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SOUNDTRACK: Attack of the Mary Sues, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
I am about to lose megga cool points right now (assuming I had megga cool points with anyone on my FList). Yes, the dorkalicious Ultimate Mary Sue Soundtrack is ready for its close-up.

Big love to my FList who volunteered for this dangerous duty. I'm pleased to announce that [info]butterflykiki is almost as big of a dork as I am.

Only one song wasn't included among the list of recommendations, and that's [info]marenfic's recommendation for A Beautiful Soul by Jesse McCartney. It was in a format I couldn't play and I couldn't convert it either.

Cheers for [info]bigsciencybrain who's offering up her MP3 of Beautiful Soul. It will be added as a BONUS DOWNLOAD! Both she and [info]marenfic will be credited.

Anyway, all people who recommended songs have the appropriate blame credit given to them.

This is a double-CD, 32-song extravaganza salute to the ULTIMATE MARY SUE! All files are stored as .zip files on YSI. You'll find the appropriate links at the end of each CD's songlist.

This soundtrack has it all! Bad spelling! Incomprehensible plot! Eye bleedingly bad writing. TMI from the author! Inappropriate use of Evanescence! Song fic! Tradjic sekrets! Teh wangst!

Come! Download! Enjoy!











Attack of the Mary Sues, Vol. 1: omygodtheirluvissoliekwhoa

Autohrs' Note: Plz, plz, plz r+r. I wrote thsi during history class and I couldnt wait to get home and post it because my MUse keept bugging me to do it. Let me know if you liek! If I get at lesst 100 reviews on this chapter Ill rite more! off teh story.


Wen Our Hero waikes up hes in a bad mood cuase nothing is going good. Even his hoararore scop is sayin OMG meen things about him. LOL!1!!

1. Your Horrorscope For Today by Weird Al Yankovic
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All Virgos are extremely friendly and intelligent
Except for you
Expect a big surprise today
When you wind up with your head impaled upon a stick




Nobody understainds Our Hero. His parets think hes' a doushebagg and his friends thinks hes such a looser because hes been messing stuff up. So he's a litle angry.

2. Sidekick by Rancid
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My name is Tim I'm a lesser- known character
I had a dream I was a vigilante's side kick
Fighting crime in the streets together




Mary Sues moves in to town and shes rilly reelly shy. She see Our Hero and she can see hes so liek awsum even tho his friends are such LOZERS! But shes' afraid to ask him out becuse shes git a tradgic sekret. OMG I WONDER WHAT IT CAN BEE!!~! XD

3. Along Comes Mary by The Bloodhound Gang
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And then along comes Mary
And does she want to set them free and
Let them see reality
From where she got her name




Our Hero sees Mary Sue across teh cafeteria and her eyes are liek so violet (AN: kind've like a cats' with MAGIC POWERS!) with these gold fleks in them that he falls totaly in love with her because he can see her iner beautiful even from across teh street.

4. Tongue Tied by Danny John-Jules
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When I saw you for the first time (first time)
My knees began to quiver (quiver)
And I got a funny feeling (feeling)
In my kidneys and my liver (digestive system baby)
My hands they started shakin' (shakin')
My heart began a-thumpin' (boom, boom, boom)
My breakfast left my body (huey, huey, huey)




Our Hero and Mary Sue go out on a date and hes taking her to this Fining Never Land and hes friends dont liek her. So his reilly meen ex who dumped him becus she wantid to go out wit hiz rictcheer best friend but doest want Our Hero datin any one else corners Mary Sue in the girls room and tells her that Our Hero iz OMFG what a LOOOSER! (shes such a bitch I ahte her!!!)

5. Angeleyes by Abba
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Look into his angeleyes
One look and you’re hypnotized
He’ll take your heart and you must pay the price
Look into his angeleyes
You’ll think you’re in paradise




All his friends start saing OMFG meen things about Mary Sue becase their jus jelous that hes' dating her and thire not. So at the town talent show he gets up an sings this song to her in front of everyone in public and eveyrthing to show how much he loves her no mater waht. Awwwww.

