Singing Emmeline
Jun212007
How much do I love Always Kiss Me Tonight? I’m dancing all over the house to the soundtrack.
This is the part (well, one of the parts) that’s always a little tense because I have to keep roiling the book in my head, listening to the people talk (I LOVE THESE PEOPLE) and not rush to the keyboard, let them grow, get all gloriously tangled. Which means not much writing, which is scary. But it’s so, so good. In my head.
We were brainstorming the music for Dogs and Goddesses and I thought, “Haven’t done that for AKMG yet,” so I hit my iTunes and my CD albums and the iTunes store, trying to find character themes, major scene themes and–most of all–the heroine’s love theme.
Some of it was easy: Alice, the five-year-old girl obsessed with death, loves The Corpse Bride, so she’ll dance around to “Remains of the Day.” I can see Alice and Emmeline dancing down the hall of third floor where the nursery is, singing, “Give me a listen, you corpses of cheer,” while the ghosts lurk around them. Which Alice knows but Emme doesn’t. Yet. “Die, die, we all pass away, but don’t wear a frown, cause it’s really okay. You might try and hide, and you might try and pray, but we all end up the remains of the day.”
I love it.
Then there are the “eh, maybe”s. Imogen Heap’s “Spooky” is nicely electronic. I’m not sure it’s’ the book, though. I know a song’s right if I can see a scene in it, and I don’t see those yet. Same way with Dusty’s “Haunted.” Just not sure. Which probably means, “no.”
But the Drifter’s “Save the Last Dance For Me,” which I love, does give me scene, plus there’s the nice double meaning to “last dance.” Fleetwood Mac’s “You and I, Pt. 2,” is great since the hero is Emme’s ex-husband and the book’s about ghosts, real and figurative, about being haunted by your past: “And the phantoms crawl out of the night, hoping tomorrow will never come for you and I.” Heap’s “Goodnight and Go,” which is just so luscious anyway, is the beginning of the book. I’m sure about the Cranberries, “Just My Imagination.” I tried everybody’s cover of that, but the Cranberries are it. Well, Dolores is it. The exhilaration in their cover is so Emme, and since North, the hero, doesn’t see the ghosts and doesn’t believe they’re there, the words are lovely, too, in a lot of shaded ways. And there’s a haunted love scene that is definitely Sugababes’ “Too Lost In You.” “No one can rescue me.” Perfect.
Which still leaves me character themes. On those I’m still lost, BUT I have Emme’s love theme and it makes scene every time I hear it: “Nine Million Bicycles.” I play it and the story goes wild in my head. The words are so Emme, and she’s going to sing it to Alice as a lullaby, but it’s also the theme for her and North, and beyond that for the book, I think. The music is loving and spooky and the words, oh, I love the words, about believing in what you can’t see and knowing love. And I love it that it works as a lullaby for Alice and a promise to North.
There are nine million bicycles in Beijing
That’s a fact,
It’s a thing we can’t deny
Like the fact that I will love you till I die.We are twelve billion light years from the edge,
That’s a guess,
No-one can ever say it’s true
But I know that I will always be with you.I’m warmed by the fire of your love every day
So don’t call me a liar,
Just believe everything that I sayThere are six billion people in the world
More or less
and it makes me feel quite small
But you’re the one I love the most of allWe’re high on the wire
With the world in our sight
And I’ll never tire,
Of the love that you give me every nightThere are nine million bicycles in Beijing
That’s a Fact,
it’s a thing we can’t deny
Like the fact that I will love you till I dieAnd there are nine million bicycles in Beijing
And you know that I will love you till I die!
Katie Melua’s version works beautifully for the lullaby, but I could use somebody heavier for the North version. The only thing I can find is by Jenie Oliver, and she changes a crucial line (for absolutely NO reason) that throws me out of the song. So I need another cover.
But I’m telling you, you get the music right, the story soars.
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53 Comments to 'Singing Emmeline'
On June 21, 2007 at 5:56 pm dee said...
I know exactly what you mean about this! I love the music that has picked you, if that makes sense.
I did the same thing with my WIP. I had to go through iTunes (yeah, what a chore, right?) and find just the right songs. I must have listened to hundreds of songs until I found just the right combination. But when I finally put them all together, and even in their own playlists, it just makes the entire story, or a very specific scene jump to life in my head.
I love the feel of it so much that now, whenever I hear certain songs on the radio away form my laptop, I can actually see those scenes, hear my characters talking, watch them doing the things they do. It’s better than a movie!
