Don't Give Up The Fight

[an0ther_dreamer]

Fandom: Agent Carter
Subject: Peggy Carter
Title: Don't Give Up The Fight
Warnings/Notes: Made for the fanmix promptfest atwaywardmixes. The prompt was: Shiny & New (Media). Spoilers for Agent Carter and Captain America: The First Avenger. 8tracks stream and DL available.

In 1946 Agent Peggy Carter is still reeling from the loss of Captain Steve Rogers, the love of her life. But the world of espionage waits for no woman; she needs to get back to work.

Unfortunately her male co-workers at the New York office of the Strategic Scientific Reserve relegate her to secretary duties instead of putting her talents to proper use. (Taking down bad guys and kicking ass.) Luckily, Peggy has friends like aspiring actress and auto-mat waitress Angie Martinelli to confide in.

Angie Martinelli: "Everything all right, English?"
Peggy Carter: "Fine actually, if you don't count work."
Angie Martinelli: "Boys at the phone company giving you a hard time?"
Peggy Carter: "No more than usual, it's just... During the war, I had a sense of purpose. Responsibility. Now I connect the calls, but I never get a chance to make them."
When playboy/millionaire/inventor Howard Stark is framed for selling weapons to enemies of the state he enlists Peggy’s expertise to clear his name. Stark leaves her with the assistance of his butler, Edwin Jarvis. (Great at laundry; not so great at field work.)

As Peggy uses her 007 skills to foil enemy plots she regains confidence in herself and by the end of the season when a co-worker takes credit for her accomplishments she doesn’t get angry. She knows who she is and what she’s capable of; the rest isn’t important.

Agent Carter is like a fun, pulp-y spy novel. (Knock-out lipstick! Disguises! Typewriters that type by themselves!) I tried to pick music that would match that tone, so there’s some old classics and a lot of big band. I hope that you enjoy the mix.

My Funny Valentine by Ella Fitzgerald
Is your figure less than Greek?
Is your mouth a little weak?
When you open it to speak, are you smart?
But, don't change a hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little valentine, stay!
Each day is Valentine's Day


Box of Secrets by Zarif
A little voice there in my head
Saying, how many hours has your day got left?
With the pressures of your day run out of time
Hard to have a plan and keep to it
And pick a path and stick to it

Open up the box of secrets
Take one out for me I'll show the number on my ticket
And take one home with me
Show me show me what you got
I'll take it take it soak it up
Open up the box of secrets
Take one out for me


The Lady Is A Tramp by Lena Horne
I love a prizefight that isn't a fake
I adore the rowing on Central Park lake
I go to Opera and stay wide awake
That's why the lady is a tramp

I like the green grass under my shoes
What can I lose?
I'm flat, that's that
I'm all alone when I turn out my lamp
That's why the lady is a tramp


That Man by Caro Emerald
I'm in a little bit of trouble
And I'm in real deep
From the beginning to the end
He was no more than a friend to me

The thought is makin' me hazy
I think I better sit down
‘Cause like the sweetest serenade
Bet he knows he's got it made with me

Now it's like I'm on a mission
Headed everywhere
And if it takes a little long
And it feels a little wrong
Who cares?


You Know My Name by Gabriela Gunčíková
If you take a life, do you know what you'll give?
Odds are, you won't like what it is
When the storm arrives,
Would you be seen with me?
By the merciless eyes I've deceived

I've seen angels fall from blinding heights
But you yourself are nothing so divine
Just next in line
Arm yourself because no-one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can't deny the prize; it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins
You know my name


They Just Keep Moving The Line by Megan Hilty
So talent and ambition
Won me a chance to shine
I aced the big audition
But it's rainin' on Cloud Nine
Can't beat the competition
'Cause they just keep moving the line

So I made friends with rejection
I've straightened up my spine
I'll change each imperfection
Till it's time to drink the wine
I'd toast to resurrection
But they just keep moving the line!

Please give me some direction
'Cause they just keep moving the line!


It's Not Over (Death or the Toy Piano) by The Puppini Sisters
Far beyond was a time of fame, a time of joy
But for now, only dark days
And nights spent cold and shivering

Working the corner at a quarter to three
With nothing but an old friend and some long memories
She sits by the roadside with a cup in her hand
She'll never stop living the life

It's not over, so don't give up the fight
It's not over, some day you'll see it right
Though the times you were loved and adored by the crowd
Are all gone, it's not over so don't give up the fight


All The Same To Me by Anya Marina
I won't run when the sky turns to flame
And I sure won't budge
When the earth does shake
When the flood comes up I will dance in the rain
'Cause it's all the same to me

Bonus


Anaconda (Feat. Robyn Adele Anderson) by Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox
Gun in my purse
But I came dressed to kill
Who wanna go first?
I had'em pushin’ daffodils

Download the mix here.

Or listen to it on 8tracks here.

Comments

[someplacetobe.livejournal.com]

Oooh! This feels like the character (and show)!

[an0ther-dreamer.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm glad that it reflected Peggy well.

[someplacetobe.livejournal.com]

Oh, it does! I was chatting to a friend about it and they guessed it was Peggy while it played and we discussed the show while it played as well.

It's a great, fun li'l mix!

[impala-chick.livejournal.com]

Holy moly, I'm so in in love with this! Fantastic song choices, I love big band stuff <3

[an0ther-dreamer.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[cordeliadelayne]

This looks great! I'm snagging the download, thank you :D

[an0ther-dreamer.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I hope that you enjoy it. :)

[ninety6tears.livejournal.com]

Lots of great choices, but I really smiled at seeing "The Lady is a Tramp."

[an0ther-dreamer.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I struggled for a long time working out which version of the song I was going to use, but it was always going to be in there somewhere.

[potentiality-26.livejournal.com]

I love the feel of this mix, and the individual song choices are perfect (especially They Just Keep Moving the Line. Totally her song, and I love Smash).

[an0ther-dreamer.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. I've actually never seen Smash but the song was perfect for the situation.

[eumelkeks.livejournal.com]

Oh, intriguing mix! Thank you for sharing!

[an0ther-dreamer.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm hope that you like it.

[teaotter.livejournal.com]

This fits the feel of the show very well.

[an0ther-dreamer.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm glad that you thought it worked.

[lexigent.livejournal.com]

This is a fabulous mix for a fabulous character. Thanks!

[an0ther-dreamer.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm glad that you liked it.

[craterdweller.livejournal.com]

Wow! What a fantastic mix! I love the period pieces you choose ! Some of my favorites from this era.

Well done!

[an0ther-dreamer.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[hbics.livejournal.com]

I really love the graphics you added for each track, they really help give a nice picture of the mix + show. :)

[an0ther-dreamer.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I worked really hard on them, I'm glad they added to the story I was trying to tell with the mix. :)

[haebin.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[an0ther-dreamer.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!