What would the characters' musical preferences be? Just for fun

[Bulldog Psion]

We've had a lot of heavy debate lately about characters' sexualities, the hamfistedness of plot points, the relevance of this, that, and the other thing, etc. etc. ad nauseum.

Now while it's fine to talk about sexuality sexuality sexuality, it isn't exactly the lightest topic, either.

So let's make this thread something lighter, something fun, and yet OotS related.

What music would the characters listen to if they were in our world? I'm not talking about "theme music" for the characters here -- I mean, what would be their favorite songs at the top of their playlist on their MP3 player?

If you're feeling really ambitious, maybe you'd like to add a line or two of explanation as to why they'd listen to it, when they'd listen to it, whatever. Just to add a little interest and maybe spark a little back-and-forth discussion.

One final note: although I obviously can't tell anyone what to do, let me issue a plea to try to keep this friendly, lighthearted, and good-humored. :smallcool: Let's have fun here! :smallbiggrin:

My first suggestion:

Though this is really low-hanging fruit, I'd like to suggest that Tarquin would listen to George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone" -- admittedly, it's fairly close to a theme song, too, but it seems like something he'd listen to remind himself of what a hell of a fellow he is and get himself energized for his latest seduction attempt. :smallbiggrin:

[Keltest]

Personally I think he would prefer Sympathy for the Devil, because that's how he imagines himself. A man of wealth and taste, who also just happens to be a terrible person.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

I'll grab another low-hanging fruit and suggest that Elan is a Beatles fan. :smallbiggrin:

Vaarsuvius seems like the kind of person who would listen to classical genre music, possibly while researching new spells. Maybe Durkon would too, although some evidence suggests he's fond of Led Zeppelin (along with most other dwarves).

Roy, Belkar, and Haley I find harder to peg, though I can easily imagine Belkar and Haley listening to pop music.

[littlebum2002]

Durkon - Classic Rock
Haley - Top 40
Belkar - Heavy Metal and Gangster Rap.
Roy - Old school R&B
V - Classical
Elan - everything

[Sylian]

The Order:

Roy: Big band jazz and classical rock.
Haley: R'n'b, rap, and nu metal.
Belkar: Thrash metal.
Elan: Bubblegum pop, disco, and house.
Vaarsuvius: Classical, with a leaning towards less majestic, although still sublime and complex.
Durkon: Folk rock, or maybe folk metal.

Linear Guild:

Nale: Punk rock.
Sabine: Smooth jazz.
Thog: Nursery rhymes.
Zz'dtri: Atmospheric black metal.

Team Evil:

Xykon: Death metal.
Tsukiko: Doom metal and nu metal.
Redcloak: Classical, with a leaning towards bombastic orchestras.
Demon Cockroaches: Reggae.
Monster in the Darkness: Pop.

Other:

High Priest of Hel: Black metal.

[ti'esar]

Xykon: Death metal.

I think this one's basically canon.

[littlebum2002]

The Order:

Roy: Big band jazz and classical rock.
Haley: R'n'b, rap, and nu metal.
Belkar: Thrash metal.
Elan: Bubblegum pop, disco, and house.
Vaarsuvius: Classical, with a leaning towards less majestic, although still sublime and complex.
Durkon: Folk rock, or maybe folk metal.

Linear Guild:

Nale: Punk rock.
Sabine: Smooth jazz.
Thog: Nursery rhymes.
Zz'dtri: Atmospheric black metal.

Team Evil:

Xykon: Death metal.
Tsukiko: Doom metal and nu metal.
Redcloak: Classical, with a leaning towards bombastic orchestras.
Demon Cockroaches: Reggae.
Monster in the Darkness: Pop.

Other:

High Priest of Hel: Black metal.


Apparently Metal is very popular in the OOTS world

[ti'esar]

Apparently Metal is very popular in the OOTS world

Well, it is a medieval setting...

[Peelee]

NWOBHM and possibly R&B for Durkon. Thrash metal for Belkar (though he would also have some of the NWOBHM, just tnowhere near as dominant), and probably also gangsta rap. Classical for V (I'm going with Barqoue period). Classic rock, alt rock, and country for Elan, and classic rock, alt rock, and early '90s hip hop for Haley. Roy would be classic rock and NOWBHM (the lighter stuff, most likely) with some Blues Brothers-style R&B.

