#sad bastard music

[u2fangirlie-blog]

Good Omens Aziraphale's Sad Bastard Breakup Playlist

After the breakup, Aziraphale has a new job in heaven, having taken Gabriel’s vacant position. Aziraphale is haunted by sad music reminding him of his time with Crowley. The songs are dramatic, tragic, melancholic, angry, wistful, romantic, and sentimental. How does he listen to music at his new job in the head office? Are material objects allowed? Does he keep a secret stash of tea, cake, and records and a phonograph player in his office? Does he have a celestial radio that can tune in Earth radio stations? Does he sneak off to Earth to hang out in record shops and bookstores? Or more dramatically and emotionally torturously, does he remember every note, every nuance, every feeling, of every song and replay them in his mind? He's stuffing his face with angel food cake and tea while crying and listening to sad bastard songs and hiding from Michael and the Metatron.

See note after list on song selection process.

Songs include:

“Lacrimosa” – Mozart, Requiem in D Minor, Vienna Mozart Orchestra

“Commendatore” – Mozart, Don Giovanni, Amadeus film soundtrack

“Ja, tot katoramu vnimala” – Rubenstein, The Demon, Nicolai Ghiaurov

“D’amour l’ardente flemme” – Berlioz, The Damnation of Faust, Maria Callas

“Liebestod” – Wagner, Tristan and Isolde, Waltraud Meier

“Ach ich fuhls” – Mozart, The Magic Flute, Gundula Janowitz

“Thy hand, Belinda … When I am laid in earth” – Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Janet Baker

“E lucevan la stelle” – Puccini, Tosca, Placido Domingo

“Celeste Aidia” – Verdi, Aida, Mario Lanza

“Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen” Mahler, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

“Der Wanderer” – Schubert, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

“Love is a Plaintive Song” – Gilbert and Sullivan, Patience, D’Oyly Carte Opera Company

“I am a Courtier Grave and Serious” – Gilbert and Sullivan, The Gondoliers, D’Oyly Carte Opera Company

“The Gentleman is a Dope” – Rodgers and Hammerstein, Allegro, Blossom Dearie

“A Hymn to Him” – Lerner and Lowe, My Fair Lady, Rex Harrison

“Could I Leave You?” – Sondheim, Follies, Alexis Smith

“We Do Not Belong Together” – Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George, Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin

“On My Own” – Schonberg, Les Misérables, Frances Ruffelle

“As Long as He Needs Me” – Bert, Oliver, Judy Garland

 “Stranger in Paradise” – Wright and Forest, Kismet, Richard Kiley and Doretta Morrow

“A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” – Sherwin and Maschwitz, Vera Lynn

“Night and Day” – Porter, The Gay Divorcee, Ella Fitzgerald

“I’ve Got You Under My Skin” – Porter, Born to Dance, Shirley Bassey

“Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered” – Rodgers and Heart, Pal Joey, Sarah Vaughan

“They Can’t Take That Away From Me” – Gershwin, Shall We Dance, Fred Astaire

“Mon Deu” – Dumont and Vaucaire, Edith Piaf

“Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien” – Dumont and Vaucaire, Edith Piaf

P.S.: Aziraphale likes Les Mis because it reminds him of that time Crowley rescued him from the Bastille. Don't tell anyone. It's a big secret.

P.P.S.: “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered” reminds him of the time he and Crowley got drunk in the backroom at the bookshop the day the anti-Christ was delivered to Earth. Basically, this song reminds him of every time they went out for drinks or stayed in and drank.

P.P.P.S.: “I am a Courtier Grave and Serious” was the song Aziraphale planned to play when trying to tempt Crowley into learning the gavotte. It reminds him of the ball in the bookstore when he finally danced with Crowley.

P.P.P.P.S.: “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien” is as close as Aziraphale can get to telling the world and Crowley to eff off. He has no more effs to give. Or at least he’s trying to convince himself he no longer gives a f***. He’s going off to his new job at the head office and Do Good.

Note on song selection:

I selected songs that thematically fit with the relationship between Aziraphale and Crowley. I think the songs tell a story of Aziraphale’s struggle to reconcile his conflicted motivations. They reflect Aziraphale’s fears and desires. He fears being hauled off to hell for disobedience. He fears Crowley’s death and being alone in the world. He desires to be emotionally intimate with Crowley. (Dare he risk physical intimacy with Crowley?) He feels self-righteously indignant, but he’s soft and squishy and weepy and misses his best friend.

