I have to agree. :\ I mean, some of the songs fit their characters, but I think that's just a coincidence. Most of them are pretty far off. Although, one of Clark's songs is "Do You Realize?" by The Flaming Lips, and the lyric I always remember from that song is:

Which is appropriate, because he outlives all of them. :(

Where do you see that, PolarB? I can only see three songs for each character. There's a "View Complete Playlist" for each character, but it doesn't work for me. I thought you had to be a Sprint customer.

So I'm bored and decided to see what the characters complete playlists are, here they are:

Chloe
Thanks for the Memories-by Fall Out Boy
Hey There Delilah-by Plain White T's
Respect (Stereo Version)-by Aretha Franklin
Read My Mind-by The Killers
Ldn-by Lily Allen
Perfect Situation (10/27/05 version)-by Weezer
He Can Only Hold Her-by Amy Winehouse
Because Of You-by Ne*Yo
Think I'm In Love-by Beck
Portions For Foxes-by Rilo Kiley
Tipsy-by Street To Nowhere
Bleeder-by Alkaline Trio
Circle In The Sand- by Belinda Carlisle
Extraordinary- by Liz Phair
Layla-by Eric Clapton
Bette Davis Eyes-by Kim Carnes

Clark
Stand-by Rascal Flatts
I Know She Hung The Moon-by Toby Keith
Hey,Good Lookin' (single version)-by Hank Williams
Photograph-by Nickelback
Under The Influence- by James Morrison
Do You Realize?-by The Flaming Lips
Your Song (1996)-by Elton John
Little Victories-by Matt Nathanson
False Pretense-by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Time Won't Let Me Go-by The Bravery
I Cried Like A Silly Boy-by Devotchka
Size Too Small-by Sufjan Stevens
Place To Be-by Nick Drake
Slow Down-by Ben Jelen
I Know What I Know( remastered)-by Paul Simon
O Valencia!-by The Decemberists
In The Midnight Hour (LP version)-by Wilson Pickett
Always Wanting You-by Merle Haggard & The Strangers
Modern Nature-by Sondra Lerche
Simple Man-by Lynard Skynyrd

Jimmy
Party Like A Rock Star (explicit)-by Shop Boyz
Give It To Me (explicit)-by Timbaland
Chelsea Dagger-by The Fratellis
I Will Follow You into the Dark-by Death Cab For Hire
You're A Wolf-by sea Wolf
Hands Down-by Dashboard Confessional
Face Down-by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
A Praise Chorus-by Jimmy Eat World
Tonight,Tonight-by Smashing Pumpkins
A Decade Under The Influence-by Taking Back Sunday
Your Guardian Angel-by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Be My Escape-by Relient K
Salty Eyes-by The Matches
Ruby's Arms-by Tom Waits
To Go Home-by M.Ward
Tank Parh salute (LP version)-by Billy Bragg
This Is Not An Exit-by Saves The Day
Like A Hurricane (LP version)-by Neil Young
Take The Long Way Home (Live)-by Supertramp
American Flag-by Cat Power
Bring Em Out (explicit)-by T.l

Kara
Fergalicious (explicit)-by Fergie
Stronger (explicit)-by Kanye West
1234-by Feist
Bubbly-by Colbie Caillat
Rockstar-by Nickelback
Take Me There-by Rascal Flatts
Wake Up Call-by Maroon 5
Hate That I Love You-by Rihanna
The Way I Are-by Timbaland
First Time-by Lifehouse
Bleed It Out (amended version)-by Linkin Park
This Ain't A Scene,It's An Arms Race-by Fall Out Boy
Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)-by Fergie
Want To-by Sugarland
Once In A Lifetime-by Keith Urban
Rag And Bone-by The White Stripes
Lips Of An Angel-by Hinder
Ayo Technology (explicit)-by 50 Cent
Just Like You-by Keyshia Cole
Hey There Delilah-by The Plain White T's
Apologize-by Timabland featuring One Republic

Lana
Leave The Pieces-by The Wreckers
Red Umbrella-by Faith Hill
Those Three Days-by Lucinda williams
Makes Me Wonder-by Maroon 5
Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)-by Fergie
Right Through You (LP version)-by Alanis Morissette
Starlight-by Muse
History Song-by The Good,The Bad And The Queen
I Still Rememberby Bloc Party
4 In The Morning-by Gwen Stefani
Maneater-by Nelly Furtado
I Know I Know I Know-by Tegan and Sara
Talk Talk-by Talk talk
Evening Gown (LP version)-by Mick Jagger
Time Has Told Me-by Nick Drake
Sometimes Always-by Jesus and Mary Chain
Forever Young-by Alphaville
Into The Great Wide Open-by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
It Doesn't Matter Anymore (single version)-by Buddy Holly

