OOC -Mixed Tape!

Aktarin's picture

So in the spirit of Iloam's fun drink game, and many other similar fun games, I propose a Mixed-Tape post. For you young whippersnappers, a mixed-tape was something pre-iPod people would spend hours on, crafting an aural letter to people they cared for. Songs were chosen to follow songs based on the intros and endings, and the lyrics or the themes or melodies were all meaningful. People put ridiculous amounts of effort into these things, mixing as carefully as any professional, often with nothing more than a tape recorder. The whole point was to tell a story or express an emotion which was difficult to put into words.

So. Obviously we can't go into that kind of detail.

But interestingly, we can get close, as Youtube can be such a mixed bag that you almost do have to listen through every cut to see how it fits, whether it's good quality, replicating the way one had to agonize over a second here or there on an old tape.

Here's my concept:

Have your characters make mixed tapes for other characters they roleplay with. At least five songs linked, chosen for how well they fit together, telling some sort of story or expressing an emotion. I'll post mine below. I'm picking 80s cause frankly, your trance-electronica-metal stuff scares me. >.>  And the 80s are fun. If you really must, I suppose you can dip into the 90s. Or the 70s.

Obviously, the idea of some of these characters crouched working with a bunch of cassettes is just funny in and of itself, so discard the anachronistic nature of, say, Ythgar hunting through vinyl records or winging tapes around to find the right song. Or savour it. Your call, really. This may take a while, since the order of songs is important, and finding them is half the fun. Ask friends. Ask family. Play on Youtube. =) This is a sort of poetry, so enjoy it.

 

From Aktarin to Tamlin:

Suzanne Vega - Knight Moves

Spirit of the West - Political

Gowan - Strange Animal

Joy Divison - Love will Tear us Apart

Paul Simon - Crazy Love Part II.

David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours

Lyle Lovett - She's Already Made Up Her Mind

 

Ordos's picture

ooooooo mix tapes :3 I

ooooooo mix tapes :3

I still have the first mix tape I ever got, given to me by my first love, back in freshman High School.

You've made a good one Ak. Can't wait to see what else other people come up with! I'll try my own hand at it, but not sure who I'd even make one for ><

Aktarin's picture

Thanks! It took me over an

Thanks! It took me over an hour with much consultation with my husband, who's been doing mixed tapes since the 80s himself. It sort of came to me this morning that while we've done character soundtracks and songs, we've never really tried to do mixed tapes for one character going to another to express whatever's going on in the current RP stories.

I really can't wait to see how people craft these personalized and often intimate messages to one another!

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From Tamlin to Aktarin: U2

From Tamlin to Aktarin:

U2 - Magnificent

Joseph Aurthur - Honey and the Moon

Moby - Forever

Coldplay - Warning Sign

U2 - So Cruel

Peter Gabriel - Whole Thing

 

 

 

 

Be a generous friend and a fair enemy.

Be a generous friend and a fair enemy.

Aktarin's picture

Great mix, Tam.. and such a

Great mix, Tam.. and such a romantic Tamlin is *tut tuts* =D

Derkhan's picture

  Well I don't have full

 

Well I don't have full tape idea but whenever I think of Night Elves I think of this tune, which coincided with me starting to play Wow and being in Teldrasil Lazarus Porcupine Tree

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJj-CtvyRCk

 

 


Hakkajin's picture

Wat is this old stuff

Wat is this old stuff you're all talking about. I've never heard of such craziness! Stupid old people. AND I LIKE MY SCARY TRANCE METAL ELECTRONICA TYVM.

 

I really have nothing, because I can't browse youtube freely thanks to dial-up, but Aktarin needs to hear the scariest weird electronica mix I've ever heard, just because its on topic and I've never had any other reason to share this crazy thing. I can't give you the address, but look up DOTA-Roshan killed by axe lvl1 and listen to that thing.

...I dunno.. maybe it can be for.. crazy undead.. or rabies.. or something..

