Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories soundtrack
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The general soundtrack of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories comprises radio stations that broadcast music and information to the City of Liberty, circa 1998. Because Liberty City Stories is set in the exact location as Grand Theft Auto III, only three years earlier, some of the radio stations featured are seen as earlier counterparts of the radio stations in GTA III, while other listed stations and radio shows have suggestively ended broadcast by GTA III's timeline.
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[edit] Music Stations
[edit] Head Radio
DJ: Mike Hunt
Genre: Soft Rock, Adult Contemporary
Tracklist:
- Conor & Jay - Train
- Cloud Nineteen - The One For Me
- Purser - Take The Pain
- L. Marie (feat. Raff) - Free Yourself
- 15 Ways - Drive
- Rous Stow - Welcome to the Real World
- Vanilla Smoothie - Keep Dreaming
Summary: Hosted by DJ Russ Mottla, all bands are fictional creations of Rockstar North. Singles by the band Conor & Jay are also featured for Head Radio in GTA III and GTA2.
- See also: GTA III rendition
[edit] Double Clef FM
DJ: Sergio Boccino
Genre: Classical, Opera
Tracklist:
- Anvil Chorus from Il trovatore
- Tacea la notte placida from Il trovatore
- Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco
- E amore un ladroncello from Così fan tutte
- Overture from The Marriage of Figaro
- Vesti la giubba from Pagliacci
Summary: Hosted by Sergio Boccino (voiced by Robert Blumenfeld), this station is usually played when the player steals a Leone Sentinel or Sindacco Argento gang car, both of which are affliated with the Mafia, which is in turn associated with classical European music and the opera. The station's current host, Sergio Boccino, would be replace by Morgan Merryweather by 2001. Morgan would also phone onto Double Clef FM to voice his dismay of program's present quality.
- See also: GTA III rendition
[edit] K-Jah
DJ: Natalee Walsh Davis
Genre: Reggae
Tracklist:
- Selah Collins - Pick A Sound
- Errol Berrot - What A Wonderful Feeling
- Kenny Knots - Watch How The People Dancing
- Richie Davis - Lean Boot
- Peter Rouncer - Ready For The Dancehall Tonight
- Richie Davis - You Ha Fe Cool
- Kenny Knots - Ring My Number
- Kenny Knots - Run Come Call Me
Summary: Hosted by Natalee Walsh Davis (voiced by Pascale Armand), this station is usually played when the player steals a Yardie Lobo gang car. The station's DJ, Natalee Walsh Davis, is replaced by Horace "The Pacifist" Walsh in 2001.
- See also: GTA III rendition
[edit] Rise FM
DJ: Boy Sanchez
Genre: House music
Tracklist:
- Moloko - Sing it Back (Boris Musical Mix)
- Ultra Naté - Free
- Happy Clappers - I Believe
- Eddie Amador - House Music
- Kristine W - Feel What You Want
- DeLacy - Hideaway (Deep Dish Vocal Remix)
- Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's Dark Garage Mix)
- Jaydee - Plastic Dreams
- Ron Trent - Altered States
- The Absolute - There Will Come A Day (Half Tab Dub)
- Slam - Positive Education
- Green Velvet - Flash
- Robert Armani - Circus Bells (Hardfloor Remix)
- Josh Wink - Higher State of Consciousness
Summary: Hosted by Boy Sanchez (voiced by Oliver Vaquer), the station's DJ, Boy Sanchez, is replaced by Andre the Accelerator in GTA III. The latter, however, has also performed a cameo on the 1998 rendition of the station.
- See also: GTA III rendition
[edit] Lips 106
DJs: Cliff Lane and Andee
Genre: Pop music
Tracklist:
- Rudy La Fontaine - Funk in Time
- Sawaar - Love is the Feeling
- Sunshine Shine - Mine Until Monday
- Credit Check - Get Down
- Cool Timers - Tonight
- Nina Barry - Bassmatic
- The Jackstars - Into Something (Come on, Get Down)
Summary: Hosted by Cliff Lane (voiced by Ed McMann) and Andee (voiced by Shelley Miller), just like Head Radio, all bands are fictional creations of Rockstar North. Andee is assumed to have remained as the only host of the station in 2001, as co-host Cliff Lane is not featured in GTA III.
