Ringo
I like to not get involved in these matters
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I'm looking for suggestions and specific examples of songs that make you feel as if you're the protagonist in a weird film. Imagine that you're driving through the Arizona desert, maybe running from (or to) someone. It's late and you're tired and dusty. Then you happen upon a bar in the middle fo nowhere. You pull over on the sirt road. You grind out your cigarette, push open the door and walk in. The atmosphere feels weird, charged...loaded almost. What song is playing on the jukebox?
Or maybe you visit a Transdimensional Gas Station. Things feel...off, twilight zone time. What song is playing on the old radio?
I don't mean songs that are intended to be be creepy or scary (anything Halloween, instrumental, Goth, metal or overtly new age is not what I mean. I don't want artists/band members shouting, screaming or wearing eye liner). The music should be weird by accident, maybe menacing, eerie or just enough to make you feel like somthing is about to happen. Here are some examples of what I mean:
This makes me want to sit in an empty bar. I swig a beer and smoke cigarettes. The door opens and a stranger walks in. He sits beside me and asks "Do you know why I'm here?"
Or how about a timeslip, a late night flashback or a shot of somone falling endlessly through the air?
Or this classic from Mulholland Drive. It's so beautiful but uncomfortable because it's so intense. I see our protagonist exploring a derelict building, ballroom or nightclub when this song suddenly starts playing...
So, tell me where are you and what song is playing.
Or maybe you visit a Transdimensional Gas Station. Things feel...off, twilight zone time. What song is playing on the old radio?
I don't mean songs that are intended to be be creepy or scary (anything Halloween, instrumental, Goth, metal or overtly new age is not what I mean. I don't want artists/band members shouting, screaming or wearing eye liner). The music should be weird by accident, maybe menacing, eerie or just enough to make you feel like somthing is about to happen. Here are some examples of what I mean:
This makes me want to sit in an empty bar. I swig a beer and smoke cigarettes. The door opens and a stranger walks in. He sits beside me and asks "Do you know why I'm here?"
Or how about a timeslip, a late night flashback or a shot of somone falling endlessly through the air?
Or this classic from Mulholland Drive. It's so beautiful but uncomfortable because it's so intense. I see our protagonist exploring a derelict building, ballroom or nightclub when this song suddenly starts playing...
So, tell me where are you and what song is playing.