Yep, I have them! I gotta listen to certain songs to set my mood when I write.
After Recycled Souls was released I asked by someone what songs I listened to while writing it. My first response was the Nickleback song, Gotta Be Somebody. Perfect song for the ending of the book! Listen to the words, you'll get my drift!
Here are the others, not necessarily in chronological order of the book and I'll add little notations where I placed these songs in the book.
The Blue Danube-Johann Strauss
All I Want-Staind (Poor Michael! He had a heck of a time winning Jessica over!)
Never Gonna Be Alone-Nickleback (the scene where Jessica is looking out her window thinking about the upcoming holidays without her parents. Michael wraps his arms around her...aww!)
Last Kiss-Pearl Jam (Michael sings along to the song as he and Jessica drive to a restaurant)
Love Hurts-Incubus (Michael is sitting in his car, staking out Jessica's house while Chad is there)
Fallin' For You-Colbie Caillat (when Jessica realizes that she's in love with Michael)
Impossible-Anberlin
Everlong-Foo Fighters
Bring Me to Life-Evanescence
This is just a small sample of the whole list.
I'm interested to know if anyone out there had some songs in mind as they read the book!
Great to know another writer does this too. Sometimes music titles show up in my books and sometimes there are just those that inspired me while writing.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it helps to set the mood. Right now I'm listening to a lot of Irish musicians. I never was a big fan of U2 until recently!
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