DW2 Theme Song?

[Bob Schroeck]

Okay, I'm finally getting around to assembling a "soundtrack album" for DW2 (now that I have a cd burner...). And I've been thinking -- what would be a good "theme song" for the story as a whole? For a long time, I've been favoring "Original Sin", a Jim Steinman song originally recorded by Pandora's Box, an all-woman group he assembled circa 1990. I even began writing a script for a music video to go with it. But I'm having some second thoughts. So I'm putting the question to both board members here and my prereaders on their own list -- is there a song out there that you can think of which says "Drunkard's Walk 2!!!" to you?
Thanks.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[offsides]

I had an idea at one point, but damned if I can remember what it was...
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[drakensis]

Trite, I know but:
"I am the music man
I come from far away
And I can play...
What can I play?
I can play the..."
It'd be an awful theme song, but it does match Doug fairly well. Alternatively, how about 'Paradise City', by Guns N Roses?
D for Drakensis

You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.

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Insomnia's a bitch, but it gives lots of time for net searches.
So here's my first candidate:
WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT
Twisted Sister
We're not gonna take it
No we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore
We've got the right to choose
And there ain't no way we'll lose it
This is our life, this is our song
We'll fight the powers that be just
don't pick our destiny cause
You don't know us, you don't belong
We're not gonna take it
No we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore
Oh you're so condescending
Your gall is never ending
We don't want nothin'
Not a thing from you
Your life is trite and jaded
Boring and confiscated
If that's your best
Your best won't do
Oh, oh we're right, yeah
We're free, yeah, we'll fight yeah
You'll see, yeah
We're not gonna take it
No we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore
No way
Oh, oh we're right, yeah
We're free, yeah, we'll fight yeah
You'll see, yeah
(repeat chorus)

Not perfect, but it resonates with several sides IMHO.
OftsidesDrunkard's Walk Forum Moderator and Prereader At Large

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Revolution
The Beatles
Lennon/McCartney

You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We're doing what we can
But when you want money
for people with minds that hate
All I can tell is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
Ah
ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...
You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You better free you mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
all right, all right, all right
all right, all right, all right

'nuff said
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[Bob Schroeck]

Huh. I hadn't thought of the Beatles' Revolution for this, it just might work. I know Doug is going to quote "So you say you want a revolution" to himself when he finally figures out what to do, so it would have proper echoes in the text...
I think this is a prime candidate. (Twisted Sister, on the other hand... ) Thanks, Josh!

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[zojojojo]

Twisted Sister might be a good song for the boomers to use as an anthem, though
-Z
If architects built buildings the way programmers write programms, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.
-Z, Post-reader at Medium
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If architects built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.

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Twisted Sister might be a good song for the boomers to use as an anthem, though

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That's exactly what I was thinking, only I didn't realize it at the time...
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Drunkard's Walk Forum Moderator and Prereader At Large

[offsides]

Yeah, well... look at the timestamp - 'nuff said
It seems to me that Original Sin might even be better used as a general DW anthem, rather than DW2-specific (esp considering the events of DW5 and DW-EVA...). Just another random thought
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[Bob Schroeck]

> Twisted Sister might be a good song for the boomers to use as an anthem, though
Believe it or not, the thought had occurred to me some time ago, but I never did anything with it.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Bob Schroeck]

> It seems to me that Original Sin might even be better used
> as a general DW anthem, rather than DW2-specific (esp
> considering the events of DW5 and DW-EVA...).
Hmm. That's an idea, certainly. I am loathe to give up on the song entirely, as it's just too good not to use.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[offsides]

> Hmm. That's an idea, certainly. I am loathe to give up on the song entirely,
> as it's just too good not to use.
Oh, I certainly agree there. I just think that it may be greater in scope than any single step of DW on its own...
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[Bob Schroeck]

I'm the urban spaceman baby, I've got speed
I've got everything I need
I'm the urban spaceman baby, I can fly
I'm a supersonic guy
I don't need pleasure
I don't feel pain
If you were to knock me down
I'd just get up again
I'm the urban spaceman babe and
I'm making out
I'm all about
I wake up every morning
with a smile upon my face
My natural exuberance
spills out all over the place
I'm the urban spaceman
I'm intelligent and clean
Know what I mean?
I'm the urban spaceman,
As a lover second to none
It's a lot of fun
I never let my friends down
I've never made a boob
I'm a glossy magazine
an advert in the tube
I'm the urban spaceman babe,
but here comes the twist
I don't exist.
-- I'm the Urban Spaceman,
Bonzo Dog Band/Neil Innes

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.