PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, Privately Commissioned 7 Color Screen Print On Pearlescent Paper. APs On Sale

i must have a crap ton of space between my ears because it took me this long to figure out why some folks (myself included) may not have recognized "Somebody Super Like You" as a rework/musical mutilation of "Phantom's Theme"

The chord progression of Phantom's Theme's verses is altered slightly in Somebody Super, so the brunt of the similarity comes from the "i-VI-i-VI" heard at the very start of each verse - and from a musical standpoint, those chords on their own aren't terribly unique. You can hear them in the guitar riff of Echoes and the overture to ALW's Phantom Of The Opera, among oodles of other examples.

Interestingly, within the film, the progression is also in the verses of "Old Souls" (albeit in the key of C minor), which'd lead one to think that Somebody Super and Life At Last were both ripping it off, just different parts of it, when this wasn't actually the case

The similarities between Somebody Super and Phantom's Theme would've been made obvious during the bridge, which introduces a key change and a contrasting, major chord progression, kept identical in both songs. Issue being: the bridge of Phantom's Theme wasn't included in the film, likely for the sake of pacing. it's a creative decision that 100% made sense for the scene, but would unfortunately have musical repercussions later down the line.

probably common knowledge but that's my autism for the day

oghhggh winslow were really in it now arent we

fandom wide mandate that everyone has to re-watch the source material in steady intervals to minimize intense fandomization of tropes and characterizations that happens when people go without new source material for too long

Carrie projecting her period cramps onto Freddy

Phantom of the Paradise, 1974, dir. Brian De Palma 

there's this channel I watch on youtube that is just a guy in his studio with like 30 synths and some cymbals and mics and trippy lights and he posts a new 30+ minute track of ambient synthesizer music. He makes some really interesting rhythms and some bizarre patches and it is absolutely mesmerising to me. Sometimes it'll be spacey, sometimes it'll be some tangerine dream type thing going on, every time it seems like he's just having the most fun someone could have with a bunch of synths and I think that's the best

hey somebody come get your bird he’s out of control

phantom brain on faust boosters

They’re so peculiar