This week's Musical Stories are YA. (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, this is last week's post that started the series).
Number one is not technically a 'story' but it screams 'YA' at me every time I hear it, so let's cheat and call it a character study :)
Number two is simply because not all YA stories are dark, whatever some newspapers might think; although it doesn't have the happy ending I always thought it did :( (PS sorry about the ad – but you can skip it. It was the only one with the official video).
For number three, I was going to pick one from last week's comments, but then I found this video. I'm a Buffy freak and I thought this was fun (and no, the song has nothing to do with the series), so I'll even forgive the singers for info dumping the back story ;-)
Next week we're moving onto the crime genre. I think I'm going to have trouble choosing just three!
When I saw Buffy there, I thought for sure the video would include Angel. Zandar works too, that was a great show, wasn't it?
ReplyDeleteTeenage Dirtbag actually works well with my WIP because it's basically how the main character feels for the first 3rd of the book--I'll add it to the writing playlist!
ReplyDeleteI love number one! This is a very neat idea. :)
ReplyDeleteI loved the Buffy series! Great post again Sarah :)
ReplyDeleteYou do good work Sarah. I have a YA idea that I haven't started on yet. These give me things to think about.
ReplyDeleteGood representatives of the YA genre! Man, I miss Buffy.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to come back to watch/listen to these!
ReplyDelete(Although, I admit, I don't know much about Buffy the Vampire Slayer.)
Good luck as you continue to write!
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for commenting on my blog! Good to see you!
What a fun idea!! I'm at work so I can see the videos but I'll definitely be back, I want to see your choices!
ReplyDeleteGreat videos here. Thanks for sharing! I love finding new awesomeness.
ReplyDeleteSarah Allen
(my creative writing blog)
Teenage Dirtbag for the win!
ReplyDeleteStory songs... Lets see, all the stuff from the Lonely Island guys is good. I think I might re-write the lyrics to "I'm on a Boat" to "I wrote a book"
A good WWII song is Sink The Bismark by Johnny Horton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrPTcrFD3SM
The Highwayman by The Highwaymen is really good. How can you go wrong with a Dam Builder, a sailor, and Johnny Cash as star-ship captain!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VST2KKIYn50
I am going to stop, you could do this all day long.
Joanne - It was a great show! I thought the Buffy/Xander combo made a nice change :)
ReplyDeleteKatie - Hope I gave you a tiny bit of inspiration :)
AA - Thank you, and the Janis Ian song is beautiful isn't it?
Rebecca - Thanks, and me too :)
Life 101 - I love giving people stuff to think about :)
Linda - Oh so do I!
Golden Eagle - If you delve into Buffy, you have a treat coming to you.
Lauren - Thank you, and likewise :)
Jen - I hope you enjoy them :)
Sarah - Thank you, there will be more on Friday ;-)
SB - Goody, more new tracks to try out. I'll be doing a war genre in the next few weeks too so thanks for the heads up :-)
What a fun idea! I'll definitely check back next week! :D
ReplyDeleteThese definitely do give off the perfect YA vibe- great pics! I'm a big buffy fan too:) Actually I think most CW shows and their soundtracks give off a pretty definite YA vibe- probably why I love them so much.
ReplyDeleteLove Wheatus! Great choices. :)
ReplyDeleteBuffy...Buffy....Buffy FTW!! :D
ReplyDeleteChantele - thank you, and welcome to you :)
ReplyDeleteCQG - I'll probably kick myself but what's CW?
Talli - thank you :)
Christina - Oh, how I agree!