Mix for Revival by skoosiepants
I have never made fanmixes before, but whenever I read Revival by skoosiepants I get random snatches of music at certain parts, so I couldn't resist giving it a try. Hopefully my musical choices make sense to other people too -- in an attempt to help explain, I've included excerpts for each track. Also a helpful guide for when to play each song.
The Tracks
1. Foxboro Huttubs - Dark Side of Night
“Where is everyone?” Joe says.
“There’s a guy.” He’s huddled into a hoodie on a corner, smoking. Messy, dark blonde hair falling over his face, a bright red scarf wrapped around his neck.
“Yeah, one. Which means he’s either a demon of the night or a psycho killer who’s just taken out the entire town.”
2. Murray Gold - Seeking The Doctor
Joe crosses his arms over his chest. “Seriously, this place is deserted. You know what I’m thinking?”
“Humanoid cyborgs enslaved the town and are making them work in underground diamond mines for shares of fresh vegetables?” Kevin says.
Nick blinks over at him, head cocked. “Really?”
Joe smacks Kevin’s forehead with his palm. “Duh, Kevin. Cyborgs? Please. This is so the work of the walking undead. It’s even more obvious now. Do you hear that?” He cups a hand over his ear.
“Hear what?”
“Creepy ominous silence.”
3. Jonathan Coulton - Monkey Shines
If he had a monkey, this would be easier. It’s not like Kevin’s shy, but monkeys are, like, the ultimate ice breaker - all the fun of being recognized without the possible derision for who they actually are. Oh, you’re a Jonas Brother? Hey, check out your monkey! No, I no longer want to mock your tight pants and fancy amulet. And it’s not an amulet, anyway. It’s just something pretty.
4. The String Quartet - Folkin' Around (Panic at the Disco cover)
They play folksy songs at each other all night amid cheering and jeering, catcalls and boos.
At one point, Gabe starts trying to talk Bill out of his clothes.
It’s pretty much the most fun Kevin’s had in months.
5. The Postal Service - Be Still My Heart
“You, I don’t know.”
“Um.” Kevin gives scary hot Mike a wavering grin. “I’m Kevin.”
Mike narrows his eyes and leans in, palms the bar on either side of Kevin’s arms. “You look-familiar.”
He smells like beer and sweat, his hair’s damp and curling over his neck and temples, and Kevin has to stop himself from squirming in closer, what the heck? That’s new.
6. Jason Mraz - I'll Do Anything
Mike, Kevin decides, is his ultimate goal. He has no idea what he’ll do with him when he gets him, but Kevin is aiming to have Mike - around, or something.
7. Brad Sucks - Bad Attraction
“Greta says you write books,” Kevin says, falling in step with Mike as he swings out of the diner. Snow crunches under their feet, and Mike’s silent for the first block.
Then he digs out a cigarette and says, “Yeah,” around the end.
He says, “You mind?” before he lights it, and Kevin does not normally find smokers attractive at all, but his, “No,” comes out kind of breathy.
Mike slants an arched eyebrow at him, but doesn’t slow his pace.
“So this little lost puppy act is cute and all, but did you want something?” Mike finally asks.
Kevin shoves his hands in his pockets. “Um.”
“Come on,” Mike says, just when Kevin’s sure he’s going to tell him to go away, and jerks his head towards a tiny bookstore on the left. He even holds the door open for him.
8. Willie Nelson - Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly (Fond of Each Other)
Kevin stays up late and reads Two Guns For Hire, about a wandering cowboy and his horse and his half-wolf.
Greta sneaks into his room around midnight with mugs of hot chocolate and candy canes. She folds up next to him on the bed and leans into his shoulder and says, “I love that one,” and, “Have you gotten to the part with Liam, yet?” and then settles back with Kevin’s copy of Drifters.
Twenty minutes later, Kevin gets to the part with Liam. “Oh,” he says. His face gets hot. “This is-”
“Mmm hmm,” Greta says absently, twirling the candy cane in her mouth.
