Jukebox 2022

[desertvixen]

My general preferences are here.  Just know I'll love what you write.

So in case you didn’t pick up on the trend, 80s country music is one of my comfy places.  It’s the music of my childhood, back in the day when you either played cassette tapes or were at the mercy of the radio.  Feel free to invoke the 80s/set your story in the 80s (unless of course we matched on Sam Hunt, and you know what to do.

 

For Hank Williams Jr and David Allan Coe, I realize they both have music/attitudes that is questionable by today’s standards (especially Coe).  I have not requested any of that music/attitudes.

 

Feel free to mix any/all of these together if it makes you happy!  And if you need something more to add in, if Dolly Parton wrote it/sang it, you can’t go wrong.

 

DNW: nominated character death, cruelty to animals/children, extreme/graphic/sexual violence

 

 

 

Family Tradition - Hank Williams Jr. (Song) 

 

I'd like the main character to be a woman, but feel free to keep the famous parent a father. Think 80s country glitz.

 

I love how much of a mess the main character in the song is, and would love to see it applied to a woman. Glitz, glamour, brash attitudes, bad decisions, bad choices in men, wild boots and rhinestones… go for it.

 

Also, I didn't nominate it but if you wanted to channel the vibe of "The Man" by Taylor Swift, I'm here for it.

 

Like I said above, I realize that Hank Jr has some questionable music, but I feel like Family Tradition is not one of those songs.  He’s also a much more talented musician than many realize.  Feel free to play this angle up (plays multiple instruments, etc) but I am good with more modern attitudes.

 

The Ride - David Allan Coe (Song) 

 

I love vanishing hitchhikers and this is a reverse. Please make main character female.

 

Pretty much what it says. I’m cool with the driver being Hank Williams, but love the idea of the passenger being a female country singer. OR…since Hank Williams died when his son was 4, if you wanted to cross this with Family Tradition, I’m totally on board for that. I want the interaction, and would love to see the singer looking back. Especially if they belatedly realize...

    ...the driver was their parent.

Pretty much this.   Except it doesn’t have to be Hank Sr if you’d prefer to create your own character. 

 

But I love the impact of the line, You don’t have to call me mister mister/the whole world called me Hank. 

 

If you look at my past requests, I love vanishing hitchhikers.

 

I’m good with it being Hank, or being an original character, or crossing over…I just love the reverse vanishing hitchhiker in the song.

 

River Bank - Brad Paisley (Song) 

 

The part where they tell the boss to suck it and travel around the world on a cruise ship/yacht.

 

This is what I want:

 

    Still, can you imagine if we ever struck it

    I’d go shoot tequila, take a lime and suck it

    And we’d tell our bosses they can do the same

    We’ll find a big cruise ship and buy the whole dang thing

    We’d sail around the world and go to shore in a dingy

 

If you wanted to cross this over with 9 to 5, I’m there for it! Or…if they use the strike to get back at the boss!

 

Or even just what is it like to live on the cruise ship? Maybe they find out there’s a (ghostly) reason the ship was relatively cheap.

 

Pretty much all of the above.  This one I see as ripe for fun/comedic, maybe a little mystery, or even an outsider/media/social media POV on it.

   

star-crossed - Kacey Musgraves (Song) 

 

So I love how this takes a very modern event that many of us have lived through, and gives it a very fairy tale feeling. Prefer focus on the female narrator.

 

    Let me set the scene

    Two lovers ripped right at the seams

    They woke up from the perfect dream

    And then the darkness came

 

I love the beginning with the guitar opening, and the narrator telling a story.  The song is about divorce, but maybe your story is about something more dramatic?

 

Breaking Up Was Easy in the 90s - Sam Hunt (Song) 

 

As someone who lived it, it was not. I'd be interested in somehow comparing the 2 experiences, or even time travel and finding themselves back in the 90s...or maybe tell me about how the broken-up is coping. (Please no revenge taking)

 

    Back then, I could've convinced myself that maybe you called when I was out

    And you didn't know what to say, so you didn't leave a message

    And that you're probably at home right now, sound asleep

    'Cause goin' out isn't really your thing

    And I wouldn't have a clue what you've been up to lately

    Or who you've been up to it with

    But when I don't miss your calls, I miss you callin'

    And I go 'round and 'round again

 

    Modern love leads to modern hearts breakin'

    I'm just a product of my generation

 

So, some petty revenge is okay – no revenge killing/violence please.  Otherwise, what it says on the tin.

 

Holding Out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler (Song) 

 

Give it a fairy tale-type setting or maybe tend toward action/adventure?

 

    Where have all the good men gone

    And where are all the gods?

    Where's the streetwise Hercules

    To fight the rising odds?

 

This is a good one to belt out on the elliptical and in the car, and it’s been used in probably a million fanvids.  If you’re an 80s cartoon fan, you know my favorite one. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YWJk-nBLAM)

 

Fairy tale (or Fairy Tail, if you’re familiar…) or maybe this is the song that is keeping someone sane in the post-apocalyptic world?  Here for it.  Feel free to cross over with Kings and Queens, or use the 80s cartoons for inspo (see my fandoms).

 

Kings and Queens - Ava Max (Song) 

 

Young queens unite! I'd love some sort of case where they're brought together, not damsels in distress!

 

    No damsel in distress, don't need to save me

    Once I start breathin' fire, you can't tame me

    And you might think I'm weak without a sword

    But if I had one, it'd be bigger than yours

    If all of the kings had their queens on the throne

    We would pop champagne and raise a toast

    To all of the queens who are fighting alone

    Baby, you're not dancin' on your own

 

Also here for delicious formal events – maybe after the queens have done their bit? Have fun with it.  Prefer keeping this one light and upbeat, or triumphant.