Playlist #1: The Hero and the Villain
Villain era, anyone?
Dear reader,
I’ve had heroes and villains on the brain a lot recently. (That’s an under-exaggeration; I always have heroes and villains on the brain 😅)
Maybe it’s because I’ve been rereading some of The Modern Typewriter’s hero and villain dynamic stories. Maybe it’s because my brain never stops inventing new heroes and villains for stories when I try to sleep.
Whatever it is, a lot of songs have been giving me hero-villain dynamic vibes. See a few of them below! (The link to the playlist is at the bottom of the list if you’d like to give it a listen!)
This playlist is meant to be reminiscent of a hero and villain about to fight in a showdown, the training arc leading up to that fight, the cat and mouse chase, etc. Very cinematic, rain pouring down and splashing the pavement, sweat rolling off the brow, a little gritty… that general vibe!
How’d I do? Are the vibes villainous? ⚔️🤜🗯️
“The Hero and the Villain” Playlist
Anime Intro- Public Theatre
Detective Detective- Static-P
Chaotic Good- Hey Steve
Balance, CG5, Caleb Hyles
Villains- Mainland
Same Graves- The Ghost Club
Antique- The Ghost Club
Get Down- Isador
Can you hear the thunder?- Animal Sun
Someone Else- Rezz, Grabbitz
Come around- Omri
¿ (feat. Halsey)- Bring me the Horizon
Eyelids- Saro
Shadowplay- The Killers
Shadowplay- Joy Division (the original version; it’s a classic!)
Always Tired- Weathers
My Friends Are Robots- Arrested Youth
Heat Seeker- DREAMERS, grandson
C’est la vie- Weathers
Breaking My Bones- Friday Pilots Club
Die Like This- Mourners
Me, Myself, and I- Vinyl Theatre
Brighter Than the Sun- Brick + Mortar
ANTI-HERO- SEKAI NO OWARI
Dead Inside- Younger Hunger
Believer- Imagine Dragons
Enemy- Imagine Dragons, Arcane, League of Legends
Death of Me- SAINT PHNX
Breathe- CircusP, Nostraightanswer
You Say Run- Yuki Hayashi (I couldn’t end on anything different!)
Image: Playlist title showing on Spotify with faded red background and hand drawn black ink artwork of two swords crossing.
I drew the cover art for the playlist as I compiled it!
Thanks for reading (and listening)!
Thanks! I’m glad I could add to the list. :-) I know some are not as old as others, and it’s more that I know mainstream songs better than I know the off radar ones. Btw, I’m really liking Detective Detective. :->
My age is showing as I am unfamiliar with the songs and artists in your list, except the Killers and Imagine Dragons. Not to mention, my list is a bit OLD school. :-)
All For One by Five for Fighting
Bad Moon Rising by CCR
Believe It or Not by Joey Scarbury
Centuries by Fall Out Boy
Demons by Imagine Dragons
Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
Hero by David Crosby and Phil Collins
Holding Out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler
Immortals by Fall Out Boy
I Won’t Back Down by Tom Petty
Red Right Hand by Nick Cave
Show Me the Way by Styx
Superman (It’s Not Easy) by Five for Fighting
Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones
Thriller by Michael Jackson
We Don’t Need Another Hero by Tina Turner
I know there are more titles rattling around in my head, but I can’t remember them at the moment. And there are lots of Disney hero and villain songs. ;-)
Thanks for sharing! Now I need to go listen to some new music!