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[Hamilton]

Songs that define a character or can even work as a theme song for a character.


Melisandre- Fire by Arthur Brown

Coldhands- Who Are You? by The Who

Cersei- Evil Women by ELO

Victorian- Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin

Littlefinger - Goldfinger Theme (hell you could just replace 'gold' with 'little')

[SerShakey]

Hamilton, on 26 July 2011 - 09:35 PM, said:

Songs that define a character or can even work as a theme song for a character.


Melisandre- Fire by Arthur Brown

Coldhands- Who Are You? by The Who

Cersei- Evil Women by ELO

Victorian- Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin

Littlefinger - Goldfinger Theme (hell you could just replace 'gold' with 'little')

Thanks for posting this thread!


You Ain't A Goin' Nowhere (Bob Dyaln; regarding Ned Stark's imprisonment at the Red Keep)

Jailbreak (Thin Lizzy; Jamie Lannister's 'escape' from Riverrun)

Helter Skelter (The Beatles-'The Mad King' [Aerys seems to be as nutty as Charlie Manson ever was, although much could be said of any number of ASoI&F characterss...])

Fire (Jimi Hendrix [Daenerys Targaryen)
Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis-Drogon, Viserion, Rhaegal)

Fool On The Hill (The Beatles-Patchface or Moon Boy)

Mack the Knife (Bobby Darin/Frank Sinatra-Bronn)

Witchy Woman (The Eagles-Mellisandre...or Cersei
Friend of the Devil (Grateful Dead-Mellisandre)

Bad Leroy Brown (Jim Croce-'Ser' Gregor Clegane)

Wild World (Cat Stevens-the Wildlings/Gilly/Ygritte [?] {I know...this one's a stretch}])

Old Man (Neil Young-Ser Barristan Selmy)

Sweet Little Sixteen (Chuck Berry-Sansa Stark)

Who Let The Dogs Out (Baha Men-The Cleganes)

Master of the Puppets (Metallica-Petyr Baelish, or Tywin Lannister)

Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd-Catelyn Stark)

The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel-Ser Ilyn Payne)

Paint It Black (The Rolling Stones-The Night's Watch)
Living On The Edge (Aerosmith-The men of the Night's Watch)

Smoke On the Water (Deep Purlple-The Battle of Blackwater Bay [not a character, I know])

Losing My Religion (R.E.M.-Lord/King Stannis Baratheon)

Dude Looks Like A Lady (Aerosmith-Brienne of Tarth [the novels' description of the character, since the hottie HBO got for Brienne does not fit this song title's description])

You're So Vain (Carly Simon-Jamie and/or Cersei Lannister...or Joffery!)

Rebel, Rebel (David Bowie-Arya Stark)

Gangster's Paradise (Coolio-The Brave Companions/The Bloody Mummers or The Brotherhood w/o Banners...)

Walking in a Winter Wonderland (Winterfell)

Changes (David Bowie-Jaqen H'gar)

Boris the Spider (The Who-Varys)
Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley-Varys)

Jerimiah Was a Bullfrog (Joy To the World) (3 Dog Night-Howland/Jojen Reed)

No More Mr. Nice Guy (Alice Cooper-Roose Bolton)

Octopus' Garden (The Beatles-Aeron Greyjoy)
Aqualung (Jethro Tull-Aeron Greyjoy)

Short People (Randy Newman-Tyrion Lannister [sorry, Peter-love your work!

Sunday, Bloody Sunday (U2-the Red Wedding)

Don't Fear the Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult-Lord Beric Dondarrion)

Edited by SerShakey, 07 August 2011 - 02:13 AM.

[FacelessGirl]

SerShakey, on 04 August 2011 - 12:59 AM, said:

You Ain't A Goin' Nowhere (Bob Dyaln; regarding Ned Stark's imprisonment at the Red Keep)

Helter Skelter (The Beatles-'The Mad King' [Aerys seems to be as nuts as Charlie Manson ever was, although much could be said of any number of ASoI&F characterss...])

Fire (Jimi Hendrix [how about...Drogon!])

Fool On The Hill (The Beatles-Patchface or Moon Boy [?])

