Cd Mix - CONNOR Playlist

[stoney321]

Whew. Here it is: Connor. (All of you Connor haters are missing out on a) some of the best writers in fandom, b) one of the most interesting characters in canon, c) the girly-prettiness that is VK, because YUM.)



I've been re-watching the Connor S3-4 arc over the past few days to get inspired. I just... DUDE. Connor! Feral, determined, screwed by religion, unloved and trained to hate and kill, had a nickname of "The Destroyer" and his eyes light up like a Christmas tree when he eats his first Ring Ding. What's not to love? And for the record, this list is RESTRAINED. There are no light-hearted songs, funny, etc., because it didn't lend itself. Also, do you know how hard it is to find songs about betrayal and mistrust that aren't from a woman's perspective? I think all of the others (that aren't by Gwar or other cheesy frat/metal bands) are here. So. Consider yourself heads-upped: dark, introspective, angry, righteous anger for the most part.

DISC ONE

Born in an Alley

1. Of These, Hope (reprise) - Peter Gabriel It's no secret I love this man. I've used this song once before, but it's so PERFECT for Connor. This is off the Last Temptation of Christ soundtrack - the hope for salvation, redemption, etc. all tied up in the fate of one man. Gah. That is a great hour of television right there: Darla sacrificing herself for her son.
2. Ave Maria - Sinead O'Connor This is an interesting version of this piece - it's very melancholy. She recorded this after she declared herself a priest, btw. For those not down with Catholicism and choral music, an Ave Maria (musically) is a 3-part prayer sung that ends with "pray for us sinners now and in the hour of our death." I imagine when the lights were out, Angel cradling his baby to him and praying for Darla. And for his baby. And for himself.
3. Lullaby - A Perfect Circle This may be one of the best bands for Connor music EVER. *cough* Anyone remember that FANTASTIC vid? This is the band. Just a whisper of "go back to sleep" but it's trippy and dreamy and strange, and baby Connor was NEVER going to be safe, was he? Holtz was still vengeful. No, Connor was never going to be held with love again.

Quor'toth

4. Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima - Penderecki I've used this before: Fred. If this isn't what it must feel/sound like to be sucked into a portal, then... I get chills when I think of Fred's reaction to the baby being kidnapped and taken through that thing, and straight into hell. It obviously damaged her psyche, and she was an adult. Connor was one month old. (check out my notes on the "Fred" playlist if you're interested in the history of this song. It's amazing in its own right.)
5. Lullaby for Cain - Sinead O'Connor Well. Holtz would sing the baby songs to sleep, wouldn't he? Nice and twisted and dark and biblical? Sure he would. He was making the perfect weapon, afterall. And who doesn't want a bedtime story about murder and how your family hates you and it's all God's will?
6. Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm of the War - A Perfect Circle THIS. This is the best damn song. And yes, this is the song for that fantastic vid by... someone help me out here? ([ETA]: Vid by millilicious, H E R E.) Stephen grows up in Hell with his main objective just out of reach: The Son Will Kill The Father. But one day, my Stephen, one day you'll make your father Holtz proud, won't you?
7. Did You Know Him? - Michael Andrew Okay, technically this is back in LA. This is Angel - shell shocked - standing in front of a burned crib. This song is from the Donnie Darko soundtrack (which is excellent, I might add) and there are some nice parallels there between the characters and not being able to fight their fates/destinies.
8. Everyman Is An Orphan - The Bogmen I've used this one, too, for Buffy , but I like the methodical percussion as hunting/warrior music. Stephen earns his name The Destroyer. (Can I break? I've never been broken before.)
9. Had A Dad - Jane's Addiction "I had a dad, he was big and strong. I turned to look, man, and now my Daddy's gone." He's always being poked and prodded to fulfill his mission, isn't he? Holtz never let him NOT remember he was a bastard of two evil things. And Holtz, in his Christian duty, took him in to raise up a strong generation unto God, yea verily. (I also like to think that in quiet moments, Stephen would sleep and Connor would wonder why he remembered a smile and hands that didn't hit and his chest would ache and he would feel weak and then knuckle away the moisture on his cheeks and Stephen would wake up and take the controls.)
10. For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica Okay, you can't have a mix for Connor without Metallica. The anger at religion, the kick ass guitars - there are snippets on the show, for Pete's sake! Sometimes I think about the throw-away line of "something punched its way between dimensions." And how there were NO portals to Quor'toth. And how angry/desperate Connor/Stephen must have been to make that possible. He is gearing up mentally to slaughter the evil that thinks of himself as Stephen's father.

