So apparently the Star Wars version of space jazz is called “jizz” and there’s a musical instrument called a “jizz-box” and Threepio auditioned to perform on this instrument at a cantina named (I shit you not) “The Wookie’s Codpiece.”
Thank you, Wookieepedia for…enlightening my day with this information.
Ahem. Honestly, Star Wars.
My series of reactions here: 1. This cannot be real 2. Of course this is real
My reaction:
1. I am not in the least bit surprised this is real.
The beginning of We Know The Way is actually in two different languages – the first verse is Samoan while the chorus is Tokelauan, one of the native languages of composer Opetaia Foa‘i. The English verses were built around the Samoan and Tokelauan lines, which roughly translate to:
We are voyagers called by the great god of the sea, Who puts up a challenge. We take up the good challenge, So get ready. Oh, oh! There is land up ahead. A bird in flight to take us there, Oh, oh! This beautiful land, The place I was looking for, we will make our home.
The Sound of Silence is probably one of my favorite songs ever. When speaking of the “true” Simon and Garfunkel version (as opposed to the version where they added background music to in post to make it more “pop radio”), it’s a song that gives me chills.
Disturbed is not a band that I really enjoy. I remember in college, my (now) wife gave me a copy of a Disturbed CD, because she had two for some reason. I tried to listen to it, I really did. Didn’t do anything for me.
But this? Holy fuck, this is stunning. This is amazing.
This gives me chills.
Holy shit, you have to listen to the whole sing.
I have chills.
Holy SHIT.
This is the band who did “Down With The Sickness”????
UM?????
If you stop before three minutes you’re missing the truly mind-blowing bit
Not necessarily what you’d expect from a (stereotypical) metal band, right? Esp. this one if you only heard their first album; I dunno about you, but it makes me feel better knowing there’re big tough-looking metal guys out there on my side who feel the same way I do about some of these things, down to the passionate yelling.
(ETA: I’m not a hardcore fan, just going off what’s in the music. But hey, I’m catching up on the 2015 album now and that’s promising too from what I’ve heard so far.)
Interviewer: So, Mr Loaf…
Meat Loaf: please, call me meat
Medieval: often ignored, shy, secretly gay, likes to stay in the same place all the time, dreams of being a monk
Renaissance: loves to dance, likes fancy things (but not too fancy), nobody else could pick them out in a crowd but everyone is friendly to them
Baroque: very particular about everything, draws immensely detailed doodles, gets super side-tracked on pointless tangents, everyone’s distracted dad friend
Classical: very neat bedroom, makes bad puns constantly, has a 9-5 job, everyone’s helpful but slightly exasperated mom friend
Romantic: can never make up their mind about anything, gets shivers when they go to art museums, cries a lot (and you’ll know about it), sad bisexual (TM)
Impressionist: super gay, loves music that isn’t in their native language, cries easily, just wants to have a good time
Early Modernist: just like Romantic but also does drugs and is afraid of but also super interested in sex
Serialist: angry at everything, “you don’t understand my torment”, probably a communist
Neoclassical: wants to be just like classical but has never gone to sleep before 1AM, keeps a very neat bedroom except for a single massive pile of clothes in the closet they refuse to acknowledge, occasionally steals Renaissance’s hoodies
Total Serialist: 500% angrier than serialist and proud of it, has never had fun, has probably killed someone
Academic Avant-Garde: has never done the same thing twice, trusts nobody else, has an on-again-off-again relationship with total serialism
Minimalism: loves technology, still wears Google Glass and the Apple Watch, meditates for fun, trying to learn Hindi (and horribly failing), often incomprehensible to everyone else but is actually super friendly
Polystylism: originator of the term “pastel grunge”, wears immensely clashing outfits, steals everyone’s looks, memes
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