So I know people like to post what songs remind them of certain characters and those characters' moods and so on and so forth. This is kind of the same idea but a little different.

I love soundtracks and theme songs. There are times I really wish I could play music over certain RP scenes to add to the drama/silliness depending on what's going on.

These are some songs/bits of lyrics that come to mind when I think of the DoD, feel free to add:

1. Waitin' for the Night by Joan Jett

This was actually PJ's pick when we first "organized" ourselves (not that you can call the DoD much of an organization). At least I think this was it, and if it wasn't, well I think it applies anyway:

Shades of gray don't fade away
They're waitin' for the night
Goin' out is what we're about
We're waitin' for the night

Friends and foes movin' fast and movin' slow
We're waitin' for the night
Hangin' around so astounded
Waitin' for the night

Waitin' for the night
Waitin' for the night
Days are taken
Waitin' for the night

At the hall havin' a ball
Waitin' for the night
Don't care, don't care at all
Cause we've seen, we've seen it all
Waitin' for the night

2. Maneater by Nelly Furtado

Ok this is more because Koy teases Rena about being a maneater but I imagine this might actually reach beyond the Sage Bean Counter. Yes, this is totally a guilty pleasure song for me:

Maneater, make you work hard
Make you spend hard
Make you want all, of her love
She's a maneater
make you buy cars
make you cut cords
make you fall, fall in love
She's a Maneater, make you work hard
Make you spend hard
Make you want all, of her love
She's a maneater
make you buy cars
make you cut cords
Wish you never ever met her at all!

And when she walks she walks with passion
when she talks, she talks like she can handle it
when she asks for something boy she means it
even if you never ever seen it
everybody get your necks to crack around
all you crazy people come on jump around
you doing anything to keep her by your side
because, she said she love you, love you long time!

3. Night in My Veins by the Pretenders

Chrissy Hynde could have very well been a DoD member:

It's just the night in my veins
Oh
Making me crawl in the dust again
It's just the night
Under my skin
Slipping it in

He's got his hands in my hair
And his lips everywhere
Oh yeah
It feels good
It's alright
Even if it's just
The night in my veins

4. Hurt by Nine Inch Nails

I'd pick the Johnny Cash cover to this song if I were going to actually play it but yeah, with all the violence and substance abuse that goes on, this seems appropriate:

I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

5. Dropkick Murphys

So I have two songs by the Dropkick Murphys because of these lyrics (and oh yes, here comes my Harvard style outline - if only I could get some bullet points working on these boards I would be in anal-retentive heaven):

a. Irish Drinking Song - this one you should actually listen to to see what I'm talking about, it could very well be the DoD mantra at times:

We'll drink an drink an drink an drink
an drink an drink an fight!

b. The Dirty Glass - this is actually a guy and a girl singing back and forth so I'll just paste the lyrics here with the girl in blue:

Darcy, Darcy darling dear,
You left me dying, crying there
In whiskey, gin, and pints of beer
I fell for you my darling dear

You shut me off and you showed me the door
But you always came crawling back begging me for more
I showed you kindness, a stool, and a tab
Then you poured me my pain in a dirty glass
(Yeah, you left him bloody, battered, penniless, and poor)
You know, I often stopped and wondered how you made it through my door
With my brother's new non-duplicate registry ID
Well you bit off more than you could chew the first day you met me.

So that's it for now, more to come!

Ooh that one is good!

Here are some more for fun:

With a Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles

Although I do love the Joe Cocker version of this as the theme song to The Wonder Years too...

What would you think if I sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me.
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
And I'll try not to sing out of key.
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm I get high with a little help from my friends,
Mmm I'm gonna to try with a little help from my friends.

