Church of the Ecstatic 3/11/20 - JoJo's Bizarre Playlist - 97.3 wrir

There’s a vast array of musical references in the manga/anime JoJo’s Bizarre adventure, and I’m always surprised by new ones that pop up while I’m watching. So I wanted to see what a playlist of all of these references would sound like. Were these bands the author, Hirohiko Araki, listened to while drawing the original comic? Limiting myself to songs published before 1987-89 by each artist (years these chapters were written,) I’ve tried to find songs that fit the characters. In the playlist itself, I’ve noted what references there are in each. I only got through parts 1 and 2, Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency, so I may do another JoJo show as I get into later story arcs!

Even if you’re not a nerd for this series, it turned out to be a pretty awesome show, with a pretty consistent mood! I’m dang happy with it.

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Playlist:

David Bowie, “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)”

from Let's Dance

Parlophone UK - 1999

Yes, “Roundabout (Live)”

from Yessongs (Live)

Rhino/Elektra - 1973

First ending theme, also Bruford - Tarkus' ally

Dio, “Fallen Angels”

from Sacred Heart (Remastered)

Rhino/Warner Records - 1985

Dio Brando - villain

REO Speedwagon, “Keep the Fire Burnin'”

from Good Trouble

Epic - 1982

Robert E. O. Speedwagon, ally, founder of Speedwagon Foundation

Queen, “Ogre Battle”

from Queen II (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered]

Virgin EMI - 2011

Ch. 8 - The Battle on Ogre Street

Led Zeppelin, “Over the Hills and Far Away”

from Houses of the Holy (Remastered)

Atlantic Records - 1973

Baron William Zeppeli,ally, Hamon user (also, later Page, Jones, Plant, and Bornnam - more zombies)

The Beatles, “Eleanor Rigby”

from Revolver

UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) - 2009

Erina Pendleton? - love interest/mom/grandma

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, “Deliver Me”

from Long After Dark

Geffen* - 2014

Tonpetty - Tibetan Hamon master

Dire Straits, “Brothers In Arms”

from Brothers In Arms

Warner Records - 1996

Dire and Straizo - disciples of Tonpetty

Poco, “Short Changed”

from Pickin' Up the Pieces

Epic/Legacy - 1970

Poco - boy who helps our heroes and gains courage because this is an anime

Wang Chung, “Don't Be My Enemy”

from Points on the Curve

Geffen - 1984

Wang Chan - black market vendor turned zombie, Chinese stereotype

Emerson, Lake & Palmer, “A Time and a Place (2012 - Remaster)”

from Tarkus (Deluxe Version)

BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. - 2016

Tarkus - revived 16th century warrior, zombie

The Doobie Brothers, “You Belong To Me (2016 Remastered)”

from Livin' On the Fault Line (Remastered)

Rhino/Warner Records - 1977

Dubi - zombie that captures Poco's sister

Jeff Beck, “Play With Me”

from Wired

Epic - 1976

Jeff Beck - rando farmer, also, Wired Beck - vampire mysoginist

Styx, “This Old Man”

from Crystal Ball

A&M - 1976

Father Styx - alcoholic priest, minor character

Air Supply, “We Are All Alone”

from Air Supply

Sony Music Entertainment - 1976

Air Supplena Island

Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, “Can You Feel the Beat (with Full Force)”

from Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force (Expanded Edition)

Columbia/Legacy - 1985

Lisa Lisa - master and mentor to Caesar Zeppeli and Joseph Joestar

Loggins & Messina, “Till the Ends Meet”

from Loggins and Messina

Columbia - 1972

Loggins and Messina - students of Lisa Lisa, teachers to protags