Gah.. this took awhile to

Gah.. this took awhile to think about Akkie.. but here goes:

From Aurry to Aquanus. (sort of how her emotions went from start to current)

Elisa - Dancing

Edwin McCain - I'll Be

Garth Brooks - To Make You Feel My Love

Heart - What About Love

Les Miserables - On My Own

 

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(( Unfortunately, I don't

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Unfortunately, I don't arpee enough lately to produce music.  *sigh*  :(

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"It's only gonna be about a matter of time before you get loose and start loose your mind..." - Mary J Blige -

"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou -

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 Iloam's mixtape for

 Iloam's mixtape for Ixinane:

Nine Inch Nails - "Closer"

Garbage - "Bleed Like Me"

Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance"

Death Cab for Cutie - "I Will Follow You Into the Dark"

Repo! The Genetic Opera* - "I Didn't Know I'd Love You So Much"

 

*contains MAJOR spoilers, do not watch if you haven't seen this movie. Also, ignore the Dad/daughter lines for this one to work :)

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Drakys's picture

 I completly agree with

 I completly agree with your choices Iloam. It fits perfectly with you two's romance. And not only that but all of the songs are songs I know and love. Which, made my day when I listened to them. :)

Héra's picture

(( afkdjghfa Oh man! Hera'd

(( afkdjghfa Oh man! Hera'd so make some mix tapes, but she barely knows anyone enough. BLAST. I propose we make this a recurring event. Yes. >_> ))

Iloam's picture

These take me forever to

These take me forever to make so my postings are all gonna be hours apart ^_^ But here is Iloam's mixtape for Theryl:

Norah Jones - "The Nearness of You"

Silly Wizard - "Bridget O'Malley"

Orla Fallon - "Down by Sally Gardens"

Richard Shindell - "My Love Will Follow You"

Sinead O'Connor - "Sacrifice"

 

((no Youtube video for Richard Shindell :( ))

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From Ythgar to Theryl -

From Ythgar to Theryl -

Randy Newman - You Can Leave Your Hat On

Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man

Bruce Cockburn - Sahara Gold

k.d. lang - Constant Craving

Jeff Buckley - New Year's Prayer

Roxy Music - Slave to Love

David Sylvian - I Surrender

Duran Duran- The Chaffeur

David Bowie - Thursday's Child

 

Family man; His patience tried
Put a torch to his home and warmed his hands by the fire

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Sir Thomas More: I think that when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.

When a man takes an oath, he's holding his own self in his own hands like water, and if he opens his fingers then, he needn't hope to find himself again.

Szeharia's picture

I'm totally calling foul on

I'm totally calling foul on Duran Duran; not only was I eyeing The Chaffeur for a list of my own, it demands a glamorous figure being obsessed over. I don't think Theryl quite fits the bill!

Also, Slave to Love was Ferry sans Roxy Music. Tsk tsk!

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So come on honey cut yourself to pieces

Come on honey give yourself completely

And do it all though you can't believe it

Youth knows no pain

- Lykke Li, "Youth Knows No Pain"

Kouyaté's picture

((Perhaps obsession creates

((Perhaps obsession creates glamour in the party being dreamt of? ^.~ And really, go use Tiger, Tiger.))

Iloam's picture

Yet another! This time this

Yet another! This time this one is from Iloam to Balla Fasekke Kouyate:

Pet Shop Boys - "A Different Point of View"

Sneaker Pimps - "Bloodsport"

Liz Phair - "Hot White Cum"

Miriam Makeba - "Pata Pata"

Reindeer Section - "You Are My Joy"

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Kouyaté's picture

((Yay! I love it!

((Yay! I love it! *squees*))

Parson's picture

Choppa!

Ok, from Fihleh to Celise -a soundtrack for playing in the chopper! Good Times

 

Titiyo - Come Along

Kim Wilde Born To Be Wild

Shiny Toy Guns -Le Disko

I'm On A Mount

 

And of course - Girls Just Want to have Fun

Warm socks are good for the soul.

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(( Amg, Fihleh!  :D  Good

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Amg, Fihleh!  :D  Good times.  ;)

And Titiyo's Come Along.  Niiice.  *grin*

*blows a kiss to Fihleh*

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"It's only gonna be about a matter of time before you get loose and start loose your mind..." - Mary J Blige -

"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou -

Iloam's picture

From Iloam to

Cerwis's picture

Cerwis to Lirriel: Canto

Cerwis to Lirriel:

Canto Alla Vita - Josh Groban

Combinations - Eisley

Storm - Vanessa Mae

Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles

The Prayer - Josh Groban

Cerwis to Drauglos: 

Oh! Darlin' - The Beatles

Blackbird - The Beatles

Float - Flogging Molly

Hey Jude - The Beatles

You've Got a Friend in Me - Randy Newman

I'll Make a Man Out of You - Mulan
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"Do you know what the definition of a hero is? Someone who gets other people killed. You can look it up later."

