"I have this pocket watch, and I spin the hands around and around just to pretend I have control..."

[osaraba]

So here are some more rips of high quality acoustic lives. You have probably heard/seen them on youtube, because that's where I ripped them from, but I wanted to be able to listen to them on my iPhone and with all the extra silence and/or unrelated talking trimmed out.

X103.9 HQ acoustics (2011)

• I Write Sins
  
• Lying
  
• New Perspective
  
• The Ballad of Mona Lisa

2008 acoustics

• I Write Sins (FM102.1)
  
• That Green Gentleman (FM102.1)
  
• Northern Downpour (X96)
  
• That Green Gentleman (106.1) -- this one isn't as great quality but you get the bonus of hearing Brendon sing everybody gets there / everybody gets... off on Ryan Ross ^_~

And then there's the song that somehow tipped me over into this fandom, where Ryan SINGS LEAD VOCAL, and Brendon sounds RIDICULOUSLY HAPPY singing the chorus, and most importantly where WEREWOLF!SPENCER DANCES AND FALLS OVER <3 ---> It's Almost Halloween (not acoustic).

I find myself coming back to the acoustics/lives because well, not only is it sort of more interesting to hear the inflections of unpolished voices and whatever improvised flourishes that get played.... but also, honestly, I just love hearing Ryan's voice -- especially when he and Brendon alternate lines because the contrast is really emphasized. And other than on one or two songs (I'm thinking It's Almost Halloween and one or two on Pretty. Odd., most of which I don't really listen to), that doesn't actually happen. I do have audio rips of the two lives (Denver and Chicago) and those are great, but somehow not enough.

(Hmm, I realize that might have been misleading... unfortunately these acoustic rips don't actually have much of Ryan singing voice on them...)

I do absolutely die over the one (is it in Chicago?) where Ryan talks to the crowd and tells them to alternate snapping during the verses and jazz hands during the chorus. RYAN ROSS, I LOVE YOUR SILLY VOICE SO FUCKING MUCH. This is what I really regret about not having seen them live before the split. DAMN YOU RYAN ROSS. laskjflasjflasjdf;lasjf;lasjfl

Somehow this became my RYRO ILU post, so I will just put this here:

Comments

[lucifuge-5.livejournal.com]

OK, first the disclaimer: I haven't read either of these two fics, but I thought they might interest you. Both are from this year's Bandom Big Bang and both feature Ryan as one half of the main pairing. Also, the summaries caught my eye and attention enough to dl into my nook.

I'm hoping both stories are good. *crosses fingers* Let me know if you dig 'em, yeah?

TBH, I'm neither here nor there with P!atD's (or any of its satellite bands)'s music, BUT I'll always have a huge soft spot for fic about them. So it happened that the first fics I read in Bandom featured P!atD. They were my gateway into Bandom so, I usually keep an eye out for loooooong fic about them.

Recognize Myself (http://bandombigbang.livejournal.com/119082.html) (FtM!Jon/Ryan), 21k words

The summary:
Jon Walker came out as transgender when he was thirteen years old, and has spent every day of his life since then building walls and perfecting his sense of denial and doing everything in his power to forget he was every anyone but Jon. Over a decade, he's gotten pretty good at it.

Unfortunately, denial can only go so far, and when Jon ends up in a situation he can't get through with his usual coping mechanisms, he starts pushing not to forget who he was, but accept who he is.


and

Asymmetrical (http://pinkichan.livejournal.com/39894.html) (Jon/Ryan, Brendon/Spencer/Dallon).

The summary: When The Young Veins get in an accident on tour Ryan Ross' life is turned upside down. He loses his arm rendering him unable to make music. Ryan has to learn to live again, without music. Ryan strives to find a purpose in his new life, to find a way to keep going, with people he never thought would be there for him when the worst happened.

[castor.livejournal.com]

I am very bawwface I did not get to see them live before splitsville. ;-;

[shiroi-ten.livejournal.com]

Ever since I heard their acoustics I've been wanting them! ty!

[liasbuttissexy.livejournal.com]

Man, I've tried so many (completely unsuccessful) times to get into Bandom. And yet I downloaded every single one of these anyway. I cannot resist free music!

[tellcincinnati.livejournal.com]

EVERYBODY SCREAM, IT'S ALMOST HALLOWEEN.

Ugh, I love Ryan's voice so much. And I love when you listen through Panic's stuff, and you can hear how much he improves live. I love that it's not perfect or traditional or whatever. it's just so plaintive and kind of cool and I want to hear it SO MUCH MORE.

And, man, yeah, my Panic show was SO AMAZING AND PERFECT AND EVERYTHING WONDERFUL. I had the best time, but it was always a bit sad wishing I could have seen them before. I had some ~feelings during Camisado. Just, idk, I felt like Ryan should be there. SAD.