Aster Aweke Puns

Hello everyone! I am a non-Ethiopian and a fan of Ethiopian musician Aster Aweke.

In the Youtube description for several of Aster Aweke's albums (such as here and here) it states that her most recent album Chewa, released in 2019, is her 25th album.

Documentation on Discogs and Wikipedia is rather incomplete on this topic. For instance, her Wikipedia article currently only lists 11 albums that she released, and her Discogs page does not include the year released, record label, and English translations of titles for many of her albums.

If anyone could help me in finding information on these albums, it would be much appreciated. I would most like help in finding the chronology and year of release for all of her albums.

It’s been five years since The Weeknd released Starboy! This was the first album of The Weeknd’s where he embraced the genre of Pop to another level. Merging genres and blending into various sounds, Starboy was a well executed exploration of music that helped The Weeknd enhance his image and alter any sort of stereotypes that surrounded him. The album helped Abel garner a new fanbase, one that was here for the pop sound he had to offer; all while he stayed true to his well-known image.

In this post I’ll be focusing on the era, and a little bit on the album. I believe Starboy was the one era that perfectly encapsulated who The Weeknd is, simply because of the contrast between the themes of the songs, the videos, and delivery of it all. All things considered, the era shows off different aspects of The Weeknd. And for clarity, when I say era, I mean songs, videos, and of course, the album. Of course performances, interviews, magazines shoots, etc. come into the category of an era, but with this post I hope to highlight the singles/videos for this era. Mainly because they displayed a strong contrast between each other, ultimately conveying The Weeknd’s versatility as an artist.

Various dates will be emphasized to focus on highlights from the era, again, mainly the releases of singles/videos. I will discuss the album at the end though, specifically attempting to pinpoint why such a successful era’s album is seen as a weak point in The Weeknd’s discography. I don’t want to come off as if I’m too critical of the album. It’s no secret that the album isn’t Abel’s strongest piece of work, but that doesn’t mean that it wasn’t massively successful or enjoyable. And I want to assure that I’m not against the album. It was the first album Abel released after I joined the XO fandom and back then I was like “this is the best album ever!! Why are the other fans wildin??” Overtime, I understood the criticism, but as time has past many fans of The Weeknd have came around on Starboy and now appreciate the album. But again, I will discuss why it doesn’t stand out. And if this is your favourite album of his, I sincerely hope that I don’t come off as if I’m trying to put you in the worst mood, ah.

The era went from September 2016 to June 2017. I won’t highlight performances, but I do have a small section for them. And I won’t mention Marvel’s Starboy comic book, even th

I’ve found some really good songs by looking at samples of my favourite artists so I’ve decided to make a compilation of them used in Abel’s music, big fan of the samples in Trilogy especially:) hope no one’s done this before lol

##House of Balloons

What You Need — Rock the Boat by Aaliyah (2001)

House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls — Happy House by Siouxsie and the Banshees (1980) and Drop It Like It’s Hot by Snoop Dogg ft. Pharrell Williams (2004)

The Party & The After Party — Master of None by Beach House (2006)

Coming Down — Shirō Kisses Saber by Fate/Stay Night (2006)

Loft Music — Gila by Beach House (2008)

The Knowing — Cherry Coloured Funk by Cocteau Twins (1990)

##Thursday

Life of the Party — Drugs In My Body by Thieves Like Us (2006)

The Birds Pt. 2 — Sandpaper Kisses by Martina Topley-Bird (2003)

##Echoes of Silence

Montreal — Laisse Tomber Les Filles by France Gall (1964)

Outside — Go Outside by Cults (2010)

Initiation — Patience by Georgia Anne Muldrow (2006) and The Zone by The Weeknd ft. Drake (2011)

The Fall — I’m Not A Star by Rick Ross (2010)

##Kiss Land

Professional — Professional Loving by Emika (2011)

Adaptation — Bring On the Night by The Police (1979)

Belong To The World — Machine Gun by Portishead (2008)

Wanderlust — Precious Little Diamond by Fox the Fox (1984)

Kiss Land — Nothing’s Gonna Change by Silky Johnson (2011), Desert Rose by Silky Johnson (2011) and La Ritournelle (Mr. Dan's Magic Wand Mix) by Sébastien Tellier (2005)

##Beauty Behind the Madness

Tell Your Friends — Can’t Stop Loving You by Soul Dog (1976)

Often — Ben Sana Vurgunum by Nükhet Duru (1978)

The Hills — Revolution by Tom Raybould (2014)

As You Are — I See the Want to in Your Eyes by Gary Stewart (1974)

##Starboy

Starboy — Out Here by The Weeknd (2016)

False Alarm — Y’shebellu by Aster Aweke (1989)

Secrets — Pale Shelter by Tears for Fears (1983) and Talking in Your Sleep by The Romantics (1983)

Sidewalks — Fu-Gee-La by Fugees (1995)

##My Dear Melancholy

Call Out My Name — Killing Time by Nicolas Jaar (2016)

Hurt You — Ironside by Quincy Jones (1971)

##After Hours

Heartless — Pulsar City Alarm by Adams & Fleisner (1984)

Scared To Live — Your Song by *

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”

“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.

The doctor says it terminal.

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

Do your worst!

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

Mathematical puns makes me number

We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.

Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.

But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

He lost May

Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.

Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"

Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?

Said if she ever hosts a gender reveal party, when it comes time to pop the balloon she'll spray everyone with water.

Gender is fluid.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

And now I’m cannelloni

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

But that’s comparing apples to oranges

And boy are my arms legs.

Amy

Put it on my bill

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

They’re on standbi

BamBOO!

A play on words.