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The transition is almost done and the first line of the last scene is written; the dialogue's roughly sketched out. But I still need music advice - now more than yesterday, because it turns out the last scene demands at least one song reference, too, and the transition needs yet another one as well. I wish I had a working knowledge of popular music...

Current Music: Radiohead: There There (live, on youtube)

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loz

Bands/Artists Sam is likely to like, given what we know of his music liking in the show (namely: Pulp, T-Rex, Numan and Bowie --- and I'm going to assume some of the soundtrack of his '73 life is inspired by his preferences):

(Early) Oasis and maaaybe the occasional song by Blur (Sunday Sunday would forever be etched in his memory, but Song 2's an annoying parody, and by '97 he's pared down his music listening to driving to work and the rare concert.)
New Order (having already loved Joy Division)
Erasure/Pet Shop Boys (but not all the time, these are sometimes bands)
Suede
The Pixies
REM
Happy Mondays
(Early) U2
The Smiths --- I should have mentioned them the other day. He'd almost certainly have had 'Meat is Murder'. And I think, in terms of songs not on that album, How Soon is Now is a track that's easy enough to learn, and There is a Light that Never Goes Out is another contender.

Later on (late 90s/Early 00s):
The Verve
The Chemical Brothers
The Coral
Doves
Elbow
Radiohead

It's possible he'd also like:
Peter Gabriel (Sledgehammer was a massive track in 86.)
Nick Cave and the Badseeds
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Alice in Chains

Edited Date: 2011-03-22 05:47 am (UTC)

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hmpf.livejournal.com

You = AWESOME.

And if he'd like Radiohead... well, I happen to be fairly well-versed in Radiohead at the moment... ;-) Maybe I'll actually pay tribute, in the fic, to the band that got me through the last night and day of writing this story...

You're right, it does make sense that he'd like them, really.

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hmpf.livejournal.com

reasonably or at least somewhat well, actually. What do you know, maybe I'm not as hopeless as I thought.

Though there's also quite a few on your list I've actually *never* heard of (Doves, The Coral, Elbow; and barely ever heard of the Pixies, although I did recognise that one song once I listened to it).

Still difficult to impossible to decide which songs he might want - and be able (and also, not be able) to play, though.

From:

loz

Songs a rudimentary guitar player who listened to these songs a lot could hopefully remember (but, erm, my brother's a bit of a virtuoso and he *forgets* after about six months --- the premise in itself is asking a lot --- the way I figure, Sam could remember how to *sing* these songs, but the playing would take time):

New Order - True Faith, Blue Monday or Regret
U2 - Pride (In the name of Love), With or Without You, Sunday Bloody Sunday
Suede - Wild Ones, The Beautiful Ones, She's in Fashion
The Pixies - Where is My Mind
REM - Bad Day, Happy Shiny People, Losing my Religion
The Smiths - (already mentioned) How Soon is Now, There is a Light that Never Goes Out
Oasis - Wonderwall, Don't Look Back in Anger

Can't play, mostly because they're synthpop/synthesiser and he doesn't know how to transpose to guitar:
Erasure - Always
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Happy Mondays - Step On
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Anything by The Chemical Brothers

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hmpf.livejournal.com

Wow! I think this comment should sort me right out. :-)

And yeah, I don't need Sam to be *successful* in this endeavour, exactly. I do know that that would be massively unlikely. He's close to seventy when he begins it, for one thing, and it's been decades since he last had a chance to listen to any of these - and about fifty years since he last tried playing the guitar! And his entire practical experience with the instrument is a year or two of hapless experimentation in his teenage years. I'd say it's probably hopeless. :D

It's merely an exercise in nostalgia, and I needed to know which parts of that exercise would be *slightly* more successful, and which wouldn't. :-) I'm calling it archaeology in the text - and archaeology rarely manages a complete reconstruction of anything. And often it doesn't even manage anything coming *close* to even an incomplete reconstruction.

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loz

Echo and the Bunnymen! Definitely Echo and the Bunnymen. The Killing Moon is so distinctive, I reckon he could remember that years after the fact.

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loz

Mmm. You're best to stick to tracks like Blue Monday, Pride in the Name of Love, Shiny, Happy People --- songs that have such signature riffs it's hard not to remember them.