- See also: GTA III rendition
[edit] Radio Del Mundo
DJ: Panjit Gavaskar
Genre: World music
Tracklist:
- Ananda Shankar - Raghupati
- Asha Bhosle - Dum Maro Dum
- Vijaya Anand - Neeve Nanna (Only You Were Mine)
- Natacha Atlas - Kidda
- Farid Al Attrach - Hebeena Hebeena
- Ahmed Mneimneh - Aini Bet Ref
- Ofra Haza - Im Nin'Alu
- Samira Tawfic - Ballaa Tsoubou Hul Kahwa
Summary: This station is usually played when the player steals a taxi, which is usually seen driven by a South Asian taxi driver. Radio Del Mundo is suggestively taken off the air by 2001, as it is not featured in GTA III.
[edit] MSX 98
DJs: MC Codebreaker and DJ Timecode
Genre: Drum and Bass
Tracklist:
- Omni Trio - Renegade Snares
- Renegade - Terrorist
- Foul Play - Finest Illusion (Legal Mix)
- Omni Trio - Living For The Future (FBD Project Remix)
- DJ Pulse - Stay Calm (Foul Play Remix)
- Hyper-on Experience - Disturbance (Tango Remix)
- Higher Sense - Cold Fresh Air
- Omni Trio - Living For The Future
- Omni Trio - Thru The Vibe (2 on 1 Remix)
- Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune
- Dead Dred - Dred Bass
Summary: MSX 98 is usually played when the player steals a Yakuza Stinger gang car. The station loses its "98" surfix by 2001.
- See also: GTA III rendition
[edit] Flashback FM
DJ: Reni Wassulmaier
Genre: Italo Disco
Tracklist:
- Giorgio Moroder - I Wanna Rock You
- Giorgio Moroder - E=mc²
- Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity
- Giorgio Moroder - The Chase (theme from Midnight Express)
- Giorgio Moroder - First Hand Experience in Second Hand Love
- Giorgio Moroder - I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
Summary: Reni Wassulmaier (voiced by Barbara Rosenblat) would later reappear as a character in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, set in 1984 in Vice City, where it is revealed that Reni is transgender (this was briefly hinted at during his/her banter in between songs on Flashback FM). He/she is slated to be one of the employers for Victor Vance. Reni is replaced as the station's DJ by Toni (a host of Flash FM) by 2001.
- See also: GTA III rendition
[edit] The Liberty Jam
DJ: DJ Clue
Genre: Hardcore hip hop, East Coast hip hop
Tracklist:
- Method Man - All I Need (Uses some instrumentals from "Method Man (Skunk Mix)")
- Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt. II
- Raekwon - Incarcerated Scarfaces
- N.O.R.E. - N.O.R.E.
- Onyx (feat. N.O.R.E. and Big Pun) - Shut 'Em Down (Remix)
- Big Pun - Beware
- Big Pun - Twinz (Deep Cover '98)
- DMX (feat. The Lox) - Get At Me Dog
- DMX (feat. DJ Clue, Jadakiss, Styles, Drag-On & Eve) - Ruff Ryders Anthem (Remix)
- Redman (feat. Method Man) - Do What You Feel
- The Lox & Black Rob - Chain Gang Freestyle
- The Lox - Chest2chest Freestyle
Summary: Station is replaced by another Rap/Hip hop station, Game Radio FM, by 2001. Its frequency is mentioned on the radio as 101.3.
[edit] Talk Stations
[edit] LCFR
Liberty City Free Radio, abbreviated as LCFR, is a talk radio station much like WCTR in that it is comprised of several programs. All LCFR programs except Chatterbox are assumed to have been canceled by the time Grand Theft Auto III takes place in 2001.
