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UPDATE: Playlist Mini-Changes
Round 2 of mini-changes! These on the most recent additions to the blog.
A Simple Simpsons Songlist
Replaced Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1) with Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2). (This was just a mistake the first time.)
Helluva Playlist
Added Your House by Jimmy Eat World [Bleed American] between What I Meant to Say and Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word.
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UPDATE: Playlist Extension: Helluva Playlist
That was an interesting break from the hiatus… two episodes almost in a row followed by another hiatus. So I might as well take this opportunity to add my new playlist extension. These will all follow the end of “Tell the World” from the previous list. I’ll wait to decide whether to make Season 2 into one or two sections depending on how many more songs come in.
Together by Avril Lavigne [Under My Skin]
Lean Times for Heroes by the World/Inferno Friendship Society [The Anarchy & the Ecstasy]
Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning) by Vertical Horizon [Everything You Want]
What I Meant to Say by Daughtry [Leave This Town]
Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word by Elton John [Love Songs]
Broken Hearts Parade by Good Charlotte [Good Morning Revival]
Happy (Without Me) by Resident Alien [Look]
New artists: the World/Inferno Friendship Society, Elton John
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i had a dream where I made a Hazbin Hotel Canon Companion. What do you think? Should I try it?
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UPDATE: New Playlist: Helluva Playlist
I picked the perfect time to start watching Helluva Boss, right before the second season premiere; as a result, I didn't experience any long hiatuses before this one, and got almost immediately hooked on the show. This playlist will expand frequently, but here is what it looks like so far:
Season 1
Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash [The Essential Johnny Cash]
See You in Hell by Aiden [Nightmare Anatomy]
You're Gonna Go Far, Kid by the Offspring [Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace]
I Don't Care by Fall Out Boy [Folie A Deux]
I Push Her Buttons by Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives [Second and Eighteen]
Welcome Home by Coheed and Cambria [Good Apollo I'm Burning Start IV Volume 1]
System de Sexe by Julien-K [Death to Analog]
Family Portrait by P!nk [Missundaztood]
Capitalism by Oingo Boingo [Only a Lad]
I've Got a Match by They Might Be Giants [Lincoln]
He Wasn't by Avril Lavigne [Under My Skin]
Outrageous by Britney Spears [In the Zone]
Kiss Me, Son of God by They Might Be Giants [Lincoln]
Holy Wars...The Punishment Due by Megadeth [Rust in Peace]
Crusifiction by Aiden [Knives]
Stranded by Julien-K [Death to Analog]
Mississippi Kid by Lynyrd Skynyrd [Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd]
This Ain't My Day by Bowling for Soup [Fishin' for Woos]
6 Gun Quota by Seether [Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces]
Hangar 18 by Megadeth [Rust in Peace]
Naked by Avril Lavigne [Let Go]
The Seven Deadly Sins by Flogging Molly [Within a Mile of Home]
Slut Like You by P!nk [The Truth about Love]
Letterbomb by Green Day [American Idiot]
Scattered by Green Day [Nimrod]
All Messed Up by Breaking Point [Beautiful Disorder]
Misery by Good Charlotte [Good Morning Revival]
Suddenly I See by KT Tunstall [Eye to the Telescope]
It's My Party by Lesley Gore [Pure 60s: The #1 Hits]
The (After) Life of the Party by Fall Out Boy [Infinity on High]
Stay with You by Goo Goo Dolls [Let Love You]
Season 2 Part 1
Just My Luck by McFly [Just My Luck]
A Still Life Franchise by Less than Jake [In with the Out Crowd]
Had Enough of You by Breaking Point [Beautiful Disorder]
Runaway by P!nk [I'm Not Dead]
Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl) by Green Day [21st Century Breakdown]
She Is by the Fray [How to Save a Life]
Father's Son by 3 Doors Down [Seventeen Days]
Heartbreaker by Pat Benatar [In the Heat of the Night]
Thank You by Simple Plan [...Still Not Getting Any]
Monsters Wedding by the Aquabats [Vs. the Floating Eye of Death]
Seven by Tijuana Sweetheart [Public Display of Infection]
Stone Cold Coup D'etat by They Might Be Giants [Nanobots]
The Only Medicine by Scary Kids Scaring Kids [The City Sleeps in Flames]
Torn by Natalie Imbruglia [Left of the Middle]
Where Did You Go? by No Motiv [Daylight Breaking]
The Greatest Man that Ever Lived by Weezer [the Red Album]
Unwanted by Avril Lavigne [Let Go]
Leave Me Alone by Michael Jackson [Bad]
America's Suitehearts by Fall Out Boy [Folie a Deux]
How Does It Feel by Avril Lavigne [Under My Skin]
Just For by Nickelback [Silver Side Up]
Call Me When You're Sober by Evanescence [The Open Door]
Interlude: I'm Not Angry Anymore by Paramore [Paramore]
Perfect by Alanis Morrissette [Jagged Little Pill]
Goodbye to You by Breaking Point [Beautiful Disorder]
Perfectly Perfect by Simple Plan [Taking One for the Team]
Tell the World by Ratt [Ratt and Roll 81-91]
New artists: Johnny Cash, Coheed and Cambria, KT Tunstall, Lesley Gore Previously unique artists: Oingo Boingo, the Fray, Natalie Imbruglia, No Motiv, Ratt Artists who passed a ten: Coming soon New duplicates: Coming soon In other news, Beautiful Disorder has become the second album to have each of its songs represented on Canon Companions after Every Man for Himself! Welcome to the club!
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UPDATE: Playlist replacement (1 of 2): A Simple Simpsons Songlist
As I mentioned before, I trimmed the less relevant and more redundant tracks from The Comprehensive Simpsons Mix Collection, rearranged what remained, and added new songs. This is the much shorter result, subject to later additions. New additions are in bold.
America Town by Five for Fighting [America Town]
I Push Her Buttons by Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives [Second and Eighteen]
Real by Bowling for Soup [Lunch. Drunk. Love.]
Troublemaker by Weezer [the Red Album]
Stupid Girls by P!nk [I’m Not Dead]
Bizarro Genius Baby by MC Frontalot [Secrets from the Future]*
The Grouch by Green Day [Nimrod]**
On Distant Shores by Five Iron Frenzy [The End Is Near Here]
Platypus (I Hate You) by Green Day [Nimrod]***
Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades by Pat Benatar [An Extremely Goofy Movie Dance Party]
Lazy Bones by Green Day [Dos!]
Kiss Me, Son of God by They Might Be Giants [Lincoln]
Everything You Want by Vertical Horizon [Everything You Want]
Mr. Brightside by the Killers [Hot Fuss]
Beer by Reel Big Fish [Everything Sucks]
Bent by Matchbox Twenty [Mad Season]
Last Resort by Papa Roach [Infest]
Loser by Beck [Mellow Gold]
Another Brick in the Wall (part 1) by Pink Floyd [The Wall]
Tears of a Clown by the Beat [Greatest Ever! Punk and New Wave]
Sleepwalker by Megadeth [Monitor This! June/July 2007]
I Fought the Law by the Dead Kennedys [Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death]
Ralph Wiggum by the Bloodhound Gang [Hefty Fine]
What Kind of Food from Louie Lumpfield and His Heroic Wet Dog
White and Nerdy by Weird Al Yankovic [Straight Outta Lynwood]
Like a Surgeon by Weird Al Yankovic [Dare to Be Stupid]
Anchors Away by Five Iron Frenzy [The End Is Near Here]
Goodbye My Lover by James Blunt [Back to Bedlam]***
Farewell to Arms by Five Iron Frenzy [The End Is Near Here]
Dear Mr. President by P!nk [I’m Not Dead]
Broken Home by Papa Roach [Infest]
Say It Ain’t So by Weezer [the Blue Album]
Crazy Maze by Des’ree [I Ain’t Movin’]
* Removed from an earlier playlist and readded here ** Present in a previous Simpsons playlist but the context changes here *** Present on other Canon Companions, new to Simpsons
New artists: MC Frontalot*, Dead Kennedys, Louie Lumpfield and His Heroic Wet Dog Previously unique artists: Pink Floyd, Des’ree Artists who passed a ten, new duplicates: coming soon
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Major Update!?
