The Church of the Ecstatic presents:
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.
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”
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)”
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
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
Santana, “Nowhere to Run”
from Shangó
Columbia - 1982
Santana ("Santviento") - first of the Pillar Men seen, #4 in rank
Steely Dan, “Aja”
from Aja
Geffen* - 1977
Red Stone of Aja - artifact sought by the Pillar Men for ultimate power, held by Lisa Lisa
Sister Euphonia The Church of the Ecstatic March 11th, 2020
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