[edit] LCN
News broadcasting service provided to residents of the Liberty City metropolitan area. Constantly updated throughout the story with breaking news related to mission progression. The newscaster on LCN is voiced by Sharon Washington, the same actress who voiced Lianne Forget, the newscaster on WCTR in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, although she uses a calmer voice, unlike the sensationalist tone of Forget, as the two characters are different.
[edit] Electron Zone Radio
A talk show discussing technology related topics. Hosted by Bill (Michael Urichek) and Steve (Ptolemy Slocum). Bill represents the "Fruit OS" users, an obvious parody of Apple's Mac OS. Steve represents "TOS" users which stands for Technical Operating System and is a parody of Microsoft's DOS. Users of TOS are referred to as TOSers, an obvious allusion to the slang term tosser, a popular insult in the UK, which is where the Grand Theft Auto games are produced. The talk show hosts are also apparently caricatures of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The show's callers are largely a pack of internet nerds or internet haters - a sly reference to the Matrix films is also made when a woman calls in asking about a virtual reality movie called The Mainframe.
In one segment, Richard Burns from WCTR in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas calls in, mentioning that he was fired shortly after the (1992 Los Santos) riots.
Its disappearance from Liberty City's airwaves by 2001 is likely a reference to the dot com boom of the late 1990s.
[edit] Chatterbox
The radio program made famous in GTA III returns with Lazlow as host. By 2001, the show will be given its own full-time frequency. An announcer on the radio station says that he was kicked out of both Vice City and San Andreas, since he was a disc jockey in both cities. Lazlow's callers are diverse but generally offensive, including an Internet freak who wants to knock down the Liberty City cathedral, a gothic girl wanting to cast spells on Lazlow, a foul-mouthed cannibal who asks why he can't eat people, Ben Sparks, a man obsessed with shaving and a 7-year-old girl who knows an awful lot of swearwords for someone so young. A guy complaining about Vinewood saying that "if I see one more damn movie with ten kids, a dog in a wheelchair and some damn baseball championship. I'm going to start killing people and blame it on Vinewood" Gregg Hughes. The mother of the game's main character (Ma Cipriani) also calls in, but gets angry with Lazlow, calling him Lazarus, and threatening him with a Mafia assassination. This is likely a homage to Grand Theft Auto III when Toni calls Lazlow explaining how much his mother controls his life.
- See also: GTA III rendition
[edit] Heartland Values with Nurse Bob
This program is a talk show parodying The Dr. Phil Show (though Dr. Phil's show started in 2003, five years after the year LCS takes place). It has a live in-studio audience and is hosted by a southern hillbilly named Nurse Bob (Chuck Montgomery). The name "Nurse Bob" is itself a reference to talk show host Dr. Phil, as evidenced by similar or near-direct Dr. Phil quotes made by Nurse Bob. (e.g. "My definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly, and expecting different results." which can be heard a number of times on The Dr. Phil Show). The show's cancellation by 2001 could be seen as a sign of the times, as talk shows lost popularity by this point. Nurse Bob also appears to be a devout Christian—as many stereotypical hillbillies are—and threatens many of his callers that if they don't shape up, they will be burning for eternity in the fiery pits of Hell. He also hints at lusting after his mother-in-law and having been molested by his father as a child.
[edit] Breathing World
A spiritual enlightment talk show hosted by a new wave hippie named Melissa Chowder (Ashley Albert). Throughout the show, Melissa interviews Bernard 'Crow' Gordon (a spoof of Sting), voiced by Gregg Martin, who was formely a member of a band called The Toilet (in Vice City Stories, it is revealed that he was also in a band called Ambulance, a spoof of Sting's former band, The Police). Crow is on the show to promote Crowfest '98, a concert tour. The name Crowfest '98 may have been taken from Ozzfest '98. Crow says on the show that after quitting The Toilet, he has seen spiritual enlightment through the fact that he has joined a religious cult. Crow was previously referenced in 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas', where he had been reported to have threatened to stop singing, which Crow himself makes reference to (he explains that he had followed through on his threat but ended up breaking his silence). Crow is an egomaniac who offends Melissa greatly with his constant talk of Amazonian drugs, fleecing native tribes and "having five hours worth of Tantric Sex", another reference to Sting.
