Yeah I know this thread will die a quick and somber death, but I just recently bought the disc, (I had it on dvd for yrs). but lyrically this cd is amazing.

Its basically the script for the whole season. Each song's theme basically tells you what is coming in the season.

And I didn't know that Joss also did the music?!!

now Ill go away and listen to "under your spell" again.

cheers.

I'll never tell!

Goddamn, where's that top 75 albums of the 2000s thread? This was my number 4 CD!

And Amber Benson's "Under Your Spell" is one of my top 10 favorite songs of all time! When the epsiode first aired, I swear I must have rewound that scene 10 times, I couldn't believe how awesome that song was.

Yes, Joss wrote all the music too. That's why Joss Whedon is god.

Can you tell I like this album?

LOVE it.

"i've got a theory some kid is dreaming
and we're all stuck inside his wacky broadway nightmare"

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I Buffy!

sextonseven said:

God, I loved this ep, and not jsut because I'm a BuffyDork, either. Most musical episodes in TV series are badly done and so clearly the writer's grasping at straws for ideas, and do nothign at all to advance the plot or storyline. The music is often mis-matched with the character meant to be singing it as well.

But not Once More With Feeling, no. This was different. It moved the various plotlines along, introduced new elements, (Spike and Buffy kiss here -just a taste of what was about to go down between those two later) and both referenced earlier points in the series and foreshadowed to what was still to come. And best of all -all the music; every single song was completely, perfectly in character.

Yay, Joss!

CinisterCee said:

Those are not quite my style.

Alyson Hannigan's singing voice must be awful. Joss didn't give her any of her own songs to sing.

sextonseven said:

She actually requested not to be given a solo. She was the one afraid her voice wasn't good enough.

Me and my friends are probably the only Buffy fans you'll ever meet who didn't love that episode.

Spike's song "Rest in Peace" was cool, though.

live4lust said:

Dude had this nifty Billy Idol vibe happening. I like.

meow85 said:

Amber Benson saved the day. No way could the episode have not had a song by either of them.

live4lust said:

You guys are too manly.

sextonseven said:

She's got a lovely voice.

And without Tara, TV history would be minus one lesbian witch orgasm song, and that would be a terrible thing.

I love Buffy, I love that episode.

meow85 said:

I break with every swell
Lost in ecstasy
Spread beneath my willow tree
You make me complete

I admit that verse makes me

It's my #6 favorite song of all time.

Good episode compared to everything that surrounds it (the whole season in fact). The musical is a neat idea and well executed, but the quality of the episode doesn't touch anything from season 2 or 3. or half of season 5 in fact.



I'll Never Tell is my favorite. Hystical. And I get it stuck in my head all the time.

sextonseven said:

It's pretty high up there on my list too.

meow85 said:

Have you been buying the season 8 comic books? Issue #3 comes out next week already.

sextonseven said:

I loved the one liner at the end of Issue #2.

sextonseven said:

Sadly, no. There's nowhere in town to get them, and I'm trying to stay away from ordering thing online lately.

meow85 said:

wait for the trade paperbacks. they'll be in bookstores.

Dayspring said:

With any luck.

meow85 said:

they'll be at Walden Books or Barnes & Noble or Borders for sure.

Dayspring said:

Don't have any of those. We've got a Chapters and a Mosaic though....

sextonseven said:

The demon guy who came to get Dawn, had the best singing voice IMO!!

tonyat said:

he was a professional singer from a broadway show, i think.

lazycrockett said:

btw, this cover is fucking horrible, even for the fact that it's supposed to look like an old film poster. SMG looks like she just got fucked and punched. and her makeup smeared.