centexhairysub Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 Usually love your selections but just not a Nelly fan here at all.... Can we have some more Heart???
methodwriter85 Posted July 27, 2012 Author Posted July 27, 2012 I don't think I'm doing a selection for this chapter, but just picture heart in your head. LOL. 1
methodwriter85 Posted July 31, 2012 Author Posted July 31, 2012 (edited) Chapter 55 -When Will catches JJ and Evan Lysacek making out. Probably my favorite tune out of the late 90's/very early 00's pop craze. I've used this in pretty much every story since Bloodlines, save for The Box. I'm glad I got to use it for a JJ moment. I'm sure he likes Mandy Moore and the 90's teen pop craze, too. (He sure as hell doesn't strike me as someone listening to Pennywise or Pantera, that's for sure.) Edited July 31, 2012 by methodwriter85
centexhairysub Posted August 4, 2012 Posted August 4, 2012 Ah, good song for a cute moment... Plus reminds us all that JJ was always sort of sweet before he was hit with the skating bug...
methodwriter85 Posted September 5, 2012 Author Posted September 5, 2012 (edited) Hey, this is to Private Tim...would you mind contributing some of your 90's dance club hits (from '97 and before) to my Golden Oldies thread in the Lounge? I'd love to hear some of your favorite oldies that you danced to at clubs back in the mid-'90s. I bet you know a lot of the classics, like this one: God, it's so much fun dancing to the oldies! I really hope you'll contribute some of your faves. I know you like to post songs here, and I'm on a early/mid-90's nostalgia kick right now, so I'm hoping I can get you to add the songs that you loved dancing to way back in your day. Edited September 5, 2012 by methodwriter85
B1ue Posted September 13, 2012 Posted September 13, 2012 Nineties music is oldies now? Great, now I feel old. Thanks Jeremy. I've been trying to put that off for a couple more years.
methodwriter85 Posted September 14, 2012 Author Posted September 14, 2012 (edited) Hey, I'm old, too. It's okay. Apparently Nirvana has become "classic rock." I tend to define oldies as being at least 15 years old, if not twenty. That would be 1997, or 1992. Either way, grunge is now oldies rock. Of course, your mileage may vary. You wanna feel really old? This year's college freshmen were born on average in 1994. Which means they've never known a world where Kurt Cobain is alive.. My niece was born in 1994...she's a senior in high school instead of a freshman at college because she was born past the cut-off date. Anyway, I hope Tim takes me up and posts some of his favorite '95 tunes at my thread...class of '95, woo-hoo! Edited September 14, 2012 by methodwriter85
B1ue Posted September 14, 2012 Posted September 14, 2012 Except neither of us are old, not even close. Just because I'm not a teenager doesn't mean I'm filing for social security.
methodwriter85 Posted September 14, 2012 Author Posted September 14, 2012 (edited) Well, my viewpoint has been shaped by being in college and grad school for 7 years, where I tended to be the oldest of my friends. By my second year of graduate school I had friends who were born in 1993 and it was freakin' weird. (I lived on campus during grad school and I hung out with a lot of undergrads.) I would make references to the Secret World of Alex Mack and Salute Your Shorts and they wouldn't get it. But the bit about Another Night by Real McCoy was a reference- in Whit Stillman's film Damsels in Distress, there's a scene where the college-aged characters are dancing to that song. At the end, one of the characters proclaimed, "I love dancing to the oldies!" That, in turn, made me think of Private Tim, because mid-90's club music was kind of his forte, apparently- that was Private Tim's "era", so to speak. So I'm hoping I can get Private Tim to contribute to my golden oldies thread with some "Another Night"-era tunes. Edited September 14, 2012 by methodwriter85
PrivateTim Posted September 14, 2012 Posted September 14, 2012 "Golden oldies" is the 50's - 70's. Here are the dance songs I remember being hot in the gay clubs in LA & SF when I was in school. Vogue – Madonna, Missing (Todd Terry mix) – Everything But the Girl, Another Night – MC Sar and The Real McCoy, Rhythm is a Dancer – SNAP!, What Is Love? – Haddaway, Mr. Vain – Culture Beat, Be My Lover – La Bouche, Rhythm of the Night – Corona, Strike It Up – Black Box, Everybody Everybody – Black Box, Boom Boom Boom – The Outhere Brothers, We Like To Party – The Venga Boys, Tootsee Roll – 69 Boyz, Sweet Dreams – La Bouche, Around the World – Daft Punk, Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good) – Rozalla, Free (Mood II Swing mix) – Ultra Nate, If You Could Read My Mind – Stars on 54 (Amber, Jocelyn Enriquez, and Ultra Nate), Dreamer – Livin’ Joy, Put Your Loving Arms Around Me – Billie Ray Martin, Beautiful Life – Ace of Base, Tonight is the Night – Le Click, Short Dick Man – 20 Fingers and Gillette, Boot Scootin’ Boogie (original, club mix) – Brooks and Dunn, Move This (Shake That Body) – Technotronic, Lick it – 20 Fingers, Roula, Supermodel (You Better Work!) – RuPaul, If Madonna Calls – Junior Vasquez, Cotton Eyed Joe – Rednex, Believe – Cher, Come And Get Your Love – Mc Sar and The Real Mccoy, Macarena – Los Del Rio, Barbie Girl – Aqua, Unbreak My Heart – Toni Braxton, Killing Me Softly – Roberta Flack, You can find most of these on YouTube these days except for the ultra dirty versions of Short Dick Man, Lick It and a couple others. I had a great bunch of CD singles with all these and more and they were stolen when someone broke in my car about 10 years ago.
