Since Mafia Wars Has No In-Game Music (That I Am Aware Of) I Often Listen To My Zune Or I-Pod While I Play Mafia Wars.
I Compiled A Short List Of Songs That Inspire Me While I Play Mafia Wars. There Are 6 Songs In My List Because Any More Would Be Just Too Long And Back When Music Was Released On Vinyl Records There Were Usually 6 Songs On Each Side Of The Vinyl Record.
I Hope You Enjoy These Songs. If You Would Like To Add Some Of Your Own Songs To The List Please Add The You Tube URL Of The Song In The Comments.
TRACK 1 – DAVID & DAVID
WELCOME TO THE BOOMTOWN
David & David was an American rock duo composed of Los Angeles-based studio musicians David Baerwald and David Ricketts. They were best known for their debut single "Welcome to the Boomtown" from the album Boomtown. The single reached #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986 and #8 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart.[1]
Boomtown was produced by Davitt Sigerson. It peaked at #39 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold in the U.S. by the RIAA. The followup single, "Swallowed By the Cracks" reached #14 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart, while "Ain't So Easy" peaked at #51 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #17 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart.
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Ms. Cristina drives a nine four four
Satisfaction oozes from her pores
She keeps rings on her fingers
Marble on her floor
Cocaine on her dresser
Bars on her doors
She keeps her back against the wall
She keeps her back against the wall
So I say
I say welcome, welcome to the boomtown
Pick a habit
We got plenty to go around
Welcome, welcome to the boomtown
All that money makes such a succulent sound
Welcome to the boomtown
Handsome Kevin got a little off track
Took a year off of college
And he never went back
Now he smokes too much
He's got a permanent hack
Deals dope out of Denny's
Keeps a table in the back
He always listens to the ground
Always listens to the ground
So I say
I say welcome, welcome to the boomtown
Pick a habit
We got plenty to go around
Welcome, welcome to the boomtown
All that money makes such a succulent sound
Welcome to the boomtown
Well the ambulance arrived too late
I guess she didn't want to wait
David and David made only one album, but what an album it is!
When you think of 1980s music these days, you think of happy stuff like Duran Duran, Culture Club, etc. You might look fondly on Reaganomics. You might remember such films as BREAKFAST CLUB, SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL, etc. What a party decade the 80s was. Let's bring them back, right?
Wrong!
All of that partying came at a cost. Drugs, despair, suicide (The ambulance arrived too late/I guess she didn't want to wait). The opening bars to the song set up a really ominous tone to the song. I forget which David (Baerwald or Ricketts) sang lead, but the almost too cool delivery of the vocal over the events of the song is very disconcerting.
BOOMTOWN was the beginning of a movement in entertainment (circa 1987) that began to see the 1980s as it really was, underneath the veneer. This movement included such films as BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY, CLEAN AND SOBER, LESS THAN ZERO, and especially THEY LIVE. (A description of THEY LIVE from www.wikipedia.org is "The plot deals satirically with the perceived notion of a declining economy, within a culture of greed and conspicuous consumption commonly associated with the 1980s"
This describes BOOMTOWN to a "T"
TRACK 2 – TOTO
ALL US BOYS
Hydra is the second studio album by American rock band Toto, released in 1979.[1] It reached #37 on the Billboard Pop Albums.[2] While most of the album's singles failed to make any impact in the charts, "99", a song inspired by the 1971 science fiction movie THX 1138,[3]reached #26 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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All us boys like to drink and smoke
Pull off a joke
Blow your minds and leave
Hot tires behind
All us boys like to fight and kick
Carry a stick
We're getting older
And acting bolder
Mothers tell your daughters
To stay away from Rock 'n Roll
'Cause it may entice them
And mesmerize them
Even satisfy their soul
I'm sure mama told you 'bout making love
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/t/toto-lyrics/all-us-boys-lyrics.html ]
And the skies above
With its fallen angels
Diet pills
Female thrills
But mama never told you 'bout
All us boys
Mothers tell your daughters
To stay away from rock and roll
'Cause it may entice them
And mesmerize them
Even satisfy their soul
All us boys just want to play
All us boys won't run away
TRACK 3 – Billy Joel
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
Whatever kind of mood you're in tonight
I'll meet you anytime you want
In our Italian Restaurant.
