We just had a major snowstorm in Minneapolis, so you know what that means, right? I'm heading into hibernation, my last show will be for KT Tunstall on November 18th at the Epic. I haven't been to that venue in a long time, the last time I was there, I believe it was called The Quest (owned by Prince) and it was for the Manic Street Preachers... so I'm really looking forward to seeing KT perform there.
So, with me staying indoors for the majority of the Winter, I'm preparing myself for some video game madness! Yes, I'm already well into Fallout: New Vegas at the moment. I'm actually just closing out my quest to find Benny at the Tops Casino. I had no idea what I was doing, so I might re-start my character later (especially now that I know where I can upgrade my stats for 4,000 caps each).
Like the other Fallout series, this new game has a ton of old 1930s-1950s songs. I was quite taken with "Big Iron" by Marty Robbins, a tale about a ranger with a "big iron on his hip", who was after an outlaw called Texas Red. I found out the song was originally released under his 1959 album, Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs.
Below are songs used in Fallout: New Vegas, courtesy of fallout.wikia.com:
So, with me staying indoors for the majority of the Winter, I'm preparing myself for some video game madness! Yes, I'm already well into Fallout: New Vegas at the moment. I'm actually just closing out my quest to find Benny at the Tops Casino. I had no idea what I was doing, so I might re-start my character later (especially now that I know where I can upgrade my stats for 4,000 caps each).
Like the other Fallout series, this new game has a ton of old 1930s-1950s songs. I was quite taken with "Big Iron" by Marty Robbins, a tale about a ranger with a "big iron on his hip", who was after an outlaw called Texas Red. I found out the song was originally released under his 1959 album, Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs.
Below are songs used in Fallout: New Vegas, courtesy of fallout.wikia.com:
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Dean Martin's "Ain't That a Kick in the Head"
• Written by Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen
• Maraville Music Corp. (ASCAP) • Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc. • Under license from EMI Film & Television Music Frank Sinatra's "Blue Moon"
• Written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
• Used by Permission of EMI Entertainment World, Inc. on behalf of EMI ROBBINS CATALOG INC. (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved. • Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc. • Under license from EMI Film & Television Music The Ink Spots' "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie"
• Written by Billy Mayhew
• © 1936 (Renewed) WB Music Corp. (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved. • Courtesy of Dominion Entertainment Inc. Kay Kyser's "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle"
• Written by Joseph Lilley and Frank Loesser
• Sony/ATV Harmony (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved. • Courtesy of Columbia Records • By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing Nat King Cole's "Love Me as Though There Were No Tomorrow"
• Written by Harold Adamson and Jimmy McHugh
• © 1955 Used by Permission of EMI Entertainment World, Inc. on behalf of EMI ROBBINS CATALOG INC. (ASCAP), Harold Adamson Music (ASCAP) • Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc. • Under license from EMI Film & Television Music Helen Forest's "Mad About the Boy"
• Written by Noel Coward
• © 1932 Chappell Music Ltd (PRS). All Rights Reserved. • Courtesy of Soundies Inc. • By Arrangement with DePugh Music Bing Crosby's "Something's Gotta Give" • Written by Johnny Mercer
• © 1954 The Johnny Mercer Foundation (ASCAP) • All Rights Administered by WB Music Corp. All Rights Reserved. • Courtesy of Bing Crosby Enterprises • Under License From South Bay Music Group |
Peggy Lee's "Johnny Guitar"
• Written by Victor Young and Peggy Lee
• © 1954 Chappell & Co. (ASCAP) & Denslow Music (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved. • Courtesy of Geffen Records • Under License from Universal Music Enterprises Peggy Lee's "Why Don't You Do Right? (Get Me Some Money, Too!)" • Written by Joe McCoy
• Used by permission of Morley Music Co. (ASCAP) • "Courtesy of Cassidy Music, LLC" Marty Robbins' "Big Iron" and "Black Mountain Radio" • Written and Performed by Marty Robbins
• © 1958 Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI) and Elvis Presley Music, Inc. (BMI) • All Rights Administered by Unichappell Music Inc, Mariposa Music, Inc. (BMI) • All Rights Reserved. • Courtesy of Columbia Records • By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing Hank Thompson's "Hangover Heart" • Written by Hank Thompson and Pat Hagen
• Used by Permission of EMI Entertainment World, Inc. on behalf of EMI Beechwood Music Corp. (BMI). All Rights Reserved. • Courtesy of Soundies Inc. • By Arrangement with DePugh Music Guy Mitchell's "Heartaches by the Numbers" • Written by Harlan Howard
• Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI). All Rights Reserved. • Courtesy of Dominion Entertainment, Inc. Eddy Arnold's "It's a Sin" • Written by William Grishaw
• Sony/ATV Milene Music (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved. • Courtesy of RCA Records • By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing Johnny Bond's "Stars of the Midnight Range" • Written and Performed by Johnny Bond
• Red River Songs, Inc. (BMI) • Courtesy of Soundies Inc. • By Arrangement with DePugh Music |
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