Back In L.A.
11. The Outsider - A Perfect Circle (I told you this band was perfect.) Sunny. His first kiss (oh, god VK's SHOCK! I love him as an actor). Sunny dying - not getting what's happening. The confusion with this new world and demons and people and... Just read these lyrics, oh my god.
12. Bullet With Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins "The world is a vampire." So, Angelus is evil, sure, sure. But... he kinda starts to like Angel. And his friends. And has a tiny little drop of hope creep out of the locked box that Holtz had him make. But he still loves Holtz, so he'll have to follow through with the plan. "Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage." And Justine makes this easier for him by killing Holtz. God, that is some fucked up business, right there. I miss my show...
13. Exit Music (For A Film) - Radiohead Good god amighty. This is the most PERFECT song for that scene with the "casket" sinking to the bottom of the ocean and Connor standing tall on the deck of the boat as it pulls away. Here's how it plays in my head (and man, would I love for someone to vid to this song.): the quiet intro is Connor/Stephen mourning his dead father. Then he and Justine making their plans. The "Breathe... keep breathing." bridge is when he fakes being all smiles with Angel as he hears where Angel's heading - the cliffs. Drums/dirty bassline: "Let me tell you how I feel about that." As Thom Yorke starts to caterwaul (god, I love his voice) Angel wakes up bound in a box, his pleads fall on deaf ears, slips into the water, and Connor stands watching the final bubbles. "And now we are one." GOD DAMN. I love that creepy-ass song and my show. Um, this will be a theme. :) (Oh! Listen for the cacophony of voices in the background at the end - they sound like waves. Ack!)
14. Californie - Air Slightly odd, albeit a pretty song. I can imagine Connor sneaking away to see Drusilla to sit on the beach and really watch the ocean. Bet he doesn't think it's so empty now, does he? This song sounds like waves crashing on a beach in the background, too.

DISC TWO

Daddy's Coming Home
1. Devil With Wings - Mary Lydia Ryan (Aside: this song is so fucking sexy and awesome. Yes, I'm one of those weirdoes that likes the A/C angle. I'm broken.) But who didn't love the S4 opener? With all of the trippy dreams and rug pulling? This fits along with the surreal nature of that. Plus, I love the idea of "I'm not trembling with fear" for when Angel barks out "Stand up." And Connor doesn't flinch, because he is the Destroyer, y'all! Except he's a little scared of his dad.
2. Yeah! - The Golden Dogs Hunting on his own. Living on his own. All badass now, or is he? Hell yeah, he is. But he needs a cuddle. And this song totally rocks my socks. "Never hear a word I say!"
3. The God That Failed - Metallica Come on! You kidding me? I wish they hadn't dropped all of the religious ferver for Connor, but they did pick some of it up again with the Jasmine story-arc. And don't you know that as he was shivering under an overpass wondering how he got where he was that Holtz's voice whispered nasties in his ear? And he questioned it all over again? The lyrics, OMG!
4. Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins Good lord. "The killer in me is the killer in you." and "I used to be a little boy..." What's a boy supposed to do? Well, he's gonna fall in love with the wrong person, that's what.

