I do the Curran POV’s sometimes, and I think people like them because you see and hear what he is thinking. In the books what you get it Kate’s take on the Beast Lord. I was listening to Sting this morning and reading the galleys for Bayou Moon when a song came on and really moved me.
It was “When we Dance” by Sting. It made me think of Curran seeing Kate with Saiman. He was not just mad, he was at first stunned and to be honest, deeply hurt at what he saw as a betrayal. Something along the lines of “I loved you and thought you loved me, how could you be with him?”
The video is stunning, but what got me was the lyrics. At 2:32 he tells her “he won’t love you like I loved you, he won’t care for you this way, he’ll mistreat you if you stay.”
That is pretty much exactly what Curran would have said to Kate, if he could. At least he would try, sadly it would come out more as a roar. I know this is mostly likely not how a lot of you picture Curran, but it is how I see him, or how he is in my head. When Ilona writes the books, she says she sees it in her head like a movie, for me I guess I hear music, probably because I listen to it while writing and editing. Is there a song or video that makes you think of Kate and Curran? Let me know, I am terribly curious how other people see them.
Three Day’s Grace, (I Hate) Everything About You
Metallica, Nothing Else Matters
I Want To Know What Love is Foreigner
Hungry Like The Wolf Duran Duran
Take on Me A-Ha
With or Without You U2
Here I go Again White Snake
Yep. I’m an 80s girl…
With or Without You by U2 = one of my favourite songs of all time
one week by barenaked ladies. its SO their song.
i mean, “I have the tendency to take off my shirt” – so curran. and “we realised we were both to blame, but what could we do” – their fight about the clusterfuck that was dinner…
and it is a song about a couple who fights, break up, make up and do it all over again in a week.
Ditto!!! The line about shirt removal makes sense in light of the lyric right before: “I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve.” Kate makes Curran lose his shirt and his mind! lol
The best part is when it says, “It’s been one week since you looked at me, threw your arms in the air and said ‘You’re crazy.’ Five days since you tackled me, I’ve still got the rug burns on both my knees.”
Exasperation. Craziness. Tackling. Totally Kate and Curran.
I see movies or images, not music…but I can see how thus works, yeah.
I LOVE when we get to see Curran’s POV…love it.
Little Lion Man – Mumford and Sons
That one basically because I heard it with a friend the day kate 4 was delivered, and I was so so so so waiting for that book to come, and words like ‘sword’ ‘lion’ ‘mate’ etc etc send me over the edge into a long monologue about how I yearn for the book, and then that song ….
Well, and then this song. I never heard it before now, but this is amazing. This is their song. WOW. Now I’m of to buy it (:
OMG, I freaking love Little Lion Man. That would be Curran’s pity party song for himself after the dinner thing fell through. The Sting song is very pretty and though I am a fan of his and the Police I never really listened to it before the other day.
Me too! That’s the song is a perfect for Curran. I also like the song Hold on to what you believe by Mumford and Sons for Kate when she is avoiding Curran while having her own pity party.
ran away
I could not take the burden of both me and you
It was too fast
Casting love on me as if it were a spell I could not break
When it was a promise I could not make
But what if I was wrong?
Ack! My brain was thinking faster than I could type…What I meant to say…”That song is perfect for Curran and his pity party”
“Curran’s pity party song”
That’s it exactly! (:. I really have the visual: a Curran, beer in hand, listening to ‘little lion man’, murmuring to himself what a poor, poor bastard he is xD
‘It was not your fault but mine
And it was your hart on the line
I really fucked it up this time
didn’t I, my dear…”
I forgot, one more, for Kate and how she felt in Book 4…
Stupid, by Sarah McLachlan
“how stupid could I be
a simpleton could see
that you’re no good for me
but you’re the only one I see”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izNsuTAdiV0
I really like Sara’s music. Mirror Ball is a great live album, though Stupid is not on there. I have that song on the iPod, it is so tragic. I guess we always want what is bad for us.
