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There are not enough songs that are stories. You know what I mean? Or maybe there are, and I just haven't noticed. I love lyrics that tell a story. I suppose all songs tell a story to some extent, but I mean ones that actually have a narrative: a beginning, middle, and end. Here are the ones I can think of off the top of my head:
The Ballad of Grim and Lily - Bree Sharp
Goodbye Earl - Dixie Chicks
The Highwayman - Loreena McKennitt (of course, this was adapted)
Jack and Diane - John Mellencamp
Long Black Veil - Johnny Cash
Me and a Gun - Tori Amos
Misery - Green Day (this might not count)
Sk8ter Boi - Avril Lavigne
Travelin' Soldier - Dixie Chicks (this is the one I've been listening to recently that got me thinking about this)
What am I forgetting?
Well, Jade and I have consulted, and I think I've got the final list of AtS eps that I'm going to include for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
significantowl. Agree or disagree? Speak now or forever hold your peace ...
(The ones in parentheses we're unsure about ... if you can make an argument one way or another, that may decide their fate. Also would appreciate suggestions on eps that could be cut, as this might be a trifle long.)
S1
City of...
In the Dark
Room with a View
(Sense and Sensitivity)
Hero
The Prodigal
Five by Five
Sanctuary
War Zone
To Shanshu in L.A.
S2
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been
Dear Boy
Darla
(The Shroud of Rahmon)
The Trial
Reunion
(Redefinition)
(Reprise)
Epiphany
(Dead End)
Over the Rainbow
Through the Looking Glass
There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb
S3
That Vision Thing
Fredless
Offspring
(Quickening)
Lullaby
Birthday
(Waiting in the Wings)
Sleep Tight
The Price
A New World
Benediction
Tomorrow
S4
Deep Down
(The House Always Wins)
(Slouching Toward Bethlehem)
(Supersymmetry)
Apocalypse, Nowish
Long Day's Journey
Awakening
Soulless
Calvary
Salvage
Orpheus
(Inside Out)
Home
Am most uncertain about S4. The whole Jasmine thing was really unbelievably lame, and it is my preference that it's left out entirely -- I just need to quickly explain the one big thing that comes out of it.
And now, even more Angel (and Smallville, too) ...
Smallville: I liked the ep. I know a lot of people don't like Lana, and I'm not actually that enamored of her myself (although I think she could be 100 times more interesting if they'd made her go dark and align herself w/ Lex -- all the repercussions of that would be awesome), but I think KK is a good little actress. I liked the Clark/Lana angst in this ep, although I still don't understand why they talk about "not being together anymore" when they were never together in the first place. Did I miss that ep?! Keeping them apart at this point just seems really contrived (much like what they were doing to Max and Liz in S2 Roswell, although the angst there was way better). The worst part of this ep was when Lana and Chloe were reciting the summary of what had happened to them in the last two seasons. And at least they did acknowledge that stalking Lana is extremely unoriginal. Dude, is anyone else sensing Chloe/Lionel vibes?!
Am shamefully looking forward to next week's ep, which "features music by REM." Dare I hope that there's some AU thing going on?
AtS: As predicted, extremely lame ep. So what, is this chick going to guest star occasionally now? Hope not. She did nothing for me. Was this another attempt to see if anyone had chemistry w/ Angel? (How stupid were the promos? Thank God the episode didn't actually follow it, as Jade predicted, and there wasn't really overt romantic interest there.) If so, I'd prefer Gwen. At least she'd make a pretty kickass member of their team, and I like her personality far more. The strongest part of this ep was the Fred/Spike stuff, though not necessarily in an USTy way. I just care about Spike. Liked Gunn more, and Wes is still underused. Although I'm a little bleh over Fred turning into DT!Hermione (or Anne of GG for that matter), w/ everyone seeming to need to try and pair themselves w/ her one way or another. They need another female cast member.
Am v. excited for next week's ep, which looks awesome. Spike stuff usually has the potential to be v. rewarding (which is why the last season of BtVS was so disappointing). Though I agree w/corianderstem, all that "viewer discretion is advised" stuff was really lame.
Also,sydney_lynne, email me your address if you want me to send you a keyboard. I have many working ones that I'm not using. They're all MS Natural keyboards though -- not sure if you prefer the regular kind or whatever.
Edited to add: Have you guys seen Joss Whedon's letter to encourage us to watch AtS S5? Hilarious. I wonder if he wrote it, or some other funny flunky. Anyway, Mary Caroline, he says that there should be no problem for newbies to start in on the show at this point: "Those of you who have never seen the show will have no trouble jumping on board. Just remember, Angel is the one everybody keeps calling 'Angel.'" There, I don't even know why I'm bothering to make tapes.
The Ballad of Grim and Lily - Bree Sharp
Goodbye Earl - Dixie Chicks
The Highwayman - Loreena McKennitt (of course, this was adapted)
Jack and Diane - John Mellencamp
Long Black Veil - Johnny Cash
Me and a Gun - Tori Amos
Misery - Green Day (this might not count)
Sk8ter Boi - Avril Lavigne
Travelin' Soldier - Dixie Chicks (this is the one I've been listening to recently that got me thinking about this)
What am I forgetting?
Well, Jade and I have consulted, and I think I've got the final list of AtS eps that I'm going to include for
significantowl. Agree or disagree? Speak now or forever hold your peace ... (The ones in parentheses we're unsure about ... if you can make an argument one way or another, that may decide their fate. Also would appreciate suggestions on eps that could be cut, as this might be a trifle long.)
S1
City of...
