TOP 10 POSTS 2020!

The 10 posts with the most views from 2020 all listed and linked here!

Click the names to go to the post's!

10: MHA Top 10 Songs

9: Slipknot Write Up

8: MHA Heroes Rising Review

7: CMFT single Review

6: Taylor Swift Track 5's Ranked

5: Poppy I Disagree Review

4: Tv Shows Challenge

3: Evermore Thoughts

2: Fortnite Parody Lyrics (Original)

1: Mental Health Awareness Original Poem

The Scotties 2020

 Hello everyone! Welcome to my third ever annual awards on my blog. 

The Scotties are just imaginary awards I will give out to the best things I have read, listened to, seen, played etc of the past year. What a year, so many down's and so few up's but the good is king is all i can say, so without further ado; 

Let The Scotties Awards begin!

(low res awards this year due to budgetary cuts) 

Best live action film: 1917

So 1917 is a hell of a movie it feels entirely one shot even though it's not, it is brilliant one of the best films this year!

Best moment: My birthday. one of the happiest days of my life and this year and one of the best days, spent with my love on her birthday also and just feeling like nothing else was going on in the world and it was lsuh and so funny and happy just i loved that day.

Best Animated Film: MY HERO ACADEMIA: HEROES RISING!

What a film this is!  Just my fave film of the year I have also seen it so many times, I LOVE THIS, PLEASE WATCH MY HERO ACADEMIA!

Best Gig: Five Finger Death Punch in Cardiff!

Best app: Instagram

Best Game: DBZ Kakarot

Best Online Multiplayer Game: FORTNITE

Best Tv Show: Cobra Kai

Best Actor: Roman Griffin Davis: He was brilliant in Jojo Rabbit!

Best Voice Actor: Justin Briner

Best Actress: Elle Fanning: She was brilliant in all the bright places. 

Best Animated Series: My Hero Academia Season 4

My most played game 2020: Animal Crossing New Leaf 3DS

I have played almost every single day!

My most heard song 2020 - 21 Pilots - Level Of Concern

I have heard this quite a bit so spotify would like to say. 

Best Chart Song & Artist 2020: Folklore - Taylor Swift

I have always liked a few of her songs but I loved her new album this year some great tunes there! Yes since this blog post was written she has had another new album out continuing the folklore era but as of writing i have not heard the album but i am sure it is another good one.

Best New Artist 2020: The Hu

Best concert film: Metallica S&M2

Best wrestling company: AEW

Wrestlers Of The Year: Drew Mcintyre & Rhea Ripley

Both have worked so hard and have been ever so amazing for me this year!

Best company: Zobie & Vshout.

These guys are amazing and have given me opportunities i have only ever dreamt of and i have gotten the autographs and shoutouts from people i love and look up to and they have and always do provide brilliant service and so i give them a massive shoutout and i urge you to look into them, if you want something signed by some of your fave stars. 

And that about does it here at The Scotties Awards 2020!

It has been a shorter than expected category list this year but what do you expect from a year which has been mostly spent under lockdown. 

 Let's hope 2021 is not shit, see you in the new year! 

Taylor Swift Evermore Album Thoughts

 So I must say that I cannot believe that I am writing this again so soon BUT, 

*breathes in* 

TAYLOR SWIFT HAS DROPPED ANOTHER NEW ALBUM!

*Exhales out!*

Phew that was a lot to get out there. Evermore is Taylor Swift's NINTH studio album and is the continuation of Folklore era with this sister album to Folklore. So Taylor could not stop creating and writing more wonderful sounds for our blessed ears and here we are once again to sit down and chill with Taylor with her new work, so without further ado let's get into this!

ALSO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYLOR!!!!

It's mine and my girlfriend's birthday tomorrow!

THE OFFICIAL ALBUM RELEASES 18TH December 2020 with the deluxe editions harbouring 2 extra songs which we will hear when the full album drops but for now we have been blessed with Willow music video and of course the full lyric video album of EVERMORE.

1: Willow

The video is very enchanting and mysterious I felt, a soft start continuing the folklore vibes of course and its your typical Taylor but folklore version too and the chorus is catchy, the instrumentals run by the lyrics like a sweet lullaby. 

