this entire post is in no way fabricated
OK, guys, it's confession time. I've been fooling you all. Every time someone starts talking about their rage & frustration about the events that have transpired during seasons 6-8 I've played along. The thing is, I have no idea what anyone is talking about. In New Zealand, Smallville ended with season 5 (sort of, but I'll get to that in a moment). To be honest, everything I've heard about seasons 6-8 sound like the fevered dreams of a madman. So to clear my thoughts of the awful things you guys have been subjected to, I like to listen to my own Chloe fanmix. It only covers the official seasons 1-5.
Hunting For Mysteries
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Season One
01. Goat Girl Tanya Donelly
I park my heart in your driveway / And now I'm healing hell / I wanted a lion but I ended up with a man / Who wanted a gazelle / But I am a goat girl
02. Cover Me Björk
While I crawl into the unknown / cover me / I'm going hunting for mysteries / cover me / I'm going to prove the impossible really exists
03. Baobabs Regina Spektor
You have tamed me / Now you must take me / How am I supposed to be / I don't have my thorns now / But I feel them sprouting / They'll grow right through if I don't watch them / They'll grow right through even if I watch them
Season Two
04. Only Love Can Break Your Heart Neil Young
But only love / can break your heart / Try to be sure / right from the start / Yes only love / can break your heart / What if your world / should fall apart?
05. Little Girl Blue Nina Simone
Sit there and count the raindrops / Falling on you / It's time you knew / All you can ever count on / Are the raindrops / That fall on little girl blue
06. Unattainable Little Joy
If only songs we're sung / To guide the doubtful ones / Beyond the rough / where not as much is good enough / Oh if you find yourself / for once a lonely one / I'll be waiting here with open arms
07. Where's My Love Magical Mix CAROLINE
(instrumental)
08. Transformer Smashing Pumpkins
And she's tired / And she's sick of the same old shit / It's just more of the same old same / I know she wants more and more and more to witness / To lay down and bear true
Season Three
09. Wicked Little Town (Hedwig's Version) Hedwig & the Angry Inch
The fates are vicious and they're cruel / You learn too late you've used two wishes / like a fool / and then you're someone you are not / and Junction City ain't the spot / remember Mrs. Lot / and when she turned around
10. Show Me Forgiveness Björk
Show me forgiveness / for having lost faith in myself / and let my own interior up / to inferior forces / the shame is endless / but if soon start forgiveness / the girl might live
Season Four
11. Landslide Fleetwood Mac
Well, I've been afraid of changing / Cause I've built my life around you / But time makes you bolder / Children get older / I'm getting older too
Season Five
12. I'll Be Around Lisa Ekdahl
I keep secrets like they're treasures / In the chambers of my heart / The treasure house I'm using / Is the four rooms of my heart / I keep secrets like they're treasures / What you give I keep with mine / I hold you close to me in trust that / I'll be alright, I will be fine
13. Move On Up Curtis Mayfield
Just move on up / and keep on wishing / Remember your dreams / are your only schemes / So keep on pushing
Now, a couple of months after season 5 ended, they aired a two-part mini-series. I was stunned to find no one else on my flist had seen it. It was amazing. The first part covered Clark's escape from the Phantom Zone & his return to earth to deal with Lex/Zod. Chloe survived, hiding in the Daily Planet with teenaged Jimmy Olsen she'd helped escape the rioting. The first part ended with Clark leaving to restore the Fortress and start his training - his battle with Zod had been difficult (and the effects were fantastic!) and left Clark with a definite sense of purpose about his future. He tells Chloe not to wait for him & then lays one hell of a kiss on her - not the least bit fair!
Anyway, part two opens 5 years later. Chloe's worked her way up the ladder at the Daily Planet (also during the opening sequence we see a shot of Martha on TV at press conference with Lois as her head of staff). Clark arrives at the Planet for an interview with Perry White (a very funny scene - he still suspects something is up with Clark). Anyway a lot has changed - Chloe's pretty hard on Clark, she's still not happy with the way he up & left; young Jimmy Olsen has just joined the staff as a photographer & has a hopeless crush on Chloe; Lex & Lana are married (BTW - Kristin Kreuk is a revelation as Mrs Luthor - she has a very Lady Macbeth feel about her). So the basic storyline is Clark developing his Superman persona - he actually attempts to hide it from Chloe at first but she's onto him pretty quickly - and stopping Lex from his nefarious doings. Oh, and the final scene - amazing. Let's just say it involves Chloe, Clark in his suit, the Daily Planet rooftop & oh, yeah, flying.
So, I thought I'd put together a bonus disk for Chlark with the mini-series in mind.
download the whole album
01. Fantasize Liz Phair
I hear people are talking about us / And I just have to say / I lie awake every night / Thinking about you, I fantasize
02. Scared Albert Hammond Jr.
I'm here if you're scared to go through / Anything just reach out in front of you, always / Won't you stay near / So close we played it as if we cared / Don't stop now that we're almost there, anyway / Oh i'm here for you
03. I See You, You See Me The Magic Numbers
You always looked like you had something else on your mind / But when I try to tell you, you'd tell me never mind / But darling when I see you, you see me / I wanna tell you that I'll never love anyone else / You wanna tell me that you're better off by yourself / But darling when I see you, you see me
04. Baby Blue Martina Topley Bird
Just one brief glance was all that I needed to / Believe that you might feel what I feel for you / In the night I wake up after breathing / No peace, you're calling to me in my dreaming /Baby Blue / I don't know what to do when you call to me / Baby Blue / I never really knew I belonged to you
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to affix a little more tinfoil to my hat.