Wheels Off
5. Venus as a Boy - Sneaker Pimps Okay, I like this by Bjork, but I LOVE it by the Sneaker Pimps. Ka-reepy. Weird. Oddly sexual. Not unlike the Cordy/Connor thing. (Okay, VK was totally giving that all he could, but he couldn't help that Charisma was pregnant and it CREEPS ME OUT, and he's CRYING as she kisses him, and holy shit, people!! CONNOR!! Poor broken human.) Sorry, I know most of you hate that scene/arc, and it's not my fave, but CONNOR in those scenes!! Angel WATCHING. What? It's awesome.
6. Talk Show Host - Radiohead It would not surprise me in ANY WAY to find that the writers at ME are totally into Radiohead. What's that, dad? You want Cordy back? You want to straighten things out to your liking? "Fucking come get me."
7. The Widow - Mars Volta I can't stress how much I love this band. Trippy, angry, weird, dreamy, angry... Fits those moods, you know? (And um... it totally fits in with my sick ideas of Angel(us) and Connor and I'm a bad bad lady.) Maybe... um, maybe don't focus on the lyrics too much if that horrifies you, okay? "I'll never sleep alone." Heh. I'm broken. Or, think about how he and Cordy live together under Angel's roof, or... How about you just dig the song? :)

Jasmine!
8. Imagine - A Perfect Circle (I did not lie.) This is John Lennon's song, but is in all minor keys and the effect is AWESOME. I'll let this one sink in. I did NOT LIE ABOUT THIS BAND! They are the perfect Connor band. What's to come... "I hope some day you will join us, and the world will live as one." It's like a FUNERAL DIRGE.
9. I've Seen It All Before - Bjork and Thom Yorke (Again: I did not lie.) Oh, god. The horrifying scene of the innocent girl being killed for Jasmine and Darla pleading with him to not do it? (Which, canon aside - as it makes not a lot of sense and there are too many loose ends in this arc - that's an amazing bit of TV.) And the intro that sounds like a train passing through with the rhythmic rattling? I love how lonely this is.
10. Mad World (acoustic) - Tears For Fears Okay, I've used this before, I know. BUT. It's such a perfect piece of music. AND! AND! This is the acoustic version from Donnie Darko and it's just so much more powerful when it's plaintive. Hey, dad, thanks for ruining happiness. For everyone. Oh, and how about I punch my "child" right through the maggoty skull, which I found beautiful, because did you forget I grew up in Hell? Remember how we hung out and were happy and you ruined that? "Children waiting for the day they feel good..." "The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had..."
11. Heart + Soul - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Oh, god! Connor, crazed, broken utterly, willing to kill and die himself and just wanting it to be OVER. "I need you to save me!" or how about "I feel our selfishness will be the end of this?" Yeah. That's about right.

Mindwipe
12. Ave Maria - Mozart (from his Requiem) Again, a prayer: pray for us sinners now and in the time of our death. Again, Angel's prayer. But this time, no baby to hold, just a long drive to a suburban home to see that his son not his son is happy, well-adjusted, and accepted at Stanford. (A kyrie eleison would have been appropriate too, which literally means: O Lord, have mercy).
13. Hurt - Johnny Cash Are we all on the same page that perhaps Connor had dreams about the old life? No? I mean, with all of that super strength (they didn't change that). And then Wesley broke that box, and it all came rushing back. But the new life/memories didn't leave, did it? And he showed up at Wolfram & Hart and called Angel "dad." And walked away.
14. Someday You Will Be Loved - Death Cab For Cutie Almost a bit too twee for me, but it fits. As all of his memories come back, I wonder what he thought about Cordy. And his dad. And the attempted suicide. And his childhood, now mingled with tricycles and birthday parties and demons and being tied to a tree and his first pack of crayons and... *sob* I think he forgave Angel when he figured it all out.
15. Climbing The Wall - Radiohead with the Sneaker Pimps So.... here's the thing. Stanford. Dudes to play video games with. Cruising chicks. And... he's one of the strongest warriors on earth for the upcoming Apocolypse. I believe in my heart of hearts that Connor showed up in NFA after the battle started. We just didn't see him arrive. And he and Angel smiled at each other, because they both knew Connor wouldn't obey Angel's orders to stay away, and Angel probably choked back a sob as he said, "Hey, son." And Connor rolled his eyes and smiled, because he liked the sound of that. (Oh, ack! I'm such a sap.)

