Dairine fanmix - I'll Burn You Down

[labellementeuse]

I've always wanted to make a fanmix, but they seemed so... overdone in most fandoms. So I have the distinguished pleasure of making what I think is the first fanmix ever in the fandom of my heart: "I'll Burn You Down," a Dairine Callahan fanmix. Warning for emo girlpop.

The first time I read High Wizardry, the book in which she's introduced, I really didn't like Dairine that much. But I came to realise the error of my ways - and in apology, present a fanmix for the much-loved Dairine Callahan.







1. John Williams - Theme from Star Wars
Instrumental

"Darth Vader. She wants to beat him up."

2. Ani Difranco - Not a Pretty Girl
I am not a pretty girl
that is not what I do
I ain't no damsel in distess
and I don't need to be rescued

Vintage Dairine from start to finish.

3. Supergroove - You Gotta Know
He scratched his head, clicked his pen and looked me up and down,
as he called for Security he leaned towards me slowly with a frown,

"You gotta know to understand."

I wanted something about this aspect of Dairine. This one isn't a perfect fit, but it does pretty well.

4. Sarah Bettens - Sister
I might say I don't need any advice
But I wear the clothes that I found
In the back of your closet,
Wherever you hide.

Dairine and Nita post-Dilemma. This song is a perfect fit for the Callahan girls.

5. Melissa Etheridge - The Different
You've never been to the moon, but don't you wanna go
Under the sea & the volcano?
You've never looked into my eyes but don't you wanna know
What the dark and the wild and the different know?

In some ways I think this is Dairine's approach to her wizardry - the attraction of all that secret knowledge.

6. Barenaked Ladies - Never is Enough
I never spent a single day in retail
telling people what they want to hear
telling people anything to make a sale
Eating in the food court
with the old and the bored

I think never is enough (yeah never is enough)
I never want to do that stuff

And this is the other thing I think she thinks is cool about it - not just everybody's a wizard, you know. ;)

7. Rilo Kiley - A Better Son/Daughter
But you'll fight and you'll make it through
You'll fake it if you have to
And you'll show up for work with a smile
And you'll be better
You'll be smarter
More grown up and a better daughter or son.

Dairine during A Wizard Alone and Wizard's Holiday, trying to keep up appearances after her mom's death.

8. Bic Runga - Say After Me
Raze to the ground, I'll burn you down
Before you go and break me

Burn like the sun, what has become
Of you and me my baby?

Dairine/Roshaun, post-Wizards at War. The sun/fire imagery throughout this song strike me as particularly fitting - not to mention "moon glow/where did you go?" being especially reminiscent of Roshaun's mysterious fate.

9. Poe - Hello
Word has it on the wire
That you don't who you are
Well if you could jack into my brain
You'd know exactly what you mean here

The computer/brain analogy through this song is perfect for Dairine, Spot and the mobiles, especially during HW.

10. Letters to Cleo - Sparklegirl
A good girl always knows what's right
Don't forget your keys now, don't be late
I'm told that if you last the night
They'll make you drown or float just wait

Something a little more up-beat and determined, because Dairine isn't miserable all the time, right?

11. Cat Stevens - But I Might Die Tonight
I don't want to work away, doing just what they all say
Work hard boy and you'll find one day you'll have a job like mine.

Be wise, look ahead, use your eyes he said
Be straight, think right,
But I might die tonight!

Dairine vs. The World.

rar file of all songs, including covers.

Art on the front cover is a composition from one of the Astronomy Pictures of the Day, and the High Wizardry digest cover. Art on the back cover is by the excellent bad_mushroom.

As ever, let me know if a link you want runs out. x-posted to fanmix.

Comments

[deutscheami.livejournal.com]

BWHEEE this is so awesome and from what I can tell (not having listened as of yet) the song choices look perfect!

I have a stillborn gen Wizardry FST sitting on my harddrive, somewhere, and of course my collection of Songs For Ronan In The Key Of Sulk, so maybe I'll have to get those out there, at some point! Our little fandom needs more fannish output.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! :D Let me know what you think, if you like. First ever fanmix, I need feedback. :P

SONGS IN THE KEY OF SULK. Best title ever. More Fan Stuff For This Fandom All The Time. *hugs it*

[lemony-purple.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, I'd never actually heard of a fanmix before this. I can, of course, tell what it is through context, but yeah. :P

One thing, the link for "You Gotta Know" seems to lead to the download page for "Never Is Enough". Otherwise, yeah, will listen as soon as my headache goes away.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Hee, awesome, I'm spreading the word. :P They're fun!

It did indeed! Thanks! Fixed, and the correct link is here (http://www.sendspace.com/file/bf3nzh) if you want it.

[blademistress.livejournal.com]

Downloading the Barenaked Ladies song. Is that the remixy version of Hello? Because the remixy version is so, so good compared to the original.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Nope, it's the original... can I beg an upload?

[blademistress.livejournal.com]

Woot, it worked :) Here you go (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6Y81FJI9).

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly! :D

[maudlinrose.livejournal.com]

Awesomely awesome - am too sluggish to think properly, so will just say it again: awesome!

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Hee, thank you!