User blog comment:NadaAsar/What's Your Favorite Song?/@comment-4080028-20131026234706

Man, I'm the same way. I always get great inspiration when listening to the right song or musical score; and it also helps me concentrate and drown out any environmental noise nearby. Now let's see here... What do I listen to? Well, I listen to so many different genres and sources of music, that it's take days to listen to everything I've saved on to my computer. But for the most part, it's just Japanese stuff. Just because that's who I am. Now let's try to narrow down my long list to a few really good examples...

Obviously, I listen to a lot of One Piece songs and BGM, like:

| We Are! - This is just one of many versions of the song I listen to. The original, the Straw Hat version, the Thriller Bark opening remix, the 2011 remix, the AAA remix, this version, countless fandubs, etc. It's just a classic, timeless song, given that it was the first opening credits song and all. And I love each new rendition of it, as it breathes new life into such a classic while still retaining everything I love about the song. It's just so uplifting, adventurous, exciting, and festive. Just what you'd expect from a series like One Piece. In fact, it's one of the few songs I can sing in Japanese from beginning to end by memory. I just love it that much.

| Shouchinosuke - Probably just because I'm a sucker for almost any One Piece song or musical piece, but there's something about this particular ending song that makes me listen to it more often than the others. I don't know if it's the vocalist, the music itself, or... some other third thing. But it's one of those types of songs that makes you come back for more without ever understanding why or how it's doing it. My best guess is that it's either a combination of the singer and music blending perfectly in my opinion, or that it's simply the magical allure of a good song that affects practically every human on the planet.

| Overtaken (Extended) - I'm sure like the above two links, nearly every fan of One Piece who's ever watched a handful of episodes of the anime knows this tune. I tend to listen to this one a lot when thinking of, or writing up a scene where something BIG is going to go down. Even if it's just the good guys rallying together to put the antagonist back in their place. Or if my main protagonist, Jolly D. Chris were to have been knocked down, it would be this very theme that would play in my head when he rises back up to his feet for round two (or three, or four, and so on...) It's just an all around wonderful piece of inspirational, yet dramatic music that makes you go 'HELL YEAH!'

| New World - By the one and only Soul King himself, Brook. Another one of those festive songs with a beat you could just dance to if you felt like it. For the most part, I tend to listen to this whenever I feel like it; and when I do, I can't help but picture Chris playing it in all his glory (I actually have an idea as to how he could have learned of the song, and any others made by Brook, like Bone to be Wild.) Hmm... What else can I say about New World that I haven't said already? It's your typical, fun One Piece song. But I guess what really makes it special is that it's sung by Cho, the seiyu of Brook, and that in the series itself, Brook performs it. For anyone who doesn't know already, Brook is just one of my favorite characters. Who're the others? The rest of the Straw Hat crew, of course.

Well, I could go on and on, but this is a One Piece fanon, so these examples would just come off as redundant. Time to branch out!

| Crossing Field (Fandub) - Lately, I've been listening to this a lot, since I tend to do that a lot when I grow fond of a new song. It's also because I've begun watching Sword Art Online on Toonami recently, since late Summer and early Fall. Whenever I listen to Crossing Field, I can't help but think of Rose Glory. The things she's gone through in my story, and the aspirations she has for the future. Likewise, the singer sounds reminiscent of how I think Blade D. Kris would sound if she were to sing. The song itself though, just sounds beautifully done for a fandub, and absolutely catchy to hear. And I feel attached to the lyrics; whether it's on a personal level, or simply because I'm something of a romantic at heart.

| Gale - Perhaps one of the MOST manliest songs I've ever listened to. +_+ I'm not much of a fan of the Blazblue series, and nor have I ever played a single game, but there's nothing that says that I can't listen to music that I enjoy. I listen to this song when I feel like getting seriously pumped up with adrenaline and testosterone all at once. lol Or just when I need something exciting and intense. :P It's the intensity and absurd level of passion that made me a fan of this song in particular. Like, when I read those lyrics in tandem with the music, I almost feel invincible; like I can do whatever I set my mind to, and not care a shred about anyone else. It feels liberating to me; so in a word, this is unrestrained 'freedom' to me. So much power and charisma... I adore it.

| Epica - After doing some searching, I discovered this wonderful piece a while back. I owe a One Piece AMV entitled "One Piece in 10 Minutes" for this chance encounter. And thanks to it, this track has helped to awaken the inner pirate and adventurer within me, which has been sleeping since I was 12 (for the record, I'm 22. So that's 10 years since then.) How it goes from a sort of eagerness to explore, to a more intense, action-packed medley, and then the pace increases even more so, which gives off a feeling of danger and foreboding. And it continues like that until you hear some of that action returning, as if the danger is being fought off and held at bay through sheer willpower and determination alone. It's simply magical! I LOVE it! But then, the music slows down unexpectedly, as if to reflect on the journey up till now. It then steadily begins to rise a little, like a pirate clawing his way back to the sea. And then finally... THE GRAND FINALE! Intensity and adventure! Excitement and exploration! The life of wooden ships and iron men! Even describing it as such is running chills down my back and legs. +_+ As such, I listen to this when I want to get into a One Piece sort of mood, which really helps me when writing One Dream and thinking up new ideas for it.

Hmm... I'd REALLY love to go on, but I can't think of any other tracks or songs that could measure up to the caliber of the ones I've listed so far. >_< Plus, one man's trash is another man's treasure, and as such, a bad song for someone could be a hit for another. So I guess it doesn't matter how many songs I link you to, so long as my appreciation and love for them are present.

Though of course, if I think of any other songs that deserve honorable mentions, I'll be sure to come back and add them here. Hope this was worth the wait, Nada.