Other Characters' Songs

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Better Than Revenge, from Taylor Swift's album, Speak Now: an excellent song for the poison-ivy plant, Lauren Mallory, and her venomous jealousy and spite towards Bella over Tyler Crowley.

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El Deguello

The cutthroat song. Right back in the days of Simon Bolivar, he played this music to his enemies as a signal that he was taking no prisoners. Later, on the first day of The Alamo, General Santa Anna played this music and hoisted a red flag to tell the rebel garrison that he would make good on his promises before the rebellion and hang the lot of them. Colonel Travis fired his largest artillery piece at the Mexican red flag to indicate his contempt for the threat; Colonel Bowie was incensed and insisted on negotiations - it is rarely told that Colonel Bowie and Colonel Travis (on Colonel Bowie;s insistence) negotiated and wanted to surrender on terms. But General Santa Anna wanted to make a point and would only offer "surrender at discretion", which we call unconditional surrender today. Given that he did not rescind his statement that he meant to hang every single rebel he captured, this was not much of an offer. When Colonel Bowie returned to the Alamo and after conferring once again with Colonel Travis, he personally fired a second shot at the Mexican red flag. Today, we would say, "Game On!"

El Deguello is the song which means "no mercy". I think it is Victoria's song for Bella; but it is also Edward Cullen's song for Victoria.

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In a diner in Philadelphia in 1948, Alice Cullen is waiting for the first beautiful thing that ever happened in her life to happen. A thunderstorm has broken out outside and someone is walking (not too fast) towards the door of the diner. Is there a jukebox in the diner?

If there is, this is what Alice should spend her dime on. This is the song which encapsulates this moment; how many years has she been waiting for this?

Harry James/Kitty Kallen: Its Been A Long Long Time.

Kiss me once, then kiss me twice
Then kiss me once again.
It's been a long, long time.
Haven't felt like this, my dear
Since I can't remember when.
It's been a long, long time

You'll never know how many dreams
I've dreamed about you.
Or just how empty they all seemed without you.
So kiss me once, then kiss me twice
Then kiss me once again.
It's been a long, long time.

Ah, kiss me once, then kiss me twice
Then kiss me once again.
It's been a long time.
Haven't felt like this my dear
Since I can't remember when
It's been a long, long time.

This song topped the US charts in December 1945 (Bing Crosby covered it too); after 4 years (six if you were British) of separation and loneliness and terrible fear that a telegram might arrive from the War Department with the worst news imaginable, women were standing by dock sides, outside airfield buildings, on the concourse of train stations, still suppressing that paranoid little fear that something might be wrong, that their Significant Other might not appear after all. There is an analogy here in the eruption of violent emotions when he does appear, the war is really over at last; and somewhere in Philadelphia, Alice Cullen is finally setting eyes on Jasper Hale.

Alice Cullen (extends her hand to Jasper): You've kept me waiting for a long time.
Jasper Hale (bows and kisses Alice's hand): I'm sorry, ma'am.

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A song about Gianna and her stylish, warm and comfortably furnished lobby.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYf4kqnAWos

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device"
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
"Relax, " said the night man,
"We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave!