RP Soundtracks!

[Neo Queen Serenity]

I've done this thread in a few other RPGs! Here you can put fanmixes, lyrics to a song that fits your character or RP (with or without commentary), a youtube video, anything that inspires you in RP or you think fits the story, music-wise!

Perhaps to start it off, I should ask you guys to post something to do with the reply to the IC survey question: What's your favorite song?




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In the survey, Usagi answered anything by Minako! So here's her fave!


What did your character answer?

[Kino Makoto]

Mako answered "C'est La Vie" as her favorite song. I'm thinking she was very tired when she made this selection. ;D

[Neo Queen Serenity]

I thought this fit poor Mamoru and his feelings right now! Posting the video and the lyrics.

Scandal - Queen

Scandal - now you've left me all the world's gonna know
Scandal - they're gonna turn our lives into a freak show
They'll see the heart ache, they'll see the love break
They'll hear me pleading, we'll say for God's sake
Over and over and over again

Scandal - now you've left me there's no healing the wounds
Hey scandal - and all the world can make us out to be fools
Here come the bad news, open the flood gates
They'll leave us bleeding, we'll say you cheapskates
Over and over and over again

So let them know when they stare it's just a private affair
They'll have us hung in the air and tell me what do they care
It's only a life to be twisted and broken
They'll see the heart ache, they'll see our love break - yeah
They'll hear me pleading, I'll say for God's sake
Over and over and over and over again

Scandal scandal

Scandal
Scandal yes you're breaking my heart again
Scandal yes you're loving on out again

Today the headlines tomorrow hard times
And no-one ever really knows the truth from the lies
And in the end the story deeper must hide
Deeper and deeper and deeper inside

Scandal scandal
Scandal scandal


Couldn't resist posting the video, especially as the singer dances over a stage made to look like a newspaper with the words 'royal exclusive' on the front LOL.

[Mizuno Ami]

(Not sure I've gotten this right... as the code).

This song seems perfect to me for a sound track to the Fall of the SilMil.

[Mizuno Ami]

For midnight at the NYE Party?

[Neo Queen Serenity]

I've had this on repeat during the entirety of the Rendezvous thread. It's all choral and dramatic and suspenseful but also joyful (for Neph) in its own way.

Download here!

[Neo Queen Serenity]

Finally! Just what you were all dying for, right? A Crystal Tokyo Press Corps soundtrack! Sit back, and enjoy the satire! I have stuff here from all sorts of genres, so there should be something everyone should enjoy. ;D

Crystal Tokyo Press Corps FST

Track Listing:

• 1. The News - Jack Johnson
  
• 2. Fame < Infamy - Fall Out Boy
  
• 3. Smile for the Paparazzi - Cobra Starship
  
• 4. Paparazzi - JParis
  
• 5. The New York Times - Everclear
  
• 6. The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage - Panic! At The Disco
  
• 7. Mr. Writer - Stereophonics
  
• 8. Paparazzi - Lady Gaga
  
• 9. My Life, Your Entertainment (feat. Usher) - T.I.
  
• 10. Paparazzi - DJ Fatha Julz
  
• 11. Fly On the Wall - Miley Cyrus
  
• 12. Kill the Lights - Britney Spears
  
• 13. Paparazzi - The Monkey Face
  
• 14. Slow News Day - Terri Clark
  
• 15. Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
  
• 16. News of the World - The Jam
  
• 17. End of the World News (Dose Me Up) - Tom McRae
  

Songs, cover art, and playlist available to download here.

We are the Crystal Tokyo Press Corps. We bring you the sordid, the absurd, the dirty, nitty-gritty, and gory, and you bring us your newly minted New Earth currency. Ostensibly we say there's a difference between the journalist and the paparazzo, the serious propaganda news and the gossip, but, hey! TMZ and CNN are both owned by Time Warner!

We are the Fourth Estate, the guardians of truth and information-- some of which we guard too well in the shape of our biases and own agenda. We'll tell you the facts-- the ones we like, at least. The masses need our discernment for their daily diet of reality. Some try to hold us to a higher standard-- but we can't hear them from our ivory tower. We are the Crystal Tokyo Press Corps, and if it bleeds, it leads. Welcome to our saturnalia of sensationalism!

1: The News - Jack Johnson
Lyrics:

Why don't the newscasters cry when they read about people who die?
At least they could be decent enough to put just a tear in their eyes
Mama said
It's just make believe
You can't believe everything you see...

Commentary: N/A


2: Fame < Infamy - Fall Out Boy
Lyrics:

And you pull my head so close volume goes with the truth
Signing off "I’m alright in bed but I’m better with a pen"
The kid was alright but it went to his head

I am God’s gift but why would he bless me with
Such wit without a conscience equipped

Commentary: I think the title is pretty self-explanatory for this one-- but this section of lyrics goes right to the heart of the matter. 'Wit without a conscience' and 'I'm alright in bed but I'm better with a pen' describe your average CTPC journo perfectly.


3: Smile for the Paparazzi - Cobra Starship
Lyrics:

Hear hear! Now you're famous
but do you know the price you pay?
I hope that ain't contagious
'cause I ain't gonna live that way.
Thank you, no...

