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Creative Appreciation Pt 1

Topic: Writing and Music

I can't write without music. Here is a list of songs that always help me write better:

Best of You -by- The Foo Fighters

Chasing Cars -by- Snow Patrol

Buying Time -by- Great Big Sea

Dare You to Move -by- Switchfoot

Loosing My Religion -by- REM

October -by- Evanescence

Existentionalism on Prom Night -by- Straylight Run

Everything Will Be Alright -by- The Killers

Worlds Apart -by- Jars of Clay

Guinning Down Romance -by- Savage Garden

Nemo -by- Nightwish

Protege Moi -by- Placebo

Needle in the Hay -by- Elliot Smith

The Mummer's Dance -by- Loreena McKennia

5th of March -by- Megaherz

Epiphany -by- Staind

One -by- Scooter

Engel -by- Ramnstein

Fix You -by- Cold Play

Phenonmenon -by- Thousand Foor Krutch

Hope -by- Apocalyptica

Goodbye -by- SR-71

Song to Say goodbye -by- Placebo

Flawed Design -by- Stabilo

Diary of Jane -by- Breaking Benjamin

Smile in Your Sleep -by- Silverstein

Sail On -by- Master Plan

Only Hope -by- Switchfoot

Hands Down -by- Dashboard Confessional

Lonely Ones -by- Lukas Rossi

Not Ready to make Nice -by- the Dixie Chicks

Devil's Eyes -by- Buck 65

Brick -by- Ben Folds Five

Uninvited -by- Alanis Morisette

Pet (Counting Bodies Like Sheep) -by- A Perfect Circle

This is Your Life -by- The Dust Brothers

The Adventure -by- Angels and Airwaves

My World -by- SR-71

Bat Country -by- Avaneged Sevenfold

Alabaster Box -by- Cece Winans

Steady as She Goes -by- The Raconteurs

ReWrite -by- Asain Kung-Fu Generation

Tomorrow -by- SR-71

Deep Water -by- Jewel

Amen -by- Jewel

#1 Dec 11th 2006, 11:15am

Check out our work for references to music, especially the Pauline Incident. Much obliged.

#2 Feb 04th 2007, 2:24pm

o0lilazndemon0o

Hmmm. I thought music doesn't help you think.

#3 Apr 14th 2007, 7:09pm

It doesn't really help me think... It gets me in a mood I guess.

Scottish Mints help me think. I call them 'Writing Mints'

#4 Apr 14th 2007, 7:54pm

o0lilazndemon0o

Mmm. I know what you mean now. If you're writing a happy story, you put on some happy music, kinda gets you perky. If some horror story, whew, go metal, or rock. Right?

#5 Apr 14th 2007, 8:00pm

YAY FOR THE RACONTUERS!!!!

And the Asian Kung Fu Generation rox!!! but i only listened to Haruka Kanata (sp, sorry ;P)

I guess some of my favorite bands are as follows:

Pink Floyd

Taking Back Sunday

The White Stripes

The Raconteurs

From First to Last

Coheed and Cambria

Miyavi

The Pillows

Yoko Kanno

The Offspring

The Smiths

The Shins

Alkaline Trio

I also listen to Beethoven, Mozart, Celtic, and especially select anime music. I think foriegn music is awesome, and for a while now I have been on this high for Japanese rock like Miyavi, Due le'Quartz, and The Pillows.

#6 Apr 24th 2007, 10:27am

Hmmm. I thought music doesn't help you think.

Actually, it does IF you are listening to trance (or Pink Floyd, or some type of insturmental or soundtrack with no lyrics in them), because, when you hear the lyrics, you tend to get distracted and you feel like writing what the person is singing instead...

-shrug- but it worx for me! ^ ^

#7 Apr 24th 2007, 10:30am

Harlan Phoenix

I listen to music a lot when I write. Generally any kind of rock n' roll.

#8 May 06th 2007, 9:46am

bitterlyysweetchoco

I love the White Stripes!

Something about their energy and unique agression just sticks in my mind.

Icky Thump was on my mind all day and coincidentally I finished my sixth chapter!