I don’t have much knowledge of opera or musical theater, but I have some experience with choir and solo performance. I did a lot of research into opera, art songs, musicals, showtunes, and standards to create a playlist on YouTube. Selections were based on availability, popularity, and sound quality. My big question was whether or not Aziraphale is a strict originalist or if he likes different versions of songs. In some places, I chose newer versions over original versions due to the sound quality of the recordings. I tried to keep selections accessible to a wide audience with varying degrees of musical knowledge. You may not like my choices, so your mileage may vary. You can make your own playlist.

You can listen to it on YouTube.

#good omens 2 #neil gaiman #aziraphale #crowley #breakup #sad bastard music #angry love songs #breakup playlist #playlist

[lavideenrose]

I can't let you sweep me off my feet just yet When I've only just landed firm on the ground And I'm so tired of being messed around You've watched me shift my shape and fall into this mess Well maybe you could wait for me I'll do my best To get out of this dreary place I'll have to face this all alone I've been hiding my tears from my mother and she She and my father still laugh together, see, See I'd like to have real love some day And I'd like to get past this heartbreak Soon I feel like I'm living when I smell his cigarette smoke Rich and bitter and yesterday I couldn't stop remembering him Oh what a waste of breath and time I've been hiding my tears from my mother and she She and my father still laugh together, see, See I'd like to have real love some day And I'd like to get past this heartbreak Soon I'd like to have real love someday And I'd like to get past this heartbreak Soon

#lyrics #soon #angie mcmahon #I'd like to have real love someday #real love #I'd like to get past this heartbreak #I'll do my best #heartbreak #music #sad bastard music #Spotify

[juliaanoia]

Ahh yes....Time to listen to my sad bastard playlist again

#it's been a while #aww fuck #sad bastard music #fuck this

[softerchaos]

Playlist I’m most proud of

#sad bastard music #nostalga #this was going to be the soundtrack for a script I wanted to write #lmao #good stuff

[synthshenanigans]

#life is mean to me AND makes fun of me while doing it #“oh?? you wanna listen to a guys music cos you're sad????? FUCK YOU FUNKY KONG GENDER” #why is my life like this #CJ fuckin jashed my gender #that's bastard/j #chonny jash

[variksel]

every single day i think about nicky close-foster whose entire personality completely shifted when he grew up with a different dad. every day i think about how no matter what kind of person he turned out to be, the core is that both nick and nicholas idolized and loved their dads so much that they tried to be so much like them. in both timelines. the only core of nicky foster/close that stayed the same when he turned from nick to nicholas was the love he had for his father.

i think that if one of the other sons' dads had gotten switched, they hadnt had NEARLY the same kind of reaction to the kid. i think grant, terry, and the twins' personalities would have stayed at least relatively the same. but nicks didnt because he looked up to his dad so much that he based his entire personality off of him

and i will never stop thinking about that

#nick was the perfect kid to do the parent swap with #anthony you sick beautiful bastard you make me cry #*THROUGH SOBBING* HE JUST LOOKED UP TO HIS DAD SO MUCH #NOW EVEN EARLY S1 NICK MAKES ME SO SAD IN A WAY BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH HE TRIES TO BE LIKE GLENN #BECAUSE HES THE COOLEST GUY HE KNOWS!!! #GOD. IDK #i relate to little nick so much #i so fully fucking FEEL . him idolizing his dad #to the point that its affecting the way he speaks and acts and his music taste and whatever :( #IDK HE MAKES ME ILL OK I THINK HE MAKES ME THE MOST ILL OUT OF THE S1 KIDS #along w the twins #dungeons and daddies season 1 #dungeondaddies #dungeons and daddies #nick close #nicky close #nicholas foster #narcolas #glenn close #dndads #dungeons and daddies odyssey

[hyvnology]

i do not give a flying fuck abt whether or not yebun's gramps cared abt her in secret. hag was an asshole through and through and fuck him for acting like yebun wasn't also suffering from the death of her mother.

#i will never sympathise with that old bastard #no matter how much your layer his scenes with sad music #fuck him and fuck the stick stuck up his ass #behind your touch

[maziecrazycloud]

Oh to be young

What Joy it brought us

#led zeppelin #maziecrazycloudsart #illustration #classic rock #jimmy page #john paul jones #robert plant #john bonham #character illustration #70s #led zeppelin art #classic rock art #fanart #classic rock fanart #retro aesthetic #retro #70s music #70s aesthetic #this may seem sad #but its a celebration of these four bastards #love em all to death #hard rock #70s rock

[twistedappletree]

‘cause in my head, you’re still alive

and i know that it’s a lie

but it’s one i like.

