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Oh, and go read Hourglass.
NOTE: The comments inside the brackets are Sam's, the one's that aren't are mine.
Enjoy!
Cal.
Retrospect: A Mix for Hourglass, Side A
Tada! The first in the four disc set for Hourglass, novel by Sam.
[The mix is yummier than the novel itself. *applauds Cal*]
[Full Zip: 38MB]
1. Oh My God – Kaiser Chiefs [ysi link]
rulers make for greater glory
the only thing growing is our history.
Hourglass Main Theme cause Sam said so.
[For the feeling of being separated from all that is real and all that you once knew. But I like Cal’s explanation better. It’s altogether snappier.]
2. Louis XIV – Louis XIV [ysi link]
Well I’m a, weapon of mass destruction
got no apologies for a hyper-concussion
I might, swap your identity
take pure love and turn it in to obscenity.
Luke’s Theme Song. And, yes, it follows him everywhere.
3. Ghetto Ways – Scissors For Lefty [ysi link]
Words from your lips
Oh cursed hips
Oh this ghetto
Is in my blood
Luke.
4. Old Yellow Bricks – Arctic Monkeys [ysi link]
Old yellow bricks
Love's a risk
Quite the little escapologist
Love's so miffed
When you wish
For a thousand places better than this.
[You’re a fugitive, but you don't know what you’re running from.]
Luke.
[And his…what is it now? Three prison breaks? Sneaky little bugger.]
5. Misread – Kings of Convenience [ysi link]
All throughout history the loneliest people
Were the ones who always spoke the truth.
Perhaps for Barclett.
[And Matthias, too.]
6. Had a Dream – Bird York [ysi link]
he's lost the map his life was on
says everything is unraveling.
For Matthias, pretty much his theme song in my mind.
7. Ways and Means – Snow Patrol [ysi link]
I never knew the taste of blood till now
It's clear I never should have known
Breathing fire was never this much fun
So there's a dark side in us all.
[When Jeremy discovers killing people isn’t quite so bad.]
8. Caps and Bottles – Dropkick Murphys [ysi link]
I recall when I was small I thought I'd be legend soon
but that was then and this is now
a harder road cannot be found don't get me wrong,
good times were had sometimes the fun outweighed the bad
but all in all, now said and done I can recall more bad than fun…
Jeremy. But I’m sure Luke has zoomed this song from him.
9. You are a Runner and I am My Father's Son – Wolf Parade [ysi link]
and I am my father's son
his bed is made
I was a hero early in the morning
I ain't no hero in the night.
Jeremy and Luke.
10. Brilliant Mistake – Elvis Costello [ysi link]
He thought he was the King of America.
11. Carry On Wayward Son – Kansas [ysi link]
Carry on my wayward son,
They'll be peace when you are done.
Lay your weary head to rest,
Don't you cry no more.
Jeremy.
12. Dancing with Myself – Billy Idol [ysi link]
Oh, oh, oh dancing with myself
Oh, oh, oh dancing with myself
For the boys of Hourglass. (Luke, Jeremy, David, Adelais, Upton, Kostya…)
13. Samson – Regina Spektor [ysi link]
You are my sweetest downfall, I loved you first…
For Adelais and Upton.
[And for Liberty, before her unfortunate discovery. The cutting-hair scene is all-too literal.]
14. Grace Kelly – Mika [ysi link]
Do I attract you?
Do I repulse you with my queasy smile?
Am I too dirty?
Am I too flirty?
Do I like what you like?
David. [The self-conscious mess that he is. *glomp*]
15. The Late Great Cassiopia – The Essex Green [ysi link]
I was born today in all them constellation
The minor where a major wants to be.
16. God, Make Up Your Mind – Cold War Kids [ysi link]
God make up your mind
Do you wanna play fair
Should I take what's mine?
Adelais.
17. Rehab – Amy Winehouse [ysi link]
They tried to make me go to rehab but I said no, no, no
Yes I been blind but when I come back you'll know, know, know.
Adelais in the face of the whole Emotionless Male Hunter Epidemic; his drug of choice, Opium.
18. Time is Running Out – Muse [ysi link]
I wanted freedom
Bound and restricted
I tried to give you up
But I'm addicted.
Adelais.
[Yay, symbolism, on two counts- Smart and opium.]
19. El Manana – Gorillaz [ysi link]
I saw that day, lost my mind.
Lord, I'll find maybe in time
You'll want to be mine.
Adelais, yet again.
20. We Both Go Down Together – The Decemberists [ysi link]
And oh, my love, my love
And oh, my love, my love
We both go down together
Liberty. Sam says, “Not for the Romeo/Juliet thing (or the frolicking in fields), but the flowery-ness and the guy character. Not that she is a guy- just, ah, use your imagination.”
[And for Luke and the Infanta, actually. Theirs is a plot twist I shan’t reveal, but it does have something to do with, er….love. And going down.
Together, naturally.]
Part II, III, & IV of Retrospect coming soon. Go read Hourglass.
Ta,
Cal.