#9 Jun 13th 2007, 3:56pm

Bobby McGee

I can't write without any background noise, so this is a good topic for me. :D I just listen to whatever's on the radio when I write, though. No big long list of songs here.

- Carly

#10 Jun 30th 2007, 11:31am

Hi.

#11 Jul 05th 2007, 8:37pm

lol, hi! hahaha

What's your favourite song to write to? Today I was listening to 'Hey There Delilah' by Plain White T's while walking home from work carrying a giant can of Mushrooms when a kid almost got hit by a car on his bike and TOTALLY wiped out right in front of me.

I think I know what I'm going to write my next book about.

#12 Jul 05th 2007, 8:40pm

You have a crazy life.

Now... about songs with which I do write-eth.

I always find "The Sound of the Whole-House Fan" to be quite stimulating for my imagination. Nah, I really prefer to--- WAIT!!! There is a song I usually find myself listening to while writing, and that song is!!!!!!!! (long drawn out pause after crescendo for effect)

And will always be......... (long drawn out blah-de-blah blah for effect)

The name is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(Do I have to say?)

I honesty forgot.

I gotta go look for the burnt disk of mine... Man I wish we had a fireplace, it would make everything that much easier!

#13 Jul 05th 2007, 8:46pm

Wait!

A can of mushrooms?????????

#14 Jul 05th 2007, 8:48pm

hahahaha! *dies laughing* You're so hilarious.

And ya, a giant can of mushrooms. 0.o weird I know... That's why it would be awesome in a story!!

"Oh hey Kid who just wiped out, are you okay?"

Kid: "Uhh... is that a giant can of mushrooms you're carrying?"

"Why yes it is!"

#15 Jul 05th 2007, 8:50pm

"Might I ask of what Genus and species your mushrooms are?"

#16 Jul 05th 2007, 9:02pm

PS: that was a bystander, not the kid. The bystander is totally unaware of the kid, all focus is on the can of mushrooms.

...

He's a freak.

#17 Jul 05th 2007, 9:05pm

I'm sorry, I'm going off-topic here. I was just reading your interests on LiveJournal.

For a second, I thought I was looking at my sister's FaceBook. Ahh... what memories...

#18 Jul 05th 2007, 9:08pm

LMAO

Oh man.

This mushroom incident might be more suited for The Screename Adventures than an actual story, hahaha. Anyway, I noticed your complete and clever avoidance of the question. Does this mean you are one of those Needing of complete silence to write types?

#19 Jul 05th 2007, 9:08pm

Hm, what?

Does maybe work as an answer for that question?

Who are you?

#20 Jul 05th 2007, 9:08pm

*joining you in off-topicness* Why does my Livejournal remind you of your sister's facebook?

#21 Jul 05th 2007, 9:10pm

AH!! I'm a TombRaider nerd.

The Chiqusters Mix.

I probably spelled that wrong. None of you should know what that is. hehe.... (evil laughs. I suck at those. I need to hire an Omega to do my evil laughing for me... Maybe a medic. Yep, I'm a nerd for that too, for any of you who got that ref)

#22 Jul 05th 2007, 9:10pm

YOUR FORUM MADE ME WAIT 15 SECONDS BEFORE I COULD COME BACK OFF-TOPIC!

Anyway, in other off-topic news on the topic of our off-topic conversation consisting of a topic of... stuff.

All of your likes: Anime, Bleach, Final Fantasy, FMA, creative writing, your laptop, Kingdom Hearts (she's made some vids), Sims 2 (a good Woo-Hoo vid to the Hoo-hoo song [vonage commercials] its called "SimSanity" for anybody who wants to see it COUGH COUGH... GO SEE IT NOW cough cough), mythology (thats a big one), and a few others!

#23 Jul 05th 2007, 9:14pm

Another thing, your talents have got to be the MOST unique I have ever seen!!! I can only imagine what kind of privileges they get you... If only I could blink... I make that wish *EVERY* day... And man, walking would be good too. I don't really see the sense in listening though...

#24 Jul 05th 2007, 9:22pm

lol, well, maybe if you eat your vegetables you'll grow up big and strong like me. :D

#25 Jul 05th 2007, 9:27pm

And now I must conclude my ranting to the seeming nothingness that is responding!

