My novel "DreemWeever" is a crime thriller, but if there was such a genre as "rock n roll crime thriller" I would call it that. Although it is not about rock-n-roll, music is the only common thread between almost all the characters. Myself, I love "music" in a novel ( too much Stephen King maybe) Below, listed in chronological order are the tunes in one way or another are in it. Even the Black Crowes make a cameo on the today show in one scene. At the end, is an example (give it try if your bored) What's your take on music in a novel? I will tell you that either the opening lyrics or the chorus are made for the particular scene ( like a subliminal message)
“My Favorite Things” The Supremes
“O’ Holy Night”
“Patience” Guns N Roses
“Ventura Highway” America
“Four Kicks” Kings of Leon
“Stellar” Incubus
“Heart Shaped Box” Nirvana
“SoThis is Love” Van Halen
“Magical Mystery Tour” The Beatles
“Evenflow” Pearl Jam
“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” The Beatles
“Nice to Know You” Incubus
“Dr. FeelGood” Motley Crue
“Rollin” Limp Bizkit
“Catch Us If You Can” Dave Clark Five
“Cats in the Cradle” Harry Chapin
“MoreThan a Feeling” Boston
“That Smell” Lynyrd Skynyrd
“Do It For The Kids” Velvet Revolver
“The Rooster” Alice in Chains
“Californication” The Red Hot Chili Peppers
“The First Cut is the Deepest” Rod Stewart
“My Little Town” Simon & Garfunkel
“Toys in the Attic” Aerosmith
“Love Removal Machine” The Cult
“One” Metallica
“Celebrity Skin” Hole.
“Galaxie” Blind Melon
“Dirty White Boy” Foreigner
“Girl From Ipenema”
“Show Me the Way” Peter Frampton
“Do You Feel Like We Do” Peter Frampton
“Dazed and Confused” Led Zeppelin
“Heartless” Heart
“Straight On” Heart
“Tumbling Dice” The Rolling Stones
“Hard to Handle” Black Crowes
“Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution” Black Crowes
“Double Vision” Foreigner
“Come Sail Away” STYX
“Miss You” The Rolling Stones
“Barracuda” Heart
“Boogie Nights” Heatwave
“Nasty Girl” Vanity Six
“Dancing Queen” ABBA
“The Message” Grand Master Flash
“Sweet Emotion” Aerosmith
“JailBreak” Thin Lizzy
“Sister Christian” Night Ranger
“2000 Light Years From Home” Rolling Stones
“We Gotta Get Out of This Place” The Animals
“Shattered” Rolling Stones
“Hot Legs” Rod Stewart
“What’s Your Name” Lynyrd Skynyrd
“Jump” House of Pain
“Don’t Cry” Guns N’ Roses
“Honky Tonk Woman” Rolling Stones
“Rich Girl” Hall and Oates
“Straight on For You” Heart
“Dreamboat Annie” Heart
“Too Late For Love” Def Leppard
“Beast of Burden” Rolling Stones
“Renegade” STYX
“Get Free” The Vines
“Baby it’s a Wide World” Cat Stevens
“Time of the Season” The Zombies
“Love Hurts” Nazareth
“Knocked Up” Kings of Leon
“Charmer” Kings of Leon
“Death Letter” White Stripes
“Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” Elton John
“Mean Streets” Van Halen
“Renegade” Styx
“Descending” Black Crowes
“Bohemian Rhapsody” Queen
“You’re No Good” Linda Ronstadt
“Sunshine of Your Love” Cream
“What’s this Life For” Creed
“My own Prison” Creed
“With Arms Wide Open” Creed
“We Die Young” Alice in Chains
“Midnight From the Inside Out” Black Crowes
“Rock and Roll Fantasy” Bad Company
“Whiskey in a Jar” Metallica
“Sex Type Thing” Stone Temple Pilots
“Highway to Hell” AC/DC
“Insane in the Membrane” Cypress Hill
“Flirtin with Disaster” Molly Hatchet
“I want You to Want Me” Cheap Trick
“Christine Sixteen” KISS
“Ain’t Talking Bout Love” Van Halen
“How I Could Just Kill a Man” Cypress Hill
“Mamakin” Aerosmith
“Dead and Bloated” Stone Temple Pilots
“I’m That Type of Guy” LL Cool J
“Mistral Wind” Heart
“Grind” Alice in Chains
“Train Kept a Rollin” Aerosmith
“Cat Scratch Fever” Ted Nugent
“Let’s Go” The Cars
“Rhiannon” Fleetwood Mac
“Sister Golden Hair” America
“Last Child” Areosmith
“Can’t Stand Losing You” The Police
“Message In A Bottle” The Police
“Canary in a Coal Mine” The Police
“Almost Cut My Hair” Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
“Cinnamon Girl” Neil Young
“Runnin’ With The Devil” Van Halen
“Little Dreamer” Van Halen
“Wicked Garden” Stone Temple Pilots
“Camaro” Kings of Leon
“The Runner” Kings of Leon
“Sucker Train Blues” Velvet Revolver
“You wear it well” Rod Stewart
“Magic Man” Heart
“Midnight at the Oasis” Maria Muldaur
“Dust in the Wind” Kansas
“Skinned” Blind Melon
“Coma” Guns N Roses
“Grind” Alice in Chains
“Break Stuff” Limp Bizkit
“Attention” The Raconteurs
“99 Miles From L.A” Johnny Mathis
“Girl from A Pawnshop” Black Crowes
“You’re Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl)” White Stripes
“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” (Muzak Version )
“Escape” Rupert Holmes
“Sister Do You Know My Name?” White Stripes
“My Favorite Things” The Supremes
“O’ Holy Night”
“Patience” Guns N Roses
“Ventura Highway” America
“Four Kicks” Kings of Leon
“Stellar” Incubus
“Heart Shaped Box” Nirvana
“SoThis is Love” Van Halen
“Magical Mystery Tour” The Beatles
“Evenflow” Pearl Jam
“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” The Beatles
“Nice to Know You” Incubus
“Dr. FeelGood” Motley Crue
“Rollin” Limp Bizkit
“Catch Us If You Can” Dave Clark Five
“Cats in the Cradle” Harry Chapin
“MoreThan a Feeling” Boston
“That Smell” Lynyrd Skynyrd
“Do It For The Kids” Velvet Revolver
“The Rooster” Alice in Chains
“Californication” The Red Hot Chili Peppers
“The First Cut is the Deepest” Rod Stewart
“My Little Town” Simon & Garfunkel
“Toys in the Attic” Aerosmith
“Love Removal Machine” The Cult
“One” Metallica
“Celebrity Skin” Hole.
