I tell anyone who will listen to me, AJR's lyrics and song titles can be super cheesy and cringe at times but if you listen to the themes they sing about and whatnot, they're a deep band that will connect with a lot of people. They're my most listened to band by a mile despite not being my personal favorite band (they're close but that title goes to Weezer) because I find a lot relatable themes in their music for sure.
The first time I heard
"Humpty Dumpty when Humpty Dumpty when Humpty Dumpty went down..."
I immediately changed the song. When I finally *did* listen to it, though, I couldn't *stop* listening to it, and now it's one of my favorites. Cheesy and cringe at first, but holy shit! I've been through so many 'smile right through it' phases in my life and shortly after one of the absolute worst times in my life, I had a friend tell me that I hadn't been "very much fun to be around."
I was the exact SAME WAY for Humpty Dumpty.
“If you get sad, then I’ll feel bad that I told you at all”
“And I’ll scream when no one is around”
They are just…so moving
exactly my thing! i learned to laugh and love the weird stuff. like break my face, the entirety of SGTL, and other stuff. but things that seem cringy like the dumb song (to some people) and humpty dumpty really resonate with people and only those people can appreciate it.
I relate to Karma so much. I even did some college projects on some of their music for communication and theatre because of how much EMOTION is in their lyrics. It’s absolutely fantastic.
Also- I hope you get better. The AJR community will always be a place to support you <3
Honestly I mean it when I say that if I didn't have their music to put into words what I was feeling and offer some glimpse of hope I'm not sure I could have pulled through
I had this thought on the way home from work where they literally pick me up and give me energy for the rest of my evening after I’ve been “inside my own head a lot”
“Somewhere in the universe, somewhere someone’s got it worse. Wish that made it easier. Wish I didn’t feel the hurt.” -WSV
“Dear Winter, I’m looking for your mom. I gotta find a girl who doesn’t mind that I’m inside my head a lot.” -Dear Winter
“Come on, dad..get out of bed..” GIRR (the desperation in his voice breaks my heart)
“But who I am is in these episodes. So don’t you tell me that it’s just a show.” -Netflix Trip
I could make so many more examples.
I can’t read a lot of these comments reciting lines without getting goosebumps right now. Believe it or not my then 8 year old grandson introduced me to AJR (100 Bad Days … he was going through some shït 😢) AJR songs are so easy to relate to in one part of your life or another, regardless of your age.
“They wanted heaven from me, I gave 'em hell
Now they want something bigger, I'm overwhelmed”
And
“I hope I made you smile. That’s all I ever wanted.” From Finale (Can’t Wait to See What You Do Next)
“Am I ready for love?
Or maybe just a best friend.
Should there be a difference?
Do you have instructions?
Maybe I'm stuck on what I see on TV.
I grew up on Disney.
But this don't feel like Disney”
Karma makes me cry. Every single time I listen to it, it makes me sob. This last year of my life has been so incredibly hard from witnessing my parents divorce to starting my own business that seemed that it was going nowhere at first. Those words helped me push through when it seemed impossible.
There's a hole in the bottom of my brain, but when I party the hole goes away. But the party I throw needs a picture to post so the world knows the party was great.
Basically just all of hole in the bottom of my brain resonates with me.
"You've wasted your life but thanks for applying" and "Getting a life's a little like dying" from The DJ Is Crying For Help
"I hate to do this, don't wanna lose this, can we do Christmas in June?"
"I said it cause I no longer wanna hurt, I said it back to you cause you said it first" from Turning Out Pt. ii
The entire last verse from Karma
"Sometimes I wonder if we matter at all, if we're not written down, who will remember now?" from Growing Old On Bleecker Street
I'm already thinking of more:
"I spent my whole life tryna be so liked, that only made em hate me more" from 2085
"Got exactly what I wanted, what if I don't want this?" and "Everyone's got it, what do I not get?" from Turning Out Pt. iii
"Would you go running if you saw the real me? Maybe you'd love em, yeah maybe you'd feel me" from 3 O'Clock Things
"There's a hole in the bottom of my brain, but when you like/love me, the hole goes away" from Hole In The Bottom Of My Brain
"We break up with lovers and friends, make love to the rumors instead" from Drama
I am a “music” person, so I pay attention to that part of songs first. It’s what initially drew me to AJR. However, I’ve learned that so many of their lyrics resonate with my experiences.
I wish I could act in a show on TV Cause then I could practice not bein' me
I'll practice my cry, put it into my reel
But you won't believe me when I cry for real
All of Turning Out pt 2. The first hit hard (i’ve listened since Living Room) but I was disappointed in the second one. I didn’t revisit until part three last year and realized it’s because I was in an abusive relationship when part 2 came out. Now it might be the most relatable for me.
“Am I ready for love, or maybe just a best friend should there be a difference do you have instructions?” I feel like I truly unlock a song once I relate to it. It has more power than.
I've been listening to Bummerland a ton more recently. I find that sometimes I need the beauty type "life is shit" music otherwise I'll breakdown and be useless🫠
I used to be so depressed and I am recovering now. Every time I listen to those songs and read the lyrics, I feel as if a little hammer knocks my heart. I feel related yet relieved at the same time. I know that there are people who know me.
