ANDY PAULISSEN... WHATEVER

Hi there, I'm Andy P and this is WHATEVER I see... enjoy!

[freakyfauna]

The Sun is Coming.

From the 1965 Penrose Annual.

[tvneon]

[niceaf]

Hard feelings/Loveless // Lorde

[tattoosideas]

→ David Peyote

[tomabbisssmithart]

Inktober No. 4!

[andypaulissen]

[selenaquintanillablog]

[selenaquintanillablog]

Rare photo of the beautiful Selena Quintanilla Perez <3

[andypaulissen]

New Orleans | 8.12.17

[andypaulissen]

New Orleans | 8.12.17

[andypaulissen]

New Orleans | 8.12.17

[thefader]

WHITE SUPREMACY CAN ONLY BE DISMANTLED IF AMERICA STARTS CALLING THIGNS WHAT THEY REALLY ARE

JUST SAYING “NAZIS” WORKS TO ABSOLVE WHITE PEOPLE FROM ENGAGING WITH AMERICA’S HISTORY OF SYSTEMIC RACISM. 

[1000yardstyle]

[billy-george-deactivated2024111]

Summer Vibes from Tomoyoshi Takada

Photo by Robert Spangle

[andypaulissen]

🚀(Skipping school and repeatedly screaming "THE LINE OF TOTALITY!")

[oneweekoneband]

The Edge of Glory

If Gaga has anything that can truly be called a love song, the Edge of Glory feels like it might be it. Partially, that’s because it’s not a song about her own experience, but one about her grandparents. In interviews at the time, she said “The song was about how when my grandma was standing over my grandfather while he was dying. There was this moment where I felt like he had sort of looked at her and reckoned that he had won in life. Like, ‘I’m a champion. We won. Our love made us a winner.’ They were married 60 years.” Gaga has always spoken about the strong connections she has with her family, and especially on Born This Way she teases them out in different ways. You can see that this moment struck her deeply, and the result is an incredible song that touches on her love for her family, love for her fans, and love more generally.

Even though this song isn’t precisely about her own experiences with love, it’s so incredibly aspirational. The song opens with a call to arms, “There ain’t no reason you and me should be alone tonight,” and launches from there. The first verse builds and builds with anticipation, all bubbling synths and backed by synthetic voices chanting. When she hits the prechorus, everything begins to quickly escalate, and by the time she reaches the chorus, my heart basically just melts.

Hearing this song for the first time, it was such a clear anthem. Thematically, it could’ve soundtracked practically any romantic/intense/beautiful moment in a major movie. The music, is massive, sweeping, pulsing, managing to grow more and more feverish as the song goes on. By the time it hits the saxophone solo, the anticipation for the last chorus is crushing. But it’s not only those things, it’s knowing that there is someone that all this energy is focused on, all the sparkle and dazzle aimed at the “you” she is on the edge with. There is so much hope and optimism in this song, especially knowing that it comes out of seeing a life well lived in her grandfather. I feel like I can hear the creep of nostalgia and melancholy turned to exuberance and adrenaline, sadness put to good use and inspiration. It makes me want to find the person I want to spend the rest of my life with immediately and throw everything else away. So many of Gaga’s songs have a dark side, or a twisted side, or a tragic side. The Edge of Glory feels like it has a backstory, but one that has passed far beyond the horizon, close in memory but speeding further away. It’s a song that lives in the moment, without irony or cynicism. The Edge of Glory is what I want a life long love to feel like.

That’s all I’ve got for today! Tomorrow we’re talking Craft/Spectacle. If there’s anything you want to see covered or you’re interested in writing a post yourself, hit me up at @oh-how-much

xoxo, Erik

[driflloon]

ashish fw17

[arthetic]

“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.”

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)