 days

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Release: June 29, 1987

Lyrics:

Who needs friends who never show?

I'll tell you what you wanna know

I could have saved a broken heart

If I'd found out long ago

I'm just thinking about those lonely nights

When I waited on your call

'Till found out all my friends were right (Ooh)

I didn't know you at all

I heard a rumour (Ooh-ooh, I heard a rumour)

They say you've got a broken heart (I heard it)

I heard a rumour (Ooh-ooh, I heard a rumour)

Yes, I did boy, ooh-ooh

Now it seems they're telling me

You've changed your wicked ways

But should I give you a second chance?

Baby, I'm too afraid

So you realize what hurt you made

And the love you threw away

How can I forgive or soon forget?

It's never gonna be the same

I heard a rumour (Ooh-ooh, I heard a rumour)

They say you've got a broken heart (I heard it)

I heard a rumour (Ooh-ooh, I heard a rumour)

Yes, I did boy, ooh-ooh

I heard a rumour (Ooh-ooh, I heard a rumour)

They say you've got a broken heart (I heard it)

I heard a rumour (Ooh-ooh, I heard a rumour)

Yes, I did boy, ooh-ooh

Woo!

I'm just thinking about those lonely nights (I'm just thinking about when I waited)

When I waited on your call

'Till found out all my friends were right ('Till I found out, ooh)

I didn't know you at all

I heard a rumour (Ooh-ooh, I heard a rumour)

They say you've got a broken heart (I heard it)

I heard a rumour (Ooh-ooh, I heard a rumour)

Yes, I did boy, ooh-ooh

I heard a rumour (Ooh-ooh, I heard a rumour)

They say you've got a broken heart (I heard it)

I heard a rumour (Ooh-ooh, I heard a rumour)

Yes, I did boy, ooh-ooh

Songwriter:

I heard a rumour (Ooh-ooh, I heard a rumour)

They say you've got a broken heart (I heard it)

I heard a rumour (Ooh-ooh, I heard a rumour)

Yes, I did boy, ooh-ooh

Peter Alan Waterman / Matthew James Aitken / Keren Jane Woodward / Sarah Elizabeth Dallin / Siobhan Maire Deirdre Fahey / Michael Stock

SongFacts:

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Homepage:

Bananarama

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filosofablogger · 15 days

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♫ Amie ♫

As I mentioned a few nights ago, our friend Keith sent me an email with three song suggestions earlier this week, and today’s is the third of his titles! (Feel free to send me some suggestions to help me out, friends!) This is one that a line or two periodically pop into my head for no particular reason, but I hadn’t given thought to the song in its entirety for a long time! I’m generally not a…

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#country rock #Craig Fuller #Lenny Kaye #music charts #Pure Prairie League #RCA Records #Songfacts

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meat-wentz · 1 year

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FOB LORE POST Pt. 2

this one is mainly links, plus resources at the end for more in depth dives.

some cool pre-fob/outside fob links:

arma angelus livejournal

where sleeplessness is rest from nightmares (arma album playlist, heychris is working at the moment to get these on spotify)

the grave end of the shovel (arma EP)

last arma show

first novena show (pre-arma arma angelus)

racetraitor "broken dust" ft. a young pete and a young andy

another one

racetraitor 2019

racetraitor 2022

interview with mani mostofi 2018

now some general lore, i'll bold the ones that are referenced most often:

"The Story" 2004 (from My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue dvd)

"Cutting Room Floor" (LOTS of classic moments in this, joe sleeping in a cage, patrick drinking garlic butter, dunking his head in a pool, getting nervous and shaking pete's hand, etc)

extra bits sorry this literally opens with a dirty toilet

the story behind the album cover (patrick, joe and pete all lived in a shitty apartment together, where the cover of tttyg was shot on their broken couch, i promise this link is so much more informative these are just the basics)

take this to your apartment pt. 1 (fall out boy return to the apartment)

take this to your apartment pt. 2

a little reflection on the van accident

notes between patrick and joe (resolution by pete)

patrick in high school

first interview

HALLOWEEN 2003 (THE PRIEST SHOW)

the hollister show (includes pete jumping off the roof with an umbrella, van tour, andy "what's goin' on guys" which is important TO ME)

2003 acoustic set (IMPORTANT TO ME)

the hollister show pt. 2 (the show, which is fucking insane, sweater, shorts and black socks mention, borders mention, patrick drinking half a bottle of tobasco, pete getting tazed, first ??? mention of jason which will be expanded upon later)

i'm not putting release the bats lmao that's your job, warning it's gross, it's a will-tester for sure.

but you do get bedussey, it's like, on the syllabus. there will be a test.

