Song Saturday 2 - Bullet For My Valentine
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shadowhiveSo I knew when I started this I wanted to fit Bullet in there somewhere so here they are.
Bullet For My Valentine are a metal band from Wales and they’ve been going for some time now. I got into them after someone recced them to me (on lj I think) and I got there self titled EP (LP? It was short) and then when their first album, The Poison, came out I went to a signing of theirs at the big hmv. At the time I was shy, plus I hadn’t put names to faces so I didn’t say too much.
The first video is from that album, Tears Don’t Fall.
So ignoring the crazy chick with no regards for road safety the main thing from it is the band playing in the rain, because wet Welshmen are always good because Unf.
Which brings me to another reason I wanted to do Bullet at some point which is Jay James the bassist/screamer. Now I thought all the guys were pretty hot (to varying degrees) but I developed a fixation on Jay that’s never really gone away. It’s a shame, then, that he left the band (for reasons still unknown) and has pretty much disappeared. It makes me pretty sad.
It’s also pretty sad that there’s next to no fic of them, other than ones I’ve poked people into doing. (Especially since they’ve done things like *gestures at icon*)
Anyway the second vid is Waking The Demon, from Scream Aim Fire their second album.
The main story is set in a school (an American one for some reason) with a kid getting bullied, with him marking off a calendar to a full moon. You can guess why,
The band performance side is much like Tears, sans rain and it has Jay with long hair which is his hottest look.
I think part of the reason I decided to do Bullet now is because it got mentioned that it’s Matt’s birthday a few days ago. He’s the singer and he’s a bit... insufferable. He comes off as a tad arrogant, and when it’s a full band interview he used to do all the talking. (To the point in a few you can tell that Jay is bored/irritated which I suspect is why he left).
The band’s best album, annoyingly perhaps, is the last one Gravity, which came out several years ago when I was in a really bad place. It felt like every song on there resonated with how I felt, which was really... strange. One of the songs inspired the name change of my tumblr, from Shadowhive to leftmetodrown.
So yeah, like before lemme know what you think and such.
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Ironically since snowflake is about memes here’s one. Frompushkin666
1. Comment on this post by saying Rhubarb! in the comments and I'll pick three things from your interests, tags or profile post (include a link if you like).
2. Make a post in your journal (or comment here) and talk about the words/phrases I've picked.
Bob Bryar
Bob Bryar was the drummer of My Chemical Romance, which I’m sure many of you know. Like with Jay though he left the band and there’s never been a clear reason as to what happened (though I suspect it wasn’t his choice if his seeming bitterness is anything to go by).
When he was in the band I liked him, the guys spoke highly of him (especially in life on the murder scene) and he was another connection to The Used (being one of their techs) and Fall Out Boy (being from Chicago, and I seem to recall some connection with Patrick maybe?), although those seemingly are missed in fic. I liked how soft his voice was and his eyes. He looked best with long hair (cause yeah, I have a type).
Eurovision
I think the best way to describe Eurovision to people that haven’t seen it is by this from a few years ago. It’s called Love Love Peace Peace and it’s a humorous take on what the show is all about.
The Eurovision Song Contest is, as the name suggests, a song contest that started with European countries (though it’s become a tad more... flexible over recent years). It started as a unity project, to bring all the nations together and it’s largely succeeded in doing that. The biggest act to win Eurovision is ABBA.
Usually it’s an annual thing, though because of lockdown it sadly didn’t go ahead. Usually though, it’s a spectacle and it’s always a fun night. Some songs are good, some songs are... less good. The voting is at times more political than based on merit (people voting for neighbours) and the uk almost always comes towards the bottom alas.
Whole shows are available on youtube if you won’t to see, though it’s a pretty long time commitment (though you can fast forward the voting). Alas the youtube ones don’t have the commentaries which is a shame, because what makes the uk version so fun is the snarky commentary from Terry Wogan or more recently Graham Norton.
Harry Potter
To many people Harry Potter is a big part of their childhood and the books got them through a lot. Which is why, in recent times, people have had their hearts broken because JK a has become transphobic (or more open about it). Thankfully I never read them.
When it came out I was not, in the slightest, interested. It didn’t register on my radar at all. It wasn’t until mum got a video of the first one and we watched it that I become interested. Because let’s be honest, the films are pretty good (bar the few odd plot holes).
My favourite of them is Goblet Of Fire, aka the year everyone looked good cause long hair. (See a pattern.) I’ve been to the Potter exhibit, cause mum got tickets for one of her birthdays. It was nice, though I didn’t care much on the butterbeer.
So yeah if any of you wanna ask about my interests let me know and I’ll add them here too
Edit: additions under the cut
Fromturps
Perry The Platypus
So someone on Twitter ages ago mentioned perry the platypus and ?I was curious. I had no idea who they were and it wasn’t until I got Disney XD (for Star Wars Rebels) that I actually saw who he was.
