another music meme
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anghraineClearly, vacation means ALL THE MEMES.
movie soundtrack meme, grabbed from ladyhadhafang
1. Open your music library (iTunes, iPod, Last.fm, whatever)
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play.
4. For each question, type the song that's playing, plus a commentary if you feel like it.
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button.
6. Don't try to lie and pretend you're cool. Monkeys will get you.
Opening credits:
Savage Garden, "Truly, Madly, Deeply"
This is going to be a romantic comedy, isn't it? Eurgh.
Waking Up:
Frédéric Chopin, "Prelude No. 4 in E Minor" (Suffocation)
Okay, so our heroine wakes up to another awful day of stultifying misery.
First Day At School:
Starkid, "Missing You"
Okay, flashback: she's the daughter of a great wizard, and has the potential to be one herself; her father adored her and was training her up, but he died when she was a little girl. It turns out that he was the resident Dark Lord and everybody regards her as a ticking bomb, and finally send her off to some kind of magic boarding school. People are either terrified of or fascinated by her, while she's still grief-stricken.
Falling In Love:
Kristin Chenoweth, "Maybe This Time"
Back to the present, she's now a full-blown wizard herself, drifting from place to place under various pseudonyms. No matter what she does, everything inevitably falls apart, and she's just about resigned herself to a life of solitary misery when she meets a childhood friend, from before her father died. Anybody from that time is likely to be into dark magic, but after being treated so poorly for so long she doesn't give a shit. *Friendship montage!* Heroine is cautiously optimistic.
Fight Song:
Electric Light Orchestra, "Fire On High"
Heroine and Friend ultimately decide to return to her father's stronghold, to see what she can find there. It's filled with dark magic and they get attacked on all sides by a number of eldritch abominations who've filled the gap in the last twenty years. It's a long, hard, creeptastic battle, and though they win, they're exhausted and bleeding ... and then they see more legions of evil. Her father's, as it happens. The legions are on the point of attacking when she declares her identity. They escort her to Daddy's fortress of evil (TM), and when several drops of blood fall from one of her wounds, all her father's enchantments activate. The legions swear allegiance to her.
Breaking Up:
Joel McNeely, "Night Skies" (From "Shadows of the Empire")
She's determined to restore order to the region and genuinely sets out to do so, prodded on by her dark wizard bff. Over time, however, she becomes more ruthless in the fight against her (admittedly super evil) enemies. The, uh, legionnaires approvingly remark on how much she's starting to remind them of the old master, but the friend becomes uneasy and finally declares she's gone too far and has to leave. Heroine is torn between what she sees as her duty/mission here and her love for her friend; when Friend leaves, she seriously considers going after them. But there are a dozen things that need her attention, and her people (not just the legions!) need her, and she has enemies to thwart. She gives Friend some provisions and wishes them luck, then returns to her father's throne.
Prom:
John Williams, "Enter Lord Vader" (Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith)
Ha ha, could not be more appropriate. Okay, the heroine, with nobody but her people and her armies to care about, goes into Dark Lady overdrive. She personally leads her troops and they slaughter the last of their enemies. In celebration she holds a fabulous ball for, well, her surviving neighbours. They're afraid at first, but she's (1) very charming, and (2) doesn't poison anyone, so it's cool. They hated her enemies too.
Life is Good:
George Frideric Handel, "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" (Solomon)
Dude, this is awesome. Her power spreads until she's declared queen and has a triumphant entrance into the capital of one of the countries where she hid out as a girl.
Mental Breakdown:
Fleetwood Mac, "Hold Me"
But becoming her father doesn't bring him back, and she can't afford friends or lovers. The loneliness begins to eat at her.
Driving:
Michael Crawford, "Music of the Night" (Phantom of the Opera)
idek how almost everything I get is ridiculously appropriate. This meme is beautiful and nothing hurts! Anyway, she takes up riding out into the Wild to escape the bitter, bitter loneliness of her fortress. On one of these times, she meets Friend, who originally made it out alive, then returned, irresistibly drawn to her but unable to follow her on the path she's on. They've been sadly watching the progression of affairs from the Wild. When they meet, Friend finds themselves unable to resist Heroine's desperate request to meet again, which they do for some time. Friend's resolve begins to slip as they perceive how wretched Heroine is, and she begins to lure them back.
Flashback:
George Frederic Handel, "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"
I think Heroine, mid-lure, has a vision of what things were like at the height of her father's power. AWFUL.
Getting Back Together:
Belinda Carlisle, "Summer Rain"
She's horrified and with the addition of Friend's mitigating influence on her, begins to pull back on her worst excesses. She starts to become seriously in love with Friend (who has been in love with her for ages, of course) and continues to try and convince them to come back with her and continue influencing her for the better. That summer, as she's preparing to leave for one of her outlying provinces, a violent storm strikes out of nowhere, preventing her departure for several days. Friend finally takes the initiative and they begin an affair. They're blissfully happy and it remains the time that Heroine always looks back on as the best of her life.