FOBR bio during futct

the jason interview

patrick and pete interview for the documentary bastards of young (2005)

behind the scenes AOL

TRL debut

nintendo ds makes me forget that i don't have any friends

mtv vma performance of sugar (iconic because of the uniforms)

mtv2 video awards arrival

mtv2 win

warped diary (fob did warped in a fucking van, which is hardcore af)

behind the scenes sugar we're going down

behind the scenes dance dance

behind the scenes a little less 16 candles

fuse rock star guide (IMPORTANT TO ME)

you look good in everything honey

behind the scenes live in phoenix

don't google yourself

you look like the unabomber

wind power

fall out boy gets uncomfortable

pete's do's and don'ts for valentine's day

moustachette

world's most in depth interview

gabe bothering patrick with socks and sandals

piss roulette

IMPORTANT PATRICK VIDEO TO ME (black clouds and underdogs tour)

gay above the belt

it's not a hot girl

the backpack

mark hoppus shaves pete's head (death of emo)

drum battle and this view of patrick

andy drum solo (live in phoenix)

thanks pete

boys of zummer

happy paintings

coffee's for closers dance

YBC commentary by patrick and pete

family feud

just a few reading extras because i'm tired and i've worked on this for so long i'm going crosseyed:

pete/patrick huge primer

interviews

what a catch donnie songfacts page

in defense of folie a deux

(btw patrick does a different song every intro for i hate myself, also it's very healing please listen to all 6 episodes)

Loud and Sad Radio (pete podcast)

@stumpomatic-blog and @fobomatic-blog are both archival projects to document the band

here's a giant video vault

peachy.stump on instagram, invaluable resource for updates, throwbacks and all the little tidbits you could want.

#fob lore post #fall out boy #fall out boy history #fall out boy lore #fob lore #fob history #patrick stump #andy hurley #joe trohman #pete wentz #patrick #andy #joe #pete #Spotify

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alphadog · 7 months

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g.i.n.a.s.f.s. / x / watch a catch, donnie / songfacts commentary / watch a catch, donnie / ahomeboyslife post / watch a catch, donnie original mv cut / x

#w #'i connected the dots' 'you didn't connect shit'

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rhapsodynew · 22 days

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For most people, House of the Rising Sun evokes memories of the 1964 hit The Animals. The song itself, however, has a hidden and shockingly extensive history that began much earlier than the mid-1960s.

The melody itself is a traditional English ballad, but it has become popular as an African American folk song. It was recorded by Texas Alexander in the 1920s, then by a number of other performers, including Ledbelly, Woody Guthrie, Josh White and later Nina Simone.

But it was Nina's version that The Animals heard.

No one can claim the rights to the song, which means that it can be recorded and sold without royalties. But many bands made covers of it after it became a hit with The Animals.

Historians have not been able to definitively identify what the "House of the Rising Sun" is, but here are two of the most popular theories:

1.This song is about a brothel in New Orleans. The House Of The Rising Sun was named after its owner, Madame Marianne Le Soleil Levant (which means "Rising Sun" in French). The brothel operated from 1862 to 1874, and then closed due to complaints from neighbors.

2.We are talking about a women's prison in New Orleans called the Orleans Parish Women's Prison, the entrance gates of which were decorated with paintings of the rising sun. This could explain the phrase from the song "ball and chain".

Ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax recorded his version of the song in 1937 with a 16-year-old girl named Georgia Turner. In this context, the song is sung in the first person in the present tense, when the singer laments how the House of the Rising Sun destroyed her life. In this traditional folk version, the main character is either a prostitute or a prisoner. The Animals changed the character to a gambling enthusiast to make their version more suitable for radio.