Lex
Stronger (explicit)-by Kanye West
The Way I Are-by Timbaland
Makes Me Wonder-by Maroon 5
Because Of You-by Ne*Yo
Wadsyaname (dirty edition)-by Nelly
Say It Right-by Nelly Furtado
Make Me Better (explicit)-by Fabolous
Madman across The Water-by Elton John
Body Baby (explicit)-by Pharoahe Monch
Stone Cold Crazy-by Queen
No More Mr. Nice Guy (remastered version)-byAlice Cooper
Tell Me When To Go (featuring Keak Da Sneak)-by E-40
Bohemian Rhapsody-by Queen
Renegade-by Styx
Lives In The Balance (LP version)-by Jackson Browne
I Don't Believe In Love-by Queensryche

Lois
Here I Go Again (radio mix version)-by Whitesnake
Empty Walls-by Serj Tankian
Settlin'-by Sugarland
I Wanna Be Sedated (LP version)-by Ramones
The Unthinking Majority-by Serj Tankian
The Taste Of Ink-by The Used
Misery Business-by Paramore
When You Were Young-by The Killers
Prophecy-by Remy Zero
Wolf Like Me-by TV On The Radio
Blitzkrieg Bop-by Ramones
The Saints Are Coming-by The Skids
Love You 'Till The End-by The Pogues
If I Could Talk I'd Tell You-by The Lemonheads
The Shining-by Badly Drawn Boy
The Ballad Of Jayne-by LA Guns
Salt Of The Earth-by The Rolling Stones
Badfish-by Sublime
The River Is Wild-by The Killers

I don't know, I thought they'd have better taste overall in music. Lex's especially is disappointing. At the very least I think he'd be a Bowie fan.

Thanks DonnyMarie, that makes it so much easier!

Not sure who is picking, but I swear they have an opinion on character. Actually I could see a bunch of 20-somethings throwing out song titles and having fun in a conference room before someone has to put it up on the website.

This is a redeeming factor in Lex's list, but The Way That I Are? No, no, no. Not for Lex.

Rosenbaum wouldn't be happy with Lex's list! (Except for Styx, Alice Cooper, Queen & Jackson Browne.)

I suddenly got a flash of the backroom of People Magazine and the female staff who retreat there every year the Sexiest Issue come around to try and decide who should win between - Matthew Mcongh-however you spell his name and George Clooney.

I notice that two of Lex's songs ("Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Renegade") are about guys who are facing the death penalty. "Lives in the Balance" is a very political song (left-leaning, as Jackson Browne always is) with the interesting lyric, "They sell us the president the same way/They sell us our clothes and our cars."

And "Circle in the Sand" is an odd choice for Chloe, considering it's ancient (I'm pretty sure I remember that one from college). It's a romantic ballad, and as a Chlarker, I like it: "Oh, baby, anywhere you go/We are bound together/I begin, baby, where you end/Some things are forever."

1988, but Lois had her Whitesnake.

Just for kicks here are all the lyrics for Circle in the Sand

Sundown all around
Walking thru the summers end
Waves crash baby, dont look back
I wont walk away again

Oh, baby, anywhere you go,
We are bound together
I begin, baby, where you end
Some things are forever !

Circle in the sand
round and round
Never ending love is what we've found
And you complete the heart of me
Our love is all we need
Circle in the sand

Cold wind, tide move in
Shiver in the salty air
Day breaks, my heart aches
I will wait for you right here.

Oh, baby when you look for me
Can you see forever ?
I begin baby, where you end
We belong together

Circle in the sand
round and round
Rising of the moon as the sun goes down
And you complete the heart of me
Our love is all we need
Circle in the sand
Circle in the sand

Baby can you hear me ?
Can you hear me calling ?

Edited to point out Chloe's last line in Veritas. (It's close at least)

I'm not sure how I feel about the fact that I actually like Jimmy's playlist the best. But I can actually see him listening to those songs, which is not, as has been said, the case with Lex. It cracks me up to picture him listening to anything on the first half of his playlist.

I also feel I should note that Muse is also a band, and the song is "Starlight," and it's very good.

