BBB: Mix #3 - Spuzz, High School Is Hell.
High School Is Hell (And Other Life Lessons) (mediafire folder link)
A mix by spuzz.
Summary: A nostalgic mix with a lot of popular American songs from the eighties, mostly hopeful love songs. It works really well as a soundtrack to the story, and makes fantastic background music for reading.
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01: Teenagers From Mars - The Misfits
Fantastic song, especially because Frank being into the Misfits is what gets Gerard to really notice him (in that way, at least). The Misfits are perfect music for feeling like a freak, and so they're perfect music for being a teenager. This is especially true when they sing, we want, we need it, we'll take it, baby.
02: My Prerogative - Bobby Brown
The mix opens with a punk song, but it shifts into more of a pop eighties mix after this. And it starts that shift with Bobby Brown! Bobby Brown! No, seriously, this song alone makes this mix worthy of a download. Everybody's talking all this stuff about Bobby Brown. Why don't they just let him live? They say he's nasty, but getting girls is just how he lives! (WHY WON'T THEY LET HIM BE GREAT!!!!) Even better than how awesome this song is, though, is that it actually matches the story; this is a great song for the way that everyone seems to want to meddle in Gerard's life.
03: Take a Chance on Me - Erasure
Best love song ever. What's amazing about this is that it's a classic pop song, great for dancing around in your underwear, but it's also about waiting on someone to realize that you're perfect for them. I never think of this as a song about pining, but it really is.
04: You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Dead or Alive
There's a song by Flo Rida out right now that samples this. I get angry-faced every time it comes on the radio, because I think that it's the Dead or Alive song, and then it proves to be... Flo Rida. It's an abomination to this amazing song, with it's thumpy backbeat, great synthesizer, and amazing vocals. I set my sights on you... And I've got to have my way little baby. Yow!
05: I Want to Break Free - Queen
As I said in my review of bexless's mix, Queen is incredibly close to my heart. (When I saw a second mix included a Queen track, I skimmed through the story just to make sure that I hadn't mentioned them anywhere; my love is pretty epic, and I worried that I might have randomly included a Freddie Mercury reference without even realizing it. That's how much I love him.) I hadn't thought about this song, but it's utterly, utterly perfect. First time love, and how that makes you -- paradoxically, sometimes -- want to escape everything you know. And the most amazing synthesizers.
06: Into the Groove - Madonna
I have a lot of hipster friends, and sometimes I go dancing at hipster bars, so there are a lot of Madonna songs that I am sick of. This one isn't one of them, and I don't think I could get tired of it. It's a kicky, perfect pop song, one of those songs that I just have to sing along to when I hear it come on. It follows the Queen song really wonderfully, too: it's about getting tired of being free and alone, and wanting someone else who's worth your time.
07: Don't You Want Me - Human League
If you don't know this song, I am weirded out by you, as you apparently live in an underground bunker. Regardless of where you reside, however, this is a great song for this story; I was editing while listening to this once, and was working on the final locker scene when this came on. The moment when Gerard says that he thought Frank was his friend has now become That Point In The Story Where I Sing "FRANK. FRANK YOU WANT ME."
08: Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
I love the vocals in this song so much; they're deep and dark and sort of world-weary, like the singer is predicting something that he wishes wouldn't happen but he knows will happen no matter what he wishes. It's such a teenage love song for me.
09: I'll Stand By You - The Pretenders
I think Gerard would wish that he was this kind of boyfriend, but wouldn't ever realize that he's actually pretty close to it already. The vocals to this mesh perfectly with the previous track; they're husky and strong in the same sort of way as the Joy Division song.
10: Close To Me - The Cure
This is a dancing song, with simple background beats that make it hard to listen to without tapping your toes. The simple background contrasts perfectly against Robert Smith's singing, which is woebegone and slightly rough. The horn solo in the middle is pretty much how I feel when I get excited about someone, and so this works incredibly well for me. Note: there are two Cure songs on this mix. spuzz obviously doesn't know that my first-ever music purchase was a Cure tape... unless she's psychic. GET OUT OF MY HEAD, SPUZZ.
