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Ted Aronson 4d ago

Ok let’s crowdsource this shit. I know there’s some #discworld nerds on here.

I want to make a playlist where I have one song for each book in the series. Eg Thief of Time is obviously Clocks by Coldplay, Pyramids is Walk Like An Egyptian, Small Gods is Losing My Religion. Songs should be bangers and also thematically appropriate. (I have a list for a lot of them, I’ll post it after this has had a chance to make the rounds.)

Aaaaand: go. Mastodon do your thing.

#TerryPratchett #music #boostsWelcome #discworld #bookstodon

swachter 4d ago

The Last Continent is a toss up between I Will Survive and the track from Fury Road that makes you want to fight god.

https://youtu.be/RYA1X3NBB5s

Or possibly both. I make the rules.

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - 'Brothers in Arms' / Motorbikes scene [1080p]

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@swachter it could also be Men at work https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s (also really one of my favourite absurd music videos)

Men At Work - Down Under (Official HD Video)

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Matilda T. ZombieQueen 4d ago

@swachter Wee Free Men: Tub Thumping

swachter 4d ago

@matildazq YES EXACTLY

(In all seriousness I was struggling with the Tiffany Aching run, EXCELLENT way to kick things off)

(Also Chumbawamba is my special interest it’s fine I’m fine)

Sheepnik 4d ago

@swachter @matildazq I'd suggest "Pleasant and Delightful" by The Longest Johns for "I Shall Wear Midnight".

@swachter @matildazq since in my head the Feegles and the minions are basically the same people, I'm looking up despicable me soundtracks atm

swachter 3d ago

@Pterry @matildazq Respectfully, this is a no-minion zone.

Enno Rehling 3d ago

@Pterry @swachter @matildazq Strange how different we read this. I'm thinking Dropkick Murphys.

@enno @swachter @matildazq well, if we are going Irish, then it's "The boys are back in town" by Thin Lizzy. (I read "completely unhinged childlike energy with no consideration for consequences or social context")

Enno Rehling 3d ago

@swachter @matildazq For the Hiver in Tiffany's mind (Hat full of Sky?):
Cypress Hill - Insane In The Brain

sunflowerinrain 4d ago

@matildazq @swachter
ROFL!

Matilda T. ZombieQueen 4d ago

@swachter Hogfather: Fairy Tale of New York

swachter 4d ago

@matildazq Ooo strong contender. I was debating between something from Nightmare Before Christmas and Blood Upon the Snow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-32-6FqGW2E

Hozier and Bear McCreary - Blood Upon the Snow (from God of War Ragnarök) - Lyric Video

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A Death novel ( maybe Reaper Man): B.O.C.’s Don’t Fear The Reaper.
Wyrd Sisters: Witchy Woman.
Witches Abroad: Nina Simone’s I put a spell on you

swachter 4d ago

@cascheranno I definitely have “O Death” by Jen Titus earmarked for one of the Death books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScP5Nv-EhZI

Jen Titus - O' Death Full song - supernatural

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@swachter oh, and Hogfather: Buster Poindexter (aka David Johansen, also of the New York Dolls) “Zat You Santa Claus”

Night Watch - chumbawumba: Tubthumping - (“I get knocked down…”)

@cascheranno @swachter Night Watch felt more like "Before You Disperse" by Louis Barabbas to me, or maybe "Freedom is a Verb" by Daniel Kahn.

swachter 3d ago

@eobet @cascheranno I was considering "Which Side Are You On" by Pete Seeger or else Do You Hear The People Sing from Les Miz, but OOH I love Freedom is a Verb

@swachter @cascheranno Classics! But also, for Night Watch I guess Time Warp from Rocky Horror Picture Show also works! Ok I’ll stop now. 😂

Marianne 3d ago

@cascheranno @swachter as above, I also only recently realised the band is Chumbawamba, and not (as we'd been saying since school) Chumbawumba 😱

@noodlemaz
A: holy hell. TIL it is Chumbawamba not Chumbawumba.

And B: why TF does autocorrect meddle wrongly for so many ambiguities, but Not This!?

"Going Postal" - "The Letter"?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BQaUs5J2wdI

The Box Tops - The Letter

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swachter 4d ago

@jztusk Ill be honest I was considering anything by The Postal Service.

