Actions

Work Header

Fanmix: Stark Li(f)e

Summary:

A musical character study of (movieverse) Tony Stark.

Notes:

I've been thinking about Tony's public and private faces for the last few weeks, and it inspired me to put this together.

Tony Stark is a complicated person. It's over-simplifying to say that he has just two 'faces', but it's one way of looking at things: His public face, the careless, reckless, womanizing billionaire playboy - and his private face, the isolated alcoholic genius who's tortured in his efforts to do good, to be good. (I'll admit, reading Iron Man and Philosophy has coloured my thoughts a bit.) With that in mind, I present:

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

Public Side

"Sharp Dressed Man" - ZZ Top

When I step out I'm gonna do you in
They come a runnin' just as fast as they can, 'cause every girl is crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man

"Living After Midnight" - Judas Priest

My pulse is racing, I'm hot to take
This motor's revved up, fit to break

"The Wild Life" - Slaughter

No matter what you see, no matter what you do
You know you'll never, never know where are you

"I Don't Wanna Stop" - Ozzy Osbourne

Don't try to change my mind, you know I'm one of a kind
Ain't gonna change my bad behavior

"Burn It to the Ground" - Nickelback

Well no chains, no lock, and this train won't stop
We got no fear, no doubt, all in balls out

"Motherfucker of the Year" - Mötley Crüe

Every time I turn my head
I hear everything that's said
I know they wish I'd go away

"Survival of the Sickest" - Saliva

The one you counted out of the game, oh wow, take a good look at me now
Should have never had a doubt, is that you I hear screaming my name

"Shoot to Thrill" - AC/DC

'Cause I shoot to thrill, and I'm ready to kill
I can't get enough, I can't get my thrill

 

Private Side

"Whiskey Hangover" - Godsmack

I cant justify why I'd wanna go slower
Taking my time just ain't my style, yeah

"Bleed It Out" - Linkin Park

Truth is you can stop and stare
Bled myself out and no one cares

"Breaking Inside" - Shinedown

I don't want to live to waste another day
Underneath the shadow of mistakes I made
Cause I feel like I'm breaking inside

"New Day's Dawn" - Fozzy

Life's been trashed
Like a piece of glass
That's been smashed

"Broken" - Hinder

And I hate the end
And if I could start over
I'd probably screw up again

"Cyanide" - Metallica

Suicide I've already died, you're just the funeral I've been waiting for
Cyanide living dead inside, break this empty shell forevermore

"In For the Kill" - La Roux

I'm going in for the kill
I'm doing it for a thrill

"Heal It Up" - Concrete Blonde

Feeling my feelings
So out of control
Cause the years have not been
Kind to me, I know

Spotify playlist link.

Notes:

May 2022: I've updated this with a link to a Spotify playlist.

Apologies both for the severely truncated lyrics and that the Hinder song is not available on Spotify. Apparently, someone decided to report all my decade-plus-old fanmixes with too-lengthy quotes and broken links, so.... *shrug*

Series this work belongs to: