*shrugs* In this case I think it worked out. Compare-contrasting with the S1 music list.
Jess and Sam before the party: unaired, Green Day, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, "I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known", which is, uh, not Stanford Sam. Aired, Ginger, Gasoline, "I'm gonna fly high, I'm gonna fall fall fall", which is much more in keeping with Sam's character.
At the party: unaired, 50 Cent, Disco Inferno. Pings my racism and sexism buttons all to hell. Aired, Classic, What Cha Gonna Do. Can't find lyrics for the whole song but the parts in the episode don't ping anything objectionable.
When whatshisface stops for Constance: unaired, Jay-Z, 99 Problems. Anything's better than that. Can't say I like Eagles of Death Metal, Speaking in Tongues, which is what aired, but it's so much better than 99 Problems. (Why the hell didn't the show name ep ninety-nine 99 Luftballons? "Panic bells, it's red alert, something here from somewhere else", "call the troops out in a hurry, this is what we've waited for, this is it, boys, this is war", it's thematically appropriate and not fucking misogynistic!)
At the gas station: unaired, ZZ Top, La Grange, the song's about a brothel. Aired, Allman Brothers, Ramblin' Man, which is so very Dean.
With the tapes: unaired, Metallica, Enter Sandman. Woulda been nice to have that, but aired, AC/DC, "back in black, I hit the sack, been too long, I'm glad to be back, yes I'm let loose from the noose that's kept me hanging about", and I'm very strongly of the opinion that it isn't hunting Sam was running from. It never was. He loves hunting. What he hates is feeling like his life's not his own. And at this point in the series, that feeling's all tied up in John. And some with Dean, but that's whenever Dean sides with John—I'm also of the opinion that Sam was completely blindsided when Dean sided with John over Stanford, because however much Dean mocks Sam about schoolwork, it's entirely because of Dean that Sam was good enough to get into Stanford. So Sam's back on the road, there's a hunt just ahead, it's entirely his choice, and John's nowhere in sight. The lyrics of Back in Black seem entirely apropos. Enter Sandman...I love the song, I'm sure Dean loves the song, I'm sure Sam doesn't hate the song, but the lyrics don't fit the situation.
When Dean and Sam are talking about going to Colorado vs going to Palo Alto, it's AC/DC, Highway to Hell, both times. Which supports my above theory, because check this out:
DEAN Sounds charming. How far?
MUSIC Don't need reason
SAM About six hundred miles.
MUSIC Don't need rhyme
DEAN Hey, if we shag ass we could make it by morning.
MUSIC Ain't nothing I would rather do
SAM looks at him, hesitating.
SAM Dean, I, um...
Sam wants to go hunting with Dean. He's got Jess (and the Stanford Law interview and a GPA to maintain and probably a job as a bouncer at one of the local bars), and that's compelling reason to go back to Stanford, but there's nothing he'd rather do than go hunting with Dean.
And I need to fix that wiki page, I know where in the ep My Cheatin' Ways plays, but I don't know what was there in the unaired pilot. (And My Cheatin' Ways is instrumental anyway.)
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Jess and Sam before the party: unaired, Green Day, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, "I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known", which is, uh, not Stanford Sam. Aired, Ginger, Gasoline, "I'm gonna fly high, I'm gonna fall fall fall", which is much more in keeping with Sam's character.
At the party: unaired, 50 Cent, Disco Inferno. Pings my racism and sexism buttons all to hell. Aired, Classic, What Cha Gonna Do. Can't find lyrics for the whole song but the parts in the episode don't ping anything objectionable.
When whatshisface stops for Constance: unaired, Jay-Z, 99 Problems. Anything's better than that. Can't say I like Eagles of Death Metal, Speaking in Tongues, which is what aired, but it's so much better than 99 Problems. (Why the hell didn't the show name ep ninety-nine 99 Luftballons? "Panic bells, it's red alert, something here from somewhere else", "call the troops out in a hurry, this is what we've waited for, this is it, boys, this is war", it's thematically appropriate and not fucking misogynistic!)
At the gas station: unaired, ZZ Top, La Grange, the song's about a brothel. Aired, Allman Brothers, Ramblin' Man, which is so very Dean.
With the tapes: unaired, Metallica, Enter Sandman. Woulda been nice to have that, but aired, AC/DC, "back in black, I hit the sack, been too long, I'm glad to be back, yes I'm let loose from the noose that's kept me hanging about", and I'm very strongly of the opinion that it isn't hunting Sam was running from. It never was. He loves hunting. What he hates is feeling like his life's not his own. And at this point in the series, that feeling's all tied up in John. And some with Dean, but that's whenever Dean sides with John—I'm also of the opinion that Sam was completely blindsided when Dean sided with John over Stanford, because however much Dean mocks Sam about schoolwork, it's entirely because of Dean that Sam was good enough to get into Stanford. So Sam's back on the road, there's a hunt just ahead, it's entirely his choice, and John's nowhere in sight. The lyrics of Back in Black seem entirely apropos. Enter Sandman...I love the song, I'm sure Dean loves the song, I'm sure Sam doesn't hate the song, but the lyrics don't fit the situation.
When Dean and Sam are talking about going to Colorado vs going to Palo Alto, it's AC/DC, Highway to Hell, both times. Which supports my above theory, because check this out:
DEAN
Sounds charming. How far?
MUSIC
Don't need reason
SAM
About six hundred miles.
MUSIC
Don't need rhyme
DEAN
Hey, if we shag ass we could make it by morning.
MUSIC
Ain't nothing I would rather do
SAM looks at him, hesitating.
SAM
Dean, I, um...
Sam wants to go hunting with Dean. He's got Jess (and the Stanford Law interview and a GPA to maintain and probably a job as a bouncer at one of the local bars), and that's compelling reason to go back to Stanford, but there's nothing he'd rather do than go hunting with Dean.
And I need to fix that wiki page, I know where in the ep My Cheatin' Ways plays, but I don't know what was there in the unaired pilot. (And My Cheatin' Ways is instrumental anyway.)