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songs that remind you of 'Firefly'

POSTED BY: jedinerd7
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JEDINERD7

Monday, May 29, 2006 10:56 PM

I saw a thread on here about everyone's favorite bands a while back and it got me to thinking... what songs remind you of Serenity, Firefly, and/or specific characters? Seemed like a good discussion topic.

Goodnight, and have a pleasant tomorrow.

JAMESTHEDARK

Monday, May 29, 2006 11:24 PM

'If Everyone Cared', by Nickleback. Off their album "The Long Road"

It doesn't make me feel for any specific character, but rather the 'Verse as a whole.

It's one of the only songs that I know the verses for, but not any of the chorus. Usually its the other way around.

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SHINYDS

Monday, May 29, 2006 11:34 PM

Well, pretty much every song on the cd "The Road to Here" by Little Big Town. Also, lots of the stuff that Jerry Douglas does, some of Mickey Cochran ( http://www.folkofthewood.com/page1897.htm and http://www.folkofthewood.com/page1898.htm ), "Blaze of Glory" by Bon Jovi, and Big & Rich. Also, the song "Poison" by Alice Cooper (or the cover of it by Groove Coverage) remind me a lot of Saffron.

"If I hear the words 'that's final' coming out of your mouth again, they truely will be."

CYBERSNARK

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 1:11 AM

Said it before, I'll say it again: "Sound the Bugle" by Bryan Adams. It's Mal's trip from Serenity Valley to Serenity.

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Tuesday, May 30, 2006 1:15 AM

'She's Only 18' by the Chili Peppers always reminds me of River for no reason. Every verse of 'American Pie' makes me think of Firefly, but I think I'm projecting...

September 16. Calgary, Alberta. Red Hot Chili Peppers. Look me up, I'll be the pale, shirtless guy who's high off of osmosis.

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MISSTRESSAHARA

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 7:35 AM

I mentioned this before, "Fragile" by NIN is River and Simon. Give it a listen.

"6 Feet From the Edge" is Mal.

And another NIN song (love them yes) is "Right Where it Belongs." I've always pictured myself on the boat, taken over by River's mind and seeing things through her eye's as she/we walk through the ship seeing all the crew and ending up at the galley. I'd seperate from her and I'd be seeing the whole crew at the table from afar.... yes my mind daydreams alot.

If anymore come to mind I'll make sure to tell.

If I'm a bitch, then life just got interesting

3HEADEDMONKEY

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 10:21 AM

"Ballad of Serenity". Everytime I hear it, it reminds me of Firefly.

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 10:28 AM

Someone mentioned this one as the perfect Simon/River song. Coldplay have a song that I think is called "Fix You". It never failed to make me think of Simon's dedication to River.

When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse

And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
COULD IT BE WORSE?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

And high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face
And I

Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you.

Desktop Hippie: at one with the 'verse

PHOENIXROSE

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 10:42 AM

Godsmack's "Serenity" comes to mind.

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MAGDALENE

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 2:04 PM

I, too, had 'Blaze of Glory by Bon Jovi in my head for days after first watching Firefly - something about the twanging guitar and laid back chorus!

"I love my captain!"

MONKSDAD

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 2:16 PM

For me Tangerine by led zeppelin, not that it has anything to do with scifi I always think of things i love and miss when I hear that song. I defintetley love and miss firefly.

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BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 2:17 PM

"I'm Your Captain" by Grand Funk Railroad, "Blaze of Glory" by Bon Jovi, "Bad Company" by Bad Company right off the top of my head.

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DAYVE

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 2:45 PM

some good tunes here.....
I've had a song on my mind for a while now, and it may not directly relate to the BDS or BDM, but it's one of those things that makes you feel something - like Firefly did for me... so, once again i will recommend a song by Imogen Heap... Hide and Seek....
(i feel like a pimp for this tune - but it's just a unique song and i like it a lot...) From the cd 'Speak for Yourself'

dave

MMMWIFESOUP

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 4:08 PM

'All These Things That I've Done' by The Killers - all thanks to SaneAmy's fanvid set to that tune. I now can't think of anything else when I hear that song, it's changed in the way that Don't Stop Me Now did since I saw Shaun of the Dead, and I love both songs all the more for it. Thanks SaneAmy.

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MSG

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 5:46 PM

Well for me I'd say
Can't Find My Way Home - Alison Krauss
Thief - Belly
Army Of Me - Bjork, Graham Massey, Nellee Hooper, Marius De Vries

SPACEANJL

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 6:06 PM

Johnny Cash - 'Highwayman' - the last verse is just...Mal.

Peter Gabriel 'San Jacinto' for Serenity Valley.

Placebo 'Meds' for River. Or Kasabian 'Club Foot'.

And I like that Coldplay 'Fix you' for the Tams, too - good call.

'Sixteen Tons' for Jayne,of course. But I get inspired by all sorts of music, and then the voices come... The Big Damn Fanfic I posted had a soundtrack.

SpaceAnJL

SINGATE

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 6:12 PM

Tom Petty - Learnin' to Fly

Pearl Jam - The overall feel of "Long Road" reminds me of our BDH for some reason. The other song on that disc is "I Got ID" which is perfect for Mal with regards to Inara.

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PRICEMERC

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 6:33 PM

Almost anything Johnny cash, with the exclusion of San Quentin, and the Folsom Prison Blues. I like "I've been everywhere" for just the fact that Mal in particular has. And for the obvious Mal/Inara bit, there's "It Ain't Me Babe" with J Cash and June Carter. anyway, yea, Johhny Cash was a cool musical dude.

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NVGHOSTRIDER

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 6:42 PM

Bill Withers- Ain't No Sunshine. A total Mal and Inara song
Bob Marley- Get Up Stand Up. A song for all the BROWNCOATS
Kanye West- Spaceship. One of those crap ain't working out and someday I'll fly away songs.
Any number of Wu-Tang songs.
Clutch- Escape From The Prison Planet and Spacegrass.
And of course The Highwaymen. When I first related Johnny Cash's part of the song with Captain Reynolds, lets just say I felt all warm and fuzzy.

