[fun and games] songsharing the voidmoth way

[yhlee]

It's been a while since we've had one of these!

Feel free to post theme songs/playlists for your characters here. I'll start us off in the comments.

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General Shuos Jedao

[yhlee]

Linkin Park, "Breaking the Habit" [Youtube]
(I actually picked this song out because I liked it BEFORE I saw the music video with all its gears!)
[visuals may be triggery, violence??? I'm not good at content notes]

Fluffy the single mother

[yhlee]

Cowboy Bebop Blue, "Chicken Bone" [Youtube, no visuals]

The Cantata

[yhlee]

TRAPPIST Sounds : TRAPPIST-1 Planetary System Translated Directly Into Music [Youtube]

(I realize it should have a theme song also that is literally a cantata, but vocal music is not my strength. Anyone want to help me out? I'm thinking J. S. Bach.]

Nirai Remi

[yhlee]

I don't think this will be a surprise to anyone.
Flobots - "Handlebars" [Youtube]

a song for seyli

[kese_seyli]

None of this has ever shown up in game but a song for Seyli: Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2zreotds8U

(the same artist makes up...half of my Jedao playlist atm)

Sasha songs

[zuhrovet]

Here's the list of songs I associate with Sasha that would annoy her, for a combination of musical reasons and judgment-of-her-relationship-failure reasons:

• Lord Anthony, Belle & Sebastian ("When will you realize it doesn't pay/ to be smarter than teachers, smarter than most kids?")
  
• All My Money on You, Diana Jones ("Might be the smartest thing I do/ put all my money on you")
  
• Come Back From San Francisco, the Magnetic Fields ("... and kiss me--I've quit smoking!")
  
• Acoustic Guitar, also the Magnetic Fields ("You understand where she's coming from/ which I obviously don't/ or she wouldn't be gone")
  

[aside]

[yhlee]

I am dying to listen to all the songs! But Ara is practicing the "piano" (USB MIDI controller keyboard), and the audio out is hooked up to the DAW right now, so no other sound from my computer will play. :p Maybe tomorrow?

Songs for Alaric

[slybrarian]

Sorry about being a bit quiet lately, but here's some songs.

What Alaric's School Promised His Degree Would Make Him: Dies Irae

What Alaric Thinks He Does: Knights of Cydonia

What Alaric's Progenitor Units Think He Does: Star Trekkin

What The Hexarchate Thinks Alaric Does: New Math

What He Thinks About the Cantata: Space Oddity

What Alaric Probably Actually Does:
She Blinded Me With Science
I Am a Scientist
What We Need More Of Is Science

Ione Songs

[bariolage]

I never listen to music on Youtube or watch music videos, so I've only checked the first few bars of these to make sure it's the right versions of songs and have no CLUE about the videos, don't read into them, I didn't watch them. I have songs on my Ione playlist besides these (one in question: Check it Out - Oh the Larceny) that just kind of make me think of her musically, but here are four that actually are on there because they relate to her both musically and lyrically on some level!

Ooh La - The Kooks
Volcano - Damien Rice
Masterfade and Imitosis - both Andrew Bird

Songs for Reshad

[hoardingpearls]

All links are to YouTube.

Songs that remind me of her:
Breath of Life - Florence and the Machine, chosen for the way the vocals and instruments seem to be doing two different things most of the time, and also lyrics.

Steer Your Way - Leonard Cohen. Depressing, because Leonard Cohen.
"Steer your heart past the Truth that you believed in yesterday
Such as Fundamental Goodness and the Wisdom of the Way..."

Reshad's taste in music is eclectic. She can enjoy almost anything, given a chance to find something she likes about it.

She'd probably like the following:
Namonaki Oka - Yoshida Brothers (Tsugaru Shamisen instrumental, I love the way this one peaks about 2:20.)

