All The Broken Pieces (Keep Cool, Stay Tough) - Bandom Big Bang Art and Mix

[glitteryv]

The Fanmix





Mix by anoneknewmoose .
Linkage for anyone who prefers streaming.

Here be the playlist:

01 Eric Clapton - Classical Gas
02 Blue October - Into The Ocean
03 B.o.B. ft Hayley Williams - Airplanes (pt 1)
04 Woodkid - Iron
05 Noisettes - Don't Give Up
06 Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
07 Alanis Morissette - Hand in My Pocket
08 Gym Class Heroes - Good Vibrations
09 The Boy Least Likely To - Be Gentle With Me
10 Michael Buble - Fever
11 AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
12 Butterfly Boucher - Life Is Short



NGL, I listened to this mix A LOT. The playlist was as eclectic as I'd hope it'd be. anoneknewmoose did a wonderful job of getting the moods of my story in a way that made me have serious feelings the more I listened to her mix.

The first thing that had me flailing was how the mix followed a mostly-linear (musical) arc in relation to the fic. Some of the songs are introspective and honest while others have that 'fuck off" attitude that Frank had in spades. Two listens in, I began assigning songs to Frank and a few of the characters in this 'verse. So here are some non-spoilery commentary about this wonderful mix. :)



01 Eric Clapton - Classical Gas - A nice bit of guitar instrumental that sets up the mood in a really good way. Like the opening credits of a movie.



02 Blue October - Into The Ocean I want to swim away but don't know how
Sometimes it feels just like I'm fallin' in the ocean

This is Frank once he wakes up at the hospital, feeling ten kinds of upside-down and lost.



03 B.o.B. ft Hayley Williams - Airplanes (pt 1) Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now

Frank and Brian. There's this really cool and introspective/nostalgic vibe mixed in with a cold anger throughout. To me, it was all about Frank sitting in Brian's office and their push-pull during the sessions. It became one of the key songs I'd listen to on repeat whenever I was revising the draft and wanted to focus on Frank's anger and where it was coming from.



04 Woodkid - Iron I'm frozen to the bones, I am
A soldier on my own, I don't know the way
I'm riding up the heights, of shame
I'm waiting for the call, the hand on the chest
I'm ready for the fight, and fate

Frank at the Christie Institute. He's doing what he's got to do even though he's not particularly happy about it.



05 Noisettes - Don't Give Up They tell you that you gotta have a heart of steel
If you want to keep up, can you afford to feel?

Tyler. This is deffo his song down to the rat-at-at beat. He was the one character in the story that totally caught me by surprise because of his optimism mixed in with his smarts and how he became a sort of one-man cheerleading squad for Frank. I truly loved his friendship with Frank.



06 Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Harder
Better
Faster
Stronger

Brendon. I mean, sure this was about Frank too, but I kept thinking about the way Brendon brought Bela into Frank's life.



07 Alanis Morissette - Hand in My Pocket I'm sad but I'm laughing I'm brave but I'm chicken shit
I'm sick but I'm pretty, baby

Frank after he gets home. He's regrouping.



08 Gym Class Heroes - Good Vibrations I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(Good good good good vibrations)
She's giving me the excitations

Frank's first impression of Ray. Yes, I know that the song's narrator is talking about some girl. However, there's no way that Ray wouldn't give Frank "the excitations." >:)



09 The Boy Least Likely To - Be Gentle With Me I'm not as brave as I thought
'Cause my heart gets broken so easily
So just be gentle, be gentle with me

Frank and Ray's first time: the vulnerability and hope, it broke my heart and patched it up every time I listened to it. Also, the "scared of spiders" bit in the song is TOTES fic!Frank. *g*



10 Michael Buble - Fever You give me fever when you kiss me
Fever, when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night

Frank's reaction to Mikeyway...and Mikeyway's attraction to Frank. (OTP, FTW!)



11 AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long Had to cool me down to take another round
Back in the ring to take another swing
The walls start shaking, earth was quaking
My mind was aching, we were making it

This about Ray: what he represents to Frank. It's their song (in a non-romantic way).



12 Butterfly Boucher - Life Is Short Oh I am young but I have a past
Travelled far to find the start
Yes I am scared and I've been burnt
But life is short

Frank at the end of the fic. It's an optimistic song that's not overtly sappy. The lyrics for this song pinged me hard because they represented, to me, the exact place where Frank was at in his mind, heart and body. ^_^

Comments

[anoneknewmoose]

:D :D :D I am so so glad you liked the mix! I really wanted to represent the emotional arc of the great story, because this is a fic with FEELINGS and some heavy duty stuff, and I'm pleased that showed. ♥

[glitteryv]

Your mix really became THE PERFECT SOUNDTRACK for my fic. Will be doing some flappy hands now. :D!