Songs they should have put into Civ 2

[DaveV]

I know, there are several other music threads, but this one's different. What songs would be appropriate for different events in Civ2? Examples:

End of We Love the xxxx Day: You've lost that lovin' feeling (Righteous Brothers)

Sneak attack: Backstabbers (The O'Jays)

Build a caravan: Caravan (Utopia)

Spy bribe: Money (The O'Jays)

You get the idea, I hope...

(Edited to put titles in italics. I know a good idea when I steal it!)
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[Carolus Rex]

For turns in anarchy: I Fought the Law - The Clash

When the AI moves units in your territory during a cease-fire: Suspicious Minds - Elvis

When being the only player without an alliance in a seven player MP game: Paranoid - Black Sabbath

When finding out that your only feasible starting position is nothing but desert: Main theme to Lawrence of Arabia

Carolus

[Sten Sture]

This topic has serious range...

Using the GoTo command: My Aim is True Elvis Costello

Vet Spy infiltration: Evil Woman???

After you lose a city: Exodus Bob Marley

Barbarian Invasion! Immigrant SongLed Zepplin

Sing along, now!

[Empress]

When you lose a tireme full of units because you forgot that tiremes can be lost at sea the game should play Momentary Lapse of Reason --Pink Floyd.

[Carolus Rex]

When you lose a city: Boys Don't Cry - The Cure (sorry Empress! )

When turning a worker into a taxman: Taxman - The Beatles

When a city is bribed: Civil War - Guns and Roses

When putting units to sleep: The Lullaby - The Cure

When you've searched for that last enemy city for 50 turns without success: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2

MP bug not mentioned yet at these forums: When the English are in anarchy every other civ in the game get to hear Anarchy in the UK - The Sex Pistols (strange, huh?)

And a special one: When all addictive civers are turning on their computers at work/school/wherever they are after a night of serious civin' All You Zombies with the Hooters mysteriously plays...

Carolus

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[DaveV]

Sten Sture - Evil Woman was by Electric Light Orchestra, I believe.

Empress - how about Pink Floyd's Learning to Fly when you build your first air unit?

[Carolus Rex]

Another one when using the GoTo command: The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles

Whenever you micromanage: Everything Counts - Depeche Mode

When building the Great Wall: Wonderwall - Oasis

Carolus

[Sten Sture]

We could probably do an entire thread on the GoTo command:

No Particular Place to Go - Chuck Berry.

[DaveV]

Upon establishing various American cities:

New York - New York, New York - Frank Sinatra

Boston - Please Come to Boston - Dave Loggins

Philadelphia - Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John

Chicago - My Kind of Town (Chicago is) - Frank Sinatra

San Francisco - I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett

St. Louis - St. Louis Blues - ????

Cincinnati - The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati - Dr. Demento?

Los Angeles - City of the Angels - Journey

Las Vegas - Lost Wages - Steely Dan

Edit: corrections
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[Sieve Too]

When a Spy fails to steal a tech: Been Caught Stealing - Jane's addiction

When a city celebrates WLT_D: Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John

When a city ends the celebration: Why Can't This Be Love? - Van Halen

When you build a new city: We Built This City - Starship

When a plane crashes: Broken Wings - Mister Mister

When your spaceship launches: Rocketman - Elton John

When a performing a paradrop: Jump - Van Halen

When starting a bloodlust game: Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears

When you build city walls: Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd

When your mom tells you to shut off that d*mned game: Parents Just Don't Understand - DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince
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[Sten Sture]

ACK! I just lost a post...

For the closing credits: The End by the doors.

When a spy tears down city walls: When the Walls (come tumblin' down) by John Mellancamp or the Call's The Walls Came Down.

Another Cure idea: Killing an Arab when you destroy a caravan. Though it would probably make Robert Smith sad...

I had a couple more, that I can't remember just now...

[Empress]

Or when someone contacts you with the diplomacy screen, you could reply with a few lines from Floyd's What do you want from me hehe

[C0ckney]

Nah for San francisco it should be
If your going to san francisco be sure to wear some flowers - some hippie who i cant remember
also when an air unit crashes, wish i could fly by roxette

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[Carolus Rex]

"If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair", or something like that.

I think it's Scott McKenzie?

Carolus

[C0ckney]

Yeah that sounds about right, I do appologize I am only 16 and my musical knowledge only go's back to about the time Madonna's en vogue was realeased
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[St Leo]

Fur Elise - Beethoven
Moonlight Sonata - Mozart
Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Straus ...never mind, it's in the Alpha Centauri video
The Blue Danube - Straus

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[Seeker]

Successful alliance "it's not unusual"

Sneak attack by AI in peace-treaty: "You've lost that lovin' feelin'"

Nuclear strike on your city:"Burn burn burn, in the ring of fire"

Nuclear strike by you on an enemy city: "The Big Payback" (from Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels)

[Mao]

The Rocky Theme! I'm sure it's appropriate somewhere...

