Music and lyrics?
'Because I don't like people. Hey, I programmed you to be intelligent.' Tony gives the robot a love-tap, and it obediently (fearfully?) backs off. Tony looks up into empty space. 'And you too. You're meant to be clever. Extrapolate.'
And that was as far as I got before I realise that, if my laptop could talk and think and had a voice like Paul Bettany's, I'd either never leave my room or break it apart in a psychotic rage. I was rewatching the scene in Iron Man 1 during which Tony works with his kids equipment -- the technology looks really dated now for all that the movie was made only a few years ago, but it struck me that, all else aside, here was RDJ playing a man who genuinely liked the technical extrapolations of his own mind more than other people. And in a way that wasn't so much narcissistic as... necessary. *files away for later*
Then I ran out of braincells and/or love for Iron Man and decided to compile some music with which to bribe you guys.
Hot Chip - Over and Over
Laid back, laid back / Laid back, we'll give you laid back
Over and over and over and over / Like a monkey with a miniature symbol
The joy of repetition really is in you
No lie: I love my repetition, I love my bizarre vaguely electro British people, and Hot Chip neatly fills this gap in my heart.
Beast - Mr Hurricane
I thought I was a victim / That people hated me
I never had a homeland / I had no safety
One day I saw a beast comin' / From across the sea
I never knew fear / Until he came for me
Can't really explain how kickass this song is, so you'll just have to download and listen to it. Her voice is way less emo than the lyrics would have you think. It's, uh, awesome? Awesome!
Mindless Self Indulgence - Bitches
Bitches love me 'cause they know that I can rock,
bitches love me 'cause they know that I can rhyme,
bitches love me 'cause they know that I can fuck,
bitches love me 'cause they know that I'm on time!
I'm no big fan of anything very loud and metalish or whatever, but Mindless Self Indulgence is so... full of... mindless self indulgence? that I can do nothing else other than turn it up and laugh horribly and enjoy every (fucking) minute of it. I MEAN, LOOK AT THOSE LYRICS.
The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
Well, you must be a girl with shoes like that / She said, You know me well
I seen you and little Steven and Joanna / Round the back of my hotel, oh yeah
Someone said you was asking after me . But I know you best as a blagger
I said, Tell me your name is it Sweet? / She said, My boy it's dagger oh yeah
The Fratellis, for me, suffer the failing of having all their songs sound the same, but therefore all their songs must sound identically bad ass. The lyrics to Chelsea Dagger = bestest thing ever?
No More Kings - Leaving Lilliput
My name is Gulliver / I've been lying here all day
Kept like a zeppelin / Tethered to the ground
So I won't fly away / Two thousand people
So much smaller than me / I'd dash them to pieces
If I could get my arms free
So, No More Kings is like a combination of dry laconic wit with disarming pop vibes rolled together into a joint of hilarity. LISTEN TO THIS SONG. LISTEN TO IT.
Calling for prompts! Any fandom, I beg of you. I need to be productive in a way that isn't introspective. Double points if you use one of the songs! :D
[EDIT] Tonight I had drinks at a place that sold mini-burgers at a dollar apiece if the local stock index closed below opening. MMM, THE TASTE OF RECESSION.
And that was as far as I got before I realise that, if my laptop could talk and think and had a voice like Paul Bettany's, I'd either never leave my room or break it apart in a psychotic rage. I was rewatching the scene in Iron Man 1 during which Tony works with his kids equipment -- the technology looks really dated now for all that the movie was made only a few years ago, but it struck me that, all else aside, here was RDJ playing a man who genuinely liked the technical extrapolations of his own mind more than other people. And in a way that wasn't so much narcissistic as... necessary. *files away for later*
Then I ran out of braincells and/or love for Iron Man and decided to compile some music with which to bribe you guys.
Hot Chip - Over and Over
Laid back, laid back / Laid back, we'll give you laid back
Over and over and over and over / Like a monkey with a miniature symbol
The joy of repetition really is in you
No lie: I love my repetition, I love my bizarre vaguely electro British people, and Hot Chip neatly fills this gap in my heart.
Beast - Mr Hurricane
I thought I was a victim / That people hated me
I never had a homeland / I had no safety
One day I saw a beast comin' / From across the sea
I never knew fear / Until he came for me
Can't really explain how kickass this song is, so you'll just have to download and listen to it. Her voice is way less emo than the lyrics would have you think. It's, uh, awesome? Awesome!
Mindless Self Indulgence - Bitches
Bitches love me 'cause they know that I can rock,
bitches love me 'cause they know that I can rhyme,
bitches love me 'cause they know that I can fuck,
bitches love me 'cause they know that I'm on time!
I'm no big fan of anything very loud and metalish or whatever, but Mindless Self Indulgence is so... full of... mindless self indulgence? that I can do nothing else other than turn it up and laugh horribly and enjoy every (fucking) minute of it. I MEAN, LOOK AT THOSE LYRICS.
The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
Well, you must be a girl with shoes like that / She said, You know me well
I seen you and little Steven and Joanna / Round the back of my hotel, oh yeah
Someone said you was asking after me . But I know you best as a blagger
I said, Tell me your name is it Sweet? / She said, My boy it's dagger oh yeah
The Fratellis, for me, suffer the failing of having all their songs sound the same, but therefore all their songs must sound identically bad ass. The lyrics to Chelsea Dagger = bestest thing ever?
No More Kings - Leaving Lilliput
My name is Gulliver / I've been lying here all day
Kept like a zeppelin / Tethered to the ground
So I won't fly away / Two thousand people
So much smaller than me / I'd dash them to pieces
If I could get my arms free
So, No More Kings is like a combination of dry laconic wit with disarming pop vibes rolled together into a joint of hilarity. LISTEN TO THIS SONG. LISTEN TO IT.
Calling for prompts! Any fandom, I beg of you. I need to be productive in a way that isn't introspective. Double points if you use one of the songs! :D
[EDIT] Tonight I had drinks at a place that sold mini-burgers at a dollar apiece if the local stock index closed below opening. MMM, THE TASTE OF RECESSION.