Looking for Song Recs

[thjazi]

Right, I'm fallen into Making Playlists as an apparent new hobby, and so of course I'm making some for the Amis, and, well.... I can't find any decent Courfeyrac songs. Some might say this reflects my own poor musical choices, to which I say OF COURSE IT DOES, but the fact remains: Courfeyrac songs, I need 'em. Any Gen Enjolras & Combeferre recs would be appreciated too!

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[bobcatmoran]

If you're okay with songs in foreign languages, READY STEADY GO by L'arc~en~Ciel (who are Japanese despite the name) might work for Courfeyrac. Lyrics here with English translation, and video here. It was also used in an abbreviated form as the second opening theme for the first Fullmetal Alchemist anime, if you've seen that.

I also feel like "Bright College Days" by Tom Lehrer has potential as a complete snarkfest about higher education.

ETA: For doomed barricade times, "A Secret He Will Take to His Grave" by Murray Gold is a good instrumental, as is "A Special Sort of Bus" by the same composer for a more militant feel (shhh, yes, I know they're from Doctor Who soundtracks. They're good music).

"Outlands" from the TRON: Legacy soundtrack by Daft Punk might work for barricades or intense!Enjolras.

And "Nagai Nagai Yume no Naka no Utagai" is a jazzy instrumental from the Baccano! soundtrack that might work for Courfeyrac.

Also, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles for Grantaire and Enjolras.^_^

[thjazi]

oh WOW, Bright College Days is a PERFECT Bossuet song. I think I may have to make that my Funeral Oration track, now. XD

I've been swinging back and forth on having Ready Steady Go on there as a general song, but I'm not quite decided on it, given the language factor and the Immediately Makes Me Think of Elrics factor.XP

[nami_roland]

What about Amy MacDonald's 'Youth of Today'? (Lyrics)

Also this is a post-Barricade song, and also kind of event specific, but have you heard The Men They Couldn't Hang's 'Ghosts of Cable Street'? (Lyrics) It's a good song on its own, even if it doesn't necessarily fit into this context.

[thjazi]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I HAD NEVER HEARD AMY MACDONALD
So much great music! This thread is one of the best things I've ever gotten out of asking a question :D

[nami_roland]

I adore Amy MacDonald. For about a summer I listened to basically nothing but her one album. (I think she's got another album out now, but I haven't heard it yet. I'm not good at keeping up with that kind of thing.)

And yes! So much music! (Also, had you not heard of Tom Lehrer before?)

[thjazi]

Oh, I've HEARD of Tom Lehrer, and heard SOME Tom Lehrer, but I haven't heard everything he's done; that was a new one! AND IT'S SO PERFECT, this thread is definitely helping me a lot!