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Song Recommendations?
Hello all! I’ve had Ulysses (from Fallout: New Vegas) brainrot the last few weeks and therefore have tried to find songs that remind me of Ulysses. Only problem is that I’m having a hard time finding some 😅 And I can hardly find any Ulysses themed playlists unfortunately as well.
Anyone got any songs that remind them of Ulysses? Any genre is welcome!
I FUCKING LOVE UNRELIABLE NARRATORS!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE PROPAGANDA IN VIDEO GAMES!!!!!!!!! I LOVE UNCONFIRMED INFORMATION THAT YOU MUST DEDUCE WITH CONTEXT CLUES!!!!!!!!!!!! LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOO
Some people will never understand how scary it is running around the Divide when you see a friendly npc blip show up and you turn and it’s ULYSSES
Songs that actually remind me of fallout companions characters in no particular order. The themes vary pretty wildly.
Arcade: Starting off with Danke Schoen (I listen specifically to the Wayne Newton version on Spotify) which is a thank you to an old love for all the good memories. This song fits the general motif of goodbyes to the past that Arcade’s character is struck through with, and it was translated into an English version from a foreign language (like auld lang syne).
Benny: In very Benny fashion, Luck Be A Lady by Frank Sinatra. It starts off slow but quickly speeds up, and of course the lyrics all sound like things he would say. Naturally the song is about gambling and the fickle nature of luck. Also, it is annoyingly catchy.
Vulpes: Basic, I know, but A Well Respected Man by The Kinks is definitely like him. While the song is originally a satire about the middle class in Britain, it speaks of a monotonous life with darker undertones in the background. Understandably, a spy is going to need to live a monotonous life like this in order to maintain his figure as an upstanding member of whatever society he’s infiltrating. Vulpes, right?
Boone: I Don’t Want To See Tomorrow by Nat King Cole (Holy shit fallout show reference). Yeah yeah yeah, sadman deadwife stuff, I get it, but this song really does seem like him. The lyrics are pretty damn depressing, talking about how life without a love is a life not worth living. It’s very slow and deliberately paced, and hauntingly mournful.
Cass: Here’s a surface level song, and I know her only character trait isn’t drinking, but Poor Little Critter on the Road by The Knitters, X, and Dave Alvin fits. Essentially its about having a good time drinking and living life chaotically.
Ulysses: Going back to somber songs, Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley & The Wailers. The song is about African American cavalry troops fighting in the American Indian Wars and their struggle for survival, and I think it can reflect onto Ulysses very well. Some lyrics that are so, so, so much like him are “If you know your history/Then you would know where you’re coming from” followed by “Then you wouldn’t have to ask me/Who the heck do I think I am?”
I’ll prolly repost with more songs later idk
Had a dream that Ulysses was my teacher and I skipped his class because I had just come back from vacation
During the dream I referred to him as “Mister Ulysses?”
I fully believe Ulysses and The Courier speak like exact opposites.
Ulysses speaks in a sophisticated and intelligent way meanwhile The Courier is extremely blunt in the way they speak.