And even though you didn't ask, I'm going with the theme song for the order as Run To The Hills, just for the lulz.

[Oneris]

When You're Evil (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxJrjV4PNXA)(Voltaire): I can almost hear Xykon singing this in his hollow skeletal voice

Stars (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCCZW9kFTrY) (Les Miserables): Miko would probably not even know of the latter half of the musical, much less the dark reprise of this song.

[Murk]

I feel Thog's the type for Happy Hardcore. And with all the trash metal for Belkar, I think he'd listen to a lot of those movie-like epic rock or pop too.

[ella ventic]

Belkar knows all the words to Meet Me in St. Louis...

[KillingAScarab]

When You're Evil (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxJrjV4PNXA)(Voltaire): I can almost hear Xykon singing this in his hollow skeletal voice"When You're Evil" is such a Disney villain song, though, to the point that Voltaire once linked to a YouTube music video made out of it and clips of Scar from The Lion King. The subservience also doesn't seem to fit Xykon.
Besides, when he was a teenager, he had a poster for My Alchemical Romance. Now that he's undead, the screams of the dying are are like stand-up comedy albums to Xykon.

If anyone is listening to Voltaire, I think it is Tarkin. Tarkin would be listening instead to more recent material, such as "Riding a Black Unicorn Down the Side of an Erupting Volcano While Drinking from a Chalice Filled with the Laughter of Small Children." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T66b5dhsi_E) He also wouldn't get it, and plan accordingly for the threat outlined in "The Mechanical Girl."

[Brumagris]

Considering Xykon character, he doesn't fit me as a metal guy actually... with his taste for fun and irreverent attitude, I would imagine him listening to songs "Sexx Laws" from Beck style. (whily slaughting a full legion of hobgoblins for the thrill)

As for belkar, I would bet "Born to be wild" as a theme song

[Mike Havran]

Elan would listen to those cheesy Epic Power Metal acts like Rhapsody of Fire or Stratovarius.

Zz'dtri is a Funeral Doom Metal fan.

Belkar likes rap.

Redcloak would probably enjoy classical music.

Black Metal for Malack.

The Snarl likes Grindcore.

[Peelee]

Black Metal for Malack.

That was unexpected.

[Rakoa]

Funeral Doom Metal. Amazing the things that exist.

[Bulldog Psion]

When You're Evil (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxJrjV4PNXA)(Voltaire): I can almost hear Xykon singing this in his hollow skeletal voice


This wins the thread, for me anyway. :smallbiggrin:

[darlingt]

Roy: 80s hair metal (Whitesnake, Survivor, etc.)
Haley: She hasn't really kept up with popular music in the last few years, but in her teens, she was really into pop punk (Blink-182, Yellowcard, Taking Back Sunday). She heard 5 Seconds of Summer recently billed as "pop punk" and was horrified.
Elan: Elan likes comedy albums, especially stand-up. Mike Birbiglia and Bo Burnham are some of his favorites.
V: Prog rock (Genesis, ELO, Dream Theater)
Durkon: Irish drinking songs. Well, drinking songs in general, but the Irish have so darn many of them!
Belkar: Pirate metal (Alestorm, Running Wild, etc.) One of Belkar's favorite daydreams involves a dominated Elan in a pirate costume.

[Peelee]

Roy: 80s hair metal (Whitesnake, Survivor, etc.)

Is that a bald joke?

Win big, Mama's fallen angeeeeeeeel
Lose big, living out her lies
Wants it all, Mama's fallen angeeeeeeeel
Lose it all, rolling the dice of her life!

[dps]

I'll do this a bit differently, and list who I think is each character's favorite musical artist:

Roy: Frank Sinatra
Haley: The Cure
Elan: Weird Al Yankovic
Belkar: Judy Garland
V: Mike Oldfield
Durkon: Billy Joel
Blackwing: The Byrds :smallbiggrin:

[Peelee]

Blackwing: The Byrds :smallbiggrin:

You sure that wouldn't be Dinosaur Jr.?:smallcool:

[denthor]

Belkar likes musicals west side story, songs officer krupke (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7TT4jnnWys)

Roy likes country he grinds his teeth and cries a lot.

