fanmix! Brief Encounters: A Tribute to (Some of) the Minor Characters of AtLA
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Track List, Notes, and Lyrics
I realized it's been a year since I first watched Avatar and I wanted to do something to mark the occasion. I chose the characters based purely on my having a suitable song for them. No slighting of other minor characters is intended.
01. Earth King Kuei: Feeling Good - Nina Simone (2:54) Download
Note: Kuei seems genuinely happy to have the chance to go out and explore the world, even if it came about through tragedy.
Birds flying high you know how I feel
Sun in the sky you know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me, yeah
Chorus:
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life for me
And I'm feeling good
Fish in the sea you know how I feel
River running free you know how I feel
Blossom on the tree you know how I feel
Chorus
Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don't you know
Butterflies all havin' fun you know what I mean
Sleep in peace when day is done
That's what I mean
And this old world is a new world
And a bold world
For me
Stars when you shine you know how I feel
Scent of the pine you know how I feel
Oh freedom is mine
And I know how I feel
Chorus
02. Xin Fu: Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong (2:40) Download
Note: Xin Fu likes money and beating people up.
The best things in life are free
But you can give them to the birds and bees
Chorus:
I need money
(That's what I want) That's what I want
(That's what I want) That's what I want
(That's what I want) That's what I want
(That's what I want)
Your love give me such a thrill,
But your love don't pay my bills
Chorus
Money don't get everything it's true
What it don't get I can't use
Chorus
Money (That's what I want)
Lots of money (That's what I want)
Whole lotta money (That's what I want)
Uh huh, oh yeah (That's what I want) [Repeat]
Give me money (That's what I want)
Lots of money (That's what I want)
All those lean greens, yeah (That's what I want)
That's right, baby, that's what I need (That's what I want)
03. Li and Lo: Goodbye Mein Herr - Liza Minelli (from Cabaret) (3:34) Download
Note: I just like to believe Li and Lo broke hearts up and down the Fire Nation in their day.
Intro: Mein Damen und Herren, Madames et Monsieurs, Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the international sensation, Fraulein Sally Bowles!
You have to understand the way I am, Mein Herr
A tiger is a tiger, not a lamb, Mein Herr
You`ll never turn the vinegar to jam, Mein Herr
So I do, what I do
When I`m through, then I`m through
And I`m through, toodle-loo
Chorus:
Bye bye Mein lieber Herr
Farewell Mein lieber Herr
It was a fine affair, but now it`s over
And though I used to care, I need the open air
You`re better off without me Mein Herr
Don`t dab your eye, Mein Herr
Or wonder why, Mein Herr
I`ve always said that I was a rover
You mustn`t knit your brow
You should have known by now
You`d every cause to doubt me Mein Herr
The continent of Europe is so wide, Mein Herr
Not only up and down, but side to side, Mein Herr
I couldn`t ever cross it if I tried, Mein Herr
But I do what I can
Inch by inch
Step by step
Mile by mile
Man by man
Chorus
Bye bye Mein lieber Herr
Auf wiedersehen, Mein Herr
Es war sehr gut, Mein Herr
Du kennst mich wohl, Mein Herr
Ach, lebe wohl, Mein Herr
Du sollst mich nie mehr sehen Mein Herr*
(Bye bye Mein Herr) Bye bye Mein lieber Herr
(Auf wiedersehen, Es war sehr gut)
Bye bye (Du kennst mich wohl)
Mein Herr (Ach, lebe wohl, Du sollst mich nie)
And bye bye
Chorus
You`ll get on without me
(Auf wiedersehen, Es war sehr gut, Du kennst mich wohl)
Mein Herr (Ach, lebe wohl)
(Bye bye Mein Herr, Auf wiedersehen, Bye bye Mein Herr)
*German: Goodbye. It was good. You know me well. Ah, farewell. You will never see me more, dear sir.
04. Meng: Must Be Luff - Michelle Shocked (2:36) Download
Note: They say every person has one True Luff.
