006 + fanmix.
So, I just recently completed the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender and it's already taken over as one of my main fandoms. Also: it's my good friend jadedmisery's birthday, and she's the one who got me into in the first place. So, for her birthday - and because Zuko is already my baby, I bring you this fanmix. (Go here to see my old fanmixes.)
01. keane - he used to be a lovely boy + Zuko, right after he's been banished.
he used to be a lovely boy
time on your hands
world at your feet
no adventure left incomplete
02. the decemberists - i was meant for the stage + a song about his determination to be great.
mother, please, be proud
father, be forgiven
even though you told me
'son, you'll never make a living'
03. rilo kiley - a better son/daughter + a general song for his relationship with his father.
your ship may be coming in
you’re weak but not giving in
04. the temptations - the impossible dream* + Zuko and his seemingly impossible task of catching the Avatar.
and the world will be better for this:
that one man / scorned and covered with scars
still strove / with his last ounce of courage
to reach / the unreachable star
05. ben lee - no room to bleed + I hear this song, and think of Zuko.
watch while I burn my bridges down
the words that I say and the hurt goes away
06. the cardigans - iron man + Zuko is all alone, except for Iroh.
nobody wants him
they just turn their heads
nobody helps him
now he has his revenge
07. ok go - invincible + a general Zuko song.
when they finally come / what'll you do to them?
gonna decimate them like you did to me?
will you leave them stunned and stuttering?
when they finally come / how will you handle them?
08. eisley - sea king + this fits him perfectly and is slightly ironic. [ sea king / fire nation? no? I'm lame! :P ]
sea king, sea king, can't you see that you're so silly?
sea king, I know things, and without love you won't get far
09. john mayer - vultures + it's Zuko vs. everyone.
down to the wire / I wanted water but
but I'll walk through the fire / if this is what it takes
to take me even higher / then I'll come through like I do
when the world keeps / testing me, testing me, testing me
10. we are scientists - the great escape + Zhao is busting all up in his mission, and Zuko ain't havin' that! :P
they're breaking both my hands
and telling me to / take it like a man
and take it like a man / well fuck that
11. broken social scene - fire eye'd boy + another general Zuko song.
fire eye'd boy, give ‘em all the slip
if you’re gonna come you’d better make it quick
12. the killers - why do i keep counting? + the song that inspired me to make this mix.
oh these years have been so trying
I don't know if I can use them
am I strong enough to be the one?
will I live to have some children?
COMPLETE ZIP (ARTWORK + MUSIC)
* I know that song is more for "heroes" and protagonists, but I see Zuko as a bit of an anti-hero, and thus, the song describes how capturing the Avatar is a glorious task for the Fire Nation, and Zuko redeeming himself.
* Resources: peoplemachines.