The Landfill of the Heapers' Hangout (contains Fossilmaiden's Punnery)
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Ten piece ChickennuggetsAndlarge, fries, [!] dud-dud
Ten piece ChickennuggetsAndlarge, fries, [!] dud-dud
Ten piece ChickennuggetsAndlarge, fries, [!] dud-dud
capital letters and [!] = beats (in the musical sense, not the theatrical sense)
tempo: very fast
Contrast, say, me and my flatmate.
Flatmate is currently watching the Gravity Falls finale.
It's not a bad show, but not exactly my style. Too wacky and unsubtle.
On the other hand, contrast it with, say, Arpeggio of Blue Steel. Atmospheric, introspective, and with interesting contrasts between dark and light shades, literally and figuratively. Which is much more my thing.
that's not really a recommendation, you might hate it
i bring it up because it combines wacky and unsubtle aspects with aspects that are decidedly less so, and is certainly atmospheric and introspective
I think it's because it's iconic. I can't think of another quality. It's iconic in being very melodic and singable. (And overactable in one's singing.)
Otherwise, the plot is barely there, and doesn't even work well with the guitar solo, which seems to exist just for coolness. Since it doesn't fit in dramatic pacing, yet is so popular, it seems logical to infer that most listeners don't exactly care much about the story (what little there is), and I'd venture to say that the story just exists to vaguely justify the lyrics.
The lyrics...okay, I guess. A bit of a mess when it gets to the gratuitous Italian in faux-operatic flair in a famous moment in the song. The one advantage here, though, is that the singing is crisp and the lyrics are easily decipherable, making them easy for audience members to learn.
The thematic material, musically, is also sort of a mess. I guess one can compliment it on being mostly through-composed? But the side effect of that is that it sorta lacks organization, as there are no repeated motifs to bring it any unity. The result is that it's basically one thing happening after another. They are somewhat connected, yes, but at the end of the song, I'm left wondering how I got to where I ended up.
I guess that's narratively fitting in relation to the story presented by the lyrics.
TBPH, you're probably right to some extent
though I've definitely found myself subtly imitating some of the mannerisms and/or styles of introspection I see in the stories i experience
commentary about Bohemian Rhapsody doesn't quite fit there
What is it?
Nippon Ichi Software is abbreviated as NIS
which is SIN spelled backwards
thus they turn the concept of sin on its head and celebrate it
#insanetrolllogic
And they produced some pretty awesome music in the process. Like Final Countdown.
oh, no doubt
but it does seem to me that different people are drawn to different kinds of things, and that you probably wouldn't get the same things as one another out of watching one another's preferred shows
it's principally popular because it's catchy and memorable and has a participatory element
the nonsensical lyrics are not a negative for most people, they're part of what makes it entertaining
they add to the fun
an American cartoon about two boys lost in the woods
there are 10 episodes, all very short (similar in length to RWBY episodes); the entire thing runs to a little over 2 hours
the character art resembles Adventure Time, but the backgrounds and music are extremely pretty
it has something of a fairytale feel, though heavily tinted with darkness and melancholy
Sorry it wasn't clear.
I was also thinking of including such songs as Cold As Ice and I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight.