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Songs that rate a 5 on the fodder scale

The important thing about these songs is I found something to appreciate about them.

These are songs I deemed to be my top choices for parodying, generally for bearing striking resemblances to things out of Pirates of the Caribbean. This page also doubles as a list of songs that can be used to describe PotC material just the way they are.

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 perfectly but are not so fitting for PotC are described in bold, red text, like what you are reading now, so they are easily distinguishable.

If you use it as a resource for songs to describe PotC, or AE, however, keep in mind that the choices for it are my own. It is therefore quite arguable as to just how well they suit the franchise. Some of these (notably Long View) do not describe the franchise itself so much as my reaction to it. The individual pages for the songs explain what they are doing here, as the list undoubtedly includes songs that would not appear on a List of songs to describe Pirates compiled from a community poll, but the reverse is also true. What, I can hear many of you ask, there are Styx songs, but Come Sail Away is not one of them? If you wonder what any given song is not doing here, I hope to explain that on my FAQ.

Billie Joe Armstrong

Whole Wide World

About looking for some gal in the Caribbean.

Blue Oyster Cult songs

Veteran of the Psychic Wars

A song Brama could have sung.


Bon Jovi songs

You Give Love a Bad Name

Do I even have to explain this one?


Bryan Adams songs

Don’t Leave Me Lonely

About a troubled relationship.

Dennis DeYoung songs

Desert Moon

Dear Darling

About a lover from the heavens.

Foreigner songs

Break It Up

A still human (but apparently not for long) Davy Jones? Is that you?

Urgent

About mad, short-lived love.


Gin Blossoms songs


Until I Fall Away

He will never be in love again.


Green Day songs

American Idiot

Holiday [Explicit]

About outlaws.

Give Me Novacaine

About a bittersweet feeling that could not be taken anymore.

Extraordinary Girl

About a bad relationship.

Homecoming [Explicit]

About wanting to be free.

Dookie

Long View [Explicit]

Nothing good on the screen. No motivation. Not originally a film critique, but there are certain similarities.

Pulling Teeth

About a bad relationship.

Father of All. . .

Stab You in the Heart

I just knew this title would appear here.

Insomniac

Panic Song [Explicit]

Davy Jones? Is that you upon losing your loved one?

Nimrod

Worry Rock [Explicit]

More love not going well at all.

Revolution Radio

Say Goodbye

There goes the beloved.

Outlaws

A pirate is an outlaw.

Bouncing Off the Wall

Every other line of that last verse is perfect.

Still Breathing

He is bleeding.

Youngblood [Explicit]

She is a loner and a heart is bleeding.

Too Dumb to Die

This one adversary will indeed not die.

Forever Now

Freaking out, wanting a better way to die, and not wanting to bargain with souls all suit me fine.

Ordinary World

Suits the time and place both musically and in mentioning buried treasure.


Imagine Dragons songs

Bleeding Out

Provided you know the story of Davy Jones and Calypso, the title says it all.


Information Society songs


Tomorrow

About a bad relationship.


Journey songs

Escape

Stone In Love

About crazy times of burning love, of which the memories do not all fade away.

Who’s Crying Now

Going for the bittersweet.

Escape

Pirates are all about escapes.

Mother, Father

A song that could have been about the Turner family.

Frontiers

Chain Reaction

Love gets you put through changes - including a stolen soul.


Loverboy songs

Get Lucky

Watch Out

About the aftermath of a broken heart.

Loverboy

Little Girl

She is not falling in love.


Pat Benatar songs


Heartbreaker

About a bad relationship.

You Better Run

What are you doing to hearts, souls, and heads?

Temporary Heroes

About love becoming pain.


Pet Shop Boys songs

It’s a Sin

Xaxos? Is that you?

Phil Collins songs


I Wish It Would Rain Down

About a bad relationship.


REO Speedwagon songs

Hi Infidelity

In Your Letter

 About a bad relationship.

Take It On The Run

About hard to believe stuff and not wanting someone around.

Tough Guys [Explicit]

All full of himself, thinks himself fit to have a girlfriend, and she disapproves.

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

Time for Me to Fly

About a bad relationship.

Runnin’ Blind

About going crazy.


Rick Springfield songs

Living In Oz

Affair Of The Heart

The subject of love has a certain degree of relevance.

Living In Oz

There is emotional suicide.

I Can’t Stop Hurting You

About a bad relationship.

Like Father, Like Son

This more or less became true of the Turner family.

Tao

Dance This World Away

Somewhere out there is a ship that is sinking.

The Power Of Love (The Tao Of Love)

Love seems to have played a part in an incomprehensible change.

Stranger In The House

About a bad relationship.

Working Class Dog

Hole In My Heart

About a bad relationship.

Others

What Kind Of Fool Am I

About a bad relationship.


Soft Cell songs

Tainted Love

About a bad relationship.


Styx songs

Cornerstone

Boat on a River

Boat. Enough said.

Love in the Midnight

This is going to be a bad relationship.

Edge of the Century

Homewrecker

There is a personal tragedy and much madness ensues.

Equinox

Midnight Ride

Shrouded in mystery, meeting a girl, and no good comes of it.

Born for Adventure

Speaks for itself.

Kilroy Was Here

High Time

About wanting to be free.

Paradise Theater

She Cares

About a bad relationship.

Half Penny, Two-Penny

About wanting to be free.

Pieces of Eight

Pieces of Eight

About a thing pirates liked to steal.

Styx II

Father O.S.A.

Will Turner? Is that you?

The Grand Illusion

Man in the Wilderness

I believe some PotC characters fit this descriptor.

Jonas Psalter

Surprise. There is an actual song about pirates.


The Motels songs


Take the L

About a bad relationship.


Ultravox songs

The Collection

Love’s Great Adventure

 In the PotC world, love and drama go hand in hand.

Category: Songs by fodder rating