#songs I love

[cinnamonbunpuff]

how a song changed my year.

achilles, achilles, achilles come down, won't you get up off, get up off the roof?

it's officially been one year since i first heard this song. it's kinda crazy how much can happen in that time, in reality and in mentality.

i still remember stumbling upon it. i'm sure i've seen it on my recommended in the past but this was the first time i really listened to it. it was late and i was sat on my bed, recovering from a cold. stressed over my barely-started application for some of the UC schools i never saw myself going to. i paused to take a little peruse through youtube, where i saw this performance. based on the song of achilles (a familiar name), and choreographed to achilles come down (an unfamiliar title).

i was drawn immediately in. not just by the smooth flow of the dancers portraying their characters, but by the power of the lyrics and how it affected what i was seeing of achilles, patroclus, and briseis.

and so i decided to look up the actual song and its lyrics, to see what they really were. and they were beautiful.

today of all days, see, how the most dangerous thing is to love,

this song, all seven minutes and two seconds of it, has seen me through so many monumental changes in my life. from growing positively mentally, to graduating high school and starting uni, to familial tensions.

how you will heal and you'll rise above, crowned by an overture bold and beyond,

it's honestly a wonder how i haven't grown bored or tired of it yet. and i think that's because every time i sit and really listen to it, there's always something new i'm discovering or interpreting, whether that be compositionally or lyrically.

to start, it was realising that the only instruments are strings - definitely a cello, and in all most likely a string quartet. as a violinist myself, i love hearing any use of strings in modern songs. having a whole song relying on the softness and dynamics of them though? that's gonna get me every time. how almost the entirety of the song is underlaid with the eighth notes of the cello, and throughout the verses the intermittence of the higher strings.

as i grew familiar with achilles come down, i discovered the power that all the lyrics held. there were a select few that drew my attention, from either how poetic they sounded, to how they seemed to mirror an aspect of my life that i didn't know could be put into words.

loathe the way they light candles in rome, but love the sweet air of the votives,

then there were the sections of spoken french. i thought that the addition of a second language in the song really added to it as a whole, but upon looking up (and attempting to translate what i could), i found that they added another level of melancholy. because what better way is there to make the song more emotional than including snippets of french philosophy about the value of life?

qu'on appelle une raison de vivre, est un même temps une excellent raison de mourir

through this year, i've found myself coming up with scenarios in my head, with this song playing in the background. mostly it's been with characters of my current hyperfixations, but i've found myself in these situations as well. it's definitely a reflection of who i see myself to be, but i hope it's also an envisioning to who i hope to be.

thank you to achilles come down for finding its way into my life. thank you for the past year, and i hope the next is just as exciting.

throw yourself into the unknown, with a pace and fury defiant

#achilles come down #gang of youths #one year anniversary #greek mythology #there's just something about the song that gets me every time #and i love it #string quartet #french #symbolism #the song of achilles #achilles #patroclus #briseis #if i could listen to a song again for the first time #it would definitely be this #top songs #songs i love #emotional #emotional damage #thank you #november 27

[theincredimazingbablesquatch]

Auto-generated playlist decided on another resurrection and I feel like I'm 2 minutes away from a nursing home but also can't help but sing along. send help

#songs i love #songs of my childhood #The Fray #Youtube

[dramaticngay]

LISTENING TO....

cherry blossoms by dream hotel!! it's a very underrated song about matchablossom, told from joe's perspective.

it's so good, ive been listening to it for hours.

#matchablossom #song recs #joe sk8 #cherry blossom sk8 #sk8 the infinity #songs i love #youtube #it should be a CRIME how underrated this song is.

[coveredingoldentattoos]

"crush culture" and "people watching" are songs that conan gray wrote for the ace community, he told me himself

#asexual #conan gray #ace pride #aroace #asexual anthems #lgbtqiia+ #songs i love

[helix-studios117]

A personal playlist for Halo

Note that this is a playlist of songs that I associate with the franchise, not a playlist of non-diagetic songs that I'd have in a work.