In the Dark
Room with a View
(Sense and Sensitivity)
Hero
The Prodigal
Five by Five
Sanctuary
War Zone
To Shanshu in L.A.
S2
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been
Dear Boy
Darla
(The Shroud of Rahmon)
The Trial
Reunion
(Redefinition)
(Reprise)
Epiphany
(Dead End)
Over the Rainbow
Through the Looking Glass
There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb
S3
That Vision Thing
Fredless
Offspring
(Quickening)
Lullaby
Birthday
(Waiting in the Wings)
Sleep Tight
The Price
A New World
Benediction
Tomorrow
S4
Deep Down
(The House Always Wins)
(Slouching Toward Bethlehem)
(Supersymmetry)
Apocalypse, Nowish
Long Day's Journey
Awakening
Soulless
Calvary
Salvage
Orpheus
(Inside Out)
Home
Am most uncertain about S4. The whole Jasmine thing was really unbelievably lame, and it is my preference that it's left out entirely -- I just need to quickly explain the one big thing that comes out of it.
And now, even more Angel (and Smallville, too) ...
Smallville: I liked the ep. I know a lot of people don't like Lana, and I'm not actually that enamored of her myself (although I think she could be 100 times more interesting if they'd made her go dark and align herself w/ Lex -- all the repercussions of that would be awesome), but I think KK is a good little actress. I liked the Clark/Lana angst in this ep, although I still don't understand why they talk about "not being together anymore" when they were never together in the first place. Did I miss that ep?! Keeping them apart at this point just seems really contrived (much like what they were doing to Max and Liz in S2 Roswell, although the angst there was way better). The worst part of this ep was when Lana and Chloe were reciting the summary of what had happened to them in the last two seasons. And at least they did acknowledge that stalking Lana is extremely unoriginal. Dude, is anyone else sensing Chloe/Lionel vibes?!
Am shamefully looking forward to next week's ep, which "features music by REM." Dare I hope that there's some AU thing going on?
AtS: As predicted, extremely lame ep. So what, is this chick going to guest star occasionally now? Hope not. She did nothing for me. Was this another attempt to see if anyone had chemistry w/ Angel? (How stupid were the promos? Thank God the episode didn't actually follow it, as Jade predicted, and there wasn't really overt romantic interest there.) If so, I'd prefer Gwen. At least she'd make a pretty kickass member of their team, and I like her personality far more. The strongest part of this ep was the Fred/Spike stuff, though not necessarily in an USTy way. I just care about Spike. Liked Gunn more, and Wes is still underused. Although I'm a little bleh over Fred turning into DT!Hermione (or Anne of GG for that matter), w/ everyone seeming to need to try and pair themselves w/ her one way or another. They need another female cast member.
Am v. excited for next week's ep, which looks awesome. Spike stuff usually has the potential to be v. rewarding (which is why the last season of BtVS was so disappointing). Though I agree w/
corianderstem, all that "viewer discretion is advised" stuff was really lame.Also,
sydney_lynne, email me your address if you want me to send you a keyboard. I have many working ones that I'm not using. They're all MS Natural keyboards though -- not sure if you prefer the regular kind or whatever.Edited to add: Have you guys seen Joss Whedon's letter to encourage us to watch AtS S5? Hilarious. I wonder if he wrote it, or some other funny flunky. Anyway, Mary Caroline, he says that there should be no problem for newbies to start in on the show at this point: "Those of you who have never seen the show will have no trouble jumping on board. Just remember, Angel is the one everybody keeps calling 'Angel.'" There, I don't even know why I'm bothering to make tapes.
Re: Lana Lang
They've created ties between Lex and Lana that I'm not sure they have in canon, maybe you can tell me -- in the comics, was Lex's hair loss due to the meteor shower? Did the meteor shower also kill Lana's parents? If not, in Smallville mythology, both Lex and Lana have suffered losses as a result of Clark's appearance on Earth. Also, they've got Lana and Lex going into business together w/ The Talon -- why create that tie between them if they're not going to do anything with it?
But none of that is to say that I think they will go where I want them to go; I'm just saying that they're fully capable of messing around with canon, whatever that might be.
I used to be on this mailing list where people would try to insist that things were sure to happen this certain way because it was in the comics. However, it was quickly revealed that there seemed to be some question as to what was really Superman canon. Apparently, there are some "issues/episodes" (or what do you call them?) that introduce alternate universes. For instance, I have heard of instances where:
1) Lana is v. bitter by the lies Clark has told her, and joins up with Lex. She then regrets this decision and leaves him.
2) Lana marries Pete. Pete becomes vice president of the US, w/ Lex as prez.
3) Lana plays little-to-no role in Clark Kent's adult life.
4) Older!Lana is sometimes a fashion designer, sometimes a reporter/newscaster.
5) Lana dies with Jimmy Olsen trying to do something for Superman.
So which canon facts are the producers following? :D I'm just saying, given that there are so many different variations out there, and given that the Smallville folks have already shown a willingness to deviate from established canon, anything is possible.
Re: Lana Lang
1) appears to be an alternate story. Fashion!Lana is from the Animated Series, IIRC, and the reporter/newscaster was the Earth 1 Pre-Crisis Version of Lana Lang (the 'real' continuity before 1985). 5) is from the alternate story "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow", a must read for Superman buffs.
Yes, the DC continuity is a complete mess. DC fixed it in mid 80's, just to screw it again recently. Superman's continuity in comics is in fact being retroactively being modified right now, thanks in no small part to a TV series called "Smallville". For example, Superman's costume and shield were made by Martha Kent in modern continuity, but from this month on, Clark Kent found the costume when he was young. Comics can get very very messy.