#aziraphale's heavenly playlist

[one-of-the-them]

ok so ive been having thoughts (as im sure we all are) about the aziraphale playlist, and i havent seen anyone talk about this specifically so here we go.

pretty much we have two categories of songs: i’m in love with the world and i’m in love with crowley (which i am going insane about believe me). however there is one song that doesnt really fit either of these categories very well which is angeleyes by abba.

all the other songs in the playlist are happy. theyre optimistic, hopeful, forward looking, and this fits with what we know about aziraphale in this new season (re: the sfx article). angeleyes, on the other hand, is not a happy song. it’s about a failed relationship, about being deeply in love, infatuated with someone and then realising that they’re a bad person and that you have to distance yourself from them whether you like it or not, for your own good.

which begs the question: why put it in the playlist?

it could be explained by the little ‘ineffable’ word game, and also by the fact that the title is literally ‘angeleyes’ and it’s aziraphale’s playlist. however i doubt this. the other songs fit so well together and the fact that it’s such a short playlist means (i think anyway) that every song is important. i just dont think they’d have a song that fits lyrically but not thematically when the themes are so obvious and in-your-face, and when they fit so well with what we already know about aziraphale this season. so i think it’s there for a reason.

i think that crowley is going to confess and have his (long overdue) breakdown. and i think that aziraphale is going to realise how much he’s hurt crowley by being so restrained and having all these walls up, not allowing them to become any closer because he’s too fixated on what heaven will think, even now, four years after they’ve become free from heaven and hell’s influence. and i think he’s going to have a little self depreciating moment, inserting himself into the ‘angeleyes’ persona, thinking: ‘this is how crowley thinks of me. this is how he sees me.’ (i dont know whether they’d actually use the song as a plot device but either way. the vibes.)

anyway im so excited regardless for all the juicy character development we’re going to get and i’ve been very quickly becoming deranged over this song.

[mx-anthony-janthony-crowley]

[Image ID: A photo of Aziraphale from season 1 of Good Omens. A tumblr textpost by user beingharsh has been edited onto the image, reading 'can you fly my white ass to the moon so i can play among the stars'. End ID]

[thesillydoll]

I sucks!

[wilyserpentofeden]

I have been thinking about that Aziraphale playlist for hours. Does he sit in the bookshop and put on some of those records and think of Crowley. Does he imagine Crowley serenading him with Earth Angel. Does Fly Me To The Moon play in his little head every time Crowley does him a favor. When he listens to Feelings does he feel profound heart wrenching grief that he may never feel safe enough to tell Crowley all of this. I'm absolutely inconsolable it's really not fair.

[ineffable-romantics]

Idk if anyone else but me will be interested lol, but I've created a playlist of Ineffable Husbands songs that includes everything on each of their individual playlists, as well as songs that I believe fit either or both of them.

I'm constantly adding to it, and I really adore some of the songs I've chosen for them. So I just thought I'd share with y'all if you're interested. 😇😈

[takenbtwind]

I am so obsessed with this playlist like:

"Feeling Good" is a song that only plays when someone is about to Wreck some Shit

"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" is an Emotionally Intense choice

[kinglet1963]

Do we know what the significance is of Aziraphale having 9 songs on his playlist and Crowley only having 8???

[apodemus-sylvaticus]

PSA: I just made Aziraphale's Heavenly Playlist on Youtube because I checked and there wasn't one yet.

[itsnobodysproblem]

At least now we know why Angeleyes was on that playlist huh

[decodedparagram]

Hay algo en qué la playlist de aziraphale tiene angel eyes y earth angel, canciones que hablan de como el ve a crowley como un ángel, y que en el final de temporada el le pide irse con el al cielo que me da en los feelings.

[one-of-the-them]

GOOD OMENS SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT

just finished watching good omens s2 and after sobbing in my friends lap for half an hour I went and relistened to the playlists

and apart from some songs on there making Complete Sense now (feelings, dreams, take me to church, angeleyes??) I just realised that they told us the ending

the word game. ineffable and tempting.

those were their offers.

ineffable: come to heaven with me.

tempting: stay with me. let's be 'us'.

gahhhhhh I can't believe it it was right in front of us

[bi-bitch-tasia]

Y'all I just thought of something

Aziraphale's playlist

ABBA IS BEBOP?!

[ineffable-romantics]

Okay but this and "I'll Be Your Mirror" being on their respective playlists conjures up such a visceral, heartbreaking image for me (not a full theory necessarily, just something I see when I hear them)

For whatever inciting reason, imagine if Aziraphale were to Fall.

Maybe he does it willingly, makes the choice like he chose to possess a body, because he needs to to save Crowley, or because he can't stand the thought of being an angel anymore because they've finally crossed a line and he refuses to be associated with them any longer.

He Falls, and Crowley is there alongside him. Something that Crowley (and certainly no other fallen angel) has ever had; someone to catch them.

Everyone’s so focused on the Crowley playlist including “Take Me to Church” y’all’re sleeping on Aziraphale’s having motherfucking I Will Follow You Into the Dark??

Like??

Even religious imagery aside

I mean

I mean

Å̵͚̳͂̊́͗̈͠Ȃ̸̹̮͖̬̝̼̓̉̕Ą̴͎̟̠͓̳͌̇̇̔̋͂A̷͎̻̥͎̣̫̰̰̩̭̓̈̕ͅĄ̷̬̠̰͕̼̖̪̯̪̿͂̉ͅḀ̷͉̉̓͋A̴̢̮̤͇͇̰̣̬̺̩̪̤͋͂̀̏͋͊͐A̸͔̻̹̯̓̆̀̍̓̽͠Ằ̶̛͎̘̝̖̫̯͔̞̻͑̊̅͑͂̍͘͠

[tacocatisapalindrome5]

Y’all realise this is a reference to A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night?!

Aziraphale’s playlist grows ever longer😁😁

[ravenpiper]

Whhhuaaat!