[edit] Coq O Vin
French chef Richard Goblin (Mike Shapiro), referenced in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas during "Entertaining America" and also seen on a billboard in San Fierro (as Dick Goblin), hosts this show where he mutilates live animals and insults the American values when it comes to cooking. He also takes calls from fans of the show, most of whom he alienates by slaughtering animals in their general direction, viciously insulting them or actually attacking them. Over the course of the show, Richard forces a cow to give birth directly into his soup and then butchers her, stuffs a live goose and chops up the eyeballs and perineum of a large mammal and makes them into a calzone. At the end of the show, the LCFR announcer makes a sarcastic comment about animal rights, which may show that the program is a sly reference to the controversy surrounding the airing of the cooking show "Out of the Frying Pan" in 1977, when animal rights campaigners protested against the butchering of a pig live on air.
[edit] Commercials
Like its predecessors, the radio in Liberty City Stories provides satirical commercials for products, events, and organizations.
- Ammu-Nation — GTA's famous gunstore is back, providing supplies to people who want to protect themselves from the then-imminent Y2K bug. References Logger Beer and Redwood Cigarettes from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
- Bathtub Gin Still — A working replica of the bathtubs used to secretly make booze during the Prohibition era.
- Chateau de Buff — A brand of wine tailored to foster and enhance the sexual experience.
- Crowfest '98 — A hybrid of Ozzfest and Live Aid, featuring a rock singer (Crow, previously mentioned in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas) flavoring his rock with ethnic music.
- Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety — narrated by a person suspiciously similar in tone to Jack Thompson. This is the most common commercial with 4 different versions, 2 each on Head Radio and Lips 106.
- Discount Adventure Cruises — Cruises where the buyer literally does not get the cruise luxuries that the buyer does not want to pay for, and how.
- Feel All Great Sports — A sporting goods store with a gay theme, hence the acronym "FAGS". References the Ultimate Disc in the Dark from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
- Koala — A parody of Charmin toilet paper, using koalas instead of grizzlies.
- Liberty City's Finest - A recruiting commercial for the Liberty City Police Department, stereotyping police officers as lazy yet violent.
- Maibatsu Womb — another Maibatsu vehicle in the tradition of the Monstrosity and Thunder, which does not appear in game. The Womb is an accessory laden and presumably jumbo-sized minivan catering to the married man with a built-in cooler, in dash TV, and massaging seats.
- The Mainframe — a parody of The Matrix, though The Matrix technically did not premiere until 1999, the year after Liberty City Stories is set in.
- Pastmaster — quasi-educational computer game that helps children relive famously atrocious American battles throughout history.
- Pilgrim's Pantry - restaurant with a 17th-century Pilgrims theme. Holds a weekly Crucible night.
- RAILS - Colombian-manufactured cereal intended for consumption through the nose, much like cocaine. A "rail" is also slang for a line of cocaine.
- SWAPMEET — parody of the Friends TV show. The version of the commercial on Liberty Jam also features a brief teaser for Bad T and Theo, a not-so-well received "urban meets upscale" sitcom (according to the game's instruction manual) that resembles the short-lived Method & Red, which came out in 2004.
- Plug — a 1950's style musical commercial for tampons.
- Vivisection — A science kit where kids can run biological experiments on live rats. Also comes as a popular kart-racing video game, and its commercial satirizes the numerous kart-racing video games released in the late 1990's, such as Mario Kart 64, Crash Team Racing, and Diddy Kong Racing.
[edit] External links
- Official Electron Zone Radio website
- Official Lips 106 website, circa "1998"
- Official Ammunation website!
