Giles and Joyce listened to Cream’s “Tales of Brave Ulysses” together in 3.06 Band Candy. In season five’s 5.17 Forever, the episode after Joyce’s death, we see Giles silently listening to this song again in a tribute to his dead friend, and the memories he had of her.
Related episodes: 3.06 Band Candy, 5.17 Forever
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greenhair00 on March 7th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
This scene broke my heart! As soon as I heard that song I started getting all teary eyed.
NotFadeAway on March 8th, 2006 at 8:41 am
I love the fact that he’s listening to that song. It’s so cool that the writers thought of putting it in that episode.
TwoToGo-Grave on March 8th, 2006 at 10:57 am
I love how quick and subtle this is. If you haven’t seen “Band Candy” (are maybe if you haven’t seen it a ton like some of us), you wouldn’t have any clue about this. I really like that, as I do all alusions to the past, really, I just this one more than most.
beagle on March 9th, 2006 at 3:44 am
I’m not sure if I ever noticed this but I feel as if I haven’t. With the weight of The Body and my affection for Giles I’m moved to the point of tears to think of this. I’ll probably connect that song with Joyce and Giles for ever.
Thanks Jess
Abby M. on March 9th, 2006 at 8:25 am
Poor Giles. All of his friends kept passing away. First Jenny, then Joyce. Everytime I hear that song (which is quite often actually), I always think of Giles and Joyce.
The_True_Xander on April 29th, 2006 at 2:17 pm
Me and a couple of my friends watched both ‘The Body’ and ‘Forever’ a couple of weeks ago. They’ve never really watched a whole lot of Buffy before, and when this scene came up they were all like: “What? Why the hell is he listening to that? That’s not a sad, funeral-like on topic song!” And then they were all going: “Oh my god what’s wrong?” cause I was sitting there practically crying. It’s a very sad moment. I really like non-verbal references to past episodes. They’re very smart and I think much more powerful.
Esual on June 11th, 2006 at 8:43 pm
I just watched Forever and this scene. Never noticed it before, but when I did it was a “pause, stop, think” moment. Good play
DarthRosenberg on July 18th, 2006 at 2:10 pm
Great idea. Very sad. That’s all. It’s hard for me to talk about those epis because of my life’s actual happenings….
Culf on September 13th, 2006 at 10:43 pm
I went to rewatch the scene now that I know why he listens to that song, and it’s heartbreaking! Brilliant touch from the writers!
Mysteryend on September 29th, 2006 at 10:01 pm
BtVS has always had good callbacks to previous episodes…This one is very clever, and extremly sad