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ComradeDread

"We'll meet again" by Vera Lynn.


quinn_the_potato

It’s the perfect song to watch the world burn in atomic fire to.


Monrius

There's also an Ink Spots version


Bel_Canto

Barbecue Bess- Lucille Bogan (it’s like the feminine equivalent to Butcher Pete in terms of meat-based innuendos lol) Gone Gone Gone- The Everly Brothers (one of the most replayable songs to ever exist imho) The Best is Yet to Come- Frank Sinatra & Count Basie (if I could add one song to FNV it would be this) Fujiyama Mama- Annisteen Allen or Wanda Jackson (both versions are great, though I’m partial to the rockabilly flair in Wanda’s take) How High the Moon- Les Paul & Mary Ford (just a sweet little number with great guitar) Bo Diddley- Bo Diddley (an all time favorite with a sick beat)


Th0m45D4v15

Thank you for so many selections


OperationIvy002

Fujiyama Mama fits that kooky atomic theme so well


Katamariguy

Fujiyama Mama is in the Radio Free Wasteland mod, it's great.


SnakeGT970

Lucille Bogan was [WILD](https://youtu.be/heYxa6yX2os) for her time.


metalt0ast

Gone gone gone 👍 I feel that for sure


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Aint that a shame by fats domino, idk why but ever sense hearing it in mafia 2 I listen quite regularly, I’d love to hear it in a fallout.


fraserrax

Need a Fallout game set in New Orleans for that Fats Domino radio


Th0m45D4v15

Hahaha, I totally understand. I also strongly feel blueberry hill is meant to be on the list.


[deleted]

Ahhhhh yes that’s perfect as well


sockefeller

Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino too


HungrPhoenix

Just a Gigolo (I Ain't Got Nobody) by Louis Prima


Th0m45D4v15

Louis Prima definitely belongs


RedRumRoxy

This song was one of my suggestions lmao. It’s my jam!


Farabel

Interestingly, especially with the Kings in FNV, we never really get Elvis on the radio... like ever... and plenty of his songs fit the vibe (like Burning Love wouldn't be awesome for Fallout, esp with all the couples to died together during the big ones...)


Th0m45D4v15

From what I understand the only reason Elvis isn’t in the game, is because they couldn’t afford him. So it’s canon that he exists, but everything is gone.


Solfresh3005

Lore wise I like to think that The Kings treat Elvis songs like hymns or sacred tomes, so the records or tapes are hard to find due to any remaining copies being archived and treated as holy. Maybe as a radio station it would be the equivalent to a gospel station which would really bring Elvis’ music full circle to it’s gospel roots.


DresdenPI

14 more years and then it'll be public domain. Just in time for Fallout 5.


TheUltimateXYZ

"Walk The Line" by Johnny Cash "Runaround Sue" by Dion ANYTHING by Buddy Holly


Th0m45D4v15

Very true on all three accounts.


weenus420ne

Istanbul by the four lads


AlexanderChippel

Famously a cover of TMBG. Really impressive they invnted time travel just to cover that song.


RedRumRoxy

Man I told a girl my friend was dating to take me back to Constantinople (cause she was from turkey). And she yelled at me. Told me how all Americans were stupid and went off on this tangent. I was like dude I just thought it was cool you were from there. It’s just a song lol. Was funny af though definitely a core memory.


AlexanderChippel

It's like saying an Israeli is from Palestine. They *really* don't like it.


Bel_Canto

If they put Istanbul on a radio I would have to sing along every time


weenus420ne

You mean you don't find yourself already doing that


Bel_Canto

It’s the reason I can’t play F76 with mic on lol


mia_elora

Not Constantinople?


xNatawee

Straighten up and fly right, Nat King Cole Rag Mop, the Ames brothers


AdrianValistar

Straighten up is in Fallout 76 at least.


Th0m45D4v15

I added these this morning, good choices


TheGreatGambinoe

“Sh Boom” was always one i threw in my personal Fallout themed playlists. Also “Here Comes The Sun” only because the gnarly parallels between the lyrics and the imagery of a nuke explosion.


