So I listened to the continuous Undertale soundtrack (got about as far as the Hotland songs) while doing chores. Bad news: the reuse of some melodies is more clear when you hear them back to back. Good news: hearing everything means the more obscure tracks have their spotlight, making for a pleasant surprise.
Tag: Music
RIP Tom Petty
RIP Tom Petty.
I listened to him a lot as a kid. My two favorite songs by him are “Refugee” and “Mary Jane’s Last Dance”.
A Holiday Song
Most holiday songs are either repetitive classics, glitzy pop with thematic lyrics, or, at their absolute worst, repetitive classics produced in the style of glitzy pop. Thankfully, I heard one that doesn’t fit the category.
That song is The Pretenders’ 2000 Miles. And it wasn’t even intended as a holiday song per se, instead being in remembrance of a lost bandmate. Yet somehow it also works for the seeming meaning of people separated by a long distance. I guess it’s that good.
I guess I have the image of the song playing as the camera pans over a winter battlefield littered with bodies, broken tanks and artillery, and ends up with, as the lyrics describe, people singing in a nearby town.
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