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snarklyboojumI tell you, there's nothing funnier than watching your single co-workers peace of mind crumble with every couple that walks through the door holding hands, or swaying happily to the "romantic theme music" piping in over the speakers. I quote my (newly single) manager: "Happy Valentine's Day! I'm not bitter! Where's the chocolate? It's not bitter chocolate, is it? 'Cause I'm not bitter!" Really, it's a lot funnier than it sounds. ;)
Happy VDay friends! That sort of sound like an itchy rash in hard to reach places, doesn't it? To celebrate, I'm posting the first part of the Soundtrack of Doom (insert your own exclamation points). There should be three or four parts all total, and I'll update the rest whenever I get them uploaded.
Click the cut below for downloads, liner notes, and lyrics. And leave me a comment if you like it, okay? I spent an insane amount of time on this, even though the cover art sucks.
AMATEUR CARTOGRAPHY
The Life and Times of Mssr R. J. Lupin
as told in music
-------------------
>> HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (((Download!)))
01. Dave Matthews Band, "Halloween" - There's something growly hiding under the surface of this man's voice that a lot of people take for granted. He combines it here with a softer chorus with completely unnerving results. This is my Fenrir and little!Remus anthem, and for good reason.
Hey little dreamer's eyes open and staring up at me
Oh little lonely eyes open and radiant
Wait until I come and I will steal you
Wait until I come I'll take your soul
Why this lonely
Why this lonely
Why this lonely love
02. Bob Dylan, "Ballad of A Thin Man" - This is obviously about a journalist of some kind, but I don't really care. Remus is thrown into the depths of the Gryffindor first year dormitory, and can't help but feel he doesn't belong.
You walk into the room
With your pencil in your hand
You see somebody naked
And you say, "Who is that man?"
You try so hard
But you don't understand
Just what you'll say
When you get home
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
03. Rasputina, "Signs of the Zodiac" - The boys learn Remus's secret, and stick by him regardless.
In ancient times, if you were sick
They make you bleed.
Oh, honey I know it hurts.
Look all around you and notice you're not alone.
We want to give the courage to go a different way.
Think of the love and attention we all have shown.
What did we do when we heard,
well, we all came right away.
>>MARAUDING PRANKSTERS (((Download!)))
04. Abandoned Pools, "Monster" - Being friends with the Marauder's isn't always easy, but neither is being a werewolf.
Everyone's a genius
Brushing up on irony
Everyone's a rock star
Look how cool and dark you are
Oh, what's become of me now?
05. Oingo Boingo, "No One Lives Forever" - I enjoy the off-center feel of this song (it's just odd enough to actually be seventies wizard music). The war gets closer to home, but the boys don't care; there's pranks afoot.
You worry too much
You make yourself sad
You can't change fate
But don't feel so bad
Enjoy it while you can
It's just like the weather
So quit complaining brother
No one lives forever!
06. Everclear, "Local God" - James chases after Lily, Remus is just happy to be with his friends, and Sirius starts to see things in a new light.
Be my Romeo
Please be my voice in this world
I can't sing the songs that you sing
I can't find the gorgeous words
Will you be my Romeo?
My go-go Romeo
I see you twist and turn you look so stupid
I feel just like a local god when I'm with the boys
We do what we want, yes we do what we want
>> HAPPY PUPPY SNUGGLEFEST (((Download and download!)))
07. Harry Nilsson, "Me And My Arrow" - A song about a dog and his boy. Or the other way around.
Me and my Arrow
Straighter than narrow
Wherever we go, everyone knows
It's me and my Arrow
08. Chris Cornell, "Moonchild" - Adventures through the woods on full moon nights, and Padfoot wonders about he strange boy laying in hospital.
Cat on the road, down in the living night
See how the black dog grins
In the diamond light
We're dreaming and we're real
We're broken and we're healed
Give in to what you feel over what you see
Come on moonchild, you're so far away tonight
The door is falling open and we're flying wild
Come on moon flower
You're so far away from now
You could bloom forever in the hour
09. Beulah, "You're Only King Once" - Harmless fun turns into flirtation, and all the happy complications therein.
Have you seen that moon-faced kid
That burned out halo hangs right above his head
It's so hard not to be crushed
When you're praying for too much
Smile, please smile
I just want you happy
10. Aqualung, "Strange and Beautiful" - Love potions and puppies, oh my.
I've been watching your world from afar,
I've been trying to be where you are,
And I've been secretly falling apart,
Unseen.