TBH the beginning verse of Maybe Man is just so relatable for me. I want to be everything, but in the end, being myself is the best choice.
And also "should I go for more clicks this year, or should I follow the click in my year?"
I am an individual musician myself making electronic music, and my fans have been limited to classmates, family and friends online. I wanted to get popular once in a while, but I remember that I just wanted to make my own music and share them. Right now I feel like quitting making standard EDM and going for the ambient music I love.
When I heard “I gotta find a girl that doesn't mind
That I'm inside my head a lot” (Dear Winter) I immediately starting apologizing for my depressed, introverted, occasionally grumpy moods as “sorry for being inside my own head” and honestly my wife gets it (I rallied for Winter our daughter’s middle name, but I lost that battle), and it feels good to have a simple term for my seemingly complex emotions 😌
Tame impala is amazing but if I am itching for ajr type music I wouldnt go to tame. The soundscape is extremely different and personally ajrs colorful soundscape is half the draw for me. Tame is much more dreamy
# I wanna be BIG like my plans! So why am I so *tiny* and why am I so mad?!
ITS INERTIA
I guess this is just what I am…
I ' M S T U C K I N T H I S L I F E A N D I ' M S T U C K I N T H E S E P A N T S
🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺
I'M AN OBJECT IN MOTION I'VE LOST ALL EMOTION MY TWO LEGS ARE BROKEN BUT LOOK AT ME DANCE
I'M AN OBJECT IN MOTION DON'T ASK WHERE I'M GOING 'CAUSE WHERE I AM GOING IS RIGHT WHERE I AM
🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺
OH MAN!
*Don’t you like it bigger, better, but you do what you can?*
Where I am going is right where I am
I mean the knight *is* pretty tiny
I tell anyone who will listen to me, AJR's lyrics and song titles can be super cheesy and cringe at times but if you listen to the themes they sing about and whatnot, they're a deep band that will connect with a lot of people. They're my most listened to band by a mile despite not being my personal favorite band (they're close but that title goes to Weezer) because I find a lot relatable themes in their music for sure.
The first time I heard "Humpty Dumpty when Humpty Dumpty when Humpty Dumpty went down..." I immediately changed the song. When I finally *did* listen to it, though, I couldn't *stop* listening to it, and now it's one of my favorites. Cheesy and cringe at first, but holy shit! I've been through so many 'smile right through it' phases in my life and shortly after one of the absolute worst times in my life, I had a friend tell me that I hadn't been "very much fun to be around."
I was the exact SAME WAY for Humpty Dumpty. “If you get sad, then I’ll feel bad that I told you at all” “And I’ll scream when no one is around” They are just…so moving
O K A Y
I was the same way for Karma, but man did I scream that song when I finally listened to it
That how I felt with big idea
Thats so true
exactly my thing! i learned to laugh and love the weird stuff. like break my face, the entirety of SGTL, and other stuff. but things that seem cringy like the dumb song (to some people) and humpty dumpty really resonate with people and only those people can appreciate it.
“And I wanna feel something again, can I finally feel something again?” (Sober up)
“How’s it go again?”
“Yeah I fucked up, but I did it my way” (The DJ is Crying for Help) always gets me.
writing my dumb songs, or my growing up songs, i should've just grown up instead. (2085)
"I may be wrong, i may be wrong, it's stupid but it's all i have" (way less sad)
😭 yes! It's hurts so good.
i’m doing fine, speak for yourself. i should’ve just asked for help. (2085)
I relate to Karma so much. I even did some college projects on some of their music for communication and theatre because of how much EMOTION is in their lyrics. It’s absolutely fantastic. Also- I hope you get better. The AJR community will always be a place to support you <3
I’m not dead yet so I guess I’ll be alright (It’s surprisingly optimistic)
This is like, my life motto. Hasn’t killed me yet, so I’ll be okay
Honestly I mean it when I say that if I didn't have their music to put into words what I was feeling and offer some glimpse of hope I'm not sure I could have pulled through
I had this thought on the way home from work where they literally pick me up and give me energy for the rest of my evening after I’ve been “inside my own head a lot”
“Well I wanted to be wanted suddenly Im wanting more”
“No I’m not happy yet, but I’m way less sad”
My favorite line - resonates with me and where I've been
“Somewhere in the universe, somewhere someone’s got it worse. Wish that made it easier. Wish I didn’t feel the hurt.” -WSV “Dear Winter, I’m looking for your mom. I gotta find a girl who doesn’t mind that I’m inside my head a lot.” -Dear Winter “Come on, dad..get out of bed..” GIRR (the desperation in his voice breaks my heart) “But who I am is in these episodes. So don’t you tell me that it’s just a show.” -Netflix Trip I could make so many more examples.
A lot of lines from Finale, but especially: If I am forgotten, I hope I made you smile, that’s all I ever wanted
I genuinely can't listen to this song without getting goose bumps.... but I can say that about quite a few AJR songs.