6. Glory of Love by Peter Cetera
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I am a man who will fight for your honor
I’ll be the hero you’re dreaming of
We’ll live forever
Knowing together that we
Did it all for the glory of love




Our Hero thinks about Mary Sue at night. Not liek taht! Pervs! ;-) :-P XD

7. She's Got A Way by Billy Joel
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She's got a way of pleasin'
I don't know what it is
But there doesn't have to be a reason
Anyway




Our Hero haz one ture friend, his big sister woh cann see how much he love Mary Sue and Mary Sue loves him. So shes going to maek shure it woks out. She takes him clothes shoping and she gets him a haircut. She takes Mary Sue shopping for very very sexy clothes for their big date but in secreet because she wants it to be a big suprise when her cousin pics upp mary Sue.

8. I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred
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I'm too sexy for my shirt too sexy for my shirt
So sexy it hurts
And I'm too sexy for Milan too sexy for Milan
New York and Japan




Our Heero maks small talk with Mary Sue on thier date. Hes sucha dork! But hes soooo cute! XD

9. I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today from Avenue Q (Original Soundtrack)
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I'm not wearing underwear today,
No I'm not wearing underwear today
Not that you probably care
Much about my underwear
Still none the less I gotta say
That I'm not wearing underwear today




Our Hero think about Mary Sue agin. PERVS! ROFLMAO!

10. Whenever You're On My Mind by Marshall Crenshaw
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I think about you and forget what I've tried to be
Everything is foggy and hard to see
It seems to be, but can it be, a fantasy?




Mary Sue is afraid that Our Hero might OMG find out her secret so shes got to leve town befour it cums out and he thinks shes OMG sucha bad person. Our Hero dont no why shes leaving him and hes liek soooo hurt. So his cousin gtives him this reely good advice because shes want him to be happy. (I totally love her! Do you love her? I liek totally made up the sister because liek he reaaly needs a friend and all hiz "real friends" are liek so meen to him. I think he should liek ahve a big sister in real live becaus he needs a somone liek his cosuin who likes him and will halp him.)

11. Fairy Tale by Blue October
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She's a magnetic girl
That I hardly even know.
So this is not another love song.




Mary Sue hops Our Hero dosn't find out her seket so shes hoping he doesn't find oujt. Shes willing to do anything to be with him but shed never be abel to face him if hes find out her secrit!1!!! (OMG WHAT CAN IT BE!!!1!1)

12. Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind by Christine Lavin
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So if you see me in the sushi bar
see me in the mezzanine
see me on a ski slope
looking scared
hey don't feel sorry for me
I must be in love
why in the hell else
would I be there




Even tho evertyhing is falling a part betwin Our Hero and MAry sUe, she still keeps a cheerfull smile on her face becuse she dosen't wnat any one to now her awful secret in her tradgic past. (You have to keep reeding because OMFG its soooo kewl!)

13. Ding Dong by Nellie McKay
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So ding dong
There's the doorbell, hello man in white
He's gonna make you all well
Getcha through the night




Our Heeroe is sooo upset taht Mary sue has forzen him out, he tries out for the high school choir and he getz discovered by the maniger of a new boyband caled Awesome! and he writs a song after he joikns and the band recods it and it gose right to NO. 1. One month after join teh Cool Boyz! He's touring teh world singing the NO. 1 song he totally wrote all bty hiself!

14. Dujour Around the World by Dujour from Josie and the Pussycats (Original Soundtrack)
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Nobody rocks the mic like Dujour
Ride on your motorbike with Dujour
Kickin' it in the Benz with Dujour
Bangin' round the world with
Wish you could
Be friends with Dujour




Ummmm, I just really like this song, OK? So, unh, Mary Sue joins liek a rival girl band and she writes this song. And Our Heroe attends her concert becaus he totally mises her and she says she wrote this song and dedacats it too him evin tho she doesnt now hes in teh adience.

15. Wake Me Up Inside by Evanescence
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Frozen inside without your touch without your love
Darling only you are the life among the dead




After turing teh world with their hit bands oveer Christmass break, Our Heor and MarY sue go back too schol, but tehy caint' talk two each otehr becuaz Mary Sue dedicaited her song to dis guy shes datingb to try and get over Our Hero at tghe Concert Our Hero wen t to, so he dosn't think shes in love with him anymor. Byut Mary Sue still loves him and so she wishes on a star that hel'l rescuu her from her bad relashonship with her new boyfriend.

16. Someday My Prince Will Come from Cinderella (Disney Original Soundtrack)
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Some day my prince will come
Some day I’ll find my love
And how thrilling that moment will be
When the prince of my dreams comes to me



TBC...LOL! OMG! R+R Plz plz pretty plz!~ Ktnx!