This Is The End
16. Agnus Dei - Mozart (from his Requiem) This literally translates to: Lamb of God. It's used (musically as a prayer) to beseech unto God for peace and mercy. NFA, folks. Interesting trivia about his Requiem: this was his final piece, incomplete (there's centuries old debate as to who finished it.) Rumor has it that a few of the pieces were sung to Mozart as he lay dying, and he cried with joy at hearing it finally. This is a perfect epic battle piece - slow motion, painful, vivid imagery.

*collapses*
And folks: we all have access to iTunes or shareware. Or you know: support the musicians and buy the CDs. They're all great. (All other character CDs are linked now in tags)

Comments

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

I stick my tongue out at you and run away! You know, just cuz I can.

I really do have to figure out this music downloading thing sometime, don't I? This mix looks GOOOD. (Despite the icky Connorness, etc. etc. we've been down that road before.)

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

O_O

I do NOT need to hear the negative about Connor! I'm all filled with love for him, and am writing fic again, so NO!!!!!!

(If you have shareware, like limewire, etc., you just type in the name and download the song that pops up on your list. Eees not hard, just haff to haff the software, ees all. [/surly Russian])

[thepiratequeen.livejournal.com]

Peter Gabriel, Mars Volta and A Perfect Circle? You have made my Prog Rock fangirl very very happy.

*goes off to download*

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Yay! I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on the music after listening to this, too!

*hearts*

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

Yay, so psyched for this! I'm dlding part one now.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Joy!! I want to hear your thoughts after listening to the songs!

[rahirah]

No! People do not find Connor attractive! I'm sticking my fingers in my ears! LALALALALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU!

<-- what? he's GORGEOUS and PRETTY!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

*pets* Shhhhhhh. Just me. And a few that go by Legion.

(Dude, I loooooooove that character. He and Faith - two most favorite in Jossverse, for serious!)

Um... click the tag for character cds and check out Buffy? Erm... *flails*

[ladycat777.livejournal.com]

These better be up when I get home from class (*cries*), because omg WANT. You have excellent musical taste, my dear.

I am so unmotivated to *anything* today, man. I just want to sleep. And I haven't used the treadmill in two days, which is probably not helping. Stupid homework. Stupid charlottelennox for eating my time away.

*is grumpy puss*

<3

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I hope you like it! I want to hear what you think when you get a chance to listen! I wan to sleep, too! Obviously there is something in the water, as I didn't go for my run this morning due to lack of motivation. I vote for sleep, music, and reading today. *blinks* Hmm, my genie powers are failing....

check the next post, shh is seekrit

[elisi]

This looks beyond fabulous! I adore Connor (and just look at my icon! Isn't it awesome?) and one day when I have time (and money) I'll sit down with iTunes and d/l all these! :)

[elisi]

Argh! You have the exact same picture on your icon and now I look like an idiot! Stupid dark-screened PC! *shakes fist*

[lettered.livejournal.com]

Reading this was like reading a fic. You took me places. I don't know most the songs off the top of my head, though I know I'll never listen to "Disarm" the same way again. You had me right here:

I also like to think that in quiet moments, Stephen would sleep and Connor would wonder why he remember a smile and hands that didn't hit and his chest would ache and he would feel weak and then knuckle away the moisture on his cheeks and Stephen would wake up and take the controls.

And I think I've said before that I like Cordy/Connor because it's twisted. Really, considering the boy's life, if they hadn't fucked him up that hard and that badly, I wouldn't've believed it.