For anyone who has been here since the beginning (or archive-binged), there have been two playlists in Canon Companions that haven't quite followed the rules set by the others, those being The Comprehensive Simpsons Mix Collection, which is a compilation of mixes that vaguely connect to a selection of mostly secondary characters, and Sonic Songs, which is made up entirely of official songs (which all of the others specifically exclude). As the Canon Companions selection grows, (along with Supplemental Scraps, which I may discuss in future posts. PJ's Appendix is an example I've mentioned before), and Soundtrack Playlists become more of their own thing, I've thought about completely replacing Sonic Songs and The Comprehensive Simpsons Mix Collection with brand new Canon Companions for those works. I haven't started yet, so there are no promises (hence the ? in the title), but hopefully I can make more cohesive Canon Companions.
Proposed changes:
Make a new Canon Companion for Sonic the Hedgehog that will be entirely separate from the current Sonic Songs. Move the current Sonic Songs to a separate soundtrack playlist. Create a supplemental scrap combining the two.
Make a new Canon Companion for the Simpsons that will share some key songs with The Comprehensive Simpsons Mix Collection but in a different order and with new songs for previously unrepresented characters, locations, relationships, etc. and removing a lot of redundant or tenuously-connected songs. Move the old Comprehensive Simpsons Mix Collection to supplemental scraps, and create another that combined the two along with official Simpsons music.
Things such as songs by artist and duplicates will change without necessarily getting bigger.
Once these have been created, they will get new playlist posts.
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UPDATE: New Playlist: The Trials of Trials
One movie I for sure haven’t seen enough is 12 Angry Men. I recently did watch it for the second time and decided to make a Canon Companion for it:
Only a Lad by Oingo Boingo [Only a Lad]
Stop! By Against Me! [New Wave]
In Fate’s Hands by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus [Don’t You Fake It]
Get in Line by Barenaked Ladies [All Their Greatest Hits 1991-2001]
Over My Head (Cable Car) by the Fray [How to Save a Life]
Holy Mountains by System of a Down [Hypnotize]
Change My Mind by Rube [Hokum]
Unaffected by Hoobastank [The Reason]
Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) by Styx [Pieces of Eight]
We Don’t Even Really Care about You by Sloshy [Mike Chapman’s Album]
Same Direction by Hoobastank [The Reason]
Wisemen by James Blunt [Back to Bedlam]
One of Us from The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride
My Back Pages by Bob Dylan [Another Side of Bob Dylan]
Chic N’ Stu by System of a Down [Steal This Album!]
I’ll Set You Free by the Bangles [The Bangles Greatest Hits]
New artists: Oingo Boingo, the Fray, Rube, Sloshy
Formerly unique artists: The Lion King
Artists who passed a ten: Coming soon
New duplicates: Coming soon Welcome to the club!
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UPDATE: New Playlist: Life on Repeat
Ever since the HD Remix was released in 2013, The Stanley Parable has been one of my favorite video games. But I wasn't inspired to create a Canon Companion for it... until I played through the expanded remake, The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe, and here it is:
The Stanley Parable
Mad World by Gary Jules [Trading Snake Oil for Wolf Tickets]
Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield [Unwritten]
Grinding Halt by the Cure [Boys Don't Cry]
Don't Leave Home by Dido [Life for Rent]
Window by They Might Be Giants [John Henry]
Stop! by Against Me! [New Wave]
Don't Make Me Wait by Locksley [Don't Make Me Wait]
My Dream's But a Drop of Fuel for a Nightmare by Sonata Arctica [Unia]
Escape by Hoobastank [The Reason]
Hotel California by the Eagles [Hotel California]
Wasted State of Mind by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead [Monitor This! Dec 06/Jan 07]
Through the Fire and Flames by DragonForce [Inhuman Rampage]
Countdown to Extinction by Megadeth [Countdown to Extinction]
Galvanize by the Chemical Brothers [Push the Button]
Everything You Know Is Wrong by Weird Al Yankovic [Bad Hair Day]
Jump by Simple Plan [Still Not Getting Any...]
The Spoken Wheel by Flogging Molly [Within a Mile of Home]
I've Done Everything for You by Rick Springfield [Platinum and Gold Collection]
It Was Beautiful by Five Iron Frenzy [The End Is Near Here]
Suffer by Staind [Break the Cycle]
I Should Be Allowed to Think by They Might Be Giants [John Henry]
You Don't Own Me by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts [Bad Reputation]
Just What I Needed by the Cars [The Cars]
5000 Ways to Die by Nerf Herder [How to Meet Girls]
Ultra Deluxe
Technical Difficulties by Julien-K [Death to Analog]
Where to Begin by Bowling for Soup [Drunk Enough to Dance]
I Can Hear You by They Might Be Giants [Factory Showroom]
Handbook for the Sellout by Five Iron Frenzy [Our Newest Album Ever]
Memory from Cats (Original Broadway Recording)
Nobody's Listening by Linkin Park [Meteora]
Never There by Hoobastank [The Reason]
I Want More by Chumbawamba [Tubthumper]
Low by R.E.M. [Out of Time]
Holy Mountains by System of a Down [Hypnotize]
The Girl Is Mine by Michael Jackson [Thriller]
Harlow's Song (Can't Dream without You) by Good Charlotte [Cardiology]
Island Fever by Stagehands [The Silent City]
Worship You by Vampire Weekend [Modern Vampires of the City]
Underground by Men at Work [Business as Usual]
Never Leave by Seether [Karma and Effect]
Three Little Birds by Bob Marley [Legend]
Just to Get High by Nickelback [Dark Horse]
Done with You by Papa Roach [Getting Away with Murder]
Uninvited by Tony Harnell and the Mercury Train [Round Trip]
Split Personality by P!nk [Can't Take Me Home]
The Joker by Steve Miller Band [Greatest Hits 1974-78]
Creepy Doll by Jonathan Coulton [Thing a Week For]
Back 2 Good by Matchbox Twenty [Yourself or Someone Like You]
Help, I'm Alive by Metric [Fantasies]
Hello Again by Hoobastank [Hoobastank]
Immortals by Fall Out Boy [American Beauty/American Psycho]
New artists: Gary Jules, Locksley, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Cars, Cats, Bob Marley, Steve Miller Band, Metric
Formerly unique artists: Chemical Brothers
Artists who passed a ten: Coming soon
New duplicates: Coming soon
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Isn't there supposed to be a picture of my favorite character in the work here or something? Oh, he's invisible. Well, that's new. Umm...
Welcome to the club?
