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Songs that rate a 4 on the fodder scale

Small things I can work with, I need more of, but they add up.

These are songs I deemed to be of reasonable suitability for parodying. The reason for the fairly high suitability can often be that the original story is about half the kind of story I want to tell, its direct opposite, or otherwise has some details in common with what I have in mind.

Important note: While PotC is my default theme for parodying, I have taken to using Aeon’s End as a subject as well. The songs which fit AE fine but are not so fitting for PotC are described in bold, red text, like what you are reading now, so they are easily distinguishable.

Billy Ocean songs

Caribbean Queen

About Caribbean love.

Loverboy

A love of sorts exists between a good pair of Tethers.

Bon Jovi songs

Bad Medicine

You fall in love, and need. . . then bleed.

Bryan Adams songs

Cuts Like a Knife

Cuts Like a Knife

Enough said, eh?

Reckless

One Night Love Affair

About love not lasting.

Dennis DeYoung songs

Desert Moon

Please

About a relationship that might not be working out.

Suspicious

About a bad relationship.

Gin Blossoms songs


Follow You Down

There are knots, like may be tied in the riggings.

Hey Jealousy

She took your heart, eh? Actually, I had more to work with than just that.

Alison Road

Losing your mind sounds kind of familiar.

Found Out About You

Easy to mess with this love song.

Pieces of the Night

Pirates have been known to find pieces of things.

As Long As It Matters

If you play a keyboard with a small clump of tentacles, you will be like a broken record, too.


Green Day songs

21st Century Breakdown

Peacemaker

There is illness and violence, and someone has to come and bring peace to the situation.

American Idiot

St. Jimmy [Explicit]

There were all kinds of minor hooks here.

Letterbomb [Explicit]

About a dysfunctional relationship.

Whatsername

There is a certain relevance to forgetting much about a character.

Dookie

Welcome To Paradise

Pirates are all about the relativity of pleasantness and getting off to what suits them.

Basket Case [Explicit]

There are some getting the creeps here.

Father of All. . .

Fire, Ready, Aim

There is a liar and the creeps.

Oh Yeah!

He has blood on his hands.

Sugar Youth [Explicit]

About being made sick.

Junkies on a High

I found a few different hooks here.

Take the Money and Crawl [Explicit]

Pirates always take money.

Insomniac

Stuck With Me [Explicit]

By now, I believe Xaxos has figured out he is not all right.

Geek Stink Breath [Explicit]

Self destruction, blood, and a treasure figure in.

Brain Stew [Explicit]

My eyes feel like bleeding, too!

Nimrod

Nice Guys Finish Last [Explicit]

Kissing, then bleeding.

All the Time [Explicit]

What was this about suicide?

Uptight

Suicide again.

Revolution Radio

Somewhere Now

I never wanted to bargain with my soul either.

Troubled Times

Disney did establish certain characters to be troubled.


Information Society songs


What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy)

A good question to ask those mysterious sorts.

Walking Away

Pirates are all about getting away from things.

Over the Sea

The sea has relevance.

Attitude

The things described have been possible for a good chunk of history.

Something In The Air

About strange things happening.


Journey songs

Escape

Dead or Alive

In PotC, life and death sort of blur together at times.

La Raza Del Sol (Alternate Version)

He loves the girl, and a troubled world makes him fight, eh?

Frontiers

Separate Ways

Easy love song to turn on its head.

Edge Of The Blade

A blade, like a sword?

Troubled Child

We have heard of trouble ourselves.

Others

Wheel In The Sky

Sailing also involves a wheel.


Loverboy songs

Loverboy

Turn Me Loose

He crazily made love.

Always On My Mind

She drove you crazy, eh?

Lady Of The 80’s

Another song like Always On My Mind.

Get Lucky

Working For The Weekend

It involves a piece of his heart.

When It’s Over

About a relationship falling apart.

Gangs In The Street

About crime.

Take Me To The Top

About love.


Pat Benatar songs


If You Think You Know How To Love Me

A generally pretty parody-agreeable song.

We Live For Love

Generally has its relevances.

Treat Me Right

About a bad relationship.

Fire and Ice

Bit of a problem with a relationship.

Promises in the Dark

A heart falls to pieces.

Invincible

There is a bloody mystery and we cannot afford to be innocent.