2: Champagne Problems

The piano which starts this song feels very sombre but also festive? Hmm continuing the soft trend here, Taylor sounds very resentful when she sings the words "Champagne Problems". So a kinda heartbreaky song i would imagine this being. The harmony section around 2 mins in is nice and compliments the track well i felt. 

3: Gold Rush

Here's one I can imagine getting some airplay on the radio quite a bit, it's soft, catchy with the repetition of gold rush but then it kinda changes tempo and gains a bit more speed and momentum as Taylor goes with it and then she puts a brake on and the song slows down but also she get's back into that rhythm of getting faster. This is a welcome surprise. Already for me my stand out because it is unique and it is actually nice and oh hey she said the thing FOLKLORE. She has such a soft and beautiful take on some of her lines in this song and WHAT?! IT'S JUST ENDED HUH!? 

4: Tis The Damn Season

So on first glance I imagined this to be a sassy christmas song but this is a story and like much of this album again like Folklore, Taylor has made up some characters and her own tales and stories within these songs and is taking us on a journey of these characters. I'm not entirely sure what to think of this song yet or even what to write about it, I guess the chorus is catchy or one which could become a earworm.

5: Tolerate It

So already got some dodgy vibes from the title before the song has played and I am imagining Taylor writing about a bad relationship and tolerating something she does not have to or of course it's about a character and their story tolerating something. It is definitely about what i thought it was about let me just say that. It is quite a depressing song and you feel sorry for who this song is about because no one ever deserves that. I'm not teary eyed, you are! *sniffs* Seriously I did feel down listening to this, I can feel the sadness, the frustration coming across from Taylors voice and in her lyrics and with the instrumentals it chimes it in perfectly.  

6: No Body, No Crime

No body no crime? So someone has witnessed a murder but yet is telling us "hey if there's no body you cant charge me for the crime" Oh damn yes the country vibes oh shit yeah, i like this, i'm moving side to side right now typing this out and by god the chorus. OH MY GOD TAYLOR WHAT A COLLAB THIS IS!!!! HAIM i have never heard of you til now but thanks for working with Taylor and Taylor thank you for this one, i am really grooving to this one. I THINK HE DID IT BUT I JUST CAN'T PROOOVE IIIIIT!!!! Til the day i die OH MY GOD!!!! I think this is my fave on the album!!! We are almost half way through and BAM, I BEEN SHOT, THIS SONG! I ENJOY! CAN I HAS MORE?!

7: Happiness

Ok so this does not sound like happiness but of course do not always take things on face value and apparently this was the last song Taylor wrote for the album. Potential Great Gatsby comments here perhaps and we have had some other vibes in other songs from Taylor regarding Great Gatsby i feel. So another kinda end of a relationship closure song.

8: Dorothea

Oh this has an interesting sound i kinda like already and so i believe this is one much like betty, it's written form a male perspective about Dorothea. Oh this is lovely! I like the chorus, it's making me sway slowly and i'm getting bit teary too? What? This is nice! The "woooo-oh" is nice too. The chorus yes! It's lovely and quite charming in a silly way too with some lines example is the "pissing off your mom" bit. I can imagine a guy playing the guitar on the porch to a woman singing this to win her back, its touching. Lovely liked this one! 

9: Coney Island

Oh the drums here are quite the interesting start to this song. Hello is this a sneaky nod to Delicate or am i reading too much into it just because Delicate was name dropped hehe. Sombre sounding country-esque song i feel. 

10: Ivy

From the title my thoughts at first said "oh this maybe a tricky song and not a good story for one of her characters." I feel this is apart of the collection of songs from this and the last album of a troubled relationship. I'm not too sure of what i feel for this song to be plainly honest. 

11: Cowboy Like Me

Hoooo-weeee is this here another western sounding wicked song like Track 6, let me just listen and see what's happening in the song of this saloon. This is potentially about Bonnie & Clyde two crime partners who fall in love. The solo is brilliant and its a nice flowing soft song. I likey!

