Thought it was time again for a little inspiration. This is also one of the songs from my playlist for Kevin and Walter.
Video I Love: Men on Couches
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Category Archives: Music
Video I Love: Christian & Oliver – Found You
An adorable Christian and Olli fan vid.
Kevin’s Song for HOW TO SAVE A LIFE
Maybe because HOW TO SAVE A LIFE is going through the final stages of editing, I don’t know, but I can’t get this song out of my head. It’s definitely Kevin’s song.
You can view the rest of my playlist for this book on my website.
Playlist for HOW TO SAVE A LIFE
Here are a few of the songs I listened to while writing HOW TO SAVE A LIFE (which has an updated blurb). For each song, some of the lyrics and/or the tone really spoke to me when it came to Kevin and Walter. The blend of passion, emotion, and suspense with this story led to an interesting mix of songs for these guys.
Most of the YouTube videos for these wouldn’t play embedded in the page, so I’ve linked to each. I tried to use the original artist’s version where possible.
- For You, The Calling
- Say When, The Fray
- We Belong Together, Gavin DeGraw
- Walter’s song (although a lot of it works for Kevin too):
Bring Me to Life, Evanescence - Kevin’s song:
Naked, Avril Lavigne - Hanging By a Moment, Lifehouse
- It’s So Easy, Sheryl Crow & Don Henley
- Superman (It’s Not Easy), Five For Fighting
- I hear Kevin saying this to Walter (as opposed to the more spiritual meaning the song may have for some):
Show Me What I’m Looking For, Carolina Liar - Never fear, this book has a happy ending, but some of the lyrics for this song describe very well what Walter and Kevin are feeling:
Goodbye My Lover, James Blunt
All my blog posts with behind the story information are also available on my website.
Video I Love: Goodbye my Lover
One of my favorite Queer As Folk fan videos and one of the more emotional ones. Such a great James Blunt song too.
Found at MySpace.
Video I Love: Latter Days Montage
Here’s a nice little vid I saw on YouTube (NSFW). It’s a montage of clips from Latter Days. If you’ve never seen the film, definitely check it out. A charming romance about a Mormon missionary and a party boy with a happy ending. And Aaron is just adorable.
Video I Love: Isaac’s Live Lip-Dub Proposal
Absolutely love this adorable video. Might just be my favorite marriage proposal video EVER. You can’t keep from smiling while watching it, no matter what mood you started out in.
The description from YouTube:
“On Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012, I told my girlfriend to meet me at my parent’s house for dinner. When she arrived I had stationed my brother to sit her in the back of an open Honda CRV and give her some headphones. He ‘wanted to play her a song’…
What she got instead was the world’s first Live Lip-Dub Proposal.”
Found another song for Take Me Home’s playlist
Yes, I know, I’m writing Walter and Kevin’s story now, but this one came up on the iPod and I just knew it was a song for Evan and Kyle.
Built to Last, Melee
It’s been added to my website’s Behind The Story page for Take Me Home.
A sneak peek at Walter and Kevin via Music
Hello everyone! I only have time for a quick post today, but I definitely wanted to share a link to a guest blog I wrote about music and my current manuscript (Walter and Kevin’s story).
My friend and lovely critique partner, Constance Phillips, who has her first release coming out with Crescent Moon Press later this year (Congrats, Constance!! So proud of you!!), was kind enough to give me a spot on her Character Playlist feature.
Stop by my post, Music of a Manuscript, to get a mini preview of Walter and Kevin’s story via some of the songs on the book’s playlist.
Also, keep an eye on my website for more about this story. I’ll be adding these and other videos for the rest of the playlist to my Behind the Story page, as well as more news and other behind-the-scenes details.
Have a good one!
Sloan
Video I Love: Adorable Marriage Proposal During NHL Game
This proposal is adorable…