The Vampire Diaries, episode 2-3, "Bad Moon Rising" - Theme Song!

Theme Song!

For posterity: "Brick House" by The Commodores

How I Met Your Mother, episode 5-24, "Doppelgangers" - Theme Song!

Theme Song!

For posterity: Knowing Me, Knowing You, by Abba

So little to do with the show, yet so very much how I feel about it.

Lost, episode 6-16, "What They Died For" - Theme Song!

Theme Song!

For posterity: "Vaya Con Dios" performed by Les Paul and Mary Ford

The Vampire Diaries, episode 1-22, "Founder's Day" - Theme Song!

Theme Song!

For posterity: The Cars, "Just What I Needed."

Lost, episode 6-15, "Across the Sea" - Theme Song!

Theme Song!

Oh, Show.



For posterity: The Tubes perform "Don't Touch Me There," live.

Lost, episode 6-14, "The Candidate" - Theme Song(s)!

Theme Song(s)!

Okay, here's the thing. This week, I had a song for the episode and a separate song for Jin and Sun (sob) right off the bat. But after writing the recap, I felt like I needed...something more, so I searched for songs about mirrors and reflections and the like. (If you haven't read the full recap yet, trust me, you'll understand once you do.) And I came across this song: "Backwards" by Apartment 26. I found the lyrics first, and my word, it's my whole recap, just several thousand words shorter. I didn't recognize the song or band, so I searched for it on YouTube and it's just -- it's too loud for me. It actually makes my heart pound. The only heavy metal I like these days is heavy metal I liked a decade or two ago. But these lyrics -- they're perfect. So I'm posting them first. Here we go:

"Backwards" by Apartment 26

Finished looking for the answers Now I’m looking for the questions I can look into you mirror and see inside your head See my reflections and this is what I’ve bled I look right into your mirror but I can’t see me Chorus: Everything’s gone backwards Nothing’s what it seems I awake from my nightmares Smash the mirror, smash the dreams Backwards into future Now you’re making up for lost time I hide under the shadow and try to hide my name Eyes that will question and this is what I mean I look back into your mirror But still don’t see me Chorus (2x) Smash the mirror, smash the dreams (3x) Chorus (2x) Smash the mirror, smash the dreams (3x)

I know, right?! So, here's theme song #1:



For posterity: This is a beautiful Matrix fan vid, set to Apartment 26's "Backwards." And don't get me wrong, Apartment 26. It's not you. It's me. "Backwards" is a cool song. I'm just not the cool recapper. I'm the cozy recapper. My hook: I've got wine, goodies and tissues. Now lets kick off our shoes, curl up on the couch and watch Lost. Why did we leave the wine bottle all the way out in the kitchen? Oh right, so we don't accidentally knock out the cork and get evil all over the carpet..



So, onto songs that are less representative of my thoughts, but way more my speed...

(Okay, this one is a great theme song for the series, writ large)



For posterity: "Reflections of My Life" by The Marmalade (I'm ashamed I didn't think of this song on my own. I found it when I was searching Youtube for the next song).



This next song popped into my head as soon as I started writing the full recap, but it seemed so...accessible. I'm not dissing The Supremes. Heaven knows they're on every short lost of music I love. It's just -- I was making a big deal about reflections in the recap, so of course I thought of this song. But you know what -- listening to it now, it really is appropriate for this episode.



For posterity: "Reflections" by Diana Ross & the Supremes (note, they then go on to sing "That's Why the Lady Is a Tramp" which is appropriate here, given how many songs I'm running through for this episode).



And finally, this song is not a theme song, but a dedication, to Jin and Sun Kwon. Sob



For posterity: "I'll Be Seeing You" by Bing Crosby. Note: This is someone's video dedicated to their grandparents (Mima and Pop Pop Joe). It was my grandparents' song too (Nana and Grampy Red), so I couldn't resist. Here's to grandparents and great love stories. I'll be seeing you.

The Vampire Diaries, episode 1-21, "Isobel" - Theme Song(s)!

Theme Song(s)!





For Posterity: Opening theme from How I Met Your Mother; "Hey Beautiful" (excerpt) by The Solids


(For this next one, the pun is just a bonus)

For posterity: "Mamma Mia" by Abba

How I Met Your Mother, episode 5-21, "Twin Beds" - Theme Song!

Theme Song!




For posterity: "Sleeping Single In A Double Bed" by Barbara Mandrell

Here's a link to a non-embeddable live-action video by Ms. Mandrell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QGN2Z4_mKA

The Vampire Diaries, episode 1-20, "Blood Brothers" - Theme Song(s)!

Theme Song(s)!