But of course, as is normally true, you expressed it so much better than I ever could! lol
On June 21, 2007 at 6:06 pm Pam W. said...
Nine Million Bicycles? Absolutely beautiful lyrics–must go take a listen.
I agree–the music is crucial. If I may be so bold as to suggest some favorites that may be in your ballpark:
“Let Me Fall” from Quidam soundtrack (not Josh Groban version)
“Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)” by Billy Joel
“Coming Home” by Falco (worth translating)
“Hover (Quiet mix)” from Underworld soundtrack
And take a look at artwork by Hollis Siegler–also very evocative. Or maybe that’s just me.
On June 21, 2007 at 6:08 pm downundergal said...
Cranberries did Zombie too, didn’t they?
Was curious how you get around copyright using lyrics in your books as you do Jenny. Which totally works to set scene and character and I love! Even if I’m not familiar with the song. Is there a law/rule that you can only use so much from a song?
On June 21, 2007 at 6:19 pm inkgrrl said...
Oh that’s a beautiful song! The extended dance versions aren’t exactly heavy… but what beautiful colors you have there
On June 21, 2007 at 6:21 pm inkgrrl said...
And my Emmaline just walked up and snuffled me and wagged her tail when I played that snipped on iTunes, which she normally ignores – I think she’s saying hello to you.
On June 21, 2007 at 6:23 pm Diane (TT) said...
Wonderful lyrics to Nine Million Bicycles, and I so enjoy hearing how music sets the stage and the mood for the books.
On June 21, 2007 at 6:33 pm Caryle said...
Imogen Heap! Gosh, I love her stuff. Goodnight and Go is so fabulous, isn’t it?
I’d never heard Nine Million Bicycles, but it’s so lovely I may just have to buy it.
Looking foward to hearing more about AKMG.
On June 21, 2007 at 7:10 pm Chelle said...
Using music to find my characters is one of the things the cherries gave me. I do playlists for all my characters now and also for the book itself. It’s like vocal collage. I burn the cd’s and play them incessantly. It keeps the story right THERE in my brain.
Cherries rock
On June 21, 2007 at 7:18 pm Jenny said...
Yep, there’s really not a rich version of Nine Million Bicycles, but the original Katie Melua is so perfect for Alice’s lullaby that I’ll deal with it.
As for using lyrics in books, no more than seven words from any song, according to my editor, so I always paraphrase. If you look, you’ll see there’s never more than seven words, and that’s usually good, because people don’t like reading long stretches of lyric. But I’m going to write this with the lyric mixed in with the dialogue and see what happens to the story. It’s so early yet that it doesn’t make sense to worry about it.
Music rights cost the earth though, so be warned.
And hello to Emmaline Canine, too.
On June 21, 2007 at 8:05 pm Sally J. said...
You all keep coming up with songs I never heard of.
How do you do that? Where do you hear of them?
On June 21, 2007 at 8:19 pm ChelSierra said...
I don’t know if you’ve thought of this song yet, but thought I’d mention it in case you hadn’t.
Somebody’s Watching Me by Rockwell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somebody’s_Watching_Me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwell_%28musician%29
On June 21, 2007 at 8:22 pm Lori said...
Do you know how much it rocks to be a budding writer and finding out the person you consider THE guru of writing does the same thing you felt rather sheepish doing?
This and placeholders. You affirm me, Jenny. Between this and the incredible lessons on HWSW, I totally heart you.
/gush
On June 21, 2007 at 8:50 pm ZaZa said...
I don’t know what the lyric change you mention was, but it may have been due to this Controversy. Honestly, I can’t believe they would even consider changing the lyrics. Sheesh.
On June 21, 2007 at 9:08 pm Jenny said...
Chelle, I downloaded that from iTunes, thanks!
Smooch back at you, Lori.
Zaza, that wasn’t it, but it is amazing how DUMB people can be, isn’t it? The song isn’t scientifically correct? Well, there goes its value.
No, for some reason, Oliver changed the “I’ll never tire” line to “I’ll never tell her,” making it a I’m-helping-you-cheat song, which just doesn’t fit in this book, or any other book I’d write for that matter. Bleah.
On June 21, 2007 at 9:12 pm Jenny said...
If you want to read a lot of chat about music, we put the transcript for the brainstorming chat for Dogs and Goddesses up tonight. It rambles, but it shows how three people figure out music for a book, or at least start to.
On June 21, 2007 at 9:13 pm J said...
