#tmbg thoughts

[particlelady]

Good people of the TMBG cult fandom, please tell me about your non-standard* favourite** TMBG songs. What are they, and why?

*no actual definition of this. My suggestion would be 'doesn't break the top 10 on TMBW' (would have said 5, but somehow Doctor Worm is currently #6 and I would definitely consider that a standard favourite) but I think it is easier just to say - use your judgement and no one is allowed to yell at you, I just want to know.

**doesn't have to be your #1 song, I don't want anyone's head to combust trying to figure this out. Just one you really, really like and think is under-appreciated.

[andthisisthethanksyouget]

I'm still thinking a bit too much about @particlelady's question about favorite, unpopular songs. I'm definitely posting too much about this but I was reminded I didn't consider rarities in my answer.

My number one rarity is Our Cannibal Friends, it came to me at a time I needed it and was and still is comforting through such a morbid metaphor. I Haven't Been Right Yet also was interesting because it was my second Dial-a-Song and was a surreal experience to hear over the phone. Rocket Ship almost feels like cheating since Spiraling Shape is in the top ten but the alternate lyrics are so random and fun they get my imagination going (similarly to the complete song). I love It Never Fails in the way a baby claps its hands and giggles when you do a funny voice.

[particlelady]

husband: why are you smiling so much

me: listening to tmbg

husband: which song

me: oh actually it's, uh, just them talking between songs

[particlelady]

Thought for today: I feel like TMBG fans can be largely categorised as those who a) see themselves in JL; b) aspire to be JF; or c) both

[particlelady]

Further thought: godddd Flans' singing on Sleep's Older Sister is so beautiful, that is all

[particlelady]

Social risk of listening to TMBG through headphones in public: being unable not to smile and/or laugh weirdly for no apparent reason while walking along

[particlelady]

listening to TMBG just makes me feel at home in a way I never feel anywhere

[particlelady]

Further thought: no band I am aware of other than TMBG accurately reflects what it feels like to exist as someone like me in this world. This is almost never by spelling things out explicitly. It's just consistent resonance with things that are difficult to articulate.