So, what songs DO go with Firefly

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UPDATED: Friday, March 26, 2004 17:36
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DAVCO92

Friday, March 26, 2004 4:58 AM

OK, on a Chris Ledoux kick/tangent right now. Mal and Anara, 5 years later, married, the "critters" are at home, & they're out at one of her Shindigs:

"The Lady is Dancing With Me"

Lost in the music and her charms.
I was glidin' around the dancefloor, she felt so good in my arms.
When a tall dark stranger walked up, and cut in.
He said, excuse me sir, why don't you go have a seat.
I said well listen' here pardner, this may sound kinda crude,
But the lady is dancin' with me.
Now I paid for the supper, an' I bought the drinks,
So I feel that I've got the right,
Now I'm sorry ole buddy, but you just better back off,
Or there's liable to be trouble here t'night.
Now I can see that you're upset, 'cause it's always been a tradition,
To let a fine young gentleman cut in,
But if you don't take your hands off my lady, pardner,
I'm gonna have to break your chin.
Now, I've seen your kind before and I know,
Exactly what's on your mind.
Your woman probably left you, for someone else,
So you thought you'd just take a run at mine.
Yeah, you though you'd be leavin' her later on,
That's right...it's all part of the game.
Why don't you take my advice and on go back to the bar,
In one piece, the same way you came in.
The stranger took off and I saw him tryin' with someone else.
An' my lady well, she scowled at me,
An' she said, you know...I think that was very uncouth,
And goes against all the rules of chivilary.
Then she smiled up at me, with those beautiful eyes,
An' said, Mister, you know I kinda like your style,
But do you think we should call up the sitter and check on the kids?
I just grined and said, Naw...let's just dance a while

I guess that will be part of an episode in Firefly's 5th season. Title? "Shindigin' Again"

Burn the land, boil the sea...

DAVCO92

Friday, March 26, 2004 5:03 AM

And another theme for Mal:

"Call of the Wild"

Storm clouds are building above the timber line
The lightning's flashing across the mountain side
The thunder's rollin' down the canyons of his mind
Somewhere beyond the great divide

The bugle of the bull elk echos through pines
The north wind moans her lonesome lullaby
He hungers for the freedom of an eagle as she flies
Somewhere beyond the great divide

Chorus:
He's heard the call of the wild
He's heard the call of the wild
The mountains callin' to him like a mother calls her child
He's heard the call of the wild

Livin' in the city oh it gets to be a grind
Puttin' in his hours workin' overtime
Waitin' for the day he can leave it all behind
To go somewhere beyond the great divide

Bridge:
He's got to get away from the city for a while
He's gotta answer - the call of the wild...

Once again, very very Mal.

Burn the land, boil the sea...

PHOSPHORUS

Friday, March 26, 2004 5:05 AM

You need a song that succinctly and directly addresses the central theme of Firefly. No, not all that subtext about freedom.

Blake Babies - Girl in a Box

DAVCO92

Friday, March 26, 2004 5:11 AM

Yep, I'm hooked on this idea. Be patient, it's just a phase I'm going through...LOL! In this one I can see Mal remembering life on Shadow, but then transposing memories of the war over the stampede imagery, kind of like a waking nightmare.

"Stampede"

We made camp along Red River
Watched the cattle as they bedded down
Back at the wagons, right after supper
Spread our bedrolls on the ground

And me and Willie, we took the night guard
And the sage never smelled so sweet
The prairie moon, was blazin' silver
No chance tonight for a stampede

Way over yonder, off in the distance
Towards the mountains there in the west
Did I see lightnin', did I hear thunder
The mind is weary, I could use some rest

Then all at once, the wind shifts directions
The clouds roll in behind the tumbleweeds
Those longhorn cattle, are gettin' restless
God help us all, if they stampede

Smell the rain, hear the thunder
The midnight sky, turns black as death
The lightnin' crashes, smell the sulphur
It's rank and strong, as Satan's breath

The cattle rise up, and go to runnin'
I spur my pony on and take the lead
And across the herd, I can hear Willie yellin'
"Hey...Stampede!"

Dust clouds rise, as the rain falls
They mix together, turn the air to mud
I feel the longhorns brush against me
I can feel the demons racing through my blood

Then all at once, my pony stumbles
We hit the ground, I rise up to my knees
In a flash of light, I can see the cattle comin'
Lord I know I'm gonna die in this stampede

Then I awake, and I look around me
I'm in my bedroll and I'm layin' on the ground
Over there's the wagon, and there's the campfire
I was only dreamin',...what's that sound?

And I feel the earth tremble underneath me
As the midnight sky begins to bleed
And from the blackness I can hear Willie yellin'
"Hey...stampede...."

I can see (feel) Mal having a really dark moment there - once again, really strong imagery.

Burn the land, boil the sea...

DAVCO92

Friday, March 26, 2004 5:19 AM

And yes again, one more from Chris Ledoux. This one is a brighter side of Mal, more about what keeps him going. The last two stanzas (or whatever you call them) are the most applicable.

