To affirm for good and all that I have no life, here is the Traumatized Trio playlist, a collection of songs that either remind me Snape, Sirius, or Remus, or serve as background music to my fics (or both).
Disc One:
�Empty Chairs at Empty Tables,� from Les Miserables. (Remus, post-Halloween �81. This is the ultimate survivor�s guilt song.)
�Bad Moon Rising,� by Creedence Clearwater Revival. (Remus, just because)
�Angel,� by Sarah McLachlan. (Remus. Those of you who have read Bally�s Of Linen will understand why. Those who haven�t will be hopelessly confused.)
�I Take my Chances,� by Mary Chapin Carpenter. (Could be about either of the Canine Couple. Or about Harry, really.)
�Bring Him Home,� from Les Mis. (Sirius, about Harry)
�Prayer for an Innocent Man,� by Vertical Horizon. (Sirius, in Azkaban)
�Close Every Door,� from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.. (another Azkaban song)
"Die Another Day," by Madonna. (It may be the disturbing torture montage this runs against at the beginning of the latest James Bond movie, but this has become my torture/Azkaban song) �Born to be Wild,� (Because it is the secret mental theme song of everyone who possesses both a Y-chromosome and a motorcycle).
Disc Two:
"What Do I Need With Love?" from the musical Totally Modern Millie. (Sirius, in denial--fits with the usual fanon depiction of him as a player).
�Hey There Li�l Red Riding Hood,� by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. (Like those of y�all who�ve visited my slash page didn�t see that one coming).
�Criminal,� by Fiona Apple. (Sirius, after the infamous �Shrieking Shack Prank�)
�As the World Falls Down,� by David Bowie.
�Orbiting Jupiter,� by Cheryl Wheeler. (a beautiful song about astronomy, which mentions both the moon and Orion and Canis Major).
�Safe & Sound,� by Sheryl Crow. (Post-Azkaban. A wonderful �You are broken and I will fix you� song.)
�Breathing,� by Lifehouse. (Sirius, post-Azkaban. Sweet and fluffy.)
�It�s Been a While,� by StainD. (Sirius, post-Azkaban, not quite as fluffy as �Breathing.�)
�You Must Love Me,� from Evita. (Post-Azkaban, bittersweet.)
�London Rain,� by Heather Nova. (An �I am broken and only you can fix me� song).
�Secret Agent Man,� by Johnny Rivers. (Because I could not resist.)
�What Have I Done,� from Les Miserables. (It�s the �Snape goes to Dumbledore and confesses that he is a Death Eater, then becomes a spy� song.)
�In the End,� by Linkin Park. (Because I�m almost certain Severus is going to die fighting Voldemort.)
�The Witches� Speech,� from Shakespeare�s Macbeth. (I realize that this is not a song, however, since it is essentially a long list of really gross potions ingredients, it reminded me of Snape.)
�Little Girls,� from Annie. (Okay, the lyrics really don�t fit at all, being as it�s about a woman who runs an orphanage, but the general attitude towards children feels about right.)
"Voodoo," by Godsmack. (Because it is the definative Generic Death Eater Song (tm))
As a continuation of my lack of life, here are the soundtracks for my two multi-chaptered fics, �Not All Scars are Visible,� and �Gravity.�
"Me & My Shadow," by Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. (Sirius & Remus, or Harry & Ron, because it is the cutest "best friends" song ever.)
"Stars," from Les Miserables. (Polaris Black's image song--she's partly based on Inspector Javert, the character who sings this)
�Sweet Dreams are Made of This,� (Chapter Nine�y�all remember Avery, right?)
"The Lady is a Tramp," by Frank Sinatra. (image song for Vesta McGonagall)
�You Ain�t Nothin� But a Hound Dog,� by Elvis Presley. (Claire Sinistra, to Sirius.)
�There May be Something There that Wasn�t There Before,� Disney�s Beauty & the Beast. (Snape & McGonagall)
�1917,� by Emmylou Harris and Linda Rhonstat. (The whole fic is pretty much one long songfic to this.)
�Safe & Sound,� by Sheryl Crow. (Chapter Two)
�Orbiting Jupiter,� by Cheryl Wheeler. (The stargazing scene in Chapter Three was inspired by this.)
�Soldier,� by Eminem. (Sirius, Chapter Four. Remember the blood?)
�London Rain,� by Heather Nova. (Also Chapter Four.)
"If I Fall, You're Going Down With Me," by the Dixie Chicks. (Come on, the title is self-explanitary.)