To me, you're strange and you're beautiful,
You'd be so perfect with me but you just can't see,
You turn every head but you don't see me.
Sometimes, the last thing you want comes in first,
Sometimes, the first thing you want never comes,
And I know, the waiting is all you can do,
Sometimes...
11. Franz Ferdinand, "Dark of the Matinee" - Remus is the "good one", a prefect. Sirius...not so much. (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
anniesj wrote a fantastic story inspired by this song. One of my favorites.)
Time every journey to bump into you, accidentally
I charm you and tell you of the boys I hate
All the girls I hate
All the words I hate
All the clothes I hate
How I'll never be anything I hate
You smile, mention something that you like
Oh, How you'd have a happy life if you did the things you like
>> SIXTH YEAR AND SIRIUS RUNS AWAY (((Download!)))
12. - Rilo Kiley, "A Better Son/Daughter" - Things are going well with Sirius, and Remus has never been happier. But Sirius is having problems of his own.
And your mother's still calling you insane and high
Swearing it's different this time
And you tell her to give in to the demons that possess her
And that god never blessed her insides
And sometimes when you're on
You're really fucking on
And your friends they sing along
And they love you
But the lows are so extreme
That the good seems fucking cheap
And it teases you for weeks in its absence
13. Radiohead, "I Am A Wicked Child" - Distracted, Sirius lets his mouth run away from him.
Go to hell come to me
Cause I am a wicked child
I have sinned and I am so confused
And I am a wicked child
>> AFTER THE PRANK (((Download!)))
14. Ben Folds Five & Rufus Wainwright, "Careless Whisper" - Oh, this song. It gets in me small tiny places that like to curl under blankets. It's also one of the slashiest things I've ever heard. Remus and Sirius confront eachother after Sirius sends Snape to the Shack.
Time can never mend,
The careless whisper of a good friend.
To the heart and mind,
If your answer's kind...
There's no comfort in the truth,
Pain is all you'll find
15. Bright Eyes, "It's Cool, We Can Still Be Friends" - Sirius fucked up, and Remus can't get over that, calling a halt to whatever was happening between them.
And you say that I hurt you, in a voice like a prayer
Yeah you say that I hurt you, and your voice is like a prayer
Yeah well maybe I hurt you some, let's contrast and compare
Lift up your shirt, the wound isn't there
I guess your kind of truth, is just the ghost of your lies
Your kind of truth darling, is just the ghost of your lies
I see through them all the time
16. Snow Patrol, "How to be Dead" - Remus and Sirius try to reconcile. (The perspectives switch from Sirius to Remus, then back.)
Please keep your hands down
And stop raising your voice
It's hardly what I'd be doing if you gave me a choice
It's a simple suggestion can you give me some time
So just say yes or no
Why can't you shoulder the blame
Coz both my shoulders are heavy
From the weight of us both
You're a big boy now so let's not talk about growth
You've not heard a single word I have said...
Oh, my God
17. Radiohead, "High and Dry" - Remus isn't convinced...
Two jumps in a week, I bet you think that's pretty clever don't you boy.
Flying on your motorcycle, watching all the ground beneath you drop.
You'd kill yourself for recognition; kill yourself to never ever stop.
You broke another mirror; you're turning into something you are not.
Drying up in conversation, you will be the one who cannot talk.
All your insides fall to pieces, you just sit there wishing you could still make love
They're the ones who'll hate you when you think you've got the world all sussed out
They're the ones who'll spit at you. You will be the one screaming out.
18. Aqualung, "Easier to Lie" - ...but forgives him because there isn't anything else he can do. Their relationship can't be the same, though, and Remus begins to distance himself.
To be the one
to be the only one
something has to give a lot
something has to give a lot
And who am I to give you what you need
when I'm learning just learning
Learning how to live and bear the weight...
It's easier to lie
Easier to lie
And do what's right when everything is wrong
It's easier to run
It's easier to never have to look you in the eye
It's easier to lie
It's easier to lie
19. Ben Folds, "Magic" - Sirius still loves Remus, and is given false hope. Perhaps the worst kind.
From the back of your big brown eyes
I knew you'd be gone as soon as you could
And I hoped you would
We could see that you weren't yourself
And the lines on your face did tell
It's just as well
You'd never be yourself again
Saw you last night
Dance by the light of the moon
Stars in your eyes
Free from the life that you knew
Saw you last night
Stars in the sky
Smiled in my room
TO BE CONTINUED!!
