I was listening to an *old* collection of pop songs, and I came across a Paul Simon tune that seems very appropriate to Traveller:
"Boy in the Bubble". Listen to it sometime, and see if you agree with me. Here are the lyrics...
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It was a slow day
And the sun was beating
On the soldiers by the side of the road
There was a bright light
A shattering of shop windows
The bomb in the baby carriage
Was wired to the radio
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all
The way we look to a distant constellation
That's dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don't cry baby, don't cry
Don't cry
It was a dry wind
And it swept across the desert
And it curled into the circle of birth
And the dead sand
Falling on the children
The mothers and the fathers
And the automatic earth
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all
The way we look to a distant constellation
That's dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don't cry baby, don't cry
Don't cry
It's a turn-around jump shot
It's everybody jump start
It's every generation throws a hero up the pop charts
Medicine is magical and magical is art
The Boy in the Bubble
And the baby with the baboon heart
And I believe
These are the days of lasers in the jungle
Lasers in the jungle somewhere
Staccato signals of constant information
A loose affiliation of millionaires
And billionaires and baby
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all
The way we look to a distant constellation
That's dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don't cry baby, don't cry
Don't cry
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The Traveller would recognize the intensive use to technology (esp. it's military applications), distant constellations, and that famous 'loose affiliation of 'millionaires and billionares'
(Personally, I like to add '...and babies' to the quote. Makes things more unexpected, and emphasises the role of family in the Imperium)
I especially like the emphasis on Miracle and Wonder - and, considering how violent the Imperial universe is, the need not to cry.
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Other interesting (if ancient) pop songs, from the top of my head:
* The Sound of Silence: a great place to drop off your scouts!
* Mother and Child reunion: Aliens!
* Joni Mitchell's _Woodstock_: You know, "We are stardust". You can make up a nice little culture based on that song...
* Hotel California: always good for a little horror.
* Xanadu (by Rush, I think). Also, check out the poem by Coleridge, for some interesting ideals
* Eye in the Sky (Alan Parsons Project) - for your favourite Law Level E world
"Boy in the Bubble". Listen to it sometime, and see if you agree with me. Here are the lyrics...
*****************************
It was a slow day
And the sun was beating
On the soldiers by the side of the road
There was a bright light
A shattering of shop windows
The bomb in the baby carriage
Was wired to the radio
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all
The way we look to a distant constellation
That's dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don't cry baby, don't cry
Don't cry
It was a dry wind
And it swept across the desert
And it curled into the circle of birth
And the dead sand
Falling on the children
The mothers and the fathers
And the automatic earth
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all
The way we look to a distant constellation
That's dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don't cry baby, don't cry
Don't cry
It's a turn-around jump shot
It's everybody jump start
It's every generation throws a hero up the pop charts
Medicine is magical and magical is art
The Boy in the Bubble
And the baby with the baboon heart
And I believe
These are the days of lasers in the jungle
Lasers in the jungle somewhere
Staccato signals of constant information
A loose affiliation of millionaires
And billionaires and baby
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all
The way we look to a distant constellation
That's dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don't cry baby, don't cry
Don't cry
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The Traveller would recognize the intensive use to technology (esp. it's military applications), distant constellations, and that famous 'loose affiliation of 'millionaires and billionares'
(Personally, I like to add '...and babies' to the quote. Makes things more unexpected, and emphasises the role of family in the Imperium)
I especially like the emphasis on Miracle and Wonder - and, considering how violent the Imperial universe is, the need not to cry.
*****************************
Other interesting (if ancient) pop songs, from the top of my head:
* The Sound of Silence: a great place to drop off your scouts!
* Mother and Child reunion: Aliens!
* Joni Mitchell's _Woodstock_: You know, "We are stardust". You can make up a nice little culture based on that song...
* Hotel California: always good for a little horror.
* Xanadu (by Rush, I think). Also, check out the poem by Coleridge, for some interesting ideals
* Eye in the Sky (Alan Parsons Project) - for your favourite Law Level E world
