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Suze (suze_y) wrote in qaf_coffeeclub,
@ 2010-08-13 12:13:00

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show and tell

Show and Tell: The Music Edition
Our busy-busy Bunny hasn’t had much time to play lately, and she’s suggested that she could use a little help with keeping the QAF love alive and thriving. To that end, etextraordinary, frantic_quest and I will start posting Show and Tells on Fridays (yes, it really does take three regular fangirls to do a fraction of the work of one Bunny. ;))

♥ ♥ ♥
So on with the showing and telling ...
The music in QAF is one of the greatest things about this show. How often have we watched a scene, not paying much attention to the music in the background at first, only later to realize just how perfectly the lyrics fit the moment? The first time I really noticed was the dozenth or so time I watched the end of 204 and actually paid attention to the lyrics of "Chiquitita" – and ended up in tears.

Since then I've realized there are many, many examples where the music adds so much to the story – and I want to discover them all!

Come play Show and Tell and share some of your favorites!

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opal11
2010-08-14 01:28 am UTC (link)

last week when we had the gala, i marathoned twice 513, and the song at the end when brian and justin are making love, and the song "ambitions" by the doves, is in the background its just so hauntingly beautiful.. i have added it to my ipod, and everytime i hear it now, i choke up or cry.

So ambition cut you down
Aint a love as perfect
Everybody knows it
Something drove you down

Something as good
Something new
Somebody good

There's not a love that's perfect
But I, I live in hope

Somebody good
Somebody new
Something as good
Something that's mine

Ain't a love that's perfect
Everybody knows it
Ambition cuts us down..

when i listen to this song, i see brian with that smile on
his face, looking at justin, very much in love..

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	etextraordinary 2010-08-14 02:16 am UTC (link)
	I really like your description. I didn't know the lyrics to this song until your post, and they really are perfect for this scene! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	opal11 2010-08-14 02:55 am UTC (link)
	like when i told you in 513 marathons why brian didnt return the rings, b/c of the same hope he had in 502... well its this line in the song that really cements that for me.. There's not a love that's perfect But I, I live in hope just perfect.. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	suze_y 2010-08-14 12:20 pm UTC (link)
	when i listen to this song, i see brian with that smile on his face, looking at justin, very much in love. Beautiful! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	opal11 2010-08-14 03:57 pm UTC (link)
	thank you sweety..!!.. i dont want this scene to be bad for me anymore, i want to see them happy, in love, making love not for the last time but for many years to come.. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

suze_y
2010-08-14 09:05 pm UTC (link)

i dont want this scene to be bad for me anymore

Yes, that's exactly how I feel, and reading this helps a lot. I've actually made a point of watching and rewatching this scene with a view to getting to know it and see it without its being muddied by all the negativity I'd read before I first saw it. Honestly, I'm still working at that, and the scene will never be one of my favorites, yet reading takes on it like yours, and Kari's and others' I've met here has gone a long, long way towards helping me feel love and tenderness rather than sadness when seeing it. ♥

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	brianslave68 2010-08-14 02:43 pm UTC (link)
	I also have that song on my ipod and every time it comes on I have to skip to the next song. That song is so painful for me. Yes, I still have 513 issues. (Which is why I didn't participate in the marathons) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	opal11 2010-08-14 03:10 pm UTC (link)
	i did to have 513 issues for the longest time, but i'll tell you (for me) doing the european marathon really helped disolve some of that away.. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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