"You Just Can't See Him From The Road"

Well you don't see him much on the big screen anymore
The kids don't ride along with Roy or Gene
And that ain't really him with all those feathers in his hat
And some frenchman's name embroidered on his jeans

Chorus:
But he's still out there ridin' fences
Still makes his livin' with his rope
As long as there's a sunset he'll keep ridin' for the brand
You just can't see him from the road

Well he never learned to two step hell he barely learned to walk
But he's worn a lot of leather off the tree
He's had one or two good horses that he counts among his friends
He never drew a breath that wasn't free

Repeat chorus

Well he's tall in the saddle short on the cash
The last to quit the first to buy the beer
Well he's a knight in leather armor still livin' by the code
That's made him what he's been a hundred years

Repeat Chorus

As long as there's a sunset he'll keep ridin' for the brand
You just can't see him from the road

He's still flyin'...and that's enough. Oh, why the multiple posts rather than one big one? Easier for me that way. Sorry if that bothers anyone - just being a bit lazy I guess.

Burn the land, boil the sea...

DAVCO92

Friday, March 26, 2004 5:30 AM

OK, last Chris Ledoux song (for now...he he). This one is for Jayne:

"Billy the Kid"

In the southern part of Texas, east and west of El Paso
Where the mighty Franklin Mountains guard the trail to Mexico.

Theres a new made widow cryin and a hurse a-rollin slow,
And I guess that Devils passed this way again.

Theres a lathered sorrel stallion runnin through the Joshua Trees,
A young man in the saddle with his coat tails in the breeze.

Got a six gun on his right hip and a rifle at his knee,
And hes dealin in a game that he cant win.

CHORUS
Poor Billy Bonney, youre only twenty-one,
Pat Garretts got your name on every bullet in his gun.
Each notch you carved on your six-guns got a bloody tale to tell
Well, youre a mile ahead of Garrett and a step outside of hell.

Them fancy clothes youre wearin and the women in your bed,
Cant take away the faces of the men that you left dead.

As you ride across the badlands with a price upon your head,
Now that wheel or fortune starts to turn.

Your reputations grown till its the biggest in the land,
And there aint a lot of people left who wanna call your hand.

And I guess youll go down shootin just like all branded men,
And when you shake hands with the Devil you get burned.

CHORUS x 2

I can somehow see Jayne fleeing on horseback, running from a posse of 20 men, firing Vira over his shoulder...fading...to Book reading over Jayne's grave. Makes me think of their scene in the cargo hold in "The Message".

Sorry for the Chris Ledoux binge - haven't listened to him in years...need to remedy that, I reckon. :)

Kurukami - Great idea regarding Evanescence! I love that song (album!!!) and that one never would have occurred to me.

Burn the land, boil the sea...

SERGEANTX

Friday, March 26, 2004 6:14 AM

ok, I've posted this before and some of you may have been lucky enough to hear this song. This song should play over the closing credits after the movie.

Quote:
The Valley - Jeff Black

As I walk down through the valley
and I breathe in the angel mist,
nothing to protect me
from this place that the devil blessed.
I walk with arms wide open
and I dream where the wild wind blows
that faith will give me shelter
and time my own reward.

(Chorus)
You see my soul is alive
and these dreams are real
and I will not let fear rule my life
or how I feel
Inside my heart
for the rest of my days
on the wings of a dove
carry me away.

To the left I feel the joker
tug and pull there at my coat.
To the right I feel the thieves
choke and dagger at my throat.
Stumbling through the darkness
like a drifter in the night
shaking off the violence
to the fall of the morning light

Chorus

You see they put it in the paper
around the world and on the air.
They run it down wire
baby till we're tired and we just don't care.
I know we can make it,
we can make it if we try.
We can rise above this mess
and fly in a clear blue sky.

And I know when the light falls on me
there ain't nothing I can't overthrow.
There ain't nothing I can't overcome
or come to know.
So lay your heavy load down on me.
Strip everything I have away.
I am not your prisoner,
I am not afraid.

Chorus

Carry me away, Carry me away....

http://www.jeffblack.com

SergeantX

"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith

SPOOKYDONKEY

Friday, March 26, 2004 2:24 PM

You all might want to look into a band called Sixteen Horsepower (or 16 Horsepower - even the band itself switches between the two spellings). They've been strongly influenced by old time Appalachian preacher music (one of the band member's fathers WAS an old time Appalachian preacher). A lot of their music is about the evil in men's heart and vengence and things of that sort. I've chosen to describe them as Gothic fire-and-brimstone Appalachian cow-punk.

A friend of mine who I described this thread to also reccomends an artist called Nico Case, who I'm only passingly familiar with, but there's his two cents as a bonus.

CYBERSNARK

Friday, March 26, 2004 4:41 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by TeelaBrown:
Hey all you! Yes, the ones reading! What's a good Inara song?

I think something Oriental-sounding.

Tokyo Girl by Ace of Base?

(Or (I Know) What Boys Like by Pure Sugar?)

*runs away*

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STILLSHINY

Friday, March 26, 2004 5:36 PM

Learn to Fly-Foo Fighters During a scene where Wash is trying desperately to outrun a Reaver ship. or the canyon scene from the Message.

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss

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