music from veronica mars

a friend and i were discussing the music that’s used on different tv shows. i said that a few of my favourites included the music from veronica mars, the oc and grey’s anatomy. she then challenged me to come up with my own ’soundtrack’ for each show.

since i have a compulsion to share music with others, i thought i’d subject you all to my choices.

leading things off… veronica mars (there are spoilers associated with these songs, you’ve been warned)…

• we used to be friends by the dandy warhols
• how can you mend a broken heart? by al green (2:11 donut run – played when veronica pretends to wallow over duncan)
• lily dreams on by cotton mather (1:22 leave it to beaver – played during veronica’s dream about her and lily in the pool)
• now is the time by damone (1:4 the wrath of con – second half of the lilly video at the fountain dedication)
• that’s amore! by dean martin (1:19 hot dogs – aaron beats up dylan)
• ashes by embrace (2:1 normal is the watchword – veronica and weevil come up on the bus crash)
• white lines by grandmaster flash and the furious five (1:1 pilot – ‘i’ve got a secret, a good one’)
• see my friends by gravenhurst (2:22 not pictured – the scene on the roof ending with cassidy jumping)
• edge of the ocean by ivy (2:10 one angry veronica – logan watches and then destroys the aaron/lilly tape)
• the change by jon dee graham (2:1 normal is the watchword – logan and veronica making out in the xterra)
• one way or another by kristen bell (1:12 clash of the tritons – veronica’s karaoke song)
• art by louque (1:3 meet john smith – the end of veronica and troy’s date)
• i hear the bells by mike doughty (2:20 look who’s stalking – logan’s epic love speech)
• adelaide by old 97’s (2:11 donut run – duncan and baby lilly ride off into the sunset)
• time flies tomorrow by paul westerberg (2:22 not pictured – logan and veronica kiss in the hall)
• i touch myself by saucy monkey (1:21 a trip to the dentist – played during various flashbacks of shelly pomeroy’s party)
• breathe me (four tet remix) by sia (2:18 i am god: veronica and logan making out in the xterra)
• momentary thing by something happens
• no sleep tonight by the faders (2:5 blast from the past – song at the homecoming dance)
• sway by the perishers (2:17 plan b – veronica and logan at the sadie hawkins dance)
• i am god by the wannabes (2:18 i am god – dream scene with cervando on the bus)