"Two Cripples Dancing" - a Brian/Justin Fanmix (Queer As Folk)

[flowrs4ophelia]

This plus two other QaF fanmixes I plan to post have been in the works for a long time, as I've been assembling a playlist of songs for them almost since the very start of my addiction to watching the show on DVD. This one is quite a mixed bag of different genres and has song selections ranging from the kind of tongue-in-cheek and almost crackmix-worthy to the potentially very depressing. It starts out with more fun and happy-sounding songs and then gets into more serious ones, which I think really fits the gradual maturing of Brian and Justin's relationship. I can't believe how long it ended up being (and there were even some more songs I decided not to use), with a total play time of over an hour. But since it sort of chronicles the story of B/J from the beginning to the end, it's the kind of mix meant to be listened to in order all the way through, which I hope some of you will try :).









01.
I Don't Love Anyone . Belle and Sebastian



"I don't believe in love. I believe in fucking. You get in and out with a maximum of pleasure and a minimum of bullshit."
Brian - 102

I don't love anyone
You're not listening
You're playing with something
You're playing with yourself
If there's one thing that I learned
When I was still a child
It's to take a hiding
If there's one thing that I learned
When I was still at school
It's to be alone
I met a man today
And he told me something pretty strange
He said "The world is as soft as lace"
But I don't love anyone

complete lyrics | download


02.
The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get . Morrissey



"You can't push me away. I'm onto you."
Justin - 112

The more you ignore me
The closer I get
You're wasting your time
I will be in the bar
With my head on the bar
I am now a central part
Of your mind's landscape
Whether you care or do not
Yeah, I've made up your mind
When you sleep I will creep
Into your thoughts like a bad debt
That you can't pay
Take the easy way and give in
And let me in

complete lyrics | download


03.
Magic Man . Heart



"I just saw the face of God. His name is Brian Kinney."
Justin - 101

Cold late night so long ago
One man came to me
Never seen eyes so blue
You know I could not run away
It seemed we'd seen each other in a dream
"Come on home, girl" he said with a smile
"You don't have to love me and
Let's get high awhile"
Summer lover passed to fall
Tried to realize it all
Mama says she's worried
Growing up in a hurry
But try to understand, try to understand
He's a magic man

complete lyrics | download


04.
Don't Tell Me . Madonna



"Love is something straight people tell themselves they're in so they can get laid, and
then they end up getting hurt because the whole thing was based on lies in the first place."
Brian - 102

Tell the rain not to drop
Tell the wind not to blow
Tell the sun not to shine
Not to get up this time
Tell me love isn't true
It's just something that we do
Please don't tell me to stop
Tell the leaves not to turn
Take the black off a crow
But don't tell me I have to go

complete lyrics | download


05.
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps . Cake



"You so care about me. You love me so much."
Justin - 116

You won't admit you love me
And so, how am I ever
To know?
You only tell me
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps
If you can't make your mind up
We'll never get started
And I don't wanna wind up
Being parted, broken hearted
So if you really love me
Say yes
And please don't tell me
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps

complete lyrics | download


06.
Summerbreeze . Emiliana Torrini



"I'm killing you with kindness. It's proven to be a highly effective technique."
Justin - 117

It might have been a while
Since you've been loved
By one who really loves you
It might have been a while
Since you could trust
That someone really cares
Summerbreeze is blowing through your window
And summerbreeze is blowing through your hair
And something in your eyes that you cannot disguise
Don't tell me it ain't there
Something in your eyes that took me by surprise
Don't tell me that it ain't there

complete lyrics | download


07.
Maps . The Yeah Yeah Yeahs



"When are you going to figure out that Justin really loves you, even if he's young? You think you'll find that on Madison Avenue?"
Lindsay - 121

