Hazbin Hotel: All That All Need
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fanmix_monthlyTitle: All That All Need
Fandom: Hazbin Hotel
Characters/Pairings: Valentino & Velvette & Velvette (the Vees)
Notes: I knew I didn't want to pick any songs for the Vees past 2000 (and how Velvette would be offended by this), but I managed 12 whole songs--the latest a 1987 track. Admittedly, several of the tracks I put on the list are the remastered versions, but that's all right with me.
Fandom: Hazbin Hotel
Characters/Pairings: Valentino & Velvette & Velvette (the Vees)
Notes: I knew I didn't want to pick any songs for the Vees past 2000 (and how Velvette would be offended by this), but I managed 12 whole songs--the latest a 1987 track. Admittedly, several of the tracks I put on the list are the remastered versions, but that's all right with me.
Track List
London Calling - The Clash (1979)
A song about the end of the world... and when you die and go to Hell, you find that it is more of the same. London Calling is one of the Clash's most famous songs and has been put up as a theme for London, despite not really being about London.
When new Sinners drop down to Hell, it's just like the Vees to confuse them into thinking that the trio will make everyone's time in Hell better--because everyone is paying more attention to how catchy the song is and the title to pay attention to the rest of the words.
Lyrics
London calling to the faraway towns
Now war is declared and battle come down
London calling to the underworld
Come out of the cupboard, ya boys and girls
London calling, now don't look to us
Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain't got no swing
Except for the ring of that truncheon thing
The ice age is comin', the sun's zoomin' in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growin' thin
Engines stop runnin', but I have no fear
'Cause London is drownin' and I live by the river
(London calling) to the imitation zone
Forget it, brother, you can go it alone
London calling to the zombies of death
Quit holdin' out and draw another breath
London calling and I don't wanna shout
But while we were talking, I saw you noddin' out
London calling, see we ain't got no Hyde
'Cept for that one with the yellowy eyes
The ice age is comin', the sun's zoomin' in
Engines stop runnin', the wheat is growin' thin
A nuclear error, but I have no fear
'Cause London is drownin' and I, I live by the river
The ice age is coming, the sun's zoomin' in
Engines stop running, the wheat is growin' thin
A nuclear error, but I have no fear
'Cause London is drowning, an' I, I live by the river
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Now get this
(London calling) Yes, I was there, too
And you know what they said? Well, some of it was true
(London calling) At the top of the dial
And after all this, won't you give me a smile?
(London calling)
I never felt so much alike, alike, alike
only one break until the actual end
Every Breath You Take - The Police (1983)
The leader of the Vees is Vox. The songwriter, Sting, wrote it like a comforting love song when he woke up in the middle of the night to write it down. He didn't realize at first what he was thinking of: surveillance and control. And Vox is the same: he is all about surveillance and control, reframed like he is doing it to take care of everyone when it's all for his own obsessive sake.
Lyrics
Every breath you take
And every move you make
Every bond you break, every step you take
I'll be watching you
Every single day
And every word you say
Every game you play, every night you stay
I'll be watching you
Oh, can't you see?
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take
Every move you make
And every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake
I'll be watching you
Since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace
I dream at night, I can only see your face
I look around, but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace
I keep crying, baby, baby, please
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
Mmm, mmm, mmm
Oh, can't you see?
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take
Every move you make
And every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake
I'll be watching you
Every move you make, every step you take
I'll be watching you
I'll be watching you
(Every breath you take, every move you make)
(Every bond you break, every step you take)
I'll be watching you
(Every single day, every word you say)
(Every game you play, every night you stay)
I'll be watching you
(Every move you make, every vow you break)
(Every smile you fake, every claim you stake)
I'll be watching you
(Every single day, every word you say)
(Every game you play, every night you stay)
I'll be watching you
(Every breath you take, every move you make)
(Every bond you break, every step you take)
I'll be watching you
(Every single day, every word you say)
(Every game you play, every night you stay)
I'll be watching you
(Every move you make, every vow you break)
(Every smile you fake, every claim you stake)
I'll be watching you
(Every single day, every word you say)
(Every game you play, every night you stay)
I'll be watching you
(Every breath you take, every move you make)
(Every bond you break, every step you take)
I'll be watching...
