Songs that remind you of the Animorphs

[lusimeles.livejournal.com]

I was re-organizing my iTunes today and ended up discovering (or rediscovering) a few songs in the process, some of which really reminded me of the relationships in this series. At first I was thinking of making a fanmix, but idk, I guess my laziness took over so I'm here instead posting about songs!

Amy Cook - Feathers To A Crown
feather falls
bird is caught
inside of these four walls
hey my love
why don't we
tear the house down

sleep with the sky
the moontower reflected in your eyes
take those bad dreams
and burn them to the ground

these are
hard times for dreamers
we are just
pennies in a wishing well
but we ain't gonna bite
we ain't gonna sell

baby don't you worry
cause the cannonballs will fly
but we've got a cavalry of birds
to pluck them from the sky

she's the sight to see
the patron saint of mediocrity
and there are many
who follow her ways

but i will not let them get you down
there are still those who would choose
feathers to a crown
and may her fire guide you
all of your days

I couldn't find these anywhere online, so I had to transcribe them myself. I got a real shock listening to this song because it seriously reminded me of the Rachel/Tobias dynamic - bird metaphors and all! If you guys give the song a listen (or heck, even skim over these lyrics), I think y'all may see/hear what I do - every line seems to fit in perfectly, and that's pretty rare IMO. "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls also reminds me of T/R (I think they dance to it in one book or something), but the song is famous enough that I doubt I have to upload it for you guys :p

OTOH, Alanis Morisette's Simple Together reminded me of Jake/Cassie. Click for lyrics. I guess it'd be a Cassie-to-Jake song, but the whole thing made of think of how right for each other they seemed in the beginning (and how everybody assumed they would just fall in love and have a no-drama relationship), and how they fell apart in the end. It's a really sad and pretty song, too.

And "Discovery Channel" by The Bloodhound Gang ("baby you and me we ain't nothing but mammals so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel" - yes, *that* song) has always made me think of Marco and his "womanizing", haha :p I'm probably not giving much credit to the depth and wit of his character, but I think this works in a hilarious, ironic kinda way. I don't have the song (otherwise I'd upload it for you) but you can find it easily on Youtube.

There are more songs, but I think I'll let somebody else take up the discussion now.

So what do you guys think? Do the songs above make sense? Are there any songs that have always reminded you of a character/pairing/group/whatever in this series?

Comments

[senri.livejournal.com]

Would you believe I've been thinking about this for the past few days? Lol. Also with idle thoughts of making an FST, which will never happen.

Parts of The Verve Pipe's "The Freshman" really remind me of Animorphs, especially the chorus. "For the life of me I cannot remember / What made us think that we were wise and / We'd never compromise / For the life of me I cannot believe / We'd ever die for these sins / We were merely freshmen". Just the sense of lost innocence and hard-won maturity. I'm not sure if I associate it with any particular character. Maybe Jake, near the end of things, when he's kind of falling apart.

I listen to a lot of Radiohead too, and I've heard a couple of songs that particularly make me think of Animorphs. Namely "The Bends" and "You and Whose Army?".

"You and Whose Army?" is kind of a whole-group-against the world song. "Come on, come on / You think you can drive me crazy / Come on, come on / You and whose army?". It's just a very ghostly, haunting, ringing song.

"The Bends" is kind of a Cassie song. Maybe. Or a Tobias song, or a song that could describe the feelings of any Animorph at some point. "I need to wash myself again to hide all the dirt and pain / 'cause I'd be scared that there's nothing underneath / And who are my real friends? / Have they all got the bends? / Am I really sinking this low?" The first two lines strongly remind me of Tobias, the last one of Cassie.

And then there's a Patty Larkin song, "All that Innocence", that really reminds me of the group. "All those high speed rides / We survived again / All those best laid plans / We'll leave to mice and men" - and lines like "You're standing at the gates of hell / There's nowhere else to go". It's actually kind of a gentle-sounding and beautiful song. You can actually listen to it here (http://www.pattylarkin.com/discography/luck.html), I think. Or a sample of it, at least.

[julygreen.livejournal.com]

The Bends! That's a good pick. I could see an excellent Animorphs montage to some Kid A-era songs, too.