ELOISA

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 6:53 PM

Every River, by Runrig - for the lyrics rather than the tune.

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SOFI

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 7:20 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by monksdad:
For me Tangerine by led zeppelin, not that it has anything to do with scifi

was listenin to the rain song by led zep today and thinkin about firefly (as i do when im supposed to be revisin) and for some reason just totally reminded me of mal n nara. think the lines "speak to me only with your eyes" and "i never thought you would ever go" though i suppose as far as lyrics are concerned communcation breakdown would best describe their relationship.

in general i think 'the cowboy in me' by tim mcgraw is the most firefly song! i heard it off a fan video and just fell it love. you *have* to listen to it. tis great. and *not* dodgy (in a brokeback mountain way as its name suggests =D)

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SAFEAT2ND

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 7:35 PM

Chemical Workers/Process Man By Great Big Sea, always reminds me of Firefly. Has the maritime feel to it that I associate with Firefly. Mal refers to Serenity as "My Boat".

And Cirling Around the Moon by John Mellencamp is a good Mal/Inara song. Lyrics and overall sound fits the Firefly verse. Actually, there are a lot of songs off his CD that would do nicely.

I agree with the Johnny Cash and Alison Krauss recomendations too. The rest I will have to check out.

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

SHINYDS

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 7:55 PM

The violin in "the GOlden Hall" from the Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers reminded me of Firefly. Also, "Ray Bradbury Attack" by Gods of Shamisen ( www.myspace.com/gos ).

"If I hear the words 'that's final' coming out of your mouth again, they truely will be."

DOWIE100

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 8:00 PM

Telegraph Road by Dire Straits: reminds me of the journey of Serenitys crew.

"You can't take the sky from me"

MORWEN112

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 8:26 PM

There's an Irish song, I'm not sure if it has an official author, called "The Foggy Dew" that reminds me of the Battle of Serenity Valley. Same sort of desperate bid for freedom kind of thing.

"Breathe In" by Frou Frou is a good Mal/Inara song.

"A Message" by Coldplay is another Mal/Inara. Totally agree with "Fix You" for the Tams too.

"Cymbeline" by Loreena McKennitt remins me of River too, though the words are Shakespeare, from the play of the same name. It made me think of Simon trying to tell her that she's safe and she doesn't have to go through whatever it was the Alliance was doing to her.

Fear no more the heat o' th' sun
Nor the furious winters' rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages.
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.

The sceptre, learning, physic, must
All follow this and come to dust.

Fear no more the frown o' th' great;
Thou art past the tyrant's stroke.
Care no more to clothe and eat;
To thee the reed is as the oak.

The sceptre, learning, physic, must
All follow this and come to dust.

All lovers young, all lovers must
Consign to thee and come to dust.

Fear no more the lightning flash,
Nor th' all-dreaded thunder stone;
Fear not slander, censure rash;
Thou hast finished joy and moan.

All lovers young, all lovers must
Consign to thee and come to dust.

No exorciser harm thee!
Nor no witchcraft charm thee!
Ghost unlaid forbear thee!
Nothing ill come hear thee!
Quiet consummation have,
And renowned by thy grave!

Slightly depressing maybe, but it always made me feel better for some reason.

Mine is an evil sugar high laugh! Bwahahahaha!

Morwen

MASKULL

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 8:59 PM

There was a similar thread over a year ago where someone brought up Diana Lorden "Fighting Gravity". It is now one of my favorite CD's.

Gary

CHOLLETT

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 11:20 PM

"Kingdom Come", if i'm not mistaken, by Coldplay. Whenever I hear it i think it would make a great fanvid spotlighting the relationships of the show (Mal/Inara, Simon/Kaylee, and i always think of Wash/Zoe by the campfire in OMR.). Also, oddly enough, Bo Bice, "U Make Me Better".
*ahem*
"Please don't tell me it's the ending/You're all i ever wanted, from the beginning/I know i let you down/I live with that forever/I wanna scream out loud/'Cause you're the only one that makes me better"
I always think of Mal's relationship with the ship, and our relationship with the show. Images that run through my mind include Mal waving to the drunkies in the Train Job as the ramp lifts, and most any shot of Serenity flying, especially at the end of the BDM.
*NOSTALGIA*

I'm babbling like a moonbrain.

CAB1729

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 3:23 AM

"Come To Jesus" by Mindy Smith.

I could see this song playing in a hundred different Firefly scenes, from "kickin' ass and takin' names" scenes to "too scared to die" scenes to "not sure what the right thing to do is" scenes. It's not gospel. It's sort of like country folk rock where it starts off acoustic, rocks out for a while, and then ends up almost a cappella.

You can listen to the whole song on her myspace - go check it out!

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JUSTSHINY

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 3:51 AM

There are so many songs that I hear now that make me think of the different characters and the show. But I think instrumentallly I'd have to go with Apocalyptica, especially their CD called Cult. It's the only instrumental stuff that I really love that makes me think 'a the verse.

"In the spaceship, the silver space ship, the lion takes control."
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VINTERDRAKEN

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 4:25 AM

Have to say that 3 Doors Down with Kryptonite makes me think about the Verse. Uses it (amongst some others) as insperational music for when I write my fic.

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ONTHEDRIFT

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 6:32 AM

I've made a list of some of the songs to check out, thanks for the suggestions everyone.

And now for one of my own:

"Wires" by Athlete.