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LETS GET DOWN TO

LETS GET DOWN TO BUSINESS

TO DEFEAT THE HUNS

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Let me die without fear as I have lived without it.

 

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Héra's picture

(( I lol'd good, sir. ))

(( I lol'd good, sir. ))

Elrin's picture

Is there any way to move

Is there any way to move this to be a forum topic?

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Elrin's picture

Elrin's mix tape for Anka

Elrin's mix tape for Anka would look something like this...

Ben Folds--The Luckiest

Wolfsheim--For You I'm Bleeding

Thyrfing--Home Again

Wintersun--Sadness and Hate

Children Of Bodom--She is Beautyful

 

 

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Raksasha's picture

 Sasha to Daevra:  Not

Lirriel's picture

Well, here's my attempts. I

Well, here's my attempts. I think I tended for a few more sappy ones, and I dunno how well some of them flow together from one to the next, but I kept the character storylines and personalities and interactions in mind anyway. Also, a few more than 5 on some of these...

So, Lirriel to Drauglos currently is something like this:

Evanescence - You  (actually popped up during one of our sappier rps once)
Michael Bolton - Go the Distance
Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero (I tried to make this list without this one, since I've got Bolton, but couldn't; best vid version ever anyway)
Paula Cole - I Don't Wanna Wait  (Here's where it really starts getting into Lirr's own current feeling shes too chicken to voice too much)
The Eagles - Desperado
Kim Carnes - I'll Be Here Where the Heart Is
Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
Garth Brooks - When You Come Back to Me Again

Now Lirriel to Cerwis, the perception she seems to hold to, and some encouragement from her psuedo sister:

Kathy Mattea - Standing Knee Deep in a River Dying of Thirst
Christina Aguilera - Reflection (Both of these seem to be more how Cerwis comes across about herself)
Prince of Egypt - Through Heaven's Eyes
Jade from Sweetbox - 1000 Words
Rascal Flatts - Stand
Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica S2) - A Promise to Return
Leann Womack - I Hope You Dance
Frank Sinatra - You'll Never Walk Alone
 

And since I'm too lazy to change logins, Daevra to her older, now addled, sister Raksasha. From before the brain damage, to the screwiness but strange perception Sasha has, to Daevra's continuing feelings and support. Or something like that.

Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings
Evanescence - Imaginary
Andrew Lloyd Weber (Cats) - Memory
Gundam Wing - Rhythm Emotion
Nine Days - Story of a Girl
Suikoden 3 - Exceeding Love

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Alt chars: Daevra, Alynore, Lormar, Aerella

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Liore's picture

Liore to Iloam: Closer -

Liore to Iloam:

Closer - Inoue Joe

Ulysses - Franz Ferdinand

Vodka - Korpiklaani

Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

Turn Me On Mr Deadman - The Union Underground

90% of those are "hey let's have fun and tear shit up"

 

Liore to Laurai(Laurethelas):

Love Me Dead - Ludo

Miserable - Lit

Devil - Stereophonics

Rape Me - Nirvana

Words - Sick Love

There's a theme here, I sense it.

"Nobody's a traitor until they are."

Laurethelas's picture

Honey, I'm beginning to get

Honey, I'm beginning to get the impression you may have some sort of doubts about our relationship.

Playing god is an ironic phrase, for God doesn't take action, he remains detatched from the world's events. Humans have free will, so to choose to end another's life, you are not playing god, you're playing human.

Ahmandil's picture

(( This mix tape literally

(( This mix tape literally made kittyface... ))

Alenei's picture

To Glowboy

 To: Glowboy (You know who you are *coughZaraekcough*.)

From: Alenei.

 -The notes are scrawled in a... well, technically legible handwriting.-

Code Of Silence- Billy Joel

"Incredibly hard to understand, yet fitting. Or is it THEREFORE fitting?"