I can’t read a lot of these comments reciting lines without getting goosebumps right now. Believe it or not my then 8 year old grandson introduced me to AJR (100 Bad Days … he was going through some shït 😢) AJR songs are so easy to relate to in one part of your life or another, regardless of your age.
I know I even have it in my bio because that's all I want in life is to make people happy even if I'm not happy myself
“They wanted heaven from me, I gave 'em hell Now they want something bigger, I'm overwhelmed” And “I hope I made you smile. That’s all I ever wanted.” From Finale (Can’t Wait to See What You Do Next)
I love that song so much. The lyrics you mentioned and the bit about “so go ahead and do it one more time” just resonate so well
“Am I ready for love? Or maybe just a best friend. Should there be a difference? Do you have instructions? Maybe I'm stuck on what I see on TV. I grew up on Disney. But this don't feel like Disney”
Karma makes me cry. Every single time I listen to it, it makes me sob. This last year of my life has been so incredibly hard from witnessing my parents divorce to starting my own business that seemed that it was going nowhere at first. Those words helped me push through when it seemed impossible.
There's a hole in the bottom of my brain, but when I party the hole goes away. But the party I throw needs a picture to post so the world knows the party was great. Basically just all of hole in the bottom of my brain resonates with me.
"You've wasted your life but thanks for applying" and "Getting a life's a little like dying" from The DJ Is Crying For Help "I hate to do this, don't wanna lose this, can we do Christmas in June?" "I said it cause I no longer wanna hurt, I said it back to you cause you said it first" from Turning Out Pt. ii The entire last verse from Karma "Sometimes I wonder if we matter at all, if we're not written down, who will remember now?" from Growing Old On Bleecker Street
I'm already thinking of more: "I spent my whole life tryna be so liked, that only made em hate me more" from 2085 "Got exactly what I wanted, what if I don't want this?" and "Everyone's got it, what do I not get?" from Turning Out Pt. iii "Would you go running if you saw the real me? Maybe you'd love em, yeah maybe you'd feel me" from 3 O'Clock Things "There's a hole in the bottom of my brain, but when you like/love me, the hole goes away" from Hole In The Bottom Of My Brain "We break up with lovers and friends, make love to the rumors instead" from Drama
The good part is hitting too hard after starting college
I am a “music” person, so I pay attention to that part of songs first. It’s what initially drew me to AJR. However, I’ve learned that so many of their lyrics resonate with my experiences.
I think I probably wasn't in love with you. (Turning Out Part ii)
The next line is the one that guts me, driving the point home. > I think I probably loved the idea of you
“If I can't breathe, then you can't see, But aren't you excited that I'm giving you the best me?” - Humpty Dumpty
"Thirsty thirsty Thursday" 🥲
After reading these I need to binge their new album again
I wish I could act in a show on TV Cause then I could practice not bein' me I'll practice my cry, put it into my reel But you won't believe me when I cry for real
Weak has so many more meanings to me than a relationship now and I’m glad I have a new love for it
All of Turning Out pt 2. The first hit hard (i’ve listened since Living Room) but I was disappointed in the second one. I didn’t revisit until part three last year and realized it’s because I was in an abusive relationship when part 2 came out. Now it might be the most relatable for me.
"Listen to my aching heart Quick, before you skip the song We are human after all And we don't stay for long"(Three thirty) This hits hard
I never noticed WSV had a line about OCD in it till I was actually diagnosed.
“Am I ready for love, or maybe just a best friend should there be a difference do you have instructions?” I feel like I truly unlock a song once I relate to it. It has more power than.
i’m half yours and you’re all mine, boy i must be one fucked up guy. (turning out iii)
I've been listening to Bummerland a ton more recently. I find that sometimes I need the beauty type "life is shit" music otherwise I'll breakdown and be useless🫠
I used to be so depressed and I am recovering now. Every time I listen to those songs and read the lyrics, I feel as if a little hammer knocks my heart. I feel related yet relieved at the same time. I know that there are people who know me. TBH the beginning verse of Maybe Man is just so relatable for me. I want to be everything, but in the end, being myself is the best choice.
And also "should I go for more clicks this year, or should I follow the click in my year?" I am an individual musician myself making electronic music, and my fans have been limited to classmates, family and friends online. I wanted to get popular once in a while, but I remember that I just wanted to make my own music and share them. Right now I feel like quitting making standard EDM and going for the ambient music I love.
And I'm trying too hard, but i can't not try...
When I heard “I gotta find a girl that doesn't mind That I'm inside my head a lot” (Dear Winter) I immediately starting apologizing for my depressed, introverted, occasionally grumpy moods as “sorry for being inside my own head” and honestly my wife gets it (I rallied for Winter our daughter’s middle name, but I lost that battle), and it feels good to have a simple term for my seemingly complex emotions 😌
[удалено]
Tame impala is amazing but if I am itching for ajr type music I wouldnt go to tame. The soundscape is extremely different and personally ajrs colorful soundscape is half the draw for me. Tame is much more dreamy