And... he's one of the strongest warriors on earth for the upcoming Apocolypse. I believe in my heart of hearts that Connor showed up in NFA after the battle started.

Loved your image of him showing up, but not sure I agree. He also finally, at last, understood what love was, and how Angel loved him. Knowing that, he might've actually understood what Angel believed--that Connor surviving this battle was Angel winning this battle. And Connor likes to win.

I love Connor. I love you your Connor love. Thanks for posting this, and I'm not even sure I'll be able to dl the music (not sure I have room on this comp, and if I do, it doesn't have a soundcard, and doesn't have a cd burner. But anyway I've put this is memories, and you seem to have good taste, so I'll get a listen some day!) Thanks again.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Oh GOD. Cordy Connor. I just rewatched "Apocolypse Nowish" and "Habeas Corpses" last night, and VK SELLS it. Cordy's words and motivations are easily bought when you look at the script, I just get bugged by Charisma's inability to really sell that storyline, personally.

And I like your reasoning for why Connor wouldn't show up, but I just have it set in my brain that he would. I think he was really frustrated in his subconscious to not be fighting. He's a warrior. Even though he obviously appreciated the gift (that he finally understood) Angel gave him at a chance for a real life.

As for this, check out my other post and let's talk, eh?

[altyronsmaker.livejournal.com]

Connor's arc was so tragic. He was created (by the writers, I mean) to be loved, adored, hated, reviled, and reconciled. (sorry for the heavy handed alliteration there *rolls eyes*). I have two favorite lines from him:

"You gotta do what you can to protect your family...I learned that from my father (my emphasis).

"Come on. You drop by for a cup of coffee, and the world's not ending? Please." (heeeheee! loved that!)

As for the soundtracks, I am sad to say I don't know most of the artists or songs, but I'll be hunting for them now....

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Connor. Easily my most favorite character on AtS, just slightly ahead of Angel and Wesley.

This is some good grudge/guy/anger music, but not like motorhead/metal kind of stuff. Some might argue that Metallica is heavy metal, but they are SO TALENTED as musicians, it's just excellent, really. And who doesn't love Mozart? :)

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

Hey Stoney, if I promise you my firstborn or sell you my soul or something, would there be any way for me to get some of your older CD mixes? Like the Spander, the Spangel, Wes, and Fred? 'Cuz I only have Buffy & Faith & Connor once I can get it DL'd, and I need the complete Stoney Jossverse Soundtrack. It's a moral imperative!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Ack, no more children, please! :D

Keep your eyes peeled...

[semby.livejournal.com]

Yay for the Connor love, and thanks for sharing this! I'm going to make a point to hunt down most of those songs.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Oh, good! limewire.com is a great source, if you don't have moral issues with file sharing, but everyone of these songs come off good albums that wouldn't hurt to be in your music library. :D

[midnightsjane.livejournal.com]

I really have to figure out how to get this downloaded...what a great CD this would make. I love Peter Gabriel, but I'm not really familiar with a lot of the other artists here...I'm still kind of stuck back in the days of my youth (that would be the '60's,**cough**). The way you describe these and the fact that I love Connor/Angel make me ready to explore new musical themes..
This does read like a Connor fic!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

If you have iTunes, pretty much all of these should be there to be dl'd. (If you like Gabriel, you should really listen to the album from The Last Temptation of Christ. It's fantastic music, period. Beautiful, and he does wonderful orchestral arrangements.

(And heh - I'm all about the music of the 60s! I have a strong 60s Motown gene in my DNA.)

(You like Connor/Angel, huh? *eyebrow waggles* You could check out the tag up there for Connor... What? I can't self pimp? Heh.)