Mack the Knife (Bobby Darin/Frank Sinatra...Bronn [?])

Witchy Woman (The Eagles-Mellisandre...or Cersei

Bad Leroy Brown (Jim Croce-'Ser' Gregor Clegane)

Wild World (Cat Stevens-the Wildlings/Gilly/Ygritte [?] {I know...this one's a stretch}])

Old Man (Neil Young-Ser Barristan Selmy)

Sweet Little Sixteen (Chuck Berry [Sansa will be 16 someday, right?!])

Who Let The Dogs Out (Baha Men-The Cleganes)

Master of the Puppets (Metallica-Littlefinger [or Varys?-maybe his is 'Secret Agent Man'...])

Wish You Were Here (Catelyn Stark; for her Ned [ahhh...])

The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel-Ser Ilyn Payne)

Paint It Black (The Rolling Stones-The Night's Watch)

Smoke On the Water (Deep Purlple-The Battle of Blackwater Bay [not a character, I know])

Losing My Religion (R.E.M.-Lord Stannis Baratheon)

Dude Looks Like A Lady (Aerosmith-Brienne of Tarth [the novel's description of the character, because the hottie Gwendolyn Cristie that HBO got for her character does not fit this description])

You're So Vain (Carly Simon-Jamie Lannister)

[FleetFox]

The Ship Song(Nick Cave)- Sandor and Sansa during their last meeting. For all the San/San shippers.

[The Mountain That Glides]

I realize this is a light topic, but I think it would help if the song's subject matter actually related to the characters. Master of Puppets for Littlefinger is probably the most ridiculous thing possible.

Dude(Looks Like a Lady) is genius for Brienne though. So is Who Let The Dogs Out.

Comin' Under Fire by Def Leppard might be good for somebody, dunno who though.

Pour Some Sugar On Me for Tyrion, anyone?

I could probably find a really good song for practically every character, but I'm tired, so.

Walls of Innocence by Egypt Central would be good for Sansa I think.

[SerShakey]

The Mountain That Glides, on 04 August 2011 - 01:33 AM, said:

I realize this is a light topic, but I think it would help if the song's subject matter actually related to the characters. Master of Puppets for Littlefinger is probably the most ridiculous thing possible.

Dude(Looks Like a Lady) is genius for Brienne though. So is Who Let The Dogs Out.

Comin' Under Fire by Def Leppard might be good for somebody, dunno who though.

Pour Some Sugar On Me for Tyrion, anyone?

I could probably find a really good song for practically every character, but I'm tired, so.

Walls of Innocence by Egypt Central would be good for Sansa I think.

I'm new to the ASoI&F series...I had read Littlefinger was the 'mastermind' behind the War of 5 kings on the wiki of Fire & Ice, so that's why I thought he might've been a candidate for 'puppet master'.  I'd like to see Peter Dinklage do some pole dancing to 'Pour Some Sugar', though (although I would probably later regret having watched...).

[A Maidens Fantasy]

Tyrions song has to be Pearl Jam - Alive. I can just see him walking down the road from the Vale arm in arm with Bronn singing "Oh I, oh, I'm still alive". And it only gets better the further along in the books we get, his plot armor is thick  

Actually the more I look at the lyrics, the better it fits. I can't get the spoiler code to work (at least if I preview the post it doesn't turn into a spoiler but the spoiler tags are written as plain text, is that how it is suppossed to look in preview?), but there is something in the lyrics that fits very nicely into something that is hinted at in ADWD.

[A Maidens Fantasy]

FleetFox, on 04 August 2011 - 01:25 AM, said:

The Ship Song(Nick Cave)- Sandor and Sansa during their last meeting. For all the San/San shippers.

No SanSans song is the Goo Goo Dolls - Iris. It is known!

[Brazen Beast]

Sansa is obviously "I need a hero" by Bonnie Tyler, at least while she is in kings landing.

Davos is "I'm on a boat" by The Lonley Island.

Jaime is "Without Me" by emminiem

[Alais]

Mumford and Sons "Little Lion Man" for Tyrion.  More for the title than the actual song lyric though.

