Songs of the Sorting Hat

In celebration of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 coming to theaters, Paste Magazine released a series of playlists appropriate for the four Hogwarts houses of Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin.

The first thing that you have to do is take The Hogwarts Sorting Hat quiz to determine what house you belong to. (I refrained from taking any such test because I knew that I would be horribly disappointed if I ended up with anything but Gryffindor. I was happy to find that this particular test placed me in Gryffindor among the brave and the bold.)

The next step is to listen to the playlist that corresponds to the house that was chosen for you. Sadly, Paste only lists the song. You're responsible to gather them through whatever means, legal or otherwise, you are accustomed to using. Here are the playlists for each house.

Gryffindor

Mascot: Lion

Traits: Courage, Daring, Nerve, Chivalry

1. The Flaming Lips - "The W.A.N.D."

2. The Replacements - "I Will Dare"

3. The Hold Steady - "Stay Positive"

4. The Lovemongers - "The Battle of Evermore"

5. U2 - "Pride (In the Name of Love"

6. Pink Floyd - "When the Tigers Broke Free"

7. Sigur Rós- "Hoppipolla"

8. Otis Redding - "That's How Strong My Love Is"

9. My Morning Jacket - "What a Wonderul Man"

10. Drivin' N' Cryin' - "Fly Me Courageous"

11. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Fight Like a Brave"

12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Gold Lion"

Hufflepuff

Mascot: Badger

Traits: Hard work, loyalty, tolerance, fair play

1. The Whigs - "Right Hand on My Heart"

2. The Avett Brothers - "Hard Worker"

3. Ryan Adams - "Perfect and True"

4. The Youngbloods - "Get Together"

5. Bob Dylan - "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest"

6. Aretha Franklin - "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man"

7. James Taylor - "You Got a Friend"

8. Jack Johnson - "Hope"

9. Dispatch - "Carry You"
10. Dave Matthews Band - "Steady As We Go"
11. Hootie & the Blowfish - "Let Her Cry"

12. Tea Party - "The Badger"

 

Ravenclaw

 Mascot: Eagle

Traits: Intelligence, creativity, wit and wisdom

 

 

1. Vampire Weekend - "Oxford, Comma"

2. Andrew Bird - "Scythian Empires"

3. Midlake - "Young Bride"

4. Yo-Yo Ma - "The Eternal Vow"

5. The Long Winters - "Copernicus"

6. Blackalicious - "Chemical Calisthenics"

7. Vic Chesnutt - "Strange Language"

8. The Decemberists - "The Island"

9. TV on the Radio - "New Health Rock"

10. Talking Heads - "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)"

11. R.E.M. - "Moral Kiosk"

12. Steve Miller Band - "Fly Like an Eagle"

 

Slytherin

Mascot: Snake

Traits: Ambition, cunning, resourcefulness

 

 

 

1. Sixteen Horsepower - "Coal Black Horses"

2. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "Red Right Hand"

3. The White Stripes - "Conquest"

4. The Raveonettes - "Bowels of the Beast"

5. Tom Waits - "Little Drop of Poison"

6. Mastodon - "Oblivion"

7. Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath"

8. The Rolling Stones - "Paint It Black"

9. The Sex Pistols - "Anarchy in the U.K."

10. Drive-By Truckers - "Cottonseed"

11. Ween - "Buenos Tardes Amigo"

12. Marilyn Manson - "Snake Eyes and Sissies"

 

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