#Zainab makes fanmixes!

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America’s Dream Couple: The Wedding Mix, or  “Charles definitely bribed Hank the bartender with an exorbitant amount of money so he could play an hour of Taylor Swift songs at Shaw’s in honor of Jake and Amy’s wedding”

new year’s day :: and I will hold onto you state of grace :: this is the golden age of something good and right and real crazier :: you lift my feet off the ground everything has changed :: all my days I’ll know your face drops of jupiter (cover) :: he listens like spring and he talks like june call it what you want :: starry eyes sparking up my darkest night you are in love :: you can hear it in the silence fearless :: I don’t know how it gets better than this jump then fall :: all I can say is come closer mine :: you are the best thing that’s ever been mine how you get the girl :: I want you for worse or for better stay stay stay :: you took the time to memorize me shake it off :: got this music in my mind saying “it’s gonna be alright” love story :: I love you and that’s all I really know

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you are not alone songs for aidan waite and sally malik

i. the woods / hollow coves // all we know is what would be our home ii. a girl, a boy, a graveyard / jeremy messersmith // life’s a game we’re meant to lose iii. run / daughter // will you stay with me my love for another day? iv. take me to church / neon jungle // she’s the last true mouthpiece v. kids / of monsters and men // thought this wouldn’t hurt a lot, i guess not vi. run for cover / gabrielle alpin // i’ve already packed my promises vii. swim until you can’t see land / frightened rabbit // call this a drowning of the past viii. sky full of song / florence + the machine // hold me down, i’m so tired now ix. above the clouds of pompeii / bear’s den // as you end what she’s begun x. rhythm and blues / the head and the heart // ain’t it nice to be so loved

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fair and square :: an alternating pov mix for season one anne and gilbert and the crushes that they definitely do not have on each other

once upon another time : sara bareilles i make my wish but mostly i believe

bloom : the paper kites you fill my lungs with sweetness & you fill my head with you

all the stars : the wailin’ jennys open wide your wounded heart

ophelia : the lumineers you’ve been on my mind girl since the flood

can’t go back now : the weepies you do it on your own but you find you’re all alone

january hymn : the decemberists what were the words i meant to say before you left?

christmas tv : slow club it’s okay to have scars, they all make you who you are

shake : the head and the heart the wind keeps pushing you to me

coming home : gabrielle aplin standing underneath the sky with nothing of my own

sweet creature : harry styles when i run out of road, you will bring me home

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"When I am dead, my dearest,  Sing no sad songs for me.” - Christina Rosetti

an elegy for Ruby Gillis

one. follow your arrow | kacey musgraves just ‘cause you can’t beat ‘em don’t mean you should join ‘em

two. road between | lucy hale i'm still getting to the good part the breaking down and learning how to write my story

three. a.m. | one direction you know i’m always coming back to this place you know i’m always gonna look for your face

four. city | sara bareilles i’m finding every reason to be gone there’s nothing here to hold onto

five. long live | taylor swift if you have children someday when they point to the pictures please tell them my name

six. the call | regina spektor i’ll come back when you call me no need to say goodbye

seven. please speak well of me | the weepies don’t say words that you don’t mean when i’m gone, please speak well of me

eight. walking in the wind | one direction just close your eyes and see i’ll be by your side any time you’re needing me

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won’t you look my way :: a playlist for shouting along into whisks and risky-businessing through messy kitchens

since u been gone | kelly clarkson || picture to burn | taylor swift || my body | young the giant || don’t trust me | 3oh!3 || something that we’re not | demi lovato || miss missing you | fall out boy || horcruxes | mary kate wiles || uptown funk | mark ronson and bruno mars || girls chase boys | ingrid michaelson || kiss you | one direction || i want you back | the jackson five || made in the usa | demi lovato || that’s just the way we roll | jonas brothers || shut up and dance | walk the moon || mr. brightside | the killers || mine | taylor swift || rocketship | shane harper || classic | mkto 

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because i could not stop for death :: a musical elegy for sara lance, who did not deserve to suffer

breathless | taylor swift | here you are now, fresh from your war jeb rand | armistice | memory is what you know not what you see two birds | regina spektor | i won't let go of your hand hercules | sara bareilles |  i was meant to be a warrior miss friday | nico stai | there's a train wreck coming open hands | ingrid michaelson | go quiet now, go sound, go safe rivers and roads | the head and the heart | i miss your face like hell afterlife | ingrid michaelson | we can go forever if we want to

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the most tragical thing: a 'depths of despair' playlist that, like anne, just can't stay down for too long

landfill | daughter | thought you said you didn't feel pain || isaac | bear's den | i watched as your life just fell apart || the one that got away | the civil wars | i wish i'd never seen your face || a girl, a boy, and a graveyard | jeremy messersmith | i'm some kind of frankenstein waiting for a shock to bring me back to life || city lights cry | armistice | was it worth making me a fool? || the sword and the pen | regina spektor | the things that scare us today, what if they happen someday?  || place de la republique | coeur de pirate | je sais plus si tu en vaux la peine || so easily | kathryn calder | how can you so easily go? || human of the year | regina spektor | though they do not know it all mankind are now your brothers || once upon another time | sara bareilles | no enemies to call my own, no porchlight on to pull me home || pompeii | bear's den | don't cry, hold your head up high || 12:59 | bedouin soundclash | i lay awake not knowing where it will be i'm going || the end | jason reeves | don't know where i'll fall down but i'm sure to hit the ground || down in the valley | the head and the heart | i am on my way back to where i started || upside down | jack johnson | who's to say what's impossible

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After a binge watch of this series and far too many computer issues to count, I present my story club submission. It's not inspired by any specific prompt, but I suspect that Anne put together this 'depths of despair' playlist when she felt that music would understand her moods better than the people around her and it may have been a standby when she was first laid up with her broken ankle. (The thing is, though, that you'll never really break Anne Shirley's spirit, so even a completely tragical playlist is not without its hopeful end.)

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Taking a cue from Heather and compiling my Kissing in the Rain mixes into a single post. Between both series, I had four canonized playlists.

hey, this is a pretty good song | episode three // A playlist made for James by his sister Sara to help him get Ben and Olivia's romance, because "some love songs are timeless." // Also canonized for this episode was carolineblueskies's Playlist for Ben.

took you long enough | episode five // Another playlist made by Sara to help James get the feel of music from the thirties. There's "a lot of Cole Porter." // Also canonized for this episode were belovedcreation's Smith & Jones soundtrack and ineveryending's never in your wildest dreams.

john hughes was a rad dude | episode six | “Songs Lily Everett definitely did not consider blasting from a boombox under her perpetual co-star’s window." // Also canonized for this episode was prettyfaroutman's the grand facade so soon will burn.

biffles for (after)life | episode eight | A character playlist made by Audrey that's "bubbly and fun and just a teensy bit creepy" that she thinks is perfect for Lenore.

I had so much fun trying to find songs that worked for each episode and writing the fics that went with the playlists. Thanks for bringing us such a wonderful series, Shipwrecked!