I’m Too Sexy by Right Said Fred reminds me of Snarky ( “Please and Thank You”) Curran
Peter Gabriel’s Us album, pretty much any song, but especially “Come Talk to Me” and “Secret World”.
From “Secret World”:
I stood in this sunsheltered place
‘Til I could see the face behind the face
All that had gone before had left no trace
Down by the railway siding
In our secret world, we were colliding
All the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?
So I watch you wash your hair
Underwater, unaware
And the plane flies through the air
Did you think you didn’t have to choose it
That I alone could win or lose it
In all the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?
In this house of make believe
Divided in two, like Adam and Eve
You put out and I recieve
[Chorus:]
With no guilt and no shame, no sorrow or blame
Whatever it is, we are all the same
Making it up in our secret world [x3]
Shaking it up
Breaking it up
Making it up in our secret world
Seeing things that were not there
On a wing on a prayer
In this state of disrepair
It all sounds very plausible Curran POV to me. The whole Us album is very raw, exposed and vulnerable, but masculine. A lot like Curran in Kate 4.
The relationship between the two of them make me think of a new french song called “Je Sais” by Shy’M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-kG1_HN7I0). She basically tells him that she knows that she makes him go completely mad but she also knows that he loves her like that because she is the only one who does that to him. For me it fits Kate and Curran to a T (minus the pop style of the song !).
But to be honest a lot of things make me think about them !!!
Actually this post is a really good example of why you and Ilona are a great team for writing- every really great movie needs a really kick ass soundtrack and it sounds like she’s the movie and you’re the soundtrack
I personally don’t hear the soundtrack while reading the books but do see the movie
Unthinkable by Alicia Keys always reminds me of Magic Bleeds:
You give me a feeling that I never felt before
And I deserve it, I think I deserve it
It’s becoming something that’s impossible to ignore
And I can’t take it
I was wondering maybe
Could I make you my baby
If we do the unthinkable would it make us look crazy
If you ask me I’m ready
I’m ready, I’m ready
If you ask me I’m ready
I’m ready, I’m ready
Some of the lyrics from ‘A case of you’ by Joni Mitchell
You’re in my blood like holy water
You taste so bitter
And so Sweet
Oh, I could drink a case of you
and i would still be on my feet
I would still be on my feet
(and later on in the song)
Oh I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I’m frightened by the devil
And drawn to those that ain’t
I remember that time you told me
You said
Love is touching souls.
Well surely you touched mine
Cos part of you pours out of me
In these lines
From time to time.
(and still later)
I met a woman
Who had a mouth like yours
She knew your devils and your deeds,
And she said
Hold to him
Stay with him if you can
But be prepared to bleed.
(ok so pretty much the whole song) P.S> I just got my copy of magic bleeds on Saturday and it was worth the wait. Thanks
Kiss with a fist by Florence and the machine
You hit me once
I hit you back
You gave a kick
I gave a slap
You smashed a plate over my head
Then I set fire to our bed
[...]
Your slaps don’t stick
Your kicks don’t hit
So we remain the same
Blood sticks, sweat drips
Break the lock if it don’t fit
A kick in the teeth is good for some
A kiss with a fist is better than none
When Kate and Curran first started annoying each other (as they have since minute one… “here, kitty-kitty”, lol!) I thought of the following songs for them:
The More You Ignore Me (the Closer I Get) by Morrissey for Curran – he was like a cat playing with his prey before going in for the kill – Curran was never going to leave Kate alone.
Fast As You Can by Fiona Apple for Kate – this is moreso because of her tendency to push people (men) away from her because of her blood.
I can’t quite think of the right song for the two of them now, because a sentimental or sappy song won’t do. They’re both too strong for anything like that. But then again, an overly possessive or aggressive song won’t do either. Hmm….
