Comments on: Songs http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/ Mon, 21 May 2012 19:04:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: AndreaW http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/comment-page-1/#comment-16166 AndreaW Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:12:16 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/#comment-16166 I'm hooked on Josh Turner, Sugarland and Rascal Flatts right now. Love 'em! I’m hooked on Josh Turner, Sugarland and Rascal Flatts right now. Love ‘em!

]]> By: Buffie http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/comment-page-1/#comment-16154 Buffie Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:01:45 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/#comment-16154 Toby Mack is a wonderful Christian artist. I just love his music, and his lyrics are fabulous. I can see why you feel in love with the song. Toby Mack is a wonderful Christian artist. I just love his music, and his lyrics are fabulous. I can see why you feel in love with the song.

]]> By: Shirley Karr http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/comment-page-1/#comment-16144 Shirley Karr Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:24:20 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/#comment-16144 I have always loved music -- even played trombone in school for eight years. I select my music according to my mood, or the mood I want to be in. I have a cassette tape (made when i-Pods were a germ of an idea) for housecleaning filled with energizing songs like Dirty Laundry and Kokomo. Listening to 500 Miles by The Proclaimers always puts me in a good mood, and is faster than watching Benny & Joon. I have Real Player on my PC so I can make playlists, sometimes that only contain one song so it plays over and over. I did that with Valse by Strauss -- just couldn't get enough of it. And let's not get into what happened to the first-kiss scene I wrote for Charlotte and Alistair, not realizing I was listening to the long version of Ravel's Bolero. :-) The song that's probably had the biggest impact was Pachelbel's Canon in D on acoustic guitar. I'd heard many versions, even played a few, but never on classical guitar. Made me sit absolutely still, enthralled. Transfixed. Also made me spend several hundred dollars on a nylon string guitar, cut the nails short on my left hand (that was the real sacrifice, not the $$) and take up guitar lessons. Three years later I can still only play a few notes of Canon because my fingers won't stretch to play many chords, and book deadlines take away from practice time, but I haven't given up hope. :-) I have always loved music — even played trombone in school for eight years. I select my music according to my mood, or the mood I want to be in. I have a cassette tape (made when i-Pods were a germ of an idea) for housecleaning filled with energizing songs like Dirty Laundry and Kokomo.

Listening to 500 Miles by The Proclaimers always puts me in a good mood, and is faster than watching Benny & Joon.

I have Real Player on my PC so I can make playlists, sometimes that only contain one song so it plays over and over. I did that with Valse by Strauss — just couldn’t get enough of it. And let’s not get into what happened to the first-kiss scene I wrote for Charlotte and Alistair, not realizing I was listening to the long version of Ravel’s Bolero. :-)

The song that’s probably had the biggest impact was Pachelbel’s Canon in D on acoustic guitar. I’d heard many versions, even played a few, but never on classical guitar. Made me sit absolutely still, enthralled. Transfixed. Also made me spend several hundred dollars on a nylon string guitar, cut the nails short on my left hand (that was the real sacrifice, not the $$) and take up guitar lessons. Three years later I can still only play a few notes of Canon because my fingers won’t stretch to play many chords, and book deadlines take away from practice time, but I haven’t given up hope. :-)

]]> By: Clarisse http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/comment-page-1/#comment-16133 Clarisse Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:52:02 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/#comment-16133 Because I am (as I have said before) older than dirt, my choices of songs are of a different era: it's the classic love songs of Frank Sinatra back in his early days (and NO, I'm not that old!) "I'm Glad There is You" for the happy stuff and the heartbreaking "I'm A Fool to Love You" for the sad times. Take me back, I love you Pity me, I need you I know it's wrong, it must be wrong But right or wrong, I can't go on Without you WOW! Because I am (as I have said before) older than dirt, my choices of songs are of a different era: it’s the classic love songs of Frank Sinatra back in his early days (and NO, I’m not that old!) “I’m Glad There is You” for the happy stuff and the heartbreaking “I’m A Fool to Love You” for the sad times.

