so i don't actually know any twenty one pilots songs and i know i could just go to youtube or whatever to see which ones are most popular but since you like them so much i figured i'd ask you for a recommendation on, um... let's say three songs of theirs you think i should check out to get a feel for their sound. just curious about them and knew you'd be a good rec resource. :) (a public reply on this is fine btw!)
okay ngl i saw this ask notification pop up and glanced over and saw âtwenty one pilotsâ and i clicked on this SO FAST i froze chrome for a second. TALK TO YOU ABOUT TWENTY ONE PILOTS, YOU SAY?????? donât mind if i do.
BUT HERE IS THE THING. I HAVE A LITERAL STARTER PACK FOR TWENTY ONE PILOTS.LITERAL. STARTER. PACK. DO YOU WANT THE WHOLE THING??? (if you want the whole thing i will facebook it to you cos it includes other sound bites and things.)
because honestly picking THREE songs alone to get a feel for them might not be enough??? you have obviously seen my affection for them on my blog, lmao.
but if i had to choose THREE AND ONLY THREE, i would pick:
from their self-titled album: kitchen sink (donât fret if you canât understand the rap his brother sings, LITERALLY TEN PEOPLE CAN DO IT). listen here
from vessel: migraine. this is the first song i ever heard by them, and itâs what got me into them. listen here
from vessel (originally released on their cd regional at best): guns for hands. this song means so fucking much to me because tyler always tells people to stay alive during this song, or tells us weâre all together, we can all beat whatever is making us feel like we canât go on. listen here
from blurryface: the judge. this one is a really good example of the cool uke work this band does, and the HIGH NOTE. listen here.
from blurryface: ride. this song just. really hits me in a way that is sometimes too fragile for me to listen to it? listen here.
ALSO their most popular song, i guess, is car radio, which is also REALLY GOOD and the one that i guess is the song most people heard first when they first heard of the band but my girl alienboy-jish hooked me up with migraine first, so thatâs what i associate with tøp when iâm thinking of new songs to give people to listen to.
but really, ALL their stuff is worth a listen because, okay, while you can TELL itâs all the same band, none of it really sounds super alike. like, you hear a fall out boy album or a beatles album and it all makes linear sense, but you listen to a twenty one pilots album and itâs like upbeat music with scarily relatable lyrics that sounds like it should be depressing but isnât, but then wait a minute thereâs a ukulele and some synth and itâs pretty happy and now hang on weâre screaming about being alone and wait I DONâT FEEL ALONE ANYMORE.Â
i honestly cannot put into words how much this band means to me. also their twitter accounts are hilarious (tylerrjoseph and joshuadun) and josh also has a tumblr, stillstreet. (ps you should also listen to addict with a pen AND NOW IâM DONE FOR REAL)
(oh shit wait and also lane boy because josh goes so hard on the drums iâm scared his arms will fall off)
(I TOLD YOU I COULDNâT PICK THREE SOBS)