My pick was inspired by a fanvid that I stumbled upon at YouTube. I don't know if it's been linked here before, but I think it's one of the best I've ever seen. The clips are stellar and fit in well with the music. It deals with Simon and River's relationship. The lyrics of the song seem to tell their story quite well in my opinion, plus it's just plain pretty. I cannot listen to the song now without thinking of them and Firefly. The fanvid brought a whole new meaning to the song, and I literally get chills everytime I watch it. The promise the lyrics at the end hold: "I see it in your eyes... you'll be alright" fits perfectly with the hope that Joss gave us for River at the end of Serenity.

(Pausing for a moment of quiet weeping.)

I'm not sure how to provide a link, so I'll give it a shot in case you're so inclined to check the vid out yourself. I'd love to hear what someone else thinks of it.

I am really hating FOX tonight.

PHOENIXROSE

Thursday, June 1, 2006 12:26 PM

Listening to my music on random, I just heard a Bon Jovi song called "Stick to Your Guns" that totally made me think Firefly. Especially the line "And when you pray for independence, hey boy, you better stand your ground".

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MAILMANX

Thursday, June 1, 2006 1:04 PM

how about tubthumping by chumbawamba

DIXIEFLATLINE

Friday, June 9, 2006 3:43 PM

Well, I'll expand my suggestions from the last time this came up - although I seem to keep coming back to Leonard Cohen. For Mal, "Everybody Knows":

Everybody knows the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost

Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
And everybody knows

And for River, there's a particular bit of "Teachers" that seems alarmingly appropriate:

I walked into a hospital
Where none was sick and none was well
When at night the nurses left
I could not walk at all

Morning came and then came noon
Dinner time a scalpel blade
Lay beside my silver spoon

Some girls wander by mistake
Into the mess that scalpels make...

Warren Zevon's "Frank and Jesse James" reflects Mal and Zoe's situation somewhat, but it seems to have a few apt words for the whole crew as well:

They rode against the railroads
And they rode against the banks
And they rode against the Governor
Never did they ask for a word of thanks

SPACEANJL

Friday, June 9, 2006 4:01 PM

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Originally posted by CHOLLETT:
"Kingdom Come", if i'm not mistaken, by Coldplay.

I read somewhere that they wrote this for Johnny Cash.

I know Joss is a Beatles man, but the Stones, 'You Can't Always Get What You Want...'?
V. M/I.

David Gray is good, too - early stuff, before he got big'n'famous.

SpaceAnJL

NVGHOSTRIDER

Friday, June 9, 2006 4:34 PM

How 'bout Runaway- Del Shannon

Jayne: I was gonna get me an ear too.

KWICKO

Saturday, June 10, 2006 6:14 AM

I've got a handful of songs that make me think of Firefly and Serenity. I burned 'em onto a CD so I can listen at work, in the car, wherever...

"A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes" by Leonard Cohen (Good call on "Everybody Knows", DixieFlatline. Nice avatar, too!) It just makes me think of our BDHs, because they ARE a bunch of lonesome heroes. Big. Damn. Heroes. Ain't they just?

A bunch of lonesome and very quarrelsome heroes
were smoking out along the open road;
the night was very dark and thick between them,
each man beneath his ordinary load.
"I'd like to tell my story,"
said one of them so young and bold,
"I'd like to tell my story,
before I turn into gold."

"Brothers In Arms" by Dire Straits. I can't think of a better song to link to Mal and Serenity Valley:

Quote:
These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms

Through these fields of destruction
Baptism of fire
I've witnessed your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the sun's gone to hell
And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

"Orange Sky" by Alexei Murdoch. Makes me think of Simon and River:

Quote:
And I had a dream
I stood beneath an orange sky
With my sister standing by
With my sister standing by
I said Sister, here is what I know now
Here is what I know now
Goes like this..
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, in your love, in your love

But sister you know I’m so weary
And you know sister
My hearts been broken
Sometimes, sometimes
My mind is too strong to carry on
Too strong to carry on

"Under The Milky Way" by The Church. Well, where else would they be?
"Big Sky Country" by Chris Whitley. If you've not heard his "Living With the Law" album, it's simply amazing. Great slide/dobro player, but it's not country. Nor quite rock. But it DOES rock! Too bad he died too young.
"Windfall" by Son Volt. Folksy alt-country-rock. Fiddles, mandolins, banjos, slide guitars, and wonderful lyrics, like:

Quote:
Now and then it keeps you running
It never seems to die
The trail's spent with fear
Not enough living on the outside

Never seem to get far enough
Staying in between the lines
Hold on to what you can
Waiting for the end
Not knowing when

May the wind take your troubles away
May the wind take your troubles away
Both feet on the floor, two hands on the wheel,
May the wind take your troubles away

Trying to make it far enough, to the next time zone
Few and far between past the midnight hour
Never feel alone, you're really not alone...

"Heroes" by David & David. Again, the lyrics just FIT:

Quote:
We can say I,
I just want to walk with you
As we do the things we know we have to do,
Always faithful and ever blue.
We do the things that we know we have to do.
And though we all know deep down in our hearts
That someday this will all fall apart, oh, for right now,
Yeah, let's just be heroes.

"Friend Of The Devil" by Lyle Lovett. It's a cover of a Grateful Dead song, but Lovett brings a certain western-ness to it.
"Southbound Again" by Dire Straits.
"The Devil's Right Hand" by Steve Earle.
"Living With The Law" by Chris Whitley. This is Mal, pure and simple. "In the hours/After washing/I do my dreaming with a gun."
"I Am a Rock" by Simon & Garfunkel. 'Cause Mal really does think he's a rock and needs no one else.
"Tear Stained Eye" by Son Volt.

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SHINYYUKARI

Saturday, June 10, 2006 6:50 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by 13:
'She's Only 18' by the Chili Peppers always reminds me of River for no reason.

Hmmm...

I do think of Zoe when I hear 'Dani California'...

As for me, most of From Under The Cork Tree and 'Grand Theft Autumn' by Fall Out Boy make me think of Mal and Inara. And I have a feeling some of the stuff on their next album may too...