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UPDATE: New Playlist: Three Operas
Fire Emblem Three Houses is my favorite Fire Emblem since the Tellius duology, which means of course I had to create a Canon Companion based on it. This Canon Companion also contains a section inspired by the sequel/spin-off/AU game Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes. This is the sixth playlist to have over 100 songs.
Prologue/Introductions
She Is Love by 3 Doors Down [Time of My Life]
Strength of the World by Avenged Sevenfold [City of Evil]
One Prairie Outpost by Carbon Leaf [Indian Summer]
Back to School Days by Dave Edmunds [Get It]
She Floats by Vanessa Carlton [Harmonium]
Everything Fades to Gray by Sonata Arctica [The Days of Grays]
Girl on the Edge by Shaking Family [Dreaming in Detail]
It’s All Too Much by the Beatles [Yellow Submarine]
Brick by Boring Brick by Paramore [Brand New Eyes]
Misery Loves Its Company by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus [Don’t You Fake It]
Original Prankster by the Offspring [Conspiracy of One]
Take No Prisoners by Megadeth [Rust in Peace]
Knights of Cydonia by Muse [Black Holes and Revelations]
Where Is Your Heart by Kelly Clarkson [Breakaway]
Just For by Nickelback [Silver Side Up]
Narcolepsy by Third Eye Blind [Third Eye Blind]
Who Can It Be Now? By Men at Work [Business as Usual]
Outsider by Chumbawamba [Tubthumper]
Unaffected by Hoobastank [The Reason]
Reflection from Mulan
No Jesus Christ by Seether [Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces]
Girls by Beastie Boys [Licensed to Ill]
Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival [Chronicle Volume One]
I’m Sensitive by Jewel [Pieces of You]
Emotionless by Good Charlotte [The Young and the Hopeless]
What U See (Is What U Get) by Britney Spears [Oops!... I Did It Again]
Extra Savoir-Faire by They Might Be Giants [John Henry]
Bad Influence by P!nk [Funhouse]
Weight of the World by Evanescence [The Open Door]
Faster from Math for the Real World
Sweetness by Jimmy Eat World [Bleed American/Jimmy Eat World]
Absolutely (Story of a Girl) by Nine Days [The Madding Crowd]
Innocence by Avril Lavigne [The Best Damn Thing]
White Clouds
Hit Me with Your Best Shot by Pat Benatar [Crimes of Passion]
My Heart Is Broken by Evanescence [Evanescence]
Dead Friend by Against Me! [Transgender Dysphoria Blues]
My Turn by Hoobastank [For(n)ever]
Accuracy by the Cure [Boys Don’t Cry]
Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) by Styx [Pieces of Eight]
In Fact by They Might Be Giants [Join Us]
Behind the Mask by Anarchy Club [The Way and Its Power]
Symphony of Destruction by Megadeth [Countdown to Extinction]
The Alchemist by Iron Maiden [The Final Frontier]
Another Race by Eiffel 65 [Europop]
Shockwave by Black Tide [Light from Above]
Wake Me Up when September Ends by Green Day [American Idiot]
So I Need You by 3 Doors Down [The Better Life]
C-R-O-W-N-E-D from Kirby’s Return to Dreamland [Kirby’s Dream Collection]
No Win Situation by Hoobastank [Fight or Flight]
Blood (Empty Promises) by Papa Roach [Getting Away with Murder]
Loyal by the Interrupters [Say It Out Loud]
Mountain Song by Jane’s Addiction [Nothing’s Shocking]
Three Houses Parts 2
Wasted Years by Iron Maiden [Best of the Beast]
Miracle by Paramore [Riot!]
Heads Will Roll by Yeah Yeah Yeahs [It’s Blitz!]
Bat Country by Avenged Sevenfold [City of Evil]
The Truth Is Out There by Sonata Arctica [The Days of Grays]
Best of Me by Sum 41 [Underclass Hero]
Behind Blue Eyes by the Who [Who’s Next]
To Defy the Laws of Tradition by Primus [Frizzle Fry]
Hide by RED [End of Silence]
Don’t Give Up by John Avila, Terrance A Carson, Carmen Carter, and Carl Graves [An Extremely Goofy Movie Dance Party!]
A Cry for Everyone by Gentle Giant [Octopus]
Circumstances by Rush [Hemispheres]
Solitary Shell by Dream Theater [Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence]
Survivor Guilt by Rise Against [Endgame]
What’s Left of the Flag by Flogging Molly [Drunken Lullabies]
Out in the Fields by Sonata Arctica [Unia]
Ghost of Me by Daughtry [Leave This Town]
Angry Side by Breaking Point [Coming of Age]
He’s Gone by Grateful Dead [Europe ’72 Live Bonus Track]
Live for Today by Breaking Point [Coming of Age]
All My Best Friends Are Metalheads by Less than Jake [Hello Rockview]
Deceiver by Disturbed [Indestructible]
Damaged People by Depeche Mode [Playing the Angel]
Meet My Maker by Good Charlotte [The Chronicles of Life and Death]
Scars by Papa Roach [Getting Away with Murder]
Faith Alone by Bad Religion [Against the Grain]
Curse of Me by Wednesday 13 [Fang Bang]
The Truth by Good Charlotte [The Chronicles of Life and Death]
Defenders of the Faith by Judas Priest [Defenders of the Faith]
Brotherhood of Destruction by Sanctity [Road to Bloodshed]
Hands of Love by Ted Poley [Beyond the Fade]
Cindered Shadows
Too Much of Heaven by Eiffel 65 [Europop]
Outcast by James Durbin [Memories of a Beautiful Disaster]
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen [A Night at the Opera]
Love Like Winter by A.F.I. [Decemberunderground]
Money Thing by the Low Millions [Ex-Girlfriends]
Island Fever by Stagehands [The Silent City]
Jessie’s Girl by Rick Springfield [Platinum and Gold Collection]
May by James Durbin [Memories of a Beautiful Disaster]
The Conjuring by Megadeth [Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?]
Now Is Forever by Eiffel 65 [Europop]
Three Hopes
What If? (Reprise) from If/Then
Ramblin’ Man by the Allman Brothers Band [Brothers and Sisters]
No Bravery by James Blunt [Back to Bedlam]
Dreaming by System of a Down [Hypnotize]
One Way or Another by Blondie [Parallel Lines]
My Curse by Killswitch Engage [As Daylight Dies]
Everything to Me by Liz Phair [Somebody’s Miracle]
One Shot at Glory by Judas Priest [Painkiller]
Attack by System of a Down [Hypnotize]
For the Sake of Revenge by Sonata Arctica [Unia]
Outsmarted by the Hives [Veni Vidi Vicious]
Conflict by Disturbed [The Sickness]
Stronger by Britney Spears [Oops!... I Did It Again]
Sweet Sacrifice by Evanescence [The Open Door]
Talk by Coldplay [X&Y]
Lost My Mind by They Might Be Giants [Nanobots]
Battlefields by Buckethead [3 Foot Clearance]
Come Together by the Beatles [Abbey Road]
We Are the Champions by Queen [News of the World]
Good Mourning/Black Friday by Megadeth [Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying]
Tick Tick Boom by the Hives [The Black and White Album]
Fear of the Dark by Iron Maiden [Best of the Beast]
Goodbye to You by Breaking Point [Beautiful Disorder]
Fight the Power by bis [The Powerpuff Girls: Heroes and Villains]
Moving Forward by Hoobastank [Every Man for Himself]
New artists: Creedence Clearwater Revival, Nine Days, Kirby, Interrupters, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, (John Avila, Terrance A Carson, Carmen Carter, and Carl Graves), Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band, Killswitch Engage
Formerly unique artists: Dave Edmunds, Shaking Family, Mulan, Beastie Boys, Anarchy Club, Primus, Sanctity, Low Millions, Rick Springfield, If/Then, Blondie, Buckethead, bis
Artists who passed a ten: Coming soon
New duplicates: Coming soon
Welcome to the club!