“Galaxie” Blind Melon
“Dirty White Boy” Foreigner
“Girl From Ipenema”
“Show Me the Way” Peter Frampton
“Do You Feel Like We Do” Peter Frampton
“Dazed and Confused” Led Zeppelin
“Heartless” Heart
“Straight On” Heart
“Tumbling Dice” The Rolling Stones
“Hard to Handle” Black Crowes
“Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution” Black Crowes
“Double Vision” Foreigner
“Come Sail Away” STYX
“Miss You” The Rolling Stones
“Barracuda” Heart
“Boogie Nights” Heatwave
“Nasty Girl” Vanity Six
“Dancing Queen” ABBA
“The Message” Grand Master Flash
“Sweet Emotion” Aerosmith
“JailBreak” Thin Lizzy
“Sister Christian” Night Ranger
“2000 Light Years From Home” Rolling Stones
“We Gotta Get Out of This Place” The Animals
“Shattered” Rolling Stones
“Hot Legs” Rod Stewart
“What’s Your Name” Lynyrd Skynyrd
“Jump” House of Pain
“Don’t Cry” Guns N’ Roses
“Honky Tonk Woman” Rolling Stones
“Rich Girl” Hall and Oates
“Straight on For You” Heart
“Dreamboat Annie” Heart
“Too Late For Love” Def Leppard
“Beast of Burden” Rolling Stones
“Renegade” STYX
“Get Free” The Vines
“Baby it’s a Wide World” Cat Stevens
“Time of the Season” The Zombies
“Love Hurts” Nazareth
“Knocked Up” Kings of Leon
“Charmer” Kings of Leon
“Death Letter” White Stripes
“Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” Elton John
“Mean Streets” Van Halen
“Renegade” Styx
“Descending” Black Crowes
“Bohemian Rhapsody” Queen
“You’re No Good” Linda Ronstadt
“Sunshine of Your Love” Cream
“What’s this Life For” Creed
“My own Prison” Creed
“With Arms Wide Open” Creed
“We Die Young” Alice in Chains
“Midnight From the Inside Out” Black Crowes
“Rock and Roll Fantasy” Bad Company
“Whiskey in a Jar” Metallica
“Sex Type Thing” Stone Temple Pilots
“Highway to Hell” AC/DC
“Insane in the Membrane” Cypress Hill
“Flirtin with Disaster” Molly Hatchet
“I want You to Want Me” Cheap Trick
“Christine Sixteen” KISS
“Ain’t Talking Bout Love” Van Halen
“How I Could Just Kill a Man” Cypress Hill
“Mamakin” Aerosmith
“Dead and Bloated” Stone Temple Pilots
“I’m That Type of Guy” LL Cool J
“Mistral Wind” Heart
“Grind” Alice in Chains
“Train Kept a Rollin” Aerosmith
“Cat Scratch Fever” Ted Nugent
“Let’s Go” The Cars
“Rhiannon” Fleetwood Mac
“Sister Golden Hair” America
“Last Child” Areosmith
“Can’t Stand Losing You” The Police
“Message In A Bottle” The Police
“Canary in a Coal Mine” The Police
“Almost Cut My Hair” Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
“Cinnamon Girl” Neil Young
“Runnin’ With The Devil” Van Halen
“Little Dreamer” Van Halen
“Wicked Garden” Stone Temple Pilots
“Camaro” Kings of Leon
“The Runner” Kings of Leon
“Sucker Train Blues” Velvet Revolver
“You wear it well” Rod Stewart
“Magic Man” Heart
“Midnight at the Oasis” Maria Muldaur
“Dust in the Wind” Kansas
“Skinned” Blind Melon
“Coma” Guns N Roses
“Grind” Alice in Chains
“Break Stuff” Limp Bizkit
“Attention” The Raconteurs
“99 Miles From L.A” Johnny Mathis
“Girl from A Pawnshop” Black Crowes
“You’re Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl)” White Stripes
“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” (Muzak Version )
“Escape” Rupert Holmes
“Sister Do You Know My Name?” White Stripes
Author’s Note
Give it a try it's on Google video
Uncle Tupelo’s version of “Effigy” is playing on my boom box, and the flames coming from the first printed copy of my manuscript, provide a bit of light, but no warmth, on this frigid New England night. As I watch it burn, and listen to the lyrics, I am thinking about the man from New Hampshire that sparked my inspiration for this novel.Give it a try it's on Google video
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