Perry the platypus is a character from the Disney show Phineas and Ferb. If you have Disney+ I definitely recommend it! It’s essentially a show of two halves. The one half is the titular characters who are brothers who, every episode, decide to do a thing and then do it. Such things have included making a beach or creating a huge rollercoaster. The boys have a pet platypus called perry and inevitably ask ‘where’s perry’
The other half of the show is about Perry, who has the alter ego Agent P and has to stop Doctor Doof from taking over the tri state area with his inators. Perry is awesome and funny and kicks ass. And the show as a whole is so funny.
While the shows are usually half an hour (with two eps) there have been some special long episodes too including Halloween, Christmas, Star Wars and Marvel.
Porgs
Porgs were introduced in Star Wars Episode VIII The Last Jedi and they’re cute birds that live on the planet Ach-to, where Luke has exiled himself. Porgs are so cute and, as such, have a lot of merch for them. I have plushies, funkos and even Lego ones.
When I went to one of my exams I stopped in TK Maxx on the way home and there was a huge one which I ended up getting (he’s about as large as my chest) and I called him Perry, the rebel porg. He’s upstairs on my bed and I give him cuddles some nights when I need one.
Shadowhunters
I got into Shadowhunters pretty late, mostly because of seeing people talking about it on twitter/tumblr. I’ll be honest that one of the main draws was seeing Magnus and Alec kiss and it’s even better if you see it happen.
I’m trying to think how best to describe the show and the basics is there’s this group of people called shadowhunters who protect the world from monsters. There’s also vampires and magic users among others And some of those are bad guys but most aren’t which I think is pretty good. It’s on Netflix if you wanna check it out
skinwalker asked me about
Invader Zim
I never saw the show when it was on tv and only did when I found downloads for the whole series. It’s about the titular character Zim, who has been sent to earth with a robot GIR (who is hilarious). As the title suggests his role is to take over the earth but he doesn’t do a few good job at that. The only person that seems to realise he is an alien is his next door neighbour Dib, who tries to thwart his plans and expose him (though no one believes him).
I haven’t seen the eps in ages cause I lost the downloads and they don’t seem to be on any streaming service, which is odd cause there’s a film of it on Netflix which is pretty fun.
Bullet For My Valentine are a metal band from Wales and they’ve been going for some time now. I got into them after someone recced them to me (on lj I think) and I got there self titled EP (LP? It was short) and then when their first album, The Poison, came out I went to a signing of theirs at the big hmv. At the time I was shy, plus I hadn’t put names to faces so I didn’t say too much.
The first video is from that album, Tears Don’t Fall.
So ignoring the crazy chick with no regards for road safety the main thing from it is the band playing in the rain, because wet Welshmen are always good because Unf.
Which brings me to another reason I wanted to do Bullet at some point which is Jay James the bassist/screamer. Now I thought all the guys were pretty hot (to varying degrees) but I developed a fixation on Jay that’s never really gone away. It’s a shame, then, that he left the band (for reasons still unknown) and has pretty much disappeared. It makes me pretty sad.
It’s also pretty sad that there’s next to no fic of them, other than ones I’ve poked people into doing. (Especially since they’ve done things like *gestures at icon*)
Anyway the second vid is Waking The Demon, from Scream Aim Fire their second album.
The main story is set in a school (an American one for some reason) with a kid getting bullied, with him marking off a calendar to a full moon. You can guess why,
The band performance side is much like Tears, sans rain and it has Jay with long hair which is his hottest look.
I think part of the reason I decided to do Bullet now is because it got mentioned that it’s Matt’s birthday a few days ago. He’s the singer and he’s a bit... insufferable. He comes off as a tad arrogant, and when it’s a full band interview he used to do all the talking. (To the point in a few you can tell that Jay is bored/irritated which I suspect is why he left).
The band’s best album, annoyingly perhaps, is the last one Gravity, which came out several years ago when I was in a really bad place. It felt like every song on there resonated with how I felt, which was really... strange. One of the songs inspired the name change of my tumblr, from Shadowhive to leftmetodrown.
So yeah, like before lemme know what you think and such.
*
Ironically since snowflake is about memes here’s one. From
pushkin6661. Comment on this post by saying Rhubarb! in the comments and I'll pick three things from your interests, tags or profile post (include a link if you like).
2. Make a post in your journal (or comment here) and talk about the words/phrases I've picked.
Bob Bryar
Bob Bryar was the drummer of My Chemical Romance, which I’m sure many of you know. Like with Jay though he left the band and there’s never been a clear reason as to what happened (though I suspect it wasn’t his choice if his seeming bitterness is anything to go by).
When he was in the band I liked him, the guys spoke highly of him (especially in life on the murder scene) and he was another connection to The Used (being one of their techs) and Fall Out Boy (being from Chicago, and I seem to recall some connection with Patrick maybe?), although those seemingly are missed in fic. I liked how soft his voice was and his eyes. He looked best with long hair (cause yeah, I have a type).
Eurovision
I think the best way to describe Eurovision to people that haven’t seen it is by this from a few years ago. It’s called Love Love Peace Peace and it’s a humorous take on what the show is all about.
The Eurovision Song Contest is, as the name suggests, a song contest that started with European countries (though it’s become a tad more... flexible over recent years). It started as a unity project, to bring all the nations together and it’s largely succeeded in doing that. The biggest act to win Eurovision is ABBA.