11: Saturday Night - The Misfits
I love the Misfits, seriously, and this is so perfect for the story. I listened to it three or four times in a row while I was writing this, just rocking out with my eyes closed (like a nerd, I know). This is a song for smoking cigarettes and sneaking drinks behind school, feeling incredibly tragic about how much your life totally sucks; it's a high school sort of song, but it works no matter what age you are, I think. There was something I forgot to say/I was crying on a Saturday night. It's a punk song, with thick fuzzy guitars and crooning vocals. If you like Fall Out Boy, actually, you might like this song. (I just realized the similarities between the vocals right now. Huh.)
12: Friday I'm In Love - The Cure
HOLY CRAP THIS SONG. I wore out that Cure tape, and this song was one of the reasons. (I had this el cheapo walkman, and I would sit there and rewind carefully to get back to the beginning of the song, over and over again.) It's seriously one of the greatest songs I know, honestly. It's about sex and love and being crazy about a crazy person, about falling for someone who's more than a little weird, about being unsure and hopeful all at once. I used to draw elaborate pictures to illustrate this song and how amazing it is. They were SYMBOLIC, okay, it was intense. And that is how Gerard and Frank feel about each other. ♥
13: Any Way You Want It - Journey
This mix Journeyrolls you and makes you like it: fact. I like this song a whole lot, is the thing, and following the Cure song, it always inspires me to emphatic hand gestures and and sing along like I'm performing to an arena of screaming fans. It is truly a sight to behold. (Now imagine Gerard singing this alone in his room while he's waiting for Mikey to get out of the bathroom. Awww.)
14: Fuck You - Lily Allen
This is a sweetheart of a song telling bigots to fuck off. It follows perfectly on the eighties mix with its simple beat and background synthesizers. Warning: you might start singing it on public transportation and frighten your fellow passengers. Speaking purely hypothetically about a situation that totally didn't happen to me, obviously.
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It's a great mix, and I hope you download it. Leave comments here letting spuzz know how much you like it (because you will).
A mix by spuzz.
Summary: A nostalgic mix with a lot of popular American songs from the eighties, mostly hopeful love songs. It works really well as a soundtrack to the story, and makes fantastic background music for reading.
---
01: Teenagers From Mars - The Misfits
Fantastic song, especially because Frank being into the Misfits is what gets Gerard to really notice him (in that way, at least). The Misfits are perfect music for feeling like a freak, and so they're perfect music for being a teenager. This is especially true when they sing, we want, we need it, we'll take it, baby.
02: My Prerogative - Bobby Brown
The mix opens with a punk song, but it shifts into more of a pop eighties mix after this. And it starts that shift with Bobby Brown! Bobby Brown! No, seriously, this song alone makes this mix worthy of a download. Everybody's talking all this stuff about Bobby Brown. Why don't they just let him live? They say he's nasty, but getting girls is just how he lives! (WHY WON'T THEY LET HIM BE GREAT!!!!) Even better than how awesome this song is, though, is that it actually matches the story; this is a great song for the way that everyone seems to want to meddle in Gerard's life.
03: Take a Chance on Me - Erasure
Best love song ever. What's amazing about this is that it's a classic pop song, great for dancing around in your underwear, but it's also about waiting on someone to realize that you're perfect for them. I never think of this as a song about pining, but it really is.
04: You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Dead or Alive
There's a song by Flo Rida out right now that samples this. I get angry-faced every time it comes on the radio, because I think that it's the Dead or Alive song, and then it proves to be... Flo Rida. It's an abomination to this amazing song, with it's thumpy backbeat, great synthesizer, and amazing vocals. I set my sights on you... And I've got to have my way little baby. Yow!
05: I Want to Break Free - Queen
As I said in my review of bexless's mix, Queen is incredibly close to my heart. (When I saw a second mix included a Queen track, I skimmed through the story just to make sure that I hadn't mentioned them anywhere; my love is pretty epic, and I worried that I might have randomly included a Freddie Mercury reference without even realizing it. That's how much I love him.) I hadn't thought about this song, but it's utterly, utterly perfect. First time love, and how that makes you -- paradoxically, sometimes -- want to escape everything you know. And the most amazing synthesizers.
