This was really enjoyable, Sally. I also thought of some songs that would fit Our Heroes:
For Blake, plenty of stuff from the sixties, 'We Shall Overcome', 'Free the People', 'Joe Hill'. Dylan's 'Chimes of Freedom', Lennon's 'Power to the People', 'Fernando' by ABBA. The whole repertoire of Joan Baez and Billy Bragg. And 'Nowhere Man' for S3 and S4.
For Vila, 'Red, Red Wine', 'Spill Wine' by Burdon, 'Everybody Must Get Stoned' by Dylan. 'Seven Drunken Nights', 'John Barleycorn', the Fool's song from 'King Lear'. Maybe 'King of the Road'.
For Cally, 'Sounds of Silence'.
'Sky Pilot' and 'Up Where We Belong' for Tarrant and Jenna.
For Gan, there's a song about a giant miner who died while helping the others to escape from a crumbling pit. I think it's called 'Big Bad John'.
For Travis, 'The Man Who Sold the World' by Bowie and 'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun' by Pink Floyd.
For Avon, 'Melancholy Man', 'Lucky Lips', maybe something by Kraftwerk. 'I used to love her, but I had to kill her' for 'Rumours'. 'Wish You Were Here' for 'Terminal'. And 'Confusion Will be my Epitaph' for 'Blake'...
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I think Blake's theme song is "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty. I've seen a songvid which used Billy Joel's "Worse Comes to Worst" for Vila, and it seemed to fit really well, if only for the chorus. And Joel's "She's Always a Woman" might have been written for Servalan. (Queen's "Killer Queen" suits her, too.) I like The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes" for Travis, even though he's only got one eye, and only the second Travis' was blue. Simon & Garfunkle's "I Am a Rock" kind of reminds me of Avon, except that I can't really see him reading poetry.
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'Wish You Were Here' for 'Terminal'.
Ooh, that's an interesting one. I'm a major Pink Floyd fan. Bits of "The Wall" remind me of Avon, too (especially the stuff about the "bleeding hearts and artists" on the outside of the wall). And there's a line from "Dogs" (from _Animals_ (heh)) that makes me think of B7 in general and Anna Grant in particular: "You have to be trusted/by the people that you lie to/so that when they turn their backs on you/you get the chance to put the knife in."
Phil Collins' "Take Me Home" could easily be the theme song for pre-"Way Back" Blake. And R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion" is a near-perfect song for Gauda Prime.
And, as I recall, some time ago the Other List, by general acclaim, seems to have voted for Leonard Cohen as Official Songwriter for B7, just for general angst value...
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