Patience by Guns ‘n’ roses sums them up for me
I just found a “Goth” group — Anders Manga and their song ‘Heart of Black’ reminds of them. Kate & Curran are perfect for each other especially with their foibles. Lyrics follow:
I chose the wrong words
Now I’m left to live
Burdened by the enemy of love
Who’s gone and taken all that’s left
Just need a minute of your time
I can’t take back the words
But if you’ll give, I’ll try to change your mind
It’s been wicked dull days
Forbidden lonely nights
The needle pops along the cracks and grooves
Of a broken hearted 45
Critical and left for dead
Another memory that’s lost
Another letter ripped to shreds
Wash me in the water
Cover me in sand
Burn all of the bridges that lead to me
Till the love is washed off in the water
Covered in the sand
Build the highest wall of flames around me
’til a heart of black is what I have
No more emotion
Farewell to pain
So long to innocence
No regret remains
Goodbye to misery
Desensitized
Erase all energy
Paralyzed
Wash me in the water
Cover me in sand
Burn all of the bridges that lead to me
Till the love is washed off in the water
Covered in the sand
Build the highest wall of flames around me
’til a heart of black is what I have
My song choice is a little more random. I stumbled on it by chance, and really got a Kate X Curran thing going on in my head.
It’s called She’s a lady, by forever the sickest kids.
Lyrics:
I’m in love with a girl I hate
She enjoys pointing out every bad thing about me
I’m in love with a critic and a skeptic, a traitor
I’d trade her in a second
She’s a backseat driver
A drama provider
An instant update of the world
She’s a first-class liar
A constant forgetter
She’s attractive but bitter
Did you scream enough to make her cry?
It’s a turn around
Turn around
Baby, don’t return to me
If you think that I’m not worth your time
She’s a lady
And ladies shouldn’t be messed with
She’s a lady
And ladies shouldn’t be messed with
Take off your shoes
Come in the room
And baby, let’s try not to argue
Turn out the lights
Turn on the radio
How can we fight when I’m too busy loving you?
I’m too busy loving you
I’m too busy loving you
Did you scream enough to make her cry?
It’s a turn around
Turn around
Baby, don’t return to me
If you think that I’m not worth your time
She’s a lady
And ladies shouldn’t be messed with
She’s a lady
And ladies shouldn’t be messed with
Here I am
There you go again, again
And we will not ever be 18 again
Again
And I’m worn out of fighting
And every night you leave crying
And I could use some time
Here I am
There you go again
So here I am, and I’m dying
And I’m waiting for you
Waiting for you
Come back, come back to me
And I’ll take you gladly
And I’ll take you anyway
Did you scream enough to make her cry?
It’s a turn around
Turn around
Baby, don’t return to me
If you think that I’m not worth your time (x2)
She’s a lady
And ladies shouldn’t be messed with
She’s a lady
And ladies shouldn’t be messed with
I see him that way as well. There was this song that I had I’ll have to go find it now It makes me think of him. I see things in music too. always thought it was because I love music more than I do movies.
All the songs suggestions that I have seen posted so far are all awesome!. I have a couple that come to mind as well.
For Kate….”Head Strong” by Trapt
For Curran…”All or Nothing” by Theory of a Deadman
I find music for Kate all the time…Curran not so much…nothing quite fits.
For Kate when she realizes that she is hurting because Curran stood her up.
Ghost /Indigo Girls starts out:
There’s a letter on the desktop that I dug out of a drawer
The last truce we ever came to from our adolescent war
And I start to feel the fever from the warm air through the screen
You come regular like seasons, shadowing my dreams
(how fitting for them both/ and such a beautiful love song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NxtFHNqq1Y
Then there is the Kate pity party song
(You know the one she sings every time she expects people to reject her because of her family?)