Astronomy - Blue Oyster Cult, Metallica Cover (Garage Inc)

It's Electric - Diamond Head, Metallica Cover (Garage Inc)

The Outlaw Torn - Metallica, S&M Version

I Disappear - Metallica

That's What You Get - Paramore

crushcrushcrush - Paramore

Hell To Pay - Five Finger Death Punch

I Refuse - Five Finger Death Punch

The Vengeful One - Disturbed

Blow Me Away - Breaking Benjamin (goes without saying)

Tourniquet - Breaking Benjamin

Torn In Two - Breaking Benjamin

Red Cold River - Breaking Benjamin

#halo #my music list #songs I love #reminds me of halo

[trailerparkdream]

#songs i love #Spotify #lana del rey

[fanyyy444]

<3

#the neighbourhood #the nbhd #indie songs #indie music #indie kid #indie #music recs #song recommendation #pop songs #favorite songs #songs #song recs #songs i love #jesse rutherford #aesthetic #personal #<3 #girlblogging #girl blogger #girly stuff #Youtube

[theincredimazingbablesquatch]

#songs i love #ashnikko #Youtube

[theywhowriteandknowthings]

✨when you get this you have to put 5 songs you actually listen to, then tag 10 of your beloved beauties who live in ur phone✨

Thank you @cool-iguana for the tag <3 Ilu Kali <3

Vampire Smile - Kyla La Grange

Creep - Radiohead

Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen

Hand Clap - Fitz and the Tantrums

A Feeling that Never Came - First Aid Kit

No pressure tags: @readingiskeepingmegoing @beefrobeefcal @toxicanonymity @swiftispunk @gracieispunk @patti7dc @pastelnap @harriedandharassed @casa-boiardi @notsosecretspy

#tag chain #tag game #Music #songs I love #Vampire Smile #Creep #dancing in the dark #Hand clap #A feeling that never came #kyla la grange #radiohead #fitz and the tantrums #first aid kit #once again I am the lesbian dad when it comes to my music taste #Dad rock

[laiqualaurelote]

List 10 songs with names in the title that I like, and then tag 10 people

thanks @kiraziwrites for the tag! I actually have an entire Spotify playlist dedicated to songs with names in the title (it is more than 140 tracks and counting) but these are my absolute favourites (I left out musicals, otherwise Hamilton would be most of these):

1. Aïcha by Khaled

Khaled is an Algerian raï singer and his voice in this is spectacular (definitely listen to the French-Arabic version). He’s singing about a beautiful woman who walks past him as if he does not exist, and he offers her jewels, gold, poems, songs, everything - and she’s like “keep your treasures, all I want is to have the same rights as you”

2. Alexandra Leaving by Leonard Cohen

This is based on the C. P. Cavafy poem ‘The God Abandons Antony’ (which is also the inspiration for one of my favourite Miss Fisher fics): “Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving/ Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost”.

3. Isis by Bob Dylan

A classic Dylan story song! The Rolling Thunder Revue live versions are far weirder and more thrilling than the album recording. I listen to it every year on the fifth day of May, in the drizzling rain.

4. Kathy’s Song by Simon & Garfunkel

“I stand alone without beliefs/ The only truth I know is you”

5. Maria by Blondie

“She doesn’t know your name/ And your heart beats like a subway train”

6. Mary Hamilton, anon

This is a Child ballad originating in 1500s Scotland; it’s also known as ‘The Four Marys’. Mary Hamilton is an attendant to the Queen of Scots who bears the King’s child, casts it out to sea and is hung for infanticide. This is Joan Baez’s quietly devastating cover.

7. Samson by Regina Spektor

My favourite of all the songs on this list: “You are my sweetest downfall/ I loved you first”

8. My Sharona by The Knack

Really great driving song, A+ guitar solo

9. Tom Traubert’s Blues by Tom Waits

A quintessential Waits song - the raw growl of his voice, the potent sadness of the lyrics, “it’s a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace and a wound that will never heal”

10. Valerie by Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse

This song never fails to pick me up. Oh, Amy.

Tagging (only if you’d like to!): @bropunzeling @eisoj5 @glamorouspixels @heydoeydoey @justplainsalty @leliesblou @nagia-pronounced-neijia @sagiow @swallowtailed @tiltedsyllogism

#music game #tag game #songs I love

[littlesugarwords]

𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚖, 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚢, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕, 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸'𝚖 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛

𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 / 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘺𝘳𝘶𝘴

#tay's playlist #miley cyrus #lyric #lyrics #lyric edit #miley cyrus endless summer vacation #miley cyrus lyrics #fav lyrics #song lyrics #mother's daughter #miley mother's daughter #miley cyrus mother's daughter #song quotes #song quotations #songs i like #songs i love #songs to listen to #music i like #music i love #music is everything #music is medicine #music industry #music in my head #feminism #feminist #patriarchy #female empowerment #women empowerment #women empowered feminist equal rights #girl power

[amtrak-officials-admirer]

first song you think when you see

#songs lyrics #train #amtrak #trains #railways #train fucking #training #songs i like #songs on repeat #songs i love #music