I was using alcohol to numb the senses and thus arrived at the point where “Born Slippy” was written. I was describing a progressively despairing state of mind. ‘In truth, the song was me literally asking for help. Underworld’s Karl Hyde remembers his state of mind at the time: This anthem for the Stella generation was assembled from snatches of a conversation heard on a night out in Soho. It was just a yelp of laughter from the audience: they quite forgot the air raid!’
And then “Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!”: instead of the nightingale, we got the air raid siren! The theatre just fell about, they laughed so much, and Judy Campbell just died laughing on stage. “A Nightingale Sang…” just hit the right note for the time: it was so divinely escapist: “There was magic abroad in the air/There were angels dining at the Ritz…” It was nothing to do with air raids. And when she got to the point where she sang, “a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square,” she held up her hand and sang, “Hark!” – you know, for the nightingale. Judy Campbell was a successful young starlet then, and she came on in a satin evening frock, looking glamorous. The Shepherds Bush Empire had such nice shows. ‘It was the beginning of the air raids, but we went out, because we wanted to go out. Alternatively, bet your soul against a devil's golden fiddle and win.The most memorable performance of this romantic London song took place in 1940, during the early days of the Blitz. This doom can be avoided by putting on your blue suede shoes and touching down in the land of the delta blues, in the middle of the pouring rain. The muse has left, your music is mundane and mediocre for 24 hours.Spell dice return only on 1-2 for 24 hours.Current song is reduced to 1 random effect.Song ends abruptly, all dice invoked burn out.The song is lost, spend 1d6 turns getting it going again.
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Put your favorite playlist on shuffle and keep going until you get twelve song titles you like. I Would Like a More Different, More Traditional Spell List:
University wizards love going on about the music of the spheres.