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[wook77]

A friend has declared today Music Share Monday and I cannot resist. Totally random sampling of my playlist.

Boston by Augustana (This is not the radio version... this is the much better acoustic version.)
Not Alone by Augustana (My favourite Augustana song evah)
Lover's Spit by Broken Social Scene
Stolen by Dashboard Confessional (Just so much love for this song)
Creepy by Damien Rice (omg such an amazing version of such an amazing song)

Finally - My favourite Christmas Carol. It's not Christmas at my house unless Darcy the Dragon by Roger Whittaker (.wma not .mp3) plays.

Now that I'm an adult, however... I have issues with this song -


The song is about a dragon that goes into town to buy christmas gifts for his woodland friends. The problem? His fire (the thing that makes a dragon unique according to the song) causes him to be ran out of the village pursued by "angry shouts of be off, be gone". He then goes into the woods and cries and a "might wind that blew" puts "out the fire inside". "First a whisper, then a shout" to "know that the fire was put out" and then he's loved by the villagers.

Ok, see my problem? The song is about conforming to societal norms for acceptance and that just bothers me. I mean, sure, it's just a song and a silly stupid song as it is but it's upsetting that this song is all about conformity and that the villagers couldn't accept Darcy for how he was. I mean, I'd be pissed that he set fire to my toy shop as well but jeez, people.

It's just sad that Darcy had to lose the very thing that made him unique so that the villagers wouldn't run him out of town.

Anyway, tl;dr thoughts on a Christmas carol when it probably wasn't meant that way. I still love the song but it's more for the nostalgia factor.


I'm afraid that fiona_fawkes is pulling ahead in our challenge and I shall be forced to write fluffy!snarry. Gah, just typing it out makes me tremble in fear.

My advice to all of you? Don't bet with Feei. She is evil.

Comments

[furiosity.livejournal.com]

Lover's Spit is by Broken Social Scene. :D

[wook77.livejournal.com]

awesome *edits*

[fiona-fawkes.livejournal.com]

Oh whatever. You know I haven't been getting shit done. If anything, I think I've been LESS productive since the bet. It's sad. I know.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

you're going to get a burst, I know it. Besides, I hate am uninspired by mine.

[fiona-fawkes.livejournal.com]

I'm just stuck on that one conversation. I can't get the feel for it and I just can't move passed it.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

want me to attempt to rp it with you?

[fiona-fawkes.livejournal.com]

That might help. Maybe later this evening when it slows down a bit here. You wanna read what I have thus far?

[gail-b.livejournal.com]

Ooo...I love Roger Whittaker, but I'm not too keen on that song.

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

*steals music*

I might laugh if you have to write fluffy!snarry...