Medium: Television.
Fandom: Mad Men.
Subject: Pete Campbell.
Title: A Blindness Close to Perfection.
Warnings: Possible spoilers for season 1 & 2.
Introduction: THE MAD MEN.
A song to depict the branch of New York society in which Pete Campbell lives and works: the Mad Men.
♠ Protect Me From What I Want - Placebo
It's the disease of the age
It's the disease that we crave
Alone at the end of the rave
We catch the last bus home
Corporate America wakes
Coffee republic and cakes
We open the latch on the gate
Of the hole that we call our home
Chapter I: PERSONALITY.
Two songs representing his inner conflict and misery.
♠ Falling Down - Duran Duran
Why did the luck run dry
Laugh in my face, so pleased to desert me
Why do the cruel barbs fly?
Now when disgrace can no longer hurt me
Because I'm falling down
With people standing round
But before I hit the ground
Is there time
Could I find someone out there to help me?
♠ Isolation - Joy Division
Surrendered to self preservation
From others who care for themselves
A blindness that touches perfection
But hurts just like anything else
Isolation, Isolation, Isolation
Mother, I tried, please believe me
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm ashamed of the things I've been put through
I'm ashamed of the person I am
Chapter II: AMBITION.
It's quite evident to me that ambition is Pete's most powerful drive and most part of his mistakes comes from hunger for success.
♠ Lust for Life - Iggy Pop
Well, I'm just a modern guy
Of course, I've had it in my ear before
'Cause I've a lust for life
♠ Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths
So for once in my life
Let me get what I want
Lord knows, it would be the first time
Chapter III: THE JOB.
The most important thing to him, obviously. The former revolves around his complex love-hate relationship with Don Draper, the latter is more general and aimed to everybody who undervaluates him in the firm.
♠ Losing my Religion - REM
Losing my religion
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
♠ Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
Another one bites the dust
There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man
And bring him to the ground
You can beat him
You can cheat him
You can treat him bad and leave him
When he's down
But I'm ready, yes I'm ready for you
I'm standing on my own two feet
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
Repeating the sound of the beat
Chapter IV: PEGGY.
In my opinion, they share a unique, yet dysfunctional, sort of love. The first song is referred to the night they spend together before Pete's wedding; the second one should depict Pete's feelings during the Season Two finale, before Peggy's revelation.
♠ A Question of Lust - Depeche Mode
My weaknesses
You know each and every one (it frightens me)
But I need to drink
More than you seem to think
Before I'm anyone's
And you know
It's a question of lust
It's a question of trust
♠ Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins
Time is never time at all
You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth
And our lives are forever changed
We will never be the same
The more you change the less you feel
Believe, believe in me, believe
That life can change, that you're not stuck in vain
We're not the same, we're different tonight
Tonight, so bright
Tonight
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