HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!💕🎉🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
I just deleted this off of ao3 cuz I'm only supposed to write fanfics, it's okay. This is songs that I think fit Wintersberg.
This is a Lebanese indie band that has one of the best songs, mostly controversial and queer.
I love this band so much, the lyrics in English are probably not gonna be the same as in Arabic but the music and vibes are so beautiful. Here's the link for it.
https://youtu.be/4iey2FAeGqk?si=-LLo1w84m4Gr0eMt
There's a lot of beautiful songs from this band so definitely go listen.
Next is Meen Shaf Habibi by Jadal.
https://youtu.be/xjNJFSWIGS4?si=S-KfLKfzkgNfWO9v
Ofc I'll recommend more middle eastern music, I'm Lebanese after all U_U
This is a rock indie band from Jordan that is really cool! They even made a rock cover for an Egyptian song called All Toba originally sung by Abd Al Halim Al Hafiz.
Back to Meen Shaf Habibi, this song is EXCRUCIATING!
The singer is singing about his dead lover that he wishes would come back, the title translates to "Who Saw My Lover?"
Yes Arabic doesn't have gender neutral pronouns but male pronouns are sometimes used as ones so this song could be about a guy or girl or any gender really.
usually people think of a girl if it's a male singer because of queerness being so hated but WE'LL SURVIVE!
PS: some don't have English lyrics so you have to either try subtitles or go search for the English version, it's worth it though, trust me.
Next, I (Heart) You by KMFDM.
https://youtu.be/z73NbYRgOF0?si=FaD1K9nI54T5eV1e
It's literally Karl, I could never unhear it, especially the “decide wisely but don't take too long.”
And of course all the lyrics just go listen to it!
Next in line, Die Your Daughter by Susannah Joffe.
https://youtu.be/7NAyaB1gQk4?si=PqvTE5towvz1RT2g
To me this is about Karl and also Rose because firstly, it's about how Miranda will always see her “children” as a vessel to Eva and especially Karl because he understands this so he'll always be her daughter.
It's about Rose because although Ethan was never there to see her grow up, in Shadows of Rose we get this really tender moment between them and it kinda makes sense to me because she'll always be his daughter, his baby girl that he died for. I know a lot of people didn't like Shadows of Rose but it wasn't that bad in my opinion.
Not necessary? Maybe but I can't really talk about it since I don't know much about Rose herself and this allowed me to know more about her and discover how unconfident she is.
I'll probably recommend more songs but I forgot most of them now haha! So this is the last one which is!
Papa Was a Rodeo by The Magnetic Fields.
https://youtu.be/OekbKN0TeDI?si=b6RmG0vcqvQoofQP
I've been literally daydreaming about making an animation about it. I love animation but don't have the patience.
If you listen to the lyrics, the singer says:
“papa was a Rodeo, mama was a rock n roll band.
I could play guitar and rope a steer before I learnt to stand.
Home was anywhere with diesel gas, love was a trucker's hand.
Never stuck around long enough for a one night stand!
Before you kiss me you should know, papa was a Rodeo.”
And to me it's about Karl being so isolated and being with his machines that to him, home is anywhere with diesel gas and stuff that connect to machines and his factory and that over the years he forgot his past, family and childhood so he made up one that suits him, a lonely guy surrounded with machines and diesel and doesn't fit in and understands that Miranda and the others are not his family and he'll never feel home.
And the one night stand part is obviously about Ethan!