Songs that remind you of Firefly characters

POSTED BY: Kaze
UPDATED: Monday, June 28, 2004 02:28
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MEDUSA

Thursday, June 24, 2004 5:58 PM

Mal: I'm still standing (Elton John)

The woods are the only place I can see a clear path.

WILDHEAVENFARM

Friday, June 25, 2004 1:29 PM

For River, Drowning Pool's "Let the Bodies Hit the Floor". I've even previously posted the suggestion that someone make a River-heavy action-oriented vid, since I don't have the wherewithall my own self to do one.

Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.

INSIGHT SPINNER

Friday, June 25, 2004 11:31 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by EARLYWASLATE:
How about "Dirty Deeds" by AC/DC for Jayne.

"Touch me..Feel me..." from Tommy for River.

"Space Oddity" by Bowie for Jubal.

"Everybody plays the fool" for Simon.

"Sexual Healing" for Inara

He he...that's good. I was thinking

"Trouble Man" by Marvin Gaye for River as she comes into her own moving beyond OIS

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INSIGHT SPINNER

Saturday, June 26, 2004 1:23 PM

Looking at the list so far, these may seem obscure, but you mentioned you didn't know many of what was listed (I don't either, actually). So here are a couple I thought of:

I'm totally focused on Lizz Wright right now -- she's jazzy, but not limited to jazz. Three songs on her album Salt strike me for FF:

"Goodbye" for Inara on her determination to leave Mal/FF.

"Vocalese/End of the Line" -- for Mal/Inara as the tension builds towards Inara's conviction to leave.

"Silence" -- a mood setter for Serenity flying in the black. Has a mean guitar riff riding the background that just adds just the right westerny feel to her contralto.

Other stuff:
"Ecstasy" by the Ohio Players from Wash to Zoe. Really, ain't many words to that song...it's a grapplin' song

"Shell-shocked Venus" by Michael Hedges from the album Torched. For Inara again.

Inara doesn't have green eyes, but what about "Guinevere" by Crosby Stills Nash and Young? It's all exotic sounding.

But why stop at western music? We need to work in some eastern stuff. Sadly, I don't know chinese music very well. How about anything by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan? The great qawwali singer (Sufi Music)? Or Ferouz? You have to have something for transitions and such.

I can't help but think of Sade's "Smooth Operator" for Simon, because he's not one, but he is as a doc. Can't you see him delivering one of his singers and then you just hear in the background...no need to ask, he's a smooth operator...?

and I couldn't resist suggesting "Brick House" for Zoe -- again from Wash (re: his description of her to the Alliance man) -- Wacky Fun!

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TJACK

Sunday, June 27, 2004 12:30 AM

For Mal & Serenity

So if you care to find me, look to the western skies-
As someone told me lately, everyone deserves a chance to fly-
And if I'm flying solo, at least I'm flying free-
To those who try to ground me, take a message back from me-
Tell them how I'm *Defying Gravity*
I'm flying high *Defying Gravity*
And soon I'll match them in Renown-
And nobody in all of Oz, no wizard that ever is or was-
Will ever bring me down-

Defying Gravity from the musical Wicked

When faced with a moral question I ask myself; "What would The Lone Ranger do?"

TERRIBLETINK

Sunday, June 27, 2004 12:56 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by DixieFlatline:
For some reason, I keep thinking of Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows" for Mal:

Everybody knows the dice are loaded,
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed.
Everybody knows the war is over,
Everybody knows the good guys lost.

Everybody knows the fight was fixed,
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich.
That's how it goes,
And everybody knows.

And of course, it's hard to resist the thought of the Eurythmics' "Missionary Man" for Book...

These are both great choices!!!! I can't believe I didn't think of Missionary Man, but my jaw dropped at how good the Cohen song is for Mal. Hats off to you, my friend!

AURAPTOR

Sunday, June 27, 2004 2:19 AM

I've read the subject line for a while now and intentionally didn't open it. It seems like an unusual thread, though it makes more sense in reading what Kaze was asking for. I figured that something might come to mind, but after a while, nothing did. Then when I read some of the other post....to kinda get a feel of how folks were thinkin....I still have no clue. Seems this is sort of 'A Knights Tale' type of exercise... but so far, I got nuttin. Firefly is so unique and yet complete in its own 'verse, throwing it to music from OUR time would seem ... icky. Or maybe I just haven't come up w/ the right song yet..Yeah, that's gotta be it.

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

INSIGHT SPINNER

Monday, June 28, 2004 2:28 AM

Here are the lyrics to End of the Line...which is actually a Nina Simone song covered by Lizz Wright (sorry -- I let a browncoat friend borrow my CD...only have digitals of songs right now).

Nina Simone End Of The Line lyrics
This is the end of the line
I've clearly read ever sign
the way you glance at me
indifferently
and take your hand from mine
this is the end of the line
how can I ever be fine
how helpless I've become
i feel like some discarded valentine
remeber in the biginning
your winning ways excited me
and all the while I was certain
that we two found a love that comes just to a few
we've reached the end of the line
I hope your dreams turn out fine
I'm awfully tired
and so I guess I'll go
Although it's only nine
but this is the end of the line
the end of the line

And here's "Goodbye" which is more evocative of them for what might have been than for what was...

I'll never forget you
I'll never forget you
I'll never forget how we promised one day
to love one another forever that way
we said we'd never say
goodbye

but that was long ago, long ago
now you've forgotten, I know
no need to wonder why
let's say farewell with a sigh
and let love die

but we'll go on living
our own way of living
so you take the high road
and I'll take the low
it's time that we parted
it's much better so
but kiss me as you go
goodbye

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