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JOY

Saturday, June 10, 2006 7:38 AM

OnTheDrift, great link to fanvid. Is there a central location of all FireFly music videos, or at least a site with their links?

I just have to mention this again, because it's an amazing song for all FireFly and Serenity:
here's the perfect instant music video for Serenity: Play Billy Joel's "Good Night, Saigon" and skip through your DVD of Serenity on mute. The original song is over 7 minutes long, which gives you plenty of time to see what I mean! Even without trying, it fits amazingly to just about any part of the movie.

ONTHEDRIFT

Saturday, June 10, 2006 10:23 PM

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Originally posted by Joy:
OnTheDrift, great link to fanvid. Is there a central location of all FireFly music videos, or at least a site with their links?

I just have to mention this again, because it's an amazing song for all FireFly and Serenity:
here's the perfect instant music video for Serenity: Play Billy Joel's "Good Night, Saigon" and skip through your DVD of Serenity on mute. The original song is over 7 minutes long, which gives you plenty of time to see what I mean! Even without trying, it fits amazingly to just about any part of the movie.

Glad you liked it Joy! I have yet to find a listing on this site of fan vids, however I am a newbie so if anyone can correct me... I would recommend going to Youtube and/or Google video and searching "firefly" or "serenity". There are many fanvids listed there. Sure there are some crap ones but many are quite good. Anyways it's a fun way to kill a few hours.

I'll try your suggestion of "Good Night, Saigon", thanks.

FIREFLYFOREVERX7

Saturday, June 10, 2006 10:40 PM

"The Elephant Love Melody" from Moulin Rouge reminds me of Mal/Inara and "Accidently in Love" for all the couples on Serenity. There's a lot more I have on a CD but I can't think of them off the top of my head...

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BRAINSPECIALIST

Saturday, June 10, 2006 11:13 PM

Who am I by Will Young for Simon and Kaylee. It just, well, fits. Also, wedding songs: Time of My Life, both the duet and the song of the same name by Toploader. Oh! Don't forget Drops of Jupiter by Train. Magnificent song.

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BIGWOLF18

Sunday, June 11, 2006 1:13 AM

"little birdhouse in your soul" by ,they might be giants just makes me think of all the crew, induvidualy and as a group.

JOY

Monday, June 12, 2006 12:22 AM

thought of another one: little known song from the animated movie Anastacia called At the Beginning With You. So Mal/Inara, or Simon/Kaylee!

also, I found a fanvid listing: http://www.browncoats.com/index.php?ContentID=42ea92f7736ea

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Monday, June 12, 2006 3:18 AM

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Quote:
Originally posted by jedinerd7:
I saw a thread on here about everyone's favorite bands a while back and it got me to thinking... what songs remind you of Serenity, Firefly, and/or specific characters? Seemed like a good discussion topic.

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HIPPIEBROWNCOAT

Monday, June 12, 2006 6:49 AM

That is a good question...hmmm...

Gotta go with the chorus of Satisfaction, by the Stones, for Mal to Inara: "I can't get no satisfaction..."

Just downloaded Mindy Smith, "Come to Jesus." I'm not so much a fuzzy wuzzy, as Mal would say, but the song fits and is beautiful to boot.

And i think anything ABBA would be good for Kaylee. They're just so...damn...happy.

Oh, i am a tweaked one, yes i am...

PHOENIXROSE

Monday, June 12, 2006 7:02 AM

I've tried to start compiling a list of vids over in the Blue Sun Forum. Under "Vids!" there are a lot of links up. No site that I know of has links to all of them; there are just too many!

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ARCADIA

Monday, June 12, 2006 8:55 AM

Anything by Nickle Creek. They have a sort of blue grass merged with alternative rock feel. All and all, a very cool band.

One song that especially reminds me of firefly is "Pasures New". It's an instrumental song that has a bit of a mounrful feel to it. Just the spirit of the song with you here is, juxtaposed with the title the way it is -- very, very firefly.

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CHRISTHECYNIC

Friday, June 23, 2006 2:42 AM

Not Firefly so much as being a fan of Firefly, but I just heard the Smothers Brothers version of the following (their version is hilarious but the real lyrics are what remind me of being a fan):

To dream ... the impossible dream ...
To fight ... the unbeatable foe ...
To bear ... with unbearable sorrow ...
To run ... where the brave dare not go ...
To right ... the unrightable wrong ...
To love ... pure and chaste from afar ...
To try ... when your arms are too weary ...
To reach ... the unreachable star ...

This is my quest, to follow that star ...
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far ...
To fight for the right, without question or pause ...
To be willing to march into Hell, for a Heavenly cause ...

And I know if I'll only be true, to this glorious quest,
That my heart will lie will lie peaceful and calm,
when I'm laid to my rest ...
And the world will be better for this:
That one man, scorned and covered with scars,
Still strove, with his last ounce of courage,
To reach ... the unreachable star ...

PETALINE

Friday, June 23, 2006 7:42 PM

I am really surprised no one said this but if someone did, I'm sorry.

"Firefly" by Breaking Benjamin

"Sir, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing."

JEDINERD7

Saturday, June 24, 2006 2:21 AM

Yeah, I started this thread... just now came back to read it. I just NOW thought of a song! Anywho, cool how someone mentioned Imogen Heap... 'Hide and Seek' is a great song. Of course, I also threw up in my mouth a little when someone mentioned Nickleback... I'm just a little burnt out from them b/c of the radio. Anywho, MY song was 'She Floats' by Vanessa Carlton. It's got some cool piano. It's kind of crazy and has some neat sound effects and the schizo aspect of it brings River to mind.

Goodnight, and have a pleasant tomorrow.

BLAZESOLO

Saturday, June 24, 2006 4:59 AM

Desperado by The Eagles for Mal. Serenity by Godsmack. Others I really can't think of right now !!