What do I do when my love is away.
(Does it worry you to be alone)
How do I feel by the end of the day
(Are you sad because you're on your own)
No, I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm I get high with a little help from my friends,
Mmm I'm gonna to try with a little help from my friends

Miss Fat Booty - Mos Def

And honey love ended up sittin directly next to me
I'm type polite but now I'm lookin at her skeptically
Cause baby girl got all the right weaponry

Three months, she call ?I feel I'm runnin a fever'
Six months, I'm tellin her I desperately need her
Nine months, flu like symptoms when shorty not around
I need more than to knock it down I'm really tryin to lock it down
Midnight we hook up and go at it
Burn is over, let her know, sweetheart I got to have it
She tellin me commitment is somethin she can't manage
Wake up the next morning, she gone like it was magic
Ahh damnit! This all Harrison Ford frantic
My 911 wasn't answered by my fly torist enchantress

The Jump Off - Lil' Kim

There are a few party scenes I could have heard this...::snickers::

All we wanna do is party (Woo!)
And buy everybody at the bar Bacardi (Woo!)
Black Barbie dressed in Bulgari
I'm tryin to leave in somebody's Ferrari
Spread love that's what a real ma do
Keep it gangsta look out for her people (For her people)
I'm the wicked bitch of the east, you better keep the peace (Aiyyo!)
Or out come the beast
We the best still there's room for improvement

And of course once in awhile I can hear Coolio and Tupac singing Rollin With My Homies...

Queens of Noise - that was the one you had mentioned at the start! I have no idea where I got Joan Jett from then...I make weird associations.

Plus, Joan Jett lives in my town so maybe that's why she popped into my head.

Well that's a much better reason.... :D

Ooh yeah Liz Phair is good.

Chrissy Hynde is obviously my hero. I've gone to several Pretenders concerts and no matter how old she gets she is still so awesome...she could definitely beat the crap out of someone and look good doing it. That's pretty DoD sounding to me. Here's another song that makes me think of the girls:

Complex Person - The Pretenders


I'm a very very complex person
I try to improve but you see how I worsen
I'll do anything to make you adore me,
or deplore me, but never ignore me

I got senses that I cannot control
My stomach's like a bottomless hole
My desires command me like a slave
I'm a knave, I can hardly behave



I'm a peacenik but I'm going off to war,
I couldn't even tell you what I'm really fighting for.
It seems right; at least it doesn't seem wrong
I'm a mixed-up, f****d-up singer of a song



I refuse to keep a gun in my purse
Imagine if I was feeling perverse
The builders and the workers when they whistle and they shout
I'd like to give them something to shout at me about



I'm a very very complex person
I'm a very very complex person

Anyway I got a plan to give it all away
I won't need a suitcase on judgment day
I'm a very very complex person...

I totally love Liz Phair too! She's the greatest!

Esthero's Wikked Lil Grrrls is on my DoD playlist on my MP3 currently. You must listen to it! It's great!

Wicked little girls, kissed the boys and made them cry
Raisin' double trouble every time we pass them by
And some might say we're wicked little girls
With curves and kissers and pearly whites
You better keep an eye on your boys and lock em up tight

You think that I'm a lady? You think that I won't fight?
I'll make your eyes shine like a liliqoi moonlit night whoa oh
You think you're my one and only, only?
Sophisticated Yoni told me:
"You gots to love livin' while you livin' or you won't love life"

I'm the high pimpstress, I'm honeybrown
I'm the baddest bitch to ever hit this town
Cornbread woman, yo ho and a bottle of yum
I'm gonna have a party with my body, do ya wanna come?
Well alright

Cause we're such wicked little girls, kissed the boys and made them cry
Raisin' double trouble every time we pass them by
And some might say we're wicked little girls
With curves and kissers and pearly whites
You better keep an eye on your boys and lock em up tight

Hey girls, I'm back again, that vixen no bell and that Bride of Frank?
Bend the rules, headline "bad news", it's the Sisters of Salem, they on the loose
Shakin' her caboose like Dottie, Octopussy like a James Bond hottie
Smokin' like a Cuban, with a whiff like a rumor, better know what you're doing
Or get kicked out right away, gonna hide away
I'd advise you not to play with those

Wicked little girls, kissed the boys and made them cry
Raisin' double trouble every time we pass them by
And some might say we're wicked little girls
With curves and kissers and pearly whites
You better keep an eye on your boys and lock em up tight

Here come those devils, cheeky sneaky rebels
Every day and every night, hot steppin is what we like

Wicked little girls, kissed the boys and made them cry
Raisin' double trouble every time we pass them by
Some might say we're wicked little girls
With curves and kissers and pearly whites
You better keep an eye on your boys and lock em up tight

And on the Pretenders note, Tequila must be mentioned! It is soooo Peej!