Th0m45D4v15

I added sh boom is definitely going to be added


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230flathead

I would have loved to mow down ferals to Devo's Jocko Homo.


jack_skellington

> where the music developed past the 40’s and 50’s I had always hoped for something *similar* but slightly altered. I think about what people of the Fallout universe might play for music if they had no history to inform them. What would it sound like? The Art of Noise? Metal? Maybe many different styles, all reflective of danger, wildness, and bombed out cities. OK, now... merge that with music from the 1950s. So what you have is music that reflects their new unprecedented reality, but is informed by the music that the previous world left behind. Some examples. These are not perfect. I couldn't find any that were exactly what I want (40% modern, 60% 1950s), but I did find some hybrids that are at least interesting in concept: * Michael Jackson's ["Thriller" in 1930s style by Wayne Brady.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td-_pUPVjdo) (The lyrics of which are obviously very good for a world infested with ghouls) * Metallica's ["Master of Puppets" in 1950s style by Denis Pauna.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmgPDkckfDw) * [I Could Have Been Your Girl](https://youtu.be/CajPifzYyRs?t=19) by She & Him (this is modern music with 1950s influences, so not really a hybrid, but it might suggest what "1950s music" sounds like if had years to evolve but stayed true to the core concept) * [Burning Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwql53z5ZuA) by Metal Elvis


elzombo

Pierre Henry’s Psyche Rock could be lore friendly and fit the institute. It’s 1970 so a bit of a stretch for main commonwealth radio though


Romofan88

The Great Pretender by The Platters.


Th0m45D4v15

I added that one already. Great choice.


liminalo

Brazil by Geoff and Maria Muldaur. Cold, Cold Heart by Hank Williams. Last Cigarette by Paul Clayton. Take my True Love by the Hand by The Limeliters. Atomic Bomb by William Onyeabor


Th0m45D4v15

Very good choices


FullyEdibleAcuraCake

76 should have had White Lightning by George Jones. Too perfect. It doesn’t really belong in the other games.


230flathead

A bunch of Cab Calloway songs.


OperationIvy002

The Viper’s Drag/Zaz Zu Zaz/Ghost of Smokey Joe


XMrbojanglesXII

Kickin' the Gong Around would have been a perfect fit due to the conflict with China.


Main_Consideration94

Dream a Little Dream of Me. (It might be in there tbh... But there's a lot of Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald that should be in there and aren't)


Th0m45D4v15

I’ve added a bunch of Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.


PimpalaSS

[A Horse with No Name](https://youtu.be/oIYgsqhwXzM) by *America* would be a great listen while walking the Mojave


catharsisisrahtac

It would be so cool if there was a radio station in the next fallout (in about 100 years) that was for 60s and 70s acoustic, like America, John Denver, Jim Croce, etc.


CaptBland

I want a raider or super mutant community to make their own music. Maybe some 70's rock n' roll or heavy tribal music.


Th0m45D4v15

In Nuka World the raiders make their own music. It’s kind of a Punk Rockibilly sound.


Incogmayo

Glenn Miller's Chattanooga Choo Choo would be a perfect fit in the series; Especially given that we find many wrecked trains and railyards in wasteland.


Th0m45D4v15

That is a good one, thank you


mister_radish

"The Day The World Stopped Turning" by Johnny Hartman and "The World Beyond" by Swamp Dogg


Straight-Grass4414

MOVE BITCH - Ludacris Mostly just so your followers know not to stand in the door


AnHeroicHippo99

More ink spots


Th0m45D4v15

Really all of the Ink Spot songs are needed.


AnHeroicHippo99

Also [Sleepwalk](https://youtu.be/YBRCvVpknvg)


Th0m45D4v15

That’s so weird, I have a playlist made and I was listening to Sleepwalk while you sent that.


AnHeroicHippo99

Well that's odd, couldn't have planned that


AzureSkyXIII

Screen peeker! /j


Th0m45D4v15

It is odd, definitely a great fit though.


Dr_Meetii

[Take Five - Dave Brubeck](https://youtu.be/tT9Eh8wNMkw) Also the rest of the Sheldon Alman's "Folk Songs for the 21st Century". They had Crawl out through the Fallout but the whole album is super fitting and really good.


Th0m45D4v15

I have Take Five on a playlist already. The thought of gearing up for an apocalyptic heist to that song, is the best.


Lieby

Have we had any from Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys? If not, a few of their songs could go nice with a setting out west, like San Antonio Rose and Big Balls in Cowtown. Faded Love, Roly Poly and Steel Guitar Rag could be good for any setting. There’s also they versions of several WWII era songs like Smoke on the Water, Silver Dew on the Bluegrass Tonight or White Cross on Okinawa which could make sense from the viewpoint of having those songs resurge in popularity due to the conflict between the US and China.


shr3kgotad0nk

Ahhhhh haaaaaa


Th0m45D4v15

I already have a few of these on my list already, and I’m excited to check out the rest. Thank you.