Dowload Attack of the Mary Sues, Vol. 1, Songs 1 through 8 and cover art from YSI: [Download ] [Mirror One ] [Mirror Two ] [Mirror Three ] [Mirror Four ]

Dowload Attack of the Mary Sues, Vol. 1, Songs 9 through 16 and track list YSI: [Download ] [Mirror One ] [Mirror Two ] [Mirror Three ] [Mirror Four ]













Attack of the Mary Sues, Vol. 2: omygodthierluvissoawsum

Autohrs' Note: Sory 4 the weight. My computre crahsed an my cat got hit by a peice of satilite from Mir. And my brothre got my best freind pregnant. Tehn my bf broke up with me an called me fatt. Tehn some one meen giave mee a nasti review on the last patr an kiled my MusE ded fer 3 hole moths. Lissen u jerk! YOUR’E JUS JELASS. IM ONLY !3 AN I DO THIS FOR FUNN OK?!?! Jus cuse yor all PERFET u tinhk u cain tel peple hwo too rite? I rite fime! I get Ass in englihs all teh time. Plus, FYI, I got a lot a lot of reily god revews and pelple liek my storie, so its just u OK? You maek peple fele like dirt becuz you caint wright. I want to see waht uve written OK? Ten u cann tel me who to rite. If u dont’ liek it dont red!


So lik Our Hero thikns Mary sUe dont kluv himm no more swo he thinks if hee triez to br perfeckt he ll win her hart.

1. No Myth by Michael Penn
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What if I were Romeo in black jeans
What if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth
Maybe she's just looking for
Someone to dance with




nmAry Sue seez her tru love acting diferant and see al teh girlz liek flirtin g wiht him and stuff. She kno teh like him becuas hes col, butt she wants too protetc himm from thoose BEYOTCHES prentding to lick him. Oh, an her bf is lek soooo jealus because he nknos Mary Sue reely loves Or Horeo.

2. Harbor by Vienna Teng
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All I want is to be your harbor
The light in me
Will guide you home
All I want is to be your harbor




Mary Sue thikns abut Our Hore.

3. Could I Be Your Girl by Jann Arden
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And I am ashes. I am Jesus. I am precious.
Could I be your girl? Could I be your girl?
I am worthless sounds compared to all your perfect words.
Could I be your girl? Could I be your girl?




Mary Sye dose somemore tinking abuot Our Hero.

4. For All Time by Soluna
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You've been the first in my life
Who has ever made me feel this way
And I will not deny
I'm gonna need you right here by my side




Our Hero thinks abotu mAry Se.

5. Forever Your Girl by Paula Abdul
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Baby just remember I gave you my heart
Ain't no one gonna tear us apart
He could promise the moon
And the stars above
Even if you promised me the world
Just remember I'm forever your girl




This is Our Heroes knew gf. Sehs pretendnig too lov him cause off wehn he ws in the boyband New Kids! Soo seh pretendz to love hme an d lek hids her rela personallitty an stuff.

6. Barbie Girl by Aqua
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Make me walk, make me talk, do whatever you please
I can act like a star, I can beg on my knees
Come jump in, be my friend, let us do it again
Hit the town, fool around, let's go party




But Our Hero stil wantz Mary Sue. Not Liek that! PERVS! XD
He relly love her and wants her for fun and romanse an to hang arund with.


7. That Thing You Do by The Wonders from That Thing You Do (Original Soundtrack)
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Well I try and try to forget you girl,
But it's just so hard to do,
Every time you do that thing you do




Our Hero relizes taht joyning a gang was liek a totall mystake an he dumps his gf and leves the gang, but hes got to fite his way out. The hed of teh gang invits Mary Sue to wach the fite and sehs woried hes gonna get kiled ded. BbuT he win and evn tho he dan kil hsi oponant he doen t and spars his leif. (THIS IS SOOOO GOIN TO BEE IMPOTENT SO REMMBRE TIEHS!!~!11!)

8. A Girl Like You by Smithereens
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I'll say anything you want to hear
I'll see everything through
I'll do anything I have to do
Just to win the love of a girl like you, a girl like you




mary Sue watns too brekup wiht her bf, but hed be sad so she dosnt. Ohr Hero is soo jelous becus he thinks shes neve cumming bak to him.

9. Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield
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You know, I wish that I had Jessie's girl
I wish that I had Jessie's girl
Where can I find a woman like that




But Mary Sues bf breks up with her becaus he wants to dat a ritch grl and Mary Sue is rely poor an leivs in a foster hum becaus shes in orfan (HINT HINT! BIG SECRT HNIT!) Our Hero tels Mary Sue teht he stil luv hre an dosen’t caree abut her tradjic passt becus she makes him fel hole! Awwww!

10. Hero by Enrique Iglesias
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I can be you hero baby
I can kiss away the pain
I will stand by you forever
You can take my breath away




Mary Sue and Our Hero is happy!

11. Accidentally In Love by Counting Crows
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Well baby I surrender
To the strawberry ice cream
Never ever end of all this love
Well I didn't mean to do it
But there's no escaping your love




Butt Our Heroes ex gf (A.N.: Not teh lasst 1 but teh one frome teh 1st pat) puts douts in his hed becuz Mary Sue is so ritch and hes lek reelly reely poor an lives in teh bda part of towne. So shes telling himm he cant tak caer of Mary Sue leik she shud.

12. She Ain't the Girl For You by the Kinleys
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I’m the one who understands
It’s me who holds your hand




Our Hero triez to brek upp wiht Mary Sue becuz of wha his JELUS exgf sad and the hav a big fite becus Mary Sue wantz to prov shes knott a gold diger like his exgf siad (A.N.: HATE!!!). But Our Hero relizes taht jus because Mary Sue is ritcher tehn himm dosent meen the caint lov each oteher.

13. Eyeless by Slipknot
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Do you wanna feel pain?
Takin' my name in vain
Caring never felt so lame inside
Anybody else got pride?
Do you wanna take my life?
Maybe I'll reverse my ride




Our Hero tels his exgf waht he tinks off her and her LIES~! (Im sooo glad he did tiehs. I didnt sea this cuming until my Muse wispered it in my earr. I wsa sooo hapy wehn I rote this becuse I HATE HER!)

14. I Hate You by Scott Henderson
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Darling you ruined my life
So I hate you and I always will
Darling you ruined my life
So I hate you and I always will




Our Hero and Mary Sey relise teh realy reely love each oteher.

15. The More You Ruv Someone from Avenue Q (Original Soundtrack)
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The more you love someone,
The more he make you crazy.
The more you love someone,
The more you wishing him dead!




Mary Sue and Our Heor runn away to vegAs an get married and liv happy evah aftar wit Our Heros pet dug Rovre.

16. Just Another Stupid Lovesong by Amiel
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Have you ever
Wondered why it is we fall in love?
Can you tell me?
Do you know what it is you're looking for?
What do we need?
Can you tell me why I care?
How is it that we heed that voice that says
I want you there?




The END! R+R Plz plz pretty plz!~ Iff u liek I t Im got a sequal Ive workin g onn and wil posst it next weake but oly iff I get 100 reviws for tis storye. Ktnx!



Dowload Attack of the Mary Sues, Vol. 2, Songs 1 through 8 and cover art from YSI: [Download ] [Mirror One ] [Mirror Two ] [Mirror Three ] [Mirror Four ]


Bonus Download: [Beautiful Soul by Jesse McCartney ], recommended by [info]marenfic and file provided by [info]bigsciencybrain. [Mirror 1 ] [ Mirror 2 ] [ Mirror 3 ] [ Mirror 4 ]


Dowload Attack of the Mary Sues, Vol. 2, Songs 9 through 16 and track list from YSI: [Download ] [Mirror One ] [Mirror Two ] [Mirror Three ] [Mirror Four ]



Cross-posted to: fandomsounds, [info]fanmix, and [info]themedmix


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[info]bigsciencybrain
2005-03-31 01:51 am UTC (link)
Do you want that Jesse McCartney song? Cause I kinda have it...*turns red*

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[info]liz_marcs
2005-03-31 01:53 am UTC (link)
YAY! I'll add it as a bonus download!

Thank you!

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[info]bigsciencybrain
2005-03-31 02:03 am UTC (link)
http://s21.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=16BC5X4G34JFS1EQV5D10P95L1

LMAO, btw...:) Even if I do happen to have waaaay too many of these on my playlist.

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[info]liz_marcs
2005-03-31 03:34 am UTC (link)
Notice the majority of songs came from *my* collection?

weshallnnotspeakofitagain

And thank you for the last-minute pinch-hit!

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[info]singer_d
2005-03-31 11:11 pm UTC (link)
Can you refresh "Beautiful Soul"? It's no longer available. Thanks.