methodwriter85 Posted September 14, 2012 Author Posted September 14, 2012 My oldies station does the 60's, 70's, and 80's, but I'm just jumping the gun a bit. You should have added these to my thread, man!
methodwriter85 Posted September 15, 2012 Author Posted September 15, 2012 (edited) Except neither of us are old, not even close. Just because I'm not a teenager doesn't mean I'm filing for social security. Intellectually, I know this. Emotionally, hitting my 27th birthday in December just seems surreal. I thought I'd be in my early 20's forever. Entering the late part of my 20's just seems crazy. I'm trying to embrace pushing 30, though. It'll probably change when I make friends who are no longer in college, and more in their 30's and 40's. I had a taste of this during my second year of graduate school, when I hung out with a bunch of 30-something townies I met from my favorite karaoke bar. It was fun to say that I graduated high school in 2005 and NOT get the, "Jeremy, you're old" comment I got from my undergrad friends. Edited September 15, 2012 by methodwriter85
MJ85 Posted September 15, 2012 Posted September 15, 2012 I turn 27 in just under three weeks here, and I'm definitely NOT embracing 30 as yet. Actually, you probably wouldn't be able to tell even that I'm almost 27 just by looking at me.
methodwriter85 Posted September 16, 2012 Author Posted September 16, 2012 Yeah, I saw your picture. I'm the same way- I can't pass for a teenager anymore...grad school aged me a little, but I could still pull off 23 or so. My family tends towards looking young for our age.
B1ue Posted September 18, 2012 Posted September 18, 2012 I look 28. I'm glad I do. I may be less sanguine about looking my own age when I'm 40, but I kind of doubt it. I've usually been pretty happy being whatever age I happened to be at, never wishing I was older or younger.
methodwriter85 Posted September 18, 2012 Author Posted September 18, 2012 (edited) I wouldn't mind looking 35, actually...I think guys in their mid-30's are pretty hot. They're still a robust sense of virility and youth, but a bit of "seasoning" in terms of their emerging wrinkles which gives them an air of experience. Edited September 18, 2012 by methodwriter85
methodwriter85 Posted September 21, 2012 Author Posted September 21, 2012 Nineties music is oldies now? Great, now I feel old. Thanks Jeremy. I've been trying to put that off for a couple more years. There's now a music channel on Verizon Fios called "Retro Rock" that I heard playing , and it made me think of this. I guess the late 90's are retro now? I'm sure I probably used "Monkey Wrench" in Bloodlines. It was a lot of fun using songs from I was 12. And thanks to my sister, I knew Sublime, and you can't tell me someone like Matt Carrswold wouldn't have been a huuuuuggggggeeeee Sublime fan during the 90's. To me, Sublime kind of "captured" the mellow stoner mood of my sister's generation. (She was born in 1981, just a year younger than Matt.) The mid/late 90's were a fun time to work with- the United States was in a more upbeat, happier mood because of the economic boom, and the music reflected that. (Well, except for stuff like Korn and Marilyn Manson.) Anyway, I hope you guys don't mind that I took a break. I've been doing this for over three years- I started doing music recs for Mark with "Be Rad". Half-way through doing the Land Whore, Mark decided that coming up with music recs was holding up the chapters, and he broke that. Be Rad was pretty fucking challenging, because 1980 American music frankly sucked- it was a weird transition time between the disco era and the 80's synth pop era. There was sooooo much from 1981 that I wanted to use but couldn't because Be Rad stayed in '80 for the majority. I tended to look towards British music like , as well as the Ashes to Ashes soundtrack list. I had a lot more fun with Man In Motion- the mid-80's just had so much great music, both cheesy stuff like "Broken Wings" by Mister Mister and the great indie stuff from people like the Smiths. And of course, there was Madonna's ascendancy to the throne as Queen of Pop. With A Summer Love, I loved that it was in 1991- 1991 being the transition between the pop fun of the 1980's, and the dark grunge that would take over music during the first half of the the 1990's. I used mainly fun "tail-end-of-the-80's" pop songs like and when things were happy for Marcel, and then transitioned into stuff like the when the mood got darker. And then of course, using when Lark went cuckoo-for-Coca-puffs at the end of the story. That was probably one of my favorite music choices. I think I felt the most "on" for If It Fits- 1992-1995 was a great period for music, and luckily with Stefan he's not the kind of fuddy duddy types who refuses to listen to new music, so I could put in stuff like and Green Day without it being weird. So much great stuff going on at the time- , , etc etc. What's really fun about doing this is trying to re-create the mindset of a given time period through my music choices, because the music of the time often does that.