Usually it’s an annual thing, though because of lockdown it sadly didn’t go ahead. Usually though, it’s a spectacle and it’s always a fun night. Some songs are good, some songs are... less good. The voting is at times more political than based on merit (people voting for neighbours) and the uk almost always comes towards the bottom alas.
Whole shows are available on youtube if you won’t to see, though it’s a pretty long time commitment (though you can fast forward the voting). Alas the youtube ones don’t have the commentaries which is a shame, because what makes the uk version so fun is the snarky commentary from Terry Wogan or more recently Graham Norton.
Harry Potter
To many people Harry Potter is a big part of their childhood and the books got them through a lot. Which is why, in recent times, people have had their hearts broken because JK a has become transphobic (or more open about it). Thankfully I never read them.
When it came out I was not, in the slightest, interested. It didn’t register on my radar at all. It wasn’t until mum got a video of the first one and we watched it that I become interested. Because let’s be honest, the films are pretty good (bar the few odd plot holes).
My favourite of them is Goblet Of Fire, aka the year everyone looked good cause long hair. (See a pattern.) I’ve been to the Potter exhibit, cause mum got tickets for one of her birthdays. It was nice, though I didn’t care much on the butterbeer.
So yeah if any of you wanna ask about my interests let me know and I’ll add them here too
Edit: additions under the cut
From
turpsPerry The Platypus
So someone on Twitter ages ago mentioned perry the platypus and ?I was curious. I had no idea who they were and it wasn’t until I got Disney XD (for Star Wars Rebels) that I actually saw who he was.
Perry the platypus is a character from the Disney show Phineas and Ferb. If you have Disney+ I definitely recommend it! It’s essentially a show of two halves. The one half is the titular characters who are brothers who, every episode, decide to do a thing and then do it. Such things have included making a beach or creating a huge rollercoaster. The boys have a pet platypus called perry and inevitably ask ‘where’s perry’
The other half of the show is about Perry, who has the alter ego Agent P and has to stop Doctor Doof from taking over the tri state area with his inators. Perry is awesome and funny and kicks ass. And the show as a whole is so funny.
While the shows are usually half an hour (with two eps) there have been some special long episodes too including Halloween, Christmas, Star Wars and Marvel.
Porgs
Porgs were introduced in Star Wars Episode VIII The Last Jedi and they’re cute birds that live on the planet Ach-to, where Luke has exiled himself. Porgs are so cute and, as such, have a lot of merch for them. I have plushies, funkos and even Lego ones.
When I went to one of my exams I stopped in TK Maxx on the way home and there was a huge one which I ended up getting (he’s about as large as my chest) and I called him Perry, the rebel porg. He’s upstairs on my bed and I give him cuddles some nights when I need one.
Shadowhunters
I got into Shadowhunters pretty late, mostly because of seeing people talking about it on twitter/tumblr. I’ll be honest that one of the main draws was seeing Magnus and Alec kiss and it’s even better if you see it happen.
I’m trying to think how best to describe the show and the basics is there’s this group of people called shadowhunters who protect the world from monsters. There’s also vampires and magic users among others And some of those are bad guys but most aren’t which I think is pretty good. It’s on Netflix if you wanna check it out
skinwalker asked me about Invader Zim
I never saw the show when it was on tv and only did when I found downloads for the whole series. It’s about the titular character Zim, who has been sent to earth with a robot GIR (who is hilarious). As the title suggests his role is to take over the earth but he doesn’t do a few good job at that. The only person that seems to realise he is an alien is his next door neighbour Dib, who tries to thwart his plans and expose him (though no one believes him).
I haven’t seen the eps in ages cause I lost the downloads and they don’t seem to be on any streaming service, which is odd cause there’s a film of it on Netflix which is pretty fun.
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Date: 2021-01-24 04:55 pm (UTC)It's a shame that there's not more fic. Obviously, the foundations were there.
Eurovision is made of win!
As for Bob. I loved him early on, still love fandom!Bob. But still hold a grudge about the things he said about Mikey during the whole Sarah situation.
I won't play the meme myself as I've way behind in updating my interests, like, years behind, but tell me about perry the platypus, porgs and shadowhunters
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Date: 2021-01-24 06:52 pm (UTC)It is!
I feel so bad for him there sad an interview with him for AP recently and he just come off Assad
I rambled a bit about them
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Date: 2021-01-24 05:59 pm (UTC)for the interests thing, talk about invader zim!! i miss that show ;_;
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Date: 2021-01-24 06:48 pm (UTC)Aww I do too! I just added it
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Date: 2021-01-24 07:11 pm (UTC)jay is definitely the cutesti watched some of the eps on youtube and dailymotion last year! idk if they've been deleted by now tho
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Date: 2021-01-24 07:26 pm (UTC)Jay is really the cutest!
Aww yay! I’ll have to looksee
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Date: 2021-01-24 08:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-01-24 08:34 pm (UTC)I’ve done a few bullet fics here, though not too many alas (although some are dark)