Commentary: I'm sure all of the senshi and Mamoru, among others, would love to opt out of the fame!


4: Paparazzi - JParis
Lyrics:

There's something wrong here
There's something not quite clear
Up in the club and I'm almost famous
They don't know what my name is
'Cause I'm not on the A-List
And it's a shame that I'm blaming my agent
Who hired my publicist
The one who's got me up to a stunt like this
I wish that they'd harass me
Right now they just walk past me
I want to become
a first-class celebrity!

If I did Paris on the terrace
would that change my simple life?

Hey paparazzi! I think you forgot me!
I'm not here to walk in the dark half naked!
Get your picture taken, I promise to fake it!
Maybe I'll make it! Hey paparazzi!

What does it take to get your attention?

Commentary: Bwahahahaha! This is Mayu's theme song, right down to walk in the dark half-naked! The failing actress who hit up Mamoru just to get into the tabloids-- this is for you, honey!


5: The New York Times - Everclear
Lyrics:

Oh,
It makes no sense to me
Yeah, I was living in a different world when I heard the news
I keep having the same bad dream
And it makes me want to hurt all the people who have done this thing to you

When I see your face, I can see you smile
Read all about you in the New York Times
When I see your eyes, I can see your light
When I think about what happened
It makes me crazy

It makes no sense to me,
This eye for an eye thing,
It has gone too far
I don't know anyone who doesn't hurt inside
I would like to believe we could learn from this
And maybe some day we can make things right
--
I really want to believe I can make things right
I want to believe I can learn to feel alright inside
I want to believe I can learn to make things right

Commentary: This reminded me of Mamoru and his having to see the suitors on the news, and his internal struggle with hiding his feelings, as written out so well by Jen. Poor Mamoru...


6: The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage - Panic! at the Disco
Lyrics:

Swear to shake it up, if you swear to listen
Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention
I aim to be your eyes, trophy boys, trophy wives

Swear to shake it up, you swear to listen
Swear to shake it up, you swear to listen

Commentary: This song has a place on this Soundtrack if only for the title-- which is so true in its own right! The lyrics have quite a bit to say as well, and it has a great beat!

7: Mr. Writer - Stereophonics
Lyrics: A

re you so lonely?
Don't even know me
But you'd like to stone me

Mr Writer, why don't you tell it like it is?
Why don't you tell it like it really is?

Commentary: Explains itself pretty well-- though there's another lyric in this song that makes me think explicitly of Mamoru. Listen to it and tell me if you get the same impression.


8: Paparazzi - Lady Gaga
Lyrics:

Backstage at your show
Velvet ropes and guitars
Yeah cause you'll know
I'm staring between the sets
Eyeliner and cigarettes

Shadow is burnt
Yellow dance and return
My lashes are dry
But with teardrops I cry
It don't have a price
Loving you is cherry pie
'Cause you know that baby I

I'm your biggest fan
I'll follow you until you love me
Papa-paparazzi
Baby there's no other superstar
You know that I'll be your
Papa-paparazzi

Commentary: An ode for Minako's fans!


9: My Life, Your Entertainment - T.I.
Lyrics:

See I don't think it would even matter (to me)
Working a nine to five would be better
I mean be honest, would you care to gossip about me
Not likely
I guess that's just the way that it goes (the way that it goes)
('Cause I know) See I can be somewhere out keeping it cool
(And get told) Almost anything instead of the truth
Y'all know more than I do, it's breaking news to me too
Easy killer y'all know that ain't how I move (ooh)
He said and she said (what) I did what, with they (who)
No not me I said (not me)
--
Flashing lights can blind your eyesight
To when you can't see what's wrong from right
Well shorty 'til you walk a mile in my shoes
And understand this is who I am
--
Life can be such a blur, obviously we prefer
Our privacy but instead we endure
Yes sir, don't expect nothin' less of me
'Cause this goin' probably be this way until the death of me
--
And yo, we doin' just fine, and the time's just flyin'
Live one headline at a time

My life, your entertainment
You watch it while I live it (live it)
I walk they follow (ay)
I talk they holla (ay)
Just here for your amusement
My life, your entertainment
You watch it while I live it (live it)
You waitin' for me to lose it
I guess I'm just here for your amusement

Commentary: N/A


10: Paparazzi - DJ Fatha Julz
Lyrics:

Paparazzi, Get out...out of my life
You better watch out for the paparazzi, watch out for the paparazzi

Commentary: N/A


11: Fly on the Wall - Miley Cyrus
Lyrics:

Don't you wish that you could be a fly on the wall?
A creepy little sneaky little fly on the wall?
All my precious secrets, yeah, you'd know them all
Don't you wish that you could be a fly on the wall?

Commentary: I was googling for media songs when I had about 10 tracks on the playlist, and this one popped up-- apparently the artist said it dealt with the media, though the full song also seems to be about a distrustful guy... >_> But it has a great beat and the chorus works, so it's here!


12: Kill the Lights - Britney Spears
Lyrics:

Mr. Photographer
I think I'm ready for my
close-up (tonight)
Make sure you catch me
from my good side (pick one!)
These other (HA) just wanna be me
Is that money in your pocket?
Or you happy to see me?

