Kaythryn's Song Thread

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Originally posted by Melee:
I've been down to Tennessee and Georgia and Indiana and loved it. The south is cool.

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Would it be snotty of me to say that Indiana is not so much in the south?

Sarah

I'm a dying breed who still believes, haunted by American dreams. ---Neko Case

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Originally posted by Sarahetc:


Would it be snotty of me to say that Indiana is not so much in the south?

Sarah

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Naw, I actually kinda thought of that after I posted, but what? You expect me to memorize the US map? I'm not THAT smart.

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You're quite right about the mis-quoting... I was listening to the song and transcribing and got it wrong... As for being after Challenger, I think you're wrong there. I think this one was written in 1983 and, if you listen closely, then it references 'Capsule 12' and lots about dying in fire. I think it's referring to the three men who died in a fire in the Apollo program. I believe it was Apollo 12. The door jammed and the matting caught fire.

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12 was one of the moon landings, the second I think. What your thinking of was one of the early ground tests of the Apollo capsule. Gus Grissim(sp) and two others died. America's only program losses till Challenger. After the fire NASA stopped useing pure O2.

Back to topic:

"Living on a Thin Line" by the Kinks for Mal

"Flowers on the Razor Wire" by Sisters of Mercy for River

Later,

ME.



Don't look back, som'thin' might be gainin' on ya.
Who let the pigs play poker?
Evo Shander was right!

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OK... I've been thinking on it, and now I have prepared the definative (in my head) Firefly song list...

Mal - "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" by Blue Oyster Cult
"You see me now a veteran,
Of a thousand psychic wars.
I've been living on the edge so long,
where the winds of limbo roar.
And I'm young enough to look at,
And far too old to see.
All the scars are on the outside.
I'm not sure that there's anything left of me."

That last line just seems to sum him up perfectly after Serenity Valley.

Zoe - "We all need some body to lean on" by Bill Withers
"Lean on me,
When you're not strong,
I'll be your friend,
I'll help you carry on."

Ever the faithful second in command. Always there for Mal.

Wash - "Rocketman" By Elton John
"I miss the Earth so much,
I miss my wife.
It's lonely out in space"

Well, Wash IS the pilot and I couldn't find a song about juggling geese. The only other option was "Girl all the bad guys want" by Bowling for Soup.

Kaylee - "Kaylee" by Venice.
"Kaylee!
You should be in love with somebody,
Somebody like me!"

Well, one of our boys and girls deserves a song named after them. Plus it's a peppy little thing, just like Kaylee.

Jayne - "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood
"On the day I was born,
Nurses all gathered 'round,
to gaze in wide wonder,
at the joy they had found.
The head nurse spoke up,
said leave this one alone,
She could tell right away,
I was bad to the bone!"

Really? What else?

Innara - "Takin' care of Business" by Bachmann Turner Overdrive
"Well I'll be takin' care of business,
Ev'ry day.
Takin' care of Business,
Ev'ry way.
Takin' care of Business,
It's all mine.
Takin' care of Business,
and working overtime"

"Well, you know how wrapped up she gets in her work... Tell her to squeeze it dry, send it off." Oh I'm a bad, bad man.

Book - "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Various Artists
"Mine eyes have seen the Glory of the coming of the Lord,
He is trampling out the vintage where the Grapes of Wrath are stored,
He has loosed the fateful lightning from his terrible, swift sword,
His truth is marching on."

I think this song, aside from being really cool, captures the dichotomy of Book's Eclesiastical and Military personalities.

Simon - "Let's face the music and dance" by Frank Sinatra
"There may be trouble ahead.
But while there's moonlight,
And music,
And love,
And romance...
Let's face the music, and Dance"

Let's just hope that there really ISN'T any trouble ahead for Simon and Kaylee... And River.

River - "Phoenix" by Julia Ecklar
"My wings are made of tungsten,
My flesh of glass and steel,
I am the joy of Terra for,
the power that I wield.
Once upon a life-time,
I died a pioneer.
Now I sing within this vessel's heart,
does anybody hear."

I still think this is a hauntingly beautiful melody and perfect for River... Or rather, River as Serenity.

Twelve spheres of unendurable brightness spalled the velvety blackness of space.
The silence on Lester Tourville's flag bridge was absolute
And then the spell was broken as Shannon Foraker looked up from her console from where she had just sent a seemingly innocent command to the main computers of State Security's finest Superdreadnoughts.
"Oops." She said.

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Originally posted by KenWood:
12 was one of the moon landings, the second I think. What your thinking of was one of the early ground tests of the Apollo capsule. Gus Grissim(sp) and two others died. America's only program losses till Challenger. After the fire NASA stopped useing pure O2.

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That was Apollo I. NASA also drastically changed the hatch design.

Two funky creepy things about the Apollo I tragedy: If Grissom hadn't got such a hard time for the Liberty Bell splashdown, he would have never insisted that the hatch for the Apollo I capsule be designed the way it was, trapping them all in with no explosive bolts.

Further, after the Russians started declassifying documents from the Soviet space program, it came to light that one of their early tests at Baikonur ended in almost the exact same way. Instead of it being faulty wiring tho, like Apollo, it was an alcohol swab and a an exposed electric element. The cosmonaut was swabbing a sensor stuck to his skin, threw the swab over his shoulder where it hit the element and whoosh! The pure O2 atmosphere exploded.

We've had some real space program tragedies, but the USSR has us waaaaay beat.

End thread hijack!

Sarah

I'm a dying breed who still believes, haunted by American dreams. ---Neko Case

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I have found THEE perfect song about River!!!

Here are the Riverest parts-

--Prayer by Disturbed--
a gift to add on to your pain and suffering
another truth you can never believe
has crippled you completely
all the cries you’re beginning to hear
trapped in your mind, and the sound is deafening

living just isn't hard enough
burn me alive, inside
living my life's not hard enough
take everything away

another nightmare about to come true
will manifest tomorrow
another love that I've taken from you
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bring to life everything that you fear
live in the dark, and the world is threatening



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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle

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