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UPDATE: New Playlist: Musical Gems
After two years of resisting watching Steven Universe followed by four years of not being able to find the whole thing, I finally watched it in 2020 and that is what solidified my choice to resurrect Canon Companions. Yes, it inspired me that much. This is also the fifth playlist to reach over 100 songs as well as the first time two works of the same medium type have had over 100 songs.
Note: For the next several playlist updates, I will not be including artists that passed a 10 and new duplicates in the note section, but I will compile a complete list of each after getting through them all.
SU Season 1
Smalltown by Chumbawamba [Tubthumper]
The Middle by Jimmy Eat World [Bleed American/Jimmy Eat World]
Seven by Tijuana Sweetheart [Public Display of Infection]
Bad Reputation by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts [Bad Reputation]
Lesson Number One from Mulan 2
Got My Own Thing by Liz Phair [Somebody’s Miracle]
Foil by Weird Al Yankovic [Mandatory Fun]
I Don’t Understand You by They Might Be Giants [Apollo 18]
Bitchin’ Summer by Avril Lavigne [Avril Lavigne]
Walk and Chew Gum by Optigonally Yours [The Powerpuff Girls: Heroes and Villains]
The Simple Things from Hey Arnold [The Best of Nicktoons]
Overjoyed by Matchbox Twenty [North]
Dirty Little Secret by the All-American Rejects [Move Along]
Nobody’s Home by Avril Lavigne [Under My Skin]
Oceans by Evanescence [Evanescence]
Unaffected by Hoobastank [The Reason]
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk [Discovery]
Invader Zim Theme Song from Invader Zim [The Newest Nicktoons]
Harlow’s Song {I Can’t Dream Without You) by Good Charlotte [Cardiology]
Hit the Floor by Linkin Park [Meteora]
Something Else by Good Charlotte [Good Morning Revival]
In My Eyes You’re a Giant by Sonata Arctica [The Days of Grays]
Your Guardian Angel by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus [Don’t You Fake It]
SU Season 2
Perfect by Simple Plan [No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls]
I Don’t Like You from Galavant [Galavant: Season 2]
Oops!... I Did It Again by Britney Spears [Oops… I Did It Again]
Broken Hands by Bright Light Fever [Bright Light Fever Presents the Evening Owl]
For the Sake of Revenge by Sonata Arctica [Unia]
2 Minutes to Midnight by Iron Maiden [Best of the Beast]
Open Your Heart by Crush 40 [True Blue: The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog]
Dreaming by System of a Down [Hypnotize]
Ruby by Kaiser Chiefs [Yours Truly, Angry Mob]
Tyranny of Normality by Papa Roach [Getting Away with Murder]
Do It Again by the Chemical Brothers [We Are the Night]
SU Season 3
On the Run by 3 Doors Down [The Better Life]
Shame on Me by Ryan Cabrera [Take It All Away]
Perfectly Perfect by Simple Plan [Taking One for the Team]
Smoothie King by Bowling for Soup [A Hangover You Don’t Deserve]
I Push Her Buttons by Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives [Second and Eighteen]
Happy (Without Me) by Resident Hero [Look]
Stronger by Britney Spears [Oops… I Did it Again]
Know Who You Are from Moana
She’s So Mean by Matchbox Twenty [North]
Wisk by Bowling for Soup [Rock On Honorable Ones]
Had Enough of You by Breaking Point [Beautiful Disorder]
A Reunion by Gentle Giant [In a Glass House]
Always Creating by Shoeless Revolution [From the Inside Out]
Architects by Rise Against [Endgame]
Road to Bloodshed by Sanctity [Road to Bloodshed]
Do What You Have to Do by Sarah McLachlan [Surfacing]
Without a Fight by Hoobastank [Every Man for Himself]
Never Walk Away by Breaking Point [Beautiful Disorder]
Holy Mountains by System of a Down [Hypnotize]
Hero Takes a Fall by the Bangles [The Bangles Greatest Hits]
Peacemaker by Green Day [21st Century Breakdown]
Take It by Staind [Break the Cycle]
SU Season 4
Hero of War by Rise Against [Appeal to Reason]
Lacrymosa by Evanescence [The Open Door]
Lost in Space by PressureHead [Sci-Fi Café]
The Land of Do What You’re Told by Chumbawamba [A Singsong and a Scrap]
Shiny Happy People by R.E.M. [Out of Time]
Stranded by Julien-K [Death to Analog]
Don’t Cry Out by Shiny Toy Guns [We Are Pilots]
Torn by Natalie Imbruglia [Left of the Middle]
Outsmarted by the Hives [Veni Vidi Vicious]
I Will Deny by Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives [Second and Eighteen]
Strange by R.E.M. [Document]
When It Rains by Paramore [Riot!]
SU Season 5
Worthless from the Brave Little Toaster
Broken by Bad Religion [The Process of Belief]
Bring Me to Life by Evanescence [Fallen]
Just a Taste by Scary Kids, Scaring Kids [The City Sleeps in Flames]
Hello Heartache by Avril Lavigne [Avril Lavigne]
I’m Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band) by the Moody Blues [Seventh Sojourn]
Everything Had Changed by Barenaked Ladies […Are Me]
Never Go Back by Evanescence [Evanescence]
Secrets by Mission of Burma [vs.]
Let Me Go by 3 Doors Down [Seventeen Days]
Lucky by Britney Spears [Oops!... I Did It Again]
Inside by Vertical Horizon [Go]
Marry You by Bruno Mars [Doo-Wops and Hooligans]
Final Wars by Buckethead [The Elephant Man’s Alarm Clock]
The Damage in Your Heart by Weezer [Make Believe]
Home by Daughtry [Daughtry]
Welcome to the Machine by Pink Floyd [Wish You Were Here]
Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX) [Wish You Were Here]
Now or Never by Stagehands [The Silent City]
The Time Has Come by Roger McGuinn [Back from Rio]
SU The Movie
A Real Life, Happily Ever After from Galavant [Galavant: Season 2]
Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye [Making Mirrors]
Amnesia by Chumbawamba [Tubthumper]
The First Cut Is the Deepest by Sheryl Crow [The Very Best of Sheryl Crow]
SU Future
Whenever You Need Somebody by Rick Astley [Greatest Hits]
Farewell to Arms by Five Iron Frenzy [The End Is Near Here]
Never Leave by Seether [Karma and Effect]
Life Changes by Good Charlotte [Youth Authority]
You’re the One by Hoobastank [For(n)ever]
Scars by Papa Roach [Getting Away with Murder]
Problem Child by Simple Plan [Taking One for the Team]
A Killer Inside by Bleed the Dream [Killer Inside]
Reprehensible by They Might Be Giants [Long Tall Weekend]
Do or Die by Papa Roach [Getting Away with Murder]
We Are Broken by Paramore [Riot!]