You've Got A Friend In Me- Randy Newman (Fastforward 50 seconds to actually, y'know, get to the song.)

"Do I really need to say it? Fine.

You've got a friend in me/When the road looks rough ahead/And you're miles and miles from your nice warm bed"

 Run Free- Bryan Adams (Don't watch the video if you don't want the plot of the movie spoilt.)

"Wordless. Timeless. Something else ending in -less. What? I'm a fighter, not a poet."

 Pocket Full Of Stars- Nine Black Alps

"I don't know who you are/And I don't know where you've been

Always out on your own/Always down on your knees"

A Wondrous Place- Phil Collins, TARZAN

"I hope you find one."

Eli, Eli (A Walk to Caesarea)- Sophie Milman

 "Foreign, but emotional. Incomprehensible, but completely understood. Some things don't need to be heard when they can be felt."

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Pepsi is for mages.

- Dominic Hobbs

 

Pepsi is for mages.

- Dominic Hobbs

Fedora's picture

Fedora to Vinsaras  I

Fedora to Vinsaras 

I realize that his player has left the server, long ago, but it only seemed right.

Nightwish - While Your Lips Are Still Red

Pain - Live Fast, Die Young

Pain - Follow Me

Silverchair - Without You

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

Bonus Track

ABBA - Thank You for the Music

Theryl's picture

 Theryl to

 Theryl to Ythgar

Battlefield Band - It was all for our Rightful King

The Bothy Band - Do You Love an Apple?

Steeleye Span - The Demon Lover

Tom Lehrer - Masochism Tango

John Mellencamp - Hurt so Good

Mary Black & Co.  - Mo Ghile Mear

Bonus Track:

Sheena Wellington - A Man's a Man.

 

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And for anie displeasure, that they apprehend to be done unto them by their neighbours, they tak up a plaine feid against him,
and (without respect to God, King or commonweale) bang it out bravely, hee and all his kinne, against him and all his.

- Basilikon Doron, James VI

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Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

-Diderot


Vinguld's picture

Ythgar slides his arms

Ythgar slides his arms around Theryl and smiles into her hair, saying nothing, smile saying it all.

Family man; His patience tried
Put a torch to his home and warmed his hands by the fire

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Sir Thomas More: I think that when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.

When a man takes an oath, he's holding his own self in his own hands like water, and if he opens his fingers then, he needn't hope to find himself again.

Ineesa's picture

 From Ineesa to Shar Just

 From Ineesa to Shar

Just click above to go right to the Youtube playlist, or below:

Free Fall - Kharsh Kale

Beautiful Dawn - The Wailin' Jennys

Come on Get Higher - Matt Nathanson

Gotta Have You - The Weepies

Soon, Love, Soon - Vienna Teng

 

Please ignore the weirdness of the last video. ><

 


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Fortune's picture

What's that you say? You want

Hey thanks for bringing this

Hey thanks for bringing this thread up to date, Fortune!  Now Otakar can dedicate some music to the enchanting Bellani :-)

The Rose  (Bonnie Tyler)

You're Beautiful (James Blunt)

I Want Your Sex (George Michael)

Give it to Me Baby (Rick James)

Let's Get It On (Marvin Gaye)

Hurts So Good (John Mellencamp)

I Can't Hold Back (Survivor)

I Feel the Earth Move (Carole King)

You're Having My Baby (Paul Anka)

Anka's picture

*snickerfit*

*snickerfit*

Bellani's picture

Two can play this game,

Two can play this game, sweetie.

*Cue Love Songs With Delilah*

"There's a special someone out there tonight in Silvermoon City.  His name is Otakar, and there's a girl who's keeping him in her thoughts right now.  Ota, if you're listening, she wants you to know how much she looks forward to seeing you again, and she dedicates these very special songs just to you..."

Karate (Tenacious D)

A Lesson In Violence (Exodus)

Mama Said Knock You Out (LL Cool J)

Five Minutes Alone (Pantera)

Bitch I'm Gonna Kill You (Eminem)

I Hope You Die (The Bloodhound Gang)

 

 

Theryl's picture

You forgot this one: Boot to

You forgot this one:

Boot to the Head

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Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

-Diderot


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