The subheader for your LiveJournal makes it all eight point five (5,402.763) times (+) better (CHEESE). I hope the simplifications make it all easier!

I understand it "Eight point five times better" didn't make sense. Its very common. Seriously! Doesn't "5,402.763 + CHEESE" make so much more sence????

And now, a POEM!

Good night, I bid thee adieu,

I must go away from all of you.

And stay away, as long as I can

From the toilet, or the poo.

Thank yOU!

#26 Jul 05th 2007, 9:28pm

NO!!! Its... STARTING... AGAIN!!! A... a... TANGENT!!!! DIGRESSION!

I wrote a poem about my cats once... I might post it someday... Its all in Iambic Pentameter!!! GO SHAKESPEARE!

#27 Jul 05th 2007, 9:30pm

I am so confused Right Now. lol

Your poetic skills pwn mine. I am ashamed.

#28 Jul 05th 2007, 9:31pm

My toxicity has that effect sometimes!

Also, just for the sake of my being me (GASP!), I must add one (more) random thing!

My cats have names!

Yep. All... however many of them there are! Tika-Caliko (she is evil incarnated! Hmm... Astaroth? She only appears at night, and is evil. Incarnated. Hmmmm.... De ja vu?), Turbuhthor ('ter-buh-thoar), Weej (I can't spell that, I call him Dib-Cat, we can thank a little Freudian slip a few days ago for that one), Panini (HE'S FAT AND ORANGE. I love him) and Ralph.

Ralph's dad got hit by an SUV... But he's still alive and kickin'! That 3 legged, no-bottom-jawed, half-eared, deaf, slightly-blind cat still makes kittens, EVERY DAMN YEAR! Too... MANY kittens...... At least we have neighbors, MUAHAHA! Most of them live outside.

DAMN! That went on for longer than I wanted...

I was at a party a few days ago. Some kid graduated. Mark Galben or something. And I was playing foos-ball!

#29 Jul 05th 2007, 9:39pm

I have a life altering question...

What's your favorite color?

#30 Jul 05th 2007, 9:41pm

I need two! One for words, and one for hind-words.

I bet your fave colors are... Purple... and Green?

Am I right? Or do I write with a prosthetic ankle?

#31 Jul 05th 2007, 9:42pm

LOL! Close, it's Brown and Green. And you do write with a proshetic ankle. I've seen you. On my spy camera.

#32 Jul 05th 2007, 9:44pm

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I thought is was a puppy........ I hate spiny cameras...

#33 Jul 05th 2007, 9:45pm

"I thought it was a puppy" LMAO!! Oh my. We've gotten terribly off topic. Good thing I'm my own Moderator...

#34 Jul 05th 2007, 9:48pm

Me.... Too? Ok.

I think... WHY MUST IT HURT SO MUCH???

#35 Jul 05th 2007, 9:48pm

Wow! I was so busy yesterday (its 12:49 here) that I forgot to do my job! So busy seeing people off at airports and getting uppity hyper off of frapeases...

But, I feel as if I have done my job so well just now that I can take a few days off! Man I love keeping people occupied for no reason apparent to any party, second, first, third, or twelfth involved!

So long, farewell,

I bid you all goodby-ye! Or is it adieu...... I don't know...

(lets continue with that song anyway)

I like, to eat,

All of that go-ood stu-uff!

And now, I must,

Eat.

#36 Jul 05th 2007, 9:53pm

What the--ahh!

-runs into a MadCat leaving FreethePheonix's door-

Oof! -falls on floor-

"Who the heck was that?"

Oh well, that tangent thing...you sometimes just can't help it. Pheonix, I've got to hand it too you, your ScreenName Adventures...I think that they are the best work EVER...O_O...

I really don't know why, its just the weird randomness...its different, and I always get a joy out of reading a fellow writer's excess-imaginary-insanity...oh, now that doesnt make any sense..."imaginary insanity"...I dont have to PRETEND that I am INSANE! I AM! Ahahahahahaha!!!!

-silence-

Anyway, returning to topic # 48 of this title, I wanted to say that yes! I listened to Icky Thump too! But I also like Rag and Bone, I think its really creative and an awesome song to jam too...