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix (1967)
Many people interpret Purple Haze as a myriad of different drugs, and Jimi Hendrix always gave different answers. Either way, the dream-like sounds and distorted feel from the words is exactly what Valentino does to his victims. The purple-furred moth draws people in with his charm and literal haze of addictive smoke.
Lyrics
Purple haze, all in my brain
Lately things they don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
Excuse me while I kiss the sky
Purple haze, all around
Don't know if I'm comin' up or down
Am I happy or in misery?
What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me
Help me
Help me
Oh, no, no
Ooh, ah
Ooh, ah
Ooh, ah
Ooh, ah, yeah!
Purple haze all in my eyes
Don't know if it's day or night
You got me blowin', blowin' my mind
Is it tomorrow, or just the end of time?
Ooh
Help me
Ahh, yeah, yeah, purple haze
Oh, no, oh
Oh, help me
Tell me, tell me, purple haze
I can't go on like this
(Purple haze) you're makin' me blow my mind
Purple haze, n-no, no
(Purple haze)
Bad Reputation - Joan Jett (1980)
The newest member of the Vees, Velvette is the one most in tune with the ways of the newest Sinners. It's popular to act like you don't care. Bad Reputation itself isn't a song about an evil person--it is about independence from social expectations... which Velvette really doesn't have. But she pretends she does and the pretense of this freedom is what draws people in.
Perfect for the woman who says she is the "#bitch".
Lyrics
I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
You're living in the past it's a new generation
A girl can do what she wants to do and that's
What I'm gonna do
An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputationOh no, not me
An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
Never said I wanted to improve my station
An' I'm only doin' good
While I'm havin' fun
An' I don't have to please no one
An' I don't give a damn
'Bout my bad reputationOh no, not me
Oh no, not meI don't give a damn
'Bout my reputation
I've never been afraid of any deviation
An' I don't really care
If ya think I'm strange
I ain't gonna change
An' I'm never gonna care
'Bout my bad reputationOh no, not me
Oh no, not mePedal boys!
An' I don't give a damn
'Bout my reputation
The world's in trouble
There's no communication
An' everyone can say what they want to say
It never gets better anyway
So why should I care
'Bout a bad reputation anyway
Oh no, not me
Oh no, not meI don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
You're living in the past it's a new generation
An' I only feel good when I got no pain
An' that's how I'm gonna stay
An' I don't give a damn
'Bout my bad reputation
Oh no, not me
Oh no, not
Not me, not me, not me!
Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard (1987)
Sugar: it's affection, it's drugs, it's attention. It's all the things that the Vees want and it's everything that their followers want and are "given" by them. They are the product and everyone loves them. The masses are fed by them and they feed the Vees.
Lyrics
Step inside, walk this way
You and me, babe
Hey, hey
Love is like a bomb, baby, c'mon, get it on
Livin' like a lover with a radar phone
Lookin' like a tramp, like a video vamp
Demolition woman, can I be your man?
(Your man)
Razzle 'n' a dazzle 'n' a flash a little light
Television lover, baby, go all night
Sometime, anytime, sugar me sweet
Little Miss Innocent, sugar me
Yeah
Yeah, uh, c'mon
Take a bottle
Shake it up
Break the bubble
Break it up
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
C'mon, fire me up
Pour your sugar on me
I can't get enough
I'm hot, sticky sweet
From my head to my feet, yeah
Listen
Red light, yellow light, green light, go
Crazy little woman in a one-man show
Mirror queen, mannequin, rhythm of love
Sweet dream, saccharine, loosen up (Loosen up)
Loosen up
You gotta squeeze a little, squeeze a little, tease a little more
Easy operator come a knockin' on my door
Sometime, anytime, sugar me sweet
Little Miss Innocent, sugar me
Yeah
Yeah, give a little more
Take a bottle
Shake it up
Break the bubble
Break it up
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
C'mon, fire me up
Pour your sugar on me
Oh, I can't get enough
I'm hot, sticky sweet
From my head to my feet, yeah
You got the peaches, I got the cream
Sweet to taste, saccharine
Cause I'm hot (hot), so hot, sticky sweet
From my head, (head, head), my head to my feet
Do you take sugar?
One lump or two?
