Snape's iPod (was: Staff's Activities (was:Re: Snape's Speech patterns)

[Sydney]

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> Betsy Hp:

> 
> But then I realized that Snape would have been in his late teens, 
> early twenties (per the Lexicon which puts his birth year at '59 
> or '60) in the late 70's and early 80's.  So he'd be a disaffected 
> youth with working class roots (possibly/probably) and some major 
> anger issues at the birth of punk.  Snape and punk?  Oh hells yeah!  
> So add in some Velvet Underground, Ramones, Patti Smith, the Clash, 


"White Riot" seems appropriate... Holy mind-meld, Betty, I TOTALLY see
young Snape living in a Clash t-shirt!!-- AND:

 > Add a bit 
> of Mozart (Dumbledore's influence) and I think we've got a good 
> start.  

I have such a clear image of Dumbledore introducing Snape to Mozart
and especially Bach, as a way to soothe the sagave breast when Snape
first switched sides.  At such an emotionally vulnerable time it would
have totally blown his mind, the cello suites in particular..  

-- Sydney,