Music played a huge part in the first module this group went on. Chris, a member of the LARP family who has a fantastic voice, played the Harp (and Jack/Mal). My only directive to him was “sing whatever you want”. And boy did he deliver!
From the moment we entered the mod and we heard Chris singing I knew it was going to be a good encounter. When everyone in the group started singing along with him as we climbed the beanstalk I was proved right. It is such a defining moment in my memory of this mod. Like, the defining moment.
That mod was the basis of Part One of this story. I had a great time picking out songs that the group could sing along to as they explored the story of Jack. I tried to find ones that both thematically fit the moments in the story and were very enjoyable to sing – because if I’m going to make EVERYONE sing then I better pick some darned good songs.
I realized as I wrote these songs in that music was going to play a part in the entirety of the story. Maybe not in as obvious, over-the-top, karaoke on acid way, but it would play a part. But, I get ahead of myself at this point.
So, I’ll just start the list of songs that have been in the story. I’ll add to them as I go along:
Chapter 3
Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Fleetwood Mac – Landslide
Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart
John Mellencamp – Jack & Diane
Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
Chapter 4
Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Run DMC – Walk This Way
Bonnie Tyler – Holding Out for a Hero
Pat Benatar -Love is a Battlefield
Chapter 5
The Church – Under the Milky Way
Tiffany – I Think We’re Alone Now
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So here’s the scoop on Chapter 15 – I came up with the action for this scene while singing Black Madonna in the shower. Just a little look at the creative process there
3:3 / Chapter 15
The Animaniacs Theme Song
3:4/Chapter 16
Cage the Elephant – Black Madonna
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Hey, look it’s Patti! They finally figured out they should talk to a bard. Quick, they are!
4:1 / Chapter 18
Yaz – Don’t Go
Nina Simone – Mood Indigo
4:4
Melissa Etheridge – Come to My Window
Pop Goes the Weasel
4:5
Janelle Monae – Tightrope
4:8
Norah Jones – Come Away with Me
5:2
The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Oklahoma/Rogers & Hammerstein – Oh What a Beautiful Morning
Janelle Monae – Tightrope
5:4
Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved
5:5
Marvin Gaye – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
5:6
MC Hammer – Can’t Touch This
5:7
Toby Lightman – Better
Amos Lee – No More Darkness, No More Light
6:6
Ted Dicks/Myles Rudge – Windmill in Old Amsterdam
Elton John – Your Song
6:7
The Irish Rovers – The Unicorn
6:11
The Beatles – Golden Slumbers
7:2
Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
7:3
Tori Amos – Cornflake Girl
7:6
The Beatles – Blackbird
Tori Amos – Cornflake Girl
7:7
Aretha Franklin – Bridge Over Troubled Waters (In my head Patti is definitely singing the Aretha version)
7:8
Aretha Franklin – Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Tori Amos – Cornflake Girl
7:13
The Beatles – Golden Slumbers
7:12
Poe – Hey, Pretty
7:13
The Beatles – Golden Slumbers
8:9
Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight
quote – not song: Jim Morrison
8:11
The Animals – We Gotta Get Out of this Place
version by Ann Wilson with Wynonna Judd
8:14
Corinne Bailey Rae – Put Your Records On
8:16
Annie Lennox – Little Bird
8:18
Katy Perry – Firework
8:21
Pat Benatar – Heartbreaker
8:24
Sarah McLachlan – Back Door Man
9:4
Steve Wonder – Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing (whoa only one, I think)
Chapter 10
Glass Animals – Pork Soda
The Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby
Imagine Dragons – Hear Me
Melissa Etheridge – Come to My Window
Bastille – Things We Lost in the Fire
Bastille – No Angels
Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On
Sofi Tukker – Baby I’m a Queen
Chumbawamba – Tubthumping
Kermit the Frog – The Rainbow Connection
The Beaches – Blame Brett
Morphine – Whisper
Enter The Woods 