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Turkish Delite

This was the first track that popped up when I went to Toad's YouTube page, and they were starting out strong in terms of challenging my tastes, if we were to go by TITLE ALONE.

Not that we would. I'm grown. Right?

<aside>...so I've had a grudge against Turkish Delight since my early 20's. I'm a very food-centric person. I couldn't get it out of my head since The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.

And then when I got some, it was so. disappointing.

But it has been almost 30 years, maybe it's time to give it another shot.</aside>

The Song

Most of these tracks don't have lyrics, at least discernible ones. This one's the exception. It's just a circussy, carnival rhythm and a deep, distorted voice speaking the sometimes-rhyming words:

Jelly chew

Delite

Served as a treat with coffee and tea

Turkish delite

Uh-oh pistachio

Yummy little treat

Soft like a jelly chew

??? little sweet

Powdered sugar residue

It might break into a little singing here and there. There's definitely a burst into melody at the very end, when (I think?) Weasel repeats:

Get 'em gone

Get 'em gone

Get 'em gone

Get 'em gone

Get 'em get 'em get 'em get 'em gone

(nearly operatic) Get them goooooone

**burst of vocal fry**

This last bit – this is the part that really won me over. I'd been smiling for most of the song, but this is so much like me stimming in my kitchen that I felt deeply connected to the piece in that moment, and it's just one minute and 52 seconds.

Stimming Like a Linguistic Weirdo

Here's what makes this like my autistic stimming:

Old-timey wording

Clumsy, uncommon permutations

Singing

Increasing drama (for me, usually for humor value)

Sometimes I like to swear like a sailor; sometimes I like to skew old-timey. I once unironically told a theater employee that "hooliganism is on the rise in the balcony" because some kids were being noisy during a movie.

And whatever else is going on, linguistically, I just love to play with it until it seems funnier and funnier. Can I make the wording more unlikely? Incredibly stilted? Can I make it sound like Ranier Wolfcastle? (Up and at them!) Can I sing it to an overwrought, dramatic tune? Like Pavarotti?

For all I know, Weasel (Bunny?) wasn't trying to be funny at all. But they made me smile so. big. that day.

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Ah! I don't know why I hadn't thought to look, but they've posted the lyrics themselves. Here they are in full:

Toad - Turkish Delite

Served as a treat

With coffee

And tea

Turkish delight

Oh oh pistachio

Turkish delight

Served as a treat

You're a little treat

Soft like a jelly chew

You're a little sweet

Powdered sugar residue

You're a little treat

Soft like a jelly chew

You're a little sweet

Powdered sugar residue

You're a little treat

Soft like a jelly chew

You're a little sweet

Powdered sugar residue

Gone get em gone get em gone

Get em gone get em gone

Get them gone

Get em get em gone

Get em get em get em get em

Get em gone

Get em gone

Get em gone

Get them gone

Get them gone

Get them gone

Get them gone

Turkish delight

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Turkish Delite

This was the first track that popped up when I went to Toad's YouTube page, and they were starting out strong in terms of challenging my tastes, if we were to go by TITLE ALONE.

Not that we would. I'm grown. Right?

<aside>...so I've had a grudge against Turkish Delight since my early 20's. I'm a very food-centric person. I couldn't get it out of my head since The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.

And then when I got some, it was so. disappointing.

But it has been almost 30 years, maybe it's time to give it another shot.</aside>

The Song

Most of these tracks don't have lyrics, at least discernible ones. This one's the exception. It's just a circussy, carnival rhythm and a deep, distorted voice speaking the sometimes-rhyming words:

Jelly chew

Delite

Served as a treat with coffee and tea

Turkish delite

Uh-oh pistachio

Yummy little treat

Soft like a jelly chew

??? little sweet

Powdered sugar residue

It might break into a little singing here and there. There's definitely a burst into melody at the very end, when (I think?) Weasel repeats:

Get 'em gone

Get 'em gone

Get 'em gone

Get 'em gone

Get 'em get 'em get 'em get 'em gone

(nearly operatic) Get them goooooone

**burst of vocal fry**

This last bit – this is the part that really won me over. I'd been smiling for most of the song, but this is so much like me stimming in my kitchen that I felt deeply connected to the piece in that moment, and it's just one minute and 52 seconds.

Stimming Like a Linguistic Weirdo

Here's what makes this like my autistic stimming:

Old-timey wording

Clumsy, uncommon permutations

Singing

Increasing drama (for me, usually for humor value)

Sometimes I like to swear like a sailor; sometimes I like to skew old-timey. I once unironically told a theater employee that "hooliganism is on the rise in the balcony" because some kids were being noisy during a movie.

And whatever else is going on, linguistically, I just love to play with it until it seems funnier and funnier. Can I make the wording more unlikely? Incredibly stilted? Can I make it sound like Ranier Wolfcastle? (Up and at them!) Can I sing it to an overwrought, dramatic tune? Like Pavarotti?

For all I know, Weasel (Bunny?) wasn't trying to be funny at all. But they made me smile so. big. that day.

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6 New Tracks

I realized kind of late in the game that Toad was releasing multiple new songs this past Thursday (two days ago). Somehow I thought it was a short-form video piece that was coming? IDK.

In any case, it's 6 new tracks that they refer to as "experimental." Which I think is definitely fair, after a listen. I've got a lot of thoughts track by track, but I'll get to that. To hear them all yourself, you can find them on their YouTube page. Other social media too, that's just where I typically go.

Experimental Schmerimental

So I don't have history of respecting experimental music. But I don't have a history of a lot of what's happening with me this year.

I've been undergoing specific, intensive therapy to treat complex, long-term trauma that caused symptoms and thought patterns which stubbornly refused to budge. I've been in talk therapy on and off for decades. This new round was multimodal, but mostly EMDR.

The thing about it being, I've come to see that many things I had disrespect or disdain for, I did so as a defensive reaction. And as old things healed up and stopped taking up brainspace, new and healthy and interesting stuff began to just – appear.

This is how I've come to be a multimedia artist out of the blue, and apparently now a fan of experimental music.

Now it's time to indulge in some more autistic joy and go analyze these tracks some more.

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This - fucking - GODLESS HELLSITE I SWEAR -

The other day I composed a whole post about Weasel's marionettes - he put up photos of their construction - and I hit post.

Came back later there was NOTHING.

OK. OK, I was angry. But I have ADHD and I'm used to assuming things are my fault.

But oh, no. No, today I go on my art Tumblr and I realize I never posted ANYTHING AT ALL about the piece I just finished that I've been working on since FEBRUARY.

So I put it all in one post, with progressional photos and everything, explaining how tiny each of his little horns are and each is made of teeny tiny pieces of Jupiter photos -

Post it -

"The network is flaking out right now."

THAT'S THE ERROR MESSAGE THEY GIVE ME.

Drafts? NO. Just GONE.

So, sorry, onionmusic boys. I will be back with more posts later, but tonight I am TOO MAD.

(They probably have yet to even find the message that I'm posting this page, LOL)

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