Take a bottle (Take a bottle)
Shake it up (Shake it up)
Break the bubble (Break it up)
Break it up
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
C'mon, fire me up
Pour your sugar on me
Oh, I can't get enough
Pour some sugar on me
Oh, in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
Get it, come get it
Pour your sugar on me
Oh
Pour some sugar on me
Yeah, sugar me
Invisible Touch - Genesis (1986)
This one requires little explanation after the previous tracks and explanations. "She has a built-in ability / To take everything she sees" and "She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah / It takes control and slowly tears you apart" describes all the Vees with their audience, except until the timeframe of Hazbin Hotel itself, the masses don't really seem to notice. Or, if they do, they are like Phil Collins sings in this song: aware it's happened but already fallen.
Lyrics
Well, I've been waiting
Waiting here so long
But thinking nothing
Nothing could go wrong
Ooh now I know
She has a built-in ability
To take everything she sees
And now it seems I'm falling
Falling for her
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
She reaches in and grabs right hold of your heart
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
It takes control and slowly tears you apart
Well, I don't really know her
I only know her name
Ooh, but she crawls under your skin
You're never quite the same
And now I know
She's got something you just can't trust
An' it's something mysterious
And now it seems I'm falling
Falling for her
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
She reaches in and grabs right hold of your heart
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
It takes control and slowly tears you apart
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
She reaches in and grabs right hold of your heart
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
It takes control and slowly tears you apart
Well, she don't like losing
To her, it's still a game
And though she will mess up your life
You'll want her just the same
And now I know
She has a built-in ability
To take everything she sees
And now it seems I've fallen
Fallen for her
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
She reaches in and grabs right hold of your heart
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
It takes control and slowly tears you apart
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
(She seems to have an invisible touch)
She seems to have an invisible touch, oh-oh-oh
(She seems to have an invisible touch) [x4]
Fame - Irene Cara (1980)
Another song about fame, which goes into the theme of "always better and brighter", which Vox claims the Vees are about. There will be more and what they produce next will be bigger and better.
Let alone the mentions of going to Heaven and lighting up the sky, which definitely happens in season two.
Lyrics
Baby, look at me
And tell me what you see
You ain't seen the best of me yet
Give me time, I'll make you forget the rest
I got more in me
And you can set it free
I can catch the moon in my hands
Don't you know who I am?
Remember my name
(Fame)
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna learn how to fly (High)
I feel it coming together
People will see me and cry (Fame)
I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame (Fame)
I'm gonna live forever
Baby, remember my name
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)
Baby, hold me tight
'Cause you can make it right
You can shoot me straight to the top
Give me love and take all I've got to give
Baby, I'll be tough
Too much is not enough, no
I can ride your heart 'til it breaks
Ooh, I've got what it takes
(Fame)
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna learn how to fly (High)
I feel it coming together
People will see me and cry (Fame)
I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame (Fame)
I'm gonna live forever
Baby, remember my name
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)
(Remember, remember, remember)
(Fame)
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna learn how to fly (High)
I feel it coming together
People will see me and cry (Fame)
I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame (Fame)
I'm gonna live forever
Baby, remember my name
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)
Remember my name
(Fame)
I'm gonna live forever (Fame)
I'm gonna learn how to fly (High)
I feel it coming together (Fame)
People will see me and cry (Fame)
I'm gonna make it to heaven (Fame)
Light up the sky like a flame (Fame)
Oh, I'm gonna live forever (Fame)
Baby, remember my name (Fame)
I'm gonna live forever (Fame)
I'm gonna learn how to fly (High)
I feel it coming together (Fame)
People will see me and cry (Fame)
I'm gonna make it to heaven (Fame)
Limelight - Rush (1981)
Continuing on the celebrity songs, Limelight covers that everything on the stage is perhaps not what it looks like behind the curtain. Not that the Vees appear to care about the difference between them and their audience, because actually being in touch with the common folk isn't the goal. Yet the crowd is fine with this one-sided parasocial relationship.
But might the Vees care? If not about the audience, they definitely do care for each other. But there is still that distance.
