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[lunchbreaks]

Hello there, everyone, this is Aziraphale. With the advent of the Songbird on our devices, I was hoping to ask you all a favor. Or, well, it's more like a proposal, really. If people with musical talents could volunteer their time, we could record some songs with our devices and publish them for public listening on the why-fye.

I was also wondering if anyone here was familiar with the work of someone called Freddie Mercury, or perhaps one of the Velvet Undergrounds? They are performers from Earth, somewhere in the latter half of the 20th century or early 21st century. I would like to make a personal request that we could make some of their music available post-haste!

I admit that I have very little to offer in this project, myself. However, if anyone is interested in book passage recitations, I would be delighted to take requests, provided I'm familiar with the material!

[ Additional note: Aziraphale has intended to filter this message to everyone except for Crowley to be able to see it, but he has messed up and just made it open. ]

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Text @ SuprNerd

[moderatelymaladjusted]

I know Taylor Swift? But, I need magic to make it sound right.

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[lunchbreaks]

Quentin -

I do not know who Taylor Swift is, but I would be excited to hear his music. What is wrong with your current magic ability? Is it to do with your lantern?

x
Aziraphale

[moderatelymaladjusted]

My lantern looks fine now. I don't know, maybe it was just something that happened? But it's fine now.

Thanks? For. You know.

Taylor Swift makes music that you can dance to. I can try to do the spell for you and you can hear it? Unless it's going to be on the app, then you can just click it and listen.

voice; @lonk

[sublimebeast]

I understood less than half of all that but it sounds like you're looking for music?

I know some songs from my home...

Lessee...

[Rustling sounds as he scratches his head, thinking.]

Some hymns, folk songs, I know one about a guy with a big ...sword... and all the women who love him for it.

[lunchbreaks]

Oh, yes, unfortunately I'm only familiar with Earth music, but I would love to hear your hymns and folk songs! Actually, I know very little about your home. Did you say it was called Hyrule, I think?

[sublimebeast]

That's right.

Hyrule, Holy Kingdom of the Gods.

We have a pretty long tradition of music, actually.

audio @lucky

[mindofathief]

Hi? I just got a bass from the ferry, so I could play something from home...

But I'll need other instruments for that to work.

Re: audio @lucky

[lunchbreaks]

What other instruments will you need? I'm sure we could find some!

[mindofathief]

DCMC has me, a saxophone, a guitar, drums, keyboards...

We’re going to need a bigger studio than the rec center.

@wayne

[pearlstrings]

I don't suppose you happen to be familiar with much from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, or perhaps Sun Tzu?

The Odyssey might not go amiss, all things considered.

Re: @wayne

[lunchbreaks]

Dear Wayne,

What excellent choices!

I do know a few of the Sherlock stories, but I'm afraid I've forgotten most of my Sun Tzu.
I think with some assistant from the Emperor, we could write it again.

I am currently in the process of translating The Iliad into modern English from what I remember of the original Greek. It is difficult going, but I will put the Odyssey on the docket as well. Unless - do you happen to know Ancient Greek? It would save a lot of time!

Sincerely,
Aziraphale

@thursday | text

[freetobe]

Art isn't something I find myself particularly capable of. But if you still have need of translations from Ancient Greece or other human languages, I could offer my assistance.

Re: @thursday | text

[lunchbreaks]

Dearest Cassiel,
That would help immensely! I am having the hardest time fitting English into proper-sounding dactyls to fit. I'm on book 8!
Yours,
Aziraphale

text @ Ultra_Magnus

[legalcy]

[He recognizes Freddie Mercury. Verity shared some of Earth's popular music when she was living on his ship, and his name was brought up in a list of skilled performers. There were other songs that he had downloaded: crooners and boy bands and jazz and classical Cybertronian music. All of that gone, abandoned in his office. The only source of music is whatever the ferry brings and the collections hidden in the downtown shopping center.

Some music would help with the darkness.

The problem was that in order to help Arizaphale, he would first have to admit one of his secret hobbies. The solution was to offer his suggestion in a roundabout way.]

How do you plan to download music from various planets when we do not have network access to our collections? There are hundreds of thousands that each person can offer, especially considering that I have seen many popular lists in my 5 million years of functioning.

[Not specifying anything in particular...nothing damning about mentioning that you've lived a long time and don't have just one or two pieces in mind.]

Re: text @ Ultra_Magnus

[lunchbreaks]

Five million years? Oh, excellent! We will have to find a way. There are recording applications on all of our devices, so I assume that we can play something and record it, to be shared on Songbird. I am not sure how to publish music on that application, but I will figure it out!

Text @lingering-will

[really_sketchy]

I haven't really learned how to use these but I really like the music.
I have not heard a lot of music before.
I don't know what I can do but I can read or try and sing. I haven't done anything like this before.

Re: Text @lingering-will

[lunchbreaks]

Dearest Lingering Will,
What sort of music did you listen to? Perhaps I could make some recommendations!
Yours,
Aziraphale.

audio; UN: Mrs.Maisel

[maisel]

Please tell me Shy Baldwin is on this little tchotchke. I'm still trying to figure out how to work it properly and I don't know how to check.

Re: audio; UN: Mrs.Maisel

[lunchbreaks]

I'm afraid I don't know who that is, but I don't know many popular modern acts. I haven't really figured it out myself, I pressed the triangle button and the most horrible song started playing! I'll let you know if I figure out how to browse the library.

Perhaps someone else could enlighten us both!

un: kent

[uplifters]

If there's a piano around here, I'd be happy to play any pieces people would like to have available.

Besides that, though, I don't have much. I can play guitar, but there're probably others more qualified for that than I am.

Re: un: kent

[lunchbreaks]

Dearest Kent,
Any contributions are welcome! Did you play, back home? I have been meaning to check if there is a piano at the rec center.
Sincerely,
Aziraphale

@HK

[catholicisms]

Really don't think I could manage the vocals of Freddie Mercury, but I'm familiar with the music. I could probably manage the piano accompaniment.

Re: @HK

[lunchbreaks]

I didn't know you played, but I would really appreciate your contribution.

And I am absolutely sure your singing voice is just lovely, Matt.

[ Is Aziraphale a fan of Freddie? No. ]

@cuttingedge; voice

[knifecollecting]

Wait, how do you know about Freddie Mercury? [Jo is laughing as she asks, because she's seen and heard enough about him to think he wouldn't even know Mercury.

And Velvet Underground? Amazing.]

voice, PRIVATE

[lunchbreaks]

He's, ah, Crowley's favorite. His username is FreddieFan and everything, and I've been... trying to get him some music for some time now, if I'm being honest.