Hunting For Mysteries
download the whole album
Season One
01. Goat Girl Tanya Donelly
I park my heart in your driveway / And now I'm healing hell / I wanted a lion but I ended up with a man / Who wanted a gazelle / But I am a goat girl
02. Cover Me Björk
While I crawl into the unknown / cover me / I'm going hunting for mysteries / cover me / I'm going to prove the impossible really exists
03. Baobabs Regina Spektor
You have tamed me / Now you must take me / How am I supposed to be / I don't have my thorns now / But I feel them sprouting / They'll grow right through if I don't watch them / They'll grow right through even if I watch them
Season Two
04. Only Love Can Break Your Heart Neil Young
But only love / can break your heart / Try to be sure / right from the start / Yes only love / can break your heart / What if your world / should fall apart?
05. Little Girl Blue Nina Simone
Sit there and count the raindrops / Falling on you / It's time you knew / All you can ever count on / Are the raindrops / That fall on little girl blue
06. Unattainable Little Joy
If only songs we're sung / To guide the doubtful ones / Beyond the rough / where not as much is good enough / Oh if you find yourself / for once a lonely one / I'll be waiting here with open arms
07. Where's My Love Magical Mix CAROLINE
(instrumental)
08. Transformer Smashing Pumpkins
And she's tired / And she's sick of the same old shit / It's just more of the same old same / I know she wants more and more and more to witness / To lay down and bear true
Season Three
09. Wicked Little Town (Hedwig's Version) Hedwig & the Angry Inch
The fates are vicious and they're cruel / You learn too late you've used two wishes / like a fool / and then you're someone you are not / and Junction City ain't the spot / remember Mrs. Lot / and when she turned around
10. Show Me Forgiveness Björk
Show me forgiveness / for having lost faith in myself / and let my own interior up / to inferior forces / the shame is endless / but if soon start forgiveness / the girl might live
Season Four
11. Landslide Fleetwood Mac
Well, I've been afraid of changing / Cause I've built my life around you / But time makes you bolder / Children get older / I'm getting older too
Season Five
12. I'll Be Around Lisa Ekdahl
I keep secrets like they're treasures / In the chambers of my heart / The treasure house I'm using / Is the four rooms of my heart / I keep secrets like they're treasures / What you give I keep with mine / I hold you close to me in trust that / I'll be alright, I will be fine
13. Move On Up Curtis Mayfield
Just move on up / and keep on wishing / Remember your dreams / are your only schemes / So keep on pushing
Now, a couple of months after season 5 ended, they aired a two-part mini-series. I was stunned to find no one else on my flist had seen it. It was amazing. The first part covered Clark's escape from the Phantom Zone & his return to earth to deal with Lex/Zod. Chloe survived, hiding in the Daily Planet with teenaged Jimmy Olsen she'd helped escape the rioting. The first part ended with Clark leaving to restore the Fortress and start his training - his battle with Zod had been difficult (and the effects were fantastic!) and left Clark with a definite sense of purpose about his future. He tells Chloe not to wait for him & then lays one hell of a kiss on her - not the least bit fair!
Anyway, part two opens 5 years later. Chloe's worked her way up the ladder at the Daily Planet (also during the opening sequence we see a shot of Martha on TV at press conference with Lois as her head of staff). Clark arrives at the Planet for an interview with Perry White (a very funny scene - he still suspects something is up with Clark). Anyway a lot has changed - Chloe's pretty hard on Clark, she's still not happy with the way he up & left; young Jimmy Olsen has just joined the staff as a photographer & has a hopeless crush on Chloe; Lex & Lana are married (BTW - Kristin Kreuk is a revelation as Mrs Luthor - she has a very Lady Macbeth feel about her). So the basic storyline is Clark developing his Superman persona - he actually attempts to hide it from Chloe at first but she's onto him pretty quickly - and stopping Lex from his nefarious doings. Oh, and the final scene - amazing. Let's just say it involves Chloe, Clark in his suit, the Daily Planet rooftop & oh, yeah, flying.
So, I thought I'd put together a bonus disk for Chlark with the mini-series in mind.
download the whole album
01. Fantasize Liz Phair
I hear people are talking about us / And I just have to say / I lie awake every night / Thinking about you, I fantasize
02. Scared Albert Hammond Jr.
I'm here if you're scared to go through / Anything just reach out in front of you, always / Won't you stay near / So close we played it as if we cared / Don't stop now that we're almost there, anyway / Oh i'm here for you
03. I See You, You See Me The Magic Numbers
You always looked like you had something else on your mind / But when I try to tell you, you'd tell me never mind / But darling when I see you, you see me / I wanna tell you that I'll never love anyone else / You wanna tell me that you're better off by yourself / But darling when I see you, you see me
04. Baby Blue Martina Topley Bird
Just one brief glance was all that I needed to / Believe that you might feel what I feel for you / In the night I wake up after breathing / No peace, you're calling to me in my dreaming /Baby Blue / I don't know what to do when you call to me / Baby Blue / I never really knew I belonged to you
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to affix a little more tinfoil to my hat.