Fanmix: Bandom: Three is a Magic Number

[kiki_eng]

Fanmix for bandombigbang, complement to argentumlupine's podfic, Half of Something Else(, a podfic of fleurdeliser and tuesdaysgone's fic, Half of Something Else).

Title: Three is a Magic Number
Format: fanmix
Bands: My Chemical Romance
Pairings: Frank Iero/Gerard Way/Grant Morrison
Size: 25 songs
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: addiction (the singer in track 5 pledges to enable an imaginary addiction and in 21 there's a positive drug metaphor)
Summary: "hand in hand is the only way to land"



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01.This Is Not a Test: "for those of you who tried but didn't make it"
02.Will It Go Round in Circles: "I got a song that ain't got no melody, I'mma gonna sing it to my friends"
03.Lois and Clark/The New Adventures of Superman: see title
04.Start the Commotion: see title
05.You and I: "If you found your toothpaste empty I would squeeze out just a little more"
06.No Diggity: "I like the way you work it"
07.Ixtapa: dinner party
08.We Are Going to Be Friends: "when I wake tomorrow I'll bet that you and I will walk together again, I can tell that we are gonna be friends"
09.Stay Lit: Scotland
10.Happiness: Scotland
11.Around You: "you have a sweet sinful smile I'm in trouble"
12.Don't Let Me Fall: "I need someone to take a little of the weight or I'll fall through"
13.You Really Got Me: "don't ever set me free, I always want to be by your side, girl, you really got me now, you got me so I can't sleep at night"
14.Do You Want It All: "because you want to be all"
15.This Love: "these hands had to let it go free and this love came back to me"
16.Come and Find Me: "though I'm here in this far off place my air is not your time and space"
17.Change of Season: "you want love but you fear it"
18.Wires: "talk me out of my lies and forgive myself for trying, tell me to be brave tonight"
19.Let's Get It On: "there's nothing wrong with me loving you"
20.The Lovecats: "hand in hand is the only way to land"
21.Barcelona Loves You: "we're all in love with you, we never wanna say good night"
22.Be My Thrill: "everybody needs someone to adore, I'm counting on you"
23.Groovin': "the world is ours whenever we're together, there ain't a place I'd like to be instead"
24.Life Is a Song: "life is a song, let's sing it together, let's take our hearts and dip them in rhyme"
25.Three is a Magic Number: "it takes three legs to make a tripod or to make a table stand"

Notes:

Mostly I prefer that this mix speak for itself. It is sort of an impressionistic rendering of argentumlupine's podfic, Half of Something Else. I will go into a little more detail about a few of the song choices, though: This Is Not a Test, Will It Go Round in Circles, and Three is a Magic Number, came about as a set; they're linked musically for me and, in order are basically: sometimes you do not succeed, I am making this shit up as I go along, and the obligatory roll credits poly song.

One of my goals going in was not to use any bandom song at all and there are a couple songs whose inclusion I would like to explain:

Lois and Clark/The New Adventures of Superman is about Frank starting work and also my strong disagreement with his stance on Superman - basically: this is kind of a joke (sorry, not sorry) and in this story I am making him play the part of Superman, and also Lois, because she's awesome. The song is also about new adventure and competency, for me, so: justified.

Let's Get It On is just- it's such a cliche and Marvin Gaye's voice is so great and it makes me happy and there's this kind of element of play in a lot of the sex scenes that's really great, so - you're welcome?

argentumlupine gave me a lot of feelings about Grant fucking Morrison and his, like, everything, in their podfic. This is sort of them on mixtape with the story.

Thanks to argentumlupine, readbystarlight, and sobluethesky, who let me pick their brains.

Comments

[argentumlupine]

I AM SO EXCITED TO LISTEN TO THIS OMGGGGGGGGG.

[kiki_eng]

:) I was so excited to make it. I hope you like it.

[argentumlupine]

I've been trying to come up with a coherent comment but I can't. So I will just flail at you instead.

*proceeds to flail*

It's just SO GOOD and I laughed SO HARD at the Lois & Clark theme but mostly this just made me have all the feelings. All of them. Alllllllll of them.

You're a genius. This mix IS THE FIC how did you even do that?! I am amaze?! What? *flail flail flail*

*coughs*

As you were.

[jiksa_x]

I am made of flail for this! Can't wait to listen.

[kiki_eng]

:) That's so nice to hear; I hope you like it!