More apt name, that's for sure.

(I'm long tail of the Boomers, def. not GenX.)

@swachter What about "Please Mr Postman" by the Carpenters?

@zeborah @swachter

I think of the version by The Marvelettes as the "canonical" version, but that's a better song - it's got the word "post" in it!

Pyramids - Walk Like An Egyptian

@swachter Making Money:
Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)

swachter 4d ago

@aatheus Perfection.

SusannaH 4d ago

@swachter @aatheus as a runner-up, I nominate ABBA's Money, money, money.

kit 🌬️🌦️4d ago

@swachter I regret to say Maskerade has an obvious choice but it’s Lloyd Webber.

swachter 4d ago

@wlonk Yeaaaah I know :( That one is a little too on the nose.

Mind Shambles 4d ago

@swachter @wlonk I have an alternative for you both. Masquerade, by Cardinals (Irish indie band)

@wlonk @swachter you could also do Phantom of the Opera by Iron Maiden or The show must go on by Queen

Bill Braine 4d ago

Mine’s not funny—Take a Bow by Muse for Guards! Guards!

Crystal Huff (they/them)4d ago

@swachter @inarticulatequilter ooooh, this is awesome.

Tom Harrington 4d ago

@swachter @KarenDorman Soul Music has Blues Brothers references so maybe their version of Soul Man, unless it’s too on the nose.

Tom Harrington 4d ago

@swachter @KarenDorman if Soul Man is too obvious, maybe Kirsty MacColl - “There's a guy works down the chip shop, swears he's Elvis” https://youtu.be/QccPUSTMriM

Kirsty MacColl - There's a guy works down the chip shop, swears he's Elvis 1981

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swachter 3d ago

@atomicbird @KarenDorman Anything by Buddy Holly ("Imp Y Celyn" literally means "bud of holly") thanks wikipedia

@atomicbird Isn't that line in the book? "There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's elvish"? @swachter @KarenDorman

swachter 3d ago

@BackFromTheDud @atomicbird @KarenDorman Yes! it's 100% a recurring line.

Enno Rehling 3d ago

@atomicbird @swachter @KarenDorman My brain went to Memphis Soul Stew by King Curtis, but there are no rocks in that one.

Imran Nazar ~ عمران نزر 4d ago

@swachter The Colour of Magic: ELO - Mr Blue Sky

@Two9A @swachter that does have the exact right frenetic feel to it, nice one.

Tom Harrington 4d ago

@swachter @KarenDorman The Last Continent - “Great Southern Land” by Icehouse

Herbst Wald 4d ago

@swachter "In the army now - status quo" monstrous regiment

swachter 3d ago

@kang00 Oooh good yes. I was thinking about Over The Hills & Far Away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71U0CPjkUyI

Sharpe Over The Hills and Far Away

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Herbst Wald 4d ago

@swachter "Paint it Black - Rolling Stones" for Mort, "(Don't fear) the reaper -Blue Öyster Cult" for Reaper Man

Dr David Mills 4d ago

@swachter reaper man - citizen erased, muse.

@swachter great thread!

Michael Jackson: Thriller - Reaper Man

Honourable mention for Night Watch:

"All the little angels", by DJ Boogie

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=268qTtowiB0&list=RD268qTtowiB0&start_radio=1&pp=ygUdYWxsIHRoZSBsaXR0bGUgYW5nZWxzIHJpc2UgdXCgBwE%3D

All the little angels (how do they rise up) by Terry Pratchett

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swachter 3d ago

@neil_h I had Reaper Man earmarked for "Let's Go To the Mall!" by Robin Sparkles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mJAsgIIfNM

Robin Sparkles "Let's Go to the Mall" (full version)

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@swachter oh boy, yes

Megan Marie Hart 4d ago

@swachter L’Air des bijoux from Gounod’s Faust for Maskerade!

@swachter "Money money money" (?) by Abba for "Making Money".

Ludwig Vielfrass 4d ago

@swachter the entirely of “Moving Pictures” by Rush for the book with the same title.

Thinkaholic is 🐸 antifa 4d ago

@swachter Lords and Ladies: Royals
Jingo: War Pigs
Witches Abroad: Vacation by the Go Gos.
Guards Guards: Fuck tha Police