Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories soundtrack

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The soundtrack of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories comprises radio stations that broadcast music and information to Liberty City, circa 1998. The only time a player can hear the radio is when the protagonist acquires a car (or in the "Audio" section of the pause menu). The station that will be playing when the player gets in is fairly random but it can be changed or switched off if desired. 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.

Besides the radio stations, music can also be heard during the game's intro sequence ("March Popakov Remix" written by John Cacavas, produced by Danger Mouse) and some cutscenes ("Japanese Geisha" by Sonia Slany and "The Heist" by Bugz in the Attic).

Contents

[edit] Music Stations

[edit] Double Clef FM

DJ: Sergio Boccino
Genre: Classical, Opera
Tracklist:

Summary: Hosted by Sergio Boccino (voiced by Robert Blumenfeld[1]), this station is usually played when the player steals a Leone Sentinel, Sindacco Argento or Forelli Excess . Morgan Merryweather, who replaces current host Sergio by GTA III, phones in to Double Clef FM to voice his dismay of the program's present quality. Strangely, Morgan complains of the amount of music Sergio plays from Italian composers, yet Morgan plays the exact same amount of Italian music when he replaces Sergio in GTA III.

See also: GTA III rendition

[edit] Flashback FM

DJ: Reni Wassulmaier
Genre: Italo Disco
Tracklist:

Summary: Reni Wassulmaier (voiced by Barbara Rosenblat[1]) 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 a transsexual (this was briefly hinted at during her banter in between songs on Flashback FM). Reni is replaced as the station's DJ by Toni (a host of Flash FM) by 2001.

While the GTA III rendition of Flashback FM borrowed many off the Scarface (soundtrack), this rendition of the station plays only songs from Giorgio Moroder, who produced it.

See also: GTA III rendition

[edit] Head Radio

DJ: Michael 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 Michael Hunt (voiced by Russ Mottla[1]), Head Radio plays Soft Rock and Adult Contemporary music. With the exception of Conor & Jay,[2] 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. It is heard on one of the tracks "who needs Lips when you've got Head", referring to a slight competition with Lips 106 due to the fact that they both play pop songs.

See also: GTA III rendition

[edit] K-Jah

DJ: Natalee Walsh Davis
Genre: Pre-Dancehall, Reggae, Dub
Tracklist:

  • Selah Collins - "Pick A Sound"
  • Errol Berrot - "What A Wonderful Feeling"
  • Kenny Knots - "Watch How The People Dancing"
  • Richie Davis - "Lean Boot"
  • Peter Bouncer - "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[1]), 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. All of the songs are from the compilation album, Watch How The People Dancing - Unity Sounds From The London Dancehall, 1986 - 1989 released in 2002 by Honest Jon's Records.

See also: GTA III rendition

[edit] The Liberty Jam

DJ: DJ Clue
Genre: East Coast hip hop
Tracklist:

Summary: Hosted by DJ Clue (a real-life DJ[1]), The Liberty Jam plays East Coast hip hop. This station is replaced by another hip hop station, Game Radio FM (in Grand Theft Auto III) - since the station has songs from different record labels, instead of having songs from the same label (Game Recordings) - by 2001.

[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[1]) and Andee (voiced by Shelley Miller[1]), 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. During the game, Andee mentions how she cannot wait until she is the sole host, indicating that Cliff is already on his way out due to his perverted rants about teenaged girls.

See also: GTA III rendition

[edit] MSX 98

DJs: MC Codebreaker and DJ Timecode
Genre: Drum and Bass & jungle
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 98s tracks are all taken from British Drum and Bass pioneers Moving Shadow records, there are many references to the artists under the Moving Shadowrecord label by the MC. MSX 98 is usually played when the player steals a Southside Hoods gang car. The station loses its "98" surfix by 2001.

See also: GTA III rendition

[edit] Radio Del Mundo

DJ: Panjit Gavaskar
Genre: World music, Music of India, Arabic Music
Tracklist:

Summary: Hosted by Panjit Gavaskar (voiced by Hajaz Akram[1]), this station is usually played in a taxi, which is usually seen driven by a sometimes angry Sikh taxi driver or a Hoods Rumpo, which is seen driven by Southside Hoods gangsters. Radio Del Mundo is suggestively taken off the air by 2001, as it is not featured in GTA III. Gavaskar potentially breaks the fourth wall by suggesting that "In a past life, I was in Liberty City, but...maybe in the future? Oh no, this Hummos is going bad, I don't normally see tracers!" Also the radio station was known for its humorous commentary by Panjit like "Gravjit Gavaskar my dirty little cousin, you were always a greedy and fat and nasty little boy and now you are a greedy, fat, and nasty little cab driver. Your wife is sacred because she is the cow and oh how you milk her, you're a disgusting parasite Gravjit!" Also saying "They say in the land of the blind the king is the guy with one eye, but what about the land of the dumb? Who is in king there?" or "Whoa! That was some fantastic record that was! Like a fertility dance! Gosh I feel so fertile now, I want to bang a statue!"

Despite having a Spanish name (Radio del Mundo = Radio of the World) there is no Latin music played on this station.

[edit] Rise FM

DJ: Boy Sanchez
Genre: House, Garage
Tracklist:

Summary: Hosted by Boy Sanchez (voiced by Oliver Vaquer[1]), 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. In the game, Boy Sanchez is mainly based on Newyork's world famous dj and producer Roger Sanchez and his worldwide recognized radioshow Release Yourself.The track selection , the way Boy Sanchez talks and the guest dj jingle spots are just the same as Roger Sanchez and his show.

See also: GTA III rendition

[edit] Talk Stations

[edit] LCFR

LCFR logo

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, leaving to the extinction of the station and replace it by a new radio station, which is Chatterbox FM, a previous talk show of LCFR. The LCFR logo seems to take inspiration to that of the BBC. Also, the shows abbreviation is made to sound like "Lucifer" when sounded out.

[edit] The Electron Zone

A talk show discussing technology related topics. Hosted by Bill (Michael Urichek[1]) and Steve (Ptolemy Slocum[1]). 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 tossers, 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 reference to the Matrix films is also made when a woman calls in asking about a virtual reality movie called The Mainframe. A woman named Denise calls the show, saying that someone has to deal with the Internet because it is ruining TV. Bill and Steve annoy her a bit.

In one segment, Richard Burns (Wil Wheaton[1]) from WCTR in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas calls in, mentioning that he was fired shortly after the (1992 Los Santos) riots (during his report on the riots in San Andreas, he was heard to brag about looting on-air, among other things) and that he now runs a website on the history of the Internet. A man named Ken from Carcer City also calls in complaining that the FBI is monitoring him for viewing an unspecified form of pornography (Bill thinks that it's child pornography, though the man mentioning "several toasted meat pastries coming out of his microwave" before he hangs up implies a fetish even more bizarre).

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 real-life talk show host Lazlow[1] 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 locations. 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 uses a large number of vulgarities for someone of her age, and a man 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 because Lazlow called her "grandma", and threatening him with a Mafia assassination. This is a homage to Grand Theft Auto III when Toni calls Lazlow explaining how much his mother controls his life. At the end of his broadcast he says “me and my buddy Donald (presumably Donald Love) have some big plans for this station”, presumably referencing that by Grand Theft Auto 3 which is set in 2001 Chatterbox has become its own channel.

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/Redneck named Nurse Bob (Chuck Montgomery[1]). 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/Rednecks 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. He insults those whom he finds incorrect by referring to them as "windbags" and other names.

[edit] Breathing World

A spiritual enlightenment talk show hosted by a new wave teenage hippie named Melissa Chowder (Ashley Albert[1]). Throughout the show, Melissa interviews Bernard 'Crow' Gordon (a spoof of Sting), voiced by Gregg Martin[1], who was formerly 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. Its website features a look at his face, and has background music: a psychedelic rock rendition of "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," a parody of Jimi Hendrix's rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner from Woodstock in 1969.

Crow says on the show that after quitting The Toilet, he has seen spiritual enlightenment 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[1]), referenced in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas during "Entertaining America" and owner of a restaurant in Los Santos with advertising billboards across the state, 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.[citation needed]

[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 Boeuf — 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. Explained further by Crow on his interview on Breathing World on LCFR.
  • Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety — a dubiously acronymed (C.U.N.T.F.L.A.P.S) organization decrying the Internet, 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, Lips 106 and LCFR.
  • 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.
  • Musty Pines - A retirement home located in Vice City.
  • 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. It also features reenactments of witch burnings and drownings along with all you can eat rotisserie chicken.
  • Plug — a 1950's style musical commercial for tampons.
  • RAILS - Colombian-manufactured cereal intended for consumption through the nose, much like cocaine. A "rail" is also slang for a line of cocaine.
  • Space Monkey 7 - The video game that is back on game consoles. The commercial parodies Japanese culture and its fascination with Engrish, featuring a Japanese man with a heavy accent screaming "Ah, Space Monkey!" Also there is a reference to famous phrase from the movie Alien: "In space no one can hear your scream". It is rephrased into "In space no one can hear you cry".
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 1990s, such as Mario Kart 64, Crash Team Racing, and Diddy Kong Racing.

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Full Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories credits. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-03-16.
  2. ^ Conor & Jay biography. www.conorandjay.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-30.

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