This thread has spurred me into motion. Unfortunately, I've spent a lot of my 'new music' energy lately hunting down different cuts of "Because the Night" - so far I've found Patti Smith, 10,000 Maniacs, Bruce Springsteen, a surprisingly entertaining cover by a heavy-metalish band called Keel, and various rather indifferent techno versions.
Anyway, on to powers.
Bad Religion - You've Got A Chance (Power - GM Fiat, whatever brings Doug even with the opposition and/or teleporting Doug to the nearest conflict that would be... hmmm... his concern)
A rhapsody! Contestants in disguise
A nation of desire
But who will win the prize?
The people stand united,
Reluctantly aligned
Copying and lying
Are the favorite past-time
You've got a chance
To confront the world today
Desperate romance
Is the curse of castaways
What good is skill
If you don't make it to the dance?
Despite circumstance
You've got a chance
Common life depicted on afternoon tv,
Is spiked to give the miserable a vogue identity
Hate your neighbors,
Cheat your friends,
They don't discriminate
Popularity and fame don't care
If you're a reprobate
You've got a chance
To confront the world today
Desperate romance
Is the curse of castaways
What good is skill
If you don't make it to the dance?
Despite circumstance
You've got a chance
I'm tired of all this
Shakespearean misinformation
I want to win the game
You've got the right intentions
But who's got time to think?
You've got a noon appointment,
You've got to hit the links
You're talking in the stratosphere,
You're curled up on the floor
With such a wealth of information,
Why are you so poor?
You've got a chance
To be relevant today
Desperate romance
Is the curse of castaways
What good is skill
If you don't make it to the dance?
(don't you believe what the wise men have to say)
Despite circumstance
You've got a chance
Bad Religion - Raise Your Voice (Amplifies Doug's voice, of course. And oblitherates his sense of tact...)
fa fa fafa fa fa fafa raise your voice!
don't be played like someone else's board game
don't be classed out like some desperate redoubt
don't be misled you've got a lot on your head
and nobody's gonna pay attention when you are dead
so... fa fa fafa fa fa fafa raise your voice!
it's the primary rule, you gotta wanna be fooled
it's our daunted restraint that keeps us silent in shame
it's our nature to be adversarial and free
our evolution didn't hinge on passivity
fa fa fafa fa fa fafa raise your voice!
Fleetwood Mac - Caroline (A rewind key for the universe! Fortunately or un, it also suffers from the same limitation as what's-his-face... O'shae? Transfictional-traveler-type-person. Him. Doug has to Change Something, preferably fatally.)
she's so crazy
she's so lazy
keeps on coming
keeps you running
caroline
caroline
time recedes
with a fatal drop
dusty fury
on the mountain top
cut the cord if you can
caroline
caroline
she's so cagey
she's so stagey
so attractive
so reactive
caroline
caroline
time recedes
with a fatal drop
dusty fury
on the mountain top
cut the cord if you can
caroline
caroline
caroline
caroline
time recedes
with a fatal drop
dusty fury
on the mountain top
cut the cord if you can
caroline
caroline
caroline
caroline
Fleetwood Mac - Isn't It Midnight (Doug turns into Bishie Ed! Only for him, it actually -works-.)
so cool, calm and collected
you had a style, a rakish style
well my poor heart
never connected
you'd stay so long on my mind
well isn't it midnight
on the other side of the world
do you remember
the face of a pretty girl
the face of a pretty girl
looking back so long ago
you had a knack, a knack of
making women know
ooh there wasn't the time
and i knew you'd never be mine
well isn't it midnight
on the other side of the world
do you remember
the face of a pretty girl
the face of a pretty girl
the face of a pretty girl
well isn't it midnight
on the other side of the world
do you remember
the face of a pretty girl
the face of a pretty girl
the face of a pretty girl
The Offspring - Staring at the Sun (Grants super-speed and acts like a sledgehammer dose of Prozium. Fear, rage, love, sympathy, discouragement... no more emotions, nothing but Purpose. At least, until the song ends.)
Maybe life is like a ride on a freeway
Dodging bullets while you're trying to find your way
Everyone's around, but no one does a damn thing
It brings me down, but I won't let them
If I seem bleak
Well you'd be correct
And if I don't speak
It's cause I get disconnected
But I won't be burned by the reflection
Of the fire in your eyes
As you're staring at the sun
When I ran I didn't feel like a runaway
When I escaped I didn't feel like I got away
There's more to living than only surviving
Maybe I'm not there, but I'm still trying
Though you hear me
I don't think that you relate
My will is something
That you can't confiscate
So forgive me, but I won't be frustrated
By destruction in your eyes
As you're staring at the sun
Blessed be.
