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Pterry left quite a legacy behind, hope this can help capture it. I'll have to go back and replace everything to link here.
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A collaboration between Music/SteeleyeSpan and Creator/TerryPratchett.
The group had a long association with Pterry one way or another
''Literature/EqualRites''
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!!Tropes:
* AdaptationalHeroism: In ''Literature/{{Wintersmith}}'', the Summer Lady is callous and uncaring, and it's made very clear that eternal summer would have been just as bad as eternal winter; it's just not what happened. The song "The Summer Lady" is about how wonderful she is for ending the cold. (Although the earlier "Fire and Ice" correctly portrays both the Summer Lady and the Wintersmith as neither good nor evil, [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil just balanced.]])
** It's more in the style of those odes to nature and propitiation to the gods.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Steeleye Span wrote a song with this ''exact name'' loosely based on what Tiffany does in the book.
-->''Be careful what you wish for\\
Dreams seem different in the light of day\\
Be careful what you wish for\\
That deep desire to have your way\\
Could burn you, and turn your head around''
* ConceptAlbum: An excellent example, while primarily based on the ''Literature/{{Wintersmith}}'' book published five years previously, it draws on other books in the Tiffany Aching series
* CounterpointDuet: "To Be Human" from the Deluxe version ofthe album has Tiffany singing that she must escape the Wintermith in counterpoint to the Wintersmith singing that he [[IJustWantToBeNormal just wants to be human]].
* DualMeaningChorus: In "The Hiver" the chorus goes "Locked in screaming awareness/Of everything, all the time./How we envy you humans/When you gently close your minds." For most of the song, this is the well-known ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' concept that HumansAreSpecial because they managed to invent boredom. After the last verse, "gently close your minds" refers to [[WhoWantsToLiveForever the other thing the Hiver can't do and humans can]].
* IAmSong: A double example; the Nac Mac Feegle have "[[Literature/TheWeeFreeMen Wee Free Men]]" and the Summer Lady and Wintersmith have "[[FireIceDuo Fire and Ice]]".
* ListSong: "The Making of a Man" puts the poem "These Are the Things That Make a Man" which lists the ingredients that make up a man ("Iron enough to make a nail, water enough to drown a dog...") concluding with three [[InsubstantialIngredients intangibles]] (strength, time and love) to song. Reportedly Creator/TerryPratchett's favourite track on the album.
* ObsessionSong:
** "You" has the Wintersmith declare that "Everything I touch turns into you". And as readers of the book know, this is ''absolutely literal''. The actual lyrics appear passive, but there's a dark undercurrent to the tune that foreshadows the more aggressive turn he takes later.
** The Deluxe edition has "To Be Human", which shows it from Tiffany's perspective
--->Every smile seen as a sign,\\
That somehow I've made you mine.\\
Nothing could be more untrue.\\
I need to escape from you!
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Tiffany and Roland in the song "Just One Heart" from the deluxe album, which goes on at length about ThePowerOfLove they share. Admittedly, in the books, there is more than one ShipperOnDeck, and Tiffany is a bit jealous when she learns Roland visited a young noblewoman, so a case can be made ... except the album came out long after ''Literature/IShallWearMidnight'', where Roland marries someone else and Tiffany starts stepping out with Preston.
* SettingIntroductionSong: The Overture begins "Through the dark the turtle comes/Drifting past a thousand suns/Under the weight of Literature/{{Discworld}}". The full version of the A'Tuin song, "Ancient Eyes", comes near the end for some reason.
* ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle: Every. Single. Track. For Example: "The Making of a Man: The Truth That Lies at The Heart of This Rhyme is the Wintersmith's Undoing". The subtitles aren't listed on the back of the CD sleeve, but they appear in the lyrics booklet and on the [=MP3=] track listings.
* SpokenWordInMusic: "The Good Witch", ends with Sir Creator/TerryPratchett saying "A good witch never cackles" followed by the section from the book beginning "Cackling is not just nasty laughter".
* VillainLoveSong: "Crown of Ice" sung by the Wintersmith after he's taken Tiffany to the IcePalace:
-->This is my world, but it could be ours,
-->I asked you once and I asked you twice,
-->To be my bride in the crystal kingdom,
-->You look so pretty in a crown of ice.
* TheVillainSucksSong: "Wintersmith" the song in the album of the same name about, who else? The Wintersmith.
** It's also the TitleTrack.
The group had a long association with Pterry one way or another
''Literature/EqualRites''
----
!!Tropes:
* AdaptationalHeroism: In ''Literature/{{Wintersmith}}'', the Summer Lady is callous and uncaring, and it's made very clear that eternal summer would have been just as bad as eternal winter; it's just not what happened. The song "The Summer Lady" is about how wonderful she is for ending the cold. (Although the earlier "Fire and Ice" correctly portrays both the Summer Lady and the Wintersmith as neither good nor evil, [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil just balanced.]])
** It's more in the style of those odes to nature and propitiation to the gods.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Steeleye Span wrote a song with this ''exact name'' loosely based on what Tiffany does in the book.
-->''Be careful what you wish for\\
Dreams seem different in the light of day\\
Be careful what you wish for\\
That deep desire to have your way\\
Could burn you, and turn your head around''
* ConceptAlbum: An excellent example, while primarily based on the ''Literature/{{Wintersmith}}'' book published five years previously, it draws on other books in the Tiffany Aching series
* CounterpointDuet: "To Be Human" from the Deluxe version ofthe album has Tiffany singing that she must escape the Wintermith in counterpoint to the Wintersmith singing that he [[IJustWantToBeNormal just wants to be human]].
* DualMeaningChorus: In "The Hiver" the chorus goes "Locked in screaming awareness/Of everything, all the time./How we envy you humans/When you gently close your minds." For most of the song, this is the well-known ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' concept that HumansAreSpecial because they managed to invent boredom. After the last verse, "gently close your minds" refers to [[WhoWantsToLiveForever the other thing the Hiver can't do and humans can]].
* IAmSong: A double example; the Nac Mac Feegle have "[[Literature/TheWeeFreeMen Wee Free Men]]" and the Summer Lady and Wintersmith have "[[FireIceDuo Fire and Ice]]".
* ListSong: "The Making of a Man" puts the poem "These Are the Things That Make a Man" which lists the ingredients that make up a man ("Iron enough to make a nail, water enough to drown a dog...") concluding with three [[InsubstantialIngredients intangibles]] (strength, time and love) to song. Reportedly Creator/TerryPratchett's favourite track on the album.
* ObsessionSong:
** "You" has the Wintersmith declare that "Everything I touch turns into you". And as readers of the book know, this is ''absolutely literal''. The actual lyrics appear passive, but there's a dark undercurrent to the tune that foreshadows the more aggressive turn he takes later.
** The Deluxe edition has "To Be Human", which shows it from Tiffany's perspective
--->Every smile seen as a sign,\\
That somehow I've made you mine.\\
Nothing could be more untrue.\\
I need to escape from you!
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Tiffany and Roland in the song "Just One Heart" from the deluxe album, which goes on at length about ThePowerOfLove they share. Admittedly, in the books, there is more than one ShipperOnDeck, and Tiffany is a bit jealous when she learns Roland visited a young noblewoman, so a case can be made ... except the album came out long after ''Literature/IShallWearMidnight'', where Roland marries someone else and Tiffany starts stepping out with Preston.
* SettingIntroductionSong: The Overture begins "Through the dark the turtle comes/Drifting past a thousand suns/Under the weight of Literature/{{Discworld}}". The full version of the A'Tuin song, "Ancient Eyes", comes near the end for some reason.
* ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle: Every. Single. Track. For Example: "The Making of a Man: The Truth That Lies at The Heart of This Rhyme is the Wintersmith's Undoing". The subtitles aren't listed on the back of the CD sleeve, but they appear in the lyrics booklet and on the [=MP3=] track listings.
* SpokenWordInMusic: "The Good Witch", ends with Sir Creator/TerryPratchett saying "A good witch never cackles" followed by the section from the book beginning "Cackling is not just nasty laughter".
* VillainLoveSong: "Crown of Ice" sung by the Wintersmith after he's taken Tiffany to the IcePalace:
-->This is my world, but it could be ours,
-->I asked you once and I asked you twice,
-->To be my bride in the crystal kingdom,
-->You look so pretty in a crown of ice.
* TheVillainSucksSong: "Wintersmith" the song in the album of the same name about, who else? The Wintersmith.
** It's also the TitleTrack.
