Evil Walks

I find it rather amusing at times how well my Pandora Station will kick out just the right song when I'm questing around on a lowbie in contested territory on a PvP server. I'm carefully working through Redridge at the moment, almost to 25 and avoiding the roads whenever possible.

Old habits stand me in very good stead - I'd still rather go cross country overland on a lower level character than take a road in WoW. Roads on a PvP server = kill zone. They may be an "easier trip" for avoiding mobs, but I realized long ago that if you are on a hunter, you can handle anything up to 5 levels above your level. That is as a one on one encounter with an even level pet post level 20. Because I know I can handle most mobs in the zone I'm finishing up, I avoid the road and the indefinate stream of level ?? players that are trying to murder my baby night elf hunter* if I'm on a road.

Anyways, I was briefly following a deer trail up to an area (which qualifies as a road) and Pandora kicks out "Evil Walks" by AC/DC. The very next second after I hear :

"Black shadow hangin' over your shoulder
Black mark up against your name
Your green eyes couldn't get any colder
There's bad poison runnin' thru your veins
Evil walks behind you"

I die to a blood elf rogue. Came up from behind. One second I'm fine, running along on my little frost saber (see I can remember I have a mount button, dang it) and the next I'm a twisted mess of limbs and white hair on the ground and I've got a prompt for release to the graveyard.

I have to wonder, does that qualify as irony? I think it does. That or Pandora is capable of premonition... never heard that as one of her traits... but then again, Pandora did release every evil possible into the world, trapping only hope.

And dang it, now I have to go listen to "Only Hope", which I believe is a Mandy Moore song. Ah well, good music, always a reason to listen.

And I might as well add... this entire section of dying was prefaced by "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" which is one of my all time favorite April Wine songs. I should have known something was coming.


* Yes, I do know the sterotype about Night Elf Hunters, especially on a PvP realm. But, combine kitty's prowl + NE shadowmeld and you have a pretty safe way to go AFK for a little bit.

Word of a woman that knows...

The Hunter's Mark today asked what music do you listen to while playing WoW, if any? I've been asking guildies this for a while now, some to the point they want to kill me, I think (Hey, that has to be the reason they drag my undergeared butt into Heroics).

Anyways, as my guild mates know, I'm largely into older music, most of which is older than I am. Fleetwood Mac, I have too many favorites to name. Queen, John Mellencamp (or John Cougar or John Cougar Mellencamp), Madonna, GNR, Def Leppard, Journey, and April Wine.

I also prefer some more modern music, heck, my hunter theme song is an Inkubus Sukkubus song! And I will go into listening kicks, listen to one band back to back until I tire of it, then swap out to another one. I recently went and bought a Journey album because that was what I was craving. If they'd had the right John Mellencamp in stock, I would have gotten that too, but they didn't.

Music for Raids and Instances? Easy for me, since my guild is not using Vent at this time. It would be a mix of GNR, Def Leppard, Inkubus Sukkubus, and April Wine, if I had the brains to mix a cd. My favorite 3 songs, one from each of the older bands... GNR - Sweet Child O' Mine. Def Lepard - Love Bites. April Wine - Sign of the Gypsy Queen. All three can be found easily on youtube.

Sweet Child
Love Bites
Gypsy Queen

And I was kind enough to track down the studio made video from Youtube. Some of the live versions just aren't as good. If you want to try and prove me wrong, feel free, but I've listened to most the live stuff too.

For just general running around doing dailies and chatting with guildies? Madonna, FWM, Savage Garden, Jewel. More mellow things. I don't need my blood pounding while I'm doing dailies, but it does keep my mind occupied. And my guy will stare over at me if I start singing to whatever I'm listening to. I don't even realize I do it until he's staring at me. And listening to the game and music through headphones... well.. hehe.

I know my play-list is largely inspired by my mother and what she listened to while I was growing up. I grew up with Fleetwood Mac, April Wine, REO Speedwagon, and Mellencamp as part of my daily life, which means its part of my memories.

Well, that's my music, what's yours?