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[info]liz_marcs
2005-03-31 11:37 pm UTC (link)
Refreshed in four mirror downloads.

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[info]singer_d
2005-03-31 11:57 pm UTC (link)
Thanks! I'm looking forward to listening to all of these over the weekend.

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[info]humbleminion
2005-03-31 02:14 am UTC (link)
I get Ass in englihs all teh time.

*snerk*

I was going to nominate Survivor - Eye of the Tiger as the Gary Stu theme, but yousendit was not cooperative, unfortunately.

Oh well, perhaps it will make it for the sequel (you just KNOW there's going to be one, after all...)

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[info]liz_marcs
2005-03-31 03:25 am UTC (link)
O noes! U do the sequel.

Heh.

Seriously though, I don't think I could pull off something like this again.

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[info]humbleminion
2005-03-31 06:50 am UTC (link)
Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny... </yoda>

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[info]bastardsnow
2005-03-31 02:32 am UTC (link)
Really, the questions I have are "Did writing this make your brain hurt? And has your spelling suffered as a result of this?"

Because good god. It's just perfectly executed utter *crap*. Which is an odd sentence to write, but it can't be any odder than, for instance "The hed of teh gang invits Mary Sue to wach the fite and sehs woried hes gonna get kiled ded. BbuT he win and evn tho he dan kil hsi oponant he doen t and spars his leif."

This is the worst thing you've ever written. Bravo.

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[info]liz_marcs
2005-03-31 02:38 am UTC (link)
Thank you!

And yes! My speling did totaly sufer.

Do you know what it's like writing an education module for pharmaceuticals and to sudden realize that you're spelling 'the' as 'teh'?

Don't ask. Just don't ask dude.

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[info]jetpack_monkey
2005-03-31 03:10 am UTC (link)
I feel dirty. Thank you.

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[info]liz_marcs
2005-03-31 03:25 am UTC (link)
FB on one of the other LJs voiced specific love for DuJour.

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[info]jetpack_monkey
2005-03-31 03:37 am UTC (link)
DuJour means family! DuJour means friendship!

I have a sick, sick love for that movie.

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[info]liz_marcs
2005-03-31 03:52 am UTC (link)
I have a sick, sick love for the soundtrack. :-)

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[info]moooleeesssaaa
2005-03-31 07:15 am UTC (link)
i have the soundtrack on my list of things to get. i weep for us all.

i just wanted to say that this is mad scary to read. what if all the other writers who look up to you start writing like this?! don't go to the dark side! step away from the preteen OMG plot!

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[info]jedi_penguin
2005-03-31 03:27 am UTC (link)
"I'm Too Sexy!" Right Said Fred! THAT is what my life has been missing! I've been wondering for years, and now I know. Off to download, with profound gratitude.

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[info]liz_marcs
2005-03-31 03:31 am UTC (link)
It's only the meerest coincidence that I noticed you pimping your BAD!FIC Challenge today.

Heeee!

We must subport each othr in teh badfic cumunity.

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[info]timeofchange
2005-03-31 03:28 am UTC (link)
I genuflect at the alter of your brilliant badness.

And, Christine Lavin? Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind is one of my favorites of all time. Hee.

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[info]liz_marcs
2005-03-31 03:33 am UTC (link)
Thank [info]singer_d for that one. I didn't have this song in my collection.

Although now I do. Heh.

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[info]skipp_of_ark
2005-03-31 03:41 am UTC (link)
Mary Sue thikns abut Our Hore.

Really, that just says it all. BONUS: If you pronounce it out loud phonetically, you wonder if maybe Mary Sue's deep dark secret is something else altogether. Can Our Hore deal with the luv of his life being hermafra..hermosital...having a teeny weeny? :)

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[info]liz_marcs
2005-03-31 03:49 am UTC (link)
HEEEEEE!

I was actually thinking that when I wrote it. The fact you picked up on it is...um...frightening.

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[info]butterflykiki
2005-03-31 03:50 am UTC (link)
DEWD!~ OMG!! U Rool, Jewel!! Thta wuz SO AWSUM!!!!1!1!!

*snickering madly*

*bows at mention of dorkiness*
*Falls over* *splat*

Mary Sue thikns abut Our Hore.

*speaking look* *look says, OMG! We've got a Hore!*

Our Hero tels Mary Sue teht he stil luv hre an dosen’t caree abut her tradjic passt becus she makes him fel hole! Awwww!

*far too much giggling to be believed* If you're !3, I must be 12!