methodwriter85 Posted October 22, 2012 Author Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) Chapter 66 -When Will gives himself a pep talk in the mirror, leading to sexytimes with a college guy named Pat. -When Will finds himself in the middle of a fight. -When Will's unrepentant to Ella about pissing off the captain of the varsity polo team and potentially wrecking both their social standings. "The Way I Am" by Eminem I got sick of how overexposed Eminem was back then, but he really was one of the best things going on in the musical wasteland that was pre-9/11 music. I can see why every straight teenage guy in 2000 was into his music. Remember Eminem wannabes? Edited October 22, 2012 by methodwriter85
centexhairysub Posted October 22, 2012 Posted October 22, 2012 Loved all three of these songs and thought they matched up to the moments perfectly.... God, I was so sick of the bleached blonde hair on some of those wannabees......
methodwriter85 Posted November 16, 2012 Author Posted November 16, 2012 (edited) Chapter 69 -When Matt and Wade have a little fun with Father Paul. 1987 was a good year for music. Really great pop like George Michael, really good rock like U2, great arena rock with Bon Jovi, great adult contemporary in Peter Gabriel and the Bangles, great teen pop in Debbie Gibson/Tiffany, and great alternative stuff like The Cure. It's crazy to believe '87 was 25 years ago...man, time flies. It feels like just yesterday acid-washed pegged jeans and Hypercolor t-shirts were in. Edited November 16, 2012 by methodwriter85 1
Mark Arbour Posted November 16, 2012 Posted November 16, 2012 Chapter 69 -When Matt and Wade have a little fun with Father Paul. 1987 was a good year for music. Really great pop like George Michael, really good rock like U2, great arena rock with Bon Jovi, great adult contemporary in Peter Gabriel and the Bangles, great teen pop in Debbie Gibson/Tiffany, and great alternative stuff like The Cure. It's crazy to believe '87 was 25 years ago...man, time flies. It feels like just yesterday acid-washed pegged jeans and Hypercolor t-shirts were in. Good call, Jeremy. George Michael in a bathroom stall. Hmmm. Would I?
Mark Arbour Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 (edited) As I was driving out to Arizona I was listening to Linkin Park. As I've written Paternity, two of their songs have consistently resonated with me. When I have a block and I'm writing Will, the song I'll spool up is My favorite segment: I will never know myself until I do this on my ownAnd I will never feel anything else, until my wounds are healedI will never be anything till I break away from meI will break away, I'll find myself today When I want to channel Wade, I listen to My favorite segment: I'm strong on the surfaceNot all the way throughI've never been perfectBut neither have you Edited December 26, 2012 by Mark Arbour
methodwriter85 Posted January 30, 2013 Author Posted January 30, 2013 As I was driving out to Arizona I was listening to Linkin Park. As I've written Paternity, two of their songs have consistently resonated with me. When I have a block and I'm writing Will, the song I'll spool up is That's a good choice. I also recomend that you listen to Eminem's The Eminem Show Album. Eminem was huge with guy's Will's age back in 2000-2001. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1xXYeNrW9k
Mark Arbour Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 That's a good choice. I also recomend that you listen to Eminem's The Eminem Show Album. Eminem was huge with guy's Will's age back in 2000-2001. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1xXYeNrW9k For some reason, the media didn't show up, but I know what you're talking about. Good call.
methodwriter85 Posted January 31, 2013 Author Posted January 31, 2013 The song's called "Til I Collapse".
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