brightknightie | "FK Vids" song playlist titles

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While musing over prompts, I revisited my "Forever Knight Vids" songs playlist, which I hadn't listened to in a very, very long time. It began as a list of all the songs used in all the FK fanvids I'd ever seen and liked. (Gifted by a friend, and then added to from others, back in VHS days, I had one tape with several assorted fanvids dubbed onto it; I will always associate these songs with those vids, and those FK interpretations.) Later, other songs (not related to vids) with specific FK-character associations for me got tacked onto the end of the list, until they made up fully half the total. It's currently on its third music platform since downloads and streaming began.

If you're interested:

"Self Control" -- Laura Branigan
"When I Look at You" -- Christine Andreas, Scarlet Pimpernel soundtrack
"If There Hadn't Been You" -- Billy Dean
"Badlands" -- Bruce Springsteen
"Only the Good Die Young" -- Billy Joel
"You Love the Thunder" -- Jackson Browne
"She's Like the Wind" -- Patrick Swayze
"Devil with the Green Eyes" -- Matthew Sweet
"You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side" -- Morissey
"Livin' on the Edge of the Night" -- Iggy Pop
"Better Days" -- Bruce Springsteen
"Terminus Est" -- Julia Ecklar
"That Ain't Love" -- REO Speedwagon
"Holding Out for a Hero" -- Bonnie Tyler
"Making Love out of Nothing at All" -- Air Supply
"Rebel Son" -- Survivor
"Desperado" -- Eagles
"Can't Fight This Feeling" -- REO Speedwagon
"Just as I Am" -- Air Supply
"Tears From the Moon" -- Sinead O'Connor

If you happen to know these songs, which FK character(s) would you associate them with? (Which would you guess that I would associate them with, if different?)

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Gosh, that takes me back. I had a VHS tape with fan vids (not this many) back in the day but couldn't remember all the songs. This is definitely ringing some bells though and I know some of these were on there. (”She's Like the Wind" distinctly pinging in my brain as about Nat.) I also vaguely feel like there was one about Nick set to "Hero" by Mariah Carey. Kinda wish I still had that tape, not that I'd have a way to play it.

Whew, that was a good shot of nostalgia.

Yes, the "She's Like the Wind" fanvid that I knew was definitely about Nat from Nick's perspective!

I never saw one set to Mariah Carey's "Hero." I'll go listen to the song and find out what I can imagine for it. :-)

I was very, very lucky to have gotten to see as many VHS-era fanvids as I did. Most of those I saw were made with first-season episode footage only, probably first made during the long hiatus between first and second season. Most of them would be totally unacceptable quality by today's standards, but I enjoyed them hugely and found them very thoughtfully conveying their themes.

I absolutely loved them. Did you ever see the one that was the theme/intro song to "Cheers," but it was about the Raven?

It was very amusing to see a sitcom theme used with FK. Funny enough, if I could ever see one of those old VHS fan vids again, it would be that one.

No, I never saw a humorous FK fanvid, that I recall. How fun!

I think the one I would most enjoy seeing again, if I could see only one, is "You Love the Thunder," but a close second is "When I Look at You," which was perhaps not as well edited with as good footage as the vidder would have liked, but was brilliantly interpreted. Both, coincidentally, were Immortal Beloved vids, one Nick about Janette, and the other Janette about Nick.

The only reason I have this playlist is because I had a piece of notebook paper on which I wrote down the title (and the FK characters) for each fanvid I saw -- whether copies given to me, or when visiting friends.

As a child, before I had any other way to "own" or even revisit a show, I had a spiral notebook in which I wrote down the title of each episode of whatever my favorite show was at the time as it aired (starting with Robotech, iirc). Happily, I deployed the approach to the fanvids, too. :-)

Glad you did! I'm sitting hear digging around in my memory (not entirely reliable) because the tape is long gone and I never wrote anything like that down.

From your list, the songs that are pinging for me (other than the ones I already mentioned) are:
- "Self Control"
- "Badlands"
- "Only the Good Die Young" (and I am recalling many flashes to the Joan of Arc episode, may have been Nick getting the bite on a lot of people over the years?)
- "You Love the Thunder"
- "Livin' on the Edge of the Night"

My recall is super hazy though on what they were about and there may have been more. Most about Nick? One might have been about all three vamps? It was just so long ago. Wish I'd written something down!

The last one actually, I'm not 100% on. The other ones though, I am sure were on the tape I had.

Yes, the "Only the Good Die Young" fanvid I remember has lots of "For I Have Sinned" footage with St. Joan.

"If There Hadn't Been You" is a friendship vid -- Nick, Schanke, Natalie.

I never saw a VHS fanvid, that I can recall, that focused on the vampire characters (other than Nick and Nick/Janette). Surely they were out there, but either my friends didn't have them, or they didn't share them with me, knowing that I'm so good-guy-centric. :-)

Correction: The "Terminus Est" vid is a Lacroix vid. Oh, yes, very much! Brrr.

Edited (Forgot one. Inexcusable! ) 2024-03-07 03:41 (UTC)

I'd have loved that friendship vid!

I'd never heard "Terminus Est" and just gave it a listen. Damn, that is fitting.

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