Haley in her teens chants, now top 40

Elan he likes escape otherwise know as the pina colada song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hf8BJVwdnY)

Durkon I agree a drinking song of some kind

V unknown

[Ridin'TheCrash]

Here is my run down of the main six
Roy- Definitly a Jazz man. A life that stressful? he needs to kick back and relax
Elan- the Songs from the disney movies for sure. He's been singing "let it go" for months now, its actually hurting the parties rolls now, they hate it so much.
Haley- Her father raised her on classic rock, But her favorite singer would have to be Bon Jovi. "Runaway" really spoke to her, ya know?
Belkar- Screamo all day everyday. hes not sure what they're saying, but the music video has lots of blood, so hes into it.
V- Only listens to classical music. the rest is illogical nonsense
Durkon- Before turning into a vampire, he was a closet one Direction fan. This is actually why he got thrown out of the drarven lands. His greatest fear was that belkar would find out.

[kivzirrum]

In her youth, I think Haley was definitely a Bauhaus/ Joy Division/ Siouxsie and the Banshees kind of gal. I bet she still has a Sisters of Mercy t-shirt somewhere. Now, I'm thinking more of the indie rock and baroque pop stuff. Also, I bet she'd like Garbage.

With the others, I'm gonna have to go with the majority. Roy's probably into jazz and soul/R&B stuff, MAYBE a little funkier when he's feeling it. Durkon's all about the classic hard rock. Thunderstruck is probably his jam. Belkar's into aggressive thrash metal and grindcore.

This is a fun topic!

[Torzini]

Here is my run down of the main six
Roy- Definitly a Jazz man. A life that stressful? he needs to kick back and relax
Elan- the Songs from the disney movies for sure. He's been singing "let it go" for months now, its actually hurting the parties rolls now, they hate it so much.
Haley- Her father raised her on classic rock, But her favorite singer would have to be Bon Jovi. "Runaway" really spoke to her, ya know?
Belkar- Screamo all day everyday. hes not sure what they're saying, but the music video has lots of blood, so hes into it.
V- Only listens to classical music. the rest is illogical nonsense
Durkon- Before turning into a vampire, he was a closet one Direction fan. This is actually why he got thrown out of the drarven lands. His greatest fear was that belkar would find out.

I'd say most of these are completely spot-on, except for Belkar I'd replace the screamo with proper heavy metal (c'mon, heh, even a little psychopath has to have better music taste than that :smalltongue:).

Lol'd at Durkon and Elan.

[Ridin'TheCrash]

I'd say most of these are completely spot-on, except for Belkar I'd replace the screamo with proper heavy metal (c'mon, heh, even a little psychopath has to have better music taste than that :smalltongue:).

Haha! you've got a point. Ive been working on the villians, but im still trying to work out a few

Xykon- Normally he doesnt really care for music, one of the disadvantages of not having ears. but ever since the take over of Azure City, He keeps on getting these ridiculous J-pop songs stuck in his head.
MitD- MitD has a fondness for Weird Al. No ones sure why. It could be that he enjoys the clever wordplay, or it could be that he simply has never heard a good joke before in his life.
Redcloak-An Oprah man through and through. That fat lady always brings tears to his eyes eye.
Tarquin- Tarquin likes to start every morning with the Imperial March from Star Wars. It really gets him pumped before work
Thog- As we saw in the Arena, Thog is a Queen fan to the end. Everytime he goes into a Rage, "Dont stop me now" starts playing in his head

[Seerow]

Redcloak-An Oprah man through and through. That fat lady always brings tears to his eyes eye.


Okay now I have to know: Did you actually mean Oprah, or did you mean Opera?


I can't stop laughing because either one works in context (with the exception of Oprah not actually being a singer as far as I am aware, but for all I pay attention she could be a musical genius)

[Ramien]

Belkar - Showtunes (He only poses for the heavy metal album covers)
Elan - Listens to everything, but has a preference for classic rock
Durkon - Led Zeppelin by cultural preference, country music by choice. They're the only ones that speak correctly.
Roy - Secretly, Elan's music has grown on him, but he won't admit it.
V - Music is a distraction from my studies.
Haley I can't quite decide, sadly...

Tarquin - Anything by John Williams (inlcuding the Imperial March, of course) or Danny Elfman. They know how to set a scene with their music.

[TheTeaMustFlow]

And even though you didn't ask, I'm going with the theme song for the order as Run To The Hills, just for the lulz.

While that does reflect the Order's most historically successful strategy, I think Redcloak has already got dibs on that one, given his history.