[seanbean4lyfe]

"Another one Bites the Dust"- Queen: every time there is a big character death MWAHAHA!


"Free Fallin"- Tom Petty: Bran...awkward.


"Free Bird"-Lynard Skynard: Sansa. Because she is a pretty little bird who we hope will be free someday?


"Born this way"- Gaga: Tyrion, because its true :/


"Not ready to make nice" - Dixie Chicks: Can actually apply to almost everyone. SO BITTER



"Say My Name"- Destiny's Child: Arya because of her hit list.


"Ice Ice Baby"- Vanila Ice: The Starks


"Like a Virgin"- Madonna: Jon pre-Ygritte LOL GET SOME


"Come Sail Away"- Styx: Euron Greyjoy or any for that matter


"HUngry Like the Wolf" Duran, Duran: THE STARK DIREWOLVES


"Won't get fooled again"- The Who: Robb...if he was alive...but he's not.


"Silly Love SOngs"- THe WIngs: Sansa because she loves her some love songs

"I heard it through the Grapevine"- Marvin Gaye: Varys...hehe



I know I don't understand lyrical meaning. Just title meaning hah!

[Howdyphillip]

Sansa - Daughters by John Meyer

Johrah Mormont - Song for the Dumped Ben Folds Five

Tyrion - The Piano has been Drinking by Tom Waites

Catelyn Stark - Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin (just replace the word Dad with Mom)

Jaime Lannister - It's Hard to be Humble by Mac Davis

Cersei Lannister - Barracuda by Heart

Ser Duncan the Tall - Short People by Randy Newman

Littlefinger - I need more Love by Robert Randolph and the family Band

Honorable mention goes to Bronn and Tyrion with Pancho and Lefty by Willie Nelson

[The Blue Bard]

Loras Tyrell

[holding]

Agree with whoever said Mumford and Sons' Little Lion Man for Tyrion.

I always explain Brienne's character to people by singing Taylor Swift's You Belong With Me.

Sarah McLachlan's Full Of Grace always makes me think of the Starks, and I can't listen to any version of U2's One without thinking of Jaime and Cersei.

[LadyMary]

"Tubthumping" by Chaumbwamba for Tyrion Lannister

[LordBloodravenI]

The Blue Bard, on 04 August 2011 - 06:20 AM, said:

Loras Tyrell

  

[FleetFox]

In answer to Tyrion's question "where do whores go?": Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis - Tom Waits
Cersei: Killer Queen - Queen
AA(who ever it may be): Reborn - Slayer
Mel: Incinerate - Sonic Youth

[yarasha]

i like this one for jorah. almost fits perfectly.

Rewind by Paolo Nutini

[undertow]

Robert Baratheon -- Wenches and Mead by Alestorm

Robb/Ned Stark -- Empire Falls by Primordial

Gregor Clegane -- Temple of Depression by Celtic Frost

Victarion Greyjoy -- Leviathan by Alestorm

Theon Greyjoy -- My Name is Mud  by Primus

I had a few more of these in an earlier thread, but for some reason the search function doesn't work.

Edited by undertow, 04 August 2011 - 05:29 PM.

[BloodOfKingu]

Ned Starks head: Limp Bizkit-Rollin

Tywin Lannisters Ego: Anaal Nathrakh-When The Lion Devours Both Dragon And Child

Jamie and Cersei Lannister: Anthrax-Keep It In The Family

The Ironborn: Bathory-Shores In Flames

King Stannis' hope of invading Kings Landing: Deep Purple-Smoke On The Water

Nights King: Drudkh-Only The Wind Remembers My Name

Anyone who dies north of The Wall: Lamb of God-Again We Rise

Azor Ahai: Misfits-Die, Die My Darling

Littlefinger: Radiohead-Creep

Quentyn Martell: Led Zeppelin: Nobody's Fault But Mine

Tormund Giantsbane: Robert Plant-Big Love

The Brave Companions: Rose Tattoo-Nice Boys

Jon Snow: Satyricon-K.I.N.G

Jamie Lannisters sword hand: Van Morrison-I'm Not Feeling It Any More