Art for Crossover Big Bang
Graduation Day Mix at box.netThis is a fanmix for the lovely chibifukurou's bandom fic, Graduation Day, for crossbigbang.
The Fic: Read here (on LJ) or here (AO3)
Warning (for the mix): explicit and potentially controversial lyrics
01. Intro: The Future - De La Soul
We are singing (sing it out now)
you this message (sendin you a message y'all)
Through our music (through the music)
reaching for a, brave and brighter new tomorrow
(another day y'all) is the future (it's the future)
(it's the future) We must make it (we gotta make it)
safe and happy, for the children (for the children)
[The future wasn't supposed to turn out this way]
02. Livin' in a New World - The Roots
Yo, they got high-powered lenses on the cameras outside
It ain't nowhere to run it ain't hardly nowhere to hide
They hear you when you whisperin' so try to keep quiet
You don't even realize that you's a twinkle in the all, seein' eye
[Even out of school, everyone is under constant surveillance]
03. Take Me to the Riot - Stars
Grey skies and light fading
Headlamps making patterns on the wall
Uptown it’s dead now but
Out here no one seems to care at all
[The boys' first encounter with the outside world]
04. The Suburbs (Arcade Fire Cover) - Mr Little Jeans
Kids wanna be so hard
But in my dreams we're still screamin' and runnin' through the yard
And all of the walls that they built in the seventies finally fall
And all of the houses they build in the seventies finally fall
Meant nothin' at all
Meant nothin' at all
It meant nothin'
[After being in school for most of their lives, they're dropped in a District of abandoned buildings]
05. Doledrum - The La's
All my life goes by in doledrum
I'll see ninety-five in doledrum
[The tedium of permanent Unemployment]
06. Everything is Alright - Motion City Soundtrack
I used to rely on self-medication,
I guess I still do that from time to time.
But I'm getting better at fighting the future,
"Someday you'll be fine.."
Yes, I'll be just fine.
[Gerard's struggle with withdrawal]
07. Hard Times of Old England Retold - Billy Bragg & The Imagined Village
Time was, I could sell what I grew at the shop,
Then Tesco's turned up, all of that had to stop.
Now I can't make a living out of my crop.
[Frank knows his dream of farming is just that -- a dream. Everything's been mechanized]
08. All Medicated Geniuses - Pretty Girls Make Graves
Doctor, do you have a remedy?
This is not alright by me
Do you think that you have the trick?
For a city that's so spent and sick?
[Trying to figure out how to work their way around the city and take care of Gerard]
09. I Ain't Got No/I Got Life - Nina Simone
And what have I got?
Why am I alive anyway?
Yeah what have I got
nobody can take away[They might not have a lot, but they have each other]
10. Neighborhood Watch - Dialated Peoples
The neighborhood watch, guard the block
Watch for criminals and watch for cops
It ain't gon' stop, it's the neighborhood watch
Watch for criminals and watch for cops
[It's not just the Peacekeepers they have to watch out for -- other Unemployed could be just as dangerous]
11. (Take Back) The Revolution - The Gossip
I want a revolution!
[Maybe there's some life in them yet]
12. Computer Took My Job - Maurice John Vaughn
He said, "The computers gonna make,
they gonna make your work easier
Don`t you worry 'bout a thing."
But don`t you know, don`t you know
When the work is too easy
Lord, they don`t need you no more.[The increased mechanization led to the super high unemployment rates]
13. Crime to be Broke in America - Spearhead
They say they lockin' us up in cells
To protect us from ourselves
[They discover there's a way to be worse off than just being Unemployed]
14. Proto Culture - Del the Funky Homosapien (feat. Khaos Unique)
Let me tell you about the Proto Culture
If you don't know the culture, here's the whole structure
We've had enough of the lackluster -- trust us
We get the kind of games you can't rent at Blockbuster[A little teaser for what's to come]