#the radio which is pop

[honeyvenommusic]

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#glass animals #honestly i wore out dreamland sm my brain took a lonnng break from expecting anything from them?? idk i’m just huh???? #like….. when i say wore out #i cannot describe how much i listened to it #i usually have some vague idea even if it’s a ridiculous number #like 52 times in a month for an album or something (has happened) #i cannot recall w this #gonna say bc 2020 & they were Literally the last band i saw live. next morning everyone found out about everything annd lockdown. no joke #so it was big dreamland time when it dropped and revisiting their past albums when i broke out of its spell lmao #(pretty sure before that like january was when i listened to déjà vu 100+ times in a row tho so oop. it was a tough day lol) #anyway seeing this aww man. i really have had this band with me for a long long time. 🥹 i remember hearing gooey on the radio one night #driving home from work late @ night in 2014. the drive was so short i couldn’t be arsed to fish out my ipod & plug it in #sometimes so just popped on a good station i had preset. started the car and heard this *voice* and i was like who???? #had to check the station bc it was an alt station and i thought i had it on another one which was fine i was just v confused #it was in the middle of the song & i was immediately anxious to know the name hoping i’d hear it & it wouldn't just flow into the next song #then the dj would pile the names together after x number of songs played bc i was tiired (but woulda stayed in the car ngl). got lucky & #ran inside to find it then yelled at my roommate the next day that she HAD to listen to it during a smoke session after work #(i was right & it blew her miiind) #god. what a fucking time. what a fucking band. idk what the disc horse is surrounding them now since they blew up via tiktok #i’m sure people are v quick to say they’re overrated bc of that but idk & i’m glad i don’t know. they’ll always be this #highly inventive incredible band i stumbled upon for the perfect night drive home after a long long shift #a band that came back from a Horrible accident that should have ended 1 of their lives & somehow didn’t & should have ended them #as a band (like still cannot believe Joe was drumming in 2020 & i saw it with my own eyes like how tf???!?) #a band deserving of all of its successes. glass animals forever

[daisyachain]

The nature of time is that (culturally) Christian Euro/Anglo colonial consumers (hereafter white ‘people’) fetishize the idea of being ‘close to nature’ or ‘primitive’ or ‘savage’ and latch on to the idea that there are groups of people in the world who are somehow bestial or who have some kind of special powers from holding animist beliefs/beliefs that acknowledge the body as opposed to the Christian belief that the body is a kind of useless appendage to a person. We see this across decades from the 19thC to today in the racist fetishization of indigenous people across the globe, particularly residents of the Americas, Australasia, and southern/eastern Africa.

White consumers use a warped conception of other cultures to live out the fantasies that the Christian soul/body stuff engenders. You keep getting told that your emotions and physical sensations are the devil’s work? You want to get in touch with those physical sensations, but you don’t want it to interfere with your worldview? Simply project them on to a convenient group of people with slightly different conventions from you. Imagine how cool it would be to be 100% physical sensation (especially those pesky violent and/or sexual urges) and no mental burden, then unleash that in a way that causes millions of deaths worldwide via the dehumanization of entire nations of people just trying to live their lives. White consumers love a Proud Warrior Race Guy.

Flash forward to the 2010s, it’s generally considered impolite to spread the same propaganda that justified the genocide and dispossession of many different groups of people. However white culture hasn’t changed that much and normal human activities still need to be explained away to maintain the veneer of white intellectualism that has been used to justify white violence for years and years. You can’t just stomp around and clap your hands and dance badly, you’ve got to project it somewhere else.

But wait! There’s a community of people considered ‘tribal’ and ‘savage’, considered violent and bestial, who were never colonized! It’s…the Norse. Fetishizing early medieval North Sea raiders can’t be cultural appropriation, see, they’re white! It’s not offensive to replace an entire culture with white (male) ideas of what’s cool if that culture is totally unassociated with colonizer stereotypes and is in fact a culture of colonizers!

