crazydiamondsue | Music of Pain - a Xander ficathon (Reply)

Oh, Christ, not another ficathon! Or so you say. *nods sagely* But this one's different. Really. Oh, just keep reading:

brandil and I decided to marry two of our loves: Xander and Classic Country Music to create: Music of Pain - a Xander ficathon. All Xander. Any Xander. Slash. Het. Gen. Character study. Haiku. We don't care - as long as it's Xander and it's based on a classic country song. "But...country blows! I don't know any country songs!" you cry. Well, how kind of

brandil and me to provide you with titles and lyrics, then.

I have a problem with authori-tay. How many times have you signed up for a ficathon wanting to write Spike/Xander or Spike/Faith and you got...Ethan/Andrew. (No offense to you Ethan/Andrew 'shippers, God love ya.) So. No requests. No squicks lists. No "I'd never write in a million years..." provisos.

The Rules
1) The fic must include Xander as a main character.
2) The fic must be based on one of the songs below or a classic country song of your choice.
3) The song DOES NOT have to feature in the fic text or title. I'm not asking you to write song fic. Just take elements or moods or themes from the song and do something cool with Xander.
4) Post a comment below with your pairing (Xander/?) or Xander/character study and the song of your choice. Please skim the (hopefully) tens of comments below and try to vary song choices. I'm not saying we won't read several Xander fics based on "I Fall to Pieces" (because we know he loves him some Patsy) but variety is sweet, yo.

Sign-Ups: May 10 - May 31
Fics Due: July 11
Drop-Outs: If you drop out, I will spam your LJ with the lyrics to "Bandy the Rodeo Clown." Just watch me. Okay, you can drop out. But I'll pout in a that country way I do so well.
Questions: Email me at: crazydiamondsue@hotmail.com

The Songs
A Better Man - Clint Black
After the Fire is Gone - Loretta Lynn
All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down) - Hank Williams, Jr.
Always on My Mind - Willie Nelson
Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground - Willie Nelson
Bartender's Blues - Waylon Jennings / George Jones (also a kick-ass cover by Indigo Girls)
Blood Red and Goin' Down - Tanya Tucker (Nope, didn't make that one up)
Born to Lose - Ray Charles
Can I See You Tonight - Tanya Tucker
Coat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton
Cold, Cold Heart - Hank Williams, Sr.
Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Daydreams About Night Things - Ronnie Milsap
Daytime Friends and Night Time Lovers - Kenny Rogers
Dixie Chicken - Little Feat
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle
End of the World - Skeeter Davis
Fightin' Side of Me - Merle Haggard
Fist City - Loretta Lynn
Flowers on the Wall - Statler Brothers
Ghost Riders in the Sky - Johnny Cash
He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones (I can so see Xander/Anya as Spike comes along, can't you?)
Hello Walls - Willie Nelson
Help Me Make It Through the Night - Various Artists
I Ain't Livin' Long Like This - Waylon Jennings
I Fall to Pieces - Patsy Cline
I Walk Alone - Marty Robbins
I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton
I'd Be a Legend in My Time - Ronnie Milsap
If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body (Would You Hold It Against Me) - Bellamy Brothers
It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy - Janie Fricke
Jose Cuervo (You Are a Friend of Mine) - Shelly West
Legend of Wooley Swamp - Charley Daniels Band
Lesson in Leavin' - Dottie West / Jo Dee Messina
Lost Highway - Hank Williams, Sr.
Love or Something Like It - Kenny Rogers
Making Believe - Kitty Wells (rockin' cover by Social Distortion)
Misguided Angel - Cowboy Junkies (Guess the pairing here)
Out of My Head and Back in My Bed - Loretta Lynn
Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends - Kris Kristofferson
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head - B.J. Thomas
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Seven Spanish Angels - Willie Nelson
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
Small Town Saturday Night - Hal Ketchum ("Howl at the moon, shoot out the lights" - anyone else seeing Xander/Oz?)
Sugar Daddy - Bellamy Brothers
Tight Fittin' Jeans - George Jones
Time of the Preacher - Willie Nelson
Walking After Midnight - Patsy Cline
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights - Freddy Fender
What a Cryin' Shame - The Mavericks
Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound - Hank Williams, Jr.
Whiskey River - Willie Nelson
White Lightin' - George Jones
Why Don't You Love Me - Hank Williams, Sr. (Spander suggestion from

green_eyes720)
Yesterday When I Was Young - Roy Clark / Ray Charles
Your Cheating Heart - Hank Williams, Jr.
You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly - Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty (c'mon,

dovil...)

All songs selected by

brandil and me as we imagine Xander's country collection. Or just stuff we thought would be fun.

Sign Up Sheet

crazydiamondsue - "Daydreams About Night Things" - Xander/Spike

txrabbit - "Whiskey River" - Xander/Spike and "I Fall to Pieces" - Xander/Oz

elcazavampiros - "Flowers on the Wall" - Xander/Anya

kyrieane - "Sixteen Tons" - Xander/Wesley

stoney321 - "I'm Busted" - Xander character study

reremouse - "It Aint' Easy, Bein' Easy" - Xander/Spike

karabair - "Highway Kind" - Xander/Wesley

inlovewithnight - "Seven Spanish Angels" or "Man in Black" - Xander character study

darkhavens - "Crazy", "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body", "Whiskey Bent" - Xander/Spike

altyronsmaker - "Walking After Midnight" - Xander/Angelus

angstpuppy - "Ring of Fire" - Xander/Spike

camisha - "Love or Something Like It" - Xander/Spike (probably)

akinaj - "Born to Lose" - Xander/Spike

dovil - "You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly" - Xander/Spike

ficbitcabear - "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" - Xander/Spike and "Lost Highway" - Xander/?

nashmaveric - "The Gambler" - Xander/Spike

virtualpersonal - "Ten Thousand Angels" - Xander/Spike

secondverse - "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" - Xander/Spike

uberaeryn - Song Choice TBA - Xander/Spike

brandil - "Red Headed Stranger" album - Spike/Xander

moosesal - "Somebody's Knockin'" - Spike/Xander and "Always on My Mind" - Xander/Oz

aimeelicious - "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" - Xander/Spike

fluffyllama - "Small Town Saturday Night" - Xander/Riley

werewindle - "17" and "Stroker's Theme" - Xander/Spike

violethamster - "Lost Highway" - Xander/Spike

spikendru - "I Ain't Living Long Like This" - Xander/Angel or "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" -Xander/Anya or "Yesterday When I Was Young" - something with Xander

strchsr - "Misguided Angel" - Xander/Spike

paynbow - "Always On My Mind" - Xander/Anya

adis723 - "I See a Darkness" - Xander/?

ludditerobot - "I Never Go Around Mirrors" - Xander/Anya

spikedluv - "Jose Cuervo" - Xander/Spike

piratepurple - "The Beast In Me" - Xander/Spike

nwhepcat - "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound" - Xander

strickens_girl - "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" - Xander/Spike

entrenous88 - "Alway Wanting You" - Xander/Riley

silvertedy - "Smoke Along the Tracks" - Xander/Dawn and "Red Wine and Memories" - Xander

rowaine - "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" - Xander/Spike

juliahere - "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" - Xander character study