Daily Pilots Post: And one time, at band camp...

[ecstaticdance]

Pilots love music.  Or maybe music loves Pilots?  I wouldn't blame it for a second if that were the case.  Anyways, taragel  discussed General Pilot Songs with us a while ago.

It got me thinking...  There are some songs that make me think of Pilots, but don't really fit for the entirety of their story.  I call them “Snapshot Songs.”  They fit for a

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[shah_of_blah]

"Break Even" sounds like Lee around The Captain's Hand, or arguably The Son Also Rises.

[muddlingalong]

I read those words and I think of the godsawful poof. But then, I've never actually heard the song and I'm in a really bad mood tonight, so it might not have much to do with the song.

[ecstaticdance]

Oh, jeeze. I'm sorry the day is so horrible! I wasn't thinking of the poof, myself, but I can see it, now that you mention it.

[rdave1]

I had mentioned this song on another DPP but I associate it more with the finale and Lee being alone on Earth all by himself.

[elly427]

That Lifehouse song, to me, is the exact moment after Lee kisses Kara after she gets back from Caprica - when he's staring at her like he can't believe he kissed her at the same time he can't believe he waited so long.

Sigh.

[muddlingalong]

I like that connection, but something different popped in my head.

To me, its totally crossroads. Its Lee refusing to take his wings back from his father, and its the brig scene. But like I said above, I'm in a pretty bleak mood tonight, although this one I have actually heard.

[ecstaticdance]

Ooo. So sad! Again, I hadn't thought of it that way, but I can see it.

[workerbee73]

Ooooh yes-- I like that interpretation a lot. : )

[ninjamonkey73]

*headdesk*

Dear ninjamonkey's boss,

Sorry I won't be able to get any work done today, but I was asked a question about song lyrics and pilots, so of course, you can see where my time will be spent today. I hope that deadline Friday is flexible.

Love always,
ninjamonkey

[scifishipper]

"Hanging by a Moment" describes that exact moment in EoJ that Lee tells Kara they have to divorce. He's so hopeful, so in love with her and putting it all on the line. (It could also apply to Kara coming to Lee asking if he'll leave Dee, but there was never enough about her inner thoughts to know.)

Gah. Just thinking about it breaks my heart. :(

Great post!

[muddlingalong]

Yes! Hard to imagine it as anything else now you've pointed that one out.

I do find it interesting how we all seem to read the same words and think it fits entirely different parts of the series. Its almost like we've watched the episodes repeatedly and thought about them more than the writers did :p

[cherylad]

Its almost like we've watched the episodes repeatedly and thought about them more than the writers did :p

We're pretty damned sure that is the case!!

[ecstaticdance]

I really should have seen this one.

It's interesting how certain songs get associated with certain moments and then we don't see the other moments they fit.

[silanah]

The Lifehouse song is the scene where Kara asks "Will you still leave Dee if I leave Sam".

Break Even has to be when Kara flies into the Maelstrom.

How about:

It's all your fault, you called me beautiful
You turned me out and now I can't turn back
I hold my breath because you were perfect
And now I'm running out of air and it's not fair
It's all your fault - Pink

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[ecstaticdance]

I think, to me, that Break Even applies to one Pilot or the other from UB right up through Maelstrom. It's Lee, walking away from Kara, the morning after on New Caprica, it's Kara asking Lee to leave Dee, It's Lee after he's said no. It's Kara while they're sitting under the wing of her Viper, and it's absolutely Lee when she flies into the Maelstrom. It kills me every time.

Again, an excellent scene for the Lifehouse song, but not the one I had in mind.

Your's is hard...

I'm going to say Lee... And I'm going to say Eye of Jupiter, when he says they should leave their spouses and she says no. He's so damn hopeful that she's finally going to come to him, and he's held his breath for so long and... she doesn't.

[silanah]

That fits so well with the lyrics to that song. I know I'll be thinking that now.

I originally thought that those lyrics were perfect for the flashback scene in UB when Kara and Sam are walking towards Lee after their marriage. I always thought that they both could be thinking this.

N