Last Thursday, my sister and I watched one of the first Angel season 2 episodes where Lorne* and his abilities are used. And my sister asks me a question, which I’m frankly disappointed in myself for not having asked myself before: “If you were to sing for Lorne,” she asks, “what would you sing? Give me three options!”

So, as per request, the three songs I would sing to a demon who could read my fortune from my aura when I sang:

1. Lou Reed — Perfect Day. The version from the “Trainspotting” soundtrack. A beautiful song, and an ironic one. Gotta love that.

2. Radiohead — Creep. Not only do I know this one nearly by heart (it’s quite simple, really), I also like it very much. I can also relate to its theme, which I suppose is feelings of inferiority and alienation.

(Those were the easy, obvious ones. From here on, it becomes much harder. I do, however, discard Nirvana’s “Dumb”, Björn Afzelius’ “Kungens Mann” and Beck’s “Loser”, all of which are too simliar to the first two, in one way or another. I’ve decided to have a happier song as my third option, but… I don’t really know any happy songs. So I go for a fast one instead: )

3. Nofx — Murder the government. 34 seconds of angry anarchist punk. I even know the lyrics. :P

So, what about you? What’d you sing for Lorne?

*In case someone isn’t entirely clear on what, specifically, it is Lorne does: “[His] anagogic abilities allow him to sense and read people’s auras, and their futures. He uses this power to set them on their path in life. He can also read their thoughts and sense their emotions when he does this. His powers evolved in a way that he is only capable of doing this when people sing or are in extreme emotional distress.”