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Part 2 of In the Mood For a Melody
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2010-10-22
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Fanmix: Indelible OST

Notes:

The soundtrack for my reverse bang story, "Indelible." It's more of a soundtrack of what I was listening to while I wrote it than an actual fanmix, since the songs are only loosely related to the story. A lot of them are post-period for the fic, as the Noir part of it is set in the first half of 1941, before the U.S. entered World War II, but all of the songs very nicely help set the appropriate mood.

If you're curious about the cover art, the credits & info are here.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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Lena Horne - "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)"

But when the weekend's over and Monday rolls around
I end up like I start out just cryin' my heart out

Mary Martin - "I'll Walk Alone"

I'll always be near you wherever you are each night, in every prayer
If you call I'll hear you, no matter how far
Just close your eyes and I'll be there

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra = "Pennsylvania 6-5000"

Instrumental

Duke Ellington - "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"

Now it makes no difference if it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm everything you got
It don't mean a thing boy, if it ain't got that swing

Max Steiner - "Medley: It Had to Be You/Shine"

Instrumental

Artie Shawn - "Temptation"

Instrumental

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - "American Patrol"

Instrumental

Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston - "So Long It's Been Good to Know You"

So long, it's been good to know you (x3)
There's a mighty big war that's got to be won
And we'll get back together again

Johnny Otis - "Harlem Nocturne"

Instrumental

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree"

This is one thing that I'll do
I won't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but you
'Til you come marchin' home

Josh White - "Freedom Road"

It ought to be plain as the nose on your face
There’s room in this land for every race
Some folks think that freedom just ain’t right

Duke Ellington - "Caravan"

Instrumental

Dinah Shore - "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"

You'd be so nice to come home to, you'd be so nice by the fire
While the breeze on high sang a lullaby, you'd be all that I could desire

Cab Calloway - "Necessity"

That most necessary thing necessity
What throws the monkey wrench in a fella's good intention

Jo Stafford - "You'll Never Know"

You'll never know just how much I miss you,
You'll never know just how much I care.

The Andrews Sisters - "In the Mood"

There's no chance romancin' with a blue attitude.
You've got to do some dancing to get in the mood.

Kay Kyser & His Orchestra - "He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings"

An ordinary fellow in a uniform I love
He wears a pair of silver wings

Count Basie - "Don't Worry About Me"

Let's say that our little show is over, and so the story ends
Why not call it a day the sensible way and still be friends

Cab Calloway - "Hi-De-Ho Man"

Say I hepped'em in London, I hepped'em in Gay Paree
Yes sirree, yes sirree
Oh the hi-de-ho man that's me

Jack Leonard - "We'll Meet Again"

We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when,
But I know we'll meet again, some sunny day.

Bing Crosby - "It's Been a Long, Long Time"

You'll never know how many dreams
I've dreamed about you.
Or just how empty they all seemed without you.

Count Basie - "Only Forever"

Do I want to be with you as the years come and go?
Only forever, if you care to know

Notes:

May 2022: I've updated this with a link to a Spotify playlist.

Apologies both for the severely truncated lyrics and that several of the songs are different than the ones I actually listened to; when the artists differ, the originals referenced were not available on Spotify. Apparently, someone decided to report all my decade-plus-old fanmixes with too-lengthy quotes and broken links, so.... *shrug*

Since it's absolutely criminal that Cab Calloway's "Necessity" isn't on Spotify, listen to it on Youtube.

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