Like, I really love a lot of music. There’s some songs I just adore. But then there’s some songs that I have a really intense emotional reaction to. Like songs that just make me feel excessively seen or understood. Like one is 1950 by King Princess Another is Freakin’ Out on the Interstate by Briston Maroney Feel free to share yours, I just really like hearing music that makes others feel as intensely as I do ! level 1 Off the top of my head: Grace Petrie - Black Tie be steadwell - Greens Mary Lambert - When You Sleep (I got proposed to to this song - she politely asked to take a walk with me, took me to the woods to propose, read a 3-page speech, and managed to time all that so an alarm went off on her phone and played the song exactly as she went down on one knee.) Any cover by a woman - Rude (originally by MAGIC!, 100% patriarchal bs when sung by a man, heartbreaking when you make it gay) level 1 I have a bunch, even made a playlist, but some of the more reasonable are: Same Mistakes - James Blunt No Rain - Blin Melon Cold Little Heart - Michael Kiwanuka Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears Addict - Cairo My Life is Going On - Cecilia Krull level 2 Idk if you ever checked out any other blind melon songs, but my opinion is that they’re the most underrated band of the 90s. They have SO much more than just No Rain ♥️ level 1 Take me to church by Hozier. The line "we were born sick, I heard them say it" hits home as an autistic asexual butch from a different country that just wants to be normal. level 2 'We were born sick but I love It command me to be well' HITS. level 1
For butch/gender stuff, it's San Cristobal by Mal Blum. They sing this line from their lover's point of view, "Your body looks to me a way it never has before/And is this what's making you so sad and what you did this for?" It punches me in the gut every time I hear it. Outside of gender stuff is pretty much anything by Lucy Dacus. Next of Kin is probably my favorite. "I used to be too deep inside my head/now I'm too far out of my skin" I mean come on what a line. level 1 For My Lover- Tracy Chapman level 1 Complexion (Zulu Love) by Kendrick Lamar makes me very emotional as a person with black ancestry. level 1 I have a lot of those songs but as a butch specifically Human Sadness by Julian Casablancas + The Voidz hits hard Growing up masculine, I was treated more like a son by my abusive father, so I feel quite distant from most songs depicting toxic father/daughter relationships. This one is from a son's perspective, and refusing to forgive the father but longing for a reality where they had a good relationship. The sheer amount of emotion in the vocals and guitar is insane. It flickers between anger and self doubt, something that I feel a lot of butches have (unfortunately) too much experience with I recommend watching a lyric video for it, since some parts can be hard to understand level 1 Fierce: 32 flavors Ani DiFranco Bold: chemical imbalance by the skate nigs. I actually have a line tattooed on me to remind me. Existential: only by NIN Fuck yeah: what the hook gone be by Murphy Lee and co Deep: becoming sneaker pimps or dissolved girl by massive attack Music is the soundtrack to my life If anyone is into remixes check out acid arab If anyone is into disco check the future disco podcast. It's on SoundCloud level 1 thoughts and prayers by black dresses i want to be well by sufjan stevens level 1 Hello, My Old Heart by the Oh Hellos. Gets me every goddamn time. level 1 Human nature - michael jackson Stranger In Moscow - Michael Jackson Soul one - blind melon Hard sun - Eddie vedder Better - Cody fry/Cory wong level 1 Talk to me now —ani difranco. You will never know —imany level 1 I wish you liked girls by Abbey Glover, Please Don't Go by Abbey Glover, She by Dodie, Rue by girl in red, Youth by Daughter, Clementine by Halsey, Walk Away As the Door Slams and Crybaby by Lil Peep, Aneurysm, All Apologies, and Sappy by Nirvana. level 1 I don’t think I can emotionally handle a deep dive into The Songs for me personally but OP, 1950 gives me such a wonderful feeling. I’m going to listen to it now. Thanks! level 1 Twisted (everyday hurts) - Skunk Anansie |