5 on Friday - Set 89

Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.

In the home stretch.

My debut vampire novel will be going for the final proof read early next week, then to the formatter, and then - voila! I'll be a real live author.

This week I've put together some tracks that would be perfect on a contemporary vampire film soundtrack.

I'm always setting my stories in my own invented worlds, or in Dark Age Britain or Victorian Tasmania, or in other similar time periods.

But if I were ever to write something that took place in the present time, I would include these types of songs to give that extra little creepy feeling. I love it when directors do this. A few examples that I've always loved:

Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? by Bing Crosby - used to chilling effect in 1988's Lady in White

Happy Heart by Andy Williams - casting a taunting shadow over 1994's Shallow Grave

To vote in the final round of my Vampire Smackdown, please scroll down to Thursday's post.

1 - In the Still of the Night - The Five Satins



2 - Walking After Midnight - Patsy Cline



3 - Good Rockin Tonight - Elvis Presley



4 - Night Time is the Right Time - Ray Charles



5 - I Could Have Danced All Night - Marni Nixon

5 on Friday - Set 75 / I'm blogging at The Popculturedivas

Today I'm also over at The Popculturedivas, reshuffling my Bucket List after crossing off seeing American Ballet Theatre at Lincoln Centre, several weeks ago in New York City.







And now - onto the musical part of our program, wherein Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.


















If you are in a relationship, what would your love story sound like, if it was a Broadway musical?

If you're not currently in a relationship, would your romantic past or longing to meet someone have a soundtrack?

Brad and I celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary last Monday, and together we came up with these show tunes plus our first-dance song to tell the story of our romance.

1 - If I Loved You - Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae



2 - Some Enchanted Evening - Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell



3 - Tonight - Marni Nixon and Jimmy Bryant (the singing voices for Natalie Wood and Beymer)



4 - S'Wonderful - Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire



5 - Pretty World - Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66










This is our anniversary tradition - kooky photo booth shots.

The 2011 edition