I wear a blaster under my Browncoat

GENETRIX

Saturday, June 24, 2006 5:23 AM

Call me crazy, but almost everything Ace of Base reminds me of Inara, and vice versa. Strange? Maybe... Maybe not!

BROOKLYNBROWNCOAT

Saturday, June 24, 2006 5:36 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by jedinerd7:
I saw a thread on here about everyone's favorite bands a while back and it got me to thinking... what songs remind you of Serenity, Firefly, and/or specific characters? Seemed like a good discussion topic.

Goodnight, and have a pleasant tomorrow.

ole man river,
keeps on a rollin'

KAYNA

Saturday, June 24, 2006 5:41 AM

Morwen, I love4 Loreen McKennitt. The Two trees makes me think of both River and Mal.
Gaze no more in the bitter glass
The demons, with their subtle guile,
Lift up before us when they pass,
Or only gaze a little while;
For there a fatal image grows
That the stormy night receives,
Roots half hidden under snows,
Broken boughs and blackened leaves.
For all things turn to barenness
In the dim glass the demons hold,
The glass of outer weariness,
Made when God slept in times of old.
There, through the broken branches, go
The ravens of unresting thought;
Flying, crying, to and fro,
Cruel claw and hungry throat,
Or else they stand and stiff the wind,
And shake their ragged wings: alas!
Thy tender eyes grow all unkind:
Gaze no more in the bitter glass.

And for Mal, I have to go with Behind Blue Eyes by The Who. Serriously, I'm obsessed with this concept. I posted a wallpaper of this in the BSR, my sig on serenitymovie.org is the same theme and I even made a fanvid of it. See for youself. Here's the link.

Also, for River again, Mad World. Originally by Tears For Fears, but I prefer the Donnie Darko version for this. (I can't remember who did this version)

Inara's feelings for Mal (especially in tHoG), Sally's song from A Nightmare Before Christmas

I think that's all for now.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Op: You're fighting a war you've already lost.
Mal: Yeah, well I'm known for that.

LUVRHINO

Saturday, June 24, 2006 8:48 AM

Renegade by Warren Zevon (from the CD "Mr. Bad Example)sounds like it was written at Serenity Valley, do yourself a favor, find a copy of this song!!!!!

Reneagade:

Some prayers never reach the sky
Some wounds never heal
They still say someday the South will rise
Man, I want to see that deal

I don't want to grow old gracefully
I don't want to go 'til it's too late I'll
be some old man in the road somewhere
Kneeling down in the dust by the side of the Interstate

I am a renegade
I've been a rebel all my days
I am a renegade
I've been a rebel all my days

We were hopelessly outnumbered
It was a lost cause all along
But when we heard the bugles call
We swore we'd stand or fall together right or wrong

We ain't seen no reconstruction here
Just the scorched earth all around
And the high school band played "Dixieland"
While they tore our tattered flags and banners down

I am a renegade
I've been a rebel all my days
I am a renegade
I've been a rebel all my days

Some prayers never reach the sky
Some wars never end
Some dreams refuse to die
Next time I would rather break than bend

I am a renegade
I've been a rebel all my days
I am a renegade
I've been a rebel all my days

BROOKLYNBROWNCOAT

Saturday, June 24, 2006 9:00 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by jedinerd7:
I saw a thread on here about everyone's favorite bands a while back and it got me to thinking... what songs remind you of Serenity, Firefly, and/or specific characters? Seemed like a good discussion topic.

Goodnight, and have a pleasant tomorrow.

There's an ol' man called de Mississippi;
That's the ol' man I don't like to be!
What does he care if the world's got troubles?
What does he care if the land ain't free..
Ol' Man River,
That Ol' Man River
He mus' know sumpin' But don't say nuthin',
He jes' keeps rollin',
He keeps on rollin' along.
He don't plant taters,
He don't plant cotton,
An' dem dat plants 'em
Is soon forgotten,
But Ol' Man River,
He jes' keeps rollin' along
You an' me, we sweat an' strain,
Body all achin' an' racked wid pain -
Tote that barge and
You show a little grit and
You lands in jail...
But I keeps laffin' instead of cyrin'
I must keep fightin';
Until I'm dyin'
And Ol' Man River,
He just keeps rollin' along

JEDINERD7

Saturday, June 24, 2006 9:22 PM

"Call me crazy, but almost everything Ace of Base reminds me of Inara, and vice versa. Strange? Maybe... Maybe not!"

Yeah, I saw that and it made me laugh. Ace of Base is awesome... oddly enough, I see your point.

Goodnight, and have a pleasant tomorrow.

Saturday, June 24, 2006 10:18 PM

'Slow Cheetah,' No. 7 on 'Stadium Arcadium.'

SMARTBUTDUMBBLONDE

Sunday, June 25, 2006 11:41 AM

The first and second verse of "Everytime you walk out that door" makes me think of Zoe post BDM.

Damn you Fox! Damn you to Hades!!
98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature

DIRTWEED

Sunday, June 25, 2006 11:55 AM

The opening of Thomas Dolby's I Love You Goodbye from his Astonauts and Heretics album has a bit in the beginning that reminds me of the show.

Dirtweed

BROWNIEGIRL

Sunday, June 25, 2006 9:24 PM

Ever since I viewed a link from this board,
Nickleback's "Savin' Me"
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2860205753500133477&q=firefly

I think of Firefly everytime I hear it. I really like that only one episode was used (Out of Gas) and it really suites a video, not too many dialoge scenes.

*************************************************
**was out of town and missed charity screening...
BUT I WORE MY SHIRT WITH PRIDE!**

MISSTRESSAHARA

Monday, June 26, 2006 1:13 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by christhecynic:
Not Firefly so much as being a fan of Firefly, but I just heard the Smothers Brothers version of the following (their version is hilarious but the real lyrics are what remind me of being a fan):

To dream ... the impossible dream ...
To fight ... the unbeatable foe ...
To bear ... with unbearable sorrow ...
To run ... where the brave dare not go ...
To right ... the unrightable wrong ...
To love ... pure and chaste from afar ...
To try ... when your arms are too weary ...
To reach ... the unreachable star ...

