Will Wood (and the Tapeworms) Songs as Ride the Cyclone Characters!
Recently decided to wade through Will Wood's discography more and I think some of the songs by the 30-something year old dude really embody them
How this half asleep rant will work:
[Character]: [Song(s)]
Explanation of why song is chosen
"Certain excerpts from the song I think embody the goober chosen"
Note: all songs wils be linked when they're written (mostly as youtube lyric videos), also this will probably be very long
Ocean O'Connell Rosenburg: The Main Character
Local ‘gifted kid’ teenager has yet to find out that the world doesn't revolve around her and stepping on anyone who doesn't fit in with her isn’t okay, more at 7
"I mean, imagine if protagonists just died in the first scene"
"I loot plot armor from NPC’s / Well, they are to me"
Noel Gruber: Suburbia Overture / Greetings from Mary Bell Township! / (Vampire) Culture / Love Me, Normally
This song (in my opinion) is really the embodiment of Noel's character. attempting to fit in, being told to "tone it down" by his mother until eventually arriving in the afterlife and essentially going "fuck it, we ball" with Noel's Lament (and Vampire Culture in this allegory) until eventually arriving at a state of peace with Love Me, Normally/It's Just a Ride
"a snowflake only matters in a blizzard"
Mischa Bachinski: 6up 5oh Cop-Out (Pro / Con & ¡Aikido! (Neurotic / Erotic)
6up 5oh with it's plot(?) of running from the police and proceeding to get mistreated by them is how Mischa is viewed by essentially everyone is Saskatchewan (and to an extent how he lets them see him). While ¡Aikido!, is more of his 'passion' side, specifically with Talia. The more aggressive reprise at the end of Aikido in the 2020 remaster also reminds me allot of the techno section of 'Talia'.
"It's never too late to embrace your fate"
"So we can touch instead of feel"
Ricky Potts: White Noise & Dr. Sunshine Is Dead
Imagine being so forgotten by everyone around you so the innocent bean stereotype is put on you automatically despite the fact that you’re real personality is far from that and then having a mini identity crisis over it
"You're not meant to sing along"
"I'm no one if I'm nowhere in between"
Jane Doe: Big Fat Bitchie’s Blueberry Pie, Christmas Tree, and Recreational Jell-o Emporium a.k.a. “Mr. Boy is on the Roof Again” (Feat. Pasta by Sneakers McSqueakers) [From “B.F.B.’s B-Sides: Bagel Batches, Marsh-Mallows, & Barsh-Mallows”]
No thoughts, story, or plot, just funky carnival music
Constance Blackwood: Falling Up
This song is essentially 'Sugar Cloud' but more melancholy. This is what I'd imagine a song about Constance's life before she died would be about, or Constance's Monologue in song form. What especially reminded me of her monologue was the rapid fire listing of objects and even the title 'Falling Up' being repeated in the song feeling like the roller coaster when it derailed. They're falling but being upside down it feels more like they're flying.
"You make a wish upon the dead, but turn and call it a weed"
"Much larger than life, 'cause from such height / Life looks awful small"
"Well, I cry on skies of blue linoleum, Clouds o' spilled milk"
Penny Lamb: Willard!
Aspiring animal conservationist doesn't know how to relate to "normal" people partially due to her upbringing. Parts of the song were the singer wants animal traits the make their life easier reminds me of Penny's whole "I vomit fire" thing before absolutely destroying JK-47
“Until frustration makes me wish my teeth were sharp as yours”
“I've never understood what humans do and want / It's quite confusing to me to try to connect / Never learned how I should feel, instincts somehow stunted”
Extra characters outside of the choir:
I'll go less in depth for these as i think most of these are self-explanatory
Karnak: Memento Mori: the most important thing in the world
funky sentient machine is constantly aware of his imminent death and decides to be a goofy goober because of it
Virgil: Tomcat Disposables
rat just wants to vibe and chew on a power cable. oopsies he's dead now
Monique Gibeau: White Knuckle Jerk & Front Street
oh em gee she's so gorgeous and dangerous and the world described in Noel's Lament is very gritty and a little gross
Ezra Lamb: Euthanasia (Live)
this mostly feeds into my hc that Ezra ditched school to go to the fair with the choir and had to see his sister get beheaded, being completely inconsolable, and not being listened to because he's "a kid looking for attention"
It's the end yay!!
That's the end folks! I really enjoyed making this (i am a very big fan of both rtc and will wood) there were a lot of other songs i wanted to include (skeleton appreciation day, i/me/myself etc.) but didn't because either
a. they fit too many characters for me to just pin one to them or
b. the character already had two songs assigned to them
i hope anybody reading this is having a good day/night and listens to will wood more in the future ig
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6 albums i've been listening to (+1 standout track)
tagged by @devilbrakers thank you sooo much ezra <3
nei letti degli altri - mahmood. nel tuo mare: this one is difficult because i'm putting on repeat a bunch of songs from this album A LOT and picking just one is crazy difficult so i picked the one i find myself going back to a lot. honorable mention to stella cadente. these two are the songs i relate the most so i'll cheat and mention both
the age of consent - bronski beat. smalltown boy: i've been in the mood for this album a lot lately..smalltown boy is a classic and it will forever be THE song to me
pizza kebab vol.1 - ghali (begging ghali to come up with normal album names fr). safi safi: i'm too weak for the songs where he mixes italian and arabic together so this is an easy pick fhdkfkjd
black celebration - depeche mode. stripped: of course i've been listening to my fave album ever of depeche mode..chosing one single track is like psychological torture but yeah. LET ME SEE YOU STRIPPED DOWN TO THE BONE!!!! LET ME HEAR YOU MAKE DECISIONS WITHOUT YOUR TELEVISION!!! LET ME HEAR YOU SPEAKING JUST FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!
pony express record - shudder to think. 9 fingers on you: how to pick just one song from this album literallyyyyy!!!!!!!! i've discovered them a few months ago and i still need to do a deep dive in their discography but this album is an obsession fr. bonus pick bc i can: own me
midnight cruisin' - kingo hamada. 抱かれに来た女: one thing you guys need to know about me is that i go CRAZY for city pop. when i need to do smth and i want music to vibe to, i put on a city pop album. lately i've gone back to this one bc i'm obsessed with this song specifically. i've been listening a lot to different albums by toshiki kadomatsu too but since my fave ones aren't even on spotify and i have to use youtube like i'm in 2010 again to listen to him i gave the sixth spot to smth else fjdfkjdfkjd
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@sorceresslodge @eternalchant @ncytiri @saintalessia
@hibernationsuit @gothimp @tekehu and whoever else wants to do this!!
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