Ophelia's Drowned In The Cold Cold Flood
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masterofmidgetsSo, I stayed up insanely late last night because I got a bunch of new music and had to listen to it all obsessively. And I figured that made it time for a music post!
Seven Songs Sung By Awesome Women (and a couple by an awesome guy)
1. Rose - Rie Fu
You will be you will be
First thing on my mind
You will see the first rebirth
On a Sunday, rainy market
Show the stranger the right way there
Cause you’re not missing from my heart
colourofsaying gave me a mix this weekend of JPop/JRock artists that have been recced to her while she's in Japan, and it only took us about five minutes of listening before we both had a huge crush on Rie Fu, who is, frankly, adorable and awesome. Technically JPop, but a bit of an offbeat sound to it. It was so hard to pick my favorite song!
2. We Learned the Sea - Dar Williams
I am the captain and I have been told
That tomorrow we land and my ship has been sold
Now losing this boat is worth scarce a mention
I think of the crew, most of all the first ensign
For all we learned the sea
Dar Williams is one of those singers where I own just about every song she's ever done and it still isn't close to enough. And I have a thing for songs about people going to sea. Haunting and dark and oh so lovely.
3. Wilder Than Her - Dar Williams
And I'm wilder than her and it drives her out of her mind
I guess she thought that she was just one of a kind
But she's a summer storm and I'm a hurricane<
One just blows through town, one blows the town away
And I'm wilder than her
Fun, kicky love song (and Williams sounds more country in this than I think I've ever heard before, it's a little strange) that seems very fannish to me, even though I haven't hit on a pairing it quite works for yet. It is probably one involving either Jim Kirk or Jack Harkness though.
4. My Medea - Vienna Teng
Inside the labyrinth walls
There lies a tiny child who sleeps alone
And as the daylight falls
The wind becomes so wild across the stone
For I have made her prison be
Her every step away from me
And this child I would destroy
If you tried to set her free
I love how dense Vienna Teng's lyrics always are, and how so many of them have this very mythic weight and phrasing. This song is deliciously creepy.
5. Eric's Song - Vienna Teng
Strange how certain the journey
Time unfolds the petals
For our eyes to see
Strange how this journey's hurting
In ways we accept as part of fate's decree
If you've ever read The Dark is Rising series (and if you haven't, what are you thinking? Go, get thee to a library!), this song is wonderfully, perfectly Will/Bran, which makes me a very happy person indeed. It also works well for Merlin/Arthur - which makes sense, given that Bran is Arthur's son and Will is Merriman/Merlin's protege.
6. Apprentice - Vixy & Tony
7. If Only - Black Canary/Music Meister (Batman: tBatB)
Look at him, save the day, keeping evil far away
A brave man, like no man, be my man, Batman
If only he could love me
He could love me
If only he could love me, like he loves fighting villainy
...don't look at me like that. The Music Meister episode of Batman: the Brave and the Bold (with evil!singing!Neil Patrick Harris OMG) has some great moments, including references to the Batusi and the Bat!shark-repellent and Batman in a sing-off against Black Canary, but my favorite is this low-key love song between Black Canary (singing about Batman) and Music Meister (singing about BC).
8. Snake-Handlin' Man - Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer
Baby I was born to the blood in the service of the lord of hosts
Marched through the valley of the shadow of death at the biddin' of the Holy Ghost
Baby I would
Hey, baby, you know I can
Holy fire down in my belly and brimstone in my eyes
Everything that a woman might need and the need just might arise
I'm a light-bringer and a soul-singer
I'm a snake-handlin man
In a very large part, this is the song that is responsible for the Lucifer's Fall story. I cannot promise that you won't have it stuck in your head for days after you listen to it.
9. Red (Elegy) - Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer
Ophelia's drowned in the cold, cold flood
A thorn by any other name draws blood
Deep red drops on a scarlet bud
Daddy we comin home
We don't know where home lies now
But we'll turn up there some damned how
Drawn to the barn and the busted plow
And the graves all overgrown
OMG THIS SONG IS SO DEPRESSING. And captivating, too - the first night after I bought it off iTunes I listened to it about 15 times in a row. In my head it is a season four Sam/Dean song. It doesn't fit perfectly, lyrically-wise, but it certainly fits the feel of them.
