Sorry for any grammatical mistakes I may have, as English is not my first language.So, I have this little game when I go in long trips that involves music and some of my favourite fictional characters. I have a list of them in my cell phone, and when a song is played, I go through the list, divided into males and females, imagining that one of the characters are singing the song. I imagine that there has been like an imaginary gathering of all sorts, and they are just in a big concert where they can sing whatever they want (kinda like a karaoke). Some of the matches don't usually make sense, but some of them do, and it's very interesting to see a character match up with a song so perfectly.
I wanted to share this with you guys because I'm going to report my experiences here with different songs: first with the ones I have in my own personal playlist, secondly with the ones that come up in my youtube's playlist, and thirdly some from spanish radio stations. In this journal I will report my experience with songs in my playlist. Characters appearing will be of several Animes, Books and from Persona 4, both Anime and Video Game.
Also,
SPOILER ALERT!! I'll mark every spoiler that coud be found with an "
S" before the song. Now then, enjoy, and I encourgae you to try it out as it is a quite interesting and imaginative game.
Firstly, these are the characters I have assigned each instrument or vocals to (note that these could change depending of the song and character performing):
-MALE CHORUS:
Ren Akatsuki, Hibiki Lates and Eve Tearm (Fairy Tail) -
Ichiya Vandalay Kotobuki (if one of the other three are performing)
-FEMALE CHORUS:
Rise Kujikawa, Chie Satonaka and Yukiko Amagi (Persona 4) -
Naoto Shirogane (if one of the other three are performing)
-GUITAR:
Kvothe (Kingkiller Chronicles)
-BASS:
Kirtash (Memorias de Idhún)
-DRUMS:
Elfman Strauss (Fairy Tail)
-PIANO:
Jace Herondale (Shadowhunters)
-OTHER INSTRUMENTS / SUBSTITUTE:
Max Alors (Fairy Tail)
Here go the songs (all links to them will be at the bottom of the page):
-"I Swear" (Michael Montgomery)-
Happy (Fairy Tail) : Bluntly, he sings the song to Carla. Throughout the song Carla appears to be cold and doesn't seem to be interested in him, but as the song finishes she is seen blushing and with a gentle expression. When Happy looks at her she goes back to her usual demeanor, but inside her heart is beating fast. The chorus goes like this (I'll write down some of the lyrics of each song, mostly the ones I like more or the ones that match up best with the character singing them):
"I swear / By the moon and the stars and the sky / I'll be there / I swear / Like the shadow that's by your side / I'll be there / For better or worse / Till death do us part / I'll love you with every beat of my heart / I swear".
-"Voy a pasármelo bien" (Hombres G)-
Gajeel Redfox (Fairy Tail) : This classic 80's Spanish rock track is all about having fun, just as the title suggest. Gajeel rocks out this song just as the other members of the group, while everyone dances to the beat. The song suits Gajeel because of his habit of singing, and I think rock fits perfectly with his style. The song starts like this:
"Hoy me he levantado dando un salto mortal / he echado un par de huevos a mi sartén / dando volteretas he llegado al baño / me he duchado y he despilfarrado el gel / Porque hoy...algo me dice que voy a pasármelo bien...". In English it would be like this: "
Today I woke up somersaulting / I threw a couple of eggs in my frying pan / somersaulting I got into the bathroom / I showered and I wasted the gel / Because today...something tells me that I'm gonna have fun..."
S-"Bring me to life" (Evanescence)-
Minerva Orland ft. Sting Eucliffe (Fairy Tail) : This matchup is probably the best of this journal, mostly because the lyrics match up perfectly:
"(Wake me up) / Wake me up inside / (I can't wake up) / Wake me up inside / (Save me) / Call my name and save me from the dark / (Wake me up) / Bid my blood to run / (I can't wake up) / Before I come undone / (Save me) / Save me from the nothing I've become" Which could be referencing when she was a demon in Tartarus, with no soul and all darkness, and Sting and Rogue saved her and welcomed her into Sabertooth again. I imagined that she starts singing the song, and when she gets to the first chorus (the one I wrote down) Sting appears by surprise and starts singing with her. Minerva is pleasantly surprised (if you already hadn't notice, I ship StingxMinerva) and they continue singing. When the song ends, they kiss and everything is incredible. I seriously was grinning throughout this whole song imagining it.
-"Tango de Roxanne" (Moulin Rouge)-
Rogue Cheney and Sting Eucliffe (Fairy Tail): Yeah, I have quite some songs from Moulin Rouge in my playlist. I imagine this song as kinda theatrical, firstly with Rogue singing while Sting and Minerva represent a scene in while they fall in love and then jelausly breakes them apart, and then, when Ewan McGregor starts to sing, that would be Sting, Yukino appears and starts dancing with Rogue. Then the two pairs start dancing tango together. Some of my favourite lyrics are the beggining of the song: "
We have a dance! / In the brothels of Buenos Aires / Tells the story / Of a prostitute / And a man...who falls in love.../ With her. / First there is desire / Then...passion! / Then...suspicion! / Jelaousy! Anger! Betrayal! / Where love is for the higher bidder, / There can be no trust! / Without trust, / There is no love! / Jelousy. / Yes, jelousy... / Will drive you...mad!"