Lyrics
Living on a lighted stage
Approaches the unreal
For those who think and feel
In touch with some reality beyond the gilded cage
Cast in this unlikely role
Ill-equipped to act
With insufficient tact
One must put up barriers to keep oneself intact
Living in the limelight, the universal dream
For those who wish to seem
Those who wish to be
Must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation, the underlying theme
Living in a fisheye lens
Caught in the camera eye
I have no heart to lie
I can't pretend a stranger is a long-awaited friend
All the world's indeed a stage
And we are merely players
Performers and portrayers
Each another's audience outside the gilded cage
Living in the limelight, the universal dream
For those who wish to seem
Those who wish to be
Must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation, the underlying theme
Living in the limelight, the universal dream
For those who wish to seem
Those who wish to be
Must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation, the underlying theme
The real relation, the underlying theme
Big Time - Peter Gabriel (1986)
Moving away from the potential question of whether there might be an inkling of humanity to the Vees is a song about being more and getting more.
Lyrics
Hi there
I'm on my way, I'm making it, huh
I've got to make it show, yeah
So much larger than life
I'm going to watch it growing
Ohh
The place where I come from is a small town
They think so small, they use small words
But not me, I'm smarter than that
I worked it out
I've been stretching my mouth
To let those big words come right out
I've had enough, I'm getting out
To the city, the big, big city
I'll be a big noise with all the big boys
So much stuff I will own
And I will pray to a big god
As I kneel in the big church
(Big time) I'm on my way, I'm making it
(Big time) Ooh, yes
(Big time) I've got to make it show, yeah
(Big time)
(Big time) So much larger than life
(Big time) I'm going to watch it growing
(Big time) Ohh, ohh
My parties have all the big names
And I greet them with the widest smile
Tell them how my life is one big adventure
And always, they're amazed
When I show them 'round
My house to my bed
I had it made like a mountain range
With a snow-white pillow for my big fat head
And my heaven will be a big heaven
And I will walk through the front door
(Big time) I'm on my way, I'm making it
(Big time) huh
(Big time) I've got to make it show, yeah
(Big time)
(Big time) So much larger than life
(Big time) I'm going to watch it growing
(Big time)
(Big time) My car's getting bigger
(Big time) My house, getting bigger
(Big time) My eyes, getting bigger
(Big time) And my mouth
(Big time) My belly's getting bigger
(Big time) And my bank account
(Big time) Look at my circumstance
(Big time) And the bulge in my big, big big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big
Obsession - Animotion (1984)
The audience is obsessed with the Vees, but the Vees are also obsessed with their audience. Not as individuals, but as possessions. Each of them desire that sort of attention, and control, over those who are around them. Obsession covers both sides of the relationship between the celebrities and their fans, requesting that both sides be all that they need.
Explanation paragraph 2
Lyrics
You are an obsession (You are an obsession)
I cannot sleep (I cannot sleep)
I am a possession (I am your possession)
Unopened at your feet
There's no balance (There is no balance)
No equality (No equality)
Be still (Be still)
I will not accept defeat (I will not accept defeat)
I will have you, yes, I will have you
I will find a way and I will have you
Like a butterfly, a wild butterfly
I will collect you and capture you
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
I feed you, I drink you by day and by night
I need you, I need you by sun or candlelight
You protest, you want to leave
Stay, oh, there's no alternative (There's no alternative)
Your face appears again, I see the beauty there
But I see danger, stranger, beware
Of circumstance in your naked dreams
Your affection is not what it seems
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
My fantasy (My fantasy)
Has turned to madness (Has turned to madness)
And all my goodness (And all my goodness)
Has turned to badness (Has turned to badness)
My need to possess you has consumed my soul
My life is trembling, I have no control
I will have you, yes, I will have you
I will find a way and I will have you
Like a butterfly, a wild butterfly
I will collect you and capture you
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Money - Pink Floyd (1973)
The Vees are the rich and famous. They sell the fantasy that you too can live a life of luxury, by buying their products, but they are the only ones really profiting from this transaction. Like any good capitalist would.
Lyrics
Money, get away
Get a good job with good pay and you're okay
Money, it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream
Think I'll buy me a football team
Money, get back
I'm all right Jack keep your hands off of my stack
Money, it's a hit
Don't give me that do goody good bullshit
I'm in the high-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a Lear jet
Money, it's a crime
Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today
But if you ask for a raise it's no surprise that they're
Giving none away, away, away
Computer Love - Kraftwerk (1981)
An album ahead of its time, Computer World stated a future which was coming, but without realizing just how real this would become. The Vees want everyone to be glued to their screens. To keep eyes glued to Voxtek news, to jerk off to Valentino's adult films and stars, to faint when Velvette likes and reblogs their posts.
