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Leonard Cohen

Started by chadu, January 31, 2010, 12:54:48 AM

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chadu

Leonard goddamn Cohen,

Have you adapted any of his songs into gamestuff?

I have used "Hallelujah" for the Cruel Ones showing up in an UA game.

Terrible, yet beautiful.
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Quote from: chadu;358447Leonard goddamn Cohen,

Have you adapted any of his songs into gamestuff?

I have used "Hallelujah" for the Cruel Ones showing up in an UA game.

Terrible, yet beautiful.

Yes. I've used his lyrics as spoken NPC lines ("You slip into the masterpiece"). I believe I've also explored the Tower of Song in an apocalyptic wasteland...

Awesome stuff.
-E.
 

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David Johansen

Might work for a noir game.

Susane gives you a good character.  The letter from Famous Blue Raincoat might be a clue for a murder.  Dance Me to the End of Love too really.  Bird on a Wire was Cohen too right that even got a pretty noir movie made off it.
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Thanlis

Sure; but not the overused ones. Hallelujah is so over-exposed it isn't even funny. When they're using it as the backdrop music to superheroes getting laid, it's time to retire it.

Imperator

Take this Waltz lets you write a chronicle of World of Darkness in itself.
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"Everybody Knows" would be a great theme to a Depression Era Cthulu or Noir game.


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I used both Closing Time and Hallelujah (not his version though) in the soundtrack to my Legion campaign.

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