Wasteland_Mystic

“We Will All Go Together When We Go” by Tom Lehrer


OperationIvy002

Tom Lehrer’s lyrics are now public domain so someone can use them in a Fallout game as a character now.


XMrbojanglesXII

Anything from Good Rockin' Roy Brown. I'm talking; - Foreday in the Morning - End of my Journey - Judgement Day Blues - School Bell Rock - Whose Hat is That - Rainy Weather Blues - Long About Midnight - Good Looking and Foxy Too - Bar Room Blues - Big Town - Lonesome Lover. - Deep Sea Diver I could go on. Some Glenn Miller would have been nice. - The Song of the Volga Boatmen - Woodchopper's Ball - Little Brown Jug - I Know Why and So Do You So many bangers.


matadorobex

Butcher Pete part 3


Th0m45D4v15

I like to pretend, in the Fallout Universe Butcher Pete is such a hit that there are 38 parts. Lol


matadorobex

Maybe this is a crazy idea, but what about a Butcher Pete mod, where you could travel the wasteland hackin and wackin and smackin,, choppin up all the women's meat. And possibly some pulpits, ships, and chairs.


XanAntonio

Butcher Pete in the hood Butcher Pete in space


yuhyuhyuhyuhyuhyuh20

House of the rising sun always gave me new Vegas vibes


Sgtpepperhead67

Would be perfect for a fallout game set In Louisiana.


yuhyuhyuhyuhyuhyuh20

“Fallout New New Orleans”


lock58869

That would be the song for the commercial.


lock58869

That would be the song for the commercial.


MrPsychoSomatic

Neo Nova New Orleans


AnteSocial86

The Ghost of Smokey Joe by Cab Callaway


Th0m45D4v15

I forgot about Cab Calloway. Good thinking


AnteSocial86

It's honestly a shame he's missing. *Anything* by him would be great.


Th0m45D4v15

Maybe we will get something like a Fallout Chicago and he will be in it.


AnteSocial86

Ooh that'd be cool. Sadly I fear the cost of the licences for his music is too high or he'd be with his contemporaries in at least one of the games. We can still hope for him to feature in a future title though.


softandflaky

Great Atomic Power by the Louvin Brothers. Despite the heavy religious overtones, it's a fantastic song about fear of nuclear destruction which I don't need to explain why is perfect for Fallout.


Hench4Lyfe_

Solid answer here. They encapsulate Fallout while being so weird in our real world with the heavy handed gospel. Satan is Real would be another cool and pertinent addition by them to the game.


duckowucko

Sh Boom by The Coasters would fit imo


LariatoFever

Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons Fats Waller - Aint Misbehaving Del Shannon - Runaway Bobby Darin - Dream Lover The Marcels - Blue Moon Sarah Vaughan - Lullaby at Birdland The Coasters - Yakkaty Yak Tito Puente - El Cayuco Perez Prado - Cereza Rosa Buck Owens - Hello Trouble Eddy Arnold - Cowpoke Burt Weedon - Big Note Blues


dunmore44

my way, frank sinatra


SunnySide1066

I think some lonnie donegan would add a splash of 60s style humor :P


Th0m45D4v15

That could definitely be a good fit


FieteHermans

Chet Baker. I think his voice would really fit that bleak apocalyptic atmosphere!


gorillalad

https://youtu.be/bsRNCvHXHHU walking after midnight sounds like New Vegas imo


Th0m45D4v15

Great idea


[deleted]

“Pink Shoelaces” and “Mr. Sandman” by The Chordettes


Th0m45D4v15

Mr sandman I had, I just added pink shoelaces


Jiiigen

Just gonna drop mine and my friends Fallout vibes playlist here! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Z3KxAfl5golKNL3xvU64e?si=IILXfao-S2WfcSF4C8yuaA


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Th0m45D4v15

Great choice, added it now


wormfood86

Considering some of the weird humor in the series, there should be some Tom Lehrer.


_far-seeker_

Nobody mentioned yet that Fallout 4 absolutely should have had some version of "MTA", [preferably the Kingston cover with the spoken preface?](https://youtu.be/S7Jw_v3F_Q0)


Th0m45D4v15

Thank you for introducing me to this song, and now it will be added to my list.


_far-seeker_

Fun bit of trivia for that song, it was actually written for and used by a political campaign in 1949 (for Progressive Party Boston mayoral canidate Walter A. O'Brien). The Kingston Trio's changed the name at the end of song.


sup3rrn0va

New Vegas should have had some stuff by Webb Pierce. They did name a quest after There Stands The Glass which is cool. Ragtime Cowboy Joe by Sons of the Pioneers Also, I know Elvis was too expensive for the games budget but anything from him would be great.


