Will the 80’s save the day?

25 April 2008

I am on a serious screenplay deadline today. I have a lot of work to do, much of it only requested yesterday.

I need a miracle.

And so I have pulled out one of my secret writing weapons — the playlist I like to call “The 80’s and Their Friends.” Although most of them aren’t even 80’s songs…. they are basically songs I like from about 1969 through 1992, but they’ve all got that certain something, and besides, I like calling the playlist that. So that’s what I call it.

I don’t have time to list them all for you (because I’m on a deadline!) but they include:

  • Midnight at the Oasis
  • Relax
  • Born To Be Wild
  • Black Water
  • Brother Louie
  • That Lady
  • Rock On
  • Suffragette City
  • Radar Love
  • Kitty’s Back (extra credit points if you know who did this song without having to look it up)
  • Hungry Like the Wolf
  • Bad Medicine
  • and my favoritest song in the world if I could only pick one, The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys

Now let’s see if this set of supersongs can save the day….

Posted by Kelley | Filed Under blog, music, screenwriting 

Comments

5 Responses to “Will the 80’s save the day?”

  1. Jennifer D on April 25th, 2008 2:59 pm

    No extra credit for me, but I’m betting the 80’s do save the day.

  2. Jennifer D on April 25th, 2008 3:01 pm

    But I do have fond memories that include The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys. Funny how music can totally transport one.

  3. Kelley on April 25th, 2008 5:48 pm

    The revision is in. Bless the 80’s, they can still do the trick. Somewhere between “Born to Run” and “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress” everything just kicked into a higher gear.

    I love creating this way. I love knowing I can do it, and I love doing it, and I love when it’s done (grin). Tonight I get to drink two beers and sleep past 4 AM. I’m a happy woman.

  4. Nicola on April 25th, 2008 10:10 pm

    Me too :)

  5. Jennifer on April 25th, 2008 11:11 pm

    Sounds like a helluva day. Nice to hear.

    Bruce Springsteen! Of course I remember that song now. Rosalita was another one of my favorites off that album. Probably the best birthday present I ever got was two tickets from my brother to see Bruce Springsteen in Nashville circa 1978.

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