Oh, and a question: Does anyone know if they've been showing the "Descent" trailer throughout the week? I pretty much only watch the CW on Thursdays, and last Thursday they showed it at least 3 times in that 2-hour block, but I have no idea about other nights.

Whoa, Jimmy listens to music made by people that I know! I'm disturbed by that.

IA. Lex's list is very unLexian, IMO (with a few exceptions).

Squee!!! Chloe's got "Perfect Situation" by Weezer. I listened to that song on eternal loop when I first got it on my ipod. And "Portions for Foxes"? Awesome song. If anyone has not explored Rilo Kiley, then they haven't lived. I especially love "Glendora," all about a girl being a guy's wetnap (something I sometimes think could happen to Chloe in regards to Clark). Awesome song. Look it up.

Okay. Just had to say that.

I don't know if it's funny or sad for Kara, but her list shows the least amount of personality of the lot of them. Everyone else has at least something classic rock or some bits of hipness*. Hell, even Jimmy has Tom Waits and Lana has Buddy Holly. But Kara? She has two Fergie songs for God's sake.

Layla is an interesting choice for Chloe.


* To be fair she does have a White Stripes song.

It's the ulimate unrequited love song. I'm just glad they didn't go with Taylor Swift or Bonnie Rait. At least Clapton is less obvious.

I think it's funny that "Can You Read My Mind" is on Chloe's list. Every time I hear that song I think of that stupid scene in the Superma movie where Lois is thinking, "Can you read my mind? Do you know what I'm thinking?" That's probably just me though, because I have seen that movie a billion times. I have no idea if the song actually makes sense as a Chloe song or not.

I always imagined that Jimmy would listen to annoying hipster stuff, and shouldn't Lex have some classical stuff on there? We know he listens to that.

I think part of the problem is that I doubt the list writers would be able to differentiate between classical pieces. God knows I can't and I actually listen to classical music more than most 25 year olds. (What can I say, it's good reading music, thank you XM 110.) Or they think Classical Music just isn't cool enough.

EDIT:
Lyrics:

I'd like to think this one is a hint that Pod!Chloe is on the way out and Reporter!Chloe is back: "I never really gave up on/Breakin' out of this two-star town/I got the green light/I got a little fight/I'm gonna turn this thing around."



I think that's probably the case.

ETA: Aaaaand, CantThinkUpName beat me to it. Curse these slow typing fingers!

Well, now having read the lyrics, I think "Can You Read My Mind" should have been a Clark song. Thanks, CTUN.

ETA: Maye that's it, Elly, even though Chloe's dreams have been pushed to the back burner, it doesn't mean she's given up on them. Except, I find it hard to believe that whoever put these lists together has any advance knowledge about what's going on on the show.

Oh, I did appreciate the fact that they put some country music on Clark's list, because that's the kind of music he would have grown up with in his home. Lois, OTOH, list doesn't ring true at all with what we actually know about her musical taste, aside from the Whitesnake. Where's the Metallica and Motley Crue?

Maybe they saw this? ;) Of course, since that song is about an acid trip, maybe we're supposed to believe that the whole show is one big hallucination. Or that Chloe has an interesting weekend habit?

Wow. I don't think I've ever seen a video that did such a good job of tying the exact words (trapeline, chosen one, etc..) exactly to the video moment. What an excellent find.

I'm such a musical novice, I recognize about 1/3 of these songs.

Heh, I recognize even less. But I can tell just by looking at Lex's list that it doesn't sound like his kind of music at all, so it must be really, really bad.

This make perfect sense to me. She just started listening to earth music. She would start with current radio, then work her way back.

I started listening to music later in life than most people, and this is how I started. But I did and still avoid most pop though.

I think in some cases they just went for a title or artist that would be a cute or sly wink. Such as "Hey, Good Lookin'" for Clark.

I think they might have chosen "Your Song" for Clark because of the line "I can't tell if they're (ie. his eyes) green or they're blue".

Apparently, the CW is running a general station promoting commercial that shows footage of Clark flying with a woman in his arms. The person I spoke to who saw it said it might have been Lois, but they weren't sure. Just that she had dark hair. Anyone here who gets the station see this?

Was it an official fly or could it have been the leap in Crimson?

