February 25, 2006

Mood Music by Cindy Kirk

Written by Cindy Kirk in Jaunty Post

When I was writing my first book for Avon (When She Was Bad, June 2007) there were two songs that I listened to over and over and over. For the first part of the book it was Toby Keith’s “Who’s Your Daddy.” Toward the end it changed to Keith Urban’s “Tonight I Want to Cry” (not because I wanted to cry over the m/s but because of Robert and Jenny being apart :))

I’ve always being easily influenced by music. I can remember as a teenager driving around in my MG Midget convertible with the top down and the radio blaring, feeling on top of the world. Even now, exercising to music always makes it more palatable. And, are you like me, that certain songs have the power to transport you back to a certain place and time??

I’m working on my new proposal now and so far I don’t have a song to go with this new book….but I will soon…you can count on it!

Tell me what songs you especially like and why….

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On February 25th, 2006 at 1:37 pm
Jennifer Yates Says:

I love many, many songs, but for a while the one I listened to over and over was Faith Hill’s “If I’m Not in Love with You” off her Breathe Album. It is a great song about believing you are in love with someone and being told differently.

I love music almost as much as I love books, so I could list many, many songs. I’ll just stick with the one above right now.
On February 25th, 2006 at 3:00 pm
Isabel Says:

For me I just get a delicious shiver running down my spine when I hear “Something about the way you look tonight” by Sir Elton John.
I’ll post the lyrics I found on lyricsfreak.com because it shouldn’t take that much space here (I hope )

Somthing about the way you look tonight

There was a time
I was everything and nothing all in one
When you found me
I was feeling like a cloud across the sun

I need to tell you
How you light up every second of the day
But in the moonlight
You just shine like a beacon on the bay

And I can’t explain
But it’s something about the way you look tonight
Takes my breath away
It’s that feeling I get about you, deep inside
And I can’t describe
But it’s something about the way you look tonight
Takes my breath away
The way you look tonight

With a smile
You pull the deepest secrets from my heart
In all honesty
I’m speechless and I don’t know where to start

I’m inspired by music as well, there are songs that I listen to that will bring memories while growing up. There are so intense I can sometimes feel like I’m re-living that moment.
Some other favorite songs of mine
Suzanne Vega’s ~~~ Tom’s Diner
Trisha Yearwood’s ~~~ She’s in Love with the boy
Howie Day’s ~~~ Collide

Ok, I think I’ve said too much. :0
On February 25th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
Eve Says:

Isabel - I feel like listening to Something About The Way You Look Tonight now!

As for favourite songs, I don’t have any - it depends what I’m in the mood for, but it’s very interesting to read about an author’s perspective - what songs influenced which books!
On February 25th, 2006 at 5:01 pm
Jaunty Quills Says:

I love all these song titles….I’m writing them down so I can download and listen to them!

Maybe one of them will fit this next book!

Cindy Kirk
On February 25th, 2006 at 8:33 pm
Rose B Says:

I too love music and don’t know what I’d do without it. I love most types of music, but unlike books, I can easily pick two favorites. Each song has a different reason for being a favorite.
The first one is ‘Cool Change’ by the Little River Band. That is my all time feel good song. If I hear it on the radio, I just have to sit where I’m at and just close my eyes and let the music fill me. I love it!
The second is ‘You’re Still the One’ by Orleans. My dh, Bill, and I have been married for 29 years and this song so fits our relationship. I wish I had the lyrics to share with you. But the basic premise is that good and bad, we’re still having fun and you’re still the one.
On February 25th, 2006 at 8:56 pm
Jennifer Yates Says:

Here are a few of the lyrics to the ballad “If I’m Not in Love” by Faith Hill from the same site Isabel went to…I didn’t think to post any earlier:

If I’m not in love with you
What is this I’m going through
Tonight
And if my heart is lying then
What should I believe in
Why do I go crazy
Every time I think about you, baby
Why else do I want you like I do
If I’m not in love with you

And if I don’t need your touch
Why do I miss you so much
Tonight
If it’s just infatuation then
Why is my heart aching
To hold you forever
Give a part of me I thought I’d never
Give again to someone I could lose
If I’m not in love with you

Why in every fantasy
Do I feel your arms embracing me
Lovers lost in sweet desire
Why in dreams do I surrender
Lying with you baby
Someone help explain this feeling
Someone tell me
On February 26th, 2006 at 11:52 am
Isabel Says:

Thanks, Jennifer. I don’t think I’ve heard this one before. The DH is a big Faith Hill fan so now I have to check and see if he has this song somewhere.

Other songs I like very much “How do I live” by Trisha Yearwood, “Endless Love” by Lionel Richie, “Hungry Eyes” from the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack, and “Heaven” by Brian Adams.

*sigh*
On February 26th, 2006 at 12:06 pm
Isabel Says:

Oh before I forget to mention
Eric Clapton “Wonderful Tonight”
and “Layla” which (I might be wrong ) he wrote for the mother of his child, the same boy he lost to that accident years ago and wrote “Tear in Heaven”
On February 26th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
Shirley Karr Says:

I wrote my blog entry before I saw yours, Cindy, I swear!

I listen to classical music as I write because it helps me evoke the Regency era. But it has to be instrumental (or opera, since I can’t understand the words even when it’s English), or else the words in the song end up in the manuscript. I have a huge collection of Mozart and Vivaldi, and dozens of other composers. I’m probably predisposed to liking classical because I played trombone in school for eight years.

“Sailing” by Christopher Cross transports me back to high school dances and heartbreaking crushes. “Puttin’ On The Ritz” by Taco always makes me want to get up and move, as does Brian Setzer’s “Stray Cat Strut.” “I’m Still Standing” by Elton John is good for when I feel the need to thumb my nose at someone or something. But for singing along on the commute to work, nothing beats “I’m Gonna Be” by The Proclaimers. I love the beat, the guitar, and the certainty in the lyrics that “I’m gonna be the man who’s coming home with you.”

February 25, 2006

Mood Music by Cindy Kirk

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