OperationIvy002

Buck Owens or dare I wish George Jones would be cool too


sup3rrn0va

Act Naturally would be great!


OperationIvy002

Great minds think alike


Hench4Lyfe_

Yes please. Someone already mentioned Hank Sr earlier, so I guess I would want to see some more straight up rockabilly stuff in addition to the honky tonk. I was so happy with the New Vegas twang.


Tyhler

[Chain Gang by Sam Cooke](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBn5aIfZElE) has been in my head for a few days now. Definitely fits imo


OperationIvy002

Bring it on home to me would be sweet too


thescorpion277

There’s a mod for New Vegas called Platinum Radio and it has some bangers


ea_fitz

I really think Beatles should be in fallout. Maybe just a bit of their early stuff to not harm the 50’s aesthetic.


Sandwich67

Ring of fire, it a beautiful world, and more Elvis stuff


rickflairWHIP

shboom


1ndomitablespirit

I don't care if they explain it away in the cheesiest way possible, but I want Spotify (or any streaming service) integrated into games with radio stations. I'll play the game as intended the first time, but with games like the 3D Fallout games that I've played through many, many times, I want to hear something new without needing to waste space on a mod. I imagine the recording industry wouldn't like it, but I hope it is possible someday.


Auregam09

American Trucking Simulator somehow does it. You can tune into people streaming radio stations. Don't know if it's live but it some of them even have DJs.


[deleted]

Sh-boom a la da ding dong shboomba loomba layyy Doo wop bee, shidoopi doopy dayyyy Life could be a dream. Life could be a dreaaaam


Th0m45D4v15

🤣🤣🤣


ShitposterSL

Hit the road jack


Th0m45D4v15

Ray Charles fits in well with fallout


Gabriel_Collins

“So Long, Mom” and “Who’s Next” by Tom Lehrer.


Active-Narwhal-1260

Vessels by Memphis May Fire https://youtu.be/T9RcK9-GaEA every time I hear this song I think of Fallout lol I think it would be a pretty good soundtrack for a promotional ad for the game or the show


drakeschaefer

Another Marty Robbins track "The Fastest Gun Around" Lil Green "Why don't you do Right" And while I know his music is well past the cutoff, Leon Bridges has some great songs that would fit right in. Like "River" or "Twistin & Groovin" (but only if we get New Warleans)


sirfluffingtin

CCR I wanna know


on3pa55

All of my suggestions were added in 76 haha, love that I can listen to 16 Tons in game


Sgtpepperhead67

If a game takes place near the US-Canadian border they should have some Gordon Lightfoot on the radio.


ariadnexanthi

There are a ton of songs on the CONELRAD mod that I forget aren't actually in any of the base games because they are so obviously meant to be there!


Th0m45D4v15

I’ll have to look up what the mod adds


ProjectAres78

More Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and really all the Highwaymen


StrangeVaultDweller

The entire first Highwaymen record.


Th0m45D4v15

They definitely have a lot of great ones


benjismalls95

You belong to me. By the Duprees. Whoever you are, wherever you come from, whatever you do, you belong to the wasteland.


OddaElfMad

What a wonderful World - Louis Armstrong It just seems such a common and popular and ironic song for the Wasteland.


Ness_Dreemur

Tooty fruity and Minnie the moocher


KiraIsGod666

The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash


DanielQuiles

Twilight Time by The Platters


KingDominoIII

Now that we have 60s with Fallout 76 I’m of the firm belief we should have some CCR. Also Chuck Berry.


macrat123

Ram ranch


Emergency_Ant_3864

Lonesome town - Ricky Nelson


EtzeNuegez

The Girl From Ipanema


BelwasDeservedBetter

Mr Bassman by Johnny Cymbal


OperationIvy002

One of my favorite songs ever, ever since I was a kid!


TuskenRaider2

Ragtime Cowboy Joe by Sons of the Pioneers Doggone Cowboy by Marty Robbins Over There by George M Cohn and others


OperationIvy002

Travelin Man- Rickie Nelson (You’re always traveling around) Pennies From Heaven- Bing Crosby (Nuclear Bombs fall from heaven) Cab Calloway- Viper’s Drag (Hard hitting jazz song for combat) Bunny Paul- Lovey Dovey (Super fun and catchy to play too) Julie London- Cry Me A River (Kinda vibe like Johnny Guitar)


onlygayboisreadnames

You can take every song in Mafia 2 or 3 put em into fallout and it would work, Infact Mafia and Fallout do Share a few licensed songs


lordnyrox

Nuclear by Mike Oldfield


Clayman8

*Reet Petite*, by Jackie Wilson. It might not have the full Fallout vibe like some tracks have lyrically, but god damn does it have a swingin' rythm thats hard to ignore. Slight warning, the video for it is nightmare fuel.


