music
This started with Maili and Emma and I’m going to jump on board.
Like Suzanne, I think I’m stuck in my music youth. I also think I might have been born in the wrong generation, music-wise, although if pointed out to me, I do like a lot of music that’s around today. But when I’m writing a particular book, I’ve got to come up with a theme song for the characters and then I get a whole soundtrack together that I can listen to when writing. It tends to focus me. (stop laughing- I didn’t say it helps me plot.) Anyway, an example of that is here.
So, for Sin and Tori, (their story’s called Flying Blind), here’s what I’m listening to so far, although my soundtrack is far from complete and very, very random: (Emma, you might not want to look at this. Your husband definitely shouldn’t)
Back in Black & You Shook Me All Night Long/ AC/DC
Here Without You & Let Me Go/Three Doors Down
Up For Breakfast & Running with the Devil/ VanHalen
Authority Song/John Mellencamp
I’m No Angel/Gregg Allman
Box of Rain/Grateful Dead
Welcome to the Jungle/Guns N’ Roses
Battleflag/LoFidelity AllStars
Try and Love Again/Eagles
Good-Bye & The Homecoming/The Pretenders
The Game of Love/Michelle Branch & Santana
Fighter/Christina Aguilera
Bad to the Bone: George Thorogood
How You Remind Me/Nickelback
Ready for Love/Bad Company
Waterfalls/TLC
Crazy in Love/Beyonce
Vertigo/U2
Mama Told Me (Not To Come)/Three Dog Night
I’m a Bitch/Meredith Brooks
Photograph & Bringing on the Heartache/DefLepard
*looks back and forth between the lists and love scene*
Off to hunt for some more ‘romantic’ songs to set the mood for the second love scene.
Steph T.
January 29th, 2005 at 2:01 pm
Either you aren’t as “stuck” as I am, or your youth was not nearly as long ago as mine. The Three Dog Night song is the only one that would make *my* list, which would start with:
Eleanor Rigsby/Beatles
Sounds of Silence/Simon and Garfunkel
January 29th, 2005 at 2:42 pm
I love the list. It looks alot like mine! Love scene songs…Diana Krall THE GIRL IN THE OTHER ROOM is the album, fave song is “Love me Like A Man”. Also ENIGMA MCMXCa.D. Best Song. “The Principles OF Lust”
January 29th, 2005 at 3:12 pm
Another Def Lepard fan! YAY!! I LOVE their Vault album…it’s a perfect mix of metal and love songs. Boy, I sure do miss the 80’s crazy music. 70’s and 80’s ROCK. 90’s and forward just can’t compare. It’s almost tragic. Have fun with your list, Steph, AND your love scene :)
January 29th, 2005 at 7:48 pm
Threeeeee Dogggggg Nighttttttt!!!!!
January 30th, 2005 at 8:56 am
LOL Margee - I love the Beatles too, although I tend to like more of their ‘hippie’ phase stuff. I think I could’ve followed the Dead around for a while in their heyday. *g*
Sasha, I’m going to look up those songs.
Katie, I’m going to have fun with my scene now and YOU’RE going to be the one who’s tortured by it later *giggles*
Suzanne - Mama TOLD ME not to come!!!!
January 30th, 2005 at 10:04 am
I’m loving these lists. Your list and Suzanne’s hold a lot of my favourites. Another couple of favourites that come to mind is ‘Lowrider’ (can’t remember who sang it), ‘Stuck in the Middle with You’, and there’s this song that has the lines: ‘She put de lime in the coconut and drink it all up’ lol. Loved that one. ANYTHING by Bob Seager Rocks!!! I’m all over the place with musical tastes — slow songs, jazz, rock, RnB, hip hop, classical, it really comes down to the individual song.
January 31st, 2005 at 8:35 pm
Jaq - I love Stuck in the Middle - and that lime song is on my Practical Magic CD, which I listen to all the time. The husband loves Bob Seager.
I’m not recognizing Lowrider…sing a few bars for me, will ya?