And that’s my theory on why there are so many Norse-inspired folk bands/video games/tv shows/memes/literally anything in the 2010s. VSaga not counted because that manga has been running since 2003 and is actually well-researched and comes out of a culture with a similar but distinct tradition of racism. The Euro storytelling tendencies of needing some kind of violent avatar have taken on ye anciente Norseman now that people care a little bit about the gallons of blood used to sketch other ethnic stereotypes. Done and dusted. Except the other side is that the fetishization of early medieval Norse culture is literally just white supremacist 101 and a lot of artists don’t step around that nearly as carefully as they should

#it’s the old saw about rammstein being constantly talked up by American nazis because they can’t speak German and having to write a song #called ‘links 2 3 4’. asscreed/the northman/vikings tv/wardruna/god of war/whatever are fairly harmless cosplay activities #but taken together it’s like. where is the line between condescending cosplay fetishization (not great but whatever) and the sort of #idealization/valorization/historical erasure that plays into white supremacist rhetoric #after all—look at where we get a lot of pop culture viking imagery from: it’s Wagner #kelsey rambles #this is a long bad post about me having Spotify as blocked on my work computer and playing some faun and then letting the radio take away #praying and wikipedia-ing that it doesn’t take me to some dogshit nazi band along the way #which YouTube recs have done repeatedly. it’s a fucking cesspool out there in the metal/neofolk world #I also keep thinking back to Faun (neofolk forerunner) saying explicitly that they use central/south asian melodies and tonalities #the whole medieval folk aesthetic thing is a cobbled-together vibe that was created by 19thC romantics and 20thC fantasy writers #i just feel like there should be more of an…acknowledgement of artifice to ward off the nazis #I like neofolk music. I love vinland saga. I enjoy mountain scenery and stories of sea raiders. #would love to be able to enjoy it without looking over my shoulder all the time

[deus-ex-mona]

good meoto morning!!!!!!!!!

#mv in slightly under 13 hours….. ahuchshzhajjzjajzbzbsnsn #fr ​though i think we’ll be ok for a proper mv… unless lxl were just trolling in the album radio #i mean yujiro did say something about yukata and summer while they were discussing the mv… #though it could also be just him saying that they wear traditionally japanese outfits outside of the mv (like yukata in the summer and such) #(in which case i should probably get my hearing checked ig) #huh. oh well. either way it’d be very funny if it’s a still image after all of the hyping up lxl did #though ig in honour of meoto mv i should finally get to the bottom of this workplace ‘mystery’ that popped up a couple days ago #w h o is the admin staff who spread the rumour that i’m married d a m m i t >:( i just wanna talk >:((( #anyways see you when the mv drops later~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #LXL MEOTO CRISIS 2K24

[coffeeandcalligraphy]

a terrible thing is happening to me (I am making a historically accurate harrison playlist & this is certainly going to make me write something else in his pov)

#AS IF I don’t have an entire fantasy novel in this man’s pov to write #but like…. canon Harrison means everything to meeeeeee #& music Matters So Much to Him #I think he’s an alternative guy and a radio pop guy primarily actually I think he likes everything #but ooooooh the way he probably had an awakening to the strokes……. him and Lonan making out rnnnnnnn #BLESSS THE KILLERS WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG CAME OUT SEPT 2006 WHICH MEANS ITS FEEDING HABITS COREEEE #also I love how feeding habits takes place 6 months after moth work but I always say it’s been a year & at this point I’ve said it’s #been a year so often that I can’t bring myself to change it LOL #even tho I have to bc I have it written both ways LOLLLL

[hazardsoflove]

just got g noted by a smart fridge

#im dogsitting and they like to play music for their dogs and they use their stupid fridge and last time i was here they had it set to #country and i had to hear the luke combs fast car cover like four times a day and i wanted to kms so this time i took a stand and put on a #pop punk radio station which has been fun #r.txt

[kaijudyke]

every time i see someone talk about an amazing life-changing t*ylor swift lyric it's the dumbest most inane most "thirteen-year-old girl writing Deep poetry" shit i've ever heard in my life like have swifties just never heard other music

#talk tag #tbh i can see how she had a certain appeal in the (early) 2010s #when most chart toppers were 'i'm at the club dancing and getting drunk' type songs #which isn't a criticism of those songs. just dance by lady gaga gets me pumped every single time i listen to it #BUT i can see how in that cultural landscape taylor's (carefully calculated) vibe of sincerity could be a selling point #but. and correct me if i'm wrong bc i don't listen to the radio unless i'm forced to #i don't think that's what pop music is anymore?? i feel like we're in an era where emotional 'poetic' music is way more popular #than it was ten years ago #hozier is huge mitski is huge. there are so many massively popular artists who predominantly make music that would've been niche in 2011 #so in the current cultural landscape i just don't understand how you can listen to her music and think it's deep?? #and like. people are allowed to like music i don't like. the fact that people enjoy her music isn't really my issue #it's that they always have to insist her lyrics are OMG SO PROFOUND when they're just... not????