Take me back, I love you
Pity me, I need you
I know it’s wrong, it must be wrong
But right or wrong, I can’t go on
Without you

WOW!

]]> By: Shana http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/comment-page-1/#comment-16120 Shana Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:09:17 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/#comment-16120 I think I've said this before, but Erasure songs are really romantic. I listen to their acoustic album over and over again when I'm writing romantic/emotional scenes. I think the album is titled Union Street. I think I’ve said this before, but Erasure songs are really romantic. I listen to their acoustic album over and over again when I’m writing romantic/emotional scenes. I think the album is titled Union Street.

]]> By: Rainy http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/comment-page-1/#comment-16112 Rainy Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:16:57 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/#comment-16112 I love to have music surround me. I fit my music to my moods. When I walk, I put on something fast with a good beat, unless I'm in a pensive mood, then I might put a movie soundtrack or possibly a New Age/George Winston kind of thing. When I had an Italian character, out came Dean Martin. But mostly what I tend to do is hear a song that I absolutely love and play the heck out of it until I am sick of it....at least for a while. I love to have music surround me. I fit my music to my moods. When I walk, I put on something fast with a good beat, unless I’m in a pensive mood, then I might put a movie soundtrack or possibly a New Age/George Winston kind of thing.
When I had an Italian character, out came Dean Martin.
But mostly what I tend to do is hear a song that I absolutely love and play the heck out of it until I am sick of it….at least for a while.

]]> By: Robyn DeHart http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/comment-page-1/#comment-16110 Robyn DeHart Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:40:18 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/#comment-16110 Oh, one other thing about music, I love really emotional music - story songs that are painful and full of angst. It's funny because I don't read books that are like that or watch movies like that, but for 3.5 minutes I can handle the angst. Like Brad Paisley's "Whiskey Lullabye" and Tim McGraw's "Angry All the Time." Oh, one other thing about music, I love really emotional music – story songs that are painful and full of angst. It’s funny because I don’t read books that are like that or watch movies like that, but for 3.5 minutes I can handle the angst. Like Brad Paisley’s “Whiskey Lullabye” and Tim McGraw’s “Angry All the Time.”

]]> By: Robyn DeHart http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/comment-page-1/#comment-16109 Robyn DeHart Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:38:26 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/#comment-16109 Stefanie, I love that song too, but the one from Moulin Rouge that gets me is the El Tango De Roxanne - Cindy, you mentioned music that awakens your emtions, this one does it for me. I can just FEEL this song, it flows right through me. But I can't really write to music like that. I can listen to it before I write to give me a jump start. I've only ever found "the song" for two of my books, both unpublished. It just doesn't happen often for me. I do, however, have these songs in my life, I call them my anthem songs and they're they kind where you want to open your arms wide, toss your head back and close your eyes and just sing as loudly as you can. I don't what it is about these songs, but I know an anthem when I hear it. Just some examples... Melissa Etheridge's "Nowhere to Go" and Amanda Marshall's "Believe in You." Stefanie, I love that song too, but the one from Moulin Rouge that gets me is the El Tango De Roxanne – Cindy, you mentioned music that awakens your emtions, this one does it for me. I can just FEEL this song, it flows right through me.

But I can’t really write to music like that. I can listen to it before I write to give me a jump start. I’ve only ever found “the song” for two of my books, both unpublished. It just doesn’t happen often for me.

I do, however, have these songs in my life, I call them my anthem songs and they’re they kind where you want to open your arms wide, toss your head back and close your eyes and just sing as loudly as you can. I don’t what it is about these songs, but I know an anthem when I hear it. Just some examples… Melissa Etheridge’s “Nowhere to Go” and Amanda Marshall’s “Believe in You.”

]]> By: Stefanie D http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/comment-page-1/#comment-16105 Stefanie D Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:32:36 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/2007/01/27/songs/#comment-16105 My favorite songs or those of the movie "The Moulin Rouge", especially the song "Elephant love medly". When I hear that song, I can't do anything else but sing it. :P My favorite songs or those of the movie “The Moulin Rouge”, especially the song “Elephant love medly”.
When I hear that song, I can’t do anything else but sing it. :P

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