#history playlists

[macaron-n-cheese]

I made a ✨thing✨

And unfortunately, that ✨thing✨ is a Thomas Jefferson Spotify playlist :/

It is mostly a mix of really old songs, celtic airs, musicals, and popular oldies!

Some of these had very strong Tommartha vibes. Ofc "He Plays The Violin" is there. There are a couple more that I have to explain! I have "Song to Celia/Drink to Me with Thine Eyes" specifically from the movie adaptation from Emma because IT'S A PERIOD APPROPRIATE SONG WITH A PIANO AND VIOLIN DUET JEJDHEJDJSHSJJSNSBDBDBDB IT WORKS PERFECTLY WITH THE STORY OF THEIR COURTSHIP OF THE TWO DUDES LEAVING IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY HEAR THOMAS AND MARTHA HAVING A DUET 😭😭😭😭. The next song is called "The Banks of the Lee" which is an Irish song of a man mourning the death of his beloved. Need I say more? This song is my original motivation to make this playlist.

The next Tommartha song is called "Game of Cards," also a period appropriate song. This song is an allegory for courtship and s*x 💀. Uhhh ok TW: s*x for the explanation <\3. So the song is about a gentleman meeting a lady. They go walking together and play two rounds of cards (the sex >:( ). The lady proves to be much better at cards than the gentleman and invites the gentleman to more card games in the future. Interesting...but I think it works in the context of Thomas and Martha especially since Martha was a widow. 💀💀💀 It's like "He Plays the Violin" but a different allegory. I blame that song for bringing me to this conclusion >:,( /lh. I am sorry for such a horrible thought being put into your mind. 😭

Now that that's over, let's talk about musicals! I put "Music of The Night" from Phantom of The Opera on there because Jefferson would definitely kidnap his crush and try to murder her husband like the evil mastermind he is. Les Misérables is there because it's a French tragedy like Jefferson's years in France >:((((((((( (something that ruins my day whenever I read about it). Waitress is there because I liked the vibes. "Creepy Old Guy" from Beetlejuice is there because @asica-black (dead account <\3) forged a connection between this song and Jefferson (the creepy old guy in question) that I can never hope to forget it. They are inextricably linked in my mind. 1776 ofc. No Hamilton because the vibes don't fit 🙅.

The other songs are such a variety that I don't really want to go through them. Most just had fitting vibes. A lot of the oldies and celtic airs are love songs, unrequited love, or heartbreak. I feel like they fit well.

Thank you for reading my justification and explaining of this near-useless creation. Feel free to give it (or some of the songs) a listen. 🫶

[ashennflame]

I decided to make playlists for each of the Greek students in The Secret History.

A few things to note about each playlist:

I purposefully made it so that each playlist has exactly 100 songs in it so that I can force myself to discover new music in order to fill out the playlists as well as properly capture an exact vibe while still having diversity in each playlist.

I wanted each playlist to be completely unique, therefore there are no exact overlapping songs in any of them, with the exception of different covers of the same song being in multiple playlists.

This is how I personally interpret each student to an extent, and it may be a bit different compared to others.

The playlists are mostly based off of vibes. There are songs whose lyrics as well as vibe fit the character (in my mind), but there are also songs that are based solely off of the vibe even if the lyrics don't fit.

The songs in each playlist may change over time as I find new music that I feel better fits over another.

I hope that these playlists can be thoroughly enjoyed!

[Characters associated with each playlist in order]

Richard Papen

Henry Winter

Bunny Corcoran

Francis Abernathy

Charles Macaulay

Camilla Macaulay

[campbenji]

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

art history playlist moodboard – twilight soundtrack vibes but it's the indie/alt rock bit

Vale (Farewell) – Arthur Hacker // Morning Mist in the Mountains – Caspar David Friedrich // Countess Mordvinova’s Wood – Ivan Shishkin // Wilds – Ivan Shishkin // Temptation – William-Adolphe Bouguereau // Norwegian Highlands at Sunrise – Hans Gude // April Showers, Napa Valley – Jules Tavernier // The Dark Wood – Ivan Shishkin // Fawn – Josef Schmitzberger

[lovexmemonster]

My uzi interpretation !!

[cursecleaver]

maisie peters- the history of man. ouch

[girl-bateman]

You know where the scandal is. /Playlist

Part 1, Part 2

[hereissomething]

things i draw while i await the season 5 finale

closeup of this lil freaque👇

[enlitment]

Putting together a Confessions playlist because it just won't leave my brain. My main strategy is to just put a lot of whiny songs on there.

It's a surprisingly good fit for my music taste? The Smiths works great because it has the same 'everyone is against me, woe is me' energy Rousseau has going on and Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode... well... let's just say it's kind of a similar vibe to Venus in Furs

but the most important song on the playlist to capture the vibe is this one by Nicki of course. If you know you know. And if you do, I'm sorry.

[always-an-angel]

book playlists: dark academia edition

here are some spotify playlists i made to match the vibe/story of some books i really love! enjoy enjoy :)

the secret history by donna tartt

bunny by mona awad

piranesi by susanna clarke

white is for witching by helen oyeyemi

y.a. playlists | literary fiction playlists

[rathologic]

I've always found Alexander Saburov interesting, especially P1 Rubin's take on him where he tells how Alexander in incognito saved people from burning house and went unrecognized for the deed (nor flaunted it). Wonderful and easy to miss characterization.

YES saburov's fucked up sense of performing duty by putting himself at risk... my favorite... have had thoughts brewing in response to this that aren't quite cooked enough yet but it's very much a gendered standard that he holds himself to IMO, of idealized masculinity as a responsibility. as an active role and as the way things must be done. making the choices that he thinks need to be made regardless of how bad they are for him. pairing beautifully with katerina's self-destructive attempts to conform to the extremely feminine-gendered role of mistress, pairing wonderfully with the two of them's catastrophic attempt to conform to the heteropatriarchal nuclear family archetype by adopting the changeling :^) and especially how this is a function of how saburov relates to his Job, a role that's been passed down in his family and Actually Is critical to the function of the Town, inescapably so as long as the system of rulers exists

[badlydrawnbeastcookies]

Okay before you give Vanilla more trauma can we make him do some silly dances?(totally not based on the fact that the I've Had Enough of You vibe are that are super strong now…)- History Anon

[colorsrosy]

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

art history playlist moodboard – thisby vibes

The Fisherman’s House – Claude Monet // Dover – Richard Wilson // Tarbert Castle, Scotland – Hans Gude // Étretat – George Inness // Neptune’s Horses – Walter Crane // Low Tide at Varengeville – Claude Monet // Rocky Coast Scene at Howth – William Orpen // Castle Urquhart, Loch Ness – Hugh William Williams // The Cliffs of Villiers – Gustave Noel 

[bessmertnys]

a playlist for the lost lovers (henry and camilla, the secret history) “...camilla who was most often the recipient of his infrequent smiles." —donna tartt (listen here)

(playlist is continually added to)

[trashworldblog]

I made another puppet history playlist heheheheh but this one is actually kinda nice to listen to and includes songs where the title doesnt quite make sense, but the vibes and lyrics [usually] do! also i added some music i just like limbo, dodie, 100 gecs, car seat headrest, abba, and 2000s BANGERS

I've listened to it all the way thru a few times, and you definitely shouldn't put it on shuffle, lmao. im also taking recommendations! just message or send me an ask for a song and what ep/moment it fits with, and ill see if it passes the vibe check >:)

thank you to the wonderful @joyful-soul-collector for letting me use the "serves cunt" photo for the playlist cover!

also sorry for calling the mollases horse stupid... that was mean im sowwy