LogFAQs > #943546624

LurkerFAQs, Active DB, DB1, DB2, DB3, DB4, DB5, DB6, Database 7 ( 07.18.2020-02.18.2021 ), DB8, DB9, DB10, DB11, DB12, Clear

Topic List	Page List: 1
Topic	Johnbobb ranks 113 User-nominated Villain Songs [TOP 10]
Johnbobb 08/18/20 7:51:43 PM #53:	4. Stan Source: Eminem Villain: Stan Nominator: Player 0 Favorite lyric: I can relate to what you're saying in your songs / So when I have a shitty day, I drift away and put 'em on / 'Cause I don't really got shit else so that shit helps when I'm depressed / I even got a tattoo of your name across the chest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU9DzMhdeEo Villainy: 9 Characterization: 10 Melody: 9 Total: 28/30 I remember being a white suburban middle schooler first discovering rap music, and then hearing this song. I don't think I even knew how to react to this. It felt so personal and heavy in a way I wasn't used to hearing in any of the music I'd listened to. Again, I was a middle schooler, so this was like the new level of deep. I really give Player 0 props for nominating this, because it's not one I would've even thought about. Part of that is because it's hard to think of Stan as a villain. His story is sad. He's clearly obsessed to the point of madness, though it's also obvious he's not entirely mentally stable. The best thing this song does is present a full, detailed picture of who Stan is and how he's driven toward the climax of the song, and what makes this more powerful is that we get all of it directly from Stan's own words, only learning as much as he's willing to tell. He writes about being abandoned by his abusive father, the suicide of a close friend, his relationship with his pregnant girlfriend, his self-harm, and most of all his obsession with Eminem and constant justification for why he hasn't gotten a letter back. Then we get the climax, and goddamn if it wasn't hard to decide how "villainous" this is. Stan locks his pregnant girlfriend in the trunk, gets drunk and drives his car off a bridge. And part of me wants to rate the action lower because Stan very, very clearly isn't mentally clear here, but he also goes into the specific desire to make her suffocate to "suffer more" before she dies. Mental disorder just isn't enough to stop that from being one of the most villainous mindsets on this list. I think the weakest part of the song is the final verse from Eminem himself, which is something that really went down for me over time. He uses it to justify himself, give bad, shallow advice, joke about the self harm, and eventually come to his realization of what's happened, and it kinda works but not quite. Still, overall one of the best things Eminem has done, and one of the darkest songs on this list. --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:943546624] in Johnbobb r... [t:78917259]...</cite> <quote> 4. Stan Source: Eminem Villain: Stan Nominator: Player 0 Favorite lyric: I can relate to what you're saying in your songs / So when I have a shitty day, I drift away and put 'em on / 'Cause I don't really got shit else so that shit helps when I'm depressed / I even got a tattoo of your name across the chest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU9DzMhdeEo Villainy: 9 Characterization: 10 Melody: 9 Total: 28/30 I remember being a white suburban middle schooler first discovering rap music, and then hearing this song. I don't think I even knew how to react to this. It felt so personal and heavy in a way I wasn't used to hearing in any of the music I'd listened to. Again, I was a middle schooler, so this was like the new level of deep. I really give Player 0 props for nominating this, because it's not one I would've even thought about. Part of that is because it's hard to think of Stan as a villain. His story is sad. He's clearly obsessed to the point of madness, though it's also obvious he's not entirely mentally stable. The best thing this song does is present a full, detailed picture of who Stan is and how he's driven toward the climax of the song, and what makes this more powerful is that we get all of it directly from Stan's own words, only learning as much as he's willing to tell. He writes about being abandoned by his abusive father, the suicide of a close friend, his relationship with his pregnant girlfriend, his self-harm, and most of all his obsession with Eminem and constant justification for why he hasn't gotten a letter back. Then we get the climax, and goddamn if it wasn't hard to decide how "villainous" this is. Stan locks his pregnant girlfriend in the trunk, gets drunk and drives his car off a bridge. And part of me wants to rate the action lower because Stan very, very clearly isn't mentally clear here, but he also goes into the specific desire to make her suffocate to "suffer more" before she dies. Mental disorder just isn't enough to stop that from being one of the most villainous mindsets on this list. I think the weakest part of the song is the final verse from Eminem himself, which is something that really went down for me over time. He uses it to justify himself, give bad, shallow advice, joke about the self harm, and eventually come to his realization of what's happened, and it kinda works but not quite. Still, overall one of the best things Eminem has done, and one of the darkest songs on this list. --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Topic List	Page List: 1