Next: the First War and Prisoner of Azkaban, aka "the angry music mix".
PS - About the title? Yes, I am that lame.
#7 is from The Point soundtrack. Does anyone else remember this, or is it just me?
eta: I know it's been done beforeby me but this one's....well, it's long. There is that.
Happy VDay friends! That sort of sound like an itchy rash in hard to reach places, doesn't it? To celebrate, I'm posting the first part of the Soundtrack of Doom (insert your own exclamation points). There should be three or four parts all total, and I'll update the rest whenever I get them uploaded.
Click the cut below for downloads, liner notes, and lyrics. And leave me a comment if you like it, okay? I spent an insane amount of time on this, even though the cover art sucks.
The Life and Times of Mssr R. J. Lupin
as told in music
-------------------
>> HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (((Download!)))
01. Dave Matthews Band, "Halloween" - There's something growly hiding under the surface of this man's voice that a lot of people take for granted. He combines it here with a softer chorus with completely unnerving results. This is my Fenrir and little!Remus anthem, and for good reason.
Oh little lonely eyes open and radiant
Wait until I come and I will steal you
Wait until I come I'll take your soul
Why this lonely
Why this lonely
Why this lonely love
02. Bob Dylan, "Ballad of A Thin Man" - This is obviously about a journalist of some kind, but I don't really care. Remus is thrown into the depths of the Gryffindor first year dormitory, and can't help but feel he doesn't belong.
With your pencil in your hand
You see somebody naked
And you say, "Who is that man?"
You try so hard
But you don't understand
Just what you'll say
When you get home
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
03. Rasputina, "Signs of the Zodiac" - The boys learn Remus's secret, and stick by him regardless.
They make you bleed.
Oh, honey I know it hurts.
Look all around you and notice you're not alone.
We want to give the courage to go a different way.
Think of the love and attention we all have shown.
What did we do when we heard,
well, we all came right away.
>>MARAUDING PRANKSTERS (((Download!)))
04. Abandoned Pools, "Monster" - Being friends with the Marauder's isn't always easy, but neither is being a werewolf.
Brushing up on irony
Everyone's a rock star
Look how cool and dark you are
Oh, what's become of me now?
05. Oingo Boingo, "No One Lives Forever" - I enjoy the off-center feel of this song (it's just odd enough to actually be seventies wizard music). The war gets closer to home, but the boys don't care; there's pranks afoot.
You make yourself sad
You can't change fate
But don't feel so bad
Enjoy it while you can
It's just like the weather
So quit complaining brother
No one lives forever!
06. Everclear, "Local God" - James chases after Lily, Remus is just happy to be with his friends, and Sirius starts to see things in a new light.
Please be my voice in this world
I can't sing the songs that you sing
I can't find the gorgeous words
Will you be my Romeo?
My go-go Romeo
I see you twist and turn you look so stupid
I feel just like a local god when I'm with the boys
We do what we want, yes we do what we want
>> HAPPY PUPPY SNUGGLEFEST (((Download and download!)))
07. Harry Nilsson, "Me And My Arrow" - A song about a dog and his boy. Or the other way around.
Straighter than narrow
Wherever we go, everyone knows
It's me and my Arrow
08. Chris Cornell, "Moonchild" - Adventures through the woods on full moon nights, and Padfoot wonders about he strange boy laying in hospital.
See how the black dog grins
In the diamond light
We're dreaming and we're real
We're broken and we're healed
Give in to what you feel over what you see
Come on moonchild, you're so far away tonight
The door is falling open and we're flying wild
Come on moon flower
You're so far away from now
You could bloom forever in the hour
09. Beulah, "You're Only King Once" - Harmless fun turns into flirtation, and all the happy complications therein.
That burned out halo hangs right above his head
It's so hard not to be crushed
When you're praying for too much
Smile, please smile
I just want you happy
10. Aqualung, "Strange and Beautiful" - Love potions and puppies, oh my.
I've been trying to be where you are,
And I've been secretly falling apart,
Unseen.
To me, you're strange and you're beautiful,
You'd be so perfect with me but you just can't see,
You turn every head but you don't see me.
