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The 30-Day Song Challenge

Day 06 - A Song What I Can Always Relate To

What's Up Fatlip by Fatlip

I'm on the record as saying that What's Up, Fatlip has some of the realest lyrics in the genre. Here's a song from a guy who hasn't really made it - he was in the group The Pharcyde but hasn't had much of a solo career - and is putting his thoughts on why he feels like a loser, giving an honest look into his mental and emotional state - which considering the climate is a nice, rare change of pace. It comes off as more honest than, say, Started From the Bottom which is just masturbatory bullshit or one hit wonders talking about their lifestyles and their shitty spending habits.

But the reason I can relate to this is because I've felt the same was as Fatlip has, obviously not to the full extent - I've never been a rapper or anything, but there are lyrics that can and have described my own thoughts on, well, myself.

Over the years seems like I'm gettin' dumber
Reminiscing to a time when I was younger with a hunger
Full of dreams, determination, self-esteem

I remember when I had lofty career goals and this idea that I was gonna be bigger than what I am. I didn't 'settle' as some people see it, but I did have to reign it in and get a healthy dose of reality.

Ain't got no homies that got my back
Yeah I'm a brother, but sometimes I don't feel black

I don't have many actual friends in my life anymore, I've moved on and 'bought in' or whatever the terms that used to be flung around are. I am black but constantly it takes people by surprise because "I don't act it" which always made me feel odd because that's a strange thing to tell someone.

See. I been a loser just about all my life
Type that tryna turn a ho into a housewife
What do you expect, I give respect

Self explanatory, really.

I make myself sick, get on my own nerves
Immature, insecure grown up nerd

It's really that last part that always hits home. I can be fairly immature and while I've dealt with my insecurities, they definitely were an issue in my younger days. And I mean, I'm into science fiction, movies, video games, Korean entertainment, and anime at age twenty nine. I'm a grown up nerd. And you just have to look at my posting history on this board or if you've seen me on Discord to know that I'm plenty immature. Granted, Fatlip is delving into his self esteem and depression issues but I can still relate to him in ways that resonate with me.

What's Up, Fatlip is often too real for me but that's why I think it's great.

The 30-Day Song Challenge

Day 05 - A Song What Has New Meaning Whenever I Listen To It

Teen Angst by M83

I dunno this is a weird one because most songs are pretty fuckin blatant unless they're intentionally bullshit vague or else sung by a mush mouthed fucker - and people already mentioned Bohemian Rhapsody and Smells Like Teen Spirit so natch.

But like I dunno M83 is great and this song sounds kind of happy in the instrumentation but then the lyrics are not happy and then on second listen the music could be seen as melancholy or wistful longing and it's just like whatever. It's open for the individual.

The Unpopular Opinions Thread.

Margot Robbie is an average actress.

@Dynamo Frokane

Man, you're way too nice my dude.

Netflix is a god damn waste of money.

I would've agreed with you like two years ago but their original shows are often great - and not just the whatever Marvel shows people praise. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was great. But then I share my Netflix membership with like five co-workers so I have to pay like next to nothing so that's coloring my opinion. It's better than Hulu at the very least.

In regards to Overwatch: Bastion and Winston mains are trolls, Junkrat needs a nerf, and Roadhog needs a shirt.

@OneWayOut

Anyone who has a main is a bad player and should stop. You don't main characters. You play roles.

The Topic to Bitch About and Rave About Movies and Film

This is a real movie that is being released to the public

SOMEONE GAVE PEOPLE A BUDGET AND SAID "YEAH THIS IS WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR STUDIO"

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Hi hi I'll work on a character

The 30-Day Song Challenge

Day 04 - A Song What Reminds Me Of Something Sad

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

I don't have a lot of good memories with my family. My parents have never agreed with certain...let's say 'lifestyles' that I live. My dad hates that I married an Asian woman, my mom hates anything other than the 'norm' and assumed I was just going through a phase even as I broke the news of my then-engagement once it became legal in my state. My grandmother even once called me up and told me to vote against the legalization of same-sex marriage in the state, and both she and my mother blame me for decisions my cousin has recently made in regards to his transitioning. There's not a lot of love between my immediate family and myself. I've never seen so many frowning faces at a wedding before.

I hate U2 as a band. Like I think they are boring, pretentious, and not particularly memorable in any capacity. Bono sustains himself on a diet of his own sense of self importance and anyone calling themselves The Edge after the age of 14 needs a slap in the face. But my dad? My dad loves U2, specifically the earlier days of U2 - anything after 'Achtung Baby' he describes as "them going faggy". I had to listen to a lot of the Joshua Tree album growing up because it was an album of choice on road trips and casual drives. I hated it, but I couldn't really do much of anything about it.

Over the past few years my dad has had a rough couple of patches. He's had two heart attacks. His diabetes is severe. He's had to have two toes amputated because of his poor dietary habits and sedentary lifestyle. His mother, my grandmother, recently had a stroke and his family issues are being brought back (my dad's siblings pretty much hate each other because they argue over who the favorite was and shit like that) and on top of everything he, while driving to see his mother in the hospital, blacked out behind the wheel. He was in such a worry over his mother that he didn't do anything about his low blood sugar that morning. He blacked out and got into a car crash.

He's lost his license. He nearly lost his life. He's on the cusp of losing his job. Despite my parents and their thoughts on me, they're still my parents and I don't want to be that person that can't forgive their parents even on their deathbed. So after hearing about the accident and everything I offered my services until a more permanent (read: bus pass) solution. I would wake up early, travel the distance to my parents' house and take my dad to work. I was hoping it would help us fix the rift that exists between us.

