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

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No: HPFGUIDX 142508

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

Betsy Hp:
I know.  Isn't he totally lickable?

> >>Sydney:
> 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..  

Betsy Hp:
Since I'm liking the idea of the Prince family not being very high-
brow themselves, I imagine Snape being introduced to classical music 
by Lucius and totally getting into the whole Romantic era -- all 
that pure emotion and angst.  Dumbledore would introduce him to the 
beauty of control and precision.  And I agree that Snape would be at 
an especially vulnerable point at that time.  A time where it would 
be better to master his emotions rather than let them run him.

> >>Nora:
> Of course, all of this begs the question: how are they going to
> *listen* to it?
> We have Wizarding Wireless, but we've never seen evidence of any of
> those at Hogwarts.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
Oh, I wasn't being serious about Snape having an iPod.  (I doubt the 
question was asked seriously either.)  But I will say the idea of 
Hogwarts being totally without music is rather horrifying, 
personally.  Especially when JKR appears to want to paint the WW as 
home to all that is creative and individual, while Muggles are more 
bland and generic. (Dumbledore vs. Dursley)

Though the very fact that there is a rock group in the WW that is 
well known by kids in the WW suggests that they must listen to 
*something*.  It's just not Harry's (nor JKR's I think) cup of tea 
so we don't see any direct evidence of it.  (I believe there's also 
a glee club of some sort.  Didn't someone's glee club activities 
affect the DA club meeting time?) 

> >>Nora:
> I suppose one could conceptualize the pureblood Slytherin kids
> getting a kick out of Muggle music as a rebellion, but I don't    
> quite see it, myself.

Betsy Hp:
There is that. (Like white Southern kids listening to black music in 
the US, back in the day.)  I also wonder if JKR means for us to 
conclude that anything creative was actually done by a wizard.  (The 
whole Shakespeare was a wizard, Piccaso was a wizard, thing.)  I 
read one fanfic where Draco is playing some music for Ron and Ron 
thinks they're rip-offs of some wizard bands he knows and Draco has 
to explain that they're actually Muggle and that wizard groups had 
been ripping off the Muggle world for years. So that's another 
theory. (e.g. Elvis?)

> >>Nora:
> Half-bloods such as Snape who are patently obsesessed with         
> expurgating part of their heritage? Don't see it either.

Betsy Hp:
I'm going with the, Snape goes back to his old neighborhood to 
slither out of direct bloody action and do his behind the scenes 
work (potions, I guess?) for Voldemort after graduation, theory.  
And of course *Snape* isn't going to be hiding from the scary 
Muggles.  So he kicks around the old stomping grounds (literally, 
one wonders?), and ooh, hey!  What's that compelling music, like all 
of his rage crystallized into sound?

> >>Nora:
> Dumbledore is an exception, but don't forget that he also predates 
> the era of recorded music.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
So Dumbledore will only listen to live music?  That seems awfully 
limiting for someone so musically enclined, IMO. (JKR talks about 
him humming to himself all the time.)  Dumbledore is described as 
enjoying chamber music on his Chocolate Frog Card (in a particularly 
non-shocking blurb) so it's hard for me to see Dumbledore's interest 
in music as an exception.

Surely the WW can figure out how to record and distribute music.  
They distribute photographs and posters easily enough.  Heck, they 
record and distribute *memories* easily enough.  (Wait -- pensieve 
music recordings? hmmm.)

Betsy Hp  (who also likes the idea of the Rolling Stones' "Paint it 
Black" on Snape's iPod, because hello, obvious. <g>)