People might realize the hole they are falling into, but they aren't coming out of it. They are addicted.
Lyrics
Computer love
Computer love
Another lonely night
Stare at the TV screen
I don't know what to do
I need a rendezvous
Computer love
Computer love
I call this number
For a data date
I don't know what to do
I need a rendezvous
Computer love
Computer love
A song about the end of the world... and when you die and go to Hell, you find that it is more of the same. London Calling is one of the Clash's most famous songs and has been put up as a theme for London, despite not really being about London.
When new Sinners drop down to Hell, it's just like the Vees to confuse them into thinking that the trio will make everyone's time in Hell better--because everyone is paying more attention to how catchy the song is and the title to pay attention to the rest of the words.
Lyrics
London calling to the faraway towns
Now war is declared and battle come down
London calling to the underworld
Come out of the cupboard, ya boys and girls
London calling, now don't look to us
Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain't got no swing
Except for the ring of that truncheon thing
The ice age is comin', the sun's zoomin' in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growin' thin
Engines stop runnin', but I have no fear
'Cause London is drownin' and I live by the river
(London calling) to the imitation zone
Forget it, brother, you can go it alone
London calling to the zombies of death
Quit holdin' out and draw another breath
London calling and I don't wanna shout
But while we were talking, I saw you noddin' out
London calling, see we ain't got no Hyde
'Cept for that one with the yellowy eyes
The ice age is comin', the sun's zoomin' in
Engines stop runnin', the wheat is growin' thin
A nuclear error, but I have no fear
'Cause London is drownin' and I, I live by the river
The ice age is coming, the sun's zoomin' in
Engines stop running, the wheat is growin' thin
A nuclear error, but I have no fear
'Cause London is drowning, an' I, I live by the river
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Now get this
(London calling) Yes, I was there, too
And you know what they said? Well, some of it was true
(London calling) At the top of the dial
And after all this, won't you give me a smile?
(London calling)
I never felt so much alike, alike, alike
only one break until the actual end
Every Breath You Take - The Police (1983)
The leader of the Vees is Vox. The songwriter, Sting, wrote it like a comforting love song when he woke up in the middle of the night to write it down. He didn't realize at first what he was thinking of: surveillance and control. And Vox is the same: he is all about surveillance and control, reframed like he is doing it to take care of everyone when it's all for his own obsessive sake.
Lyrics
Every breath you take
And every move you make
Every bond you break, every step you take
I'll be watching you
Every single day
And every word you say
Every game you play, every night you stay
I'll be watching you
Oh, can't you see?
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take
Every move you make
And every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake
I'll be watching you
Since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace
I dream at night, I can only see your face
I look around, but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace
I keep crying, baby, baby, please
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
Mmm, mmm, mmm
Oh, can't you see?
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take
Every move you make
And every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake
I'll be watching you
Every move you make, every step you take
I'll be watching you
I'll be watching you
(Every breath you take, every move you make)
(Every bond you break, every step you take)
I'll be watching you
(Every single day, every word you say)
(Every game you play, every night you stay)
I'll be watching you
(Every move you make, every vow you break)
(Every smile you fake, every claim you stake)
I'll be watching you
(Every single day, every word you say)
(Every game you play, every night you stay)
I'll be watching you
(Every breath you take, every move you make)
(Every bond you break, every step you take)
I'll be watching you
(Every single day, every word you say)
(Every game you play, every night you stay)
I'll be watching you
(Every move you make, every vow you break)
(Every smile you fake, every claim you stake)
I'll be watching you
(Every single day, every word you say)
(Every game you play, every night you stay)
I'll be watching you
(Every breath you take, every move you make)
(Every bond you break, every step you take)
I'll be watching...
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix (1967)
Many people interpret Purple Haze as a myriad of different drugs, and Jimi Hendrix always gave different answers. Either way, the dream-like sounds and distorted feel from the words is exactly what Valentino does to his victims. The purple-furred moth draws people in with his charm and literal haze of addictive smoke.
Lyrics
Purple haze, all in my brain
Lately things they don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
Excuse me while I kiss the sky
Purple haze, all around
Don't know if I'm comin' up or down
Am I happy or in misery?
