Celestina's Songbook: Summer Lovin' by minnabird, Equinox Chick, Karaley Dargen, the opaleye, hestiajones, rachelnotrach, The owl, Nagini Riddle

Story Notes:

This is a collection of Potterised songs, written for the Great Hall Mini-Challenge with a fun, catchy vibe for the 2012 season. This was posted once before last evening/this morning, but it was inadvertently deleted. If you reviewed the first go round, thank you for reading, but if you coud take the time to drop by again, it would be much appreciated.

1. Gimme Three Steps, Wizard by minnabird [ - ] (260 words)
The original song was "Gimme Three Steps" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Poet's note: "The mood of the lyrics doesn't quite fit, but it's totally catchy and sounds summery even if it's a horrible little ditty..."
2. Ha-rry by Equinox Chick [ - ] (254 words)
The original song is "Valerie," which has been sung by Amy Winehouse and The Zutons.

Poet's note: "Ginny is singing."
3. Voldemort by The owl [ - ] (229 words)
The original song is "Waterloo" by ABBA.

Poet's note: "This song would have been just the thing to cheer everyone up after the final battle :P"
4. Girls in Their Summer Robes by rachelnotrach [ - ] (303 words)
The original song is "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" by Bruce Springsteen.

Poet's note: "So not your traditional summer fling, but it is very summery and has romance. I just saw Springsteen perform the original live, so it has been in my head."
5. Summer Number 5 by Nagini Riddle [ - ] (410 words)
The original song is "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega.

Poet's note: "This is supposed to be Harry, and is quite alternate universe, seeing as he probably wouldn't be like this song... Warning: the beer mentioned is butter beer, but that didn't fit with the tune, sorry. :) The Summer fling is on!"
6. Fight Fight Fight by Karaley Dargen [ - ] (211 words)
The original song is "Fun Fun Fun" by The Beach Boys.
7. Owl Me, Baby by Equinox Chick [ - ] (319 words)
The original song is "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen.

Poet's note: "Much to the disgust of ... well ... everyone, I like this song. This is Draco being pursued by ... um ... which ever witch you wish to ship him with. I have cut this down a tad."
8. TTB by the opaleye [ - ] (614 words)
The original song is "212" by Azealia Banks.

Poet's note: "So, the idea behind this is a Quidditch star picking up some guy in The Three Broomsticks."
9. Like a Spell by Nagini Riddle [ - ] (481 words)
The original song is "Like a Prayer" by Madonna.

Poet's note: "read me!!!! I'm a much better entry than the Summer Number 5!!!!!"
10. With a Little Help From My Horcrux/Quirrell by Karaley Dargen [ - ] (209 words)
The original song is "With a Little Help From My Friends" by The Beatles.

Poet's note: "This may not look like a summer love song at first glance, but glance harder! This is set during PS."
11. Bella Town by hestiajones [ - ] (315 words)
The original song is "Butterfly" by Crazy Town.

Poet's note: "I did it for the lulz. And scrapped a para, but it meets the minimum word count requirements :D"
12. Young Blood by the opaleye [ - ] (233 words)
The original song is "Life in Technicolor ii (Vocal)" by Coldplay.

Poet's note: "Words in brackets indicate they fit into the music during an instrumental part of the original song. The initial stanza begins at approximately 0:58 seconds."
13. Summer Fights by Equinox Chick [ - ] (451 words)
The original song is "Summer Nights" from Grease.

Poet's note: "A long, long time ago, before the Marauders were even a twinkle in their mothers' eyes. There was an All-American Guy and an All- ...er ... Australian Girl ... who attended Rydell High.

For Danny Zuko - read James Potter
For Sandy Olsen - read Lily Evans
For the T-Birds - read The Marauders
For the Pink Ladies - umm, okay, for comedic purposes read The Maraudettes

And the wonderful world of GREASE! (see Snape was cool once)"