Now HERE’S something funny for you civilians
There’s a game, Fallout 3. It has a wonderful “past future” post-apocalyptic setting. Think golden age 50’s visions of the future…gone sour.
So it’s some indeterminate time in the future, the world’s been pretty much blown up and you were raised in a huge underground shelter.
You eventually encounter a radio station being broadcast with some plot line, “news” and a wonderful play list that most people who’ve read this far will double take.
Having had quite enough programming and FX research for an evening I started playing and after about an hour I quit so I could go dig up some info on the music. I found the list just now over on BeefJack (*shrug*)
Check this out (the videos I linked to on youtube are for the most part stills or clips from the game, so they’re a little …well… icky):
- Butcher Pete — Roy Brown
- I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire — The Ink Spots
- Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall — The Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald This one seems to start half way through the song, at the bridge. Haven’t found the full length version yet.
- Way Back Home — Bob Crosby and the Bobcats
- Anything Goes — Cole Porter with Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks I don’t think this is the same version. The in-game version is much richer tonally. The vocals are far far better as well. But this’ll give you an idea.
- Maybe — The Ink Spots The video’s a little grim, but it does have the lyrical subtitles. This is one of my favorites ;)
- Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) — Danny Kaye
- Happy Times — Bob Crosby and the Bobcats
- Mighty Mighty Man — Roy Brown
- Crazy He Calls Me — Billie Holiday This doesn’t seem to be available on youtube. Damn shame that, it’s a wonderful tune.
- A Wonderful Guy — Tex Beneke
Now, there are a couple missing from that list, but it’s a damn good start.
These things are really getting better.
UPDATE: Among the missing:
Let’s Go Sunning I don’t know who this is yet. Gimme a break, it’s 2:45 in the morning.
(I’ll populate these links and flesh this out for a bit, as I’m inspired.)
Tags: Capital Funkitude, gaming