Riz Gukgak Season 1 Playlist Breakdown
Yeah so I really quickly posted my Character playlists to get them out there asap but god I put sooooo much thought into them and I love them so much so I want to talk about each song so you can take a peek into my brain and see what the worms have been cooking. I'll make like a masterlist with links and stuff once I get more out but yeah this one's going first because I decided to go table order right to left.
For all my playlists I choose songs based on a bunch of criteria which is but is not limited to :
vibe
whether I think the character would like the song/artist
whether I can picture the song playing in the background
If the lyrics match up to a specific scene or feeling
if, when put together the general character arc can be reflected in the playlist
if the songs cohesively go together (i.e. similar vibes, genres, themes)
For Riz, the playlist consists of a mix of Alt Rock, 80s/90s, Math Rock, and Punk/Grunge. Here's the playlist if you haven't listened to it
Without further ado... Lets get into it
1. Happy to Hide, Pile of Love
Smiling between my teeth
Acting up accordingly
Why do I waste my time performing?
I don't see the comedy you see
In all the scenes involving me
As if I wasn't dull and boring
I'm happy to hide
I'm happy to leave with no goodbye
Would you believe me if I said I couldn't cry?
I wanted to start with the classic early 2000s "I'm a nerd in high school" movie song. I can picture this at the start of a movie starring Riz, where he gets to school and gives out his business cards, and it's Not Working, and he doesn't understand why. I also love the way that being "happy to hide" works with his rogue class :)
2. We Are Detectives, Thompson Twins
Someone is on our tail
We think they're openin' up our mornin' mail (Whoa)
And now each time the telephone rings
We think of frightening things
We are detective
We are selective
We are detective
Come to collect
This song is so fun and so camp, very 80s alt, I think Riz would love it. I also think it kind of shows how while Riz is definitely extremely serious about the Missing Maiden Case, he is also playing out one of his biggest fantasies and is a high schooler snooping around corners.
3. Daysleeper, R.E.M.
I see today with a newsprint fray
My night is colored headache gray
Don't wake me with so much
The ocean machine is set to nine
I'll squeeze into heaven and Valentine
My bed is pulling me, gravity
Daysleeper
We love our insomniac little guy
4. Cops and Robbers, The Hoosiers
Got your revolution, now you're waging war again
Marching on the spot when you should have made amends
You say you fight for us, cross your heart and hope to die
You're a bully in the playground and we'll hang you out to dry
Blame Simon 'cause he said
You've got two lives down and one life left
Blame Simon 'cause he said
You could think better with a hole in your head
Listening to The Hoosiers brings me back to my high school days. This song for me really gets at the change in tone that the "mystery" goes through, specifically with Riz and his relationship with Biz Glitterdew. The way the song kind of starts out as a fun kitchy romp and then devolves into a screeching violent swirl really shows how out of everyone, even though Riz was probably the closest with Biz at the start, he was definitly the one ready and willing to hold him violently accountable for his actions. Riz shows you how to deal with violent incels.
5. Big Sea, Crash Of Rhinos
We'll stand trial, our will won't be broken
Your mistake is not that you care, it's that you don't notice
Our favorite part is not how this ends
It's just how its starts
And just that it starts
I'll paint you from my memory
I do think that Riz would absolutely love math rock and I do not mind going to jail for that opinion (because every guy that I've met that likes math rock has been proven to be not great - but I'm holding out). Either way, do you guys remember how they literally were in jail for months. Like Riz "son of a cop (at the time)" "The Ball" Gukgak spent several months in jail not being able to do anything but ruminate on the case, what he could have done differently, and what could be happening without them present. Yikes.
6. Black Dragon Fighting Society, My Chemical Romance
Yeah, I drink juice when I'm killing 'cause it's fucking delicious
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Switing out my style bring a friend out with
Better grab your soul from the fingers of death
I got a medical emergency
A medical emergency
We got a medical emergency
A medical emergency
(Mayday, they call the shots, yeah)
This is the type of song that you play during a full throttle drag out feral goblin fight, and its' the song that Riz deserves to end the season with, since he and his mom ate the fucking dragon that killed his dad. Hell yeah.
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I fucking love Fantasy High
I was living my life watching jrwi riptide (you should go check it out; it's a powerful dnd podcast) and I saw a fantasy high video in my recommended. Like the curious goblin I am: I watch the first episode of fantasy high. It was a beautiful mistake....
The next 4 days I did nothing other than breathe it. I would wake up; watch fantasy high; sleep. It was so good that I couldn't take my brain away. I didn't go to school or did any school related things because I was obsessed with it
What a beautiful mistake.
I love the storyline, the characters (Gorgug my beloved he finally found his dad) and just everything about it
I want to continue it so bad but my grades took a toll :/
When the semester ends I will watch all of the fantasy high for sure!!!!!
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