Apparently, these stories are a little gay.
9. The Tigger Movie - Tiggers
“Cowabunga!” Joe shouts, and then jumps off the front stoop and tackles Kevin into a snowdrift.
*
[...] he spots Joe with an audible sigh of relief, even though Joe yells, “Geronimo!” right before tackling him back onto a kind of hard lump of plowed snow.
10. Madness - It Must Be Love
“You,” Mike says, “C’mere.”
It’s like Mike’s Fonzie. All he has to do is snap his fingers and Kevin’ll come running. Which, okay, Kevin’s kind of fine with. He sidles up next to Mike, curves into his side.
11. Alex Day - Don't Look Back
It seems to Kevin, as they make their way back through town, that Mike’s treating this as a goodbye. Like an ending, and Kevin tightens his fingers over Mike’s and maybe starts panicking a little.
He hasn’t been this - content in a while. Kevin isn’t a real down person ever, but everything seems easier now, lighter - and it isn’t just Mike, he knows, but seeing Greta too, and having this time to relax - but he can’t say any of this out loud, because Mike would make fun of him for the rest of his life, he knows this.
12. Gavin DeGraw - More Than Anyone
“I’ll call you,” Kevin says, backing up the front steps. He stumbles and catches himself before he falls.
Mike slides his hands into his pockets and says, “Okay,” but he says it like he doesn’t really believe it.
“I will,” Kevin says, and Mike just nods.
13. Kareem Salama - This Life Of Mine
Kevin doesn’t see Mike anywhere.
He tells himself it’s fine, that he isn’t disappointed. And then they turn down Abbott and start the long drive past Butcher’s field and there’s a lone figure leaning up against the fence, in just a dark hoodie and woolen cap, and Kevin’s saying, “Stop. Stop the car,” before he can even think about it, popping the door open and tumbling out before their driver even comes to a full stop.
Kevin doesn’t pause, just rolls into a jog until they’re almost touching. “I’m going to call you,” he says, and Mike grabs hold of his scarf, twists his fists up into the warm fabric, and he presses their mouths together, more sharing breaths than kissing, and says, “Okay.
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The Tracks
1. Foxboro Huttubs - Dark Side of Night
“Where is everyone?” Joe says.
“There’s a guy.” He’s huddled into a hoodie on a corner, smoking. Messy, dark blonde hair falling over his face, a bright red scarf wrapped around his neck.
“Yeah, one. Which means he’s either a demon of the night or a psycho killer who’s just taken out the entire town.”
2. Murray Gold - Seeking The Doctor
Joe crosses his arms over his chest. “Seriously, this place is deserted. You know what I’m thinking?”
“Humanoid cyborgs enslaved the town and are making them work in underground diamond mines for shares of fresh vegetables?” Kevin says.
Nick blinks over at him, head cocked. “Really?”
Joe smacks Kevin’s forehead with his palm. “Duh, Kevin. Cyborgs? Please. This is so the work of the walking undead. It’s even more obvious now. Do you hear that?” He cups a hand over his ear.
“Hear what?”
“Creepy ominous silence.”
3. Jonathan Coulton - Monkey Shines
If he had a monkey, this would be easier. It’s not like Kevin’s shy, but monkeys are, like, the ultimate ice breaker - all the fun of being recognized without the possible derision for who they actually are. Oh, you’re a Jonas Brother? Hey, check out your monkey! No, I no longer want to mock your tight pants and fancy amulet. And it’s not an amulet, anyway. It’s just something pretty.
4. The String Quartet - Folkin' Around (Panic at the Disco cover)
They play folksy songs at each other all night amid cheering and jeering, catcalls and boos.
At one point, Gabe starts trying to talk Bill out of his clothes.
It’s pretty much the most fun Kevin’s had in months.
5. The Postal Service - Be Still My Heart
“You, I don’t know.”
“Um.” Kevin gives scary hot Mike a wavering grin. “I’m Kevin.”
