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So, I'm in the middle of several stories right now (my muse has a multiple personality thing) and I'm continually struck by songs that 'just go' with what I'm writing. I'm wondering if this happens to anyone else (other than the obvious songfics) and if they'd like to share?

I also found myself reading several fanfics and then hearing some of my favorite or new songs thinking...that would go perfectly with so and so's story. For example (hoping Yvonne doesn't mind the free plug) after reading Yvonne's Addicted , the next time I heard the song "It's Been Awhile" by Staind, I could see her alt-Clark as a perfect match to the lyrics.

"It's Been Awhile"
Staind

(lyrics from Lyrics.com -though I did edit for content)

And it's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been awhile
Since I first saw you
And it's been awhile
Since I could stand on my own two feet again
And it's been awhile
Since I could call you

And everything I can't remember
As [messed] up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've stretched myself beyond my means

And it's been awhile
Since I can say that I wasn't addicted
And it's been awhile
Since I can say I love myself as well
And it's been awhile
Since I've gone and [messed] things up just like I always do
And it's been awhile
But all that [stuff] seems to disappear when I'm with you

And everything I can't remember
As [messed] up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've gone and [messed] things up again

Why must I feel this way?
Just make this go away
Just one more peaceful day!

And it's been awhile
Since I could look at myself straight
And it's been awhile
Since I said I'm sorry
And it's been awhile
Since I've seen the way the candle lights your face
And it's been awhile
But I can still remember just the way you taste

And everything I can't remember
As [messed] up as it all may seem to be
I know it's me
I cannot blame this on my father
He did the best he could for me

And it's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been awhile
Since I said I'm sorry


For anyone that hasn't heard it, it sung with angst and anger...great song. I reccomend it.

I can list other songs and fics...but I thought I'd give others a chance first, if anyone's interested.

Sara

When I was BRing "City By the Sea" for Stopquitdont, I kept thinking of this song:

Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin

Somewhere beyond the sea,
Somewhere, waiting for me,
My lover stands on golden sands
And watches the ships that go sailing;

Somewhere beyond the sea,
She's there watching for me.
If I could fly like birds on high,
Then straight to her arms I'd go sailing.

It's far beyond a star,
It's near beyond the moon,
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon.

We'll meet beyond the shore,
We'll kiss just as before.
Happy we'll be beyond the sea,
And never again I'll go sailing!

I absolutely think of or associate songs to what I'm writing at the moment. My current W.I.P. "Hide and Seek" (coming SOON :p ) kept reminding me of several Sheryl Crow songs ("Can't Cry Anymore," "Strong Enough," "Safe and Sound") - I listened to the CD and couldn't help but find parallels to what I was writing.
--Wanda

I rarely think of music when I write, but one of my favorite Sinatra songs is "Come Fly With Me," and I think that'd be a great one for Lois & Clark.

When I was writing The Butterfly Legacy, I had about a dozen songs that fit different sections and scenes. I had them on a playlist on my computer and listened to them loop over and over. But two songs pretty much summed up the entire story for me.

The first song is pretty popular, at least here in the US. It's Train's "When I Look to the Sky". The way I interpret the lyrics are all about how people we love and lose are still there to provide us with strength.

The second song that I played endlessly is a little less known - Bob Seger's "Living Inside My Heart." I kind of renamed it "Gillian's Theme" in my head because it so well represented the way I imagined Sam/Clark came to feel about Gillian.

Livin' Inside My Heart - Bob Seger

When the sun came up this morning
And she smiled her smile for me
I felt it for the first time
Something deep inside of me

So you can take your midnight ramblin', boys
And you can keep your winding roads
She's livin' inside my heart now,
Livin' inside

Oh there's an easiness about her
There's a softness in her way
But she gets me through the hard times
We get closer everyday

I know I'll never be alone now, boys
Cause even if I'm far away
She's livin' inside my heart now,
Livin' inside, yeah

And I don't know what I did to deserve her
But I'll tell you this, my friend
I'm never gonna lose her
Never gonna lose her

Cause every night
She's livin' inside my heart now,
Livin' inside

Music pays a huge role when I'm writing. It sets mood and lyrics speak to me. Every story I've ever written has a soundtrack I associate with it.

Lynn

I lately associated Becky Bain's 'Ad Astra Per Aspera' with 'Don't Cry' by Guns N' Roses:

Talk to me softly
There's something in your eyes
Don't hang your head in sorrow
And please don't cry
I know how you feel inside I've
I've been here before
Somethin's changin' inside you
And don't you know

Don't you cry tonight
I still love you baby
Don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
There's a heaven above you baby
And don't you cry tonight

Give me a whisper
And give me a sigh
Give me a kiss before you tell me goodbye
Don't you take it so hard now
And please don't take it so bad
I'll still be thinking of you
And the times we had... baby

Don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
There's a heaven above you baby
And don't you cry tonight

And please remember that I never lied
And please remember
how I felt inside now honey
You gotta make it your own way
But you'll be alright now sugar
You'll feel better tomorrow
Come the morning light now baby

And don't you cry tonight...


They match, if not perfectly, nicely enough. And I just love both the song and the fic!

There are also fics that are named after a song or that have a very close association with one, i.e. Kaethel's My Immortal and Wendy Richard's 'Poison' (I just can't listen to this song without thinking of the fic anymore!).

Yvonne's Addicted brings to my mind Britney Spears's 'Toxic' (...I'm addicted to you, don't you know that you're toxic...)

As for fics of my own? Well, there's always Forever You <G>

Interesting topic!
See ya,
AnnaBtG.

P.S.: Since the Archive is down, I only gave the links to the stories I could find on the boards.

Lately, everything that I started writing is inspired by a song. My last story came from Delta Goodrem's Lost Without You . And another one just had a song as a title.

Most of the idea's I have in my mind, come from a song one way or the other. There are a few I've played over and over lately. One is from a Dutch artist. But my most favorite curretnly is from the new Corrs album: Summer Sunshine.

Everyone's changing, I stay the same
I'm... a solo cello outside a chorus
I've got a secret, it's time for me to tell it
You've been keeping me warm

To sweet beginnings and bitter endings
In coffee city, we borrowed heaven
Don't give it back, I've never felt so wanted
Are you taking me home?

You tell me you have to go...

In the heat of summer sunshine
I miss you like nobody else
In the heat of summer sunshine
I'll kiss you, and nobody needs to know

Now that you've loved me, there's no returning
I keep comparing, you're always winning
I try to be strong but you'll never be more wanted
Will you make me at home?

Don't tell me you have to go

In the heat of summer sunshine
I miss you like nobody else
In the heat of summer sunshine
I'll kiss you, and nobody needs to know

To sweet beginnings and bitter endings
In coffee city, we borrowed heaven
Don't give it back winter is coming
And I need to stay warm

In the heat of summer sunshine
I miss you like nobody else
In the heat of summer sunshine
I'll kiss you, and nobody knows

In the heat of summer sunshine
I miss you like nobody else
In the heat of summer sunshine
I'll kiss you, and nobody needs to know

I'm not sure how that's going to fit with a fic yet, but I'll figure it out at some point soon.

Saskia

I have two songs that I've been thinking a lot about lately...The first one reminds me a lot of season one...Clark being a shadow to his god-like creation, Lois ignoring Clark, Lex Luthor...so I tend to associate with a lot of those kinds of re-writes...

Superman's Dead by Our Lady Peace

Do you worry that you're not liked/
How long till you break/
Happy cause you smile/
But how much can you fake?
An ordinary boy, an ordinary name/
But ordinary's just not good enough today/

Alone I'm thinking/
Why is superman dead/
Is it in my head/
We'll just laugh instead/
You worry about the weather and/
Whether or not you should hate/

Are you worried about your faith/
Kneel down and obey/
You're happy you're in love/
You need someone to hate/
An ordinary girl, and ordinary ways/
But ordinary's just not good enough today/
Doesn't anyone know that the world's a subway

And then the other song reminds me of New Krypton stories, I suppose...except for the bridge at the end which goes back to BatP and all that...