Peter Schilling songs

Terra Titanic (Lost To The Sea)

About a sinking ship.


Phil Collins songs


Easy Lover

A heart is taken, and she leaves.

You Can’t Hurry Love

About love not being easy.

Two Hearts

The title hints at a workable theme for me.

Something Happened on the Way to Heaven

About a relationship not going well.

Dance Into the Light

About freedom.

Take Me Home

Things are forgotten.

REO Speedwagon songs

Hi Infidelity

Keep On Loving You

Easy to turn this love song on its head.

Shakin’ It Loose

A bit like in this song, there are creatures in Pirates of the Caribbean seemingly trying to kill with looks, but the protagonists are gonna be all right.

You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can’t Tuna Fish

Lucky for You

Easy to turn into its direct opposite.

Do You Know Where Your Woman Is Tonight

I find it all too easy to ask questions about a relationship.


Rick Springfield songs

Living In Oz

Human Touch

We do all need the human touch.

Alyson

I also happened to be blaming it all on love.

Me & Johnny

Stole some things, and faces change.

Souls

They lost sight of the reason their love came out.

Tao

Celebrate Youth

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides gave the word youth some prominence.

State Of The Heart

The second and third Pirates films gave the word heart prominence.

Written In Rock

A sad love story.

Walk Like A Man

As opposed to walking like a sea creature?

Working Class Dog

I’ve Done Everything For You

Not the best relationship going on there.

The Light Of Love

Easy love song to turn on its head.

Everybody’s Girl

About problems with a relationship.


Styx songs

Cornerstone

Never Say Never

Think you can never love again? Heart in your hand? Hmmm.

First Time

Easy to turn this love song on its head.

Edge of the Century

Love is the Ritual

Another of those songs I could more or less turn upside down.

Love at First Sight

Again, turned into its direct opposite.

World Tonight

Hooks for me include a jungle and running free.

Carrie Ann

Another love song upended.

Back to Chicago

About going to a port. Not as a pirate might, but it is a port.

Equinox

Lonely Child

There goes another love song.

Kilroy Was Here

Mr. Roboto

Being helped with problems so as to - pirates like this - be free.

Don’t Let It End

Love song turned on its head, if not in the most direct way possible.

Haven’t We Been Here Before

How convenient! Hearts and keys are mentioned in close proximity!

Don’t Let It End (Reprise)

Has generally the right emotion for pirates wanting to carry on as they are.

Paradise Theater

Too Much Time on My Hands

Like a movie antagonist, this guy has nothing good to do.

Nothing Ever Goes As Planned

Well, I know some plans by Disney did not have the intended effect on me.

Best of Times

Easy to turn into its direct opposite.

Lonely People

The rain is hot in the Caribbean, too. And there are secrets of despair being shared in that day and age.

Pieces of Eight

I’m O.K.

Easy to turn into its direct opposite.

Queen of Spades

About regrettable love.

Renegade

About an outlaw.

Styx II

You Need Love

Easy to turn into its direct opposite.

Lady

A love song I could turn completely the other direction.

You Better Ask

He met a girl. He had his soul taken.

I’m Gonna Make You Feel It

Easy love song to turn on its head.

Unfinished Song

For starters, ships are mentioned.

The Grand Illusion

Castle Walls

There was water. He was afraid he had lost his soul.


The Motels songs


Danger

About hard to get love.

Only the Lonely

Several details could stay more or less the same.

Shame

Involving crime and a lot of selfish dreams.

Cries and Whispers

Love makes no sense anymore and we make each other cry, eh?

Apocalypso

About making love up to the end of the world.

Trust Me

A few details did not need to change.

Ultravox songs

Brilliant

Live

Asks some good questions, like the ones I have.

Hello

Life, heart, and soul were all given.

Satellite

Obviously not entirely relevant, but words like cruel, unkind and blue have their uses to me.

The Collection

Passing Strangers

Hooks include rain and hearts.

Reap the Wild Wind

Wild wind is very important to a sailor.

Visions in Blue

The antagonists of my chosen franchise happen to include one in blue - both literally and metaphorically.

One Small Day

Wish not to die a thousand times? As in, to not be coming back as the supernatural?

Lament

After all the pain . . . this setup sounds familiar.


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