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neveralarch) wrote2017-09-23 09:57 pm
neveralarch) wrote2017-09-23 09:57 pm
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a playlist of fic
I'm out of town for a wedding and briefly have no responsibilities, so I played this game where you make a playlist of all of the songs you stole fic titles from. The fun part for me is that I almost never do this, so there's only 18 + 1 songs over 7 years. There's also a BIG chunk of The Builders and the Butchers, because I made a good faith effort to name every single Welcome to Nightvale fic after their music.
You can listen to the playlist on Spotify here. If you don't have access to that I suggest youtube maybe? Song list and liner notes under the cut! Song title links to the fic it namesook.
1. Anonanimal by Andrew Bird
Hold on just a second, don't tell me this one, you know, I know this one, I know this song, I know this one, I love this song
I tend to name fics with odd catchy words and phrases, and this chorus sticks in my head like nothing else.
2. The End of the Over by The Duckworth Lewis Method
The end of the over / The over is ending / The end of the end of the over is over
In my head, this is the title to the fic about space cricket because this is a song about cricket from an album about cricket by a band named after cricket. But, no, this is the fic about Five having really inadvisable revenge/remorse sex with the Master - the cricket fic is Professional Foul, which isn't from a song at all.
3. The Very Model of a Modern Major General by Gilbert and Sullivan
This is the easiest fic I've ever titled.
4. Summer in the City by Lovin' Spoonful
Come-on come-on and dance all night, despite the heat it'll be alright
This is the best title I've ever come up with, and I don't think anyone ever got the joke. But I knew. I knew.
5. Blood Gets Thin by Pete and the Pirates
She behaves like she's on fire / On her tip-toes reach up higher / And if the doctor can't do tricks / You can use your normal fix
This is another clever title that I think was born out of complete desperation to find a title, any title. I also absolutely couldn't remember what song I'd mined, since it was such a small fragment of a lyric, but fortunately it came to me right before I was going to post this.
6. I Want a New Duck by Weird Al Yankovic
I want a new duck / Not a swan or a goose / Just a drake I can dress real cute / Think I'm gonna name him Bruce
I just think it's fate that I wrote a fic about Bruce Banner turning into a duck, and Weird Al had already written its themesong.
7. The Night Pt 2 by The Builders and the Butchers
It's a harder way to heaven on the rope you swing / and the night ain't filled with gentle things
I started getting really into The Builders and the Butchers and Welcome to Nightvale at almost exactly the same time, and they really really fit together.
8. Red Hands by The Builders and the Butchers
I was dreaming restless / And you were thinking of the rest
I've actually used this song twice - the title of this Wimsey fic is also copped from here.
9. The Night Pt 1 by The Builders and the Butchers
Your heart is in my pocket / and there's a lie inside my hand
I managed to mishear this line in two different ways, which made it hard to figure out which particular song inspired the fic title.
10. Without Me by Eminem
So let me just revel and bask / In the fact that I got everyone kissing my *** / And it's a disaster such a catastrophe / For you to see so damn much of my *** you ask for me?
This is a podfic, so technically the original author chose Eminem, not me. But I'm happy to add the radio edit version to my playlist, for reasons that will be obvious if you listen the podfic. (There's also a linked clip of me swearing for ten seconds, which my co-podficcer recently played for her newlywed husband. My legacy.)
11. Find Me in the Air by The Builders and the Butchers
You waited your whole life, said you're looking on for something / You look so hard and you never find nothing / and the chances run like sand through your hands
12. Black Elevator by The Builders and the Butchers
And the cables break / You're sinking to the ground / No one here knows your name / And you won't be coming home
The last of the great string of Builders and Butchers fic titles. Man, I miss how easy this was.
13. Team the Best Team by Doomtree
Who want it more? It’s already yours
It's really easy to tell when I integrated into the Twin Cities music scene.
14. Bad Moon Rising by Credence Clearwater Revival
I hope you got your things together / I hope you are quite prepared to die
This was on one of the greatest Teen Wolf fanmixes of all time, not an easy category to win. So I used it to title my niche Mountain Goats fic.
15. Take a Break by Lin-Manuel Miranda
When the night gets dark / Take a break
As a member of fandom in 2015, I was contractually obligated to use a Hamilton lyric as a fic title.
16. Ice on the Dune by Empire of the Sun
I’ve been reaching all out darling / And I can’t operate now
Tim Lincecum has used some weird stuff for his walk-up music.
17. Alle Jahre Wieder
Kehrt mit seinem Segen / ein in jedes Haus / geht auf allen Wegen / mit uns ein und aus.
I should title more fics with rough translations of German songs. So easy! So meaningful!
18. Open Your Eyes by STRFKR
Open your eyes / Squeezing the palm of my hand / In these bodies, we are alone
If I ever make a melodramatic true and forever OTP mix for Johannes Cabal and Zarenyia it will just be this song ten times in a row. I literally keep pasting different pieces of the lyrics into this section and then deleting them, I feel like I'm seventeen again and discovering that Mumford and Sons songs are really about Doctor/Master.
Bonus track: What's Up? by 4 Non Blondes
And I try, oh my god do I try
The title of this fic is invented, and tbh is one of the best lines I've ever come up with and I think about it all the time. But the summary is straight up lifted from this song.
Honorable mentions: I was convinced that Cosmic Galacticans was from a Bowie song, but apparently I made it up. Operator, Operator is from a toy switchboard my great-grandmother owned, which would say 'Operator, operator!' in a very scratchy voice when you turned the crank.
