I *knew* music for Beg Me For It was going to be tough

[icarus]

... but I had no idea how tough.

This is brutal. I'm looking for musical that cynical yet quirky. I thought I was on the right track with The Smiths, but while their lyrics are great, the music is just too... airy, detatched, happy in a miserable way.

I thought maybe The Ramones. But they're just too... bratty. And simple and direct. And violent.

So I checked out R.E.M. I have Losing My Religion and Orange Crush, but I'm not entirely satisfied.

Circle Jerks were action-clumsy. I tried X. Too modern. Pearl Jam. The lead singer's vibrato just doesn't work for this.

I tried Talking Heads. Swamp and Once In A Lifetime were sort of... but they weren't. Too much pep. Velvet Revolver, appropriate for SNAFU, not Beg Me For It.

The Smiths and R.E.M. come the closest I think. Any ideas?

ETA:

The Dandy Warhols!
There's a new R.E.M. option So Fast, So Numb.
I'm going to check out some early Clash.

There was a group that came out right around Soundgarden (mid-late 90's), but they were darker, with a heavier baseline. I recall a video of theirs had a macabre series of images of torture and dismemberment in claymation. There was a sort of resigned observant hopelessness to their lyrics. They're a major band... damn, what was the name?

ETA2: Tool! Thank you, aquatryst.

Now to check out Tool, Placebo, I'm definitely adding The Clash's Career Opportunities ("they offered me the office / offered me the
shop / they said I'd better take anything they'd got" -- ha!), and maybe Red Angel Dragnet, Complete Control, and What's My Name?, possibly Overpowered By Funk (these are hard to tell from 30-second clips, but the only Clash CD I own is London Calling). *back to scoping out music*

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[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

*listens to Adam Ant clips*

I can tell right off you're thinking of the kinky and wacky Sex, Drugs and Death Eater Rock. I'm actually trying to find songs for the utterly impossible first part, Beg Me For It. Somehow I have to find music that fits a bleak situation (Ron captured and working for the Death Eaters, pre-Draco) that's viewed through an amused if somewhat ironic perspective. But it has be rather intimate, too, since it's an intimate story. Augh.

Then find something that fits the Arena scene... *whimpers, face in hands*

The other parts were so much easier.

Icarus

Beg me for it vs Sex Drugs and DE Rock

[stinksap.livejournal.com]

Ergh. Yeah, I think I was. I saw quirky, and that is what I focused on.

Serious but quirky?
What about 'The Cure?' or better yet;

"The Violent Femmes"

Chack out these songs and see if they fit your mood better- lyrics at the links.

I'm living in a bad dream.
http://www.violentfemmes.net/lyrics/bad_dream.htm

Living a Lie
http://www.violentfemmes.net/lyrics/living_a_lie.htm

Confessions
http://www.violentfemmes.net/lyrics/confessions.htm

Promise
http://www.violentfemmes.net/lyrics/promise.htm

Re: Beg me for it vs Sex Drugs and DE Rock

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Serious but quirky?

Yeah, strange mood to find. I have Tool for the hellish external environment at the Ministry, but Ron's songs have been tough.

"The Violent Femmes"

The Femmes! How could I have forgotten them? I guess I usually think of "Raisin in the the Sun."

Here's what I have so far on the playlist (for just BMFI):

Sober - Tool
Career Opportunities - The Clash (it's a little too peppy by itself, but if I follow it with...)
Pinhead - The Ramones (...it might work)
Orange Crush - REM
Intolerance - Tool
The Grudge - Tool
Beat On The Brat - The Ramones (or maybe...)
The Crusher - The Ramones
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - The Smiths (this song is utterly perfect for the arena)
Plan A - The Dandy Warhols

Thank you!

Icarus