February 2024 - Tumblr Posts
February 10, 2024
song #5
Dancing on glass by Mötley Crüe
It was released in 1987 in their album Girls Girls Girls
Fun fact: mod gremlin has traumatized their sibling with the inner sleeve of the vinyl record from this album
February 22, 2024
song #17
Jump by Van Halen
it was released in their album 1984 in you guessed it 1984 (shocker)
Fun fact: In the 2011 book MTV Ruled the World: The Early Years of Music Video by Greg Prato, Angelus discussed the video. "'Jump' really was just about personality, really. It was a very simple video. We shot it for nothing. David wanted to incorporate his karate-flipping - that he loved so much - into the whole thing. Seriously, I think that we probably spent more money on pizza delivery than we did on the video itself.
February 11, 2024
song #6
Happy Face by Jagwar Twin
It was released as a single on December 21, 2020
Fun Fact: A circus could point towards the idea that we, as humans, are constantly “putting on a show” to make others around us perceive us in a certain way. Perhaps it means we’re all just putting on an act for the entertainment of others. This brings us to the clowns and masks that are shown. Does this explain that people mask their feelings and don’t always show their true emotions? Known for disguising themselves, clowns paint their smiles on.
February 12, 2024
song #7
One Vision by Queen
It was released in 1986 in their album A Kind Of Magic
Fun fact: The final line is an in-joke from Freddie Mercury, where he shouts "Fried chicken!" instead of "one vision."
February 23, 2024
song #18
Ashes by The Longest Johns
It was released in June 2020 in their album Cures What Ails Ya
Fun fact: Ashes is about how sometimes people expect folk music to have a certain role, and the fact that rather than trying to keep a phenomena (like folk music) alive, they would rather worship the ashes of it until it's dead and gone.
February 13, 2024
song #8
Pay Me Back by Rare Americans
It was released in July 11, 2018
Fun Fact: "Pay Me Back" conveys a sense of betrayal and resentment towards someone who has taken advantage of the narrator. The song reflects the narrator's anger and frustration, as well as their realization that this person's actions will likely lead to self-destruction.
February 24, 2024
song #19
Heaven’s On Fire by KISS
It was released in 1984 in their album Animalize
Fun fact: the song is one of only a select few from the bands' non-makeup era that has been performed live after the band returned to wearing makeup.
February 14, 2024
song #9
Modern Love by David Bowie
it was released in 1983 in his album Let’s Dance
Fun Fact: Bowie said Little Richard, who was his "earliest rock hero", was an inspiration for "Modern Love", specifically the call-and-response sections
February 15, 2024
song #10
Believer by Imagine Dragons
it was released in February 1, 2017
Fun Fact: Overall, Believers is about someone who finds meaning in the pain of life. It has a personal meaning. This song is a declaration of someone who has gone through great pain in his life but learned important things about himself through those experiences.
February 28, 2024
song #20
I’m in love with my Car by Queen
it was released in their album a night at the opera in 1975
Fun fact: When it came down to releasing the album's first single, Roger (who wrote the song) was so fond of it that he locked himself in a cupboard until it was agreed that it would be the b-side to the album's first single Bohemian Rhapsody.
This is a part of the fuckboy loser appreciation week that is being held by @allthe-queens-men
February 16, 2024
song #11
Who Made Who by AC/DC
it was released in 1986 in their album with the same name
Fun Fact: this album was the soundtrack for the Steven King movie Maximum Overdrive
February 29, 2024
song #21
Little Lion Man by Mumford&Sons
it was released on August 11, 2009
Fun Fact: "Little Lion Man" is a unique song, a combination of self-reproach and painful regret over rollicking high-tempo banjos. While frontman Marcus Mumford says the song was written as a reflection on a personal experience, he has never elaborated.
February 17, 2024
song #12
iNSaNiTY by CircusP
it was released in 2011 in their album Lucid
Fun Fact: The lyrics speak of an unfulfilled life that is slipping through the cracks, of a heart evaporating with no beginning or end, and of a "dark outline" that is too far gone from the light. The chorus emphasizes the protagonist’s lunacy and inability to break away from their own destructive cycle—the meaninglessness of their life. The song speaks of a longing for a purity, a light in the darkness that could save them, if only for a single moment. Ultimately, the song is about realizing one’s own descent into madness and the terror and desperation of being unable to escape.