Seven Songs Sung By Awesome Women (and a couple by an awesome guy)
1. Rose - Rie Fu
You will be you will be
First thing on my mind
You will see the first rebirth
On a Sunday, rainy market
Show the stranger the right way there
Cause you’re not missing from my heart
colourofsaying gave me a mix this weekend of JPop/JRock artists that have been recced to her while she's in Japan, and it only took us about five minutes of listening before we both had a huge crush on Rie Fu, who is, frankly, adorable and awesome. Technically JPop, but a bit of an offbeat sound to it. It was so hard to pick my favorite song!2. We Learned the Sea - Dar Williams
I am the captain and I have been told
That tomorrow we land and my ship has been sold
Now losing this boat is worth scarce a mention
I think of the crew, most of all the first ensign
For all we learned the sea
Dar Williams is one of those singers where I own just about every song she's ever done and it still isn't close to enough. And I have a thing for songs about people going to sea. Haunting and dark and oh so lovely.
3. Wilder Than Her - Dar Williams
And I'm wilder than her and it drives her out of her mind
I guess she thought that she was just one of a kind
But she's a summer storm and I'm a hurricane<
One just blows through town, one blows the town away
And I'm wilder than her
Fun, kicky love song (and Williams sounds more country in this than I think I've ever heard before, it's a little strange) that seems very fannish to me, even though I haven't hit on a pairing it quite works for yet. It is probably one involving either Jim Kirk or Jack Harkness though.
4. My Medea - Vienna Teng
Inside the labyrinth walls
There lies a tiny child who sleeps alone
And as the daylight falls
The wind becomes so wild across the stone
For I have made her prison be
Her every step away from me
And this child I would destroy
If you tried to set her free
I love how dense Vienna Teng's lyrics always are, and how so many of them have this very mythic weight and phrasing. This song is deliciously creepy.
5. Eric's Song - Vienna Teng
Strange how certain the journey
Time unfolds the petals
For our eyes to see
Strange how this journey's hurting
In ways we accept as part of fate's decree
If you've ever read The Dark is Rising series (and if you haven't, what are you thinking? Go, get thee to a library!), this song is wonderfully, perfectly Will/Bran, which makes me a very happy person indeed. It also works well for Merlin/Arthur - which makes sense, given that Bran is Arthur's son and Will is Merriman/Merlin's protege.
6. Apprentice - Vixy & Tony
One night I stole into her garden
And I overheard her sigh...
"You don't have to be wild to want to run
Look at the roses and you'll see
See them climbing ever higher toward the sun
These garden walls are not for me."
7. If Only - Black Canary/Music Meister (Batman: tBatB)
Look at him, save the day, keeping evil far away
A brave man, like no man, be my man, Batman
If only he could love me
He could love me
If only he could love me, like he loves fighting villainy
...don't look at me like that. The Music Meister episode of Batman: the Brave and the Bold (with evil!singing!Neil Patrick Harris OMG) has some great moments, including references to the Batusi and the Bat!shark-repellent and Batman in a sing-off against Black Canary, but my favorite is this low-key love song between Black Canary (singing about Batman) and Music Meister (singing about BC).
8. Snake-Handlin' Man - Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer
Baby I was born to the blood in the service of the lord of hosts
Marched through the valley of the shadow of death at the biddin' of the Holy Ghost
Baby I would
Hey, baby, you know I can
Holy fire down in my belly and brimstone in my eyes
Everything that a woman might need and the need just might arise
I'm a light-bringer and a soul-singer
I'm a snake-handlin man
In a very large part, this is the song that is responsible for the Lucifer's Fall story. I cannot promise that you won't have it stuck in your head for days after you listen to it.
9. Red (Elegy) - Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer
Ophelia's drowned in the cold, cold flood
A thorn by any other name draws blood
Deep red drops on a scarlet bud
Daddy we comin home
We don't know where home lies now
But we'll turn up there some damned how
Drawn to the barn and the busted plow
And the graves all overgrown
OMG THIS SONG IS SO DEPRESSING. And captivating, too - the first night after I bought it off iTunes I listened to it about 15 times in a row. In my head it is a season four Sam/Dean song. It doesn't fit perfectly, lyrically-wise, but it certainly fits the feel of them.