Pack up
I'm straight
Enough
Made off
Don't stray
My kind's your kind
I'll stay the same
Oh, say say say
Oh, say say say
Wait
They don't love you like I love you
Wait
They don't love you like I love you

complete lyrics | download


08.
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) . Julie London



"I want a boyfriend who only wants to be with me."
Justin - 217

Never treats me sweet and gentle
The way he should
I got it bad, and that ain't good
My poor heart is sentimental
Not made of wood
He don't love me like I love him
Nobody could
Lord above me, make him love me
The way he should
'Cause I got it bad, and that ain't good

complete lyrics | download


09.
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? (Rae and Christian Remix) . Dinah Washington



"What if he was seeing someone else?"
Michael - 219

I got a man who's always late
Every time we have a date
But I love him, yes I love him
I'm gonna walk up to his gate
See if I can get this thing straight
Say is you is or is you ain't my baby?
The way you're acting lately makes me doubt
I guess my baby's found somebody new
Is my baby still my baby true?
Maybe baby's found somebody new

(lyrics unavailable) | download


10.
Stay Don't Go . Spoon



"If you had any fucking brains at all you never would have let me leave. You would have told me that you loved me."
Justin - 308

Keep believing the things that you tell yourself
Everyone needs something they can tell themselves
To hold on to 'cause after all of it's said
And done well you know
Confession is
Stay don't go
Sometimes telling the truth is the best way out
And it's the wrong words that make you prick up your ears
When later alone
Confession is
Stay don't go
Ooh let's stay, don't go

complete lyrics | download


11.
Bird Stealing Bread . Iron and Wine



"Poor Brian must be sequestered away, devastated, disgraced, broken, humiliated..."
Ted - 301

Tell me, baby, tell me
Does his company make
Light of a rainy day?
How I've missed you lately
And the way we would speak
And all that we wouldn't say
Do his hands in your hair feel a lot
Like a thing you believe in
Or a bit like a bird stealing bread
Out from under your nose?

complete lyrics | download


12.
All Is Full Of Love . Death Cab For Cutie



"Real love, when it comes along, doesn't look anything like you expect."
Debbie - 208

You'll be given love
You'll be taken care of
You'll be given love
You have to trust it
Twist your head around
It's all around you
All is full of love
You just ain't receiving
Your phone is off the hook
Your doors are all shut
All is full of love
All around you

complete lyrics | download


13.
Take Ecstasy With Me . The Magnetic Fields



"I don't do dates."
Brian - 113

You stuttered like a kaleidoscope
Cause you knew too many words
You had a black snowmobile
We drove out under the northern lights
A vodka bottle gave you those raccoon eyes
We got beat up just for holding hands
Take ecstasy with me
Take ecstasy with me, baby

complete lyrics | download


14.
Walking After You . The Foo Fighters



"As soon as life returns to normal, so will you."
"Not without you."
Brian + Justin - 511

Tonight I'm tangled in my blanket of clouds
Dreaming aloud
Things just won't do without you, matter of fact
I'm on your back
If you walk out on me, I'm walking after you
If you'd accept surrender, I'll give up some more
I cannot be without you, matter of fact
I'm on your back
If you walk out on me, I'm walking after you
Another heart is cracked in two
I'm on your back

complete lyrics | download


15.
Stronger . Lamb



"Whether we see each other next weekend, next month, or never again, it doesn't matter. It's only time."
Brian - 513

Darkness abounds
Heaviness weighs my heart
Round and round and round
We're gonna have to be apart
Without this love, where will I be?
Without this love, where will I be?
Gonna have to be
Stronger than I've ever been
Don't know how to be without you
Without this love, where will I be?

complete lyrics | download


16.
I Know We Could Be So Happy Baby (If We Wanted To Be) . Jeff Buckley



"I don't want to live with someone who sacrificed their life and called it love to be with me."
Brian - 513

I'm hoping that I'll catch you in the throws
Of one last look at the joy that we've become
But there's no easy answer, none to blame or forgive
We were two cripples dancing, to the bitter end we live
I'm not with you, but of you
Not with you, but of you
Oh, God, I love you
And all the past we once knew
Whatever else it comes to
I know we could be so happy, baby
If we wanted to be
We had a birthplace in common
But separate beds and lives
I know we could be so happy, baby
If we wanted to be

complete lyrics | download


17.
Pale September . Fiona Apple



"Despite your efforts to never let another heart touch yours - and that's assuming, of course, that you have one - this little,
persistent kid has somehow gotten in under the wire. And that's what's happened, isn't it? Admit the truth. You love him."
Debbie - 206

