The Charles Loren Mini-Mix

[3pipeproblem]

Since several (read: precisely three) people on my FL have finished/are in the process of reading Special Topics in Calamity Physics, what better time could there be to upload a few songs that remind me of my favorite secondary character who nobody else cares about?

Quick! A multiple choice question. I love and adore Charles beyond all reason because:

a) Marisha Pessl makes it quite easy to imagine James Spader in the role and he reminds me of Alan maybejustalittle.
b) "He was the gold-limbed kid Fitzgerald would've picked out of the senior class photo and described with sun-soaked words like 'patrician' and 'of eternal reassurance.'"
c) He is endearingly sweet, frighteningly obsessive, and always sincere. And he tries to beat someone (a girl) up while on crutches.
d) He probably emerges from this whole debacle more fucked-up than anyone realizes.

The songs are all pretty much pop, but then he is a teenage boy. So without further ado...



Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Going Down

Smashing Pumpkins - The Boy

The Killers - Under the Gun

Brand New - Magazines

Dashboard Confessional feat. Michael Stipe - Hands Down



And since I saw Once on Saturday and it's been in my head ever since, I'll throw in this, too.

Comments

[treelines.livejournal.com]

LOLOLOL Fall Out Boy. I love how all of Charles' songs are total radio fodder.

I nominate "And She Was" from Talking Heads for Leulah (incidentally also my Drusilla anthem). Or Bjork. Anything by Bjork. Tegan and Sara are my "Blue and Zach go driving into the sunset" band.

That song! From her website! It pops in my head unrelentingly whenever I even glance at the book. It's freaking perfect. The movie soundtrack should feature it as a leitmotif at the very least.

Oh, man, I need to make a STiCP OST. *muahaha*

[fence-post.livejournal.com]

I am always happy to get new music. I now have four different versions of 'Hands Down'. That's a bit ridiculous. But this version is awesome.