Goodbye Babylon: An SPN Fanmix

[on_verra]

Hi folks,

As you know I'm pretty quiet around here, but I've been working on something off and on for a while. Especially after Big Bang, and with everyone bracing themselves for the new season. I just really wanted to post this before S5 because I don't want the whole vibe of the thing to be jossed, even if only in my own brain.

And so, for my latest contribution to fandom, may I present:


(Cover by me; base Impala image from fanart by deny1984, used with permission)





I am so happy with how this turned out. I seriously fiddled with the song order for ages, and finally came up with a version that works with my own personal fanon.

This is dedicated to sadiane for many helpful suggestions on song order. THANK YOU!!!
Thanks also to linaerys whose enthusiasm for my musical taste helped me to actually get started, and to fleshflutter whose taste in some lesser-known music helped inspire me to share my own. ♥


If I could make vids... they would never live up to the ones in my head. However, if I've given someone else any ideas... well.



Next up, I will be posting fic. Yes, really. I mean, really. It is in beta. :D

Feel free to comment and/or rec if you like it, or if you hate it. Or want me to explain my choices. Whatever. :D



*Crossposted to DW and LJ*

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Snagging the mix!

[on_verra]

Yay! You'll have to let me know what you think. :D

[yourlibrarian]

Enjoying so far! The songs have a good fit with what we've heard so far on the show. I forget who posted it now, but a few weeks ago someone posted a collection of all the songs that had appeared, season by season. I winnowed out some tracks I didn't much care for, but on the whole it's a really good collection.

Re: the OTW banner (I assume you mean the one on my profile page?) there's a page you can go to for icons, banners and such, but I'm afraid I don't remember how to get there on the site. The one I have is a banner I cut down to size. Feel free to snag it and repost it if you'd like.

[on_verra]

I think I saw that post at some point, but SuperWiki maintains lists of all the music used on the show, too.
A while back, I went there to figure out if there was anything I liked and didn't already have. But I have, shall I say, I pretty impressive music collection :D

I have classic rock on the mix, which go directly within the 'verse show without being too obvious, but also some esoteric things.

I have a huge pet peeve about fanmixes that use whiny emo to represent Dean's manpain. While that sort of music may have emotional resonance for some fans, I feel that it simply makes no sense for the actual character. So any tracks here that might vaguely be considered emo or even just indie? Those are Sam-related. (It must be admitted, though, that I have a general dislike for most new indie rock. And most new mainstream radio alt rock. Even considering how big my music collection is, I'm really really picky. :/)

[yourlibrarian]

I think Mike and I had about a fifth of the songs they used. Of course some stuff they use are in-house creations like the O Death that just got posted recently. And about a fifth of it was older blues and country tracks that I could do without (fine for the show, not something I want to keep listening to). But I didn't mind the duplicates because it was nice being able to have this large merged file of the various tracks.

I know what you mean about the peeve. I recently downloaded another fanmix. There were three songs I liked on it but they were not, to me, in any way representative of the characters or the show. (Some of the tracks were and then some I just didn't care for).