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….
No extra credit for me, but I’m betting the 80’s do save the day.
But I do have fond memories that include The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys. Funny how music can totally transport one.
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.
Me too 🙂
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.