[blueswan9.livejournal.com]

5. Venus as a Boy - Sneaker Pimps Okay, I like this by Bjork, but I LOVE it by the Sneaker Pimps. Ka-reepy. Weird. Oddly sexual. Not unlike the Cordy/Connor thing. (Okay, VK was totally giving that all he could, but he couldn't help that Charisma was pregnant and it CREEPS ME OUT, and he's CRYING as she kisses him, and holy shit, people!! CONNOR!! Poor broken human.) Sorry, I know most of you hate that scene/arc, and it's not my fave, but CONNOR in those scenes!! Angel WATCHING. What? It's awesome.

What does it say that this is the scene that pulled me into the show? I had never watched Angel or Buffy and then one day...I saw this scene and started watching the following week.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. I rewatched it last night, and VK is AMAZING in those. "It's not you, baby. It's not you." And if you look closely (which I do, because UNGH. VK.) you'll see him crying, and I did NOT JUST ALLUDE TO A SINGLE PERFECT TEAR!!! Hahahahahaha!!

Oh, god. I'm a nerd. Complete and for true. :D (and that song is AWESOME.)

[bitchygrrl.livejournal.com]

Yay. I used to hate Connor but I grew to love the twisted, broken , pretty boy. Really twisted, broken, pretty what's not to love? This mix looks da bomb. *goes to dl* You rock babydoll.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Yay, another convert! Thematically, he had some incredibly interesting things going on. The problem is, it all occured in S4, which a large group of people (myself included) thinks that there were too many plot devices, and not enough explanation.

If they had another... 8 eps? They could have sold me harder. But if I just look at them character by character that season, the grand arc works SO much better for me.

Um... I'll quit spazzing out. :)

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

I'm just going *blinkblinkblink* at different people who have commented and said "Connor, ew!"

Certainly, I don't agree with that, so I don't get it there.

But also, how is the post not up-front about fannish love for a character? So why come in and say, "You love him/her/that, ewww!" Just seems like, you know, know your audience?

But anyway, you're gracious and fun, and I am cranky and need a frappaccino.

Feel free to delete my grumpypants comment. :D

<-- matching expressions!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Well... I'm guessing they are afraid I'll be all up in their grillz with my Connor love, thinking they are down with it, and they ain't havin' it!

I'll stop talking like that immediately. And I think I'm going for that iced chai I mentioned. Mmmm, cooling and a party in my mouth!

I'm wearing patchwork capris and feel like I'm a chick from the 50s. I need rhinestone-cat-eyed glasses and a picture of Bobby Darin or something to complete the look. :)

[kita0610.livejournal.com]

I love you so much, and I love your love for Connor and I know I am going to love this.

Thank you. From the bottom of my cold dead heart, thank you.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

GAAAAAAH. I love him SO MUCH. I love his story, his characterization, I love how VK plays him...

(that first kiss with Sunny! I gasp every. single. time.) And YOU WILL KNOW THIS: who made that video?? It's like... THE Angel Vid. I can't remember where I saved it to watch for the credits, ARGH! It's fucking PERFECT.

[kita0610.livejournal.com]

Also, the fuck is up with people who think it's ok to insult a character you just worked your ass off for?

Jesus.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

*shrugs* Happens every single time I post about him. I'm still amazed he's so polarizing. He's not KENNEDY, for chrissakes.

[violethamster.livejournal.com]

This is a beautiful thing. Your comments on each song break my heart.

There should be long, epic fics about Connor in the hell dimension. I wish the show had shown some of it. What might have been really cool would have been if they all got sucked into it and had to depend on Connor to survive, in a snarky, begrudging way on both sides, but with slowly growing respect and father/son bondy stuff.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

THERE SHOULD BE. Oh, GOD your second option is absolute wonderfulment, too! *pokes you to write it* I...

YES. That would be most excellent, yes.

(and I'm heading out of town in a day and a half, but if you have problems getting this... you know where to find me, yo. <3)

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

I'm *SO* excited, as I have been since you mentioned this in passing a while back. And what tkp about how reading your mix list is like reading a fic? Yes. Told ya that for years.

