With the release of
The Lighter Side of Life and Death exactly a week
away now seems like a good time to post some more music
from the playlist (which you can find in its entirety
here). This song
by The Donnas is one that Mason can really relate to when
it becomes obvious that he and Kat have very different
feelings about their night together:
The playful quality of Regina Spektor's
That Time makes me think of their three-year-old
friendship, all the sweet, funny, silly memories you find
you've built up around somebody you're really fond of
when you've known them awhile.
But some of my song choices for the playlist
are what they are simply because they're referenced directly
in the book. For instance, in Chapter Twenty-Two Mason's
at a party where the Black Eyed Peas are blasting out
of garden speakers and in Chapter Four Lily Allen's Everyone's
At It is playing while Mason and his friends are driving
around.
The Last Song by The All-American
Rejects isn't the final song on the playlist but it's
close and could serve as the soundtrack for Chapter Twenty-One
and most of Chapter Twenty-Two.
Liz Phair's Rock Me is the perfect
tune to sum up aspects of Mason's relationship with a
woman almost eight years older than him.
But if I had to pick a single song to represent
the book this one by We Are Scientists is my absolute
favourite:
The sense of anticipation is downright electric.