What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me
Help me
Help me
Oh, no, no
Ooh, ah
Ooh, ah
Ooh, ah
Ooh, ah, yeah!
Purple haze all in my eyes
Don't know if it's day or night
You got me blowin', blowin' my mind
Is it tomorrow, or just the end of time?
Ooh
Help me
Ahh, yeah, yeah, purple haze
Oh, no, oh
Oh, help me
Tell me, tell me, purple haze
I can't go on like this
(Purple haze) you're makin' me blow my mind
Purple haze, n-no, no
(Purple haze)
Bad Reputation - Joan Jett (1980)
The newest member of the Vees, Velvette is the one most in tune with the ways of the newest Sinners. It's popular to act like you don't care. Bad Reputation itself isn't a song about an evil person--it is about independence from social expectations... which Velvette really doesn't have. But she pretends she does and the pretense of this freedom is what draws people in.
Perfect for the woman who says she is the "#bitch".
Lyrics
I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
You're living in the past it's a new generation
A girl can do what she wants to do and that's
What I'm gonna do
An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputationOh no, not me
An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
Never said I wanted to improve my station
An' I'm only doin' good
While I'm havin' fun
An' I don't have to please no one
An' I don't give a damn
'Bout my bad reputationOh no, not me
Oh no, not meI don't give a damn
'Bout my reputation
I've never been afraid of any deviation
An' I don't really care
If ya think I'm strange
I ain't gonna change
An' I'm never gonna care
'Bout my bad reputationOh no, not me
Oh no, not mePedal boys!
An' I don't give a damn
'Bout my reputation
The world's in trouble
There's no communication
An' everyone can say what they want to say
It never gets better anyway
So why should I care
'Bout a bad reputation anyway
Oh no, not me
Oh no, not meI don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
You're living in the past it's a new generation
An' I only feel good when I got no pain
An' that's how I'm gonna stay
An' I don't give a damn
'Bout my bad reputation
Oh no, not me
Oh no, not
Not me, not me, not me!
Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard (1987)
Sugar: it's affection, it's drugs, it's attention. It's all the things that the Vees want and it's everything that their followers want and are "given" by them. They are the product and everyone loves them. The masses are fed by them and they feed the Vees.
Lyrics
Step inside, walk this way
You and me, babe
Hey, hey
Love is like a bomb, baby, c'mon, get it on
Livin' like a lover with a radar phone
Lookin' like a tramp, like a video vamp
Demolition woman, can I be your man?
(Your man)
Razzle 'n' a dazzle 'n' a flash a little light
Television lover, baby, go all night
Sometime, anytime, sugar me sweet
Little Miss Innocent, sugar me
Yeah
Yeah, uh, c'mon
Take a bottle
Shake it up
Break the bubble
Break it up
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
C'mon, fire me up
Pour your sugar on me
I can't get enough
I'm hot, sticky sweet
From my head to my feet, yeah
Listen
Red light, yellow light, green light, go
Crazy little woman in a one-man show
Mirror queen, mannequin, rhythm of love
Sweet dream, saccharine, loosen up (Loosen up)
Loosen up
You gotta squeeze a little, squeeze a little, tease a little more
Easy operator come a knockin' on my door
Sometime, anytime, sugar me sweet
Little Miss Innocent, sugar me
Yeah
Yeah, give a little more
Take a bottle
Shake it up
Break the bubble
Break it up
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
C'mon, fire me up
Pour your sugar on me
Oh, I can't get enough
I'm hot, sticky sweet
From my head to my feet, yeah
You got the peaches, I got the cream
Sweet to taste, saccharine
Cause I'm hot (hot), so hot, sticky sweet
From my head, (head, head), my head to my feet
Do you take sugar?
One lump or two?
Take a bottle (Take a bottle)
Shake it up (Shake it up)
Break the bubble (Break it up)
Break it up
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
C'mon, fire me up
Pour your sugar on me
Oh, I can't get enough
Pour some sugar on me
Oh, in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
Get it, come get it
Pour your sugar on me
Oh
Pour some sugar on me
Yeah, sugar me
Invisible Touch - Genesis (1986)
This one requires little explanation after the previous tracks and explanations. "She has a built-in ability / To take everything she sees" and "She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah / It takes control and slowly tears you apart" describes all the Vees with their audience, except until the timeframe of Hazbin Hotel itself, the masses don't really seem to notice. Or, if they do, they are like Phil Collins sings in this song: aware it's happened but already fallen.