This is my quest, to follow that star ...
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far ...
To fight for the right, without question or pause ...
To be willing to march into Hell, for a Heavenly cause ...

And I know if I'll only be true, to this glorious quest,
That my heart will lie will lie peaceful and calm,
when I'm laid to my rest ...
And the world will be better for this:
That one man, scorned and covered with scars,
Still strove, with his last ounce of courage,
To reach ... the unreachable star ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This song as I understand it is from The Man from La Manchia. (spelling?)

Chasing windmills and the Alliance, both had their quests, and both were overwhelmed by them. Good choice.

If I'm a bitch, then life just got interesting

BROOKLYNBROWNCOAT

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 6:39 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Misstressahara:
Quote:
Originally posted by christhecynic:
Not Firefly so much as being a fan of Firefly, but I just heard the Smothers Brothers version of the following (their version is hilarious but the real lyrics are what remind me of being a fan):

To dream ... the impossible dream ...
To fight ... the unbeatable foe ...
To bear ... with unbearable sorrow ...
To run ... where the brave dare not go ...
To right ... the unrightable wrong ...
To love ... pure and chaste from afar ...
To try ... when your arms are too weary ...
To reach ... the unreachable star ...

This is my quest, to follow that star ...
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far ...
To fight for the right, without question or pause ...
To be willing to march into Hell, for a Heavenly cause ...

And I know if I'll only be true, to this glorious quest,
That my heart will lie will lie peaceful and calm,
when I'm laid to my rest ...
And the world will be better for this:
That one man, scorned and covered with scars,
Still strove, with his last ounce of courage,
To reach ... the unreachable star ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This song as I understand it is from The Man from La Manchia. (spelling?)

Chasing windmills and the Alliance, both had their quests, and both were overwhelmed by them. Good choice.

If I'm a bitch, then life just got interesting

la mancha

BROOKLYNBROWNCOAT

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 6:40 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by brooklynbrowncoat:
Quote:
Originally posted by Misstressahara:
Quote:
Originally posted by christhecynic:
Not Firefly so much as being a fan of Firefly, but I just heard the Smothers Brothers version of the following (their version is hilarious but the real lyrics are what remind me of being a fan):

To dream ... the impossible dream ...
To fight ... the unbeatable foe ...
To bear ... with unbearable sorrow ...
To run ... where the brave dare not go ...
To right ... the unrightable wrong ...
To love ... pure and chaste from afar ...
To try ... when your arms are too weary ...
To reach ... the unreachable star ...

This is my quest, to follow that star ...
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far ...
To fight for the right, without question or pause ...
To be willing to march into Hell, for a Heavenly cause ...

And I know if I'll only be true, to this glorious quest,
That my heart will lie will lie peaceful and calm,
when I'm laid to my rest ...
And the world will be better for this:
That one man, scorned and covered with scars,
Still strove, with his last ounce of courage,
To reach ... the unreachable star ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This song as I understand it is from The Man from La Manchia. (spelling?)

Chasing windmills and the Alliance, both had their quests, and both were overwhelmed by them. Good choice.

If I'm a bitch, then life just got interesting

la mancha

senora

MISSTRESSAHARA

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 7:46 AM

Ok, I know there are a lot of people who hate Nickleback. I'm one of the people who loved them in the beggining and hated them as they got too commercial, but their newest songs are slowly warming me up to them again and I just got this one song that I listened to simply because I thought it was a beautiful song, then I listened to the lyrics, and listened again, then I looked for the lyrics themselves and people, if NOTHING screams more Mal and Inarah and their un-requited love than this song, then I don't know what is. Get the song, download it if you have to, because once you put the lyrics with the song it will break your heart, make your spine shiver and just go DAMN! I ain't joking.

NICKLEBACK
"Far Away"

This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

CHORUS
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore

On my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all
I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

CHORUS

So far away
Been far away for far too long
So far away
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know

I wanted
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long
So keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go

If I'm a bitch, then life just got interesting

MSG

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 2:21 PM

Gotta say every time I listen to U2's Elevation I think of Firefly:)

High, higher than the sun
You shoot me from a gun
I need you to elevate me here

At corner of your lips
As the orbit of your hips
Eclipse
You elevate my soul

I've got no self control
Been living like a mole now
Going down, excavation
I and I in the sky
You make me feel like I can fly
So high
Elevation

A star
Lit up like a cigar
Strung out like a guitar
Maybe you can educate my mind

Explain all these controls
Can't sing but I've got soul
The goal is elevation

A mole
Digging in a hole
Digging up my soul now
Going down, excavation

I and I in the sky
You make me feel like I can fly
So high
Elevation

Love
Lift me up out of these blues
Won't you tell me something true
I believe in you

A mole
Digging in a hole
Digging up my soul now
Going down, excavation

Higher now
In the sky
You make me feel like I can fly
So high
Elevation

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

SIXSHOOTER

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 2:29 PM

Day After Tomorrow by Tom Waits.

Am I the only one who thinks he sounds like how the show feels?

SPACEANJL

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 2:52 PM

Most of the U2 album - All That You Can't Leave Behind, particularly 'Walk On' M/I

The new Snow Patrol album, 'Eyes Open'

Quite a lot of other (recent-ish) U2 as well, from the 'Atomic Bomb' album

Blink-182

BIGWOLF18

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 6:28 PM

fill my little wold right up, makes me think of zoe/wash, its the kinda song that wash would sing to zoe after they met but hadn't got married.

KENOBIUS

Monday, July 24, 2006 4:55 PM

Bump it up!

I'm working on putting together a CD (probably more) of songs like these and I gotta thank everyone for their ideas! Here's a few a picked up that I haven't seen on here yet:

"Don't Fence Me In" A bunch of different people have done this, but it's sooo Mal.