-"I don't wanna miss a thing" (Aerosmith)-
Ren Akatsuki (Fairy Tail): This is quite straightfoward, as Ren is always showing his affection for Sherry, so this song is just another way of expressing his overwhelming feelings. The Chorus goes like this:
"Don't wanna miss a thing / I don't wanna fall asleep / 'Cause I'll miss you baby / And I don't wanna miss a thing / 'Cause even when I dream of you / the sweetest dream would never do / I'd still miss you baby / And I don't wanna miss a thing"
-"The Show Must go On" (Moulin Rouge)-
Pantherlily ft Carla (Fairy Tail): I just loved the idea of Pantherlily acting dramatically, so I just loved this song sung by Pantherlily. While he is singing, Carla and Happy are showcasing a break up, in which Happy breakes up with Carla. I love how theatrically it starts:
"Another hero. Another mindless crime. / Behind the curtain, in the pantomime."
-"She's a River" (Simple Minds)-
Jeaha (Akatsuki no Yona): Jeaha wanted to express his feelings towards Yona, and how he has changed him, so he decides to sing this amazing song. Some lyrics are:
"They say that every heaven's got a thousand rooms / So take me to the freedom ride / My heart is like a hunter's in the silent moon / My nerves feel electrified meet me on the staircase by a darker moon / Light me like a naked flame, the voice of mother nature states / All things must past"
-"Your Song" (Elton John)-
Gija (Akatsuki no Yona): When Jeaha finishes his song, Gija fights with him stating that he loves Yona more, and to prove it he sings one of my favourite songs and one of the most romantic out there. My favourite lyrics are these:
"So excuse me forgetting but these things I do / You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue / Anyway the thing is what I really mean / Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen".
-"I won't say I'm in Love" (Hercules)-
Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender): Katara is confused with her feelings towards Aang, as she knows she feels something but doesn't want to give up their friendship, and is scared that him being the avatar is too inaccesible. She decides to sing this song, and through it, with the help of the muses, played by Toph and Suki, she discoveres that she finally loves him. My favourite part of the song are the final lyrics:
"At least out loud, / I won't say I'm in love".
-"Thnks fr th Mmrs" (Fall Out Boy)-
Bolin (Avatar: The Legend of Korra): Okay, I mostly wrote down this one because the idea of Bolin singing a song by Fall Out Boy was too awesome, but I suppose a context of some sorts is needed. I imagined Bolin highly depressed because all its recent relationships had been brief, mostly just one-night stands. His brother Mako then convices them to sing something so he can cheer up, to which Bolin accepts. During this song, he forgets all his problems and just has a genuine good time. Chorus goes like this:
"One night and one more time / Thanks for the memories / Even though they weren't so great / "He tastes like you only sweeter" / One night, yeah, and one more time / Thanks for the memories, thanks for the memories / "See, he tastes just like you but sweeter" "
-"Con Solo Una Sonrisa" (Melendi)-
Kai (Avatar: The Legend of Korra): Another straightforward one; Kai confessing his feelings for Jinora. It is just your average love song. Its opening lyrics are particularly good in my opinion:
"Desnúdame, juega conmigo a ser la perdición / que todo hombre quisiera poseer. / Y olvídate de todo lo que fui y quiéreme / por lo que pueda llegar a ser en tu vida / tan loca y absurda como la mía". It roughly translates as this:
"Undress me, play with me to be the perdition / every man wanted to have. / And forget everything I was and love me / for what I could be in your life /
as crazy and worthless as mine."-"La Promesa" (Melendi)-
Kuuga Sakurai (Kaichou wa Maid-sama!!): As Kuuga is a popstar, everyon goes crazy when he came in the stage, but he starts singing this incredibly romantic song to confess to the general public his feelings towards Sakura. It is one of the most romantic songs in Spanish that I know, and one of the most emotionals too. I particularly love the last part:
"Porque cuando un hombre ama a una mujer / lo sabe desde el momento en que la ve / y no importa si algo falla / o de la mano de quién vaya / si se ríe o si se calla / Porque cuando un hombre ama a una mujer / es como si le empezara a parecer / que lleva tiempo dormido / pensando que estaba vivo / yo te prometo contigo / envejecer..:". Translation:
"Because when a man loves a woman / he knows it since the moment he sees her / and it doesn't matter if something goes wrong / or whose hand she holds / if she laughs or she is silent. / Because when a man loves a woman / is like he began to notice / that he was asleep for a long time / thinking he was alive / I promise you / to age together..."
