Thanks for the kudos! Since you clapped your hands, Tinkerbell will live on to chapter 3. :-)
As for the raging controversy: Is "Helter Skelter" hard to sing? I figure you just go "Helter Skelter, na na na na na na na na..." over and over again until they beg you to stop. In general, it seems logical that if a giant green demon busted into your house and made you sing karaoke on the spot, you'd default to either the Beatles or nursery rhymes, and I didn't want to infantilize Willow even further by having her do "Mary had a little lamb."
So Beatles it was, and in that case, "Helter Skelter" was just irresistibly funny. "Hey Jude" is overused (and more appropriate for Buffy, anyway), and "Strawberry Fields" reminds one of Rack and his Magic Crackhouse, which wasn't my intention. "Blackbird," though, is an excellent choice; very apt for Willow's situation, and the lyrics are easy to remember. I'll have to justify my selection by suggesting that Willow's own streak of bloody violence might reveal itself under this kind of pressure - or, at any rate, that it's a side of her I'm more interested in than the wafty Sarah McLachlan one...
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Re: May run long cause I like to quote the lines I, er, like
Date: 2004-03-17 10:52 am (UTC)As for the raging controversy: Is "Helter Skelter" hard to sing? I figure you just go "Helter Skelter, na na na na na na na na..." over and over again until they beg you to stop. In general, it seems logical that if a giant green demon busted into your house and made you sing karaoke on the spot, you'd default to either the Beatles or nursery rhymes, and I didn't want to infantilize Willow even further by having her do "Mary had a little lamb."
So Beatles it was, and in that case, "Helter Skelter" was just irresistibly funny. "Hey Jude" is overused (and more appropriate for Buffy, anyway), and "Strawberry Fields" reminds one of Rack and his Magic Crackhouse, which wasn't my intention. "Blackbird," though, is an excellent choice; very apt for Willow's situation, and the lyrics are easy to remember. I'll have to justify my selection by suggesting that Willow's own streak of bloody violence might reveal itself under this kind of pressure - or, at any rate, that it's a side of her I'm more interested in than the wafty Sarah McLachlan one...