I’m excited to learn that others also use music to help write. I actually figured out several tricky parts of the plot in my WIP by trying to come up with a play list that sketched out the major points in the plot. Realized I was leaving out a huge chunk of what was a central part of the story.
On June 22, 2007 at 12:06 am ZaZa said...
Jenny said:
Having known a few professional singers, I can say that it’s all too common for a singer to do a cover based on what they think they’re hearing, without actually consulting the official lyrics. Drives me nuts the same way similar mistakes in books do. This change is pretty much a cognate (is that the word I want?), so, maybe…
And, yes, DUMB is the word. /;+)
On June 22, 2007 at 12:11 am Office Wench Cherry said...
Controversy over astronomy in song lyrics. Good grief. Next thing you know, equine behaviorists will be telling kt tunstall that a big black horse can’t actually say “Hey little lady, won’t you marry me?”
“Save the Last Dance for Me” always reminds me of Homicide: Life on the Street. There’s an episode where a couple of the detectives are shot and that song plays (there is no other sound) as the other cops are getting ready to go after the bad guys. One of the characters is standing at the station gun cabinet just handing out shotguns. Those images are mixed with scenes of the injured characters in the OR. Somehow it makes the scene have that time standing still quality for me. The song gives me an eerie feeling ever since.
On June 22, 2007 at 3:15 am Brianna said...
All of this music and writing talk has me filtering my playlist. The first song I landed on was a cover of Portishead’s “Glory Box” by Michelle Cross. I’ve always believed writing and music went hand-in-hand, especially as music has a way of altering my moods and mindset. Now I just have a new way to manage my listening time.
I’m off to find more for the new playlist. Thanks.
On June 22, 2007 at 8:20 am me said...
I find it very interesting that I’m not the only one who does this.
I pick a song with a fitting line of lyrics for one poignant scene with the hero/heroine. In one, the heroine is an amnesiac and the hero has a old crush on her: the Honeydrippers’ cover of Sea of Love. “Do you remember when we met, that’s the day I knew you were mine. I didn’t tell you just how much I loved you.” (Didn’t quote the actual lyrics, just made a reference to the song.) Newest WIP: heroine is shy, doesn’t like confrontations/worried about people’s feelings, and hero is workaholic who won’t get involved because of work. The song is Robert Plant’s Tall Cool One: “Lighten up baby, I’m in love with you!” Those lines just make it for me. They’re both on my iPod.
On June 22, 2007 at 9:27 am JulieB said...
Sally J.
When I was in college (when “alternative” was coined) my roomates made a rule that no one could by an album that someone else already had. It made us go out and try new things. It worked great until everyone took their albums home. Then I found myself re-buying all my favorites of theirs. But I digress. Basically, I find out about music from my friends, tracking things down from the radio, and reading the names of music featured on sountracks at the end of movies (or online in the case of TV shows).
If I hear something I like but don’t know the name, I Google whatever phrase I can remember from the lyrics with the word “Lyrics” and that usually gives me a name to check out on Amazon, where I can then play a bit of the song and see if in fact it was what I was thinking of.
Also, and someone correct me if I’m wrong, we had Napster for awhile, and I think they used to let you listen to songs without buying them. I do know when you’d look up a particular song or band, they also do a “If you like this you might like . . .” like Amazon does.
Oh, and check to see if your local NPR station runs “World Cafe.” If’t an hour-long music show that is very eclectic. I think you might be able to listen to it on the internet.
On June 22, 2007 at 10:00 am J said...
I also like Pandora, it’s an Internet radio that lets you enter a song or band you like, and pulls other that it matches to your tastes based on whether you tell it you like or don’t like the songs it offers. I’ve found some songs I loved through listening to it.
On June 22, 2007 at 10:20 am Jenny said...
Salon does the “download of the day,” too.
On June 22, 2007 at 12:15 pm Electric Landlady said...
Oooh, sounds good so far. But I missed something! What happened to Zelda and James and Scylla? Did their names change? Am I thinking of a different book?
*is confused*
Carrie Vaughn goes so far as to publish playlists for her books IN the books, which I think is awesome. (Her heroine is a werewolf radio DJ, so it’s also thematic.)
On June 22, 2007 at 1:26 pm roben said...
I chose the Kenny Chesney Live album for my WIP it’s a tropical romantic adventure and I’ve just started the rewrite and the music takes me right back into my hero and his character. The place setter is track 10, Anything But Mine. I play it, I’m immediately in the middle of summer heat and sand. It tells a wonderful story of young love and Kenny starts it out by saying, “This goes out to anyone who has ever had a summer love.”