Well I'm admittin' I was driftin'
When I came into your harbor
But I feel my spirits liftin'
Like a wind just off the starboard bow
Well I know I swore I'd love no more
But you rolled in you called my bluff
Oh, you take the wind out of my sails
It must be luff, it must be luff
Oh, luff, L-U-F-F, oh luff
It must be luff
Now, I been down, I been around
I drink the whiskey, don't drink no water
Yeah, this ain't my first seaport town
No, I'm a salty seaman's daughter
But you rock my boat, it'll hardly float
And when you talk that soft romantic stuff
Oh, you take the wind out of my sails
Must be luff, it must be luff
Oh, luff, it must be luff, must be luff
So fly that jolly roger high
Don't lie, you are a pirate
Shanghaied my heart, stole my soul
Don't you try to deny it
Oh, how I cried when you took my pride
And when that just wasn't enough
You took the wind out of my sails
Must be luff, it must be luff
Oh, luff, it must be luff, oh luff [Repeat through end]
05. Hama: Pirate Jenny - Marianne Faithfull (4:35) (from The Threepenny Opera) Download
Note: Hama did very well in getting revenge for not having a pirate crew to back her up.
You lads see me dunk the glasses, wash the floors,
Make the beds, I'm the best of servants.
You can kindly throw me pennies and I'll thank you very much
When you see me ragged and tattered in this dirty shit hotel
You don't know in hell who's talking,
You still don't know in hell who's talking
Still one fine day there will be roars from the harbor
And you'll ask, "What is all that screeching for?"
And you'll see me smiling as I dunk the glasses
And you'll say, "What's she got to smile at for?"
And the ship, eight sails shining,
Fifty-five cannons wide, sir,
Waits there at the quay
You say, "Work on, wipe the glasses, my girl."
And just slip me a dirty six-pence
And your pennies will be taken, and your beds will be made,
(I doubt if forty winks will come anybody's way)
You still don't know in hell who's talking,
You still don't know in hell who's talking
Still one fine day there'll be a loud bang from the harbor,
And you'll ask, "Jesus christ, what was that bang?"
And you'll see me standing right behind the window,
And you'll say, "Why has she got the evil eye?"
And the ship, eight sails shining,
Fifty-five cannons wide, sir,
Will be aimed at this town
So then lads, it's time for tears, no more laughs at the bar,
For the walls will be at your ankles
And look out, lads, the town will be flat as the ground
This dirty shit hotel will be spared wrack and ruin
And you'll say, "Who is the fancy bitch lives there?"
You'll say, "Who is the fancy bitch lives there?"
There'll be rows of people running round the hotel
And you'll ask, "Why should they have spared this hovel?"
And you'll see me in the morning leaving lightly
And you'll say, "That one, her? She lived there?"
The same ship, eight sails shining,
Fifty-five cannons wide, sir,
Flies crossbones and skull
In the midday sun a hundred men will step ashore
All tramping where your shadows crawled
They'll lay their hands on men, hiding shit-scared behind doors
Lead them in chains here before this silent woman,
And they'll say, "Well, which ones shall we kill?"
They'll say, "Which ones shall we kill?"
Come the dot of twelve, it will be still in the harbor,
When they ask me, "Well, who's going to die?"
And you'll hear me whispering, oh, so sweetly, "All of them!"
And as the soft heads fall, I'll say, "Hoppla!"*
That same ship, eight sails shining,
Fifty-five cannons wide, sir,
Disappears with me
*German: Hurray
06. Avatar Yangchen: God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash (2:37) Download
Note: You don't want to get on Yangchen's list.
Chorus 1:
You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Chorus 2:
Go tell that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
Well my goodness gracious let me tell you the news
My head's been wet with the midnight dew
I've been down on bended knee talkin' to the man from Galilee
He spoke to me in the voice so sweet
I thought I heard the shuffle of the angel's feet
He called my name and my heart stood still
When he said, "John go do My will!"
Chorus 2
Chorus 1
Well you may throw your rock and hide your hand
Workin' in the dark against your fellow man
But as sure as God made black and white
What's done in the dark will be brought to the light
Chorus 1
Chorus 2
07. Ran and Shao: Ritual Fire Dance - Manuel de Falla (from El Amor Brujo, or Love, the Magician) (4:08) Download
Note: It's not a dance. It's a fire bending form.
Instrumental
08. King Bumi: Earth People - Dr. Octagon (4:48) Download
Note: Earth People, I was born in Omashu on Jupiter.
