This is Jessica's commentary on Universe B of ColoUrs and Mayhem, which she mentioned in that last chapter. Yep.
New Homestuck Album stuff:
Green Ghost-John's Song, sounds like a remix of what they used for running around on his world
Dunno why it says "Green Ghost" other than maybe the symbol on his shirt, doesn't explain Rose's Name…
Orchid Horror-Rose's Song, sounds familiar but can't place it
Rose's color is purple….and Orchid is a type of purple? But it's deep. Maybe it has to do with the symbol on her shirt too
Red Disc-Dave's song, also sounds new
All of the song names are based on the symbols on their shirts, not their alignment. But that makes sense, particularly if they wanted the colors to be at the beginning and make sense. Ok, definitely sounds familiar. Still can't place it. John and Dave are on their worlds. I wonder if Jade will be on hers, or if she will be like Rose. Maybe Dave's song has parts of the Medium songs in it? It's aggravating me now :/
Blue Atom-Jade's song, JAZZ. This one sounds really new. Dunno how I feel about it though :/
Her picture also has nothing to do with her world…Hmmm, I wonder if we'll get spoilers with the boys' worlds in the second part. That would be cool.
Cyan Beast-Jane's song. Doesn't really make me think of anything. Which makes me happy, since there shouldn't be a whole lot to compare it too XD
The picture is interesting. It's got Jane with a Trident and spoon. She's got all of her trinkest/gifts around her. GCat is in front of her, so maybe he will be connected to her more than the others? The behind her is a crumbling sphere with the Condesce's horns on it. Very interesting, no?
Pink Cat-Roxy's song. Also sounds pretty new so far. Has some violin in it, I think. Yeah, more violin-ish music. That's the only way I can describe it. And it kinda makes sense since that was Rose's thing. I'll see if there is any notable piano-ish sounds. She also has Nepeta's meowing (well not really, it's obviously connecting her to cats) then computer noises, since she's a hacker. Harp music now, and flute and more violin.
The picture isn't much. It's got Roxy with flying martini and Mutie chillin' behind her. The background is a dark purple though. You could describe that as being orchid.
Orange Hat-Dirk's song. Kinda cool. Lots of…I don't know how to define music :/ But it sounds synthesized to me. The feel almost makes me think of Davesprite's song. Not a lot, but the feel is sorta there. I'll have to listen to Davesprite again. But they do have the same colors. It's like a harder version of Davesprite? Dunno. I'll get back to this one after I listen to Davesprite.
The picture is pretty plain too. Just Dirk surrounded by his battle bots. Oh, and he should say away from the tanning booth. He's looking a little orange XD Ok, all of the droids have been beaten, and he's reclining on them as though they were a throne. Some have his glasses and others don't. I dunno about this one.
Emerald Terror-Jake's song. BAHAHAHA! It's old-timey music XD Or, at least, at the very beginning. Quite fitting. It has an exploration feel to it. Makes me think of some of the RPGs I play, it would be great for background music in a dungeon or something.
The picture is just Jake running around in the forest. He's surrounded by Lusii in the background. He does not look comfortable.
Squiddle Song-A song for the squiddles. The only one that it would really be appropriate to relate to would be Jade. Lol, has the same, I don't know how to describe it. It has the same upbeat sound, but the lyrics are not nearly appropriate for a kids' show XD Ok, so, remember when I said that the squiddles can be seen as the horrorterrors and Plumbthroat could be seen as Lord English? It sort of implies that Plumbthroat has killed the horrorterrors….I dunno, it's interesting though. Cute song. Ukulele, what else can I say? Also, the picture isn't really worth mentioning. Just squiddles being tanglebuddies.
Pendulum-Another Dave song. Very chill, but it fits the picture (which I will mention just like all the others, so chill). Well, there are drums…and they are not chill. I don't know how chill drums can be though, lol. I think I like this one. It's…I dunno, we need someone more versed in music than I x.x There's some familiar sounds at the end. About 2:40. Can't tell where from though. Could be from the Price of Oblivion, that would make sense.