"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 album The Stranger.
Although never released as a single, it has become one of Joel's most celebrated compositions among fans, appearing on most of hiscompilation albums. The song is effectively a medley of three individual songs which are fused together. In an interview, Joel cites the second side of The Beatles album Abbey Road as one of the main influences behind it. The song starts with a gentle melodic piano ballad, which sets the scene of two old classmates in an Italian restaurant, moving on to a triumphant and uptempo jazz-influenced piece in the middle, with a clarinet and saxophone solo, which then segues into a rock and roll section (which Joel refers to as "The Ballad of Brenda and Eddie").
On May 6, 1977, before the song's official release, Joel premiered the song at Long Island University C.W. Post Campus which is located on Long Island, New York. He dedicated the song to Christiano's restaurant which is located in Syosset, New York.
At 7 minutes and 37 seconds, it is the longest of Joel's studio cuts.
After years of speculation about which restaurant exactly inspired the song, Joel stated on The Stranger 30th anniversary edition DVD interview, that the song was written about a restaurant called Fontana di Trevi, which was located across from Carnegie Hall in Manhattan. While Joel had a series of concerts there in June 1977, he frequented the restaurant. The song's famous signature line – A bottle of white, a bottle of red, perhaps a bottle of rosé instead?" was actually spoken to him by a waiter once at Fontana di Trevi while he was ordering.[1]He does also state that it was a combination of places, but Fontana di Trevi was on his mind while he was writing the song.
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A bottle of white, a bottle of red
Perhaps a bottle of rose instead
We'll get a table near the street
In our old familiar place
You and I,face to face
A bottle of red, a bottle of white
It all depends upon your appetite
I'll meet you any time you want
In our Italian Restaurant.
Things are okay with me these days
Got a good job, got a good office
Got a new wife, got a new life
And the family's fine
We lost touch long ago
You lost weight I did not know
You could ever look so good after
So much time.
I remember those days hanging out
At the village green
Engineer boots, leather jackets
And tight blue jeans
Drop a dime in the box play the
Song about New Orleans
Cold beer, hot lights
My sweet romantic teenage nights
Brenda and Eddie were the
Popular steadys
And the king and the queen
Of the prom
Riding around with the car top
Down and the radio on.
Nobody looked any finer
Or was more of a hit at the
Parkway Diner
We never knew we could want more
Than that out of life
Surely Brenda and Eddie would
Always know how to survive.
Brenda and Eddy were still going
Steady in the summer of '75
when they decided the marriage would
Be at the end of July
Everyone said they were crazy
"Brenda you know you're much too lazy
Eddie could never afford to live that
Kind of life."
But there we were wavin' Brenda and
Eddie goodbye.
They got an apartment with deep
Pile carpet
And a couple of paintings from Sears
A big waterbed that they bought
With the bread
They had saved for a couple
Of years
They started to fight when the
Money got tight
And they just didn't count on
The tears.
They lived for a while in a
Very nice style
But it's always the same in the end
They got a divorce as a matter
Of course
And they parted the closest
Of friends
Then the king and the queen went
Back to the green
But you can never go back
There again.
Brenda and Eddie had had it
Already by the summer of '75
From the high to the low to
The end of the show
For the rest of their lives
They couldn't go back to
The greasers
The best they could do was
Pick up the pieces
We always knew they would both
Find a way to get by
That's all I heard about
Brenda nd Eddie
Can't tell you more than I
Told you already
And here we are wavin' Brenda
And Eddie goodbye.
A bottle of red, aa bottle of white
Whatever kind of mood you're in tonight
I'll meet you anytime you want
In our Italian Restaurant.
TRACK 4 – ZZTOP
ROUGH BOY
"Rough Boy" was the third single by American rock band ZZ Top from their album Afterburner. The song reached #5 on the Mainstream Rock charts and #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as #23 in the UK Top 40. Unlike the other songs on the album, this song has a much slower tempo and is more of a power ballad. It also shares a similar, though much slower, tune to their song "Leila" from their album El Loco.
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What in the world's come all over me?
I ain't got a chance of one in three.
Ain't got no rap, ain't got no line
But if you'll give me just a minute I'll be feelin' fine.