February 18, 2024
song #13
Richard hung himself by D.I.
it was released in 1986 in their album Team Goon
Fun Fact: I can’t find anything on the song but here’s something about the band’s name
The band's name initially stood for "Drug Ideology", but now, the initials no longer have any meaning.
February 19, 2024
song #14
Mama’s boy by Dominic Fike
Release in 2023 as a single
Fun fact: The lyrics suggest that the protagonist feels like he is not on the same level as his mother who is portrayed as being made of plastic, while he is just made of blood.
February 20, 2024
song #15
Spark in the Dark by Alice Cooper
it was released in 1989 in his album Trash
Fun fact: The album features many guest performances including Jon Bon Jovi, Stiv Bators, and singer/guitarist Kane Roberts, as well as four of the five members of Aerosmith.
February 21, 2024
song #16
Tongues & Teeth by The Crane Wives
It was released in 2012 in their album The Fool in Her Wedding Gown
Fun fact: The song comes from the perspective of a manipulative femme fatale who brags and mocks her lover with admitting she will abuse and steal from them until they’re no longer useful to her while also implying she has done this many times before
February 22, 2024
song #17
Jump by Van Halen
it was released in their album 1984 in you guessed it 1984 (shocker)
Fun fact: In the 2011 book MTV Ruled the World: The Early Years of Music Video by Greg Prato, Angelus discussed the video. "'Jump' really was just about personality, really. It was a very simple video. We shot it for nothing. David wanted to incorporate his karate-flipping - that he loved so much - into the whole thing. Seriously, I think that we probably spent more money on pizza delivery than we did on the video itself.
February 23, 2024
song #18
Ashes by The Longest Johns
It was released in June 2020 in their album Cures What Ails Ya
Fun fact: Ashes is about how sometimes people expect folk music to have a certain role, and the fact that rather than trying to keep a phenomena (like folk music) alive, they would rather worship the ashes of it until it's dead and gone.
February wrap up
we know we didn’t do all of February but we did a wrap up that includes top three of the most liked and disliked songs, most and least votes and the average amount of votes for this month.
Out of 21 the top three most voted songs this month were
I’m In Love With My Car by Queen with 121 votes. It was chosen by Mod Gremlin.
2. One Vision also by Queen with 86 votes. It was chosen by Mod Gremlin.
3. Curses by The Crane Wives with 28 votes. It was chosen by Mod Secret
The Three least voted were
1. With only 6 votes it’s
Happy Face by Jagwar Twin
2. A tie each having 8 votes it’s
Rockstar by BoyWithUke chosen by Mod secret
and
Richard Hung Himself by D.I. chosen by Mod gremlin
3. Another tie both with 9 votes we have
Who Made Who by AC/DC chosen by Mod gremlin
and
iNSaNiTY by CircusP chosen by Mod secret
The top three most liked songs were
(the ones with the most amount of yes)
1. A tie for first place both of them having 92.9% yes are
Curses by The Crane Wives chosen by Mod secret
With 28 votes.
And Jump by Van Halen chosen by Mod gremlin
With 14 votes.
2. Second place with 92.3% was
Heaven’s On Fire by KISS chosen by Mod gremlin
With 26 votes.
3. coming in third place with 91.9% was
One Vision by Queen chosen by Mod gremlin
It had 86 votes.
The bottom three were
(the ones that had the least amount of yes)
With only 41.7% (it was tied with it was ok) was
Little Lion Man by Mumford & Sons chosen by Mod secret.
It had 12 votes
2. With 44.4% was
iNSaNiTY by CircusP chosen by Mod secret.
It had 9 votes
3. With exactly 50% we have
Pay Me Back by Rare Americans chosen by Mod secret.
It had 10 votes
Average amount of Votes
the average amount of votes on a poll was 23 votes we hope to raise that eventually. But for our first month that’s pretty good
Thank you guys for all your support - Mods secret and gremlin