[mikacynth]

kaemika idol au anyone?

....i'm listening

#NO BUT LIKE I HAD A DAYDREAM ABOUT THIS #kaeya's an idol #but here's the thing #i'm so detached from pop culture i don't know anything (but i do hum a lot of catchy songs i hear) #so i don't actually know he's an idol even after we're in a relationship #and he decides to see how long it'll take before i figure it out #and one day i'm like doing the dishes or something and i'm humming a song #which turns out is one of his newest singles (that i happened to hear on the radio or something idk) #and he just smiles to himself

[bunnyb34r]

Wow well that was weird

I saw SEVEN Bluejays on my way home from work, usually I'm lucky to see ONE

It was kinda funny bc at one point there were two males just chilling together on a wall

It's funny though bc we associate Bluejays with my dad who passed (cardinals are a general loved one who passed, monarchs are my favorite aunt, yellow butterflies I think are Aunt I Disowned. And you know the pennies from heaven thing? My dad sends me quarters 😁 and Favorite aunt sends nickels, someone sends dimes idk who but they're rare, and pennies are again general loved one) anyway so when I see a sign from a loved one I say "hi" and it made me laugh to keep seeing them in my like 30 minute drive like "I get it! Hello!!"

Made my day though 🐦

#marquilla #there's also two other things from dad - the song 'the middle' from jimmy eat world bc that was my everything will be okay song and after he #passed and i heard it it made me think of him like he was sending me a sign that itd be okay. and a couple pop songs he liked/i think he #would have liked but the middle especially #which is funny bc it played TWICE on Friday at work on the radio once at like 5am and once around 7am sgdggdgd like okay message taken! #i know this shit sounds crazy but like we have other instances where we could tell it was a deceased loved one visiting us #Anyway i used to roll my eyes when my parents would talk ab like oh a cardinal thats grandma but like i get it now man i get it #possession and reincarnation are real and so are ghosts sgdgdgdgd #oh and the blue jay thing is bc when i was little he was attacked by them and we would always laugh when we saw one and then after he #passed we were like oh its dad #ANYWAY im gonna come back as a seagull bc i wanna be a menace >:)

[bananarrama]

Stranger Things fic writers need to chill it when they say that Steve listens to “bad music” like Wham. Have y’all listened to Wham???? Every single song is a catchy, feel good song WHICH IS WHAT THAT BOY NEEDS CONSIDERING WHAT HE HAS GONE THROUGH. Let him have his fun!! Not everything has to be extravagant/serious to be amazing!!!!

#wham has produced some of the best 80s pop songs in existence #I won’t take the slander any longer #and I get it if it’s from eddie’s perspective #but I’m seeing a trend of just saying that Steve listens to wham bc it’s radio garbage #WHICH ISNT TRUE!! WHAM IS SO AWESOME!! #stranger things #steve harrington

[grubloved]

i am tentatively exploring what tumblr live is like and there is like only 24 total people who stream at all and theyre all kik influencers lmfao

#if i block all of them. they will not exist any morw #it looks like when you go to someones peofile even from search if theyre live it just pops up in the cornwr #which WOULD be cute if u just had a personal radio stream......

[arb0k]

i also just live under the world's biggest rock when it comes to other peoples' music trends and am not likely to make connections like that

recently horrified my gay friends by saying i'd never heard a dua lipa song

#they insist i've probably heard one on the radio in public somewhere which is maybe true #but i failed to recognize any of the ones they played for me so eh #usually major gaps in my pop culture knowledge bug me but i've given up on this one

[ashleyetc]

when you think about it dream's strategy of actively making himself the most marketable he can makes him the nickelback of youtubers

#this is a bad post huh. oh well #do ppl even know chad kroeger like designed nickelback to get radio play #do ppl my age know thats a big part of why theyre hated #(which is funny bc like. every pop star is openly doing this all the time now) #(not that they werent already but you tell me ms swift isnt strtategizing to max out her revenue #before she even cares about her artistry. fucking selling album remakes) #snoop dogg voice this was always the plan not to tinfoil hat too hard about it

