Game Sound Track
For the 2016 Festiväl run, Sami Genstein put together a wonderful Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll Spotify playlist for the game, based on her research and my suggestions. It fit the LARP really well, and was surprisingly synchronized to the game in several amusing coincidences. I was listening to a lot of the music as I was prepping the game, and it took me right back to 1986. This is what I was listening to when I wrote the LARP.
The section titles are Sami's, who divided the playlist into thematic groupings.
| Song | Artist |
| Introduction / Setting the Environment | |
| R.O.C.K. In the USA (A Salute to 60's Rock) | John Mellencamp |
| The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades | Timbuk 3 |
| Roadrunner | Joan Jett & The Blackhearts |
| Real Wild Child | Iggy Pop |
| For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) | AC/DC |
| Past History | |
| Livin' On A Prayer | Bon Jovi |
| Notorious | Duran Duran |
| Money Changes Everything | Cyndi Lauper |
| Things Go Downhill | |
| Tonight She Comes1 | The Cars |
| Invisible Touch | Genesis |
| Addicted To Love | Robert Palmer |
| You Give Love A Bad Name | Bon Jovi |
| Burning Heart | Survivor |
| If You Leave | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark |
| Dreams | Van Halen |
| Sweet Emotion2 | Aerosmith |
| Touch and Go | Emerson, Lake & Powell |
| The Final Countdown3 | Europe |
| Danger Zone | Kenny Loggins |
| The Murder | |
| Wanted Dead Or Alive | Bon Jovi |
| Behind the Wall of Sleep | The Smithereens |
| Who Wants to Live Forever | Queen |
| (I Just) Died in Your Arms | Cutting Crew |
| The Immediate Fallout | |
| Land of Confusion | Genesis |
| Wasted Years | Iron Maiden |
| Master of Puppets | Metallica |
| War - Live4 | Bruce Springsteen |
| I'm Not The One | The Cars |
| Live To Tell | Madonna |
| Talk To Me | Stevie Nicks |
| Grieving / Feeling | |
| Blood and Roses | The Smithereens |
| Take My Breath Away | Berlin |
| Sweet Sixteen | Billy Idol |
| Dream On | Aerosmith |
| Recovering | |
| Don't Dream It's Over | Crowded House |
| Broken Wings | Mr. Mister |
| No One Is To Blame | Howard Jones |
| Human | The Human League |
| What Next? / The Future | |
| What You Need | INXS |
| Why Can't This Be Love | Van Halen |
| Don't Get Me Wrong | Pretenders |
| Your Love | The Outfield |
| Amanda5 | Boston |
| Take Me Home Tonight | Eddie Money |
| These Dreams | Heart |
| Papa Don't Preach | Madonna |
| Higher Love | Steve Winwood |
| Sleeping Bag | ZZ Top |
| Your Wildest Dreams | The Moody Blues |
| Sara | Starship |
| Alive and Kicking | Simple Minds |
| All I Need Is A Miracle | Mike & The Mechanics |
| All Through the Night | Cyndi Lauper |
| When Tomorrow Comes | Eurythmics |
| Closing | |
| Wild Wild Life | Talking Heads |
1 You couldn't avoid The Cars on the radio in Boston, as one of the big local groups of the time, even for music released before 1986. Besides, Toxic Waste opened for them for a brief time.
2 Aerosmith, the huge local band, rereleased a "greatest hits" album in 1986, so their earlier hits were everywhere on the radio in Boston.
3 Sigh. It's a shame that most of the players in the LARP probably know this song from an insurance commercial.
4 Bruce Springsteen released a huge live collection that was all over the radio.
5 There is probably no truth to the rumor that Boston wrote this song about Amanda Harrington-Smythe.