Al’s War by Less than Jake [Hello Rockview]
New artists: Mulan [in-universe], Optigonally Yours, Hey Arnold, Daft Punk, Invader Zim, Galavant, Bright Light Fever, Kaiser Chiefs, Chemical Brothers, Sanctity, PressureHead, Brave Little Toaster, Bruno Mars, Buckethead, Pink Floyd, Gotye, Rick Astley
Formerly unique artists: Tijuana Sweetheart, Ryan Cabrera, Resident Hero, Moana, Shoeless Revolution, Bangles, Natalie Imbruglia, Mission of Burma
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Canon Companions Resurrected!
So yeah. It’s been 6 years since I last posted to this blog. I thought I was done making new Canon Companions, but since my last post I have created (checks notes) six brand new playlists and a massive playlist extension.
The specific playlists will be coming soon(ish). In the meantime, here are some of the minor changes I made:
Order switching to be more accurate continuity- and character-wise
Harry Potter and the Playlist of Mystery:
Moved “If I Wasn’t Shy” between “Drowning You in Fear” and “Supremist”
Total Drama Playlist:
Swapped the placements of “Vivian” and the other individual Genius song (detailed below)
Swapped the placements of “Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight” and “Because It’s Midnite”
Devil’s Island:
Moved “Sweet Sacrifice” between “Born to Lead” and “They”
Individual new songs
El Goonish Songs
Added “Immortals” by Fall Out Boy between “One of Those Girls” and “Things I’ll Never Say”
Coming soon: Playlist Extension
Total Drama Playlist
Added “Lazy Days- Livin’ in Paradise” by Ted Poley between “Do I Creep You Out” and “Eat It”
Added “Theme from Rugrats” between “Race to Win” and “Reality Show”
Replaced “Bizarro Genius Baby” with “Science Genius Girl” by Freezepop
(I haven’t seen the new seasons yet, so no large expansion of it yet, but I do intend to once I see it)
ZooTunes:
Added “Racist, Sexist Boy” by The Linda Lindas followed by “Don’t Be Racist” by Magnolia Park between “Much More Beautiful Person” and “18 Wheeler.”
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UPDATE: New Playlist: The Uncharted Tracks
I just watched Lost from start to finish over the past six months or so and I loved it so much I had to create a brand-new Canon Companion for it, track listing below:
Lost Season 1
1. Misery by Green Day (Warning)
2. Crash by the Acro-Brats (…Go Down Swinging)
3. Constant Motion by Dream Theater (Systematic Chaos)
4. Renegade by Styx (Pieces of Eight)
5. Duck and Run by 3 Doors Down (The Better Life)
6. Sober by Pink (Funhouse)
7. Eat for Two by 10,000 Maniacs (Blind Man’s Zoo)
8. Nowhere Man by The Beatles (Rubber Soul)
9. Hero of War by Rise Against (Appeal to Reason)
10. What U See (Is What U Get) by Britney Spears (Oops!... I Did It Again)
11. You Don’t Own Me by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (Bad Reputation)
12. Dear Father by Sum 41 (Underclass Hero)
13. All That I’m Living for by Evanescence (The Open Door)
14. Walking with a Ghost by Tegan and Sara (So Jealous)
15. Destiny by Lenny Kravitz (Baptism)
16. Once by Pearl Jam (Ten)
17. Stop Looking Start Seeing by Papa Roach (Getting Away with Murder)
18. The Imposter by Elvis Costello and the Attractions (Get Happy!!)
19. Holy Mountains by System of a Down (Hypnotize)
20. Perfectly Perfect by Simple Plan (Taking One for the Team)
21. Interlude (Milo) by Modest Mouse (Good News for People Who Love Bad News)
22. Lost in Paradise by Evanescence (Evanescence)
23. The Curse by Disturbed (Indestructible)
Lost Season 2
1. Man on the Edge by Iron Maiden (Best of the Beast)
2. Turn It Off by Paramore (Brand New Eyes)
3. Gunslinger by Avenged Sevenfold (Avenged Sevenfold)
4. I Dream about You by Simple Plan feat. Juliet Simms (Taking One for the Team)
5. Together by Avril Lavigne (Under My Skin)
6. When They Came for Us by Shiny Toy Guns (We Are Pilots)
7. All Apologies by Nirvana (In Utero)
8. Just For by Nickelback (Silver Side Up)
9. Unwell by Matchbox Twenty (More than You Think You Are)
10. If God Made You by Five for Fighting (The Battle for Everything)
11. Beaten and Blindfolded by Bleed the Dream (Killer Inside)
12. Empty Glasses by Scary Kids Scaring Kids (The City Sleeps in Flame)
13. Mostly Memories by Less than Jake (In with the Out Crowd)
Lost Season 3
1. Bullet with Butterfly Wings by Smashing Pumpkins (Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness)
2. True Love by Pink (The Truth about Love)
3. You Don’t Like Me by They Might Be Giants (Join Us)
4. Give Me Novacaine by Green Day (American Idiot)
5. You Lied by Green Day (Shenanigans)
6. Haunted by Evanescence (Fallen)
7. Outsider by Green Day (Shenanigans)
8. Rise Above This by Seether (Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces)
9. Help Is on the Way by Rise Against (Endgame)
10. More than a Memory by Hoobastank (Every Man for Himself)
11. Where Would We Be Now by Good Charlotte (Good Morning Revival)
Lost Season 4
1. Science Is Real by They Might Be Giants (Here Comes Science)
2. Prophecy by Judas Priest (A Touch of Evil Live)
3. How Far I’ll Go from Moana
4. Ghost of Me by Daughtry (Leave This Town)
5. Heartbreak Armageddon by DragonForce (Ultra Beatdown)
6. Boom! By System of a Down (Steal This Album!)
7. My Immortal by Evanescence (Fallen)
Lost Season 5
1. Time Warp by Rick Derringer (All American Boy)
2. The World Before Later On by They Might Be Giants (The Spine)
3. What You Want by Evanescence (Evanescence)
4. Right Back where We Started From by Cleopatra (An Extremely Goofy Movie Dance Party)
5. What I Meant to Say by Daughtry (Leave This Town)
6. Too Little Too Late by Hoobastank (Hoobastank)
7. It’s Not Over by Daughtry (Daughtry)
8. The Moment Explodes from If/Then
Lost Season 6
1. Dying by Five for Fighting (The Battle for Everything)
2. Infected by Bad Religion (Stranger than Fiction)
3. Shockwave by Black Tide (Light from Above)
4. Monsters by Matchbook Romance (Voices)
5. Beneath the Surface by Dream Theater (A Dramatic Turn of Events)
6. Love While You Can from If/Then
7. City of Blinding Light by U2 (How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
8. A Gentleman’s Coup by Rise Against (Endgame)
9. Swimming Home by Evanescence (Evanescence)
10. Heaven by Los Lonely Boys (Los Lonely Boys)
New artists: Rick Derringer, Los Lonely Boys, Moana, If/Then, U2, Cleopatra, and Smashing Pumpkins
Formerly unique artists: Nirvana with a new song, Modest Mouse, Tegan and Sara, Shiny Toy Guns, Styx, and Elvis Costello and the Attractions via new duplicates
New duplicates: Shockwave and My Immortal are now on four playlists; Haunted, Monsters, Unwell, Eat for Two, and True Love are now on three playlists; as mentioned above Interlude (Milo), Walking with a Ghost, When They Came for Us, Renegade, and the Imposter are new duplicates; other new duplicates include It’s Not Over, Ghost of Me, More than a Memory, Help Is on the Way, You Lied, Just For, The Curse, Holy Mountains, Once, and Dear Father.
