The club is bumping….
Ari’s Listening Club | 02.19.2024
Buenos días!
Damn, February sure is flying by. Anyway, welcome to all the new folks that so kindly subscribed to my newsletter :) Literally got fourteen new folks! I truly appreciate it! And I really hope I keep with this little passion project. With that being said I know it says Ari’s listening club lol but if you ever want to tell me to do more of a certain genre lmk orrrrrr you can send me some of your favorite songs and I’ll include it in the playlists :)
Also, I do have a playlist that I switch out with the songs of the week so follow/like it here. I also have all 232 songs that have been included in every playlist so far, which you can follow/like here.
Alright, getting to this week's theme… It's synth-pop(?). I’ve been listening to it non-stop and it’s one of those genres that never gets old for me. Hit shuffle on this one!
The club is bumping, the ladies look good, the alcohol is flowing. There is much pain in the world but not in this room right now
Space Age Love Song by A Flock of Seagulls — OKAY imagine someone creating a cute little montage video of you to this song??? idk that’s pretty heckin’ cute
Lips Like Sugar by Echo & the Bunnymen — Who doesn’t like sugar kisses?
Temptation - Alternative 7” Mix by New Order — It sucks that Ian Curtis committed suicide, which ended Joy Division, but idk then we wouldn’t have gotten New Order and this wouldn’t be one of my favorite songs in the world.
Goodbye, Horses by Q Lazzarus & Garvey — When I was taking exams about a year ago this was one of the songs I would play on repeat.
(I’ll Never Be) Maria Magdalena by Sandra — Idk it was just ash wednesday last week, gotta honor the catholics I guess
Voyage voyage by Desireless
Behind the Wheel by Depeche Mode— I couldn’t make up my mind on a Depeche Mode song so I asked my friend what her favorite song was. This was one of two. The other was Blasphemous.
Images of Heaven by Peter Godwin — This is one of my favorites. Fun little fact, it did not get uploaded into Spotify up until last year so I could only listen to it on Youtube for I think the past 5 years since I first found it.
So In Love by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark — Heaven is cold // Without any soul // It's hard to believe // I was so in love with you
Watching Trees by Eleven Pond
Always on My Mind by Pet Shop Boys — This has become a queer anthem. It has been in 3 queer films that I’ve watched within the past 3 years. So yeah idk this song just holds a special place in my heart. There’s a series called Veneno (2020), which is a docu/biopic series of Veneno/Cristina Ortiz Rodríguez, a Spanish trans woman. They did a really good job at hiring trans women to play her at different stages in her life. Anyway, there is a scene where Veneno is dancing on the dance floor to this song by herself but the way it’s shot shows Veneno at different ages. I sobbed when I first saw this scene and I still do. Idk it just does something to me. If you wanna watch the scene you can watch it here. I think if you watch the entire series up to that point it makes more sense.