Road to Dead By Paula Cole
you walk the road to resurrection
and i walk the road to dead
and i`m giving you my devotion
but i walk the road to dead
Oh a Curran song: Pearl Jam Save you (Both him to kate and Kate to him in Magic Bleeds)
Gonna save you f*&#er,….not gonna lose you
Feeling cocky and strong,.. can’t let you go,…
Too important to me
Too important to us,… we’d be lost without you
Baby, let yourself fall,… I’m right below you now
And f*#k me if I say something you don’t wanna hear
And f*#k if you only hear what you wanna hear
F*#k me if I care,… but I’m not leaving here
You helped me when I was down,… I’ll help when you’re down
Why are you hitting yourself,… c’mon hit me instead
Let’s pick up your will,… it’s grown fat and lazy
I’m sympathetic as well,… don’t go on me now
And I’m not living this life without you, I’m selfist and clear
And you’re not leaving here without me, I don’t wanna be without
My best friend,… wake up to see you could have it all
Cause there is but you,… and something within you
It’s taken control,.. let’s beat it, get up let’s go
Oh you’re in your own world, let’s see the whole world
Let’s pick up your soul
And f&^k me if I say something you don’t wanna hear
And f*&k me if you only hear the treble in your head
Please help,… me,… to help you,… help yourself
Help me help yourself,… please want me to,… please let me to
Help you
well, i hear music and see interactions play out like a movie, but a song that i always see for curran and kate is your guardian angel by red jumpsuit apparatus. the lyrics are perfect for them, but when sung it is sweet and very sincere:
When I see your smile
Tears run down my face
I can’t replace
And now that I’m strong
I have figured out
How this world turns cold
and it breaks through my soul
And I know I’ll find deep inside me
I can be the one
I will never let you fall
I’ll stand up with you forever
I’ll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s okay.
Seasons are changing
And waves are crashing
And stars are falling all for us
Days grow longer and nights grow shorter
I can show you I’ll be the one
I will never let you fall
I’ll stand up with you forever
I’ll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
Cuz you’re my, you’re my true love, my whole heart
Please don’t throw that away
Cuz I’m here for you
Please don’t walk away and
Please tell me you’ll stay
Use me as you will
Pull my strings just for a thrill
And I know I’ll be okay
Though my skies are turning gray
I will never let you fall
I’ll stand up with you forever
I’ll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
Airborne Toxic Event’s ‘Sometime around midnight’ For the Curran/ Kate/ Samain restaurant scene:
And it starts…
Sometime around midnight
Or at least that’s when
You lose yourself
For a minute or two
As you stand…
Under the barlights
And the band plays some song
About forgetting yourself for a while
And the piano’s this melancholy soundtrack
To her smile
And that white dress she’s wearing
You haven’t seen her
For a while
But you know…
That she’s watching
She’s laughing, she’s turning
She’s holding her tonic like a cross
The room suddenly spinning
She walks up and asks how you are
So you can smell her perfume
You can see her lying naked in your arms
And so there’s a change…
In your emotions
And all of these memories come rushing
Like feral waves to your mind
Of the curl of your bodies
Like two perfect circles entwined
And you feel hopeless, and homeless
And lost in the haze
Of the wine
And she leaves…
With someone you don’t know
But she makes sure you saw her
She looks right at you and bolts
As she walks out the door
Your blood boiling
Your stomach in ropes
And when your friends say what is it
You look like you’ve seen a ghost
And you walk…
Under the streetlights
And you’re too drunk to notice
That everyone is staring at you
And you don’t care what you look like
The world is falling
Around you
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
And you know that she’ll break you
In two
Wow. That song fits just perfectly. Good choice!
The acoustic version of the song is even more haunting
found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S8m-IZIOLQ (sorry not sure how to link)
I think of Kate and Curran when i hear Nickelback’s album “All the right reasons” especially ‘Savin’ me’ and ‘Next contestant’ it’s the over all feel of the album. And i like it alot.
I really love the Kate Daniels books and really love that you folks share so much with your readers! And, now, for my contribution to this thread (and reveal my love for American Standard songs): ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ represents, for me, the rhythm and tenor between Curran and Kate up to this point in their relationship.