God, I gotta download this when I get home... Thank you for the chortling silliness, Liz!

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[info]liz_marcs
2005-03-31 04:19 am UTC (link)
Your contributions were brilliant!

Not a lot of FB indicates that they know what Avenue Q is, but when they hear it in the mix, I suspect there'll be a lot of ROTFL.

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[info]thirdgorchbro
2005-03-31 04:01 am UTC (link)
I wish I used to get Ass in English all the time.

This is so disturbingly brilliant. I loev it OMFG!!!1!

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[info]liz_marcs
2005-03-31 04:18 am UTC (link)
*Heee!*

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(Anonymous)
2005-03-31 05:04 am UTC (link)
Yus besdest wurk evah... Yus rulz, hahdkoh. :)

Seriously, it was like something written by the Bizarro-Superman, if he were a fan-fic writer. Made my head hurt. Thus, you accomplished your goal.

DCBanacek

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[info]liz_marcs
2005-03-31 05:37 am UTC (link)
My eyes are still bleeding from what I wrote, so, yeah. I feel your pain.

Heee! I've been compared to Bizarro-Superman!

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In the third one...
[info]aceliwen
2005-03-31 04:57 am UTC (link)
...someone needs to use "My Best Friend's Girl." That way, Mary Sue can date OUR HERO's best friend...which is his sister.

Okay, so they're married. Does that stop the course of hot lesbian action? I think not.

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Re: In the third one...
[info]liz_marcs
2005-03-31 05:37 am UTC (link)
omygaawdthatssointhesequal...

Which you can write. Heee!

It would be kind of fun to see someone else do a project like this.

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Re: In the third one...
[info]aceliwen
2005-03-31 05:58 am UTC (link)
Oh no. No, no. Ask Mark and Drake. I am the idea woman. I can't do the writing thing.

But I am pleased that you like it.

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Re: In the third one...
[info]bastardsnow
2005-03-31 06:02 am UTC (link)
Don't you go dragging me into this. I've got enough to write on my own.

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Re: In the third one...
[info]aceliwen
2005-03-31 06:12 am UTC (link)
I wasn't! Besides, you still owe me Fear and Loathing at Hogwarts.

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Re: In the third one...
[info]bastardsnow
2005-03-31 06:18 am UTC (link)
I don't write HP fic, i've told you this a dozen times, Sal.

Now as to whether or not I owe you Fear and Loathing in Sunnydale... that's a different matter.

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(Anonymous)
2005-03-31 05:12 am UTC (link)
Um, some of these are great songs. Really.

1. "Whenever You're On My Mind" by Marshall Crenshaw is one of my favorite songs in the world. The first time I heard it, I couldn't get the hook out of my head for literally months. J. D. Considine, the former music critic for The Baltimore Sun who also wrote infamously snarky album reviews for the late, lamented Musician magazine, called it one of the best love songs ever written because it:
A. never mentions the word "love" (In a perfect example of "show, don't tell," Crenshaw describes how this girl makes him feel--"Set my watch and still lose track of time"--instead of telling us how much he loves her.)
B. is up-tempo
C. has an incredible hook.

"Whenever You're On My Mind" dates back to 1983, but Crenshaw continues to produce great albums year after year. He also puts on a terrific live show.

2. "That Thing You Do" from the movie of the same name--which is a very smart and sweet film, beloved by musicians and music critics who know way too many Jimmys--was written by Adam Schlesinger, best known now as half of the fabulous Fountains of Wayne. Unlike most songs written for films, this one stands on its own.

Come to think of it, Fountains of Wayne's "Prom Theme" would be a good addition to this list because Mary Sue would never get that it's Ironic with a capital I.

3. "A Girl Like You" by the Smithereens--a great song from a great album ("11") named after a line from one of the all-time great rock movies. The Smithereens want to write songs like the Beatles but play them like the Stones, and sometimes they come awfully close.

4. "No Myth" by Michael Penn (yes, he's Sean's brother) is the one hit by a guy who doesn't deserve to be a one-hit wonder or known as "That Guy Married to Aimee Mann." He and Mann often do shows together, which are very fun and witty, and he holds his own quite nicely.