My favorite lines are:
“And as we are dancing Mary is wrapping her arms around me and I can feel the sting of summer on my skin
In the midst of the music I tell her I love her and we both laugh cause we know it isn’t true,
Ah, but Mary there’s a summer coming to an end tonight and there’s so much that I long to do to you.”
On June 22, 2007 at 2:01 pm melissa said...
Have you heard “This is Not the End” by The Bravery? It’s a great song and may be appropriate as a theme song (not knowing more about your book). I thought the following lyrics seemed fitting:
“I am not a scientist
I must believe there’s more to this
I cannot accept that everything that’s real
Is only what our eyes can see
And our hands can feel.”
On June 22, 2007 at 2:27 pm J said...
The Fray’s ‘Fall Away’ is one that I keep replaying for the beginning of my WIP, with the lyrics that capture the heart of my main character’s problem:
“You swear you recall nothing at all
That could make you come back down
You made up your mind to leave it all behind
Now you’re forced to fight it out
You fall away from your past
But it’s following you
You left something undone, it’s now your rerun
It’s the one you can’t erase
You should have made it right, so you wouldn’t have to fight
To put a smile back on your face”
On June 22, 2007 at 2:28 pm Jenny said...
I shelved “You Again” again. It was driving me crazy and Always Kiss Me Goodnight makes me dance. Also, I’m loving Dogs and Goddesses and Bob’s coming up to discuss the next collaboration with him, working title Wild Ride. So much fun, and I was making myself crazy with You Again. So I went for the happy stuff.
On June 22, 2007 at 3:08 pm Office Wench Cherry said...
When You Again is ready to be written it will probably come out in just about one piece because some part of your brain has been thinking about it for a long while now.
I can’t wait for Always Kiss Me Goodnight, I’m excited to see Crusie ghosts.
On June 22, 2007 at 3:10 pm LisaM said...
For some reason Concrete Blonde’s ghost song “Darkening of the Light” popped in my head as a possible soundtrack song for AKMG. You might want to check it out on iTunes.
On June 22, 2007 at 3:13 pm Lisa said...
Jenny,
Posting seems to be no longer available at the post where you asked for a tagline for Crazy Agnes / Mob Food, but I didn’t see where you had made a selection, so here are mine:
Mob Food: You’ll cook it. You’ll eat it. You’ll like it.
Mob Food: You’ll cook it. You’ll eat it. You’ll like it. Or else.
Mob Food: You’ll cook it. You’ll eat it. You’ll like it. Capisce?
Loved the column samples you gave us, can’t wait for the book to come out.
Lisa S.
On June 22, 2007 at 4:06 pm Charlene Teglia said...
Better to write what makes you happy than what makes you nuts. You Again will work eventually. Great music for Always Kiss Me Goodnight! Love when the book’s soundtrack comes together and the story comes to life.
On June 22, 2007 at 5:16 pm Electric Landlady said...
I get it now!
And that sounds like an excellent reason to work on the one and not the other.
On June 22, 2007 at 5:49 pm dee said...
Somebody already mentioned KT Tunstall, love her stuff. So much fun, if you’re in the right frame of mind.
Also really groovin’ on Lisa Shaw right now. A few of her songs have a Corrine Bailey Rae feel, to me, and I love CBR as well. At least one of her songs always makes my writing playlist, regardless of which WIP or scene or character I happen to have trying to jump out of my head that day.
Plus, LS has this slightly funky song called “Cherry”, which is how I found her in the first place (plus, I think she’s listed on the ‘you might also like’ list for CBR in iTunes).
Anyhow, my credit card is going to have a fit after I get done downloading all of the stuff you guys have mentioned.
Jenny- TOTALLY love Nine Million Bicycles. You’re right, it makes the most beautiful lullaby.
Of course, my favorite song to sing to my baby (who is 5+1) is a “Christian” song by Matthew West called “More”… “I love you more than the sun and the stars that I taught how to shine, you are mine, and you’ll shine for me too, i love you, yesterday, and today, and tomorrow, I’ll say it again and again… i love you more”. We sing it to each other all the time, and still – it makes my breath catch when she does it on her own.
Ahhh, the power of the lullaby, given back to you as a gift on the wings of your baby’s sweet voice.
On June 22, 2007 at 6:53 pm GatorPerson said...