Artists who passed a ten: Seether is now part of the 11+ club, while Green Day just made it as the fifth member of the elite 31+ club after They Might Be Giants, Avril Lavigne, Good Charlotte, and Hoobastank.
Other notes: Due to ambiguity, The Wesingers of Portland’s section labels were all retroactively renamed to Grimm Season [number] alongside the addition of the Lost Season [number] sections here.
Welcome to the club:
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UPDATE: Playlist Extension: PS One Eight Tunes (The Jungle Movie)
Now PS One Eight Tunes is 40+ tracks long and you know what that means! Full track listing with new section markers listed below. Only the tracks for The Jungle Movie are new.
Hey Arnold Part 1 (same songs, new section label)
1. This Town by the Go-Go’s (VH1 Behind the Music)
2. Underclass Hero by Sum 41 (Underclass Hero)
3. Our House by Madness (Madness)
4. Show Me a Sign by Breaking Point (Beautiful Disorder)
5. The Grouch by Green Day (Nimrod)
6. Crazy by Gnarls Barkley (St. Elsewhere)
7. Why Don’t You Get a Job by the Offspring (Americana)
8. I Have Seen the Rain by Pink feat. James T Moore (I’m Not Dead)
9. Exhuming McCarthy by R.E.M. (Document)
10. Wisemen by James Blunt (Back to Bedlam)
11. Paranoid by Black Sabbath (Paranoid)
12. Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd (Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd)
13. Troublemaker by Weezer (Weezer (The Red Album))
14. Jinx by Green Day (Nimrod)
15. Girls and Boys by Good Charlotte (The Young and the Hopeless)
16. Things I’ll Never Say by Avril Lavigne (Let Go)
17. Smoothie King by Bowling for Soup (A Hangover You Don’t Deserve)
18. Sports Song by Weird Al Yankovic (Mandatory Fun)
19. The Young and the Hopeless by Good Charlotte (The Young and the Hopeless)
20. Drink by They Might Be Giants (Mink Car)
21. Perfect Girl by Sarah McLachlan (Afterglow)
22. Out in the Fields by Sonata Arctica (Unia)
23. Kids in America by No Secrets (Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius)
Hey Arnold Part 2 (same songs, new section label)
1. Suckerpunch by Bowling for Soup (Let’s Do It for Johnny)
2. Oops!... I Did It Again by Britney Spears (Oops!... I Did It Again)
3. Happy (without Me) by Resident Hero (Look)
4. Hear Me by Kelly Clarkson (Breakaway)
5. Generation by Simple Plan (Simple Plan)
6. Germs by Weird Al Yankovic (Running with Scissors)
7. Why Can’t We Be Friends by Smash Mouth (Fush Yu Mang)
8. If I Were You by Hoobastank (Every Man for Himself)
9. Beautiful Wreck by Shawn Mullins (9th Ward Pickin’ Parlor)
10. The Middle by Jimmy Eat World (Bleed American)
11. Shame by Matchbox Twenty (Yourself or Someone Like You)
12. What If by Simple Plan (Simple Plan)
13. Savior by Rise Against (Appeal to Reason)
14. Like You by Evanescence (The Open Door)
The Jungle Movie (new songs)
1. We Are One Tonight by Switchfoot (Nothing Is Sound)
2. Hero Takes a Fall by the Bangles (The Bangles Greatest Hits)
3. The Dirt Whispered by Rise Against (Appeal to Reason)
4. With Me by Sum 41 (Underclass Hero)
5. Real Love by James Durbin (Celebrate)
New artists: The Bangles
Formerly unique artists: None
Artists who passed a ten: None
New duplicates: None
Other notes: PS One Eight Tunes is now longer than Sonic Songs
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The Best of Canon Companions Tracks 265-275
[Warning: This post contains major spoilers for Harry Potter, Fire Emblem 7, Firefly, Fire Emblem Tellius Series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Grimm, and Zootopia]
1. “My Immortal” by Evanescence
Works represented: Harry Potter; Fire Emblem 7; Firefly Characters represented: Snape to Lily; Matthew to Leila; Zoe to Wash
In every case the song is being sung by a character who lost a significant other (or unreciprocated crush) to a premature death, and it’s hugely relevant in every case. It’s a beautiful song, it’s applied to several important plot points, and it’s about at least three of my favorite characters.
2. “Do or Die” by Papa Roach
Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series; Harry Potter; Buffy the Vampire Slayer Characters represented: Soren about Ike; Harry about Sirius; Buffy about Angel
In every case, this powerful song is used to explore the relationship between two characters where one truly respects the other, but either loses him, temporarily or permanently, or sees him become sadder. It’s most relevant in the case of Fire Emblem Tellius because it’s so apt in details, while in the others there are a few mistakes. It’s about my two favorite characters in my favorite work/game.
3. “E.G.G.M.A.N” by Paul Shortino
Works represented: Sonic the Hedgehog Characters represented: Dr. Eggman
Character aside, this song easily took high points in every other category because Sonic is a work I love and Sonic Adventure 2 is my favorite, it’s plot-important as the main villain song and relevant because it’s about as expository as most Sonic Heroes songs, and it’s just a fantastic song in its own right.
4. “The Chosen One” by A2
Works represented: El Goonish Shive; Harry Potter; Tales of Symphonia; Fire Emblem 7; Sonic the Hedgehog; Buffy the Vampire Slayer Characters represented: Grace; Harry; Colette; Lyn; Shadow; Buffy
This song had a major advantage, being the sole song on six playlists, but that alone wouldn’t have gotten it on. Yes, it was helped by being about two or three of my favorite works and two of my favorite characters, and by being a really good song, but the main reasons it made it as far as it did is because it did a good job of exploring the pain of being a chosen one, which is applicable for at least five of the six, and being extremely plot important for at least four of the six--one of which, ironically, is not the one that it’s canonically used for.
5. “False Pretense” by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Works represented: Grimm; Zootopia Characters represented: Nick to Renard; Judy Hopps to Bellwether
In both cases, these songs are narrated by a character who saw an ally go to an arch-enemy with almost no transition, with the latter character being a successful liar. It’s a great song about a climactic moment in two awesome works.
6. “Playing God” by Paramore
Works represented: Total Drama; Goof Troop Universe Characters represented: Samey/Sammy (to Amy); PJ to Pete
In both cases the narrator is a mistreated character who is attempting to call out their abuser for not only being mean, but also acting hypocritical and smug about it. It’s a perfect song for a wonderful character from each of two great shows, including my favorite character of all time.
7. “Me Against the World” by Simple Plan
Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series Characters represented: Soren
This is a very apt description to Soren’s introduction--where even though he does the best he can to help the mercenaries, he gets considered “a nightmare, a disaster, a lost cause not a hero” but he’ll never let their opinions of him stop him from speaking his own. I love Soren as well as the series he’s from and the song, and, as a main theme for a deuteragonist, it’s plot-important too.
8. “If Only” by Hoobastank
Works represented: Harry Potter; Zootopia Characters represented: Slughorn to Harry; Judy Hopps to Nick Wilde
It’s not terribly irrelevant to Harry Potter, though it is once again extremely lopsided, since Zootopia is responsible for the song being only three songs from the end of The Best of Canon Companions: Judy Hopps apologizes to Nick Wilde and mentions that she was ignorant and small-minded, hoping for Nick’s forgiveness but understanding if he won’t give it. Yes, it’s also for one of the most climactic scenes in the film. Yes it’s also about my favorite animated work/movie. Yes I love the characters from it too. Yes, it being a good song and somewhat relevant to Harry Potter probably wouldn’t have made it on on their own.
