Music for the Madness
Currently I’m working on a writing project ( chess match, script, free-for-all adventure) with a good friend and cousin of mine. There’s nothing to get the ol’ creative juices going like some good music, and depending on the point of the story, I’ll listen to songs that speak for one mood or another.
The story, while yet untitled, has an edgy, up-for-grabs plot that has matched up well with older tunes by INXS. Not for the lyrics, but for the smooth-angst sound of alternative classics like “Don’t Change” and the looping, hypnotic chorus found within “The One Thing.”
One INXS tune hits a little closer to the mark, appropriately entitled “Biting Bullets” :
I lose myself like anybody else
But I’m not so strong to make it in the end
I need some answers when the day comes crashing down
‘Cause it’s all over when there’s no one to be found
Other tunage is a collection of running favorites , that always seem to fit the bill. “Heroes” by David Bowie. “Kings and Queens” By Aerosmith. “Dangerous Type” by the Cars. And anything by AC/DC, Styx….it’s literally too much to list. Though my partner in crime – pardon the expression – has done a great job capturing the tune-moods in two CD compilations that she’s made for me. I love those CD’s and I play them over and over and over.