Can’t wait for book 5!
absolutely love Curran’s pov – many thanks Gordon, really appreciate the effort. it’s really great to know what the male character is thinking n feeling. pls keep up the great great work! if thr’s a book on curran…i’d buy it n love reading every bit!
i love ‘when we dance’ by sting…made me think about my man! thanks Gordon.
cheers =)
For Curran – Halo, by Depeche Mode
You wear guilt
Like shackles on your feet
Like a halo in reverse
I can feel
The discomfort in your seat
And in your head it’s worse
There’s a pain
A famine in your heart
An aching to be free
Can’t you see
All love’s luxuries
Are here for you and me
And when our worlds
They fall apart
When the walls come tumbling in
Though we may deserve it
It will be worth it
Bring your chains
Your lips of tragedy
And fall into my arms
And when our worlds
They fall apart
When the walls come tumbling in
Though we may deserve it
It will be worth it
For Kate – Good Enough, by Evanescence
Under your spell again
I can’t say no to you
Crave my heart and it’s bleeding in your hand
I can’t say no to you
Shouldn’t let you torture me so sweetly
Now I can’t let go of this dream
I can’t breathe but I feel
Good enough
I feel good enough for you
Drink up sweet decadence
I can’t say no to you
And I’ve completely lost myself and I don’t mind
I can’t say no to you
Shouldn’t let you conquer me completely
Now I can’t let go of this dream
Can’t believe that I feel
Good enough
I feel good enough
It’s been such a long time coming
But I feel good
And I’m still waiting for the rain to fall
Pour real life down on me
‘Cause I can’t hold on to anything
This good enough
Am I good enough
For you to love me too?
So take care what you ask of me
‘Cause I can’t say no
Awesome songs for awesome characters. I love you guys!!
I’ve posted before how I think Ozzy Osbourne’s song I Just Want You fits Kate and Curran to me. Not only is it badass (which I feel a song would have to be to be for them), but it’s also got some romantic lyrics.
There are no unlockable doors
There are no unwinable wars
There are no unrightable wrongs
Or unsignable songs
There are no unbeatable odds
There are no believable gods
There are no unnameable names
Shall I say it again, yeah
There are no impossible dreams
There are no invisible seams
Each night when the day is through
I don’t ask much
I just want you
I just want you
There are no uncriminal crimes
There are no unrhymable rhymes
There are no identical twins or
forgivable sins
There are no incurable ills
There are no unkillable thrills
One thing and you know it’s true,
I don’t ask much
I just want you
For Kate and Curran?
Aerosmith’s “Falling in Love (Is So Hard on the Knees) – just the concept that for both of them, this is no easy trip down the Tunnel of Luvvvvv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rucpqgI6X3A&feature=fvw
No Air~Jordin Sparks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBKnpyoFEBo
This is the song that goes through my head when Curran and Kate are together.
There are actually a few that pop into my head, but there are two that really make me think of their relationship and they happen to be by nickelback.
The first one is : Figured You Out, and i think it encompasses their relationship throughout the books.
I like your pants around your feet
I like the dirt that’s on your knees
And I like the way you still say please
While you’re looking up at me
You’re like my favourite damn disease
And I love the places that we go
And I love the people that you know
And I love the way you can’t say no
Too many long lines in a row
I love the powder on your nose
And now I know who you are
It wasn’t that hard
Just to figure you out
And now I know who you are
It wasn’t that hard
Just to figure you out
I like the freckles on your chest
And I like the way you like me best
And I like the way you’re not impressed,
While you put me to the test
I like the white stains on your dress
And I love the way you pass the check
And I love the good times that you wreck
And I love your lack of self respect
While you’re passed out on the deck
I love my hands around your neck
And now I know who you are
It wasn’t that hard
Just to figure you out
And now I know who you are
It wasn’t that hard
Just to figure you out
I love your pants around your feet
And I love the dirt that’s on your knees
And I like the way you still say please
While you’re looking up at me
You’re like my favourite damn disease
And I hate the places that we go
And I hate the people that you know
And I hate the way you can’t say no
Too many long lines in a row
I hate the powder on your nose
And now I know who you are
It wasn’t that hard
Just to figure you out
And now I know who you are
It wasn’t that hard
Just to figure you out
The second one is “Someone that you’re with” it makes me think of their relationship in the first book while she’s seeing Crest and he has someone in the apartment above hers reporting back to him.