Also, I found this song "Saint Simon" by The Shins, seems to fit.

Pink Floyd's "Vera" is just too funny to think about Jayne and his gun.

Finally, Myspace artist 76 has done a few Firefly remixes and songs, pretty cool stuff.

http://tinyurl.com/ekv6z

CRUITHNE3753

Thursday, August 17, 2006 12:54 AM

I heard a song on the radio yesterday that reminded me of who plays Inara. "Morena Feeling" by Boston.

BIGDAMNTEXAN

Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:49 AM

A couple of my favorites
for Mal- hairtrigger colt .44 by Chris LeDoux
for the whole gang - five dollar fine by Chris LeDoux
and for Mal & Inara- tougher than the rest- also by Mr. ChriS LeDoux
or wildwest show -by BignRich

if ya'll can't tell he is one of my favorites

On with the Browncoat revolution!

DISCARIOT

Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:53 AM

Songs that remind me of Firefly:

1) "Civil War Lament" by Jack Frost -- Short, sad and sweet. No frills and beautiful.

Great, my wife is mocking me with quotes from The Venture Brothers

2) That theme song, you know, from Serenity--my wife's suggestion. Whore. Ah, she corrects me, make that companion. She probably means the show theme, anyway

3) "Gallows-Pole" by Led Zeppelin. Kind of obvious, I guess.

4) And for no reason that I can really give, "She-Spider" by Mew. One of my favorite songs --and was before I ever got the Firefly, um, bug.

PINBALLWIZARD

Thursday, August 17, 2006 3:42 AM

One song that is often overlooked is Pink Floyd's "Goodbye Blue Sky" from the Wall. I read in the RPG about how the Alliance bombed the planet Shadow, Mal's home, so badly that it remains uninhabitable to this day, and the lyrics and the guitar melody are just so beautiful i can help but think of the terror of those who were planetside:

Did you see the frightened ones?
Did you hear the falling bombs?
Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter
With the promise of a brave new world unveiled benieth the blue blue sky.
Did you see the frightened ones?
Did you hear the falling bombs?
The flames are all long gone but the pain lingeres on.
Goodbye blue sky, goodbye blue sky.
Goodbye, goodbye.

No, I am not insane, I am crazy. Thank you for asking.

NOSADSEVEN

Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:23 AM

Pink Floyd
The Final Cut
A Requiem for the Post War Dream
by Roger Waters

The whole album reminds me of Firefly, as it explores personal post-war struggle. The specifics are different, but the feeling and essence are in line. It touches me in the same way Mal's struggle does.

~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ain't. We. Just.

SHINYALORA

Thursday, August 17, 2006 8:09 AM

Just wanted to say thanks to you all for posting all these shiny songs. I went and downloaded all of them that I could find and they've been really nice to listen to tonight. A nice feel good mix of stuff especially since it makes me think of our favorite BDS and BDH :) It's helped me cheer up a bit too, was kinda in a sad melancholy mood tonight and the music helped. So thanks guys.

Stay Shiny,
Aubrey

SIXSHOOTER

Thursday, August 17, 2006 11:52 AM

Day After Tomorrow by Tom Waits.

COZEN

Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:44 PM

Heart Of Gold, Neil Young. Perhaps Mal's already possessed of such a heart, but it appears to me that that he just keeps on searchin', even as he survives each moment to work at surviving the next moment.

I think that Malcolm Reynolds could identify with the tune. With more than a little resentment toward the "Hollywood" part, eh?

WINDIE

Thursday, August 17, 2006 5:12 PM

"She's Got a Way" by Billy Joel.

I saw a fan vid about the author's favourite character from Firefly and it was Serenity. Really good fan vid. Also made me realise that Billy Joel isn't just about uptown girls.

Why have they taken the sky from ME

MER

Thursday, August 17, 2006 6:04 PM

"The Greatest Shindig of the World" by Radiohead (When they were called On A Friday).

I think it's mostly the title. The lyrics comes close to making me think of "Shindig".

NOTYOLANDA

Thursday, August 17, 2006 7:47 PM

On Garth Brooks, "Sevens" album there is a song called "Belleau Wood". It reminds me of the episode with the war tale of the exploding fruit (before the fruit was thrown over). It's a song about the brief truce during WW1 between soldiers in battle. How for one moment on Christmas they were just people before going back to killing each other. Elaine

Please! Nobody died last time!

NVGHOSTRIDER

Thursday, August 17, 2006 7:51 PM

Good pic. I almost forgot about that song. Sad thing about Belleau Wood, it was a santuary/reserve before it was flattened.

JESTERINACAST

Saturday, September 16, 2006 3:16 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Luvrhino:
Renegade by Warren Zevon (from the CD "Mr. Bad Example)sounds like it was written at Serenity Valley, do yourself a favor, find a copy of this song!!!!!

I like that one, too--in fact, I did a video based on it:

ADAMWANKENOBI

Saturday, September 16, 2006 3:47 AM

"Son of a Son of a Sailor" by Jimmy Buffett

JPSTARGAZER

Monday, December 4, 2006 7:08 AM

Been a while since someone posted on this thread, so I thought I'd bring it back.

I was listening to my music doing heat transfer homework and I think it hit me for the first time...U2's "The Wanderer" is all about Book. Before some of you go "Oh, he's just this crazy U2 fan," it's sung by Johnny Cash. It is the last song from the album Zooropa and I've posted the lyrics below.

The Wanderer
I went out walking through streets paved with gold
Lifted some stones, saw the skin and bones
Of a city without a soul
I went out walking under an atomic sky
Where the ground won't turn and the rain it burns
Like the tears when I said goodbye.

Yeah, I went with nothing, nothing but the thought of you.
I went wandering.