-n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."
Anyway, on to powers.
Bad Religion - You've Got A Chance (Power - GM Fiat, whatever brings Doug even with the opposition and/or teleporting Doug to the nearest conflict that would be... hmmm... his concern)
A rhapsody! Contestants in disguise
A nation of desire
But who will win the prize?
The people stand united,
Reluctantly aligned
Copying and lying
Are the favorite past-time
You've got a chance
To confront the world today
Desperate romance
Is the curse of castaways
What good is skill
If you don't make it to the dance?
Despite circumstance
You've got a chance
Common life depicted on afternoon tv,
Is spiked to give the miserable a vogue identity
Hate your neighbors,
Cheat your friends,
They don't discriminate
Popularity and fame don't care
If you're a reprobate
You've got a chance
To confront the world today
Desperate romance
Is the curse of castaways
What good is skill
If you don't make it to the dance?
Despite circumstance
You've got a chance
I'm tired of all this
Shakespearean misinformation
I want to win the game
You've got the right intentions
But who's got time to think?
You've got a noon appointment,
You've got to hit the links
You're talking in the stratosphere,
You're curled up on the floor
With such a wealth of information,
Why are you so poor?
You've got a chance
To be relevant today
Desperate romance
Is the curse of castaways
What good is skill
If you don't make it to the dance?
(don't you believe what the wise men have to say)
Despite circumstance
You've got a chance
Bad Religion - Raise Your Voice (Amplifies Doug's voice, of course. And oblitherates his sense of tact...)
fa fa fafa fa fa fafa raise your voice!
don't be played like someone else's board game
don't be classed out like some desperate redoubt
don't be misled you've got a lot on your head
and nobody's gonna pay attention when you are dead
so... fa fa fafa fa fa fafa raise your voice!
it's the primary rule, you gotta wanna be fooled
it's our daunted restraint that keeps us silent in shame
it's our nature to be adversarial and free
our evolution didn't hinge on passivity
fa fa fafa fa fa fafa raise your voice!
Fleetwood Mac - Caroline (A rewind key for the universe! Fortunately or un, it also suffers from the same limitation as what's-his-face... O'shae? Transfictional-traveler-type-person. Him. Doug has to Change Something, preferably fatally.)
she's so crazy
she's so lazy
keeps on coming
keeps you running
caroline
caroline
time recedes
with a fatal drop
dusty fury
on the mountain top
cut the cord if you can
caroline
caroline
she's so cagey
she's so stagey
so attractive
so reactive
caroline
caroline
time recedes
with a fatal drop
dusty fury
on the mountain top
cut the cord if you can
caroline
caroline
caroline
caroline
time recedes
with a fatal drop
dusty fury
on the mountain top
cut the cord if you can
caroline
caroline
caroline
caroline
Fleetwood Mac - Isn't It Midnight (Doug turns into Bishie Ed! Only for him, it actually -works-.)
so cool, calm and collected
you had a style, a rakish style
well my poor heart
never connected
you'd stay so long on my mind
well isn't it midnight
on the other side of the world
do you remember
the face of a pretty girl
the face of a pretty girl
looking back so long ago
you had a knack, a knack of
making women know
ooh there wasn't the time
and i knew you'd never be mine
well isn't it midnight
on the other side of the world
do you remember
the face of a pretty girl
the face of a pretty girl
the face of a pretty girl
well isn't it midnight
on the other side of the world
do you remember
the face of a pretty girl
the face of a pretty girl
the face of a pretty girl
The Offspring - Staring at the Sun (Grants super-speed and acts like a sledgehammer dose of Prozium. Fear, rage, love, sympathy, discouragement... no more emotions, nothing but Purpose. At least, until the song ends.)
Maybe life is like a ride on a freeway
Dodging bullets while you're trying to find your way
Everyone's around, but no one does a damn thing
It brings me down, but I won't let them
If I seem bleak
Well you'd be correct
And if I don't speak
It's cause I get disconnected
But I won't be burned by the reflection
Of the fire in your eyes
As you're staring at the sun
When I ran I didn't feel like a runaway
When I escaped I didn't feel like I got away
There's more to living than only surviving
Maybe I'm not there, but I'm still trying
Though you hear me
I don't think that you relate
My will is something
That you can't confiscate
So forgive me, but I won't be frustrated
By destruction in your eyes
As you're staring at the sun
Blessed be.
-n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."