Mike narrows his eyes and leans in, palms the bar on either side of Kevin’s arms. “You look-familiar.”
He smells like beer and sweat, his hair’s damp and curling over his neck and temples, and Kevin has to stop himself from squirming in closer, what the heck? That’s new.
6. Jason Mraz - I'll Do Anything
Mike, Kevin decides, is his ultimate goal. He has no idea what he’ll do with him when he gets him, but Kevin is aiming to have Mike - around, or something.
7. Brad Sucks - Bad Attraction
“Greta says you write books,” Kevin says, falling in step with Mike as he swings out of the diner. Snow crunches under their feet, and Mike’s silent for the first block.
Then he digs out a cigarette and says, “Yeah,” around the end.
He says, “You mind?” before he lights it, and Kevin does not normally find smokers attractive at all, but his, “No,” comes out kind of breathy.
Mike slants an arched eyebrow at him, but doesn’t slow his pace.
“So this little lost puppy act is cute and all, but did you want something?” Mike finally asks.
Kevin shoves his hands in his pockets. “Um.”
“Come on,” Mike says, just when Kevin’s sure he’s going to tell him to go away, and jerks his head towards a tiny bookstore on the left. He even holds the door open for him.
8. Willie Nelson - Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly (Fond of Each Other)
Kevin stays up late and reads Two Guns For Hire, about a wandering cowboy and his horse and his half-wolf.
Greta sneaks into his room around midnight with mugs of hot chocolate and candy canes. She folds up next to him on the bed and leans into his shoulder and says, “I love that one,” and, “Have you gotten to the part with Liam, yet?” and then settles back with Kevin’s copy of Drifters.
Twenty minutes later, Kevin gets to the part with Liam. “Oh,” he says. His face gets hot. “This is-”
“Mmm hmm,” Greta says absently, twirling the candy cane in her mouth.
Apparently, these stories are a little gay.
9. The Tigger Movie - Tiggers
“Cowabunga!” Joe shouts, and then jumps off the front stoop and tackles Kevin into a snowdrift.
*
[...] he spots Joe with an audible sigh of relief, even though Joe yells, “Geronimo!” right before tackling him back onto a kind of hard lump of plowed snow.
10. Madness - It Must Be Love
“You,” Mike says, “C’mere.”
It’s like Mike’s Fonzie. All he has to do is snap his fingers and Kevin’ll come running. Which, okay, Kevin’s kind of fine with. He sidles up next to Mike, curves into his side.
11. Alex Day - Don't Look Back
It seems to Kevin, as they make their way back through town, that Mike’s treating this as a goodbye. Like an ending, and Kevin tightens his fingers over Mike’s and maybe starts panicking a little.
He hasn’t been this - content in a while. Kevin isn’t a real down person ever, but everything seems easier now, lighter - and it isn’t just Mike, he knows, but seeing Greta too, and having this time to relax - but he can’t say any of this out loud, because Mike would make fun of him for the rest of his life, he knows this.
12. Gavin DeGraw - More Than Anyone
“I’ll call you,” Kevin says, backing up the front steps. He stumbles and catches himself before he falls.
Mike slides his hands into his pockets and says, “Okay,” but he says it like he doesn’t really believe it.
“I will,” Kevin says, and Mike just nods.
13. Kareem Salama - This Life Of Mine
Kevin doesn’t see Mike anywhere.
He tells himself it’s fine, that he isn’t disappointed. And then they turn down Abbott and start the long drive past Butcher’s field and there’s a lone figure leaning up against the fence, in just a dark hoodie and woolen cap, and Kevin’s saying, “Stop. Stop the car,” before he can even think about it, popping the door open and tumbling out before their driver even comes to a full stop.
Kevin doesn’t pause, just rolls into a jog until they’re almost touching. “I’m going to call you,” he says, and Mike grabs hold of his scarf, twists his fists up into the warm fabric, and he presses their mouths together, more sharing breaths than kissing, and says, “Okay.
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