Hero by Chad Kroeger

I am so high, I can hear heaven
I am so high, I can hear heaven
Oh, but heaven...no, heaven don't hear me

And they say
That a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles
Watch as we all fly away

Someone told me
Love would all save us
But, how can that be
Look what love gave us

A world full of killing
And blood spilling
That world never came

And they say
That a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles
Watch as we all fly away

Now that the world isn't ending
It's love that I'm sending to you
It isn't the love of a hero
And that's why I fear it won't do

And they say
That a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles
Watch as we all fly away

And they're watching us
They're watching us
As we all fly away

I had this one song that played through my head pretty constantly while I was writing When the World Finds Out.

It's Island in the Sun by Weezer, and is this really bouncy, light-hearted...well...sunny little song. Lyrics like:

Let's run away together. Let's spend some time forever...

And it's completely ironic. Not to give anything away- though the title is a bit telling- but Lois and Clark are on an island following a big, nasty wham. It is anything but a fun, breezy get away for them. And yet, as soon as Clark Kent opens his eyes that first day and hears the ocean, the opening bars of this song start to play...well, in my head...but still.

And whenever I needed to get back on the island and see what the characters were doing, that's pretty much all it took. Weezer.

Go figure.

CC's two cents.

Every single fic I write is associated, more or less obviously, with a song. Sometimes it's listening to a song that sparks off an idea; sometimes I start writing and a song pops into my head that just fits with what I want to convey; sometimes it's a little of both. The thing is, I always write with music on - and since I usually spend more time singing along than typing words, you now know why I'm such a terribly slow writer... Current one? Or should I say, current one*s*? Evanescence's My Immortal (which has been an obsession with me for over six months), B*Witched's To You I Belong (since it's sort of inspirational for my current WIP), Barry Manilow's This One's For You, Meat Loaf's Two Out of Three Ain't Bad, S Club 7's Never Had a Dream Come True, Liberty X's Everybody Cries, and a few French songs (mostly Elodie Frege and Michal's Viens Jusqu'à Moi and Elodie Frege's Je n'ai pas de Remords).

Freak, me? Absolutely. And proud of it!

Kaethel

ps: Anna, thanks for the plug!

Sara, wow! The lyrics fit incredible well, and thanks for the free plug .

I won't bore you with my answer to this question, since I'll just be repeating stuff I've said before.

Yvonne

CC Aiken's latest story - this song sums it up for me: Turn the page, Bob Seger. Take out the whole "musician aspect" of it all, and you get that lonely isolation that Clark feels. Instead of the same old cliche, is that a woman or a man - it's other stupid cliche's (imagine what they talk about. Imagine what he hears? The horror!)

Turn the Page
Words and Music by Bob Seger

On a long and lonesome highway
East of Omaha
You can listen to the engine
moanin' out his one note song
You can think about the woman
or the girl you knew the night before
But your thoughts will soon be wandering
the way they always do
When you're ridin' sixteen hours
and there's nothin' much to do
And you don't feel much like ridin',
you just wish the trip was through

Here I am
On the road again
There I am
Up on the stage
Here I go
Playin' star again
There I go
Turn the page

Well you walk into a restaurant,
strung out from the road
And you feel the eyes upon you
as you're shakin' off the cold
You pretend it doesn't bother you

but you just want to explode
Most times you can't hear 'em talk,
other times you can
All the same old cliches,
"Is that a woman or a man?"
And you always seem outnumbered,
you don't dare make a stand

Here I am
On the road again
There I am
Up on the stage
Here I go
Playin' star again
There I go
Turn the page

Out there in the spotlight
you're a million miles away
Every ounce of energy
you try to give away
As the sweat pours out your body
like the music that you play
Later in the evening
as you lie awake in bed
With the echoes from the amplifiers
ringin' in your head
You smoke the day's last cigarette,
rememberin' what she said

Here I am
On the road again
There I am
Up on the stage
Here I go
Playin' star again
There I go
Turn the page

Here I am
On the road again
There I am
Up on the stage
Here I go
Playin' star again
There I go
There I go

And mine? Long Strange Trip? I imagine this song from Lois's perspective in regards to Clark

Alanis Morrisette's "Everything"
Everything

I can be an ***hole of the grandest kind
I can withold like it's going out of style
I can be the moodiest baby
And you've never met anyone
As negative as I am sometimes

I am the wisest woman you've ever met
I'm the kindest soul with whom you've connected
I have the bravest heart that you've ever seen
And you've never met anyone
As positive as I am sometimes

