For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday bloggers -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.
I was recently tagged on Facebook by Anna Campbell to list the top ten albums that have stayed with me over the years. Talk about a challenge for a 5 on Friday blogger!
Five albums were full ballet scores or film soundtracks. The other five were these artists:
1 - Look Around -- Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66
2 - Sexy Sadie -- The Beatles
3 - Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want -- The Smiths
This has quickly become my favorite post to put together, eclipsing Thursday Thirteen which has been the highlight of my week for the past 150 weeks. Travis, you're brilliant for starting such a fun meme. I invite any who wish to participate to drop by Travis' blog at Trav's Thoughts and sign up.
For today's set, I turned it into a defining exercise for one of the characters I'm currently working on. I based all the song choices on Peredur, the Dark Ages Welsh vampire from one of my works in progress. He's the product of two NaNoWriMo writing marathons. If you want to read a poem based on his character, CLICK HERE.
The five songs represent his character arc throughout the story. I thought I had already drawn a good bead on him, but I was delighted to discover that placing these five songs in this order helped me realize a few important things about him. This exercise has already helped me with the revisions I'm doing with this current draft.
Travis - thank you, man.
1 - The Gael - Clanadonia
2 - Love Me Two Times - The Doors
Love me one time Could not speak Love me one time Yeah, my knees got weak Love me two times I'm goin away
- Densmore / Krieger / Manzarek / Morrison
3 - Secret Journey - The Police
Upon a secret journey I met a holy man You will see light in the darkness You will make some sense of this And when you've made your secret journey You will find the love you miss And when you've made your secret journey You will be a holy man
- Sting
4 - Dr. Mabuse - Propaganda
NOTE: The music doesn't start until the 0:16 mark.
The man without shadow promises you the world Sell him your soul Never look back Glamorous death is his destination Why does it hurt? You've already lost the chance of your lifetime There's no way back
- Dorper / Mertens / Thein
5 - I Who Have Nothing - Tom Jones
Believe me dear, when I say That he can give you the world But he'll never love you the way I love you
I can only watch you with My nose pressed up against the window pane I, I who have nothing I, I who have no one Must watch you go dancing by Wrapped in the arms of somebody else When darling it's I Who loves you
- Donida / Leiber / Mogol / Stoller
Jamie says Interesting group of songs. Good luck with the character development in your story. I agree that this meme on Friday is excellent.
Debby says Oh, The Doors......love them..that was many, many years ago.
Shelley Munro says What a great way to get a handle on a character. Tom Jones was down here in New Zealand a couple of weeks ago rockin' his stuff.
Champion of the Arts - I write historical and paranormal fiction, as well as poetry. I love to showcase creative works by artists of all stripes. Blogging from Nova Scotia, Canada
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