The Theme Song Thunderdome

Yes! I was camping over the weekend and am working on my pick currently.

A song literally about someone inventing time travel. Need I say more?

‘It all came to me, in the wake of a dream, bending space, reversing the streams. The knowledge is mine, to influence time, and avert our decline’

I mean a concussion induced dream is still a dream

Round 16 Dr. Emmett Brown

  • Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
  • Dandy Warhols - I Am A Scientist
  • Ramones - Time Has Come Today
  • Oingo Boingo - Weird Science
  • Ayreon - E=mc2

0 voters

And @JoshL takes it courtesy of Thomas Dolby. So, back to you Josh!

I’m on a roll!

Thinking of the next one…

Round 17 Start

You know him, you fear him, he drives ya crazy. He’s the thing which lurks beyond the outer darkness. The watcher who waits for the stars to align. He’s not your friend, nor mine, he’s the one and only:

Cthulhu. In sunken R’lyeh, he waits. When the stars align, he will rise and wipe away the pathetic life he finds on the surface. But the question you have to answer is, what song will be playing when that happens?

First thought:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkOz9Ve2mio

Messenger of fear in sight
Dark deception kills the light

Hybrid children watch the sea
Pray for father, roaming free

Fearless wretch
Insanity
He watches
Lurking beneath the sea
Great old one
Forbidden site
He searches
Hunter of the shadows is rising
Immortal
In madness you dwell

Crawling chaos, underground
Cult has summoned, twisted sound

Out from ruins once possessed
Fallen city, living death

Fearless wretch
Insanity
He watches
Lurking beneath the sea
Timeless sleep
Has been upset
He awakens
Hunter of the shadows is rising
Immortal
In madness you dwell
In madness you dwell

Not dead which eternal lie
Stranger eons death may die

Drain you of your sanity
Face the thing that should not be

Fearless wretch
Insanity
He watches
Lurking beneath the sea
Great old one
Forbidden site
He searches
Hunter of the shadows is rising
Immortal
In madness you dwell

I assume you won’t accept music that is explicitly Cthulhu inspired? Cause there’s a lot of that.

That’s never really been a rule. If so I’ll have to change my Metallica pick.

You can pick whatever you like! The voters will decide!

Btw, I’m going to leave this up over the weekend, I’m guessing some people won’t even see this until Monday.

Per the rules in the OP:

Not trying to be a rules lawyer, and I’m content watching from the sidelines either way. It’s just this is the first character that has so many songs about them.

Nah, no worries, just clarifying. But yeah, basically the rule is “if it’s too obvious and on the nose, the voters may punish you for it (or they may not) so go crazy.”

I still think the thread title is misleading. I keep coming expecting a “Two songs enter…” format.:)

I’ll take Metallica’s Call of Ktulu then! Their most underrated masterpiece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfGMinbSVI8

As every schoolchild learns, deep in the sunken city of Ry’leh, dead Cthulhu lies dreaming. His dreams seep into the troubled consciousness of humanity, and sometimes nightmares walk through dusk to daylight. Sometimes travelers may find a night’s rest, but under the strange eyes – could they be the staring and scarcely blinking eyes of the avian? – of the bellhops and desk clerks, the travelers find that the exits have vanished, and indeed they are trapped in some eldritch hollow, pulled away from the familiar spacetime they once took for granted. They can never leave.

https://youtu.be/nKnbty_Kdc0

The whole album is about the destruction of Atlantis, but this specific song is about fulfilling ancient prophecies, mankind’s hubris, and how they brought about their own destruction rising from the deep.

I knew waiting until Monday was a good idea. I doubt we’ll have any more submissions. I’ll put the poll up in a few hours.