Wedding:
Kelly Clarkson, "My Life Would Suck Without You"
Heroine and Friend's relationship is ridiculously dysfunctional but they can't imagine being separated again and get married.
Paying the Dues:
Adam Lambert, "Sleepwalker"
Their tempestuous marriage is great for Heroine, who is happier and slowly coming back from the brink of Uttermost Evil, but being her Morality Chain puts intense strain on her spouse. Friend is somewhat dazed and feels like they (singular) are almost in another reality, where not much makes sense and they're the glue that holds it all together. Simultaneously, Heroine's apparent softening provokes some ambitious nobles into doubting her authority. Friend, though understanding this, sees Heroine drifting away and becomes convinced that Heroine doesn't love them and their influence over her is waning.
The Night Before War:
Rachmaninoff, "Hopak" (Sorochintsy Fair)
The rebellious nobles revolt outright and Heroine plans to suppress the rebellion. Friend (who has long since given up battle magic) is worried but Heroine, most comfortable as a commander, is eager for battle. She also thinks it'll focus the military on an external threat and show that she is as able a leader as ever, and has no intention of losing her grip on power.
Final Battle:
Handel, "Overture" (The Messiah)
The war goes on longer than anyone expected and the last battle is bloody and extended, but Heroine's forces are triumphant and her enemies crushed beneath her feet. Nobody else dares question her authority.
Moment of Triumph:
Electric Light Orchestra, "The Lights Go Down"
Heroine is declared Empress. Friend has convinced her to use her power in the world to make it better and they have begun to plan how to go about it, when Friend is killed. Heroine, devastated, still goes through with the ceremony, determined to be true to Friend's memory. Friend is unable to pass over and remains a ghost, watching over Heroine through the many years that follow.
Death Scene:
Chopin, Prelude in E Minor
After a long and glorious reign, Heroine finally dies, to the grief of her people and relief of other rulers.
Funeral:
Billy Joel, "River of Dreams"
Heroine's granddaughter and heir heads the mourners, grief-stricken, unsure of her grandmother's fate, but determined to continue her legacy. That night, she slips out to sit by the river and meditate on what the future will bring.
End Credits:
John Denver, "Stonehaven Sunset"
Oddly relevant.
It's the children who rise up
and children who fall
Give in to the beast boy give in to the thrill
It's just human nature to hunt and to kill
We all die together and yet somehow alone
Yeah, that. Overall, I guess it's ... uh. Not quite a romantic comedy, anyway. Not on purpose, at any rate!
movie soundtrack meme, grabbed from ladyhadhafang
1. Open your music library (iTunes, iPod, Last.fm, whatever)
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play.
4. For each question, type the song that's playing, plus a commentary if you feel like it.
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button.
6. Don't try to lie and pretend you're cool. Monkeys will get you.
Opening credits:
Savage Garden, "Truly, Madly, Deeply"
This is going to be a romantic comedy, isn't it? Eurgh.
Waking Up:
Frédéric Chopin, "Prelude No. 4 in E Minor" (Suffocation)
Okay, so our heroine wakes up to another awful day of stultifying misery.
First Day At School:
Starkid, "Missing You"
Okay, flashback: she's the daughter of a great wizard, and has the potential to be one herself; her father adored her and was training her up, but he died when she was a little girl. It turns out that he was the resident Dark Lord and everybody regards her as a ticking bomb, and finally send her off to some kind of magic boarding school. People are either terrified of or fascinated by her, while she's still grief-stricken.
Falling In Love:
Kristin Chenoweth, "Maybe This Time"
Back to the present, she's now a full-blown wizard herself, drifting from place to place under various pseudonyms. No matter what she does, everything inevitably falls apart, and she's just about resigned herself to a life of solitary misery when she meets a childhood friend, from before her father died. Anybody from that time is likely to be into dark magic, but after being treated so poorly for so long she doesn't give a shit. *Friendship montage!* Heroine is cautiously optimistic.
Fight Song:
Electric Light Orchestra, "Fire On High"
Heroine and Friend ultimately decide to return to her father's stronghold, to see what she can find there. It's filled with dark magic and they get attacked on all sides by a number of eldritch abominations who've filled the gap in the last twenty years. It's a long, hard, creeptastic battle, and though they win, they're exhausted and bleeding ... and then they see more legions of evil. Her father's, as it happens. The legions are on the point of attacking when she declares her identity. They escort her to Daddy's fortress of evil (TM), and when several drops of blood fall from one of her wounds, all her father's enchantments activate. The legions swear allegiance to her.
Breaking Up:
Joel McNeely, "Night Skies" (From "Shadows of the Empire")
She's determined to restore order to the region and genuinely sets out to do so, prodded on by her dark wizard bff. Over time, however, she becomes more ruthless in the fight against her (admittedly super evil) enemies. The, uh, legionnaires approvingly remark on how much she's starting to remind them of the old master, but the friend becomes uneasy and finally declares she's gone too far and has to leave. Heroine is torn between what she sees as her duty/mission here and her love for her friend; when Friend leaves, she seriously considers going after them. But there are a dozen things that need her attention, and her people (not just the legions!) need her, and she has enemies to thwart. She gives Friend some provisions and wishes them luck, then returns to her father's throne.
