Song References in Goblinworks Blog


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A small pleasure for me in the blog posts is the cultural references and allusions in the section headings, particularly the song ones. Certainly enjoy the poetic references (i.e. the Delmore Schwartz quote), but for someone my age, the song references are very pleasing:)

"Money Changes Everything" is from a a totally bad-ass band from Atlanta called The Brains. The local music scene back then was really hopping--the "New Wave of the New South" including REM and the B-52s. Plus the Cyndi Lauper cover was pretty good too.

"Life During Wartime" is easily my favorite Talking Heads song--quirky, weird--it was the first conspiracy song I'd ever heard, and it utterly piqued my interest as a HS kid trying to figure out who I was musically.

I think "To Live and Die in the River Kingdoms" alludes to the film/theme song "To Live annd Die in LA." Not a huge fan of the song, but the movie is very evocative of that era, and as a neo-noir revival film, has a special place in my heart.

Anyone else notice and song or other juicy cultural references in the blog?

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I stumbled across this note and read about the Brians. Was at UGA 80-81 and remember hearing their tunes on local radio along with REM and the B-52. REM and B-52's had just broken out but had been local for a few years. Fun party music. Too fun. I got kicked out that first year, but what a year it was!

Dawgs won the Sugar Bowl, Hershel won the Heismann, met Dominique Wilkins (he dated a girl across the hall from a girl I dated in Creswell dorm).

Whew! Fun times!

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of course there is "Time is the Fire in which We Burn"

I remember it from Star Trek: Generations, but that may have been a quote from Shakespear or something knowing the Next Gen writers lol.

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Xeen wrote:

of course there is "Time is the Fire in which We Burn"

I remember it from Star Trek: Generations, but that may have been a quote from Shakespear or something knowing the Next Gen writers lol.

behold the power of google:

Time is the fire.. is from a 1937 poem by the american poet Delmore Schwartz, Calmly we walk through this April Day.

Butchers, bakers and candlestick makers is from an old nursery rhyme, first published 1798.

Hey! rub-a-dub, ho! rub-a-dub, three maids in a tub,
And who do you think were there?
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker,
And all of them gone to the fair.

(FYI, the interpretation seems to be that crafters like to watch wet t-shirt contests)

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Where the wild things are is a children's book

RESPECT: find out what it means to me is Aretha Franklin (for example in Blues Brothers)

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Just reread my post.....the Brains, not the Brians. Lordy....my typing stinks.

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More Memes:

"A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step." - Laozi, Chinese philosopher

The proposed NPC town which became Thornkeep was described as "a wretched hive of scum and villainy".

"Where the Wild Things Are" is a favourite children's book by Maurice Sendak.

"Signed... in Blood" - possibly from "Signed and Sealed in Blood" by the Dropkick Murphys.

"The Ties That Bind" is a Springsteen song, but also a title used for a couple novels, movies and other media. A form of it appears in a hymn from 1782, but it likely has older origins.

"To Form a More Perfect Union" - US Constitution preamble.

"Stairway to Heaven" - the most-known Led Zeppelin song.

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"Murder By Numbers" - One of my favorite songs by The Police.

"Screaming For Vengance" - Judas Priest

I really enjoyed the post and sub posts in "I Can See For Miles" With the main title being by the Who and subtitles "Hungry Like the Wolf" from Duran Duran, and "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" by the Beastie Boys.

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Of course 'I can see for Miles'(and Miles) is from Roger Daltrey and The Who.

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:). It's become a thing. We can't stop it. :)

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Emergent gameplay!

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A Game of Thorns -> A Game of Thrones.

Time Keeps On Slipping, Slipping, Slipping into the Future! -> Lyrics from "Fly Like An Eagle"

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Ryan Dancey wrote:
:). It's become a thing. We can't stop it. :)

Oh yes, song titles/lyrics (and other cultural-reference memes) are great for Aspects in FATE-based roleplaying games too. They're catchy, and by evoking the song (book, movie, etc.) they provide a greater depth of meaning than the phrase itself actually conveys. Been Caught Stealin' was the 'trouble' aspect for my wereraven in a Dresden Files game. As the Jane's Addiction song implies, he's been caught before, but it only made him more wary, not more respectful of property rights.

The "I shot a man in Reno" line from Johnny Cash was the title of a thread here before it got used for the blog post, and I made my movement speed thread follow suit by naming it Run Like Hell (Pink Floyd). I think we should make it a crowdforger tradition to name threads that way when possible. :)

Oh, and:
"Every Picture Tells a Story " - Rod Stewart song & album.

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I'm glad you rezzed this thread Hardin :) Atlanta-Athens had some mighty good music in those days--I was at Boston College 84-88 and we had a good local scene there as well.

"Every Picture Tells a Story" is easily my fave solo Rod Stewart song.

"Waiting for the Sun," meh, Doors.

And somebody suggested a blog titled with one of the greatest lines in folk/county music history...