Confession time. I don’t know any of these songs. I can’t understand lyrics. Physically. I can’t grasp the words. Sung words are meaningless to me. At the same time, I’m a bit above average in music stuff. (DH is a professionally trained singer. Go figure.) My point is that I don’t think I’m alone or even in a minor minority in not being able to understand sung words. So this music may not have meaning to more than just me. Give me Handel or Bach and I’m happy. Just thought you might like to hear from the minor minority segment…
On June 22, 2007 at 7:14 pm dee said...
Jenny, have you listened to anything off of “Lovely Standards” by Amel Larrieux? She’s another one I found on one of my marathon iTunes searches. OhMyBob, her voice is just… well, it’s Just.
Lyrics are beautiful too, pretty much pick any song off that album. Some of her earlier albums are more R&B than I generally enjoy, but this newest one is Just…
On June 22, 2007 at 7:22 pm dee said...
And here’s a question that you may or may not want to answer…
If you use the music for creative purposes, to help you write your book, which is YOUR JOB after all, then are all of the songs that you download from iTunes, as well as any CDs you need to purchase… tax deductible? As a job-related expense?
On June 22, 2007 at 10:09 pm Jenny said...
All my music, all my reading materials including magazines, all my DVDs, anything to do with story, is tax deductible.
On June 22, 2007 at 10:46 pm JulieB said...
I saw the video for “Nine Millions Bicycles” earlier today. Very nice song. Then later, listened to Nora Jones, and then a review of “Music for Compline” by Stile Antico on NPR (Here if you want to hear a bit http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11291647 ). Now I’m sleepy.
On June 23, 2007 at 10:51 am Diane (TT) said...
I was listening to NPR this morning, and (I’m pretty sure it was Leanne) was talking to John Doe. His new album has a song called “Ghost Hotel”, and he sang one called Golden State that I really liked. You would not realize from listening to his current stuff that he used to be with X.
On June 23, 2007 at 11:28 am dee said...
Jenny said – All my music, all my reading materials including magazines, all my DVDs, anything to do with story, is tax deductible.
WOW! That is just about the coolest thing I’ve ever heard.
I told my husband that one day I’d be able to claim a new laptop on our taxes, if I can ever actually manage to get up the nerve to pitch a story to someone and convince them to publish it. I think he even almost believed me (about me trying to pitch a story, not about me actually writing one). But the idea of all of the books that make their way to my bedside table, the movies I watch, my endless list of iTunes downloads – ALL of it as a business expense? Oh to someday have that be true.
You, Jenny, are really my own personal Goddess!
On June 23, 2007 at 12:14 pm Sally J. said...
John Doe? Used to be with X?
Sounds like a blind item in a gossip column of yore.
Real question:
If you use the soundtrack from a movie for your own writing soundtrack, how do you avoid re-writing the movie? I mean, if you’re listening to the music from when Frodo left the shire, how do you NOT write Frodo leaving the shire?
On June 23, 2007 at 4:45 pm Jenny said...
Most soundtrack music exists apart from it; that is, it wasn’t written for that movie. One big exception is Music and Lyrics (and That Thing You Do) where the people in the movie are creating the music. I love the songs from Music and Lyrics, they make me happy, but I can’t use them, they’re too much a part of that story.
And sometimes the movie is in the story. Alice loves “The Remains of the Day,” because it’s from the movie, so the movie is part of the detail of the book. And it works thematically, too, so using part of the soundtrack actually enhances the book. On the other hand, the theme from Ghostbusters would destroy it. Wrong theme, wrong mood, wrong vibe.
I think Heap’s “Spooky” is from that “I’m not dead yet” movie with Reese Witherspoon, but I saw it once and then forgot it, never noticed the song on there, so I have no associations with it. And the Sugababes song was on the Love Actually soundtrack, but I could not tell you what scene it played on or under. The only song I remember from that was Bill Nighy singing that terrifically awful Christmas song, again because that was part of the story. Oh, and that little girl, Olivia somebody, with the incredible voice, belting out “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” Couldn’t use that either. Part of the story.
So the short answer is, I probably wouldn’t recognize it as music from Frodo leaving the shire, unless I’d seen the movie so many times that the soundtrack imprinted on my brain, and there are very few movies I’ve watched that often. Unless the song is actually part of the movie–I still can’t listen to “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” thanks to Top Gun–it’s free to attach to my book during sticky time.
Of course whether it does or not is another story. I really want Imogen Heap’s “Spooky” in there but it doesn’t seem to be sticking.
On June 23, 2007 at 5:59 pm Kay T said...
sounds like you need some Warren Zevon . In honor of Bob you could have Roland, The Headless Thompson Gunner. Such a nice blood thirsty song.
