#wywh

Inspired by this absolute banger of a cover that made me feel so much when I first laid my eyes on it.

[i love it] mainly because it made me realize how high the possibility is of this song being about Roger. Like I remember I was sitting in my room listening to it, and when those three lines were sang-

-I was like hmmmmmm it's about him isn't it

And I generally think this version is more genuine, which is contradictory to it's title, and the vibes of the released one, and THAT'S what makes it the more unique one out of the two for me.

So, on a closer look:

The "Released In 1975" version is, well, perfect. It fits perfectly with the title, it sounds like a mechanism thanks to every aspect of it: the bass, the drumming, the piston (?) sounds throughout the whole song, the pressure, Roger's voice and a second, deeper voice behind it with a slight delay- yeah I love this song. And still it manages to have such an emotional element in it like an acoustic guitar. And I also really like the key solos they're super duper cool. And yeah the emotion portrayed in this one is . . . Complicated to say the least. The combination of this broken voice with the whole song being so artificial and electronic, with the acoustic guitar being the only other emotional thing here, is just so deep y'know (bro this analysis just became a whole lot more cringe . . . ). So I'd call this emotion "silent raging tragedy" because I don't think I know a fitting word for it.

The "Released 50 Years Later" version is . . . Very very different to say the least, it's got no "mechanism" vibe, no "warm voice among cold machinery" thing, but it's called differently too for that matter: machine song. It sounds much softer, which I think fits the overall vibe of this version. This song is based solely around acoustic guitar, which is considered to be a very emotional instrument, and, as opposed to the original, the voice in this one is more crying, when the original is already broken. It's got no sharp elements and no distinct instrument solos, it starts quietly, it ends quietly. Might I say, it's a completely different song! I think that due to the fact that a song that is a metaphor on the government machine and generally the controlling world is very emotional in this case, it portrays an emotion different to the first version. I'd describe it as simply, "silent crying".

To compare the two generally, the 1975 version ('75 ver from here on) sounds colder than the 2025 version (2k25 ver from here on). It works on the element of contrast between a lone human voice surrounded by emotionless machinery, while the new one works on it feeling like the last emotional thing on earth, with machinery coming in only at the end. It sounds like a logical sequence, kinda . . .

Doesn't remind you of anyone, no?

i tried to force myself to write a smaller scale story, since my brain always goes to big- and this was what i ended up coming up with. the original concept that i had that gave me a burst of energy was to write a story about collecting some magical macguffin items, in this case for a magical grant-all wish, like many stories do— but never show these macguffins in action… The act of NOT being important is exactly what made them important. The full intent of the story is to show how wishing and dreaming for your future is important… but it should also not be so important that you lose track of the good things you already have right in front of you.

Since i grew particularly fond of my designs and my bond between the two, I’ll also share my original first draft drawing I made before fully writing them, to help me visualize further the concepts for what I wanted to do with their characters… and a drawing I made after concepting their brother-sister dynamic.