The autumn days swung soft around me
Like cotton on my skin
But as the embers of the summer
Lost their breath and disappeared
My heart went cold and only hollow rhythms
Resounded from within
But then he rose, brilliant as the moon in full
And sank in the burrows of my keep
And all my armor falling down
In a pile at my feet
All my winter giving way to warm
'Cause I'm singing him to sleep

complete lyrics | download



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Comments

[deutschrockgirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks for Cake and Lamb :)

[dance-on-tables.livejournal.com]

Ah, wow - I'd love to download this but I can only have music in mp3/wma format (I know, how ancient is my computer? lol)

Looks great though :D

[liar-xx.livejournal.com]

I have the same problem (though in my case it's not an old computer, it's just the lack of a program that recognises those files).

However, the other day I found a free bit of software called Switch (I can't remember where off the top of my head, but you should be able to find a download with google) that lets you convert .m4a files into .mp3 ones (or whatever) pretty easily and quickly.

You might want to try it out sometime, as I know how irritating it is to find a mix you love the look of, only to find you can't actually listen to it -_-

[crowson75.livejournal.com]

This is gorgeous...snagging the zip and thank you!

[lovedstrangely.livejournal.com]

beautiful f*cking mix. absolutely stunning. I'm snagging a few songs I don't already have. :)

[-rejectreality-.livejournal.com]

Looks great, downloading right now!!! thanks for sharing ;)

[jadisz2.livejournal.com]

Awesomeness! I miss Brian and Justin! Taking the zip. Thanks.

[ellyrianna.livejournal.com]

Perfect characterization of them through music. Also love the title -- very appropriate. Snagging several links!

[flowrs4ophelia.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm glad you like the title. At first I was going to call it something related to the Belle and Sebastian song but decided that phrase was just so perfect for a couple who have always been together against all odds (and like to dance - haha).

[mystic-reader.livejournal.com]

I am totally snagging this when I get home! LOL I'm at the school library right now.. and I had to tell you.. this looks perfect!

[kawaii-presea.livejournal.com]

looks like you put so much work into this :) snagging ~

[isleofyew.livejournal.com]

Going to be sifting thru and snatching several of these songs. great job, the lyrics are perfect for the couple.

i absolutely love the song perhaps, perhaps, perhaps!!! *squee* LOL.

[flowrs4ophelia.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I really love that song too, and was having trouble deciding if I should use Cake or the Doris Day version I also have. But it makes the most sense to use one with a dude's voice, I guess.

[vaguelyalive.livejournal.com]

Oh, excellent, excellent mix! I think you've picked just the right songs. Taking, oh so many. :) Danke!

[muse-in-my-head.livejournal.com]

GREAT mix. I took all the songs I didn't already have. :D

[linvisible.livejournal.com]

Lovely music choices, will be taking a few. Thank you so much!

[emosauce.livejournal.com]

Looks very nice. I don't usually listen to fanmixes but this looks nice so I'm downloading. :D

[emosauce.livejournal.com]

This is way past the time you posted this but I just wanted to let you know that I really really really liked this mix. I listen to it all the time, and it's gotten to the point where when one song finishes, the next one starts playing in my head, even if it's on shuffle. I dunno if that makes sense... but yeah. <3

[flowrs4ophelia.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'm glad to hear you like it so much. It's great to be able to know what some people think of a mix after they've actually had the chance to listen to it a lot, when you don't often get that kind of feedback, so I appreciate it. :)

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[miss-charmed.livejournal.com]

Lovely. I'm taking. *_*

[vdkapenguin.livejournal.com]

First of all, I could stare at your cover art all day, and the title is very good, and sad.

1. Man, I love this song so much. I can agree that it belongs on a B/J mix because I forgot about that "i met a man today" verse.