Also, I am sure you know about the All Music Guide for seeing who all has made a cover of a song. http://www.allmusic.com/
On June 23, 2007 at 7:28 pm Jenny said...
How did you know that was Bob’s favorite song? He tried to put it in both DLD and Agnes. He’ll probably get it in the next one.
And yes my genius son-in-law steered me to AllMusic but it actually doesn’t have all the covers, so I don’t give up if I don’t find what I need on there. But it’s an excellent place to start.
On June 23, 2007 at 7:59 pm Kay T said...
Wow, just reading the D&G chat and you all even mentioned Warren Zevon (but for a different reason). Yes, I had heard mention of Roland from Bob on HWSW last year. It is one of my favorite songs – such a great sing along – I have fond memories of driving along I5 in CA Central Valley singing along with it.
On June 23, 2007 at 9:21 pm JulieB said...
Diane, I wish I’d heard the John Doe interview — I’ll see if I can find it for tomorrow. I liked X a lot.
I agree about being able to write off music. _That_ would be cool. (Along w. being published in general).
SallyJ — Along w. what Jenny said re: not seeing the movie too many times, you might also find that when you add songs with other songs and mix up their order they make new pictures in your head. . . .
On June 23, 2007 at 10:03 pm Eric said...
I’m loving this thread, not least because I’ll get to update my Jenny Crusie Mix when the new book comes out. My students had a field day learning about Dusty when we read WTT; every book’s an education, if you read it right. (Well, maybe not every book. Every Jenny book.)
A particular treat to find another X fan here. I met my wife thanks to that band. Dropped by her dorm to borrow some LPs and never left. “True love is the land of a thousand dances–”
On June 26, 2007 at 6:57 pm CrankyOtter said...
I love finding all this music on the Argh and D&G blogs and comments! In my blog I often title things with
song lyrics although I don’t insist on it. Some songs just fit a mood perfectly.
A friend of mine has been writing some fan fic and when I sent her a song link for her scene, we both listened to it constantly for about a week because it was just perfectly complimentary.
Anna Nalick has a song “Breathe (2am)” that invokes that kind of mood for me – I’d be happy if she wrote more songs, but that one is good enough she never has to, IMHO. And Jack Johnson sets some really good scenes with his music too. I love “constellations” – it has a rolling wave like background that makes me think of looking at stars from the beach, and listening to the myths behind the constellations. If I could write fiction, I’d write that scene, although really, JJ already has.
(This scroll bar is flickering and driving me crazy. Is it just my PC or is everyone on the verge of an epilleptic fit?)
On July 7, 2007 at 3:34 pm Carla said...
I realize no one’s commented here for weeks but music is a big thing of mine and I’ve been thinking about this post for a while. I’m highly relieved to know I’m not the only one who sets up playlists for WIPs. I thought I was insane for a while there; I’d scout iTunes and YouTube for hours looking for just the right songs. (Combine “Too Lost in You”—which I’d never heard until reading about it here—with a video montage of Kate & Sawyer from “Lost”. Then have a cigarette or some chocolate.)
Anyway, while playing on iTunes again today, I stumbled on a Jewel song called “Haunted” that I thought could fit with AKMG. My current WIP has ghosts in it too. (I picked up “Foolish Games”. Something about that song always reminds me of George Clooney.) I’m not sure “Haunted” works for me but it might work for you. Just an idea.
Back to work. (Yippee!)
On July 7, 2007 at 6:18 pm Jenny said...
Thanks, Carla. I sampled Haunted but it just didn[‘t work.
Why is “Too Lost in You” so, uh, stirring? It’s just a girl group song, but there’s something about it that really is haunting.
I’m good with Emmeline, I think, for now, and “Things Have Changed” is really good for North, but I cannot for the life of me get Shar from Dogs and Goddesses. So I’ll be searching iTunes, too. I thought maybe Kim Richey . . .
I definitely have high class problems here.
On July 20, 2007 at 7:46 pm RfP said...
Do you know about The Covers Project? Sometimes it lists covers that aren’t in Allmusic.
http://www.coversproject.com
On September 14, 2007 at 6:53 am Carla said...
Okay, this is LONG past the subject but it’s your fault, really. I went to iTunes looking for Kim Richey’s “Damn” (just finished AATHM and restarted UMF) and couldn’t find it, so I searched on “Damn”. Still no luck but I found an incredible song called “Damn Your Eyes” by Etta James. If that doesn’t provoke some mental images worthy of an entire novel, I don’t know what does. (Which, I probably don’t.) I *really* need to look into more Etta James music. Damn.