Round #15; Adventure Time - The Land of Ooo
Fandom:Adventure Time
Subject:The Land of Ooo
Title:We'll Go To Very Distant Lands
Warnings/Notes:I recently fell in love with Adventure Time, and thought it would be perfect for this round. It's a show with a lot to say about the typical (and not so typical) hero/villain/damsel-in-distress dynamic, and can be surprisingly dark (granted, it does take place in a world that's been devastated by nuclear fallout). I went kind of the odd way and made a mix about the world itself instead of a particular character because it's enough of a presence to almost be its own character (and I got to explore both sides this way!).
Adventure Time takes place “after the bombs have fallen and magic has come back into the world”. It’s a post-apocalyptic world, one thousand years after The Mushroom War has ended. Life has come back into the world, but it’s (mostly) not life as we know it. Think candy people and sentient lumps; vampire queens and magical talking, stretchy dogs; monsters born from nuclear devastation and heroes who are the last of their species. The Land of Ooo is where most of the action of the show takes place (there are a few other dimensions and alternate universes, after all). It’s a place that creates heroes and villains in equal (and equally fun) amounts, with plenty of shades of grey in between. A place where the hero might fight their enemy with singing as often as with swords, and the princesses save their heroes when the need arises.
This is a mix dedicated to the Land of Ooo and the people it shapes.
The Fog Rolls In - Nox Arcana
~instrumental~
Land Lost - In The Nursery
~instrumental~
Imagine (John Lennon cover) - A Perfect Circle
Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try.
No hell below us, above us only sky.
Imagine all the people living for today.
Shankill Butchers - The Decemberists
They used to be just like me and you,
they used to be sweet little boys.
But something went horribly askew,
now killing is their only source of joy.
Cuz everybody knows if you don’t mind your mother’s words
a wicked wind will blow your ribbons from your curls.
Everybody moan, everybody shake.
The Shankill Butchers want to catch you awake.
A Fire Is Burning - Oysterband
Names were gone like footprints, a whisper on the wind.
A lover was a comrade, was a stranger, was a friend.
When we slept our eyes were open and this thumping in our chest
said there is no, there is no, there is no rest.
Because a fire is burning in our house,
a fire burning up the house of man.
Barlights - fun.
And I really wanna take a swing,
I can’t help but remember James Dean.
See we are part of the few who agree
that, hey, he lived life fast
but he died, he died, he died.
Me, I’m gonna live forever.
...
For the first time in a long time I feel alive.
On Top of the World - Imagine Dragons
I’ve tried to cut these corners,
try to take the easy way out.
I kept on falling short of something.
I coulda gave up then but
then again I couldn’t have cuz
I’ve traveled all this way for something.
I take it in but don’t look down,
cuz I’m on top of the world, ‘ay,
I’m on top of the world, ‘ay.
Waiting on this for a while now,
paying my dues to the dirt.
I’ve been waiting to smile, ‘ay,
been holding it in for a while, ‘ay.
Take you with me if I can,
been dreaming of this since a child.
I’m on top of the world.
The World I Know (Collective Soul cover, live) - David Cook
So I walk up on high and I step to the edge
to see my world below.
And I laugh at myself while the tears roll down.
Cuz it’s the world I know,
it’s the world I know.
King And Lionheart - Of Monsters And Men
And in the winter night sky ships are sailing,
looking down on these bright blue city lights.
And they won’t wait, and they won’t wait, and they won’t wait.
We’re here to stay, we’re here to stay, we’re here to stay.
Howling ghosts they reappear
in mountains that are stacked with fear,
but you’re a king and I’m a lionheart.
A lionheart.
Our Voices - Matthew Barber
Sing this song with me
and you will never be sad or alone,
on the road or at home.
Sing along with me
and your eyes will see what your ears hear,
and that’s our voices my dear.
Yawny At the Apocalypse - Andrew Bird
~instrumental~
SS
4s
Subject:The Land of Ooo
Title:We'll Go To Very Distant Lands
Warnings/Notes:I recently fell in love with Adventure Time, and thought it would be perfect for this round. It's a show with a lot to say about the typical (and not so typical) hero/villain/damsel-in-distress dynamic, and can be surprisingly dark (granted, it does take place in a world that's been devastated by nuclear fallout). I went kind of the odd way and made a mix about the world itself instead of a particular character because it's enough of a presence to almost be its own character (and I got to explore both sides this way!).
Adventure Time takes place “after the bombs have fallen and magic has come back into the world”. It’s a post-apocalyptic world, one thousand years after The Mushroom War has ended. Life has come back into the world, but it’s (mostly) not life as we know it. Think candy people and sentient lumps; vampire queens and magical talking, stretchy dogs; monsters born from nuclear devastation and heroes who are the last of their species. The Land of Ooo is where most of the action of the show takes place (there are a few other dimensions and alternate universes, after all). It’s a place that creates heroes and villains in equal (and equally fun) amounts, with plenty of shades of grey in between. A place where the hero might fight their enemy with singing as often as with swords, and the princesses save their heroes when the need arises.
This is a mix dedicated to the Land of Ooo and the people it shapes.
The Fog Rolls In - Nox Arcana
~instrumental~
Land Lost - In The Nursery
~instrumental~
Imagine (John Lennon cover) - A Perfect Circle
Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try.
No hell below us, above us only sky.
Imagine all the people living for today.
Shankill Butchers - The Decemberists
They used to be just like me and you,
they used to be sweet little boys.
But something went horribly askew,
now killing is their only source of joy.
Cuz everybody knows if you don’t mind your mother’s words
a wicked wind will blow your ribbons from your curls.
Everybody moan, everybody shake.
The Shankill Butchers want to catch you awake.
A Fire Is Burning - Oysterband
Names were gone like footprints, a whisper on the wind.
A lover was a comrade, was a stranger, was a friend.
When we slept our eyes were open and this thumping in our chest
said there is no, there is no, there is no rest.
Because a fire is burning in our house,
a fire burning up the house of man.
Barlights - fun.
And I really wanna take a swing,
I can’t help but remember James Dean.
See we are part of the few who agree
that, hey, he lived life fast
but he died, he died, he died.
Me, I’m gonna live forever.
...
For the first time in a long time I feel alive.
On Top of the World - Imagine Dragons
I’ve tried to cut these corners,
try to take the easy way out.
I kept on falling short of something.
I coulda gave up then but
then again I couldn’t have cuz
I’ve traveled all this way for something.
I take it in but don’t look down,
cuz I’m on top of the world, ‘ay,
I’m on top of the world, ‘ay.
Waiting on this for a while now,
paying my dues to the dirt.
I’ve been waiting to smile, ‘ay,
been holding it in for a while, ‘ay.
Take you with me if I can,
been dreaming of this since a child.
I’m on top of the world.
The World I Know (Collective Soul cover, live) - David Cook
So I walk up on high and I step to the edge
to see my world below.
And I laugh at myself while the tears roll down.
Cuz it’s the world I know,
it’s the world I know.
King And Lionheart - Of Monsters And Men
And in the winter night sky ships are sailing,
looking down on these bright blue city lights.
And they won’t wait, and they won’t wait, and they won’t wait.
We’re here to stay, we’re here to stay, we’re here to stay.
Howling ghosts they reappear
in mountains that are stacked with fear,
but you’re a king and I’m a lionheart.
A lionheart.
Our Voices - Matthew Barber
Sing this song with me
and you will never be sad or alone,
on the road or at home.
Sing along with me
and your eyes will see what your ears hear,
and that’s our voices my dear.
Yawny At the Apocalypse - Andrew Bird
~instrumental~
SS
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