broadcast me a joyful noise

It's a beautiful day here in the sunny Northern Rivers region, and I am sitting inside sneezing sullenly all over my laptop in the hope that I can finish this stupid EBM assignment before my immune system completely gives out.

It's also a beautiful day to be in Sydney for Supanova, I'm sure. SIGH.

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Ooh, a question for you all: are there any songs that spark particular emotions in you because of their use in TV shows or movies? I can only think of a couple of examples off the top of my head: Michelle Branch's 'Goodbye To You' (heartbreaking) and Dire Straits' 'Brothers in Arms' (bittersweetamazing) because of their use in Buffy and West Wing respectively, and I rewatched Meet the Robinsons last night (IT GETS BETTER EVERY TIME I WATCH IT. MAGICALLY. BEST ANIMATED FILM TO EVER EXIST Y/N?) and thus have Rob Thomas' 'Little Wonders' on repeat as the ultimate inspirational work-hard-and-follow-your-dreams song.

(I would show you the Little Wonders scene but it's epically spoilery for the film and if you haven't seen Meet the Robinsons (I am not judging. ryokophoenix had to talk about it nonstop for months before I watched it. but you SHOULD WATCH IT.) then you really, really don't want to be spoilered.)

Tell me your songs with media-generated emotional associations! Bonus points for YouTube evidence.

I've seen at least two posts on my flist recently discussing favourite musicals/favourite songs from musicals, and, well, nattering on about musicals is one of the things I enjoy the most!

I have been working on this post all day, in breaks. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

( careful the tale you tell )

So is anyone else having a serious fling with the latest Coldplay album? I was so surprised! I haven't really liked any other Coldplay songs (except 'Clocks'). But this is a great album. And this is a great song that makes me want to write about Pevensies:

I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sweep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing:
( Now the old king is dead! Long live the king! )

8137 words, nine days until deadline, and I've had to reduce my writing playlist for this particular story to three songs -- though it could be worse, I've written some things to the backing of a SINGLE song.

In case you're curious, the current songs are:

* Vienna Teng - Eric's Song
* The Mountain Goats - Autoclave
* The Lion King (Broadway) - They Live In You

Do other people write like this? Do you have a general playlist that suits your writing style? (I do.) Do you build new playlists for particular fics? (I do.) Do you sometimes end up writing to just one song on constant repeat? (*looks balefully at Turn Your Sail and 'Up Is Down'*) Are there one or two songs that will always help you past a block?

I was reminded by oxoniensis's post that I totally forgot to commemorate my LJ's 5th birthday in December! I can't decide whether this anniversary is impressive, or simply indicative of the fact that I should get out of the house more often.

Instead of treating you all to a detailed retrospective of my years as a squealy teenage anime fan and a fledgling writer of sappy slash fanfic, my RP career (I started off by playing Persephone in a crack Matrix RP and moved through various Discworldian characters before reaching Milliways) and the growth of my flist from people I went to school with to people scattered across the globe...let's have some music. Retrospectives sound like too much effort, and also...embarrassing. (I was a really squealy teenage anime fan.)

( My top ten songs of 2007 )

I...I almost caught myself spending money that I don't even have yet on renewing my Extra Userpics.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU FAHYE. YOU ARE BROKE AND THEY ARE PIXELATED SQUARES.

SO I am using my sexy sexy Bela icon, complete with Indigo Girls lyric keywords*, to express my approval of sexy sexy Bela while I still can! And to remind myself that now that Yuletide is dead, buried, bones salted & burned uploaded, I should work on my Bones/SPN fic that grew Dean/Bela phonesex when I wasn't looking.

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In saner news, I got cards today from bop_radar, fryadvocate, innerbrat and malachan! I LOVE CARDS <3333 Thanks guys.

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*I am so in love with this song, it is RIDICULOUS.

BEST. MUSIC. MEME. EVER.

I've been racing around nabbing everything by artists I like, and every version of Carol of the Bells* I can get my hands on (currently I have 13; I am sure I could do better). There's some amazing stuff, including this song, which is the version that was played in the West Wing episode 'Holy Night'.

*copinggoggles! I think you need to do another one of those EVERY VERSION IN THE WORLD posts.

ASK ME QUESTIONS.

The only two people to have filled it out so far have sneakily used it as an opportunity to get me to write fic. But personal questions are good too! Surely I don't share enough about my life that you aren't curious about something.

If you don't want to do that, you could always comment to this post with songs that are good to dance to, as I am building up 'party' and 'dance' playlists for my upcoming 21st.

MUSIC TO STUDY TO

It's a Sunday and I have a metric tonne of parasitology notes to get through today, so I need music that you find conducive to studying; instrumental, pop, folk, techno, anything, I have no distraction issues when it comes to lyrics in my music (this song, for instance -- Imogen Heap's 'The Walk' -- is one of my failsafe study songs). Titles would be great, uploads would be even better, because I don't do the filesharing thing.

I'm planning another music-spazzery pimp post for one of my study breaks, so I won't leave you totally devoid of reciprocation.

*opens hands*

I first discovered this group through tammaiya, I think (I have never listened to the radio much at all: my musical discoveries come through other people) and they suited my tastes to a tee. I prefer something with a little more substance to it these days, but have never stopped liking Matchbox 20. I am saddened by the fact that they only released three albums before disbanding (Rob Thomas's solo album is okay, but it's just not the same!) and that I never got to see them live.

I think there's still a piece of my heart on your face / It's a shame to let it waste

I really, really like their lyrics, and the way their songs are never absolutely romantic or absolutely about love's loss/denunciation. They're always a bit murky, a bit messy, in terms of emotion conveyed.

( Six songs, as before )