Prom:
John Williams, "Enter Lord Vader" (Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith)
Ha ha, could not be more appropriate. Okay, the heroine, with nobody but her people and her armies to care about, goes into Dark Lady overdrive. She personally leads her troops and they slaughter the last of their enemies. In celebration she holds a fabulous ball for, well, her surviving neighbours. They're afraid at first, but she's (1) very charming, and (2) doesn't poison anyone, so it's cool. They hated her enemies too.
Life is Good:
George Frideric Handel, "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" (Solomon)
Dude, this is awesome. Her power spreads until she's declared queen and has a triumphant entrance into the capital of one of the countries where she hid out as a girl.
Mental Breakdown:
Fleetwood Mac, "Hold Me"
But becoming her father doesn't bring him back, and she can't afford friends or lovers. The loneliness begins to eat at her.
Driving:
Michael Crawford, "Music of the Night" (Phantom of the Opera)
idek how almost everything I get is ridiculously appropriate. This meme is beautiful and nothing hurts! Anyway, she takes up riding out into the Wild to escape the bitter, bitter loneliness of her fortress. On one of these times, she meets Friend, who originally made it out alive, then returned, irresistibly drawn to her but unable to follow her on the path she's on. They've been sadly watching the progression of affairs from the Wild. When they meet, Friend finds themselves unable to resist Heroine's desperate request to meet again, which they do for some time. Friend's resolve begins to slip as they perceive how wretched Heroine is, and she begins to lure them back.
Flashback:
George Frederic Handel, "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"
I think Heroine, mid-lure, has a vision of what things were like at the height of her father's power. AWFUL.
Getting Back Together:
Belinda Carlisle, "Summer Rain"
She's horrified and with the addition of Friend's mitigating influence on her, begins to pull back on her worst excesses. She starts to become seriously in love with Friend (who has been in love with her for ages, of course) and continues to try and convince them to come back with her and continue influencing her for the better. That summer, as she's preparing to leave for one of her outlying provinces, a violent storm strikes out of nowhere, preventing her departure for several days. Friend finally takes the initiative and they begin an affair. They're blissfully happy and it remains the time that Heroine always looks back on as the best of her life.
Wedding:
Kelly Clarkson, "My Life Would Suck Without You"
Heroine and Friend's relationship is ridiculously dysfunctional but they can't imagine being separated again and get married.
Paying the Dues:
Adam Lambert, "Sleepwalker"
Their tempestuous marriage is great for Heroine, who is happier and slowly coming back from the brink of Uttermost Evil, but being her Morality Chain puts intense strain on her spouse. Friend is somewhat dazed and feels like they (singular) are almost in another reality, where not much makes sense and they're the glue that holds it all together. Simultaneously, Heroine's apparent softening provokes some ambitious nobles into doubting her authority. Friend, though understanding this, sees Heroine drifting away and becomes convinced that Heroine doesn't love them and their influence over her is waning.
The Night Before War:
Rachmaninoff, "Hopak" (Sorochintsy Fair)
The rebellious nobles revolt outright and Heroine plans to suppress the rebellion. Friend (who has long since given up battle magic) is worried but Heroine, most comfortable as a commander, is eager for battle. She also thinks it'll focus the military on an external threat and show that she is as able a leader as ever, and has no intention of losing her grip on power.
Final Battle:
Handel, "Overture" (The Messiah)
The war goes on longer than anyone expected and the last battle is bloody and extended, but Heroine's forces are triumphant and her enemies crushed beneath her feet. Nobody else dares question her authority.
Moment of Triumph:
Electric Light Orchestra, "The Lights Go Down"
Heroine is declared Empress. Friend has convinced her to use her power in the world to make it better and they have begun to plan how to go about it, when Friend is killed. Heroine, devastated, still goes through with the ceremony, determined to be true to Friend's memory. Friend is unable to pass over and remains a ghost, watching over Heroine through the many years that follow.
Death Scene:
Chopin, Prelude in E Minor
After a long and glorious reign, Heroine finally dies, to the grief of her people and relief of other rulers.
Funeral:
Billy Joel, "River of Dreams"
Heroine's granddaughter and heir heads the mourners, grief-stricken, unsure of her grandmother's fate, but determined to continue her legacy. That night, she slips out to sit by the river and meditate on what the future will bring.
End Credits:
John Denver, "Stonehaven Sunset"
Oddly relevant.
It's the children who rise up
and children who fall
Give in to the beast boy give in to the thrill
It's just human nature to hunt and to kill
We all die together and yet somehow alone
Yeah, that. Overall, I guess it's ... uh. Not quite a romantic comedy, anyway. Not on purpose, at any rate!