#music #this is actually kinda fandom related because #it reminds me so much of jiang yanli + WWX and JC #which makes sense because it’s about the artist’s sister who passed away #coooool now I’m sad 🥺 lmao #yunmeng siblings playlist #????? #jiang yanli playlist #apple jams 🍎 #radical face #nightclothes #the bastards #SCREW IT I ADDED A GIF OF THEM BECAUSE #jfc don’t listen to this song while thinking about them actually it’s fucking painful #why did i do this to myself lmfao #😭😭😭😭😭 #Spotify

[underclerysclock]

Early Ben Folds would have like the most beautiful but understated lyrics of all time followed by a sick ass three minute long piano solo.

#flood warning #ben folds #im listening to bastard cause it reminds me of the new succ ep and its literally this #come for the sad lyrics stay for the fact ben is a musical genius

[u2fangirlie-blog]

Good Omens Crowley's Sad Bastard Breakup Playlist

After the breakup, every time Crowley goes to drink at the Dirty Donkey pub, across the way from A.Z. Fell's bookshop, the jukebox mysteriously starts playing bitter breakup and sad bastard songs. Songs that aren't on the jukebox play when other songs are selected. It's like some demonic miracle. This also happens on the radio in Crowley's Bentley.

See note after list on song the selection process.

Songs include:

"Pale Blue Eyes" - The Velvet Underground

"I'd Rather Go Blind" - Etta James

"Cry Me a River" - Ella Fitzgerald

"Till the Heart Caves In" - Roy Orbison, K.D. Lang version

"Wicked Game" - Chris Isaak

"Crying in the Rain" - Everly Brothers, a-ha version

"Ain't No Sunshine" - Bill Withers

"It's Too Late" - Carole King

"Nothing Compares 2 U" - Prince, Sinead O'Connor or Chris Cornell versions

"Running Up That Hill" - Kate Bush

"One" - U2

"Crucify" - Tori Amos

"Hallelujah" - Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley version

"Lovesong" - The Cure

"I Don't Believe in the Sun" - The Magnetic Fields

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division

"Blue Monday" - New Order, Orkestra Obsolete version

"Never Let Me Down Again" - Depeche Mode

"Tainted Love" - Soft Cell

"Careless Whisper" - Wham!

"I Thought You Were My Boyfriend" - The Magnetic Fields

"Somebody to Love" - Queen

"Love Hurts" - Nazareth

"Love Stinks" - The J. Geils Band

"One More Minute" - Weird Al Yankovic

Despite himself, Crowley is compelled to visit Maggie's record shop to purchase copies of these songs.

Crowley has been sleazing around the backroom of the bookshop, crying and drinking, under the guise of helping Muriel run the place, but actually he's selling Aziraphale's books out of revenge.

P.S.: “Pale Blue Eyes” reminds Crowley of Aziraphale’s eyes. Every time he plays The Velvet Underground in his car, he remembers the time Aziraphale made a stinky poopoo face and called their music bebop.

P.P.S.: “Till the Heart Caves In.” Aziraphale stole Crowley’s dreams and sold them for dust. He always knew that angel was a bit of a bastard. Crowley remembers meeting young Roy Orbison and suggesting he wear sunglasses. A rock icon was born.

P.P.P.S.: “Wicked Game” reminds Crowley of the time when the bookstore burned down, Crowley rushed in to rescue his best friend Aziraphale but was too late. Later the same day, the M25 motorway was on fire. Then his beloved Bentley was destroyed by fire. To this day, Crowley can’t tell what hurt him more, losing Aziraphale or losing his Bentley, until they were both returned to him by Adam Young. He’s a good lad.

P.P.P.P.S.: “Crying in the Rain.” No one should see a demon cry. Crowley does his crying the shower. Earth rain showers, even thunderstorms, are also cathartic for crying in, unlike the swampy, wet bits of the fifth circle of Hell.

P.P.P.P.P.S.: “Nothing Compares 2 U” reminds Crowley of the times he and Aziraphale dined at the Ritz. Well, now he can eat at any fancy restaurant he wants without Aziraphale. Only now the food tastes bland and the drinks taste flat.

P.P.P.P.P.P.S.: “One.” This achingly beautiful song about relationships feels like a knife in the heart and punch in the gut. “We get to carry each other.” It’s too true. It hurts. F*** that angel for leaving him. The song reminds Crowley of his time hanging out with Brian Eno in Berlin in the early 1990s. He had fun running around with the band from Ireland. Crowley and Bono discussed corrupt religious leaders and the writings of C.S. Lewis. He suggested sunglasses to Bono. Then Bono took it further. The Fly, the Mirrorball Man, and MacPhisto were born. The rest is rock ‘n roll history. Crowley is especially pleased with himself for influencing Bono.