[Carolus Rex]

When a spy plants a nuclear device: Sex Bomb featuring the bull from Wales, Tom Jones!

Carolus

[Smash]

Beatles' "Revolution" when changing governments

[Sten Sture]

I thought someone else had already listed Sabetauge by the Beastie Boys???

If you open diplomacy with the English, you should hear London Calling by the Clash.

Mindless wave attacks by Fundamentalist AI governments could be accompanied by the lines from the old Doors tune Five to One:

they got the guns, but we got the numbers.
gonna win, yeah, we're takin' over, come-on!

COckney - that song is from before Madonna was even born. I think it was before I was born too!

Hey, its Tom Jones' birthday today! He is 60, which doesn't sound as old as it used to. How use could we use It's not Unusual or Beautiful Balloon???

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[Oldman]

How about:

When you're giving away techs in occ - Give it away now (Red Hot Chilli Peppers!)

When you're clicking end turn all the time at the start of a game - Time (Pink Floyd)

When you're going to war - War (the theme from Cannon Fodder)

PS: does anyone have a copy of that song? or a copy of cannon fodder with the song at the start (inc vocals!!)???? i've got 2 copies but neither have the song with vocals?!!? anyone,help?????

[Bohlen]

While paradropping - Free Falling (Tom Petty)

When you decide to research espionage - I Need a Dirty Woman (Pink Floyd)

When Barbs appear - Born to be Wild (Steppenwolf)

When you've got one city remianing in a bloodlust duel - In My Time Of Dying (Led Zeppelin)

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[Jim W]

"If I had a rocket launcher," when enemy jets appear overhead, attacking your musketeers.

Jim W

[mindseye]

Sten -

If you use HiRes or a number of other mods, Beautiful Balloon could be played at the construction of a Zeppelin.

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City goes into unrest: Panic in Detroit, David Bowie

Global Warming: Black Planet, Sisters of Mercy

Nuclear Attack: Cities in Dust, Siouxsie & the Banshees

Opening music when you launch the game: Shake the Disease, The Cure

- mindseye

[SCG]

how about Dancing in the Streets for WLTxD - and have the option of your favorite version - Mine prolly would be by Mick Jagger and David Bowie

[Sten Sture]

A few more from the Cure:

When you finally turn off the Heralds and Throne room: Pictures of You

The theme for the Apolyton Strategy section: the opening to Just Like Heaven 'show me show me show me how you do that trick...'

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Elvis Costello's song he wrote about diplomacy games: (What's so funny about) Peace, Love and Understanding

When you are a happy democracy in a war: X's Country at War from the cleverly titled album 'Hey, Zeus!'

When you finally research alphabet: ABC from the Jackson 5

[Smash]

would it be possible to make a scenario using triggers to actually make something like this a reality?

Who wants to do it?

[KhanMan]

DaveV-Hmm...a music-in-civ2-thread, why didn't I think of that? :P

My nominees:

-When your unit (of whatever sort) attacks a fortified enemy, with less than one movement point: "Theme From Mission Impossible"

-When you have a revolution, and switch from monarchy to communism: 15-second burst of machine gun-fire, followed by a loud THUD!

(okay, so it's technically not music...but it worked for the Soviets, didn't it?

-When you switch from monarchy to republic: "French National Anthem", with 5-part gullotine counterpoint

-When you switch from monarchy to democracy: first five seconds of the "American National Anthem", cut-off by "God Save the Queen", and a computer-intervention forcing a return to monarchy

-At the launch of an over-seas colonization effort: They Might Be Giants "Women and Men"

-Any attempt to retire before the end of the game: Queen's "Who wants to life forever?"

-Using the UN Wonder to justify "peace-keeping" nuclear strike: Sting's "Message in a Bottle"

-Using submarines to launch said peace-keeping strike: Sesame Street's "Rubber-Ducky Song"

-When you're last city falls in an mp duel with makeo or ming: Rosanne Bar's Rendition of the American National Anthem

(think about it...

"In nominae ephermera, et spiritus abscondita, veni!"
-KhanMan

[The Brain]

When you conquer the world- We Are The Champions Queen

When a units dies- Another One Bites The Dust Queen

When you raise taxes- Mony Mony Billy Idol

When a spy finishes a mission- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Cindy Lauper

When you conquer the world- I Think I'm Alone Now Tiffany

When some one tries to invade a city but can't- U Can't Touch This MC Hammer

When you raise taxes (again)- It's All About The Benjamins Puff Daddy

When you build a city on tundra- Ice Ice Baby Vanilla Ice

When you and another civilization are the lst on earth- Just The Two Of Us Will Smith

When you invade a city that's undefended- Money For Nothing Dire Straits

When you accidently attack a unit you didn't want to- Oops! I Did It Again Britney Spears

When you win the game as either the Russians, Romans, or Celts- Pretty Fly For A White Guy Offspring

When one of the female rulers attacks you- She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals

When you're all alone on an island- Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely Backstreet Boys

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