The first day of this, of me driving him to work, I'm flipping through the radio and making small talk how I never got to decide the music on a drive and how the roles had been reversed. Just trying to be light and airy. One radio station was playing U2's classic 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' and I was going to change it, but I remembered how much my dad loved the song and the album it came from. So I left it on. And I turned it up. And I started to sing the words.

"Shut the fuck up, Fabricant, let the man sing," my dad responded and I shut up. But the first verse ended and from the passenger seat I heard "I stillllll haven't found what I'm lookin' forrrrr." My dad was singing the song. And I joined him. It was the first real bonding moment we'd had since I was a child. The two of us just sang the song together, our voices terrible but it didn't matter.

The song ended and it's quiet in the car. My dad looks out the window and says "I thought you hated U2." So I shrugged my shoulders and answered. "They've got a couple songs that aren't so bad." He just snorts and says "I didn't raise you completely wrong after all". And that sort of stopped the conversation dead.

This song always brings me to that moment and it always makes me sad because in my twenty nine years on this planet it's the closest my dad has ever come to saying "I love you" and "I'm sorry" and "I accept you". I do love my parents, somewhere deep down, but sometimes it's a wonder why I bother giving them olive branches.

I suppose in a way...I still haven't found what I'm looking for.

Official RPG Crush Thread

@SouffleGirl123 & @VKAllen step right up for some fanfiction. This will be more Tina Belcher inspired.

Their song: youtube.com/watch?v=pdag4mdVVeM

VK ran up to Souffle out of breathe. He grabbed her by the shoulders frantically trying to pull her out of the nightmare before them. "Souf! Souf! Look at me, babe!" he yelled. Her eyes snapped over to him and a wide smile spread across her face. She looked more excited than he'd ever seen and he couldn't understand why. "What's wrong? Did you do get bitten?" he asked checking her over for any bite marks.

SouffleGirl shook her head laughing, "I was just thinking about how I'd always dreamed of a zombie boyfriend. If you let yourself get bitten, then I'd finally succeed in having touched a zombie boys butt," she said with a sigh as he began to pull her away.

He bit his lip and thought about what she had just said. If he allowed himself to get bitten would she find him to be the perfect man? Would he finally be the guy she'd always fantasized about. He shook his head to clear the thoughts, but they kept gripping at the edge of his mind. They had finally made it to a hide out, and climbed through the broken window. It was dark by this time, but they didn't dare turn on any lights. They sat down in a corner and tried to figure out a plan to get out of the zombie infested city. It wasn't long before VK and Souffle began to talk about him turning into a zombie.

"If that's really want you want...I'll do anything to make you happy," he said to her when they heard a crash.

VK took a deep breath and went to check it out. He knew what it was, but if this was what she wanted he would oblige. They'd been dating for a couple years now, so maybe it wasn't so much him she was bored with, but the aspect of their whole relationship. It was a non stop repeat daily. Maybe this would spice things up. He turned the corner and came face to face with Zombie.....@Fabricant451, a long lost friend. When the zombies started attacking VK had lost touch with Fab. Seeing Fab now brought tears to his eyes. He didn't even mind the biting. After a couple zombie minutes Fab and VK found their way back to Souffle.

She jumped up a little concerned. "VK and Fab? Do...do you think it's too much if I touch both your butts at once?" she asked shyly. When they groaned a response she took a step forward and grabbed their butts slowly. "I guess now I can finally date you both. One zombie isn't enough, I want both."



With unison groans VK and Fab both realized that this threesome was something only Souffle could dream up. Not wanting to disappoint her they obliged and the three of them lived together in their hide out for a couple days as a happy threesome, until VK got jealous and decided to turn Souffle into a zombie. Fab not being a fan of zombie lovers took everything and left.

VK groaned an apology, to which Souffle responded with an butt grabbing. The two of them began their new life as a zombie couple and lived happily ever after.

@arockysmith

It brought a tear to my eye

The 30-Day Song Challenge

Day 03 - A Song What Makes Me Laugh

MFN by Cibo Matto

Cibo Matto was always kind of a weird band but weird in that catchy, funky, fun kind of way. It's the brain child of two Japanese women, Miho Hattori and Yuka Honda, the former of whom was the first voice of Noodle in Gorillaz. In 1999 they added Sean Lennon (John Lennon's son) and Timo Ellis and performed as a quartet and released 'Stereo Type A' their second album (Viva La Woman, their first, is an amazing album too). In 2014 Cibo Matto released a new album with just Yuka and Miho called 'Hotel Valentine' and it's a 'concept album' in very loose terms about ghosts and aliens that stay in a hotel. Because Yuka Honda and Miho Hattori are kind of fucking crazy in the best possible way and a concept album about ghosts and hotels is just par for the course with Cibo Matto.

MFN (Motherfuckin Nature) makes me laugh for a couple of reasons. The first being that they got Reggie Watts to guest for like fifteen seconds of him playing a trumpet sound and a minor voice spot. The second because it's a song about a ghost being an asshole in a hotel sandwiched between a song about isolation being the norm or whatever.

Yo, I'm a ghost, I'm stuck in this place
Don't chase me, I blazed a joint while you were deep with sleep
Cuz the room service was dead slow, it got no flow
You ate oyster, lobster, french bread and butter
You hallucinated, liberated, fascinated, vibrated, tolerated
The chocolate melted

And the part that always makes me laugh is just the visual image of Miho shouting

Don't tell me "what the hell?" I'm a ghost
Don't throw the fucking oyster shell at me

Just...a ghost being pissed that housekeeping is throwing oyster shells at him because he's an asshole.

It makes me laugh and also the world needs more Cibo Matto. Keep on being fuckin crazy awesome you beautiful people.