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From Atlanta....Kansas (strange but true, one of the gals at my high school....yeah, High School! Dated one of the guys from Kansas. They also hailed from...wait for it...Topeka, Kansas.), Atlanta Rhythm Section (actually Doraville, GA), and Mother's Finest (Mickey's Monkey, Piece of the Rock)! What a time!

I say we get a blog paragraph for "Piece of the Rock" discussing high level structures made of stone.

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Blog about NPCs - "People are Strange", the Doors Strange Days
"People are strange when your a stranger, faces look ugly when your alone ..."
Blog about buildings and settlement layouts - "Love Street", the Doors Waiting for the Sun
"I see you live on Love Street, there's a store where the creatures meet. I wonder what they do in there..."

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Future blog of Golarion lore, giving an overview of the different human ethnicities (particularly the Ulfen) coming to the River Kingdoms - Immigrant Song.

Future blog about lycanthropy in PFO - Bad Moon Risin'.

Details on crafting settlements and connecting them into kingdoms - We Built this City.

Trolls and ogres of the Crusader Road - They Might Be Giants

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Die With Your Boots On

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Nihimon wrote:
Die With Your Boots On

Maiden ftw!

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Possible future blog entries:

You Can Leave Your Hat On - accessories and non essential clothing. (Tom Jones)

Fascination Street - Bards and Bardic Music (The Cure)

History shows again and again how Nature deals with the folly of man... Godzilla! - Dragon attacks on settlements. (Blue Oyster Cult)

Pyromania - Fire hazards to settlements and firefighting. (Def Lepperd)

The Safety Dance - PVP safe zones. (Men Without Hats)

A Hazy Shade Of Winter - Seasons and weather in the River Kingdoms (Simon & Garfunkel, also covered by The Bangles)

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History shows again and again how Nature deals with the folly of man... Godzilla! - Dragon attacks on settlements. (Blue Oyster Cult)

One of my fondest concert memories was going to the Ft. Point Channel Club ("The Channel") in Boston to see a band called "Soft White Underbelly," otherwise known as Blue Öyster Cult. Maybe 75 people there total, very intimate. One of the funnier moments of the concert was when they played "Godzilla," and instead of the giant prop of the arena tours, they had a little, 4 ft or so blow up Godzilla with a radio control base.

True story.

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Tons of references in the blogs. Just looking at the titles and subtitles, ones I`ve noticed (not including ones that have been mentioned already):

Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Pat Benetar), Helter Skelter (Beatles), and Burning Down the House (Talking Heads) from the blog "You're in the Army Now!"

Leader of the Pack (Shangri-Las) from "Time Keeps On Slipping, Slipping, Slipping into the Future!"

Start Me Up (Rolling Stones) from "Begin the Beguine"

No Sleep Till Brooklyn (The Beastie Boys) from "I Can See for Miles"

Good Times Bad Times, Whole Lotta Love, When the Levee Breaks (which was clearly meant to be a subtitle but I guess the formatting got lost somewhere along the way), all by Led Zeppelin, from "Stairway to Heaven"

There Is Trouble In The Forest, a line from the song The Trees by Rush, from "Screaming For Vengeance"

"Are You Experienced?" (Jimi Hendrix)

"If I Had a Hammer", not sure who originally wrote it but I remember hearing it in many hardware store commercials :)

Runnin Down A Dream (Tom Petty) from "Every Picture Tells a Story"

Some other non-song references:

The Most Dangerous Game, a short story by Richard Connell (1924) about hunting people for sport, from "Blood on the Tracks"

Just a Flesh Wound, obviously a Monty Python reference

Don`t Panic! From Hitchhiker`s Guide to the Galaxy

I'm sure there's more but those are the ones I was sure of (though I did have to look up the names of the artists in many cases) :)

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Imbicatus wrote:
Fascination Street - Bards and Bardic Music (The Cure)

+1!

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Tuoweit wrote:


There Is Trouble In The Forest, a line from the song The Trees by Rush, from "Screaming For Vengeance"

This one is sad. RUSH is one of those gruops that can take three minutes and transport you. I feel bad for the oaks.


Mbando wrote:
Imbicatus wrote:


History shows again and again how Nature deals with the folly of man... Godzilla! - Dragon attacks on settlements. (Blue Oyster Cult)

One of my fondest concert memories was going to the Ft. Point Channel Club ("The Channel") in Boston to see a band called "Soft White Underbelly," otherwise known as Blue Öyster Cult. Maybe 75 people there total, very intimate. One of the funnier moments of the concert was when they played "Godzilla," and instead of the giant prop of the arena tours, they had a little, 4 ft or so blow up Godzilla with a radio control base.

True story.

BOC loved to play in smallish clubs. Saw them in like 1988 in a club called Brassy's in CoCo Beach. They just rock. Veteran of the psychic wars, Black blade, the whole freakin Imaginos album! ;). (Yea I said album).

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Ryan has infected Paizo! Below is what I got in the "This week at paizo.com" email as its header:

Quote:

We Can Dance if We Want To!

New Pathfinder Adventure Path volume is here!