Sometimes, the last thing you want comes in first,
Sometimes, the first thing you want never comes,
And I know, the waiting is all you can do,
Sometimes...
11. Franz Ferdinand, "Dark of the Matinee" - Remus is the "good one", a prefect. Sirius...not so much. (
anniesj wrote a fantastic story inspired by this song. One of my favorites.)I charm you and tell you of the boys I hate
All the girls I hate
All the words I hate
All the clothes I hate
How I'll never be anything I hate
You smile, mention something that you like
Oh, How you'd have a happy life if you did the things you like
>> SIXTH YEAR AND SIRIUS RUNS AWAY (((Download!)))
12. - Rilo Kiley, "A Better Son/Daughter" - Things are going well with Sirius, and Remus has never been happier. But Sirius is having problems of his own.
Swearing it's different this time
And you tell her to give in to the demons that possess her
And that god never blessed her insides
And sometimes when you're on
You're really fucking on
And your friends they sing along
And they love you
But the lows are so extreme
That the good seems fucking cheap
And it teases you for weeks in its absence
13. Radiohead, "I Am A Wicked Child" - Distracted, Sirius lets his mouth run away from him.
Cause I am a wicked child
I have sinned and I am so confused
And I am a wicked child
>> AFTER THE PRANK (((Download!)))
14. Ben Folds Five & Rufus Wainwright, "Careless Whisper" - Oh, this song. It gets in me small tiny places that like to curl under blankets. It's also one of the slashiest things I've ever heard. Remus and Sirius confront eachother after Sirius sends Snape to the Shack.
The careless whisper of a good friend.
To the heart and mind,
If your answer's kind...
There's no comfort in the truth,
Pain is all you'll find
15. Bright Eyes, "It's Cool, We Can Still Be Friends" - Sirius fucked up, and Remus can't get over that, calling a halt to whatever was happening between them.
Yeah you say that I hurt you, and your voice is like a prayer
Yeah well maybe I hurt you some, let's contrast and compare
Lift up your shirt, the wound isn't there
I guess your kind of truth, is just the ghost of your lies
Your kind of truth darling, is just the ghost of your lies
I see through them all the time
16. Snow Patrol, "How to be Dead" - Remus and Sirius try to reconcile. (The perspectives switch from Sirius to Remus, then back.)
And stop raising your voice
It's hardly what I'd be doing if you gave me a choice
It's a simple suggestion can you give me some time
So just say yes or no
Why can't you shoulder the blame
Coz both my shoulders are heavy
From the weight of us both
You're a big boy now so let's not talk about growth
You've not heard a single word I have said...
Oh, my God
17. Radiohead, "High and Dry" - Remus isn't convinced...
Flying on your motorcycle, watching all the ground beneath you drop.
You'd kill yourself for recognition; kill yourself to never ever stop.
You broke another mirror; you're turning into something you are not.
Drying up in conversation, you will be the one who cannot talk.
All your insides fall to pieces, you just sit there wishing you could still make love
They're the ones who'll hate you when you think you've got the world all sussed out
They're the ones who'll spit at you. You will be the one screaming out.
18. Aqualung, "Easier to Lie" - ...but forgives him because there isn't anything else he can do. Their relationship can't be the same, though, and Remus begins to distance himself.
to be the only one
something has to give a lot
something has to give a lot
And who am I to give you what you need
when I'm learning just learning
Learning how to live and bear the weight...
It's easier to lie
Easier to lie
And do what's right when everything is wrong
It's easier to run
It's easier to never have to look you in the eye
It's easier to lie
It's easier to lie
19. Ben Folds, "Magic" - Sirius still loves Remus, and is given false hope. Perhaps the worst kind.
I knew you'd be gone as soon as you could
And I hoped you would
We could see that you weren't yourself
And the lines on your face did tell
It's just as well
You'd never be yourself again
Saw you last night
Dance by the light of the moon
Stars in your eyes
Free from the life that you knew
Saw you last night
Stars in the sky
Smiled in my room
Next: the First War and Prisoner of Azkaban, aka "the angry music mix".
PS - About the title? Yes, I am that lame.
#7 is from The Point soundtrack. Does anyone else remember this, or is it just me?
eta: I know it's been done before
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Date: 2006-02-15 11:39 am (UTC)I love love love music, and this is the best Valentine's present I could ahve asked for! Lots and lots of new music! Great concenpt, I look forward to seeing more!
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