Rather than "Closing Time", I'd go with "The Future" if only for the chorus of:

Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
has crossed the threshold
and it has overturned
the order of the soul
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant

I wouldn't go with the Future, but that's just based on hours spent on lyrics interpretation leading me to conclude that it doesn't suit the mood quite right.

Man, I really should have done a contract just on Cohen while I was at TESC. That would have rocked.

I wouldn't go with the Future, but that's just based on hours spent on lyrics interpretation leading me to conclude that it doesn't suit the mood quite right.

Well, neither does Closing Time. Just a little too . . . . frivolous, I think.

Also, Cindy, it's Semisonic.

Thanks, P-C. I'd wondered if they'd both done it. I don't think the version I heard yesterday sounds like Green Day, anyhow. But I don't know from Semisonic.

Have also decided, been a HUGE sap, that a Wes/Illyria vid needs to be made to Light as the Breeze.

Oh, if the lyrics that followed the above are LatB, then gah, yes. Can you come visit me for a month? We recently emptied all the boxes that were blocking the guest room.

Gandalfe, the only Cohen I have is lyrics and that's a small bit, and it's all Plei's fault, but I'd say that "The Future" is better suited to a season 4 Connor vid, just based on what you posted here. I haven't heard LC's Closing Time, but don't see frivolity in the lyrics themselves, so much as desperation. Is it the melody that's frivolous to you, or am I missing something in the lyrics?

Well, neither does Closing Time. Just a little too . . . . frivolous, I think.

Dude, there's NOTHING frivolous about Closing Time if you examine the combination of lyrics and music. It's half the way to mournful, with a wry sense of humour about it. Perfect wake song.

It's also less abstract, more personal than The Future. The Future isn't a song that plays well with others. The narrator is separate from the apocalypse, a witness to rather than a participant in.

I haven't heard LC's Closing Time, but don't see frivolity in the lyrics themselves, so much as desperation. Is it the melody that's frivolous to you, or am I missing something in the lyrics?

There's no frivolity in the music, either. E-me, and I'll hook you up.

The Future isn't a song that plays well with others.

See? Season 4 Connor vid then, and I don't know anything about Cohen.

I do want a Hallelujah-B/A vid though now. *cough*

eta...

Plei, which address is best?

insent to c@c, Plei.

Well, not that anyone cares(!) but I always thought this Neil Finn song would be perfect for a Connor/Angel video.

Goodnight, bless you
Let angels possess you
You'll make dreams of another life

Don't think, it's too much
To close your eyes and leave us
In strange places we come undone

And the building blocks
Sometimes have to crash
Not meant to last
Like a mother's love

It's real life, it's all true
You know how I'll miss you
In quiet moments I'll come undone

And the building blocks
Sometimes have to crash
Not meant to last like a mother's love
Sleep comes when all is laid to rest
That's when you'll find what you're looking for

So. one bit of fic that will have to be written to answer one great, unanswered question of the last two episodes:

How the Hell did Angel get Harry Potter's amulet?