I just recently have been listening to T.M. Revolution (Zips...and I cant remember the other songs...^^) as well as that D-TechnoLife song that they always play for the second intro to BLEACH! That always gets me started. Everytime.

I am really tired. Stayed up last night on tv-links.net watching the anime movie "Perfect Blue"...it was...not bad, but I have to say, that insane ending REALLY made up for it. It really reminded me of that Paranoia Agent episode with the woman who fights with her split personality, one being a hooker and the other a tutor wanting to get married and have a life. That scene with her running down the street with her hands on her head in the dark of night, the two other personalities yanking at her hair and all...then lil' Slugger goes WHACK! Gawd I loved that show. Greatest ending too...alot like Phoenix. you should watch it, its REALLY weird...

Alright, I'm ranting too much. Going to florida today! ten days, disney, then back home to look for a job.

woohoo.

#37 Jul 06th 2007, 4:27am

That Perfect Blue Movie was SO trippy! I don't think I watched the ending... I tend to get squimish easily, though I have no problems writing gore into my own stories - does that mean I'm more Sadist than Masochist? Oh my.

Anyway, have you ever watched FLCL?! THAT is a trippy anime! Good Lord!

And that D-techno Life song is one I love too! It's in my Battle Music rotation! I've had many characters kick each other's asses to that song. :D

#38 Jul 06th 2007, 6:33am

FLCL?

-silence...then-

OF COURSE!!!!!!!!!!

lol. you should see this new one that they got out called Pani Poni Dash. I swear, that is RIGHT up your alley, seriously. its just like FLCL, but with more comedy, and all girls instead. its just idiotic funny, and really weird. Here, this will explain it all: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wz0nTtvG9tE

(Cat that thinx hes God...lol, greatness...)

Eh, I didnt think i was any good at horror. lol. heres a funny story. I had NEVER read a Stephen King book, EVER....and then, when I was like 18, writing like 5 stories at a time (which i still am...lol...slacker...) I read The Dark Tower #2...and I got thru chapter 1 when i stopped and said, "WHAT THE HELL???? THIS GUY WRITES JUST LIKE ME!!!!!" So I call up my best friend and awesome co-writer Josh and ask if this is a good or a bad thing, and he tells me I should qoute "legally assault his **." lmao. I thought I'd just keep to myself instead. Same, but smaller instance happened with Ray Bradbury, you know, with his descriptions and all. I was reading "Something Wicked This Way Comes" when I flipped out. lol.

Right now, I am really jamming at 10:00 in the morning to The Gorillaz song "5/4." Trippy-awesome-rock song. lol.

Oh god. Now its changed to Sweet. "Fox on the Run". Glam rock. Great.

...actually, its not that bad of a song....O.O....

#39 Jul 06th 2007, 7:11am

Gogoh

I couldn't get the whole thing. It's pretty long, but just felt like joining, so I'm here. Um, maybe if you choose a song or two for each of your fics, it creates a new flavor that makes a story unique. Ok, I know it's fun writing and listening. I can never move my fingers if there isn't a tune playing background. Dude, I get my inspirations from songs actually!

#40 Aug 11th 2007, 10:32am

What songs inspire you? Like, which ones are your favourites?? Recently I wrote something like 10 000 words to the Japanese version of 'You raise me up'.It's a pretty great tune. Anyway, if you have some that really get your muse going let me know, I'm always looking for new things to listen to.

#41 Aug 11th 2007, 7:03pm

Gogoh

I've a friend who comes to me to create tunes and I gladly write the songs for him. We're making music pretty much all the time and I'm kinda looking for cool international music that can inspire my works. It's basically the tragic songs that my nerves only respond to. But right now, it's the folks and blues wih touches of electros that turns me on. I got that impression from hearing t.A.T.u. Evanescence pulled me towards violin and rocks are always there.

Eh, favorites? Guess the category changes every season, but right now, it's t.A.T.u, Evanescence and Apocalyptica which are the permanent trumps! Being reminded of favorites, I realize that I need to look for them...

#42 Aug 11th 2007, 10:48pm