my moral standing is lying down

I'm... kind of picky as to what I like to go dancing to. I'm good with Industrial, EBM, Dubstep and Drum & Bass. Which means, basically, I'm limited to a couple days a month here in NYC because we've got the lamest scenes for all of the above. Except maybe Dubstep since Webster Hall has a weekly dubstep party, but I'd prefer weekly Industrial/EBM, truth be told, as opposed to the monthly parties.

In the casual informality of my own home, I will wiggle and shake to pretty much anything with a groovy bassline.

Tinie Tempah's Pass Out is kind of the most meta answer to today's question... but the DC Breaks remix version is the one I really like to dance to.

Fave lines: now I drive past the bus I used to run for / where's my fucking clap, wheres my encore?



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Metallica's Welcome Home (Sanitarium) always reminds me of Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003. The line up (in order): Mudvayne, Deftones, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, METALLICA.

BEST FUCKING CONCERT OF MY LIFE.

I was 22; Liz was 15 (her first concert!). We were standing for over 12 hours, with nothing to eat/drink except for a sandwich and a cup of water at the beginning of the 12 hours, and then the water that the awesome security staff poured into our mouths (or over our heads) during/between shows. We were lucky to be in the third row at the beginning, and then on the barrier by the end of Limp Bizkit's set.

I have never been so dehydrated, hot, suntanned, deaf, bruised, tired, close to fainting, and fucking elated in my life.

Me and Liz, in the Port Authority bathroom, exhausted, after returning on the bus from Giants Stadium. (We still had to take a train to Queens, then a bus, and then walk half a mile to my parents' house.)



Favorite lines: they keep me locked up in this cage / can't they see it's why my brain says rage



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So much about Zetsuai 1989 is sad, but oh god the music; the lyrics. It's all so dark and angsty and sad and lovely and crazy. And the three singers who've sung for it have all been absolutely amazing in different ways; I will be forever grateful that all three were able to really channel the crazy depths of emotion in Koji's voice/character.

I haven't really thought about Z89 in a while, but there was a time that I couldn't stop listening to all of the music (re-reading the manga and re-watching the anime go without saying). Saishuushou by Takehide Inoue, while not sung by my favorite iteration of Koji (Hayami Sho, he of the Divinely Deep, Spontaneous-Orgasm-Inducing Voice), is probably the saddest and most beautiful of all the songs and was one that I played on repeat non-stop for a very, very, very long time.

I don't think you have to even really understand what the lyrics mean to hear the sadness in the song (much like Ue wo muite arukou (aka "Sukiyaki Song") by Sakamoto Kyu), but if you want to know what's being said, here is a page with the original Japanese (both kanji and romaji) and the English translation of lyrics.

ETA: Favorite line: inochi nado nakushitemo / anata dake ireba ii [should i lose my life and still more / if only you remain, it's enough]



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Ahaha, this one was hard to do, too! Same argument: THERE ARE SO MANY. I kept thinking of songs I used to like but now get annoyed at... mostly because I'd heard them too much -- either by choice, or because they were overplayed on the radio.

I'm sure there are songs I actively hate more than this one, but Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive is one that I've always disliked. It's kind of surprising, wouldn't you say? I mean, the narrator's in a sympathetic situation; the song is catchy; it's about a strong woman doing strong, positive things. I DON'T KNOW WHY I HATE IT. Partially it's the music -- I am SO not a fan of disco. But I think I could've gotten over that considering how catchy it is, how much it leans toward pop. But it only exacerbates my dislike.

Even though the negative is barely a third of the song, I get kind of stuck on it. I get angry that she didn't think to make him leave his key; I get angry that he's around again and trying to win her back. I can't seem to get past it. What is it they say about first impressions? *shrugs*

Line that irritates me most: i should have changed that stupid lock / i should have made you leave your key



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I decided to do this 30 days meme that I'm seeing all over fbook because I haven't posted anything for like a week and a half now, and it feels really weird. I've got a lot of things sort of simmering underneath the surface and I'm mostly holding everything in, which, yeah I know-- not the best way to deal with things. But I'm finding it difficult to post about anything that means anything to me-- not even about how squeeful I feel over Merlin fandom and how I've been devouring fic like Cookie Monster devours cookies.

I will apologize in advance for spamming your flist, considering I don't usually post this much... but having said that, I BY NO MEANS guarantee that I'll actually remember to do this every day, ahahaha.

( 30 days list )

All posts will be under the meme:music tag.

As a bonus, I think I'll add in my favorite line from each song.