9. “Hopeless Case” by Less than Jake
Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series Characters represented: Soren to Ike
This song describes Soren’s feelings in the first support conversation with Ike, where Ike calls him sensitive and Soren is taken aback because there’s so many things wrong with him and Ike “[doesn’t] see [him] that way”. It’s a sweet beautiful song for my favorite pair of my favorite two characters in my favorite game/work.
10. “You’re Not Alone” by James Durbin
Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series Characters represented: Ike to Soren
Yes, that is two in the top three related to Ike and Soren. In particular this one is about how Ike wants Soren to know that, no matter what may have happened in the past, he will always be there for him with love and care. The fact that a hug is offered in the song is also pertinent. It’s climactic, it’s a beautiful song, and it’s about my favorite two characters in my favorite game/work.
11. “Taking Over Me” by Evanescence
Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series Characters represented: Soren to Ike
This song is the last song on the list for good reason. It does make three in the top three related to Ike and Soren, which, considering the order was only on relevance, seems to be a (cool) coincidence. But this particular song is the only song that sounds SO uncannily like it was written by the character or at least for the character, that it’s almost hard to believe the song came out a year before the first game. The plot of the song is: the narrator loves someone, who doesn’t remember them, but they would still “give up everything just to find” them, and remembers when they met and, after given a hand knows they love them too. Bonus points for being a gothic metal song. And it’s climactic, and about my two favorite characters from my favorite work, and a great song I never get tired of hearing. Truly the very Best of Canon Companions
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The Best of Canon Companions Tracks 254-264
[Warning: This post contains major spoilers for Fire Emblem Tellius Series, Mansfield Park, Tales of Symphonia, and Fire Emblem Awakening]
1. "Nobody's Home" by Avril Lavigne Works represented: El Goonish Shive; Tales of Symphonia; Fruits Basket Characters represented: Ellen; Presea; Tohru While this song made it high in work because it represents El Goonish Shive, and it's a fantastic song regardless, both the eerie relevance and the prominent plot-importance (as well as the character points) came mainly from Tales of Symphonia. Not only do the emotions demonstrate Presea's position perfectly, but "she wants to go home, but nobody's home" is a very good description of her character arc. 2. "Predictable" by Good Charlotte Works represented: Mansfield Park Characters represented: Edmund to Mary This song represents the point where Edmund realizes that Mary has been using him, which Fanny tried to warn him about but he brushed off. It's an apt descriptor in both diction and tone, and the fact that it's about my favorite character in one of my favorite books as well as one of the best songs on the album it's from, puts it high on the list. 3. "Hopeless Bleak Despair" by They Might Be Giants Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series Characters represented: Sephiran In this song Sephiran (really, Lehran) reflects on his life and how miserable he was throughout it, but after his near death experience and, many centuries in the future, he's feeling much better. This is surprisingly literally apt for a They Might Be Giants song which is why it's as late as it is. Even though Sephiran isn't one of my favorite characters, this is a hugely plot-important song, very good, and about my favorite game/work. 4. "Not Listening" by Papa Roach Works represented: Zootopia Characters represented: Chief Bogo This song demonstrates toughness, resolve, stubbornness, and protectiveness--all key traits of Chief Bogo. The song is apt in both diction and tone, and the fact that it's about Chief Bogo, one of the important characters as well as my close second-favorite, and my favorite animated work/movie, makes it even better. 5. "You Found Me" by Kelly Clarkson Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series; El Goonish Shive Characters represented: Elincia to Ike; Justin to Elliot In both cases, the song is more-or-less literally relevant: Ike found Elincia on the side of the road, and Elliot found Justin being beaten by bullies. It's also about two of my favorite works, very plot-important in both cases, about two of my favorite characters on one side and one of them on the other, and a great song. 6. "My Way" by 3 Doors Down Works represented: Zootopia Characters represented: Judy Hopps to Chief Bogo and Chief Bogo to Judy Hopps This song represents the huge fight that Judy and Bogo have that results in Judy almost being fired, but culminates in Judy being given 48 hours to solve the case. It's relevant to both of their positions as well as their mutual stubbornness. It's also a great song about some of my favorite characters in my favorite animated work/movie. 7. "For the Sake of Revenge" by Sonata Arctica Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series; Harry Potter Characters represented: Naesala to Skrimir; Sirius to Snape
This song is being narrated in both cases by someone who is being treated as an unforgivable murderer by another party who earnestly believes it to be the truth, but the narrator attempts, knowingly in vain, to explain that it's a misunderstanding: in the former case because of mitigating circumstances, and in the latter because of a blatant false accusation. In addition to being relevant and plot-important, it's also about some great characters, my favorite game/work, and a great song. 8. "The Dead Skin" by Sonata Arctica Works represented: Tales of Symphonia Characters represented: Kratos to Lloyd This song does a surprisingly apt job at describing Kratos's feelings about Lloyd and himself in the moment where he demands that Lloyd kill him. In addition to being both crucial and relevant, it's also beautiful and about one of my favorite characters. 9. "Perfect" by Simple Plan Works represented: Penny and Aggie/QUILTBAG; Goof Troop Universe Characters represented: Michelle to her dad; PJ to Pete Yet another lopsided duplicate, this time Penny and Aggie's side wouldn't be enough to make it onto the Best of Canon Companions at all, but Goof Troop's has an extremely apt song, both in content and in tone, which is not only great, but also very plot-important, about my favorite character, period, and about one of my favorite works. 10. "Slipped Away" by Avril Lavigne Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series Characters represented: Jill to Shiharam This sweet, heartbreaking song is used to aptly describe Jill's feelings of sorrow after her father was made to be killed in battle. I love the song as well as the work that it represents, and it's a key plot point too. 11. "2 Minutes to Midnight" by Iron Maiden Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series; Harry Potter; Fire Emblem Awakening Characters represented: Ashera; Basilisk; Grima In every case a larger threat of death is looming over the environment, but nobody really knows what's going on or how to stop it. It's hugely plot-important in at least two cases, which is perfect for a six minute heavy metal song alluding to a doomsday clock, it's a great song, and it's about some of my favorite works.