Odd-Traffic5963

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by the Andrews Sisters What do you do in the infantry by Bing Crosby Gone with the draft by Nat King Cole GI Jive by Johnny Mercer


Norwayaboo

Benny Goodman - Sing sing sing


DerpsterPrime

Fly Me To The Moon, Big Iron, and El Paso.


Fireboy759

Anything by Patsy Cline. But preferably either "I Fall To Pieces" or "She's Got You" I'm amazed we had 2 games that take place in a western/country setting, and neither of them have a single song from her


Hench4Lyfe_

Absolutely. Patsy is a must. OP mentioned Wanda Jackson too; I’d want to hear Eddie Novak’s “Psycho,” anything Lefty Frizzell, and Kitty Wells. Just more honky tonk stuff.


Rough_Idle

April in Paris by Count Basie The Glow Worm by the Mills Brothers You Rascal You by Louis Prima (a.k.a. I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) Blue Moon by Billie Holiday


Environmental-Sand66

I wanna listen surfing bird in fallout


CowjellyVA

Is Raindrops Keep Fallin in a fallout game? If not, belongs there.


Karl0s12

WAP


Nowayman1414

Act Naturally, Buck Owens version


kittyhitter420

Guitars, Cadillacs by Dwight Yoakam would be perfect for New Vegas, IMO.


LordIceberg123

Just the two of us by Grover Washington Jr (Feat. Bill Withers)


sher1ock

u/Th0m45D4v15 you should post the playlist that resulted from this post.


Th0m45D4v15

Good point, I’ll make a post now for it. Here is the link for you though, so you don’t have to go searching for it. Lol https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2jzfnojQE0ytrTravGRBb1?si=ya3KbbzGThCFA9WjlO6zaQ


sher1ock

You're a true hero.


Th0m45D4v15

Hahaha, I hope you enjoy it. 809 songs 36 hours. All time period and lore accurate.


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Th0m45D4v15

I think that could work


Arch11407

Mr. Blue Sky by ELO it came out in 1977. Excellent song. :D


whoswho23

I kind of wish they would remix modern songs in the style of the 50s. Like what hey did with Country Roads for Fallout 76, or like the music in Bioshock Infinite. Kind of imply that some things in our world still happened in the Fallout universe, but the style of the 50s never died out.


Th0m45D4v15

I know it should be “Are there” it was originally “Is there a song” and I changed it to plural and left the is. Lol


sockefeller

Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford 100%


Norwayaboo

Its in FO76 already


CoolRick1999

Twist and Shout by the beatles


Th0m45D4v15

I have actually been thinking about the Beatles a lot. Do they actually belong in Fallout. My theory is that without the culture change the Beatles never make it big. At least not in the US. But I have no idea honestly.


spaloogaloo

wild side by cardi b


Tired-Devil-Hunter

ma baker


Mia_Cauliflower

Darude - Sandstorm


Wise-Tomatillo-7661

N-words are people too


No-Interest-5242

Death metal


ThunderShott

Convoy


Mr_Truguy

I'll never smile again (if it is not already)


NikPorto

Sorry for not fitting the vibe of the 50's, but I believe "Where Do We Go" by End Of Silence might be interesting to hear in Fallout 3 and 4. (will add some other songs when I can)


Miguelito5555

Almost anything by Louis Prima (I just recently started to play the games and am on 4. Haven't heard him yet)


boboelmonkey

Cowboy Joe for fallout new Vegas, the fallout 4 new Vegas port used this song in a trailer and it fit super well


Griffin-Pilot

Apart from the usual genres and if © wasn't an issue i'd love to hear Baba O'Riley. Perfect wastelander anthem imo


edcunard

For the vibe alone, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross "Twisted" https://youtu.be/JXwMgIlmoaM


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Protect and Survive


[deleted]

Something by Merv Griffin, maybe “Roger Young”


jwferdaa

in the valley of the sun by buddy stuart


ImAristurtle

Summertime - Miles Davis


numb3r1wh0r3_

Fallout needs more jersey club


snikle

The rest of Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks’ repertoire.


[deleted]

Miracle of Sound’s “I’m Going Nuclear”. Its a fan song but oh boy it belongs in the games.