I admit that I've been spending a little
too much time on YouTube watching videos lately and if
you read my previous
post you might be sensing a trend of inaction, inertness
and general slothtittude. But I swear there is some research
getting done (which the below videos have nothing to do
with). It's just that:
1) I'll have to resume work on My
Beating Teenage Heart practically any day now.
2) I very recently finished my first adult
novel. Fingers crossed that at some point Book X (because,
yep, its my tenth) will make its way into the world!
3) The Toronto International Film Festival
is about to start and soon there will be shiny new movies
to see. One I'm really excited about is Never Let Me
Go. Here's the trailer:
These three things mean I'm not mentally
prepared to dive into another novel just yet. Besides,
I haven't finished the research for the new book!
Anyway, I added the playlist for My Beating Teenage Heart to the website yesterday.
One of the songs that figure largely in the book, and
which I listened to often during writing breaks from the
novel, is The Beatles classic I've Just Seen a Face.
I don't think I can ever listen to this song just once
in a sitting. It's so damn catchy (and short!) that it's
always over before you're ready to let it go. And here
I must insert a warning: if you give in and replay I've
Just Seen a Face it begins to act like a sort of quicksand.
The more times you listen, the harder it is to tear yourself
away! Indulge yourself too much and friends and family
may have to plan an intervention.
Knowing this, approach the below quicksand
(a variety of versions of I've Just Seen a Face)
with extreme caution.
Beatles original
Pearl Jam
Brandi Carlile
Across the Universe (movie)
Holly Cole
Richie Sambora
Paul McCartney, Unplugged, 1991
