#ecouter bien

so i had this ask sitting here for days... i'm changing slightly the list bc otherwise i would put only tk albums and that would be boring 😂 so more like 5 important albums in my life rather than top 5:

il mio canto libero / lucio battisti: so when i was a little kid (from 5 yo on) i used to hang in my father's studio where he liked to listen to music and i would make many requests, including this album. it's titled as one of his most famous songs and yet to me will always be "the album of the hands and feet" bc that is what was on the cover and back. is italian pop music from the 70s my genre? absolutely not, but this album still slaps.

spice / spice girls: elementary school me loved them! they were such a phenomenon back then and you couldn't escape them. one of my mother's friends gifted me the cassette but i really didn't have anything to listen to it (other than in my mother's car). i was later on gifted their second album on cd and their movie on christmas (which i adored lol)

californication / red hot chili peppers: we are time skipping the middle school period (that was still about pop, got into madonna a bit but no album made an impact during this period) and land on high school years where my taste shifted to rock. around 2002 when by the way came out i got into rhcp, even if i truly clicked with californication. the son of my mother's partner at the time used to listen to it a lot so i was at least aware who they were and about the existence of this album but i got interested in it only when i discovered it on my own!

self titled / audioslave: this is special bc it's the first album i bought with own pocket money! i was so happy to buy it bc it felt special somehow, it wasn't a gift and it wasn't a b*rned cd so it felt so good. like a stone is still a song that has such a grip onto me... it speaks to me on a personal level that very few songs can. a couple of days ago i was getting chinese take out with my mother and it came on the radio as soon as we reached our destination, i made her wait so we could listen to it lol.

whew ok sorry for the late response but here goes! (in no particular order really)

obviously their 2019 glasto headliner was absolutely incredible. A solid setlist delivered with power and joy. add in the bonus of special guests and great covers and it really makes for one hell of a show (not to mention the sinful teasing of him rolling up his sleeves before atttid...help).

live from royal albert hall. full offense but i Will fight anyone who says his vocals are bad at this show or that he seemed timid. every time i hear human i always yell "LONDOOOONNNN" internally because that performance is so iconic. i adore that version of i can't stay with the long piano outro (and a capella), and the cool interlude in bling where he runs up into the balcony?? the band was absolutely crushing it, how can anyone say it's a bad show lol also sweet talk during the encore. enough said.

yeah festival in argentina. the energy in this sam's town era show is very different from their recent sets, but it's definitely my fave from the st era. the setlist itself is 🔥, from the intense opening, to the really cool acoustic tranquilize. there's a real rawness to the vocals and you can really see how brandon worked hard this era to improve his stage presence.

glasto 2005. it's nice hearing some hf deep cuts that they rarely play now, plus some offerings from sawdust. not to mention the "i don't feel like fucking her no more" version of all the pretty faces.

for battle born era i'm partial to the ncaa march madness show, but a lot of that is because i think brandon looks like such a snacc and am so weak for that red letterman jacket and his soft hair. the only video of the full set doesn't have the best audio quality, unfortunately.

OKAY FINE FI - JUST, YK, MAKE ME DO A HEALTHY THING.  I’M FINE WITH THAT. I’M COOL.

I like that I have become more patient as the years have gone by - this was not easy and i still work on it all the time. Yays!I like my attention to others’ feelings - I place high value on being a good friend, and yet the spectrum-y brain does not make it easy to note those ‘feelings cues’ things!  I WORK AT THAT.  and it’s working, apparently :)

I like that I have become more dedicated to self-care.  I used to put myself dead last.  Now I’m starting to take care of my health, mental and physical.  Like an actual adult (in my *cough* 50s!)

I like that being drawn down a spiritual path is something I haven’t remained complacent about, but rather I study and work at it daily.  I challenge my preconceptions, and the study challenges me!

Ahhh thank you fi, you are too sweet!! 🥺

1. an album you can’t stop listening to lately

sorry tk, but this one goes to screen violence by chvrches. there are only like 2 that i was kinda neutral on, but even they have grown on me the more i listen. definitely much more aligned with my tastes: darker themes and lyrics hidden under big choruses you just wanna belt mixed with some nice synth and guitar work. chef's kiss

13. if you could talk to any musician, who would it be? what would you want to say?

oh gosh. well of course i would love to meet brandon and explain just how much tk's music has meant to me and all of the things i've gained from it. but i'd also love to ask him about his songwriting and some of the technical parts of how he comes up with the melodies and stuff, i find it so fascinating!

23. name a song that you associate with being sad

top 3 (bc i can never choose just one of anything lol): never going back again by fleetwood mac, fix you by coldplay, and both sides now by joni mitchell

27. name a song that you wish was longer

my god by the killers....the fact that it's the shortest song on the album is absolutely criminal

34. pick one of your favorite bands/artists and choose a song by them that you associate with each season

i did tk last time, so i'll go with bleachers:

spring: stop making this hurt. honestly just because it came out in may right after my semester ended, so i had plenty of time to just listen to it on repeat outside, enjoying the weather when it was still nice summer: rollercoaster. super upbeat and fun, the perfect summer bop. fall: wake me. there's a quality to the guitar and the bridge and the lyrics that makes me want to just be snuggled under the covers with a cup of hot cocoa next to me while it's grey and chilly outside winter: everybody lost somebody. even though the sax makes this feel big and bold and summery, the lyrics are dark and raw and reflective of loss which i just associate with winter

thank you!! ☺️ another album that i love p much every song lol