The adventure is just beginning with the latest part in the Reign of Winter Adventure Path!

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OMG! Where will it stop?

I can see the Times banner headline:
"Congress to replace National Anthem with '16 Tons'
subheadline: 'Another day older and deeper in debt!'"

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Valandur wrote:
Mbando wrote:
Imbicatus wrote:


History shows again and again how Nature deals with the folly of man... Godzilla! - Dragon attacks on settlements. (Blue Oyster Cult)

One of my fondest concert memories was going to the Ft. Point Channel Club ("The Channel") in Boston to see a band called "Soft White Underbelly," otherwise known as Blue Öyster Cult. Maybe 75 people there total, very intimate. One of the funnier moments of the concert was when they played "Godzilla," and instead of the giant prop of the arena tours, they had a little, 4 ft or so blow up Godzilla with a radio control base.

True story.

BOC ... just rock. Veteran of the psychic wars, Black blade, the whole freakin Imaginos album! ;). (Yea I said album).

+1

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"Fear of the Dark" -day/night cycles, impact of lighting and line of sight

"Outlaw Torn" -SAD and bandits

"Coerced Coexistence" -Settlement/Kingdom politics in the River Kingdoms

"Follow the Reaper" or "Everytime I Die" -Resurrection and bind points

And definitely a +1 for 'Its Just a Flesh Wound'. Thats got to make it in there somewhere!!

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Valandur wrote:
Mbando wrote:
Imbicatus wrote:


History shows again and again how Nature deals with the folly of man... Godzilla! - Dragon attacks on settlements. (Blue Oyster Cult)

One of my fondest concert memories was going to the Ft. Point Channel Club ("The Channel") in Boston to see a band called "Soft White Underbelly," otherwise known as Blue Öyster Cult. Maybe 75 people there total, very intimate. One of the funnier moments of the concert was when they played "Godzilla," and instead of the giant prop of the arena tours, they had a little, 4 ft or so blow up Godzilla with a radio control base.

True story.

BOC loved to play in smallish clubs. Saw them in like 1988 in a club called Brassy's in CoCo Beach. They just rock. Veteran of the psychic wars, Black blade, the whole freakin Imaginos album! ;). (Yea I said album).

A lore-heavy post about the Mark(s) of Pharasma, threading, etc. could use Don't Fear (the Reaper). I've loved that song since hearing it in the intro scene of The Stand. I had heard and liked it before that, but its use in the miniseries just made it stand out in a way it never had before. It probably just tickled the morbid side of my sense of humour (funnybone?). Godzilla & Black Blade are favourites too.

What's weird about using 'album' for a collection of music grouped and released together? A collection of short stories released in one book is still an anthology whether it's made from dead trees or not, and I think the term 'album' similarly transcends the vinyl format.

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A blog on how GW is populating the world with RP tools, and perhaps a bit about what GW sees AS roleplay, that it informs what tools are to be made, might be titles "Let the Good Times Role" (thinking of the Cars version, mispelled or not).

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Oberyn Corvus wrote:
"Follow the Reaper" or "Every-time I Die" -Resurrection and bind points

I was thinking "Don't Pay the Ferryman" might be a better choice, but that's just my eclectic taste showing ;)

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Got one! I've heard this song a dozen times, but only thought of it now.

Future blog about PvP/competition for resources - "People Living in Competition" (line from a song by Boston)

Future blog about making settlements/buildings more secure - "Peace of Mind" (Title of the above song by Boston)

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"That's Why I Said 'Hey Man, Nice Shot'"(Filter) - PvP Reward Systems

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Just listening to "Monsters" by the Cruxshadows, for a blog about ....


How about a blog about slavery and recruiting for war? ;D

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So what is the song reference from the new blog that just went up?

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George Velez wrote:
So what is the song reference from the new blog that just went up?

Led Zeppelin

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The song is much older than Led Zeppelin.

Over the Hills and Far Away (traditional song)

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Nihimon wrote:

The song is much older than Led Zeppelin.

Over the Hills and Far Away (traditional song)

Yes, but based on the songs in previous blogs, I think it's safe to assume it the Zeppelin version they were referencing. There have been a lot of 70s and 80s rock songs, and hardly any traditional English folk songs. :)

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"Hey PFO, you got the love I need..."

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That's a whole lotta love...

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Hey GW said the way you Moooove
Gonna make you sweat
Gonna make you groooooove......

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I said
Way you shake your thing
Gonna make you burn
Gonna make you stinnnng...

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Imbicatus wrote:
Nihimon wrote:

The song is much older than Led Zeppelin.

Over the Hills and Far Away (traditional song)

Yes, but based on the songs in previous blogs, I think it's safe to assume it the Zeppelin version they were referencing. There have been a lot of 70s and 80s rock songs, and hardly any traditional English folk songs. :)

There is also the Nightwish cover(?)

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theStormWeaver wrote:
There is also the Nightwish cover(?)

I almost linked that one :)

Actually, though, they're all very different songs. The phrase is far more popular and well-known than any particular song.

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