Prone to Wander - a Lupin en France Mix
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I'm writing a short story right now, about young Remus Lupin's wanderings before Prisoner of Azkaban - specifically, in France. So to inspire myself, I thought I'd put together a mix because I have to sit at the airport for 6 BLOODY HOURS TOMORROW. Grr. (And if you're wondering about some of the song choices, the story isn't a romance. Remus Lupin & Élodie Ancelin are platonic love, c'est tout.)
Prone to Wander:
01. Funeral March From Sonata No. 2 Op. 35 - Chopin
02. The Dress Looks Nice on You - Sufjan Stevens
I can see a lot of life in you.
I can see a lot of bright in you.
And I think the dress looks nice on you.
I can see a lot of life in you.
03. Zurich Be Still - the White Foliage
04. Quelqu'un M'a Dit - Carla Bruni
on me dit que le destin se moque bien
de nous qu'il ne nous donne rien
et qu'il nous promet tout parais
qu'le bonheur est à portée de main,
alors on tend la main et on se retrouve fou
pourtant quelqu'un m'a dit...
English translation:
One tells me that destiny really makes fun
of us, that it gives us nothing
and that promises us all that
happiness appears to be in reach,
then one closes the hand and one finds crazyness
however someone told me...
05. Granias - Spaghetti Western String Co.
06. The Opposite of Hallelujah - Jens Lekman
We made our way home on the bikes we had borrowed
I still never told you about unstoppable sorrow
you still think I'm someone to look up to
I still don't know anything about you
is it in you too?
07. Desert Rose - Sting
I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in pain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand
08. Thorn Bird - Bellafea
winter is brutal when it’s silent and cold.
you have made things so much worse.
roses howl in the wind tonight.
you are somewhere not alone.
09. You Only Disappear - Tom McRae
I can live with my regrets
Still raise a smile, still raise my head
And a stranger God can be so cruel
And a holy fool is still a fool
10. Ave Maria - the Vienna Boys Choir
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus
Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae
English translation:
Pray for us sinners
Now and in the hour of our death
11. Baise Ça - Listing Ship
Goodbye the fog
Goodbye the strife and sadness
I'm going to where the sun does shine
In this world of madness
12. Someday You Will Be Loved - Death Cab for Cutie
I once knew a girl
In the years of my youth
With eyes like the summer
All beauty and truth
In the morning I fled
Left a note and it read
“Someday you will be loved.”
13. The Funeral - Sinead O'Connor
English translation:
An angel weeps
I hear him cry
A lonely prayer
A voice so high
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Notes:
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1. After James, Lily, and Peter's deaths and Sirius's imprisonment, Remus took to wandering. From London, he went to Wales, then down into the Continent. Why? Only Remus knows. So the Chopin funeral march seemed rather fitting.
2. Le soothing. Basically, Remus and Élodie meet. Working as a waitress at a Muggle cafe, Élodie's English was a wee bit better than Remus's French. She talked, he listened and noticed things.
3. I have yet to fully comprehend the lyrics to this song. But it has a sorrowful wintry vibe, which works.
4. Vraiment, j'aime Carla Bruni! Her songs satisfy my inner longing for French pop. The paroles all run together, giving you a mass of thoughts to sort through. Élodie's conversation is similiar, reminding Remus of unpunctuated letters from Sirius and warm days in sunshine.
5. Spaghetti Western String Co. Is that not the coolest name ever? The strings are folkish yet classic, shrill yet stirring.
6. Élodie found caring for Remus to be a simple occupation. It was easy to just talk to him, without expecting a reply. She knew that something horrifying had happened to his friends, but he never spoke of it. "It was the opposite of hallelujah."
7. Maybe it's just me, but "Desert Rose" makes me dance. Crazily, wildly. Spinning without a center to ground me, thinking of dreams and pain and lost love.
8. Winter truly sets in. Cold that turns his limbs to stone, freezing emotions and thoughts. The eerie feeling that something will happen soon.
9. Perhaps I'm obsessed with Tom McRae's music? Nah ... I just have 35 songs on my iTunes for the fun of it. Ah, but continuing the narrative within this mix, Remus seems to have the ability to merely disappear at times.
10. Élodie is Catholic - her most valued possessions are her wand and her rosary. Thus, "Ave Maria." (Besides, who can resist the lovely singing of the Vienna Boys Choir? They have such glorious voices that I shake with jealousy sometimes.)
11. Remus departs, because ... he's forced to, and you can't linger long when you're prone to wander. I like how this song combines a folky, sad sound with English & French lyrics - it's pretty and bittersweet.
12. The song applies to Remus as well as Élodie; he would find new friends someday, just as she would find a way to fit her abilities and her faith into a successful life.
13. This is the Gaelic version of the song Sinead O'Connor sings for the Veronica Guerin soundtrack, and I thought it was good for closing out the funereal feel to this mix, and ending poor Remus's adventures in France. (They didn't go too well.)
enjoy!