Lean On - Major Lazer & DJ Snake
"Blow a kiss, fire a gun
All we need is somebody to lean on"

Personally, I listen to video game music or symphonic metal when I'm working, which is somewhat stereotypical of me. When I'm not trying to focus, almost anything goes, although I favor things with lots of harmony. I grew up on Beethoven and Mozart and the Moody Blues.

Virmad songs

[lleullawgyffes]

I realize I'm extremely late to this party but who cares!

Rosalía: “Di mi nombre” (it's funny because everyone else who interacted with the staff on Station Moongray used a pseudonym and Virmad just blithely told them his real name)

y en el último momento / dime mi nombre a la cara
(and in the final moment / say my name to me)

half·alive: “Still Feel” (the transition from Circling to Uncircled isn't always smooth)

when I'm furthest from myself (far away)
feeling closer to the stars (outer space)
I've been invaded by the dark (can't escape)
trying to recognize myself when I feel I've been replaced

Jane: “It’s a Fine Day” (Virmad is a man of simple pleasures with some bittersweet regrets whose fundamental desire is for peace)

it's going to be a fine night tonight
it's going to be a fine day tomorrow
we will have salad...

Kimbra: “Good War (Reimagined)” (a quiet revolutionary)

you and I are gonna die free
'cause we're fighting in a good war

Ramin Djawadi: “Go Big or Go Extinct (Patrick Stump remix)” (this is what's running through Virmad's head whenever it's time to break out the scrying or when he has to pretend to be a working Inquisitor)

Steve Grand: “Aint’t It Something (Demo)” (this song is about a threesome and honestly? there are things about being Rahal that Virmad misses)

you know, life is hard and dark and heavy but
it don't have to feel / so empty

Charli XCX: “Boys” (I...had to)

I was busy thinkin' 'bout boys / boys / boys
I was busy dreamin' 'bout boys / boys / boys
head is spinnin' thinkin' 'bout boys

Sufjan Stevens et al.: “Saturn” (ominous and difficult; a collection of lyrical imagery that I think would appeal to Virmad-the-poet)

tell me I'm evil
tell me I'm not the name of love
tell me I'm evil
tell me I'm not the face of —

Janelle Monáe: “Cold War” (revolution is more difficult than he thought — but worth it, still; it has to be)

bring strength to the weak and bring grace to the strong
may all evil stumble as it flies in the world
all the tribes come and the mighty will crumble
we must brave this night and have faith in love

Xiulan

[stormglass]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eC5wbqpxtk4
Skylar Grey’s Building a Monster came into my head early on as a thematic song. The haunting tone fits, as do the words. There are trust issues and, more than that, there are REASONS for trust issues. And then there’s the whole working for an entity that will happily weaponize your trauma.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BaXSbsZoYnU
The Hidden Citizens’ cover of Paint It Black was played quite a bit while I was writing up her application. Sometimes, achieving a thing you were working toward just makes everything worse.

I haven’t quite figured out what sort of music she likes listening to IC yet. That said, she can play the clarinet a bit and I thought it’d be amusing to have her know Fly Me To the Moon for it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7uEJ69oeqv4 Here’s a version I found with said instrument.

(I will admit MY favorite version of the song itself has been the one played at the end of Neon Genesis Evangelion*g*)

I’ll post again if and when I manage to wrangle the IC musical tastes.

Music for Dar

[chomiji]

Bo'ee ("Come") by Idan Raichel Project - when she thinks of home/family

Sonegaly by Tarika - memories of lazy summer days at her family's waterfront restaurant, between lunch and dinner, when they could catch a break

Ayal Ayale by Idan Raichel Project - happy festival music from home

Sadagora Hot Dub by Amsterdam Klezmer Band featuring Shantel - club music from her youth: her idea of party music

[zuhrovet]

I made a Sasha playlist!

Some honorable mentions that didn't make it in:

• Angnahiak (Quantum Tangle) (songsharing!)
  
• Bad Girls (Pussy Riot & Dave Sitek)