(Paging Dr. Octagon, Code Blue in Sector Thirteen…)
First patient pull out the skull remove the cancer
Breakin' his back chisel necks for the answer
Supersonic bionic robot voodoo power
Equator ex my chance to flex skills on Ampex
With power meters and heaters gauge anti freeze
Octagon oxygen aluminum intoxicants
More ways to blow blood cells in your face
React with four bombs and six fire missiles
Armed with seven rounds of space doo-doo pistols
You may not believe, livin' on the Earth planet
My skin is green and silver, warhead lookin' mean
Astronauts get played, tough like the ukulele
As I move in rockets, overriding, levels
Nothing's aware, same data, same system
(Controlled by gamma light) [Repeat 3x]
Chorus
Earth People, New York and California
Earth People, I was born on Jupiter [Repeat 4x]
(Controlled by gamma light) [Repeat 3x]
(Radiation leakage on the promenade deck
Access for authorized personnel only)
Verse 2
Now my helmet's on, you can't tell me I'm not in space
With the National Guard United States Enterprise
Diplomat of swing with aliens at my feet
Comin' down the rampart through beam on the street
Obsolete computes, compounds and dead sounds
As I locate intricately independent
Economic rhymer got savory store food
In Capsule D my program is ability
For a reaction and response to a no-one
Identification Code: Unidentified
I got cosmophonic, press a button, changed my face
You recognize, so what? I turned invisible
Made myself clear, reappeared to you visual
Disappear again, zapped like a android
Face the fact, I fly on planets every day
My nucleus friend, prepare, I return again
My 7XL is not yet invented
Chorus
Space Ranger, contact tubes, send synthetics
I program one and go to Earth through the fax machine
My number's Seven-Oh-Nine Seven-Five-Five Six-E-L-Three
Computer File: Nine-Three
Digital level, standing on the terminal
Upside down through polygons fightin' pentagons
Changin' blue skin, my brown color's comin' back
I'm psychedelic this time, come in rainbow
Look at the green lights and y'all see my brain glow
Five colors: yellow, black and red and green, purple
Chorus
(Forecast for today: gaseous with a 30% chance of meteor showers
Please use a level five or greater radiation block
Have a nice day)
09. Jun: Supervixen - Garbage (3:56) Download
Note: Bounty hunter kung fu master supervixen.
Come down to my house
Stick a stone in your mouth
You can always pull out
If you like it too much
Chorus:
Make a whole new religion
A falling star that you cannot live without
And I'll feed your obsession
There'll be nothing but this thing that you'll never doubt
A hit is hard to resist
And I never miss
I can take you out
With just a flick of my wrist
Chorus
And I'll feed your obsession
The falling star that you cannot live without
I will be your religion
This thing you'll never doubt
You're not the only one
You're not the only one
Bow down to me [Repeat 6x]
10. Chan and Ruon Jian: Tangerine Speedo - Caviar (3:19) Download
Note: Azula burned down the bungalow because she doesn't like Mello Yello.
Two-week vacation Costa Rica see America
Young ladies oh, eureka! So many there to score-ica
Cruise the ocean bars with some similar type fellows
Little Latin lovelies drinking gin and Mello Yellos
Please get me a towel Mr. Tangerine Speedo
You're all over town tangerine la la la la la la la la
Nowhere to go, nothing to do
I'll be as gentle on you as tearless baby shampoo
Back to my bungalow with flesh tone kimonos
Ah, come a little closer feel the "Sting" of my "Bono", no no no no
The talk of the town
Mr. Tangerine Speedo
How you get around
In your tangerine la la la la la la la la
Little Latin lovelies will love to drink gin And Mello Yello in my bungalow
Lovin' me
Tangerine la la la la la la la la
All the French girls go "Zut alors, no no no no, zut alors, no no"*
Coming at the target, you're as straight as Magellan
If you've got a secret weapon, well you're as sure as hell ain't telling
Cause your mouth made an offer that their bodies cannot veto
No woman can resist a man who looks good in a speedo
Pfft! Get me a towel
Mr. Tangerine Speedo
You're all over town
Tangerine la la la la la la la la
Talk of the town
Mr. Tangerine Speedo
How you get around
In your tangerine la la la la la la la la
Little Latin lovelies will love to drink gin and Mello Yello in my bungalow
La la la la la la la la [Repeat 2x]
Zut alors, no, zut alors, no no, zut alors, no no no no no [Repeat 3x]
*French: A very mild swear, similar to "Gosh darnit."