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I'm writing a short story right now, about young Remus Lupin's wanderings before Prisoner of Azkaban - specifically, in France. So to inspire myself, I thought I'd put together a mix because I have to sit at the airport for 6 BLOODY HOURS TOMORROW. Grr. (And if you're wondering about some of the song choices, the story isn't a romance. Remus Lupin & Élodie Ancelin are platonic love, c'est tout.)
Prone to Wander:
01. Funeral March From Sonata No. 2 Op. 35 - Chopin
02. The Dress Looks Nice on You - Sufjan Stevens
I can see a lot of life in you.
I can see a lot of bright in you.
And I think the dress looks nice on you.
I can see a lot of life in you.
03. Zurich Be Still - the White Foliage
04. Quelqu'un M'a Dit - Carla Bruni
on me dit que le destin se moque bien
de nous qu'il ne nous donne rien
et qu'il nous promet tout parais
qu'le bonheur est à portée de main,
alors on tend la main et on se retrouve fou
pourtant quelqu'un m'a dit...
English translation:
One tells me that destiny really makes fun
of us, that it gives us nothing
and that promises us all that
happiness appears to be in reach,
then one closes the hand and one finds crazyness
however someone told me...
05. Granias - Spaghetti Western String Co.
06. The Opposite of Hallelujah - Jens Lekman
We made our way home on the bikes we had borrowed
I still never told you about unstoppable sorrow
you still think I'm someone to look up to
I still don't know anything about you
is it in you too?
07. Desert Rose - Sting
I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in pain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand
08. Thorn Bird - Bellafea
winter is brutal when it’s silent and cold.
you have made things so much worse.
roses howl in the wind tonight.
you are somewhere not alone.
09. You Only Disappear - Tom McRae
I can live with my regrets
Still raise a smile, still raise my head
And a stranger God can be so cruel
And a holy fool is still a fool
10. Ave Maria - the Vienna Boys Choir
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus
Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae
English translation:
Pray for us sinners
Now and in the hour of our death
11. Baise Ça - Listing Ship
Goodbye the fog
Goodbye the strife and sadness
I'm going to where the sun does shine
In this world of madness
12. Someday You Will Be Loved - Death Cab for Cutie
I once knew a girl
In the years of my youth
With eyes like the summer
All beauty and truth
In the morning I fled
Left a note and it read
“Someday you will be loved.”
13. The Funeral - Sinead O'Connor
English translation:
An angel weeps
I hear him cry
A lonely prayer
A voice so high
left-click and follow the instructions
Zip available on Megaupload and YSI.
08/26 - YSI link reuploaded.
Notes:
Stock photos from gettyimages.
1. After James, Lily, and Peter's deaths and Sirius's imprisonment, Remus took to wandering. From London, he went to Wales, then down into the Continent. Why? Only Remus knows. So the Chopin funeral march seemed rather fitting.
2. Le soothing. Basically, Remus and Élodie meet. Working as a waitress at a Muggle cafe, Élodie's English was a wee bit better than Remus's French. She talked, he listened and noticed things.
3. I have yet to fully comprehend the lyrics to this song. But it has a sorrowful wintry vibe, which works.
4. Vraiment, j'aime Carla Bruni! Her songs satisfy my inner longing for French pop. The paroles all run together, giving you a mass of thoughts to sort through. Élodie's conversation is similiar, reminding Remus of unpunctuated letters from Sirius and warm days in sunshine.
5. Spaghetti Western String Co. Is that not the coolest name ever? The strings are folkish yet classic, shrill yet stirring.
6. Élodie found caring for Remus to be a simple occupation. It was easy to just talk to him, without expecting a reply. She knew that something horrifying had happened to his friends, but he never spoke of it. "It was the opposite of hallelujah."
7. Maybe it's just me, but "Desert Rose" makes me dance. Crazily, wildly. Spinning without a center to ground me, thinking of dreams and pain and lost love.
8. Winter truly sets in. Cold that turns his limbs to stone, freezing emotions and thoughts. The eerie feeling that something will happen soon.
9. Perhaps I'm obsessed with Tom McRae's music? Nah ... I just have 35 songs on my iTunes for the fun of it. Ah, but continuing the narrative within this mix, Remus seems to have the ability to merely disappear at times.
10. Élodie is Catholic - her most valued possessions are her wand and her rosary. Thus, "Ave Maria." (Besides, who can resist the lovely singing of the Vienna Boys Choir? They have such glorious voices that I shake with jealousy sometimes.)
11. Remus departs, because ... he's forced to, and you can't linger long when you're prone to wander. I like how this song combines a folky, sad sound with English & French lyrics - it's pretty and bittersweet.
12. The song applies to Remus as well as Élodie; he would find new friends someday, just as she would find a way to fit her abilities and her faith into a successful life.
13. This is the Gaelic version of the song Sinead O'Connor sings for the Veronica Guerin soundtrack, and I thought it was good for closing out the funereal feel to this mix, and ending poor Remus's adventures in France. (They didn't go too well.)
enjoy!
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