12: Long Story Short

To cut a long story short we are nearing the end of the album and WOAH that fast rhythm beat going on caught me straight away. Long story short this has to be about her finding the wrong guy but then finding the right one with Joe. Taylor deserves the best kinda man and it does feel like Joe is the one and seems like she has found peace so aww that's precious and blessed. Evermore was mentioned ok people she said the thing, we can all drink and go home now haha. :) 

13: Marjorie

My glorious girlfriend gave me a warning about this one prior to listening to the album as this one is one that will hit me close to home. Fun fact i kept this to the very last song i heard on the album. On evermore, track 13 eulogizes her grandmother Marjorie Finlay, who was an opera singer. Aww i felt this song. Lump in my throat and all aw bless. 

14: Closure

Woah what is the industrial beat going on in this song it has just made me fascinated and raised my eyebrow , i'm so curious about the arcadial noises in the song. Oh and arcadial may not be a word but i am making it up to describe arcade like noises. Don't say i did not give you something new and surprise drop new content on you hahaha, i think i'm getting distracted and carried away now and not listening to the lyrics properly so in lou of that, allow me to press repeat on this one. Taylor or whoever she has written this about clearly does not need their closure, she's done move on basically haha. 

15: Evermore

Ohhhh Tay Tay you teaming up with Bon Iver again huh? Well let's see if this is another smash hit collab! Another sombre sounding song at the moment with how it's flowing. Writing letters addressed to the fire is this a nod to the Scooter Braun dispute? Taylor don't worry you will win and get your masters back it will just take some time is all but you will win, trust me. The part where Bon Iver pops in very much reminded me of the stylings of Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro? Some nice falsetto going on here and a nice sombre piano. Sombre is the word of the album. 

Bonus songs 

(TO BE RELEASED 18TH DECEMBER!)

Right Where You Left Me

It's Time To Go

So that is Evermore and my thought's upon my first playthrough of the album and I will come back again to this album and I will let my thoughts be known of the bonus material as soon as I am able to once they are released. I wonder what they will be like, from first glance i am imagining some more sombre tales in the form of these songs but we shall wait and see what happens there when the tracks are released.

So yes the continuation of the Folklore era, EVERMORE, in one word to describe the album it has to be for me Sombre. It's very good, I got my faves and i got ones which i will probably have to listen to a few more times to get into or to understand more of but yes TRACK 6, LET'S GO BAY BEEEE!!!! 

Thanks for checking out my thoughts and my blog, I worked hard and fast to get this done and I really appreciate you visiting and reading this!

Dear reader, please have a lovely day and a lovely holiday season, wherever you are!

Grey Skies (Original song/lyrics/poem)

The Grey skies are here,

My eyes have clouded over, from the grief,

I can't see the light,

Awaaaaay from the light of day,

Grey Skies, they haunt me, (they haunt me)

Grey skies, got a hold of me, (they got a hold of me)

Stay with me and hold my hand,

In the walk through never ever land,

I've been Peter, Always looking for my Wendy,

That mean ol Captain went and took her away from me,

It all happened so fast, in the blink of the eye of the tik tokin crocodile,

The grey skies are here, Peter can't you see,

My eyes have, clouded over and he's there tormenting,

A mean voice in the back of my head,

I shy from the bright of day,

Laying awake in bed at night, my shadow keeping me....awake,

Grey skies, wendy haunts me,  (she haunts me)

Grey skies, have their hold on me, (have their hold on me)

Tink, tink, tinkering with the bell,

A voice appears, grimacing a glee,

He insists it's Schmee, 

I lost my friends the only boys i see, 

When they all lost their faith.... in me, ( in me)

The grey skies are here,

They suffocate me drowning out the...liiiight,

I can't breathe, 

The night fills me with fright,

I lost my belief in magic this night,

The grey skies, above me, (they're haunting)

The grey skies, have their hold on me (they have a hold on me)

written 3:11am

13/12/20

by Scott Jones

The Gift Underneath My Christmas Tree - (original song/poem/lyrics)

There's coal on the fire, The house is warming up,
Presents are all around As the snow gently touches the ground,
Choirs are singing jolly ol carols of old,
As mother has the turkey roasting, nice and gold,
I look at pictures of years ago, Tears fill my eyes as I remember those who have came and gone,
My eyes get wide and my jaw drops down as you enter the room all alone,

You light up the room like a Christmas tree,
A warm Novus glow for all to see,
Wonderful sight to behold,
You make me smile, the truth be told,
I'm made to be oh so happy,
Knowing your the gift of Christmas, that standing underneath my tree.