It's possible. My friend who saw it isn't sure, which his why I'm asking here, since we don't get the CW up here at all so I can't watch for it myself. They are airing another commercial where they use the Lana catch from Action, so they could very well be using all older footage. She did mention it looked more like he was actually carrying her in his arms, though, not holding her to his side like he did Lois in Crimson.

I only watch the CW on Thursdays, but I'll keep my eye out for it when flipping channels. I think it's likely to be old footage unless it's something that was cut from "Veritas." The trailer for "Descent" is made up of a lot of old footage as well.

The first person who saw the "Clark flying with a dark haired woman" posted about it on the 31st of March. If this is a new scene it would have to be from either "Veritas", "Descent" or "Sleeper," because Apocalypse (I think) wasn't filmed until the second week of April. Even Sleeper wasn't filmed until April, and Erica isn't in Sleeper, so eliminate Sleeper from that. If this is Lois flying with Clark, then it would have to be a scene from "Descent" unless it was a scene removed from Veritas.

There wouldn't be time for it to have been from Apocalypse because they just got done filming it. Not to mention the episode before Apocalypse (Sleeper) doesn't have Erica in it.

If it was Lois flying with Clark, why isn't that spoiled? It's more news worthy than Chloe being engaged, and Lex as President. Or they could hint that Clark will fly. I'd think TPTB would want that moment hinted at or spoiled to gain interest.

There is that scene from Reckoning where Clark "leaps" with Lana in his arm. It looks like flying and there are sections where you wouldn't know it is Lana.

I find it hard to believe that even the crackmonkeys in the CW promo department would slip up that badly.

Unbelievable. Not only did they show us Lionel's death in the trailer for Descent, they show us that Lex finds the Fortress. Couldn't they have just, I don't know, hinted at it?

Not that it's not a cool trailer. ;)

I got a very Spacey!Lex feel off that last part of the trailer. And I love that they used some of the awesome Superman music as they showed the Fortress and then quickly turned it into creepy music as soon as we saw it was Lex and not Clark walking towards it.

I'm surprised by how much old footage there was in that trailer, though. What gives?

Hold on, is that for next week? Lex finds the FoS next week?

Yeah, I don't know what the deal is with the promo for next week. Isn't "Sleeper" next week?

Supposedly it's for Arctic, but they're not even shooting that episode yet. :\

I was confused too, but I laughed when I saw Lex in his hiking gear at the FoS. I laughed really, really hard. Maybe it was the furry hood...

Good, so I'm not alone.

For me, it's the drawstrings that show off Mikey's trim waist. Of course, Lex has a couture parka!

Hee! Yes, that waist is totally cinched. Also, I mock his perfectly matching boots. Mostly because I can only imagine that he gave some lowly minion a detailed list of specific coordinates to obtain. He's like Hunter Mountain Barbie or something.

Mostly I think it's just sort of disarming to see him in anything but the regular Lex-wear.

If they're showing stock footage from the last few episodes along with footage from Artic instead of showing us actual clips from the episode Sleeper that should tell you about how boring this next episode will most likely be.

Truth in advertising for once?

Seriously show, if you even think of doing another mindwipe, you are dead to me.

I just don't think Sleeper was done in time for a trailer. They did the same thing with "Descent." Although that was three weeks before the episode premiered, not one....

Word.

http://www.kryptonsite.com/sleeperpromo13.htm

Hey, they snuck a shot of Krypton in the promo!

I hardly see how they can call it a Sleeper promo. I'll betcha none of that footage was from Sleeper from what we know of it, at least.

Because they're the CW promo department. Liars and incompetents the lot of them.

I thought I saw a glimpse of Krypton in there. Isn't there some Superman story about Kara and a miniature city in a bottle? Is that possibly what we saw?

Isn't that shot from "Lara"?

Isn't that Krypton shot from "Blue" or "Lara"? I thought I saw something like that when they were doing the Kara/Zor-El storyline.

ETA: Ha, Elly and I posted at the same time.

It is indeed part of the very opening shot, with the warring cities, from Lara.

And even though the actor playing Zor-El pronounces it 'Kendar', I believe the city Kara and Zor-El are in is supposed to be Kandor. In Superman Lore Kandor was indeed miniturized and placed in a bottle (I think by Brainiac in the current continuity).

Apocalypse trailer highlights:

- Brainiac is Lex's assistant.
- Lex addresses the nation as President!
- Kara punches concrete and shit.
- Clark grabs Jimmy and slams him against a wall.
- Lex has kryptonite bullets...
- Clark has his glasses and a DP press pass.