luninosity

As part of trying to do some book promo for this...sort of milestone story...as "Spectacular" comes out tomorrow...I wanted to share my playlist in advance! It'll be in the Note, as usual, but over here I can also give some commentary and quote some lyrics. So, if you'd like to know some of what I was thinking, with this story...

The Tubes, “Turn Me On” (this one's for both Jason and Colby - together, happy, in a world of bright lights and color and these lines: let me stand and wonder / let me feel the thunder / see the lightning and the picture show...)

The Pretenders, “Love Colours” (I love The Pretenders, and this one's such a gorgeous love song.)

Rex Orange County, “Keep It Up” (This one's for Jason - his usual style is more classic rock, but he has a soft spot for catchy pop - as in the Katy Perry songs he and Colby both know! - and this feels like something that he'd be worrying about: being enough, doing enough.)

The Pixies, “Where Is My Mind” (For Jason, being tired, wanting everything to go right, wanting his father to be okay, leaning on Colby in a kitchen...)

Bruce Springsteen, “When You Need Me” (Springsteen's one of Jason's favorites, and Colby would pick this one at this moment, I think, for Jason and for both of them: I got two strong arms waitin' to hold you / and when those mean days come along / we'll stand together and we'll take 'em on...)

Crowded House, “Weather With You” (If the Springsteen is Colby picking a song for Jason, then this one's Jason picking a song for Colby:
everywhere you go, always take the weather with you...) (I actually really love this song, but have given myself a near-permanent ear-worm by putting it on this playlist! *sigh*)

Arctic Monkeys, “She’s Thunderstorms” (We needed an Arctic Monkeys, because I have a mental image of Colby absolutely doing killer covers of Arctic Monkeys songs - the voice, the stage presence - and the mood, the thunderstorms, well...)

The Regrettes, “Show Me You Want Me” (I was listening to the Regrettes a lot, and this one was just so lyrically perfect - for Colby, I thought initially, but really for both of them! Plus I like this one with the confidence of the morning sex scene, in this story!)

Angels & Airwaves, “Everything’s Magic” (This one was always on this playlist, and always last, to end it with that rightness, that delight, hands taking hands: reach out your hand, and I'll make you mine / everything, everything's magic)