I went drifting through the capitals of tin
Where men can't walk or freely talk
And sons turn their fathers in.
I stopped outside a church house
Where the citizens like to sit.
They say they want the kingdom
But they don't want God in it.

I went out riding down that old eight-lane
I passed a thousand signs looking for my own name.
I went with nothing but the thought you'd be there too,
Looking for you.

I went out there in search of experience
To taste and to touch and to feel as much
As a man can before he repents.

I went out searching, looking for one good man
A spirit who would not bend or break
Who would sit at his father's right hand.
I went out walking with a bible and a gun
The word of God lay heavy on my heart
I was sure I was the one.

Now Jesus, don't you wait up, Jesus I'll be home soon.
Yeah, I went out for the papers, told her I'd be back by noon.
Yeah, I left with nothing but the thought you'd be there too
Looking for you.

Yeah, I went with nothing, nothing but the thought of you.
I went wandering.

"All I got is a red guitar, three chords, and the truth...the rest is up to you"
--Bono

FASTMOVER

Tuesday, December 5, 2006 7:56 PM

It's my Life - Bon Jovi

"This is for the ones who stood their ground, for Tomy and Gina who never backed down."

Scar - Missy Higgins (sort of, talks about going your own way)

Perfect Time of Day - Howie Day (tells you basically to seize the moment)

MALSNARA

Tuesday, December 5, 2006 9:20 PM

Goodbye To You by Michelle Branch

Goodbye My Lover by James Blunt

Everything I Do by Bryan Adams

She Likes Me For Me by Blessed Union Of Souls

These are just some among the many....guess i'm just obsessed...is that a bad thing?

" gettin' awful crowded in my sky "

JLIN

Tuesday, December 5, 2006 10:42 PM

I Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan (It just makes me think of the series as a whole--I just never want to forget it.)

Thank Universal for airing Firefly in HD at
http://universalhd.com/Firefly/

TEACHDAIRE

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 12:04 AM

Here's one for you. Many thanks to Johnny Cash.

A Boy Named Jayne

My daddy left home when I was three
And he didn't leave much to Ma and me
Just this old guitar and an empty sack of grain.
Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me 'Jayne.'

Well, he must o' thought that is was quite a joke
And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk,
It seems I had to fight my whole life to gain.
Some gal would giggle and I'd get red
And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head,
I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named ‘Jayne.'

Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean,
My fist got hard and my wits got keen,
I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame.
But I made me a vow to the moon and stars
That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars
And kill that man that give me that awful name.

Well, it was Persophone in mid-July
And I just hit town and my throat was dry,
I thought I'd stop and have myself a dame.
At an old saloon on a street of mud,
There at a table, dealing stud,
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me 'Jayne.'

Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet dad
From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had,
And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye.
He was big and bent and gray and old,
And I looked at him and my blood ran cold
And I said: "My name is 'Jayne!' how do you do! Now you gonna die!"

Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes
And he went down but, to my surprise,
He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.
But I busted a chair right across his teeth
And we crashed through the wall and into the street
Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.

I tell ya, I've fought tougher men
But I really can't remember when,
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.
I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,
He went for his gun and I pulled mine first,
He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile.

And he said: "Son, this world is rough
And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough
And I know I wouldn't be there to help ya along.
So I give ya that name and I said good-bye
I knew you'd have to get tough or die
And it's that name that helped to make you strong."

He said: 'Now you just fought one hell of a fight
And I know you hate me, and you got the right
To kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you do.
But ya ought to thank me, before I die,
For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye
Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you 'Jayne'.'

I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
And I called him my pa, and he called me his son,
And I come away with a different point of view.
And I think about him, now and then,
Every time I try and every time I win,
And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him
Bill or George! Anything but Jayne! I still hate that name!

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For every battle honour, a thousand heroes die along, unremembered and unsung...

JPSTARGAZER

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 12:09 AM

Yeah, "Boy Named Sue" was the first thing I thought of when I first saw Firefly and heard that Jayne's name was...well, Jayne. Nice adaptation.

"All I got is a red guitar, three chords, and the truth...the rest is up to you"
--Bono

DEBB

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 1:35 AM

There is a song by Heart called "Allies". Everytime I hear it I can see Mal and Zoe.

Deb

GOMITHROUS

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 2:15 AM

I hate Simple Plan with a fiery passion that will burn in my soul for all eternity but... their song "Perfect World" kinda makes me think of Firefly.

"In a perfect world, this could never happen. In a perfect world, you'd still be here."

In a perfect world, Firefly would have never been cancelled. In a perfect world, Firefly'd still be here.

Beware the Giant Sock-Eating Purple Llama!!!

BOOMERGOODHEART

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 2:03 PM

I agree with Arcadia 100%!! Nickel Creek ALWAYS reminds me of the 'Verse. If you haven't heard any of their stuff, find it now! The trio is going on indefinite hiatus after next year's tour, so we may not get much new music from 'em.

BoomerGoodheart
Renegade Military Supplier
"I love my Captain."
www.myspace.com/boomergoodheart

GLADIATOR32

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 3:03 PM

Sorry if anyone's already said it, but:

Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd

The music, the lyrics, the whole vibe & feel of the song suits the show if you ask me, especially Mal.

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www.myspace.com/32dan32

STEALTHGUY

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 3:41 PM

"66 Sleepers To Summer" by Hope of the States. I have no idea what the song title means, but the lyrics remind me of Mal, and the music reminds me of music that you would hear from the Firefly soundtrack. The song was suggested to me on Launchcast, and I really like it.

TEACHDAIRE

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 4:32 PM

"I want it all" by Queen is a good one for Mal.

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For every battle honour, a thousand heroes die along, unremembered and unsung...

GLADIATOR32

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 7:32 PM

Got another:

Machine Gun Man - Pride & Glory

This song really reminds me of Jayne, for obvious reasons. The whole Pride & Glory album has a Firefly vibe, but this song in particular really stands out.

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