This was a LOT of fun, highly recommend doing it. I want to hear other people's weird playlists! I'll crosspost this to tumblr tomorrow probably, but for now I'm going to just finish listening to my own playlist and go to bed, haha.
You can listen to the playlist on Spotify here. If you don't have access to that I suggest youtube maybe? Song list and liner notes under the cut! Song title links to the fic it namesook.
1. Anonanimal by Andrew Bird
Hold on just a second, don't tell me this one, you know, I know this one, I know this song, I know this one, I love this song
I tend to name fics with odd catchy words and phrases, and this chorus sticks in my head like nothing else.
2. The End of the Over by The Duckworth Lewis Method
The end of the over / The over is ending / The end of the end of the over is over
In my head, this is the title to the fic about space cricket because this is a song about cricket from an album about cricket by a band named after cricket. But, no, this is the fic about Five having really inadvisable revenge/remorse sex with the Master - the cricket fic is Professional Foul, which isn't from a song at all.
3. The Very Model of a Modern Major General by Gilbert and Sullivan
This is the easiest fic I've ever titled.
4. Summer in the City by Lovin' Spoonful
Come-on come-on and dance all night, despite the heat it'll be alright
This is the best title I've ever come up with, and I don't think anyone ever got the joke. But I knew. I knew.
5. Blood Gets Thin by Pete and the Pirates
She behaves like she's on fire / On her tip-toes reach up higher / And if the doctor can't do tricks / You can use your normal fix
This is another clever title that I think was born out of complete desperation to find a title, any title. I also absolutely couldn't remember what song I'd mined, since it was such a small fragment of a lyric, but fortunately it came to me right before I was going to post this.
6. I Want a New Duck by Weird Al Yankovic
I want a new duck / Not a swan or a goose / Just a drake I can dress real cute / Think I'm gonna name him Bruce
I just think it's fate that I wrote a fic about Bruce Banner turning into a duck, and Weird Al had already written its themesong.
7. The Night Pt 2 by The Builders and the Butchers
It's a harder way to heaven on the rope you swing / and the night ain't filled with gentle things
I started getting really into The Builders and the Butchers and Welcome to Nightvale at almost exactly the same time, and they really really fit together.
8. Red Hands by The Builders and the Butchers
I was dreaming restless / And you were thinking of the rest
I've actually used this song twice - the title of this Wimsey fic is also copped from here.
9. The Night Pt 1 by The Builders and the Butchers
Your heart is in my pocket / and there's a lie inside my hand
I managed to mishear this line in two different ways, which made it hard to figure out which particular song inspired the fic title.
10. Without Me by Eminem
So let me just revel and bask / In the fact that I got everyone kissing my *** / And it's a disaster such a catastrophe / For you to see so damn much of my *** you ask for me?
This is a podfic, so technically the original author chose Eminem, not me. But I'm happy to add the radio edit version to my playlist, for reasons that will be obvious if you listen the podfic. (There's also a linked clip of me swearing for ten seconds, which my co-podficcer recently played for her newlywed husband. My legacy.)
11. Find Me in the Air by The Builders and the Butchers
You waited your whole life, said you're looking on for something / You look so hard and you never find nothing / and the chances run like sand through your hands
12. Black Elevator by The Builders and the Butchers
And the cables break / You're sinking to the ground / No one here knows your name / And you won't be coming home
The last of the great string of Builders and Butchers fic titles. Man, I miss how easy this was.
13. Team the Best Team by Doomtree
Who want it more? It’s already yours
It's really easy to tell when I integrated into the Twin Cities music scene.
14. Bad Moon Rising by Credence Clearwater Revival
I hope you got your things together / I hope you are quite prepared to die
This was on one of the greatest Teen Wolf fanmixes of all time, not an easy category to win. So I used it to title my niche Mountain Goats fic.
15. Take a Break by Lin-Manuel Miranda
When the night gets dark / Take a break
As a member of fandom in 2015, I was contractually obligated to use a Hamilton lyric as a fic title.
16. Ice on the Dune by Empire of the Sun
I’ve been reaching all out darling / And I can’t operate now
Tim Lincecum has used some weird stuff for his walk-up music.
17. Alle Jahre Wieder
Kehrt mit seinem Segen / ein in jedes Haus / geht auf allen Wegen / mit uns ein und aus.
I should title more fics with rough translations of German songs. So easy! So meaningful!
18. Open Your Eyes by STRFKR
Open your eyes / Squeezing the palm of my hand / In these bodies, we are alone
If I ever make a melodramatic true and forever OTP mix for Johannes Cabal and Zarenyia it will just be this song ten times in a row. I literally keep pasting different pieces of the lyrics into this section and then deleting them, I feel like I'm seventeen again and discovering that Mumford and Sons songs are really about Doctor/Master.
Bonus track: What's Up? by 4 Non Blondes
And I try, oh my god do I try
The title of this fic is invented, and tbh is one of the best lines I've ever come up with and I think about it all the time. But the summary is straight up lifted from this song.
Honorable mentions: I was convinced that Cosmic Galacticans was from a Bowie song, but apparently I made it up. Operator, Operator is from a toy switchboard my great-grandmother owned, which would say 'Operator, operator!' in a very scratchy voice when you turned the crank.
This was a LOT of fun, highly recommend doing it. I want to hear other people's weird playlists! I'll crosspost this to tumblr tomorrow probably, but for now I'm going to just finish listening to my own playlist and go to bed, haha.