You see everything
You see every part
You see all my light
And you love my dark
You dig everything
Of which I'm ashamed
There's not anything to which you can't relate
And you're still here

I blame everyone else, not my own partaking
My passive agressiveness can be devistating
I'm terrified and mistrusting
And you've never met anyone who's closed down as I am sometimes

You see everything
You see every part
You see all my light
And you love my dark
You dig everything
Of which I'm ashamed
There's not anything to which you can't relate
And you're still here

What I resist, persists, and speaks louder than I know
What I resist, you love, no matter how low or high I go

I am the funniest woman that you've ever known
I am the dullest woman that you've ever known
I am the most gorgeous woman that you've ever known
And you've never met anyone as everything as I am sometimes

You see everything
You see every part
You see all my light
And you love my dark
You dig everything
Of which I'm ashamed
There's not anything to which you can't relate
And you're still here
And you're still here
And you're still here

*EDITED by the moderator for language.

Oooh, Leela! Keep your eyes open for a new music video coming soon (I hope).



Lynn

Various portions of "Just Thinkin'" are heavily inspired by a song on the *Practical Magic* soundtrack.

It's called "Is This Real?" by Lisa Hall and sounds very slinky and shadowed. I use it as mentioned earlier, just looping it over and over as I type out the scene (it's a short song)

Yeah I like this topic cause now I know the words to the Song from *Finding Nemo*

TEEEEEEJ

Most everything I write is inspired by a song or other... since I'm surrounded by music at work, certain tunes seem to get stuck in my head, and work their way around in there till they just about drive me crazy and I have to do something to get them out of there!! At the moment [and it's all Pel's fault, let me assure you] the one I can't get rid of is Iris, by the Goo Goo Dolls, especially these lines;

And you can't fight the tears that ain't comin'
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything seems like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive

And I don't want the world to see me,
Cause I don't think that they'd understand.
When everything's made to be broken,
I just want you to know who I am.

Hopefully you guys will be seeing the thing that goes with sooner rather than later...

Sara

Sara! I love that one!

And I have to confess, I'm guilty of putting some pressure on a certain video maker to use it...

CC

<<Useituseituseituseituseit,LynnMmMm>>

Oooh, I love Iris, too... By all means, Lynn, DOITDOITDOITDOITDOIT!

CCaethel. (g, d & r)

It's in the queue! I even have the MP3 all downloaded....

Now, about those pesky stories <g>.

L.

/me looks plaintively at Lynn and mentions a certain song called Breathe Easy...


Wendy

Wow! Now I feel really behind on my fanfic reading. Hmmm...work on my stories...or procrastinate by reading all these others.....hmmm. Anyway...

The song that's been going through my head constantly for my current WIP is "Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling. I can see each of my characters in parts of this song and it just makes me so sad. This song also reminds me of CC's Through the Window/And Back Again.

Whevever You Will Go
By The Calling

So lately, I've been wonderin
Who will be there to take my place
When I'm gone, you'll need love
To light the shadows on your face
If a great wave should fall
It would fall upon us all
And between the sand and stone
Could you make it on your own

[Chorus:]
If I could, then I would
I'll go wherever you will go
Way up high or down low
I'll go wherever you will go

And maybe, I'll find out
The way to make it back someday
To watch you, to guide you
Through the darkest of your days
If a great wave should fall
It would fall upon us all
Well I hope there's someone out there
Who can bring me back to you

[Chorus]

Runaway with my heart
Runaway with my hope
Runaway with my love

I know now, just quite how
My life and love might still go on
In your heart and your mind
I'll stay with you for all of time

[Chorus]

If I could turn back time
I'll go wherever you will go
If I could make you mine
I'll go wherever you will go



There's another song that reminds me of AltClark in general, though mainly just the chorus.

In Another World
by Joe Diffe

There you are with your hair all down
And your feet are bare, in your cotton gown
What a beautiful sight, in the moonlight
The way you're lookin' at me with your lovin' eyes
You let me know that for all my life
You will always be my only girl
But that's another place in time,
back when you were mine
In another world


Sara (/me lurks away to the archive, hoping her muse won't notice)