P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S.: “Hallelujah.” Crowley remembers helping manifest nebulae and stars with Aziraphale. Crowley was the one who gave the secret chord to David, yet David got the credit for pleasing the Lord. In a rare occurrence for deceased rock stars, Heaven got Jeff Buckley.

P.P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S.: “Never Let Me Down Again.” Crowley thinks of all the times he and Aziraphale went for a drive in the Bentley. Aziraphale let him down. Curse the wretched, brightly shining stars. Nothing is alright.

P.P.P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S.: “One More Minute.” This Weird Al song suggested something, an act of revenge to get closure. Crowley thought about the malt shop Aziraphale liked to go, but then reconsidered arson because innocent people might get hurt.

Note on song selection:

I selected songs that thematically fit with the relationship between Crowley and Aziraphale. This is what I call sad bastard music. What songs would match Crowley’s angry, bitter brooding? What songs would make him laugh? What songs would break him and make him cry? These are all songs that I like. You may not like my choices, so your mileage may vary. You can make your own playlist.

NOTE: Revised 3 April 2024 to include P.S. notes about the songs and the obligatory U2 reference. (I'm not sorry.)

NOTE: Revised 9 April 2024 to include songs by The Magnetic Fields, one of Neil Gaiman’s favorite bands. I must make this playlist pleasing to the co-creator of Good Omens.

You can listen to it on YouTube.

#good omens 2 #neil gaiman #aziraphale #crowley #breakup #sad bastard music #angry love songs #breakup playlist #jukebox #playlist

[the-gayest-sky-kid]

Im curious

How and when did you find out Dazai is your favorite character?

i was spending more time with bsd content on youtube and i came to the horrible sinking realization i was... kind of fond of him? and i had to watch as that sort of general fondness grew into actually enjoying his character like some sort of horrible mold.

#it was probably a month or so after i initially got into bsd? maybe 2??? it feels like so long ago now #initially what got me interested in bsd was the chuuya posting. leos like look he likes wine and music and hats you love that stuff #(venti enjoyer) #and then it was like look hes wearing a fedora and im like Oh Boy I Love Fedoras (it was not a fedora) #and i look at chuuya and im like okay okayyy #and then the wiki says something about clones so its like OH FUCKING BOY HERE WE GO AGAIN #but you all failed to take into account that my type isnt just short guy its Silly Guy. with Profound Sadness #and so here we are #i mean i also really liked (well still do) ranpo earlier on. he wasnt my favorite initially it was like okay bastard /affectionate and then #i got more into his character so its like Ohhhhhh. hes my guy now #and i think that paved the way for me to like dazai #aethers asks

[princeoftheroses]

man im rewatching episodes of the black rose arc in utena and seeing the scenes where utena is just chatting with akio make me SO upset. i really wish he actually was the cool older brother of utena's best friend/girlfriend that could give her advice like he pretends to be ... be a normal guy instead of what he actually was.

#with akio and mikage and miki's music teacher it's like.... all the fucking adults fail these kids in this school its so sad #i wish there was at least one functional character. one that was good and decent #mikage's elevator scenes are sad bc even tho a lot of these kids are fucked up in the head they are literally going to an adult for help #like thats literally what they SHOULD be doing. a lot of kids are toxic growing up and they want help to grow up #but no one ever helps them! they make it worse and abuse them!!! #no wonder the kids cant grow up and escape ohtori academy when they dont have the adult help that they need to grow up... #revolutionary girl utena #goddamn bastard akio #akio ohtori

[siverfanweedo]

Look look I don't want to be rude but nothing Swift writes will ever beat when Mitski wrote "But as it is And it is" in Two Slow Dancers

#also uh not a female musician so i will put it here #or when Keaton Henson wrote #The bastard's home is a hospital bed #or when he wrote I'm half a songwriter Half a man not fully either #like #listen to some sad artist music to truly grasp the good

[coyoteworks]

I just wanna be a cowboy................

#losing my mind at the 'sad bastard music' tag on the bandcamp page for this song #goofy ass song. love it #music #dale hollow #country music #Bandcamp

[starspray]

Oh cool cool it’s almost the end of July and writing is suddenly like pulling teeth

Last year was practically a breeze, what happened

#this has been a post #*bangs head on desk* #is it because I’m not fucking writing Maglor this year #I bet that’s it #that sad musical bastard