Of course, some of the songs on the list are execrable. Am I the only person who loathes Evanescence with a passion formerly reserved for 4 Non-Blondes? Makes my skin crawl just to think about listening to either one of them.
--BaileyTC

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[info]liz_marcs
2005-03-31 05:35 am UTC (link)
You're talking to a huuuuuuge Marshall Crenshaw fan. I own just about every album he's put out and including one that was only distributed to radio DJs. And I adore Whenever. Next to Someday Somewhere it's the perfect popsong package. The song just makes me *happy.* So, really, you don't have to defend ol' Marsh to me.

And yes, he does put on a great live show. ;-)

All of the other items you cite I do agree with 100%. *grins*

While the presentation itself is a joke, the music was never meant to be a joke. I was looking for a fun, somewhat popish, light-hearted soundtrack and that's what people volunteered and that's what I dug out of my collection. In fact, all the artists you cite come from my own collection. And yeah, with you on Evanescence, btw.

I didn't want a completely throw-away mix (why do all that work for a CD set no one's going to download?). The reason why I've been dealing with insanely positive FB all night from the LJs where this has been cross-posted is because most of the songs are actually witty and interesting and people really do want the music.

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[info]liz_marcs
2005-03-31 05:40 am UTC (link)
ETA: I did not know that about 'That Thing You Do,' so that's mega interesting. Thanks for telling me that.

I adore the soundtrack, too. Actually, the presentation of the CD itself is a lot of fun. It really does look like a retrospective of a one hit wonder band.

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(Anonymous)
2005-03-31 06:17 am UTC (link)
I know you've got way cool musical taste, just by looking at the songs you've posted with "Water Hold Me Down." :) So I was pretty sure you liked most of the songs you picked. My post was inspired more by the comments I saw that mentioned being "embarrassed" at owning a number of the songs. Peter Cetera, God yes. MC, no way.

The whole backstory on "That Thing You Do" is fascinating. I've done freelance music writing on and off over the years, and when I interviewed Don Dixon (R.E.M. producer and great songwriter) in '95, he mentioned this movie that would be coming out from Tom Hanks with a fantastic faux-'60s, Beatle-esque soundtrack. Apparently, pretty much every decent power-pop songwriter was invited to submit a song called "That Thing You Do," and Hanks and the producers picked the one they thought would work the best: It had to stand up to being played over and over and over and over without irritating the living crap out of the audience. The runners-up were rumored to be awesome, written by the likes of Mitch Easter, Velvet Crush, Dixon and wife Marti Jones, etc., and worthy of an album on their own. I need to get the DVD to see if it has a section on the rejects.

Another great faux-'60s movie soundtrack is "Grace of My Heart," which has one of the great songs of the 1990s in Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach's "God Give Me Strength," plus new songs by Gerry Goffin, Joni Mitchell, and David Baerwald. Who knew Elvis Costello could write a killer Motown girl-group song like "Unwanted Number"?

Anyway, thanks for the fun soundtrack, and I'm looking forward to a Mary Sue fic worth reading.
--BaileyTC

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[info]booster17
2005-03-31 10:41 am UTC (link)
My eyes are still bleeding.

And between you and [info]empressvesica I'm gonna have to look into Avenue Q.

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(Anonymous)
2005-03-31 01:50 pm UTC (link)
Huh. I don't get it. I've apparently missed out on a lot of good mocking opportunities by not reading songfic.

I like Evanescence. She's popular and plush, not anorexic, which to me is a pretty amazing thing in today's world. Smithereens rock as well, for other reasons.

No Air Supply? No Journey? No Cutting Crew? No Ace of Bass? No The Smiths / Girlfriend in a Coma? Heh. I was expecting some OMD, Cure, Depressed Mode or ABC, at least. At least Abba was represented. :)

Unless it was a Spuffy Mary-Sue, in which case I would expect lots of wildly inappropriate Ramones and Sex Pistols misused by people too young to have seen Rock & Roll High School in the theatre... [Grumbles about whippersnappers with no respect and reaches for cane.]

Set

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Too much
(Anonymous)
2005-04-01 09:18 am UTC (link)
This is seriously scary.

I fear for your sanity.

I read the whole thing. Should I worry about mine too?

Karl Stahl

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[info]waleli
2005-04-03 04:27 pm UTC (link)
I must say...Evanescence is my favorite band. Which brings me to something the I don't think you realized LIZ. The song by Evanescence that you have on the soundtrack is NOT called "Wake me up inside" it's called "Bring Me to Life" Not that it's major..just pointing it out. The soundtracks are TOTALLY awesome!!!!! I downloaded both and now I drive my fiance and roomie bonkers!!!

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