-"Video Killed the Radio Star" (Robbie Williams cover-I don't know if the lyrics change)-
Hinata (Kaichou wa Maid-sama!!): I just wrote this down because I notice most of the songs were slow paced, and I figured there was a need for a fast paced song for everyone to dance to...and here it is!. Chorus:
"Video killed the radio star / video killed the radio star / pictures came and broke your heart / oh-a-a-a-oh"
(S)-"Photograph" (Nickelback)-
Yu Narukami (Persona 4): Yu remembers all of the memories he made in Inaba and all the people he met there and by the end of the song he starts crying. All his friends then group-hug him. These are the lyrics that most match with Yu as a character:
"I miss that town / I miss the faces / You can't erase / You can't replace it / I miss it now / I can't believe it / So hard to stay / Too hard to leave it". Yes, I know it matches too much that it's scary.
S-"Crazy" (Aerosmith)-
Kou Ichijo (Persona 4): Okay, this is a little bit hard to match but when its finally together, it joins perfectly. I see this as a song of how Kou feels dating Ai (following the events of Persona 4, I think they could've started dating). In the game its relationship can be teased, as in Ai's Social Link a love triangle forms between Ai, Kou and Chie, as Ai has a crush on Kou and Kou on Chie, but not further developed. In the anime however there is a whole episode centered around that love triangle, which ends with Ai becoming closer on Kou. I imagined that over the course of the next year the two became closer, just before confessing their love for each other. And when they started dating, Ai became...well, the older Ai, I suppose out of insecurity. After Kou sings this song, the two have a discussion about their feelings, and end up stronger than ever. The chorus goes as following:
"I go crazy, crazy, baby, I go crazy / You turn it on / Then you're gone / Yeah you drive me / Crazy, crazy, crazy, for you baby / What can I do, honey / I feel like the colour blue.."
S-"The A Team" (Ed Sheeran)-
Kvothe (Kingkiller Chronicles): This is another one that matches too perfectly, and one of the best of this journal too. After thinking about the lifestyle of Denna and how she feels deep inside, he decides to sing this to tell her that he knows how she feels. Of course, by the end of the song Denna is crying (along with the rest of the crowd). This song also serves as a sort of metaphora of Denna's lifestyle, as, even though she is not poor, she has to be with rich men in order to survive, or else she would have nothing. Some of the lyrics that reflect the true meaning of the song sung by Kvothe are: "
And they say / She's in the A Team / Stuck in her daydream / Been this way since eighteen / But lately her face seems / Slowly sinking, wasting / Crumbling like pastries / And they scream / The worst things in life come free to us / 'Cause we're just under the upper hand / And go mad for a couple grams / And she don't want to go outside tonight / And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland / Or sells love to another man / It's too cold outside / For angels to fly / Angels to fly"
-"1985" (Bowling for Soup)-
Magnus Bane (Shadowhunters): Magnus was having an argue with the rest of the shadowhunters about which decade had the best music of all, him defending the 80s (also my favourite decade, together with mid 90s-mid 00s). When others don't agree, he steps up into the stage and sings this song, which shows which decade was the best. The too catchy chorus (seriously, I have it in my head all time) :
"Springsteen, Madonna / way before Nirvana / There was U2 and Blondie / And Music still on MTV / Her two kids in High School / They tell her that she's uncool / Cause she's still preocuppied / With 19, 19, 1985"
S-"Thinking out loud" (Ed Sheeran)-
Jordan Kyle (Shadowhunters): Obviously this is a love song dedicated completely to Maia. But what is more depressing is knowing the fatal destiny of Jordan. Now cry all with me while I post these both heartwarming and heartbreaking lyrics:
"And darling, I will be loving you 'til we're 70 / And, baby, my heart could still fall as hard at 23 / And I'm thinking 'bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways / maybe just the touch of a hand / Well, me - I fall in love with you every single day / And I just wanna tell you I am"
-"Elephant Love Medley" (Moulin Rouge)-
Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger (Harry Potter): Ron and Hermione theatrically express their feelings towards each other (also don't you thing that each of them fit within the characters and personalities depicted by Ewan and Nicole in this song?). Here is how it starts:
"Love is a many splendored thing / Love lifts us up when we belong / All you need is love!"
So, that's it for the first part. Hope you all liked it
Songs:
-I swear:
[link]-Voy a pasármelo bien:
[link]-Bring me to life:
[link]-Tango de Roxanne:
[link]-I don't wanna miss a thing:
[link]-The Show must go on:
[link]-She's a river:
[link]-Your Song:
[link]-I won't say I'm in love:
[link]>In Castilian Spanish, the version I listen to (and prefer):
[link]-Thnks fr th mmrs:
[link]-Con Solo Una Sonrisa:
[link]-La Promesa:
[link]-Video Killed the Radio Star:
[link]-Photograph:
[link]-Crazy:
[link]-The A Team:
[link]-1985:
[link]-Thinking out loud:
[link]-Elephant Love Medley:
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