I reside in 209, you’re in 208
You moved in last Friday night,
and I just couldn’t wait
So I tried to call across the hall,
to ask you out someday
But a lineup formed outside your door, and I was way too late
[CHORUS]
Well I’d rather start off slow
This whole thing’s like some sort of a race
Instead of winning what I want
I’m sitting here in second place
Because somewhere
the one I wanna be with’s
with somebody else
Oh god, I wanna be that
someone that you’re with
I wanna be that someone that you’re with
And I can talk about it all day long
’til I run out of breath
But I still wanna be that someone that you’re with
I’ve got to be that someone that you’re with
And I’m pacing by the phone
‘Cause I hate to be alone
And if you’re out there with him
somewhere and just about to kiss
God I wanna be that someone that you’re with
Well I hear your favorite songs
you sing along with everyday
And I borrow things that
I don’t need for conversation sake
Last night I heard your key,
it hit your lock at 4 AM
Instead of being out with me
you must be out with them
[CHORUS]
Because somewhere the one
I wanna be with’s
with somebody else
Oh god, I wanna be that someone that you’re with
I wanna be that someone that you’re with
And I can talk about it all day long
’til I run out of breath
But I still wanna be that someone that you’re with
I’ve got to be that someone that you’re with
And I’m pacing by the phone
‘Cause I hate to be alone
And if you’re out there with him
somewhere and just about to kiss
God, I wanna be that someone that you’re with
Well somewhere the one
I wanna be with’s
with somebody else
Oh god, I wanna be that someone that you’re with
And I can talk about it all day long
’til I run out of breath
But I still wanna be that someone that you’re with
I’ve got to be that someone that you’re with
And I’m pacing by the phone
‘Cause I hate to be alone
And if you’re out there with him
somewhere and just about to kiss
God, I’ve got to be that someone that
I wanna be that someone that
I’ve got to be that someone that you’re with
This is Hands Up by Hedley. I’m not sure if anybody has put it up yet.
Ahh-Yeah
Oh my God
Something is wrong
I’m floatin’ down a river where I don’t belong
With out you
‘Cause if I fall
With out you
Now I see
It’s all clear to me
I could do a lot of things, but I could never be
With out you
‘Cause if I fall
With out you
And you pick me up when I am down
(Pick me up)
And you make me smile
So hands up
Take it all away
If I got you then I’ll be ok
I know, now everybody say
If I got you I like it that way
Ohhh-ohh
Oh my God
Nothing is fine
I’ll go a little crazy
‘Cause I’m losin’ my mind
With out you
‘Cause if I fall
With out you
(If I fall)
Come what may
All I gotta say
I could have a lot of fun, but I don’t wanna play
With out you
‘Cause if I fall
With out you
You pick me up when I am down
(Pick me up now)
And you make me smile
So hands up
Take it all away
If I got you then I’ll be ok
I know
Now everybody say
If I got you I like it that way
If I got you I like it
With out you
I don’t got a reason
With out you
I don’t got a soul
(I don’t got a soul)
For all my days
I live to praise
You make me wanna
Scream and shout it out
It’s all I gotta say
Ahhh-nahhh
Hands up
Take it all away
If I got you then I’ll be ok
I know
Now everybody say
If I got you I like it that way
Hands up
Take it all away
If I got you then I’ll be ok
I know
Now everybody say
If I got you I like it that way
If I got you then I’ll be ok
If I got you I like it that way
Well I’m just adding on that it makes me think of their relationship in the snippet that you stole for us, when they can’t be without eachother.
I’m a little late in posting, just flitting around reading the blogs and enjoying myself.
“Gives you Hell” by All American Rejects reminds me of when Curran “stood up” Kate, from both their perspectives
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDbcgeRm3x4
and the softer side of their relationship, I have to go with Etta James “At last”. A culmination of finally getting there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ipJ2P8duaY