THE NORTHERN CROSS

NUMBER OF SONGS: 26
LISTENING TIME: 1 hr, 49 mins
LAST UPDATED: OCT 7TH, 2025

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Sadr's playlist bounces around a little in terms of genre and tone, but I associate him pretty strongly with rock music and especially rock operas. I especially associate him with, like, belting vocals! Which there's a lot of here.

There's also a lot of little weird things I do with this playlist? For example, there are a couple of songs on this playlist that are not actually Sadr songs, to me, but more relate him as a prop to the actual main subject. I won't be specifying which songs, but I think it's neat to let you know that that's a thing that's happening.


Oh, also I get to point out some character associations here (though at the time of publishing this page there won't be any context for the uninitiated):

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover is a song that Sadr shares with Atrata, and is intended to be a dialogue with her. Similarly, Taking What's Not Yours is shared between him, Atrata, and their operator. You're My Only Home as a Magnetic Fields song is meant to tie him to his operator (who is the main holder of those in their playlist), and both Remember to Breathe and Black Swan are meant to tie him to ▮▮▮▮.

LINKS/TRACKLIST:

NOTABLE RECCS:

If you're short on time, want the important bits, or just want a vibe check, listen to these.

TWRP - Phantom Racer

The Protomen - Light Up The Night

The Offspring - Bad Habit

Butthole Surfers - Pepper

The Like - He's Not A Boy


I'll probably, like. Put something else here eventually. Not like I don't have the space. For now though go my car gif


1. Phantom Racer
TWRP ft. The Protomen

(Faster!) I'll be right behind you
(Faster!) Over and over again!

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2. Remember to Breathe
Sturgill Simpson
CW: Can be interpreted as evoking sexual violence.

Just lay back, let it happen
And remember to breathe.

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3. Black Swan
TWRP ft. Dan Avidan

Ooh, I challenge you
Let's see what you can do
If your legend is true

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4. Dance or Die
Starcadian

♪ ♪ ♪

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5. Blink Gone
BL8M & AKUGETSU

Oh, in a blink, gone
I'm tellin' you blink, gone

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6. Light Up The Night
The Protomen

I've got this burning like my veins
are filled with nothing but gasoline

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7. Burning Down the House
Talking Heads

Here's your ticket, pack your bags
Time for jumping overboard
Transportation is here

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8. He's Not A Boy
The Like

Even when he lies, he means every word he says
His delusions find their way inside your head

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9. Danger Zone
The Protomen

Out along the edge is always where I burn to be
The further on the edge, the hotter the intensity

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10. Freedom of Choice
DEVO

In ancient Rome, there was a poem
About a dog who found two bones
He picked at one, he licked the other
He went in circles, he dropped dead

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11. In the Light
Led Zeppelin

And if you feel that you can't go on,
In the light you will find the road

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12. GAS GAS GAS - EXTENDED MIX
Manuel

GOT THIS POWER THAT IS TAKING ME OUT!
(YES, I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU)
READY, NOW, READY, GO!

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13. The Trooper
The Protomen

You'll take my life, but I'll take yours too!
You'll fire your musket, but I'll run you through!

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14. Trampled Under Foot
Led Zeppelin
CW: Song is literally nothing but car-based innuendo.

Greased and slicked down
Groovy leather trim
I like the way you hold the road
Mama, it ain't no sin

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15. Race of Doom
DEVO

I want to be your time bomb
Let me be your time bomb, baby
I want to be your time bomb
Please let me be your time bomb, baby!

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16. Every Time I Touch You
The Nails

They say this makes the world go 'round,
I don't need to be convinced

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17. Somebody Told Me
The Killers

Pace yourself for me
I said maybe, baby, please

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18. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Paul Simon

"The problem is all inside your head," she said to me
"The answer is easy if you take it logically."

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19. Taking What's Not Yours
TV Girl

You know where to find me
And I know where to look
(I-i-i-i-I'm not a crook, crook!)

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20. Bad Habit
The Offspring

You drive on my ass,
Your foot's on the gas
And your next breath is your last!

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21. Pepper
Butthole Surfers
CW: Ear gore in album artwork.

I don't mind the sun sometimes, the images it shows
I can taste you on my lips and smell you in my clothes

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22. Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth
DEVO

You think it's funny,
But what I say is true
The reason that I live like this
Is all because of you

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23. You're My Only Home
The Magnetic Fields

And I will hide what you want hidden
And I'll roam if you say roam
But I'd just as soon you didn't,
Because you're my only home.

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24. Mr. Roboto
The Protomen

I've got a secret I've been hiding under my skin
My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain IBM!

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25. The No Pants Dance
TWRP ft. Ninja Sex Party

The morning after left me hanging from the rafters,
Like a natural disaster had just blown through the door

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26. Lower One's Eyes
Will Stetson

Every feeling that I had inside has now all left me out to dry
Sorta the same now, sorta different, sorta sly

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