Lyrics
Well, I've been waiting
Waiting here so long
But thinking nothing
Nothing could go wrong
Ooh now I know
She has a built-in ability
To take everything she sees
And now it seems I'm falling
Falling for her
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
She reaches in and grabs right hold of your heart
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
It takes control and slowly tears you apart
Well, I don't really know her
I only know her name
Ooh, but she crawls under your skin
You're never quite the same
And now I know
She's got something you just can't trust
An' it's something mysterious
And now it seems I'm falling
Falling for her
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
She reaches in and grabs right hold of your heart
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
It takes control and slowly tears you apart
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
She reaches in and grabs right hold of your heart
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
It takes control and slowly tears you apart
Well, she don't like losing
To her, it's still a game
And though she will mess up your life
You'll want her just the same
And now I know
She has a built-in ability
To take everything she sees
And now it seems I've fallen
Fallen for her
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
She reaches in and grabs right hold of your heart
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
It takes control and slowly tears you apart
She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
(She seems to have an invisible touch)
She seems to have an invisible touch, oh-oh-oh
(She seems to have an invisible touch) [x4]
Fame - Irene Cara (1980)
Another song about fame, which goes into the theme of "always better and brighter", which Vox claims the Vees are about. There will be more and what they produce next will be bigger and better.
Let alone the mentions of going to Heaven and lighting up the sky, which definitely happens in season two.
Lyrics
Baby, look at me
And tell me what you see
You ain't seen the best of me yet
Give me time, I'll make you forget the rest
I got more in me
And you can set it free
I can catch the moon in my hands
Don't you know who I am?
Remember my name
(Fame)
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna learn how to fly (High)
I feel it coming together
People will see me and cry (Fame)
I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame (Fame)
I'm gonna live forever
Baby, remember my name
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)
Baby, hold me tight
'Cause you can make it right
You can shoot me straight to the top
Give me love and take all I've got to give
Baby, I'll be tough
Too much is not enough, no
I can ride your heart 'til it breaks
Ooh, I've got what it takes
(Fame)
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna learn how to fly (High)
I feel it coming together
People will see me and cry (Fame)
I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame (Fame)
I'm gonna live forever
Baby, remember my name
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)
(Remember, remember, remember)
(Fame)
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna learn how to fly (High)
I feel it coming together
People will see me and cry (Fame)
I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame (Fame)
I'm gonna live forever
Baby, remember my name
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)
(Remember, remember, remember, remember)
Remember my name
(Fame)
I'm gonna live forever (Fame)
I'm gonna learn how to fly (High)
I feel it coming together (Fame)
People will see me and cry (Fame)
I'm gonna make it to heaven (Fame)
Light up the sky like a flame (Fame)
Oh, I'm gonna live forever (Fame)
Baby, remember my name (Fame)
I'm gonna live forever (Fame)
I'm gonna learn how to fly (High)
I feel it coming together (Fame)
People will see me and cry (Fame)
I'm gonna make it to heaven (Fame)
Limelight - Rush (1981)
Continuing on the celebrity songs, Limelight covers that everything on the stage is perhaps not what it looks like behind the curtain. Not that the Vees appear to care about the difference between them and their audience, because actually being in touch with the common folk isn't the goal. Yet the crowd is fine with this one-sided parasocial relationship.
But might the Vees care? If not about the audience, they definitely do care for each other. But there is still that distance.
Lyrics
Living on a lighted stage
Approaches the unreal
For those who think and feel
In touch with some reality beyond the gilded cage
Cast in this unlikely role
Ill-equipped to act
With insufficient tact
One must put up barriers to keep oneself intact
Living in the limelight, the universal dream
For those who wish to seem
Those who wish to be
Must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation, the underlying theme
Living in a fisheye lens
Caught in the camera eye
I have no heart to lie
I can't pretend a stranger is a long-awaited friend
All the world's indeed a stage
And we are merely players
Performers and portrayers
Each another's audience outside the gilded cage
Living in the limelight, the universal dream
For those who wish to seem
Those who wish to be
Must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation, the underlying theme
Living in the limelight, the universal dream
For those who wish to seem
Those who wish to be
Must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation, the underlying theme
The real relation, the underlying theme
Big Time - Peter Gabriel (1986)
Moving away from the potential question of whether there might be an inkling of humanity to the Vees is a song about being more and getting more.
