Melissa Rogerson: Music for Gaming

I was thinking recently about finding appropriate music to listen to when we are gaming.

Here’s my list:

I want to play Through the Desert while listening to In the Desert, by Michael Flanders & Donald Swann.

I want to play Mystery of the Abbey while listening to gregorian chants.

I want to play Euphrates & Tigris while listening to The Rivers of Babylon, by Boney M.

I want to play Pirates’ Cove while listening to In the Navy, by The Village People.

I want to play Nautilus while listening to Yellow Submarine, by The Beatles.

I want to play Funny Friends (Fiese Freunde Fette Feten) while listening to I spent my last $10 on Birth Control and Beer, by Two Nice Girls.

I want to play Arche Opti Mix while listening to Uncle Noah’s Ark, by The Wiggles.

I want to play Coloretto while listening to Karma Chameleon, by Culture Club.

I want to play Manhattan while listening to Super Womble.

I want to play Frank’s Zoo while listening to Mammal, by They Might be Giants.

I told Fraser I wanted to play Ticket to Ride while listening to Morningtown Ride, by The Seekers, and he looked at me as if I was nuts, then dragged out a Beatles CD to remind me of the song, umm, Ticket to Ride. oops. So make Morningtown Ride, umm, Ticket to Ride: Europe. Because of the passengers.

Which leaves me with a need for another train song. Maybe the song about the Pufferbellies would be good for Age of Steam.

I want to play Zoo Sim while listening to the Dublin Zoological Gardens, by The Wiggles (with Morgan Crowley)

I want to play Samurai while listening to Big in Japan, by Alphaville.

I suspect I can live without playing Britannia while listening to God Save the Queen.

I would love to play Dawn Under while listening to the soundtrack of Once More with Feeling, the Buffy Musical episode.

I want to play Hexentanz while listening to Ding Dong the Witch is dead from the Wizard of Oz.

Is St Petersburg on the Volga? I suspect that the Song of the Volga Boatmen would be forgivable for theme points, even if it reveals my woeful lack of geographic knowledge.

I want to play Schrille Stille while listening to anything by Heino. (Actually, I suspect that silence might be preferable)

I want to play Ace of Aces while listening to Snoopy vs the Red Baron.

I want to play Deutschlandreise while listening to Alphaville’s To Germany with Love.

For TransAmerica, I would be very tempted by Please Come to Boston, by Joan Baez. I had a “full Baez” the other day with LA, Denver and Boston.

I want to play Cleopatra and the Society of Architects while listening to Walk Like an Egyptian, by the Bangles.

Fraser wants to play Star Fleet Battles while listening to the Star Trekkin’ song, by The Firm.

I want to play Fifth Avenue while listening to New York New York, by Frank Sinatra.

I want to play Bang! while listening to I shot the Sheriff (any version).

I want to play Red Empire while listening to Back in the USSR, by The Beatles.

I think I need to play Circus Flohcati while listening to The Ecstasy of Dancing Fleas by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra

I really want to play Igloo Pop while listening to Eskimo, by Corky and the Juice Pigs.

I want to play Diplomacy while listening to Everybody wants to Rule the World, by Tears for Fears.

I want to play Mille Bornes while listening to 500 miles, by The Proclaimers.

I want to play Nuclear War while I listen to We will all go together when we go, by the inimitable Tom Lehrer.

I want to play Werewolf while listening to the Doug Anthony All-Stars’ cover of the Hunters and Collectors song Throw Your Arms Around Me. OK, I want to play werewolf, and I want to listen to the song. The two together are just gravy. And maybe Hungry Like the Wolf, by Duran Duran, just for extras.

And I just want to play Princes of Florence, regardless of background noise.

What do you think? Have I missed one of your favourites? Have I revealed more of my iTunes library than was perhaps advisable?

May all your Meeples hold a tune,
Melissa

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