30 Days of Buffy - Day Three
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samsomFavorite song used in an episode:
Day 3: Favorite Song Used In An Episode
This is a pretty easy one. It’s a tie between Never An Easy Way by Morcheeba, in the teaser for Passion, and Need to Destroy by THC, in the s4 episode Wild at Heart. Both songs are perfect examples of the dark atmospheric music that threaded s2 with the kind of brooding intensity I find so endlessly fascinating. Yeah, I know the second song was in s4, but in my opinion, it would have made so much more sense in s2.
Honorable mention would be the “Stupid Thing” song that plays when Spike first sees Buffy dancing in the Bronze. It’s another example of the (mostly) unintentional foreshadowing that litters the Spuffy ship. Reluctant Man from The Pack - and, from the same episode, the song that plays at the Bronze when Xander’s there with the girls and the other possessed bullies come strolling in. All the music from that episode did a very good job of selling me the idea that Xander could be menacing in a supernatural way. Too bad he didn’t retain some of that.
From the later seasons, nothing in the world beats Out of This World by Bush. Nothing. All I have to do is listen to that song for about fifteen seconds, and all I can picture is the crypt door scene. I hate the word “mate” because I think it’s a cheat, something you label two people because you don’t want to work at showing why they are together, but in all honesty, when Spike and Buffy sense each other through that door, when they stand there and *caress* the wood, feeling anticipation and reluctance in equal measures, there’s just no other word for it.
I love that scene to an unhealthy degree.
Um, also, where the heck is everybody?
Day 3: Favorite Song Used In An Episode
This is a pretty easy one. It’s a tie between Never An Easy Way by Morcheeba, in the teaser for Passion, and Need to Destroy by THC, in the s4 episode Wild at Heart. Both songs are perfect examples of the dark atmospheric music that threaded s2 with the kind of brooding intensity I find so endlessly fascinating. Yeah, I know the second song was in s4, but in my opinion, it would have made so much more sense in s2.
Honorable mention would be the “Stupid Thing” song that plays when Spike first sees Buffy dancing in the Bronze. It’s another example of the (mostly) unintentional foreshadowing that litters the Spuffy ship. Reluctant Man from The Pack - and, from the same episode, the song that plays at the Bronze when Xander’s there with the girls and the other possessed bullies come strolling in. All the music from that episode did a very good job of selling me the idea that Xander could be menacing in a supernatural way. Too bad he didn’t retain some of that.
From the later seasons, nothing in the world beats Out of This World by Bush. Nothing. All I have to do is listen to that song for about fifteen seconds, and all I can picture is the crypt door scene. I hate the word “mate” because I think it’s a cheat, something you label two people because you don’t want to work at showing why they are together, but in all honesty, when Spike and Buffy sense each other through that door, when they stand there and *caress* the wood, feeling anticipation and reluctance in equal measures, there’s just no other word for it.
I love that scene to an unhealthy degree.
Um, also, where the heck is everybody?
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Date: 2010-09-04 10:47 am (UTC)Not really commenting on people's Buffy memes because... well Buffy doesn't make me wanna flail as much ;) Except for a few episodes and the music, which is awesome. I wish more TV shows had great 90s music like that, hehe.