Lyrics
Hi there
I'm on my way, I'm making it, huh
I've got to make it show, yeah
So much larger than life
I'm going to watch it growing
Ohh
The place where I come from is a small town
They think so small, they use small words
But not me, I'm smarter than that
I worked it out
I've been stretching my mouth
To let those big words come right out
I've had enough, I'm getting out
To the city, the big, big city
I'll be a big noise with all the big boys
So much stuff I will own
And I will pray to a big god
As I kneel in the big church
(Big time) I'm on my way, I'm making it
(Big time) Ooh, yes
(Big time) I've got to make it show, yeah
(Big time)
(Big time) So much larger than life
(Big time) I'm going to watch it growing
(Big time) Ohh, ohh
My parties have all the big names
And I greet them with the widest smile
Tell them how my life is one big adventure
And always, they're amazed
When I show them 'round
My house to my bed
I had it made like a mountain range
With a snow-white pillow for my big fat head
And my heaven will be a big heaven
And I will walk through the front door
(Big time) I'm on my way, I'm making it
(Big time) huh
(Big time) I've got to make it show, yeah
(Big time)
(Big time) So much larger than life
(Big time) I'm going to watch it growing
(Big time)
(Big time) My car's getting bigger
(Big time) My house, getting bigger
(Big time) My eyes, getting bigger
(Big time) And my mouth
(Big time) My belly's getting bigger
(Big time) And my bank account
(Big time) Look at my circumstance
(Big time) And the bulge in my big, big big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big
Obsession - Animotion (1984)
The audience is obsessed with the Vees, but the Vees are also obsessed with their audience. Not as individuals, but as possessions. Each of them desire that sort of attention, and control, over those who are around them. Obsession covers both sides of the relationship between the celebrities and their fans, requesting that both sides be all that they need.
Explanation paragraph 2
Lyrics
You are an obsession (You are an obsession)
I cannot sleep (I cannot sleep)
I am a possession (I am your possession)
Unopened at your feet
There's no balance (There is no balance)
No equality (No equality)
Be still (Be still)
I will not accept defeat (I will not accept defeat)
I will have you, yes, I will have you
I will find a way and I will have you
Like a butterfly, a wild butterfly
I will collect you and capture you
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
I feed you, I drink you by day and by night
I need you, I need you by sun or candlelight
You protest, you want to leave
Stay, oh, there's no alternative (There's no alternative)
Your face appears again, I see the beauty there
But I see danger, stranger, beware
Of circumstance in your naked dreams
Your affection is not what it seems
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
My fantasy (My fantasy)
Has turned to madness (Has turned to madness)
And all my goodness (And all my goodness)
Has turned to badness (Has turned to badness)
My need to possess you has consumed my soul
My life is trembling, I have no control
I will have you, yes, I will have you
I will find a way and I will have you
Like a butterfly, a wild butterfly
I will collect you and capture you
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Money - Pink Floyd (1973)
The Vees are the rich and famous. They sell the fantasy that you too can live a life of luxury, by buying their products, but they are the only ones really profiting from this transaction. Like any good capitalist would.
Lyrics
Money, get away
Get a good job with good pay and you're okay
Money, it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream
Think I'll buy me a football team
Money, get back
I'm all right Jack keep your hands off of my stack
Money, it's a hit
Don't give me that do goody good bullshit
I'm in the high-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a Lear jet
Money, it's a crime
Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today
But if you ask for a raise it's no surprise that they're
Giving none away, away, away
Computer Love - Kraftwerk (1981)
An album ahead of its time, Computer World stated a future which was coming, but without realizing just how real this would become. The Vees want everyone to be glued to their screens. To keep eyes glued to Voxtek news, to jerk off to Valentino's adult films and stars, to faint when Velvette likes and reblogs their posts.
People might realize the hole they are falling into, but they aren't coming out of it. They are addicted.
Lyrics
Computer love
Computer love
Another lonely night
Stare at the TV screen
I don't know what to do
I need a rendezvous
Computer love
Computer love
I call this number
For a data date
I don't know what to do
I need a rendezvous
Computer love
Computer love