I drank tequila 'cause I can't have your lips tonight
I don't want to feel ya I don't want to feel sad tonight
You make me suffer and you just don't know
Estoy barrochos down in new mexico

I want to remember but I try to forget
That scene in the car park that I still regret
Just like before, times I've even lost track
I ran away crawling 'cause I fall everytime I look back

Haha I forgot about Tequila, you're so right, B.

So now here's a more specific question - considering all the love entanglements and tricky relationships the girls have, what are some songs that remind you of specific relationship dynamics?

Here's one for the Nausikaa's

Life Is Beautiful by Sixx:AM

You can?t quit until you try
You can?t live until you die
You can?t learn to tell the truth
Until you learn to lie

You can?t breathe until you choke
You gotta laugh when you?re the joke
There?s nothing like a funeral to make you feel alive

Just open your eyes
Just open your eyes
And see that life is beautiful.
Will you swear on your life,
That no one will cry at my funeral?

I know some things that you don?t
I?ve done things that you won?t
There?s nothing like a trail of blood
to find your way back home

I was waiting for my hearse
What came next was so much worse
It took a funeral to make me feel alive

Just open your eyes
Just open your eyes
And see that life is beautiful.
Will you swear on your life,
That no one will cry at my funeral?

Just open your eyes
Just open your eyes
And see that life is beautiful.
Will you swear on your life,
That no one will cry at my funeral?

Just open your eyes
Just open your eyes
And see that life is beautiful.
Will you swear on your life,
That no one will cry at my funeral?

Just open your eyes
Just open your eyes
And see that life is beautiful.
Will you swear on your life,
That no one will cry at my funeral?


"There's nothing like a trail of blood to find your way back home."

I love it.

I went to see this band over the weekend and when they played this song it sort of struck me as an Eve and Baker song. Took me forever to figure out a song! In my opinion they're not really your average couple, so the usual relationship songs just wouldn't do. But talk about fire and knives and that has their names on it! :D

Blue October - "She's My Ride Home"

We talked
Together sharpening the knife
Like killing partners for a life
Hey we can hide the bodies on the ride home

Now here we are
We're licking skin to wipe us clean
Strike a match, pour gasoline
Ditch the scene and watch this city burn
Asleep, my life will be a pillow steering wheel turn

I'll be reaching for the stars with you (honey)
Who cares if no one else believes
So I, set fire to everyone around
But I told you
I told you
I told you

Yeah we walk

We Drive
To leave the past and clear the mind
To watch the sunset set its time
I swear you'll find
I'm your ride home

Now close your eyes
Its' getting dark and the highways clear
No sign of life from front to rear
Its just you my dear
On the ride home
We're going home

I'll be reaching for the stars with you (honey)
Who cares if no one else believes
So I, set fire to everyone around
But I told you
I told you
I told you

Yeah we walk

We talked
Together sharpening a knife
Like killing partner for a life
Hey we can hide the bodies on the ride home
Cause we're going home

I'll be reaching for the stars with you (honey)
Who cares if no one else believes
So I, set fire to everyone around
But I told you
I told you
I told you

Yeah we walk

I quote Bright Eyes a lot - I went to see Conor & Co. play tonight and wanted to put up one more song before I forget about it. These are some lyrics I was considering for the end of "The Places We Come To Fear The Most" (and yes, if I ever get my act together there will actually be an end to it):

Bowl of Oranges - Bright Eyes

So that is how I learned the lesson that everyone is alone.
And your eyes must do some raining if you're ever going to grow.
But when crying don't help and you can't compose yourself
It is best to compose a poem,
an honest verse of longing or simple song of hope.
That is why I'm singing...
Baby don't worry cause now I got your back.
And every time you feel like crying,
I'm gonna try and make you laugh.
And if I can't, if it just hurts too bad,
then we will wait for it to pass and I will keep you company
through those days so long and black.

