Musical Tarot Fool
In this episode of The Dark Corner, DJ Evil Dave takes a musical approach to exploring the Fool card of the Tarot. That is, Dave hand picks ten songs related to the topics of beginnings, innocence, and danger. First, he briefly describes aspects of The Fool and its role within the Tarot.
The Playlist
Evil Dave arranges songs to illustrate the arc of the Fool. As such, he begins with songs of youth and beginnings. For instance, BlakOpz starts things off with The Beginning from As Nations Decay. Following that, Purple Fog Side performs Like An Innocent Child (feat. Mechanical Apfelsine) from Anthology XX. Additionally, The Adventure Club remixes Youth by Foxes.
Next, we explore the naive nature of The Fool. For example, Screenatorium plays Takeoff For Naïve from the album of the same name. Presenting another trip hop song, Hungry Lucy sings Fool from To Kill a King. Starting the gothic segment, And Then You Die performs Idiot from The Finnish Post-Gothic You Should Know compilation. Also, Strap On Halo offers Fearless from Altar of Interim.
Finally, we address aspects of danger, adventure, and heroism. That is, æon sable presents At The Edge Of The World from Per aspera ad astra. Also, Machine Rox performs Hello Danger from 9 Tracks. Finally, She Pleasures HerSelf covers David Bowie’s Heroes from Goth Covered.
Closing
Summarily, DJ Evil Dave recalls the list of songs and artists in reverse order. Also, he pulls back the curtain to discuss how he arranged the playlist. For instance, he cites Trent Reznor’s method for arranging the setlist during The Fragile tour. Also, Dave addresses how patterns formed in creating the playlist. For instance, he describes how gothic and trip hop songs paired together. Meanwhile, he bookends the playlist with electro-industrial songs. Finally, he suggests returning to this series with yet another musical tarot episode.