Kill the Lights!
(Take 'em out, turn 'em
off, break 'em down)
Kill the Lights!
(Don't be scared, make a
move, see me now?)
Kill the Lights!
(I've seen you, watching
me, watching you)
Kill the Lights!
You can't handle the truth
What happened to you?

Commentary: ;D


13: Paparazzi - The Monkey Face
Lyrics:

Celebrity you know can’t forget me
I’m Paparazzi I’m the one who takes your photo for free
Take your picture, make a story
Then I’ll sell it to E
Grab the cash, build my stash
The money shots all I need

Commentary: N/A


14: Slow News Day - Terri Clark
Lyrics:

Lately I pray for a slow news day
'Cause everything goods not bad enough for the front page
For every ten we lose we only hear of one that's saved
Sometimes I wanna hide away and pray
For a slow news day

People are still good that I always will belive
But these days it feels like everyone could use a little peace
Living in a world that filled with fear and worry
It might be time for us to hear a different story

Commentary: I think this one fits Usagi.


15: Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
Lyrics:

I make my living off the evening news
Just give me something-something I can use
People love it when you lose,
They love dirty laundry
--
We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who
Comes on at five
She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam
In her eye
It's interesting when people die!
Give us dirty laundry

Can we film the operation?
Is the head dead yet?
You know, the boys in the newsroom got a
Running bet
Get the widow on the set!
We need dirty laundry

You don't really need to find out what's going on
You don't really want to know just how far it's gone
Just leave well enough alone
Eat your dirty laundry
--
We can do the innuendo
We can dance and sing
When it's said and done we haven't told you a thing
We all know that crap is king
Give us dirty laundry!

Commentary: Another one where the lyrics speak for themselves.


16: News of the World - The Jam
Lyrics:

Look at the pictures taken by the cameras they cannot lie
The truth is in what you see - not what you read
Little men tapping things out - points of view
Remember their views are not the gospel truth

Commentary: N/A


17: End of the World News (Dose Me Up) - Tom McRae
Lyrics:

So dose me up once is not enough
I can still see the ground
And from this high rise view looking down on you
I'm not the one wasting my time

This is the end of the world news

Commentary: These lyrics are cryptic. Use your imagination.

[Neo Queen Serenity]

Honest Questions - Daniel Bedingfield
Listen here


I thought this fit Usagi's feelings at the moment...



Can you see
The honest questions in my heart this hour
I am opening like a flower
To the rain
And do you know the silent sorrows of a
Never ending journey through the pain

Do you see a brighter day for me
Another day
A day
Do you wonder whats in store for me
The cure for me
The way
Oh look down and see the tears I've cried
The lives I've lived
The deaths I've died
Would you die them too
And all for me

(You say)
I will pour the water down upon a thirsty barron land
And streams will flow
From the dust of your bruised and broken soul
And you will grow like the grass
Upon the fertile plains of Asia by the streams
Of living water you will grow
Oh.. you will grow

Do you know
The story from the start
And do you know me
Like you've always told me
Do you see the whispers in my heart against your kindness
My eternal blindness
Do you see...

Do you see a brighter day for me
Another day
A day
Do you wonder whats in store for me
The cure for me
The way
Oh look down and see the tears I've cried
The lives I've lived
The deaths I've died
Would you die them too
And all for me

(You say)
I will pour the water down upon a thirsty barron land
And streams will flow
From the dust of your bruised and broken soul
And you will grow like the grass
Upon the fertile plains of Asia by the streams
Of living water you will grow
Oh.. I will pour the water down upon the thirsty barron land
And streams will flow
From the dust of your bruised and broken soul
And you will grow like the grass
Upon the fertile plains of Asia by the streams
Of living water you will grow
Oh.. you will grow

[Kino Makoto]

This song sort of makes me think of pre-awakened Nate.

Carolina Liar - Show me what I'm looking for

Wait, I'm wrong
Should have done better than this
Please, I'll be strong
I'm finding it hard to resist
So show me what I'm looking for

CHORUS
Save me, I'm lost
Oh lord, I've been waiting for you
I'll pay any cost
Save me from being confused
Show me what I'm looking for
Show me what I'm looking for…oh lord

Don't let go
I've wanted this far too long
Mistakes become regrets
I've learned to love abuse
Please show me what I'm looking for

CHORUS
Save me, I'm lost
Oh lord, I've been waiting for you
I'll pay any cost
Save me from being confused
Show me what I'm looking for
Show me what I'm looking for…oh lord

Show me what I'm looking for
Show me what I'm looking for
Show me what I'm looking for

CHORUS
Save me, I'm lost
Oh lord, I've been waiting for you
I'll pay any cost
Just save me from being confused
Wait, I'm wrong
I can't do better than this
I'll pay any cost
Save me from being confused
Show me what I'm looking for
Show me what I'm looking for
Show me what I'm looking for
Show me what I'm looking for…oh lord

[Furuhata Reika]

For Luna and Artemis... ;D

[Neo Queen Serenity]