Best Day Ever.

[Bluemage]

An acquaintance of mine just gave me ~11.9 *GB* of songs- most of them classic,to one degree or another. We're talking about 6,700 potential power songs here.
Sounds like I've got my work cut out for me...Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines...

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I've been writing a bit.

[HoagieOfDoom]

I know how you feel. Ahh!, the beauty of external USB hard drives *********
Touched By His Noodly Appendage
www.venganza.org

[Bluemage]

First useful power song idea:
Sunglasses At Night
Corey Hart
5:16
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I wear my sunglasses at night
so I can
so I can
Watch you weave then breath your story lines.
And I wear my sunglasses at night
so I can
so I can
Keep track of the visions in my eyes.
While she's deceiving me
it cuts my security.
Has she got control of me? - I turn to her and say:
Don't switch the blade on the guy in shades
oh no.
Don't masquerade with the guy in shades
oh no
I can't believe it!
You got it made with the guy in shades
oh no.
And I wear my sunglasses at night
so I can
so i can
Forget my name while you collect your claim
And I wear my sunglasses at night
so I can.
so I can.
See the light that's right before my eyes.
While she's deceiving me she cuts my security
She gots control of me
I turn to her and say
. . .
Don't switch the blade on the guy in shades
oh no.
Don't masquerade with the guy in shades
oh no
I can't believe it!
Don't be afraid of the guy in shades
oh no
it can't escape you
cause you got it made with the guy in shades
oh no.
I said: I wear my sunglasses at night.
I wear my sunglasses at night
I wear my sunglasses at night.
I'll say it to you now: I wear my sunglasses at night
I wear my sunglasses at night
I wear my sunglasses at night.
I cry to you: I wear my sunglasses at night. I wear my sunglasses at night
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I'm thinking that the song makes it so that a pair of wraparound sunglasses appear in Doug's hand (I can't help but have the idea of a 'Hey Man, Nice Shot'-esque gradual appearing of the shades over the first 30 seconds, coupled with a bit of the other effects gradually bleeding in).
The glasses are indicators- more of a concept than pure, solid matter: for instance, if Doug was wearing goggles when he 'put them on', they would superimpose, leaving the appearance of the glasses, which would reveal the goggles when they disappeared at the song end.
The wearer of the glasses (Doug can hand them to somebody else, if desired) gets an IFF effect- the glasses allow him/her to see auras around allies and enemies, clearly delineating which category everybody in sight belongs to. There's also a bit of a side effect- the wearer seems tougher to people around him/her, and also seems to exude an 'aura of cool', leaving any observers impressed with the clothing, glasses, and bearing of the wearer.
Another potential side effect, to be potentially substituted, would be to have the 'aura of cool' effect fuzz out their recollections of anything but the glasses and the attitude...Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines...

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[HoagieOfDoom]

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also seems to exude an 'aura of cool', leaving any observers impressed with the clothing, glasses, and bearing of the wearer.

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Now I have this mental image of Doug in a clown suit doing the Thinking Man pose in the busiest part of Nekomi Tech while this song runs.*********
Touched By His Noodly Appendage
www.venganza.org

[Bob Schroeck]

Don't forget that Doug's already picked up a pair of cheap sunglasses, at the skeeball place. He's already prepped for this song.
-- Bob
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...The President is on the line
As ninety-nine crab rangoons go by...

[Bluemage]

So, if, theoretically, I had a scene to use it in, that'd work, right?

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[Black Aeronaut]

*Snickers!* Shades of Utter Cool (+3)

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Aerospace Solutions for the discerning spacer
"To the commissary we should go," Yoda declared firmly. "News
of this kind a danish requires."

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[Bluemage]

Where's that reference from? I use it, but I can't remember where I stole it from.

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[robkelk]

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Don't forget that Doug's already picked up a pair of cheap sunglasses, at the skeeball place. He's already prepped for this song.

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As well as the anti-hangover song, ZZ Top's Cheap Sunglasses:
When you get up in the morning and the light is hurt your head
The first thing you do when you get up out of bed
Is hit that streets a-runnin' and try to beat the masses
And go get yourself some cheap sunglasses
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Spied a little thing and I followed her all night
In a funky fine levis and her sweater's kind of tight
She had a west coast strut that was as sweet as molases
But what really knocked me out was her cheap sunglasses
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
(solo)
Now go out and get yourself some big black frames
With the glass so dark thay won't even know your name
And the choice is up to you cause they come in two classes:
Rhinestone shades or cheap sunglasses
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

-Rob Kelk
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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

[Foxboy]

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Shades of Utter Cool (+3)

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I do believe that is from Teenagers from Outer Space.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

[Black Aeronaut]

Foxboy - I'm not sure, but I think one of the Munchikin games uses the reference as well.

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Black Aeronaut Technologies Group
Aerospace Solutions for the discerning spacer
"To the commissary we should go," Yoda declared firmly. "News
of this kind a danish requires."

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[Bluemage]

It's used in a BGC fic, to describe Leon's glasses. Beyond that tidbit, I know not.Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines...

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My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.

I've been writing a bit.

[Black Aeronaut]

I've been temtped to use it in reference to Gendo Ikari's glasses in a fic.

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Black Aeronaut Technologies Group
Aerospace Solutions for the discerning spacer
"To the commissary we should go," Yoda declared firmly. "News
of this kind a danish requires."

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[Bluemage]

Hopelessly Lost #2 uses it.
Why, oh why didn't I just Google the phrase to begin with...Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines...

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My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.

I've been writing a bit.