Ok, picture time. HOLY SHIT DAVE'S DEAD! He's laying on a bed of roses and his throat has been cut. It's the same cut that they put on the disc in LoHaC and on the disc on his shirt. He's in his suit too. When did Dave's body die? Did it die? Confusion… I can't remember :/
Pale Rapture-Another John song. It has the same feel as the LoWaS song in the background. There's guitar music, too. Eh, that's all for that song.
Picture. Just John curled into a fetal position. He's covered in clouds. I assume they are the clouds above Prospit. He has something on his shoulder, but I can't tell what.
Do The Windy Thing-Do I need to say whose song this is? Same sounds as in the LoWaS song, but different enough. I like this one, too. It's appropriately epic. For whatever reason, John's songs seem to be mash-up of his original songs with new material to go with it. Dunno why.
Picture is just John being happy and flying around. These last two are just two different sides of what John can be like, I guess. He's usually upbeat. I don't know if we've really seen him down, other than when his dad was dead. I guess he got down whenever he thought of Dad.
Pilot Light-Another Jade song. Dunno what to say for this one. It's pretty cool. It's obviously referring to when she pilots the ship. What else would it be?
With the picture, it was definitely influenced by [S] Cascade. She's all spacey and she has the mini-planets around her. Along with the green sun acting as a third eye. Actually, it's just the four kids' planets. I don't see Skaia.
Ohgodcat-Do I have to explain this one as well ;) It's kinda cute, I guess. Dunno why, but it works for GCat, as far as I'm concerned, anyway. Can't explain it. Just a gut feeling. There's a part of it that sounds really familiar, but not in a "related to Homestuck" way. It starts at about 1:32. Wait! I know what it makes me think of, but I can't remember the name of the song! It's an old one. From the 80s I think. Wait, I dunno. "My blood runs cold. My (reverie) has just been sold. My angel is the centerfold." Yeah, it's the "My angel is the centerfold" part. It's higher pitched, but it's the same tune, just a higher octave. I'll try and find it. J. Geils Band: Centrefold. At the beginning they are playing the harmonica. I guess it's not exactly the same. I wouldn't know why they would associate GCat to that either.
Just GCat being a cat.
Cupcake Girl-If you don't know whose song this is, I will have to shoot you. It has the feel of a video game from the 80s. Think like Super Mario. But it could be any of them. Makes me think of the TMNT game I played with my cousin. Yeah, 80s video game music, particularly the SNES.
Just an adorable picture of Jane carrying baked confections. I like the style.
Phantasmic Youngsters-Jade and Rose this time. It's acoustic this time. It works for the "looking back at two youngsters that would have been terrors if they had been able to play together." It's cute.
Just Jade and Rose when they were babies playing pattie cake or something. They're in a -bit style. I dunno how many bits. Maybe 64? The pixels are pretty small, but not up to our standards.
Battle Brotocol-Dirk's robots. The two rapbots and one that looks more like Dirk. I wouldn't say it's auto-responder, but only because he's only a pair of glasses, and these glasses are connected to a robot. However, it /would/ make sense. Dirk's more sentient creations. How sentient is—no, I think it's actually Brobot with Jake. Although it could have worked with any of the battle bots he made. The song has robot speak in it, and towards the end it starts malfunctioning, but it says stuff like "Severe damage to life form detected….Failure…don't take easy (?)…bzzt, you w-w-w-win, bzzzt" Soooo…yeah! Although, I guess it could have been a brobot fighting Dirk…I dunno.
Bec Noir-He has a song on here, coo'. Makes sense, since Snowman had a song on Universe B. lol, synthesized dog barking. They like the old 80s video game feel for this album. Or just 80s in general.
The Vast Glub-Fef has a song on here o.O SHE DOES NOT BELONG! Although, actually, it's the one horror terror. The one that can destroy an entire universe or whatever if it decided to use its "vast glub." I dunno. It has the same elements as some of Fef's songs from before the coloUrs and mayhem albums.
The picture is definitely Fef's lusus, since Feferi was visiting it. I don't know if she was on speaking terms with many of the other horrorterrors. Oh wait! She was, since she was a Derse dreamer. It's still most likely Fef's lusus.
WV: Become Mayor of Can Town-Teehee. WV. Doesn't have any of the feel from the Wanderer's sound track. At least, I don't' think so.
It's got a cute picture of WV with Serenity still in her amber.