06: Into the Groove - Madonna
I have a lot of hipster friends, and sometimes I go dancing at hipster bars, so there are a lot of Madonna songs that I am sick of. This one isn't one of them, and I don't think I could get tired of it. It's a kicky, perfect pop song, one of those songs that I just have to sing along to when I hear it come on. It follows the Queen song really wonderfully, too: it's about getting tired of being free and alone, and wanting someone else who's worth your time.
07: Don't You Want Me - Human League
If you don't know this song, I am weirded out by you, as you apparently live in an underground bunker. Regardless of where you reside, however, this is a great song for this story; I was editing while listening to this once, and was working on the final locker scene when this came on. The moment when Gerard says that he thought Frank was his friend has now become That Point In The Story Where I Sing "FRANK. FRANK YOU WANT ME."
08: Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
I love the vocals in this song so much; they're deep and dark and sort of world-weary, like the singer is predicting something that he wishes wouldn't happen but he knows will happen no matter what he wishes. It's such a teenage love song for me.
09: I'll Stand By You - The Pretenders
I think Gerard would wish that he was this kind of boyfriend, but wouldn't ever realize that he's actually pretty close to it already. The vocals to this mesh perfectly with the previous track; they're husky and strong in the same sort of way as the Joy Division song.
10: Close To Me - The Cure
This is a dancing song, with simple background beats that make it hard to listen to without tapping your toes. The simple background contrasts perfectly against Robert Smith's singing, which is woebegone and slightly rough. The horn solo in the middle is pretty much how I feel when I get excited about someone, and so this works incredibly well for me. Note: there are two Cure songs on this mix. spuzz obviously doesn't know that my first-ever music purchase was a Cure tape... unless she's psychic. GET OUT OF MY HEAD, SPUZZ.
11: Saturday Night - The Misfits
I love the Misfits, seriously, and this is so perfect for the story. I listened to it three or four times in a row while I was writing this, just rocking out with my eyes closed (like a nerd, I know). This is a song for smoking cigarettes and sneaking drinks behind school, feeling incredibly tragic about how much your life totally sucks; it's a high school sort of song, but it works no matter what age you are, I think. There was something I forgot to say/I was crying on a Saturday night. It's a punk song, with thick fuzzy guitars and crooning vocals. If you like Fall Out Boy, actually, you might like this song. (I just realized the similarities between the vocals right now. Huh.)
12: Friday I'm In Love - The Cure
HOLY CRAP THIS SONG. I wore out that Cure tape, and this song was one of the reasons. (I had this el cheapo walkman, and I would sit there and rewind carefully to get back to the beginning of the song, over and over again.) It's seriously one of the greatest songs I know, honestly. It's about sex and love and being crazy about a crazy person, about falling for someone who's more than a little weird, about being unsure and hopeful all at once. I used to draw elaborate pictures to illustrate this song and how amazing it is. They were SYMBOLIC, okay, it was intense. And that is how Gerard and Frank feel about each other. ♥
13: Any Way You Want It - Journey
This mix Journeyrolls you and makes you like it: fact. I like this song a whole lot, is the thing, and following the Cure song, it always inspires me to emphatic hand gestures and and sing along like I'm performing to an arena of screaming fans. It is truly a sight to behold. (Now imagine Gerard singing this alone in his room while he's waiting for Mikey to get out of the bathroom. Awww.)
14: Fuck You - Lily Allen
This is a sweetheart of a song telling bigots to fuck off. It follows perfectly on the eighties mix with its simple beat and background synthesizers. Warning: you might start singing it on public transportation and frighten your fellow passengers. Speaking purely hypothetically about a situation that totally didn't happen to me, obviously.
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It's a great mix, and I hope you download it. Leave comments here letting spuzz know how much you like it (because you will).