The tv is showing, those same old films, we love dear,
Although your glasses fog up, you can't see your bingo cards clear,
But we all share a laugh along with you, like all the big old families do,
You count to three and then you jump as the crackers pop at tea,

You light up the room like a Christmas tree,
A warm Novus glow for all to see,
Wonderful sight to behold,
You make me smile, the truth be told,
I'm made to be oh so happy,
Knowing your the gift of Christmas, that standing underneath my tree.

You came up here, every year,
Every Christmas without fail,
Sometimes you were alone and times you were not,
But truth be told you were such a hoot and now your gone, my brain just cannot compute,
Stop motion animated man and dog, is what we both loved in common,
But also the wealth of knowledge you have is so inspiring, it makes my brain sing and cheer,

You light up the room like a Christmas tree,
A warm Novus glow for all to see,
Wonderful sight to behold,
You make me smile, the truth be told,
I'm made to be oh so happy,
Knowing your the gift of Christmas, that standing underneath my tree.

instrumental solo*

And now its Christmas time this year, in a year which the world is crumblin down,
I look around and I say a prayer for those we've lost, all before Christmas this year,
My dear wife I shed a tear, for she's been with me all year, despite all the sadness and madness in this world, she still loves me unconditionally,

My family hold me close and let's all sit down, and enjoy this merry feast despite the shit, that's happened this year,

The best gift this Christmas is the memories of all my dears, knowing their free from any pain the world has thrown, and I plant a star upon the tree for each of thee, 

So gather round the Christmas tree and let's all share an embrace, for the best gift of Christmas is standing right here, underneath my tree......

Charity Awareness Post 2020!

Hi there, 

I would like to raise some awareness and post links to charities which I have donated to and I love their work so here it goes. 

Miscarriage Association

There's a word besides Lockdown and Covid 19, I have heard more of this year than any other and that is Miscarriage and there are so many stories of so many going through it and I can tell you now, it's not nice, and it's not easy, and it's got no full recovery from just like any loss you have to go through in life. - https://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/about-us/the-charity/

Beluga Sanctuary

I LOVED watching John Bishop help save and relocate the two Beluga Whales on ITV earlier this year, Little Grey and Little White are so beautiful and cute and amazing, and I just want the best for them, and I am still following their story and if you want to help or know more go to the link - https://belugasanctuary.sealifetrust.org/en/

Dementia UK

Dementia is a horrible disease, I donated to them earlier this year when I lost my nan as I felt such a strong urge to donate to many charities actually, it's horrible to lose anyone and to know we have organizations and people out there looking for cures is amazing, but they need our help and donations to continue, so I mention them and link them here for this reason - https://www.dementiauk.org/

Marie Curie

Is a charity whom's services have helped my family a lot in the care and attention of my Dementia stricken Nana and the care of her in her last years of life so of course a massive shoutout and thanks to them and please give them anything you can or just learn more about their amazing work! - https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/

RNLI Lifeboats

Without the RNLI so many lives would be lost at sea every year, these brave volunteers are always on hand to help and save others and I support the Quay West crew and the service as a whole - https://rnli.org/what-we-do/lifeboats-and-stations/our-lifeboat-fleet

Sea Shephard

Are protectors of our oceans from illegal activities and they have done some amazing work - https://www.seashepherd.org.uk/

Raf Museum

I respect and love the RAF and their museum is amazing I shopped at their online shop to support them and I wanted to do this in memory of my late Grandfather who worked for RAF so go support and grab something lovely here - https://www.rafmuseumshop.com/

There are indeed so many great and amazing charities out there but I only chose to list and name those who have meant a lot to me this year so please do check them out, tell them you got referred to from me and let's just be excellent to each other and hope 2021 is a great year.