For Damon & Katherine; Elena & Stefan; Stefan & his favorite crittertarian meal; and (yes, I'm hiding my head as I type this) Anna and Jeremy:



For posterity: "Puppy Love" by The Osmond Brothers



And 'cause Youtube sent me on a sentimental Osmond tear, here's one from Stefan to Elena, when she visits him in detox dungeon:



For posterity: "Go Away Little Girl" by The Osmonds this song used to make me cry when I was a tiny little girl



This one goes out as a big "thank you" from Stefan to Dean Winchester, for the single, perfect manly tear:



For posterity: "Tracks of My Tears" by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles



And, finally, in continuation of our Johnny Cash mini-theme, I give you the man in black:



For posterity: "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash

(Stef licked his daddy's gut blood, just to watch him die...)

Lost, episode 6-13, "The Last Recruit" - Theme Song(s)!

A dedication, from Sawyer to Jack:

For posterity: Ray Charles sings "Hit the Road, Jack."

Jack wants to send a song back to Sawyer, 'cause he's a giver like that.

For posterity: "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by The Rolling Stones

Bonus!

For posterity: "Jackie Blue" by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils

The Vampire Diaries, episode 1-19, "Miss Mystic Falls" - Theme Song!

Theme Song!

A double-header for Stefan, for obvious reasons.

For posterity: "Paxilback" by Gray Kid (parody of Justin Timberlake's Sexyback)

And...

For posterity: "God's Gonna Cut You Down" by Johnny Cash



BONUS CLIP:

Here's Elena and Damon, dancing to Within Temptation's "All I Need." Was the music wrong for a waltz? Too loud for this scene? Let me know in the comments, that is if you can type at all, after watching the hotness that is their dance.



Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to take a cold shower.

How I Met Your Mother, episode 5-20 Theme Song!

Theme Songs!

For posterity: "The Worst That Could Happen" by The Brooklyn Bridge (live, on The Ed Sullivan Show).

For posterity: "Our House" by Madness

Lost, episode 6-12, "Everybody Loves Hugo" - Theme Song!

Theme Song!

For posterity: John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band's "Well, Well, Well." (You knew I had to choose one of their songs this season, right? My screams on Tuesday night sounded remarkably like the middle portion of this song.)

The Vampire Diaries, episode 1-18, "Under Control" - Theme Song!

Stefan thinks this is his theme song:



(For posterity: Janet Jackson's "Control")


But Damon knows the truth:



(For posterity: Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt")

HIMYM episode 5-19, "Zoo or False" - Theme Song!

For this weeks's theme song, in honor of my guardian angel, Angel Cohn, I present you with a TwoPperific (and slightly shortened) filk of "The Banana Boat" song, which (I hope) conveys my feelings about recapping HIMYM versus recapping Lost, these days. Ahem.

Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go bed
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go bed

Work all night on a drink a wine
Daylight come and me wan' go bed
HIMYM sucks; Lost is extra fine!
Daylight come and me wan' go bed

Come, Madame Editor give me an extension
Daylight come and me wan' go bed
Come, Madame Editor give me an extension
Daylight come and me wan' go bed

Lost: flash sideways, car crash, kiss, punch
Daylight come and me wan' go bed
HIMYM: no better than The Brady Bunch
Daylight come and me wan' go bed

Day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go bed
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Daylight come and me wan' go bed

A beautiful bunch of Lostaways
Daylight come and me wan' go bed
Don’t care about Your Mother these days
Daylight come and me wan' go bed

Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go bed
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Day, me say day, me say day....ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go bed

And for those of you who have grown fond of video links (or for the very young among you who don't know "The Banana Boat Song") here's some audio-visual assistance.

For posterity: Harry Belafonte (oh, so beautiful) and The Muppets perform "The Banana Boat Song" on The Muppet Show.

And since you've been such good sports about my filk, here's a bonus video:



For posterity: That's "The Banana Boat Song" from the dinner scene in Beetlejuice.

'Til next time, I'm just crossing my fingers and hoping HIMYM gets better or I get over it. Cheers.

The Vampire Diaries, episode 1-17, "Let The Right One In" - Theme Song!

Poor Stefan. Poor Elena. Poor Anna. Poor Jeremy. Poor Caroline. Poor Matt. Poor everyone.



For posterity: "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash

Lost, episode 6-11, "Happily Ever After" - Theme Song!

EDIT: Youtbue disabled the video I originally embedded, due to copyright claims by EMI. There are plenty still up though, so here's another shot:

For obvious reasons:



For posterity: "Ob-la-di" by The Beatles

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(Pre-edit)

For obvious reasons:



For posterity: "Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da," by The Beatles.

Homepage episode blurb

Desmond is our oh-so-special sno-ow flake. Penny is the half-sister of Dan. Desmond loves Penny so much she makes him faint, which happens right after he takes her by the hand...

Headline

Ob La Di, Ob La Da Life Goes On, Brothah

The Vampire Diaries, episode 1-6, "There Goes The Neighborhood" - Theme Song!

For the Germ:



For posterity: "Changes" - David Bowie.

Lost, episode 6-10, "The Package" - Theme Song!

There's a war coming, kids.

For posterity: "War" by Edwin Starr.

Lost, episode 6-9, "Ab Aeterno" - Theme Song!

For posterity, "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," by The Platters. I'd apologize for the punniness of this one, except that's exactly why I chose it.