The music of CM.

[severynx.livejournal.com]

I've always thought the snippets of music played throughout the show were interesting choices. Sometimes they fit the unsub. Sometimes they fit the victim. And sometimes they fit the team, or some other part of the show. We've heard everything from Aretha Franklin to Nine Inch Nails, and Enya to the Rolling Stones.

What I'm wondering is:

Have you ever listened to a song and thought: "hey, that would be perfect for the show!"...?

If so, what song? 

Why do you think it would fit the show?

And in what way would the song be used?


*Bonus:
Taking this one step further, if each member of the team had a theme song (including former members), what would their song be and why?

Comments

[fandom-me.livejournal.com]

I was listening to the radio a couple of days ago and this came on. It's Hotch/Haley all over, to me.

[goddessdster.livejournal.com]

I think almost any song from The National's album "Boxer," especially "Fake Empire," would be a perfect fit for one of those melancholy episodes where everything goes wrong and the team's only consolation is that they caught the unsub and they are all safe and returning home.

Explosions in the Sky's "The Birth and Death of the Day" would make a great background to a scene where Rossi and Hotch are chasing someone through a building.

Heartless Bastards' "Searching for the Ghost" is what I imagine goes through Garcia's head when she is doing some hardcore hacking to find key information in a hurry.

Jeff Buckley's "Morning Theft" plays whenever Reid visits his mom.

"I Wish I Was the Moon" by Neko Case is totally Prentiss' song this season.

PJ Harvey's "Dear Darkness" would make for a great heavy dark Morgan-themed episode.

All I got off the top of my head. Most of them are sad songs, but I've only had one cup of coffee so far.

[fun-french-fri.livejournal.com]

Can we change songs? My Side of the Story by Hodge plays at the end of Demonology and it makes me cringe every time, to the point that I mute it. I'm probably the only one who thinks this is a better replacement, but I would replace it with Master of None by Beach House. "You always want to be forgiven/ The devil does what you ask of him / On your knees/ You cannot/ You will not agree"

[trenchcoatedson.livejournal.com]

I've wanted to hear "Elephants" by Rachael Yamagata on the show ever since I saw a fanvid to it, although I'm not sure where it would fit.

Also, "Pet" by A Perfect Circle would make a good song for an unsub. I don't believe they've used it.

In fact, thinking on it now, I can think of dozens of songs that would be good for various unsubs (I actually have an entire playlist of songs I interpret as being about murder, sociopaths, or really creepy people), here are a few:

1. The Killers - Shadowplay (yes I know it's a cover of a Joy Division song, but I like this one more)
2. TV on the Radio - DLZ
3. She Wants Revenge - Tear You Apart
4. Andrew Bird - Fake Palindromes (loooovee to see this one!!)
5. Porcupine Tree - Trains (and this)
6. TV on the Radio - Ambulance (it would make for a beautiful ending scene with rain and an unsub that is the obsessive type, who thinks he's in a relationship with his victims)
7. She Wants Revenge - Disconnect (perfect for any scene where there's sort of an interlude, not just an unsub one)

I'd also like to hear "Who'll Stop The Rain?" by CCR for some reason, I just really love that song and I think it'd fit the show a lot. I don't think they've used it before, but I could be wrong.

[lucianwolf.livejournal.com]

I always think of Reid when I hear "Nature Boy".

[drunkencarousal.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of obsessed with Florence and the Machine right now, and a lot of her songs would work well with show, as the lyrics often describe an obsessive, violent kind of love. "Girl with One Eye" in particular would be great for an unsub, or "Drumming Song" or "Howl."

[full-metal-ox.livejournal.com]

This song from H.R. Pufnstuf, performed by another plus-sized bohemian icon, is a suitable theme for Garcia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7rAaYFFeZk

(Too bad that the message is somewhat comprised by being put in the mouths of the show's villains.)

[nowhere1girl.livejournal.com]

There's a lot of songs for Reid:
Beautiful disaster-Kelly Clarkson (for someone who is in love with Reid)
The Scienst-Coldplay (if Reid loves someone)
I am a Rock-Simon y Garfukel.

Hotch:
Working class hero-John Lennon.

For a bad guy:
John Waybe Gacy, Jr.-Sufjan Steve

For a bad moment to the team or Morgan:
Hero-Regina Spektor

[severynx.livejournal.com]

Ok, I suppose I should add my own list to this now lol

so...

Unsubs:
Alice in Chains - Would
Combichrist - Without Emotions
Combichrist - Today I Woke to the Rain of Blood
Ego Likeness - Inferno
Ego Likeness - The Devils in the Chemicals
Judas Priest - Breaking the Law
The Clash - I Fought the Law

Someone with a connection to the Unsub (family, lover, etc.):
David Bowie - Changes
Ego Likeness - Severine
Patsy Cline (or any of the other versions) - Crazy
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Nine Inch Nails - We're In This Together
Stabbing Westward - So Wrong

Victims (or friends/family etc. of victims):
A Perfect Circle - Thomas
Ego Likeness - 16 Miles
Ego Likeness - Raise Your Red Flags
Ego Likeness - Wolves
Hungry Lucy - We Won't Go
Stabbing Westward - Save Yourself
The Dreamside (feat. Rogue) - Open Your Eyes


I'll have to think about ones for the team, though... and I'm sure I could add a lot more to this list, but those are the first that came to mind..