Songs that remind you of SK stories?

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Angelo Bottigliero

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Ok last one: This one always reminds me of the very ending of the Dark Tower, because:
"But it was only fantasy.
The wall was too high,
As you can see.
No matter how he tried,
He could not break free."

and of course:
"Hey you, don't tell me there's no hope at all
Together we stand, divided we fall."

(I know, I'm kind of DT oriented :p I really do love his other work too!)

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KJ Norrbotten

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Recently I've been listening a lot of the '60's music on Youtube, and everytime I here the song "My Boyfriend's Back" by the Angels, it reminds me of 11/22/63,
(I'm sure everybody remembers that part of the book)

Pet Sematary has been covered by several Finnish bands. There's actually a music video by a group called "Corpsevainaat"

I've heard a lot of songs that remind me of a SK story. A Finnish band named boys (pojat on Finnish) made a song Pet Semetary but Finnish of course.
 

The Nameless

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Pretty much all the music by Gustavo santaolalla from the video game " the last of us" reminds me of the stand. This is probably because the last of us is a post apocalypse game and has some similarities to the stand. One song in particular is called "the choice" (i'll add the songs later, I'm on my phone right now), and I can picture quite clearly, a sweeping shot of the mass desertion, broken windows, car pile ups and overgrown wilderness.

Does anyone who has played the game feel this too?
 

jfra3101

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Pretty much all the music by Gustavo santaolalla from the video game " the last of us" reminds me of the stand. This is probably because the last of us is a post apocalypse game and has some similarities to the stand. One song in particular is called "the choice" (i'll add the songs later, I'm on my phone right now), and I can picture quite clearly, a sweeping shot of the mass desertion, broken windows, car pile ups and overgrown wilderness.

Does anyone who has played the game feel this too?
Is the game good? I haven't played it but I've seen trailers for it and I think it looks awesome!
 

The Nameless

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Is the game good? I haven't played it but I've seen trailers for it and I think it looks awesome!
It is truly brilliant. It's visually stunning, storytelling is unrivalled and the characters are so deep and well written. I think this is another reason why it reminds me of the stand - the character and story development.
 

Angelo Bottigliero

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Pretty much all the music by Gustavo santaolalla from the video game " the last of us" reminds me of the stand. This is probably because the last of us is a post apocalypse game and has some similarities to the stand. One song in particular is called "the choice" (i'll add the songs later, I'm on my phone right now), and I can picture quite clearly, a sweeping shot of the mass desertion, broken windows, car pile ups and overgrown wilderness.

Does anyone who has played the game feel this too?

I can't play it, because I believe it's PS exclusive, right? But I really love that kind of game, last one I played was an Arcade titel on Xbox Live called State of Decay (Zombie Apocalypse though, not post-apocalyptic). But games like Borderlands, Fallout, Rage. I love them. There's something about a society that's fallen apart at the seems that's just so appealing (In fiction! :D)
 

Shoesalesman

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Anything from RUSH makes me think of SK period! The kid who turned me on to those books in the early-80s was a HUGE fan of the band. To this day, can't listen to Limelight or Subdivisions without giving a hearty nod to Stephen.
Then there's Black Sabbath's Born Again album that makes me think of The Dead Zone. Especially the title track, Keep It Warm and Zero The Hero.