I am the one who can fade the heat,
The one they all say just can't be beat.
I'll shoot it to you straight and look you in the eye.
So gimme just a minute and I'll tell you why
I'm a rough boy, I'm a rough boy.
I don't care how you look at me
Because I'm the one and you will see
We can make it work, we can make it by.
So give me one more minute and I'll tell you why
I'm a rough boy, I'm a rough boy.
TRACK 5 – GREEN DAY
21 GUNS
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"21 Guns" is a song by American rock band Green Day. It was released as the second single from their eighth album, 21st Century Breakdown. The single was released through Reprise Records on May 25, 2009 as a digital download and July 14, 2009 as a CD single. The song has been a success on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #22, which has become their highest charting single since 2005.
It was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo/Group with Vocals and Best Rock Song in 2010. "21 Guns" has sold over 2,151,000 copies as of December 2011.
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Do you know what's worth fighting for?
When it's not worth dying for?
Does it take your breath away
And you feel yourself suffocating?
Does the pain weigh out the pride?
And you look for a place to hide?
Did someone break your heart inside?
You're in ruins
One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms, give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky, you and I
When you're at the end of the road
And you lost all sense of control
And your thoughts have taken their toll
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul
Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn't pass
[. From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/g/green-day-lyrics/21-guns-lyrics.html .]
Nothing's ever built to last
You're in ruins
One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms, give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky, you and I
Did you try to live on your own
When you burned down the house and home?
Did you stand too close to the fire
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone?
When it's time to live and let die
And you can't get another try
Something inside this heart has died
You're in ruins
One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms, give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms, give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky, you and I
The 21 gun salute is the highest honor one can receive upon burial, usually in a military context. It makes me wonder, who was laid to rest here?
But the whole pairing of "One, twenty-one guns" I'm guessing reiterates the importance of the individual, the idea that one person can do something worth the honor of multiple others showing respect, especially if that person gave their life for a cause.
Don't be an agnostic, believe in something. Those who do and die in such purpose deserve our respect.
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TRACK 6 – STYX
RENEGADE
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"Renegade" is a 1979 hit song recorded by the American rock band Styx. It was on their Pieces of Eight album. It reached #16 on theBillboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1979. The song is a first-person narrative of an outlaw, captured for a bounty, who recognizes that he is about to be executed for his criminal activities. The execution will be by hanging, as the outlaw laments, "Hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long." Some pressings of the single were made with translucent, red vinyl. Years after its release it remains a staple on classic rock radio playlists.
When performed live from 1978 to 1983, drummer John Panozzo increased the tempo of the drum pattern during the guitar solo sections. Also, the track would serve as the drum solo spot for Panozzo during that time frame.
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Oh mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law
Lawman has put an end to my running and I'm so far from my home
Oh mama, I can hear your crying you're so scared and all alone
Hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long
The jig is up the news is out they've finally found me
The renegade who had it made retrieved for a bounty
Never more to go astray
This will be the end today of the wanted man
Oh mama, I've been years on the lamb and had a high price on my head
Lawman said get him dead or alive now it's for sure he'll see me dead
Dear mama, I can hear you crying you're so scared and all alone
Hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long
[From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/s/styx-lyrics/renegade-lyrics.html ]
The jig is up, the news is out they finally found me
The renegade who had it made retrieved for a bounty
Never more to go astray
The judge'll have revenge today on the wanted man
Oh mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law
Hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long
The jig is up, the news is out they finally found me
The renegade who had it made retrieved for a bounty
Never more to go astray
This'll be the end today of the wanted man, the wanted man
[Incomprehensible]
No, no, no, no
Oh mama, don't let him take me
Oh no, oh no, no, no, no, no, no
- "Renegade" was included on the Billy Madison soundtrack.
- The song was parodied by the Christian parody group ApologetiX, retitled "Lemonade".
- The song was played during the last scene of "Nightshifter", an episode of the TV series Supernatural.
- The song was sung by Chris Daughtry on the fifth season of American Idol.
- The song is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned.
- The song was re-recorded and released as downloadable content for the music video game series Rock Band on Tuesday April 21, 2009.
- The song appears on the main setlist of the music video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.
- The song is featured in the ski-movie Hit List (Matchstick Productions, 2005)
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