I've already geeked out via phone re: my love of your music mixes, so we'll take that with a secret handshake and just say I'm downloading with joy.

Have a safe trip! Do a head count before you head home!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha!!! But doesn't the world NEED a "Home Alone: 4?" (um, there wasn't a Home ALone 4, was there?)

MUSIC! Makes the people! Come together! Yeah.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Derp. FIXED!

[its-art.livejournal.com]

Oooh.... Lots of Connor music. I will definitely be compling this and listening to it while working on "The Nyazian Prophecies". I'm sure it'll provide mucho inspiration. Glad to see so much A Perfect Circle on the list... And "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"! I've been trying to make a vid for this song for SUCH a long time!

A few more songs that always struck me in the fact as "OMG, Connor!" that you don't have on your list:

"How Soon is Now" by the Smiths: Lyric sample: I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar. I am the son and heir of nothing in particular.
You shut your mouth. How can you say I go about things the wrong way? I am human and I need to be loved just like everybody else does.

"Even in his Youth" by Nirvana: Lyric sample: Daddy was ashamed, Daddy was ashamed he was something. Disgrace the family name, the family name he was something.
He was born from your crew, I've got nothing left to prove. If i die before i wake, I hope i don't come back as a slave

"Terrible Lie" by Nine Inch Nails: A song so perfect, I used it as the theme for my virtual series. Lyric sample: Hey God, why are you doing this to me? Am I not living up to what I'm supposed to be? Why am I seething with this animosity? Hey God, I think you owe me a great big apology.
Terrible lie! Terrible lie! Terrible lie!
Hey God, I really don't know what you mean. Seems like salvation comes only in our dreams. I feel my hatred grow all the more extreme. Hey God, can this world really be as sad as it seems?

Those are my three best. I have others, I'm sure, but they're just not coming to me at the moment.

But thank you for this! And yes, Connor-haters are TOTALLY missing out. I still don't understand it... What's not to love about him?

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Ooh, yes, all three songs are fantastic! (honestly, this is the one of the only mixes I've made - Buffy, Faith, Fred, Spike/Xander, Spike/Angel, Wesley - that DIDN'T have NIN, The Smiths or Nirvana on it! Great minds... *g*)

I still am itching to see a vid of S3's closer to "Exit Music" by Radiohead. That is just a fantastic song, imo.

Hey, thanks for commenting! *hopes for a poke if you DO vid any of those!*

[darlas-mom.livejournal.com]

Oh, I LOVE this mix. Love it love it love it. I am now downloading every single one of these tracks (except for the ones I already have--which is all of the APC; they really are the perfect Connor band) so I can go ahead and burn the CDs to have while I try to work on the Connor fic that is currently kicking my ass. (It's half-Connor/Illyria post-"NFA," half-Connor/Fred during the summer between "Tomorrow" and "Deep Down." Definitely an ass-kicker to try and write.)

Also, on the subject of the Connor/Cordy love scene at the end of "Apocalypse Nowish"/beginning of "Habeas Corpses," check this out: for about a literal two seconds (you will miss this if you blink), Connor's eyes flick up in Angel's direction. He knows he's there watching them.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

OKAY YOU I LOVE. please to be noticing that I write Angel/Connor. Ahem. Rawr. That scene is so twisted and dark and wonderful and sad, and JEEEEEEBUS I miss my show!!!

Thank you so much for telling me this works for you! (THis may be my favorite of the ones I've done...) ♥

[darlas-mom.livejournal.com]

OH! Before I forget!

I actually had a track to suggest, since I'm adding it to my own mix as the perfect song for both "Inside Out" and "Home."

Into the Dark - Juliana Theory This song works really, really well, not only because it's sort of a rock ballad musically, but check out these lyrics! (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/julianatheory/intothedark.html)

Buffyverse picspam with lyrics type thing

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