It is that time of year once more where I let you all know that my 2023 Spotify playlist has been completed.
I discovered a good few artists this year, and I have gone back to listen to them more often than not.
New albums from BABYMETAL, Q-Rabbit, HANABIE, Superflat and Sparkly Night.
Some classics mixed in there too.
Enjoy!
And you can listen back to all the playlists that I have made since 2017 here:
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![[The JukeBox] #93 – Alter Bridge – The Other Side](https://padraig.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/alterbridgetheotherside.jpg)
Initially, I wasn’t sure if I was going to post about this or Metalingus since they are both good songs, but I have been enjoying ‘The Other Side’ a lot more recently.
The Other Side is a 2016 hit from American band, Alter Bridge. Most wrestling fans would be familiar with Alter Bridge as Metalingus became a household hit with Edge’s entrance in WWE.
In 2022, Edge turned heel (An evil/bad person) and debuted a new theme to go along with a new look and persona. That theme would be The Other Side.
With that, he formed a new stable in WWE called “The Judgement Day” initially adding Damien Priest, Rhea Ripley and Finn Bálor to the group. After only a couple of weeks, Edge was ejected from the group.
Edge went back to Metalingus after some time off and basically went back to the old persona. The Judgement Day continues to use The Other Side today as a stable theme. Each person within The Judgement Day (which now includes Dominik Mysterio & JD McDonagh) have their own individual theme.
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[Verse 1]
Just step into the dark, it’s waiting
Take your vow, it’s time
Time for you to meet your maker
Playing God tonight[Pre-Chorus]
You’re insane, have you gone too far
Who’s to blame for what you are[Chorus]
If you believe yours is the only way
Then you’re a fool who lives to die
Well you deserve the hell you’re gonna pay
On the other side
Once you reach the other side
Once you reach the other side[Verse 2]
The trigger warm, anticipating
The ritual’s begun
You think that heaven’s gates are waiting
But only hell will come[Pre-Chorus]
You’re insane, have you gone too far
Who’s to blame for what you are[Chorus]
If you believe yours is the only way
Then you’re a fool who lives to die
Well you deserve the hell you’re gonna pay
On the other side
On the other side
Once you reach the other side[Bridge]
Fade to black, you’ll see in time
You will only be deniedFools will only be denied
There will be no paradise
Fools will only be denied
There will be no paradise, yeah[Chorus]
If you believe yours is the only way
Then you’re a fool who lives to die
Well you deserve the hell you’re gonna pay
On the other side
On the other side
Once you reach the other side[Outro]
Once you reach the other side
There will be no paradise
Once you reach the other side
There will be no paradise, yeah
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![[The JukeBox] #92 – Mariya Takeuchi – September](https://padraig.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mariya_takeuchi_love_songs.jpg)
It’s time for Mariya’s hit parade.
(Yes, I know I’m posting this in October… I was busy OK)
September, released in August 1979 on RCA Records label and was part of the 1980 album LOVE SONGS. It spent over half a year within the Oricon Top 100 charts for 1979 and won the “Best Newcomer Award” at the 1979 Japan Record Awards.
There isn’t much to say but I like the song. You can’t go wrong with Mariya.
[No Spotify… The album looks to be geolocked to Japan. I have reached out to Sony via Twitter and asked them to add it]
I jumped into the door of the train
Chasing after your mustard yellow shirt
I know I shouldn’t be
So I hid when you turned around
The city’s been colored in with crayons
I run along, my tears stained from it too
I know you’re meeting up with someone older
September And then you
September Turned into fall
You cast a shadow over my heart
As if your summer sunlight was dimming
September And now September
September Is a land of goodbye for us
The knot holding our love together is coming apart
My tears become the leaves on the treesI wanna meet her so I can ask
For her to give him back to me
But I can’t, I’m too timid– my lips freeze over
September And then you
September Turned into fall
The fact that we can’t even talk now
Is proof that you’re over me
September And now September
September Is a land of goodbye for us
The moon’s the loneliest color
Of all the seasonsTomorrow I’ll give you back the Dictionary you lent me
The way you can tell the only word I cut out was “Love”
Is “good-bye good-bye”
September And then you
September Turned into fall
Being the only one to have my feelings hurt
That was the kindness you left behind
September And now September
September Is a land of goodbye for us
I’ll never wear these tricolor beach clothes
Ever again
karashi-iro no shatsu oinagara
tobinotta densha no doa
ikenai to shirinagara
machi wa irodzuita kureyon ga
namida made somete hashiru
toshiue no hito ni au yakusoku to shitte’te
September soshite anata wa
September aki ni kawatta
natsu no hizashi ga yowamaru you ni
kokoro ni kage ga sashita
September soshite kyuugatsu wa
September sayonara no kuni
hodokekakete’ru ai no musubime
namida ga ki no ha ni naruatte sono hito ni tanomitai
kare no koto kaeshite ne to
demo dame ne ki no yowasa kuchibiru mo kogoeru
September soshite anata wa
September aki ni kawatta
hanasu koto sae naku naru nante
watashi ni akita shouko
September soshite kyuugatsu wa
September sayonara no kuni
meguru kisetsu no irodori no naka
ichiban samishii tsukikarite ita Dictionary ashita kaesu wa
“Love” to iu kotoba dake
sore ga Good-bye Good-bye
September soshite anata wa
September aki ni kawatta
watashi hitori ga kizutsuku koto ga
nokosareta yasashisa ne
September soshite kyuugatsu wa
September sayonara no kuni
torikoro-ru no umibe no fuku mo
nido to kiru koto wa nai
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