And we'll keep working on the problem we know we'll never solve
Of Love's uneven remainders, our lives are fractions of a whole.
But if the world could remain within a frame like a painting on a wall
Then I think we would see the beauty
Then we would stand staring in awe
at our still lives posed like a bowl of oranges,
like a story told by the fault lines and the soil.

Imani Coppola - Dirty Girl


It gets under my skin, deep in my bones I've got a tainted soul
I keep washin' my hands try to come clean
But the soaps like a brick of black coal
And I try, I try I try to be good and pretty
But a good girl is just something I wasn't meant to be
It ain't my fault that my soul was born dirty

I just can't help it, I'm just a dirty girl
I spent all my dirty money livin' in this dirty world

There's this black cloud that keeps on following me around
And the rain just keeps on comin' down oh Lord,
ya hear me, when I say that I just can't be no other way
And I try, so hard, I try to break free
But I hurt myself every single time
So I guess it's just a part of me
It ain't my fault that my soul was born dirty

This is definitely a Reap and PJ song...

Right Where I Need to Be - By Gary Allan

There's a plane flyin' outta here tonight
Destination New Orleans
Boss man says my big promotion's on the line
He says that's right where I need to be

Lately I've been on the road more than I've been home
All this leavin' her alone is killin' me
And holdin' her right now has got me thinkin' more and more
This is right where I need to be

Where when I hear her I can see her
I can smell her sweet perfume
I can feel her skin against me when I sleep
Where I won't miss her I can kiss her
Anytime that I want to
Yeah that's right where I need to be
Yeah that's right where I need to be

There's a plane flyin' outta here tonight
With an empty first class seat
'Cause I've finally got all my priorities in line
And I'm right where I need to be

Where when I hear her I can see her
I can smell her sweet perfume
I can feel her skin against me when I sleep
Where I won't miss her I can kiss her
Anytime that I want to
Yeah that's right where I need to be
Yeah I'm right where I need to be

All because of a beer commercial...and Rena, in her way, would probably dare the guy to write one back.

Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes - Love Letter

(ooh, ah yeah, love letter)
(Woo! ah!)
I'm gonna write what I want you to do to me in a letter
(ooh, ah yeah)
I'm gonna write it for good or for bad or for worse or for better
(ooh, ah yeah, love letter)
I'm gonna write it for you so that you can be my lover
(Be my lover, ooh!)
'Cause when it is yours I am yours baby now and forever
(ooh, ah yeah, love letter)

Oh
(read my letter)
won't you help me get out
(be my lover, love letter)
Oh won't you help me get out of my head

MY roommate's light is on but you can forget her
(ooh, ah yeah, love)
'Cause tonight is the time that we're knowing each other better
(ooh, ah yeah, love letter)
I'm gonna write what I want you to do to me in a letter
(Be my lover, ooh!)
I'm gonna walk through the sky until I find a feather
(Ah yeah, love letter)

Oh
(read my letter)
won't you help me get out
(be my lover, love letter)
Oh won't you help me get out of my head

I'm gonna write you a letter
(oh oh baby)
For good or for bad or for better
(You believe me darlin')
Darlin' I'm yours once you've read it
(I'm yours)
Never ever forget it

Oh I'm gonna write you a letter
For good or for bad or for better
(Woo!)
'Cause when it is yours I am yours baby now and forever
(ooh, ah yeah, love letter)

Oh
(read my letter)
won't you help me get out
(be my lover, love letter)
Oh won't you help me get out of my head

Darlin' I'm yours once you've read it
(ah yeah)
Never ever forget it
(ooh, ah yeah, love)
For good or for bad or for better
(ah yeah)
I'm gonna write you a love letter.