What I’m Listening To

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[norahsmusicrecs]

blog for the music I’m too embarrassed to/already have put on my Instagram ! :)

Main Blog is @livelaughloot

Here’s roughly how I’m gonna format it for now:

-song

-where I first heard it

-(line break)

-whatever else I have to say

The only tags will be the name of the song and artist teehee

My profile picture is Joe Strummer, my banner is a screenshot near the beginning of Penda’s Fen :)

[peopleforliberation]

everyones on the “we hate donald trump”

but not really on the “thé entire united states is inherently a violent state that harms both domestically and abroad and must be dismantled and destroyed.”

and that doesnt sit right with me

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First Heard: on Spotify :(

This isn’t the kind of thing I listen to very often at all so I don’t know why I like it so much but apparently I’m not alone because it’s Sophie B; Hawkins’ most streamed song on Spotify.

I can’t really relate to it in like a literal like saving a girl from an abusive relationship but I do relate to the sentiment 🥲

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First Heard: in Brokeback Mountain 🫡

This is the song that plays when Ennis is in that bar thing somewhere in the third quarter of the movie I think. Not the only song that plays but it’s the first one I think

This is obviously the same guy that made Copperhead Road, so i quickly recognized his voice yknow and I looked it up. Listen imagine the movie Crybaby by John Waters in the modern day thats where I live except the greasy country people are the majority, so this is the type of song I hear a lot

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First Heard: I can’t remember:(((

I heard a song this morning on a semi local radio station that had a similar intro and I was very upset that it wasn’t this song and was in turn reminded of it. There’s a store called Retro Active in South Carolina that sells Tshirts with this album cover on it but I don’t really listen to a lot of the rest of the album and I don’t wanna be called a poser 😪

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First Heard: when listening to the album

This is my favorite post-clash song of Joe’s (and the others I guess) I think. I went to Georgia (the state in the US) with my brother one time and I was so sick the whole week we were there so I just was listening to music in bed the whole time. This was I guess around the time I had gotten into the Clash, and I had listened to the first three band albums and was putting off Sandinista until I could listen to it all the way through. Anyway! Let’s syphon up some gas, get this show on the road yay

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First Heard: TV Show (the young ones)

I had definitely heard this song before I heard it on the Young Ones, but it was definitely not in my normal rotation until then. It’s a pretty well known song so I was bound to hear it at some point, but every time I listen to it now I think of them playing in the Young Ones’ front room. The musical guests in that show are so good.

Yay

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First Heard: Spotify again oops

This is the standout song on this album for me. The drone and drumming style and whatever (I don’t know musical terms) sounds really pretty to me. This whole album reminds me of Myrtle Beach, lol, I guess because it was what I listened to on the way there. I usually don’t have much luck finding good music on Spotify with their features, but this was a good “find!”

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First Heard: Spotify Playlist by someone

I was on Spotify one time a long time ago looking up Paul Simonon and there’s a playlist on there called “ALL HAIL PAUL SIMONON” so obviously I click it duh and this song was the first song on it. I don’t know the connection besides them (Paul and Kim Gordon) both being bassists but anyway

I was listening to this song at a very exciting and weird a little scary but also very loving time in my life (a hurricane had just come through) so this song really reminds me of that! I don’t have any negative emotions associated with it, just maybe bottled up ones? Idk! I was really into collage at the time so I made a bookmark with some of the lyrics on it and a girl screaming and I always think of that, too. Anyway thats all for now I think love ya kiss kiss

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First Heard: Spotify 😪🙏

It makes me mad when people say that there’s no new bands or good music nowadays when this song/album came out this year. It sounds so familiar and “old,” but so polished and nice. Idk!

It sounds like everything but also so unique, to me! Love this song

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First Heard: Found on a website (Punk77)

Every now and then I come back to the website Punk77 and have a look around. I like when things are connected, and obviously things are intertwined in music scenes, so I like websites that are set up like this :) anyway, I quickly came across the band Eater and became a big fan (the lead singer follows me back on instagram 🤭yay)

I’ve never seen it, but I think this song is in the movie Rocknrolla (which also has Bankrobber by the Clash in it), it’s listed on IMDb, but not on the soundtracks on Spotify. Oh well. Still love the song and the band

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First Heard: South Park duh huh

I’m not really that into South Park but I do watch it from time to time. I am a clash fan though, so I had obviously seen the episode that Joe Strummer was in (Chef Aid). I went back a while ago and rewatched the episode and the “documentary” about it (hilarious you should watch it on YouTube), and this was my favorite song from the episode, to be honest.

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First Heard: Mom requested it during a car ride

Again not something that I would usually listen to I guess, but this song very quickly made its way into my everyday playlists. I don’t know what it is about it, but it sounds so cool to me ugh! I don’t think it’d sound right if anybody else sang it though, if you get what I mean.

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First Heard: On TV, Queer as Folk UK

This isn’t the kind of thing I listen to usually, but about half a year ago I watched Queer as Folk (UK) and this is the song that Nathan plays in his room while he’s drawing/writing about Stuart so I think that’s cute

I had never heard of the band before, nor do I listen to any of their other stuff, but I think it’s fun to find music in an “organic” way like that :)

Yay