[waterparksdrama]

this is apparently an unpopular opinion but i'm kind of excited for the album?? is it their greatest? no, not even close, but at the end of the day i don't think it's mean to be serious. it gives party pop punk vibes which i don't think is an entirely bad direction to go given their previous albums. idk as someone who left and came back i genuinely don't mind the new songs and wonder what the rest will sound like. also sorry if this is a dupe, tumblr said it ate my first message :/

maybe it'll at least quell your curiosity but man you can listen to more fun scene music i got recs for days - iz

#i think also the problem (for me at least) is. that it's him? lol #even a casual listener i knew irl said she was 'over her waterparks phase' bc awsten gives her the ick now #which is fair honestly i think his tryhard and desperate nature is kind of pathetically kicking out this era #but anyways everyone if you're reading this right now listen to the album used and abused by danger radio #scene pop rock at its finest. you listen to that shit and it's like 2008

[bewires]

#sub-radio #whitney houston #i wanna dance with somebody #parody #don't sleep on the third excellent parody they did #but also don't sleep on their genuinely good original songs #which are both amazing high tempo high emotion pop music #and also pretty queer #Youtube

[severalpossiblemusiks]

After listening to the radio at work instead of my own music… I am deeply upset at the state of radio singles in pop and rock

#almost didn’t matter which station the radio was tuned to #the songs all sounded bored #not boring #just bored #like somebody in the process of writing/recording/producing the song just kinda went meh and moved on #there was the odd one that sounded ok #but so many songs sounded just kinda listless #like the *rock* station’s hardest song was maybe Kansas #so many of the rock songs just sounded bland #like they lost the spice and anger and energy rock and roll was built on #and the pop songs were hardly any better #it was like everyone is trying to imitate either Ed Sheeran or Beyoncé or the Weeknd #but in the worst ways possible #so many of the songs were forgettable #even though I heard the song multiple times through the week cause radio stations have little to no variety #I needed to rant #music

[mariocki]

Infinite list of favourite lyrics: 222/?

John Cale - Dying on the Vine (1985)

"Who could sleep through all that noisy chatter?

The troops, the celebrations in the sun.

The authorities say my papers are all in order

And if I wasn't such a coward

I would run.

I'll see you when all the shooting's over;

Meet me on the other side of town.

Yes, you can bring all your friends along for protection,

It's always nice to have them hanging around.

I was thinking about my mother,

I was thinking about what's mine.

I was living my life like a Hollywood,

But I was dying, dying on the vine."

#favourite lyrics #john cale #dying on the vine #larry sloman #1985 #artificial intelligence #coming at a time of intense productivity (recording three albums in a little over a year‚ as well as producing work by former bandmate Nico #and others) as well as professional frustration‚ as his sparse experimental work failed to gain a popular audience‚ Artificial Intelligence #was a sort of last stab at commercial releasing for Cale; returning to a more accessible pop sound characterised by drum machines and synth #overlays‚ Cale worked with a cowriter‚ Sloman‚ to produce typically avant garde music within a more radio friendly framework #the result wasn't particularly successful‚ and afaik this first single from the album didn't even chart here in the uk #a pity‚ because I'd count it among his very best works (and I'm not alone; the song has had a slow reappraisal and is now generally #considered one of his finest of this era). a despondent‚ gloomy study of one man's annihilation‚ draped in several layers of allegory; #the vine can be read as a fairly literal metaphor (fruit left too long without harvest spoiling)‚ or as a reference to his then home on the #intersection between hollywood blvd and vine street in LA‚ a then rundown area rife with drug abuse and criminal activity; or as a nod to #Cale's struggles with alcoholism in this period (as well as a cocaine habit; his daughter was born soon after the release of this album‚ as #a result of which he retreated from the music business for a while and kicked his addictions). #some have pointed to the quoted verse‚ apparently about an authoritarian state‚ as being inspired by Cale's love of the literature of #Graham Greene‚ and there are some other parallels earlier in the song; mostly tho this is about a moment of crisis‚ of Cale at rock bottom #surveying where he was at in his life at that point and realising he needs to change (just as possible to read the authoritarian state as #every day life‚ with the troops regular people living their noisy lives around him and Cale's temptation to 'run' as a metaphor for suicide #who knows. whatever he's saying‚ there's an awful‚ beautiful melancholy to the near lilt in his voice as he ponders 'I was thinking #about my mother..' an incredible work from an under appreciated artist who‚ happily‚ beat his demons and stayed sober