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.
Category Archives: Music
Playlist for HOW TO SAVE A LIFE
(c) istockphoto.com, MCCAIG 2006
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.”