In 1964, this folk song became a worldwide hit for The Animals. Their version reached number one in the UK on July 9, and in America on September 5.

Animals vocalist Eric Burdon explained in a 2010 interview for Songfacts:

House of the Rising Sun is a song that I was just destined to perform. She was made for me, and I was made for her. It was a great song to tour with Chuck Berry because it became a way to reach the audience without copying Chuck Berry himself. It was a great trick, and it worked. In fact, not only a trick, but also a great record.

Bob Dylan included this song on his first album in 1962 with a folk arrangement like that of American folk singer Dave Van Ronk. When The Animals recorded it two years later, it transformed Dylan. The musician realized that he could apply a rock rhythm to a folk song. Bob bought an electric guitar and started playing it, which made him famous at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, where he performed an electric set for the first time.

The Animals recorded the song in the studio in just one take, as they honed it by constantly performing on tour. John Steele, the band's drummer, recalled this.:

On May 17, 1964, we played in Liverpool, and then went to London, where Mickey Most booked a studio for the ITV show Ready Steady Go! Because of the reaction we got to Rising Sun, we asked to record this song as well, to which he said, "OK, we'll do it in the same session." We tuned in, played a few bars for the sound engineer – it was mono without overdubs – and recorded it only once. After listening, Mickey said: "That's it, it's a finished single." The sound engineer said that the song came out too long, but instead of shortening it a little, Mickey plucked up the courage and said, "Now we live in a microgrove world, we'll release it." A few weeks later, the song became No. 1 worldwide. When we knocked the Beatles off the top in America, they sent us a telegram that read: "Congratulations from The Beatles (band)."

Producer Mickey Most added:

Everything was in the right place, the planets were in the right place, the stars were in the right place, and the wind was blowing in the right direction. It took only 15 minutes to record, so I can't take much credit for producing it. It was just an incident that captured the atmosphere in the studio.

My old collection of cover version

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leviabeat · 2 years

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Michael Poulsen of Volbeat

by Greg Prato || Songfacts || May 11, 2016

In our interview with Volbeat lead singer Michael Poulsen, he explained that "The Bliss" was inspired by the time when he first met his girlfriend. "Sometimes, you meet people where you are somehow attached to them or drawn to them, and you don't know why," he said. "You're looking for answers. Sometimes, you feel you've seen them before or met them before. Other times, it goes deeper than that - you can't really explain why you're drawn to them or why they speak to you without saying anything. I was pretty much going through those emotions, to figure out who she was."

#jeanet poulsen #volbeat #michael poulsen #songfacts #volbeat interview #the bliss #seal the deal & lets boogie #for evigt

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geesus-christ · 5 months

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it’s important it read your Bibles remember to read your bible

here is a bible for you

#geesus christ

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xanthippe74 · 7 months

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Drarry microfic: Was that your voice or was that me?

cw: mental illness or murder—you decide ; )

A note about the prompt song: each track on this Glass Animals album (How to Be a Human Being) was inspired by someone they met while promoting their previous album. Regarding "Mama's Gun":

This ominous song is partially inspired by a story by a US taxi driver who explained to frontman David Bayley the damage she imagined she'd done on an "epic super-bender." Bayley explained to NME that the American had overdid the crystal meth and cocaine she took to help with all-nighters as a long-haul lorry driver and blacked out for a month. The woman then feared the worst when she woke up in a strip club in the wrong State. "She thinks she's killed someone, basically," said Bayley, "but she's not sure. Isn't that mad?" (from Songfacts)

“I murdered him.”

“No, you didn’t,” the Mind Healer says gently. “Draco Malfoy is alive and well in Canada.”

“But I remember it!”

“It’s a false memory, Harry.”

Back in Grimmauld Place, dust motes swirl in the sunlight like someone walked through them, and a voice punctures the summer silence.

I was your husband, Harry. Why would you shoot me?

Written for the @drarrymicrofic song prompt, "Mama's Gun" by Glass Animals.

Masterlist of my microfics

#drarrymicrofic #my writing #60 words #cw: mental illness #cw: murder #cw: gun violence

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