2. Perfect. I was trying to find a Smiths song for them, but all I could come up with was "What Difference Does It Make?"

3. Still makes me laugh.

4. I've never been able to understand all the lyrics, but I know it works.

5. you so care about meeee

6. This is cute and pretty.

7. yay

8. I never realized how sad these lyrics are...I'm glad you used the Julie London version.

9. When you first said you were using this for your mix, I never imagined it would be from Brian's POV.

10. Even though I threw this out, it was so tempting to use since it's such a goddamn sexy song! MM AH MM-MM AH

11. I didn't realize how lovely this is for B/J until I could actually read the lyrics. "do his hands in your hair feel a lot like a thing you believe in" is such a great lyric.

12. Like I said, I briefly thought about using this; the "your phone is off the hook/your doors are shut" lines always give me goosebumps and definitely fit for Brian, but in general it could fit with the "We don't need to prove that we love each other" message of the ending.

13. I maintain that this fits better on a Brikey mix, as the only romantic line is a reference to holding hands. Still cute.

14. This immediately reminded me of when Brian says, "Not without you."

15. You know how I feel about Lamb, but this still made me sadface.

16. sad sad saaad

17. *cries*

[flowrs4ophelia.livejournal.com]

2. Funny, I've thought of "What Difference" as more of a Brikey song before.
4. The lyrics make perfect sense, what are you talking about?
8. This song cuts CANS end of story.
10. You were foolish for not using it. When considering the quote, it is perfect. :P
11. I know, and so perfect for them, right? He loves touching his hair! All of Justin's hair are belong to Brian. Feel the pain and jealousy.
12. When did you say you thought about using this?
13. Um, and that he keeps saying "baby." It's not that romantic, it's about taking drugs together, and that's why it's so them.
15. No, I don't, I just know you don't like their first album, which this is not from. And anyway, you suck.
16. Too sad. Had you heard this before?
17. Had you heard this before?

[vdkapenguin.livejournal.com]

4. Meaning I can't make out what they are?
10. I think I'm gonna put it back on, since I'm kind of rehashing and beating down my mix to the absolute elite right now...
11. LMAO
16. No
17. No

[-cigarettepaper.livejournal.com]

I took, thank you so much!!!!!!

[silmarwen-85.livejournal.com]

AWESOME mix. wonderful and perfect choice of songs. downloaded, thanks!!

[smirk-dog.livejournal.com]

I love it! Jeff Buckley was an excellent choice.

[and-sealingwax.livejournal.com]

Taking this, very much.

God, I miss Queer as Folk

[barunesusa.livejournal.com]

I actually haven't seen this series, but it looks like a WONDERFUL mix. Taking ♥

[veryshortlist.livejournal.com]

Oh man. I thought I was done crying about Brian and Justin. Apparently not. Great mix.

[left-wanting07.livejournal.com]

Ooh ooh! I like your song choices. The lyric snippets fit Brian and Justin so well. :)

[alchemyonfire.livejournal.com]

snagged the zip.
amazing mix. i fucking love them. :]

[magnifique.livejournal.com]

this mix looks excellent! the songs seem to suit Brian & Justin really well.
i'm downloading the .zip, thank you!

[angels-aubade.livejournal.com]

Oh this is beautifully done, snagging a few of the ones I don't already have.
Thanks :-)
x

[hybridcritter.livejournal.com]

This looks so incredibly awesome. Well done!
Downloading the zip :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_touched/]

Oh yes! This definitely makes me happy, 'cause I just finished re-watching S3 of QAF and finally got around to watching the original UK version of it, too. lmao. I love it, whenever someone makes a mix for these two! :)

[at-midnight.livejournal.com]

i have some of the songs but i guess i'll just nab the .zip files and choose from there :). THANKS

[talkstosheep.livejournal.com]

THERE IS BELLE & SEBASTIAN ON A BRIAN/JUSTIN MIX. OMGOSH. YOU WIN.

snagging, thanks! heehee.

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