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Some of the People in Doug's Life - robkelk - 11-29-2005
All I need is a TV show, that and the radio
Down on my luck again, down on my luck again
I can show you I can show you some of the people in my life
I can show you I can show you some of the people in my life
It's driving me mad just another way of passing the day
I, I get so lonely when she's not there
I, I, I...
You're just another face that I know from the TV show
I have known you for so very long I feel you like a friend
Can't you do anything for me, can I touch you for a while
Can I meet you another day and we will fly away
I can show you I can show you some of the people in my life
I can show you I can show you some of the people in my life
It's driving me mad it's just another way of passing the day
I, I get so lonely when she's not there
I, I, I...
Turn it on, turn it on, turn it on again
Turn it on, turn it on, turn it on again (I can see another face)
Turn it on, turn it on, turn it on again (I can see another face)
Turn it on, turn it on, turn it on again
Genesis, Turn It On Again, from the 1980 album Duke
I'm thinking another utility power here - when the song is played, the closest TV set to Doug starts showing his memories of people he knows in any situation he remembers, with accompanying audio over the closest radio.
This would be most useful during post-mission debriefings, where Doug could show the other Warriors his point of view during the operation. Other applications of the song should also be obvious... ("So, what's your homeworld really like, Doug?" "Let me show you on that broken TV set, Urd...")
A little work with soldering iron and connectors might let somebody hook up a recorder to the TV and radio so that the images and audio can be recorded, but I'm not sure whether I'd allow that if I was the GM. ("I can show you" is repeated so many times that Doug's presence might be required for the images to be seen.) Mind you, nothing's stopping someone from pointing a camera at the TV screen...
-Rob Kelk
Edit: Oh, yes: The song works better when Doug's showing images of Maggie, if Maggie's not present. ("I get so lonely when she's not there"...)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Re: Some of the People in Doug's Life - Bob Schroeck - 12-06-2005
I like this. Maybe I can find a place to use it in DW5...
-- Bob
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It's a "magical" land. I think "magical" is ancient Greek for "pain in the butt". -- Bun-Bun, Sluggy Freelance, 11/9/03