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The Best of Canon Companions Tracks 243-253
[Warning: This post contains major spoilers for the Fire Emblem Tellius Series and Tales of Symphonia]
1. "Armatage Shanks" by Green Day Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series Characters represented: Soren to Ike This is a nice catchy song that works aptly to describe Soren who "must insist of being a pessimist" admitting to Ike that he is "branded" and "never trusted anyone, let alone" himself. It's also plot-important and about the best characters in my favorite game/work. 2. "They" by Jem Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series; Lord of the Flies Characters represented: Yune; Ralph In both cases, the society's rules are being questioned by a spirit who does not agree with them. In one case, it's a larger society questioned by an isolated goddess; in the other, a naysayer in a smaller group. I love the song and both works, of which this song is key to the development. 3. "Wild Horses" by Natasha Bedingfield Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series; Harvest Moon More Friends of Mineral Town Characters represented: Astrid; Claire In both cases the narrator is a free spirit who feels trapped and isolated by her big city life and would rather things be much simpler, bonus points for Claire because of the horse imagery. It's about two of my favorite video games and a gorgeous song. 4. "Everything You Want" by Vertical Horizon Works represented: The Simpsons; How I Met Your Mother Characters represented: Smithers to Mr. Burns; Ted to Robin In both cases, this song is sung by a guy pining for the heart of someone that he does all sorts of great things for, but still doesn't have his affections reciprocated. It's a really good song, as well as being applied to two of my favorite characters, and plot-important to one of the shows. 5. "The Wedding March" by Mendelssohn Works represented: Harvest Moon More Friends of Mineral Town Characters represented: Claire and the marriage candidates This song deserves remarkable acclaim for not only being the only instrumental to make it onto the best of Canon Companions, but for making it this high in relevance. Since it's well-known wedding music, it works very well for a generic marriage event. Also, it's beautiful and here applied to the key event in one of my favorite games. 6. "I Push Her Buttons" by Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series; Harry Potter; The Simpsons; Goof Troop Universe Characters represented: Geoffrey about Elincia; Ron about Hermione; Homer about Marge; Goofy about Sylvia In every case the song is sung by a guy who you wouldn't have expected to luck out like he did, but does. In at least three cases, he's also kind and caring. The song is really sweet, two of the characters narrating and two of the characters being sung about are among my favorites, and it represents key couples in four works, of which two are among my absolute favorites. 7. "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper Works represented: El Goonish Shive; Zootopia; Fruits Basket Characters represented: Grace to Tedd; Clawhauser to Chief Bogo; Tohru to Hatori In each case, the character narrating learns a shameful secret about their addressee, but actually, not only doesn't mind it, but likes it, thus telling them that it's okay to let it show. It's most relevant in El Goonish Shive and least in Fruits Basket, most plot-important in Fruits Basket and least in Zootopia. Zootopia and El Goonish Shive also gave it a work boost, and the former gave it not one but two character boosts. 8. "You're Gonna Go Far Kid" by the Offspring Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series Characters represented: Shinon to Rolf This song is ridiculously apt for describing Shinon's teaching methods to Rolf, in both diction and tone. Even though I don't particularly care for Shinon, I love the song and the game that he's from enough that it hardly even matters here. 9. "Guard My Heart" by Bowling for Soup Works represented: Tales of Symphonia Characters represented: Lloyd to Kratos and Kratos to Lloyd This song represents the part of the game where Lloyd wants Kratos to be an ally, but Kratos is still too loyal to Mithos to switch sides. Meanwhile, Kratos also wants to help Lloyd but is conflicted because he's still loyal to Mithos. Lloyd's understanding nature is explored well in the second verse, his feelings of disappointment in the first, and Kratos' perspective in the third. It's a beautiful song and about great characters. 10. "Hold Me" by Weezer Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series Characters represented: Soren to Ike This is for the final moment in the special info scene where Soren finally succumbs and lets Ike hug him, crying in his arms and letting out all his vulnerabilities. All the vulnerabilities are clear in the lyrics, and this is a really good song for a really great character in a climactic scene from a really awesome game. 11. "Forsaken" by Dream Theater Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series Characters represented: Ashera about Sephiran
This song has some eerily apt imagery but there's a little bit of gender confusion. Regardless, the song works really nicely as the song for the moment when Ashera awakens. Not only is that moment plot important, but this is a fantastic song about a fantastic game.
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The Best of Canon Companions Tracks 232-242
[Warning: This post contains major spoilers for the Mansfield Park, Fire Emblem Tellius Series, Fire Emblem 7, Zootopia, One Flew Over the Cuckoos' Nest, and Tales of Symphonia] 1. "Vacation" by the Go-Go's Works represented: Mansfield Park Characters represented: Fanny to Edmund This song pretty aptly represents the part where Fanny goes to live with her birth family for a while and, while gone, realizes that she loves Edmund and can't stay away from him. This is also a great song and about my favorite characters from one of my favorite books. 2. "Like a Surgeon" by Weird Al Yankovic Works represented: The Simpsons Characters represented: Dr. Nick This song isn't plot-important in the slightest, so the main reason that it made it onto the Best of Canon Companions (and Canon Companions in the first place) is because it's just that relevant to Dr. Nick, a doctor whose qualifications are... questionable to say the least. Additionally, it's a catchy and funny song and about a good show. 3. "Right Behind You" by James Durbin Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series; Goof Troop Universe Characters represented: Ike to Soren; Sylvia to Goofy This song is a great song about trust, and it's especially relevant in the chorus to Ike and Soren and during the verses to Sylvia and Goofy, but emotionally it works well for both. Additionally, it's somewhat plot important, about some of my favorite characters, and about two of my three favorite works ever. 4. "Pardon Me" by Weezer Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series; El Goonish Shive; Fire Emblem 7 Characters represented: Nasir; Abraham; Renault In every case this song is being narrated by a truly contrite person who has done some terrible things in the past. In addition to being relevant, it's plot important in at least the two cases where it's about one of my favorite works, and it's a great song. 5. "Dreams of an Absolution" by Remix Factory Works represented: Sonic the Hedgehog Characters represented: Silver Full disclosure: I haven't actually played Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 so most of my opinions of this song's relevance came from trying to learn about Silver on a wiki, but from what I understand it's actually a really good song both for the plot and for Silver's character. Also, I like the song and the character regardless. 6. "Savages (Part 2)" from Pocahontas Works represented: Zootopia Characters represented: Gazelle and the panicked masses Here, Gazelle is narrating Pocahontas' parts, where she has to try to prevent the strife from developing further. Meanwhile, in the background, the predators and the prey are fighting with each other. I love the song as well as the movie it represents here, and it's very plot-important. 7. "She's So High" by Tal Bachman Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series; The Simpsons Characters represented: Geoffrey about Elincia; Milhouse about Lisa The sentiment to this song is more relevant to Geoffrey, if not for the orphaned etymology of the historical and mythological references, but in both cases the song is narrated by a guy who has a crush on a girl whom he thinks is much better than he is. I like all the characters represented, both works, and the song. 8. "Billy" by James Blunt Works represented: One Flew Over the Cuckoos' Nest Characters represented: Billy Of course the name is the same, but in this particular case, it's much more than the name: there's a story of having had sex which he wasn't supposed to, the huge amount of regret, and him, ahem, "leaving". If that wasn't enough on its own to get it on the playlist, the song itself is great, as is Billy himself, and the work. 9. "I Will Follow You into the Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series; The Simpsons Characters represented: Soren to Ike; Smithers to Mr. Burns Yet another lopsided duplicate, while it's more-or-less relevant to Smithers and Mr. Burns, the song is much more relevant to Ike and Soren, with the only noticeable problems being specific names--Soren was taught in the school of hard knocks, vowed to never leave Ike regardless of what happened, travels the world with him, and eventually sets off with him. It's also much, much more plot-important, the work is much better, and the characters are better too on that side. It's also a really good song. 10. "Carry on Wayward Son" by Kansas Works represented: Tales of Symphonia Characters represented: Kratos to Lloyd and Lloyd to Kratos This lovely song is for the point in Tales of Symphonia where Kratos says his final goodbyes to Lloyd. At this point their relationship has reconciled and Kratos wants nothing more than for Lloyd to be victorious. I love the song as well as the characters and the game. 11. "Simple Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd Works represented: Fire Emblem Tellius Series; Hey Arnold!; Cheers Characters represented: Brom; Stinky; Woody I love all three works represented? Check. One of my favorite characters from two of the works? Check. The song is awesome? Check. But even if two of those things weren't true, as a major character theme in two places, it would be considered plot important, even if it wasn't such an apt descriptor for the simple, kind country folk.
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