This was recorded by the Portsmouth Sinfonia in an experiment where all the members of the orchestra would swap instruments with each other and attempt to play them to the best of their ability.
This is the result. And it makes me laugh every single time.
It tries to be so dramatic but it just falls flat. Love it.
My brother and I sat down to write this for fun! It’s his first contribution to the LOK fandom! He can’t really draw but his voice is quite nice and he plays guitar, among other things. Here’s “Hey There, Korra!” in the style of Bolin and the Plain White T’s.
Lyrics:Hey there, Korra how is your airbending going?
I’ve been living on this island and it feels like home, but only ‘cause of you.
City’s lights can’t shine as bright as you,
I swear it’s true.Hey There Korra you gave me such a scare!
Tarrlok had you in his clutches, but you got away from there
‘cause you’re so strong!
I know you soon will beat Amon,
you are the one.Oh, what you do to me,
oh, Korra you’re my dream.
Oh, what you do to me,
oh, we were meant to be.I won’t hold it anymore, Mako, you may think she’s yours,
but oh the noodles that we shared that day!
Told her I was over you, but that was nowhere near the truth,
my manly heart beats for you every day!
Come on Korra, take a chance.
Close your eyes and hold my hand
I’ll be your rock whenever times are gray! I’m here to stay.
You’re worth the wait.Hey there, Korra I know battles will be hard,
and though you may think I’m crazy, I’ll protect the Avatar
’cause you’re my world.
Could make you my forever girl, forever girl…Oh, what you do to me,
oh, Korra you’re my dream.
Oh, what you do to me,
oh, we were meant to be,We were meant to be.
THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL
YES WONDERFUL.
Response to Helvetica
Quite frankly I would never have thought I’d find myself watching a documentary on the history of a font, but it was actually really fascinating to be able to see the upcoming of how a font that is so frequently used today came to be. I actually am not a big fan of Helvetica for it is very over used nowadays. Not to sound like a hipster or anything but a font that is overly used just begins to lose it’s meaning and I do agree with the few people in the documentary that it just doesn’t express any sort of feeling anymore.
Don’t get me wrong though, I do agree that Helvetica does express a sense of order and simplicity, and I am also a strong believer in things shouldn’t be changed if nothing is wrong with it, and nobody HAS found anything wrong with it till this day. As a person that have been doing spritng for 2 years of my life, even the fonts used during spriting always returned to the original font used in most 8-bit games from the past. But that font just like Helvetica, has been overly used in the years and no longer is used for it’s meaning. Most people use Helvetica knowing that it is the superior font, and also a font that would attract the general public better. They lack the idea of using a font to express the emotions and message they are trying to conceive through these fonts.
Take Comic-sans for instance, it is a font that a lot of people look down upon because it is a very joke like font that is usually used by amateurs and children. Then there’s Times New Roman, which is the universal font used in papers and essays all over the world and is also the default font for Microsoft Word. But if you think about it nobody really knows the real meaning as to why these fonts have been given their “job” because its been so overused the font is just accepted and no longer questioned as to why we use it for how we use it.
Of course there are still people who manage to convey very strong messages through Helvetica. Like one of the people in the documentary said, there is a difference between conveying a strong message and having it be attracting then having a strong message and “boring the shit out of you”. Yes Helvetica can be great when trying to show organization and clarity but there have been many instances which I saw before where Helvetica was being used to show the complete opposite or any other messages and that is what really intrigues me.
One of the people in the documentary mentioned something that I can really relate to and that is the fact that he can grab a group of people of the streets, make them listen to a song, and have them create an album cover, then there will be one person who the music will really get in touch with and that person will create the most unexpected of typography. Just like that guy, I also find that to be the most intriguing, the moment when you can take any feeling and be able to show the world that same feeling by putting it in the form of a font.
