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fandomhigh2018-02-09 08:44 am
furnaceface) wrote in fandomhigh2018-02-09 08:44 am
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Music Appreciation, Friday, 1st Period
"So," Hannibal began. "There is a holiday coming up."
//Garbage holiday,// Jono muttered. //Overrated Hallmark holiday. Too commercial for its own bloody good, is what that holiday is.//
Yes, Jono. Whatever you said. Hannibal was just giving you a fondly exasperated smile.
"A holiday that perhaps can cause individuals not in a relationship, or not prone to romance, to have a rather bad day. Or even for those in a relationship to become stressed. It's meant to be about love, but the focus on it can be anything but romantic."
//It's all roses and pink candy hearts and chocolates,// Jono continued to mutter. //Bloody chocolates. And,// he rolled his eyes exaggeratedly, //of course, soppy love songs.//
It was possible that his grudge here was about the chocolate. It was difficult to say, with Jonothon.
//So today, we're going to play love songs. Obligatory at this time of year, I know. But because I'm not about to get bloody mushy here, we're going to take a sharp veer to the left. We're going to edge into the unusual, the unhealthy, and the outright unhinged, this week.//
So, the sorts of songs they related to much better anyway.
"There are, fortunately, just as many songs of that sort as of the other," Hannibal said.
//Take, for example, Tainted Love, originally recorded by Gloria Jones. Though I imagine most students here would be more familiar with the Soft Cell version. Or even Marilyn Manson, somewhat more recently.// Jono gave his shoulders a shrug while the music played. //Nothing to be done for it, I suppose.//
He said that, but he happened to enjoy both covers himself, so…
"And on the older side, we can begin with Lucia di Lammermoor, "Il dolce suono", Hannibal said, "in which Lucia, having gone quite mad and killed her husband, sings about the wonderful life she hopes to have with the lover she gave up. While covered in her husband's blood."
He possibly sounded too cheerful about that. It was a very good aria!
//While we're on the topic of utterly twisted romance,// Jono said, shaking his head a little, //there are songs like Ludo's Love Me Dead, and Tom Lehrer's Masochism Tango, both of which highlight unhealthy or dangerous relationships in a manner so extreme that they become outright absurd.//
Hannibal could argue about masochism being unhealthy, but in front of class possibly wasn't the time. He'd just send Jono a bit of amusement. And Jono, catching that amusement, was going to just roll his eyes. He was definitely not about to get into that conversation in front of the students.
On the other hand...well, to be honest Hannibal would discuss practically anything with anyone, but he had other topics to get to. "There are also songs of less twisted but equally unhealthy habits, such as Don Giovanni's "Il catalogo è questo", in which a servant sings to a woman his master has proposed to of all of the man's extensive and varied conquests. Which eventually lead to him being dragged down to Hell."
"And because men have no exclusive rights to being terrible to their loves, Chicago's "Cell Block Tango" depicts what can happen when love goes wrong with the wrong person."
If you didn't have a good defense, anyway.
//Oh, I dunno. I'd say they had it coming,// Jono mused.
Because he was terrible and couldn't resist.
Hannibal chuckled.
"There are, of course, a wide variety of songs that do not involve death, maiming, or madness, but that still are somewhat twisted. "Bad Romance", for example." He had a special place in his heart for that one.
//The fact that you know that one makes me swoon a little,// Jono admitted. //So I'm going to see that one and raise you Toxic.//
Because this was where they were going, now.
If Hannibal were feeling particularly horrible, he could have played Sug★r K★ne.
But then Jono would've filed for divorce.
Your teachers, people.
"So, without becoming overly sentimental or cow-eyed, what songs about romance or love do you enjoy?" Hannibal asked.
//Garbage holiday,// Jono muttered. //Overrated Hallmark holiday. Too commercial for its own bloody good, is what that holiday is.//
Yes, Jono. Whatever you said. Hannibal was just giving you a fondly exasperated smile.
"A holiday that perhaps can cause individuals not in a relationship, or not prone to romance, to have a rather bad day. Or even for those in a relationship to become stressed. It's meant to be about love, but the focus on it can be anything but romantic."
//It's all roses and pink candy hearts and chocolates,// Jono continued to mutter. //Bloody chocolates. And,// he rolled his eyes exaggeratedly, //of course, soppy love songs.//
It was possible that his grudge here was about the chocolate. It was difficult to say, with Jonothon.
//So today, we're going to play love songs. Obligatory at this time of year, I know. But because I'm not about to get bloody mushy here, we're going to take a sharp veer to the left. We're going to edge into the unusual, the unhealthy, and the outright unhinged, this week.//
So, the sorts of songs they related to much better anyway.
"There are, fortunately, just as many songs of that sort as of the other," Hannibal said.
//Take, for example, Tainted Love, originally recorded by Gloria Jones. Though I imagine most students here would be more familiar with the Soft Cell version. Or even Marilyn Manson, somewhat more recently.// Jono gave his shoulders a shrug while the music played. //Nothing to be done for it, I suppose.//
He said that, but he happened to enjoy both covers himself, so…
"And on the older side, we can begin with Lucia di Lammermoor, "Il dolce suono", Hannibal said, "in which Lucia, having gone quite mad and killed her husband, sings about the wonderful life she hopes to have with the lover she gave up. While covered in her husband's blood."
He possibly sounded too cheerful about that. It was a very good aria!
//While we're on the topic of utterly twisted romance,// Jono said, shaking his head a little, //there are songs like Ludo's Love Me Dead, and Tom Lehrer's Masochism Tango, both of which highlight unhealthy or dangerous relationships in a manner so extreme that they become outright absurd.//
Hannibal could argue about masochism being unhealthy, but in front of class possibly wasn't the time. He'd just send Jono a bit of amusement. And Jono, catching that amusement, was going to just roll his eyes. He was definitely not about to get into that conversation in front of the students.
On the other hand...well, to be honest Hannibal would discuss practically anything with anyone, but he had other topics to get to. "There are also songs of less twisted but equally unhealthy habits, such as Don Giovanni's "Il catalogo è questo", in which a servant sings to a woman his master has proposed to of all of the man's extensive and varied conquests. Which eventually lead to him being dragged down to Hell."
"And because men have no exclusive rights to being terrible to their loves, Chicago's "Cell Block Tango" depicts what can happen when love goes wrong with the wrong person."
If you didn't have a good defense, anyway.
//Oh, I dunno. I'd say they had it coming,// Jono mused.
Because he was terrible and couldn't resist.
Hannibal chuckled.
"There are, of course, a wide variety of songs that do not involve death, maiming, or madness, but that still are somewhat twisted. "Bad Romance", for example." He had a special place in his heart for that one.
//The fact that you know that one makes me swoon a little,// Jono admitted. //So I'm going to see that one and raise you Toxic.//
Because this was where they were going, now.
If Hannibal were feeling particularly horrible, he could have played Sug★r K★ne.
But then Jono would've filed for divorce.
Your teachers, people.
"So, without becoming overly sentimental or cow-eyed, what songs about romance or love do you enjoy?" Hannibal asked.