I'd say Everybody Wants To Rule The World (www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGCdLKXNF3w) is a somewhat obvious one for Tarquin. He could also nick The Rains of Castamere (www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECewrAld3zw) from another similarly-named tyrant/mastermind/father of the year.

Oh, and Ho Thanh gets Thunder Child (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTF6bd1NcTA).

[Corneel]

Belkar reminds me too much of Black Francis for him not to be Pixies fan. And I can see him just singing along on TAAAAAAAAMEE! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i6jtsCpImo).
And otherwise the Cramps: Bikini Girls with Machine Guns (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwnZDakp_v4) seem totally up his street. Or psychobilly in general.
Roy seems like someone who might like to funk and jazz it up, US3 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwBjhBL9G6U) style.
As someone suggested, Haley would probably've been a bit on the gothic side in her youth. But now? Stromae, upbeat music with some sad lyrics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHoT4N43jK8) that go with her conflicted nature?
Durkon: Beardy McBeardboy must be a ZZ Top fan.
Elan: K3 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiKj0Z_Xnjc). :smallbiggrin:
Malack: I see him listening to classical opera while feeding on innocents, Carmen by Bizet perhaps...
Tarquin: for the public he will present an eclectic taste, though predominently classical music with a touch of the bombastic such as Oh Fortuna (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3VsesSBsw). What his actual personal taste is, he has long since forgotten.

V - I got nothing ...

... though they like them some Magic System and with them there's always Magic In The Air (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAkqJT_sMKQ) (though I'll admit I don't see them dancing the zouglou (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtqkkRuqdbc), even if it's La danse des magiciens (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sae3ocnkv1s)).

[Jay R]

Elan: Elan's singing
Haley: Elan's singing
Vaarsuvius: not Elan's singing
Durkon: not Elan's singing
Roy: not Elan's singing
Belkar: NOT Elan's singing

[Torzini]

Elan: Elan's singing
Haley: Elan's singing
Vaarsuvius: not Elan's singing
Durkon: not Elan's singing
Roy: not Elan's singing
Belkar: NOT Elan's singing

This... gave me a much-needed laugh. Thank you sir. :thog:

[goto124]

*searches for comic strip about Belkar asking for re-deafness*

[Jay R]

*searches for comic strip about Belkar asking for re-deafness*

Here it is. Panel 4. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0864.html)

[Angelalex242]

Miko:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqGL9B_TPTI

Because Miko dating Judge Frollo makes more sense then Esmeralda ever did.

[Ridin'TheCrash]

Miko:
Because Miko dating Judge Frollo makes more sense then Esmeralda ever did.

God help us all:smalleek:

[alaalba_123]

I see Belkar as a metalhead, Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, Asking Alexandria, and The Browning.
Haley, I would say Matchbox 20, Mayday Parade, Matchbook Romance, All Time Low, stuff like that.
Roy I see liking Kenny Chesney, Grace Potter, Miranda Lambert, Garth Brooks, and really just country in general.
Elan I see liking Basshunter, Darude, Krewella, Feed Me, and The Chainsmokers.
Varsuvius, I would say either purely classical or just doesn't understand why people care one way or the other about genre.
Durkon I would think Aerosmith, Guns 'n' Roses, Santana, AC/DC, and Nirvana.

I realize the only popular genre (at least in the modern United States) that I didn't cover is rap/hip-hop. The only character I can see liking that style of music as presented in the comic so far is Julia Greenhilt.

[GM_3826]

Belkar: Rap music.
Durkon: Country and folk music.
Elan: Probably music in general.
Haley: I can see her having primarily listened to pop when she was a child, having "grown out of it" like everything else but not really listening to Gothic rock either, and maybe growing back into it as she got older.
Roy: If Roy's father was a Disco fan, Roy would be a Rock fan. Or maybe the inverse is true. (In case you're wondering, there was an old rivalry between fans of either. Disco was seen as killing music, and Rock's backlash killed it.)
Varsuuvius: Classical music.

Of course, Xykon is a metalhead. It's canon.
I can also imagine Nale not really listening to music.

[DBear]

Roy--jazz/fusion--lead guitar
Belkar--thrash/speed metal--rhythm guitar
Elan--pop ballads--lead vocals
Vaarsuvius--symphonic prog--keyboards
Haley--goth pop/rock/metal--bass, backing vocals
Durkon--tribal/religious--drums, percussion