Ha, I was just going to comment saying, no, actually Snape likes this, and this, and this, but then I got shy about revealing quite how much thought I've put into this. But he was a teenager in the 70s...
Exactly! And coming from the background that he does... that's the music he'd listen to. Also he's need tunes like these both as a budding anarcho-fascist and as Doing What Must Be Done kind of fellow.
(Ok, I'm going to reveal how much thought I have put into this now, because I've been vaguely working on a post about this after I alleged on Twitter that Snape hates Morrissey and was called upon to defend my assertion).
I figured the Clash too for precisely those reasons, then I got all tangled up in myself because of their involvement in Rock Against Racism which would have been rather at odds with teenage Snape's leanings, and yet at the same time a very Snapely contradiction. And from there descended into chaos about how people who are racist would rarely describe themselves as such anyway, and how much resonance would muggle cultural references really have for him anyway, given he grew up wholly belonging to neither culture.
This is clearly one of those things I have to finish writing in order to get it out of my head.
I think Snape's liminality would have enabled him to contain the contradiction that you mention. Very likely that by the time he was choosing what music to listen to he was very much detached from his muggle background in a way that enabled him to ignore the particular cultural reference and enjoyed the anger and feel justified in his own.
See, I think Snape would resent Morrissey for whining too much, on the grounds his own list of grievances is easily as long and much more real, but he never gets to express them because nobody bloody listens. When Morrissey says things he agrees with, he gets very bitter about it. Snape is not obliged to be rational. ;)
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Date: 2009-08-27 02:51 pm (UTC)But Snape is a Punk and New Wave fan for sure. It's the Who, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, The Clash, Joy Division, The Cure and all that.
Though Queen, Silvestri, Simon and Garfunkel and the song "I'm Too Sexy" are pretty damn spot on!
Hilarity!
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Date: 2009-08-27 03:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-27 03:22 pm (UTC)Exactly! And coming from the background that he does... that's the music he'd listen to. Also he's need tunes like these both as a budding anarcho-fascist and as Doing What Must Be Done kind of fellow.
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Date: 2009-08-27 03:46 pm (UTC)I figured the Clash too for precisely those reasons, then I got all tangled up in myself because of their involvement in Rock Against Racism which would have been rather at odds with teenage Snape's leanings, and yet at the same time a very Snapely contradiction. And from there descended into chaos about how people who are racist would rarely describe themselves as such anyway, and how much resonance would muggle cultural references really have for him anyway, given he grew up wholly belonging to neither culture.
This is clearly one of those things I have to finish writing in order to get it out of my head.
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Date: 2009-08-27 03:54 pm (UTC)I think Snape's liminality would have enabled him to contain the contradiction that you mention. Very likely that by the time he was choosing what music to listen to he was very much detached from his muggle background in a way that enabled him to ignore the particular cultural reference and enjoyed the anger and feel justified in his own.
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