Circle is 'Weak and Powerless.' Right now the song is simply simmering in the back of my head, but I'm sure it's going to fit somewhere with Kisten. (Sigh… I'm starting to like the guy despite my better judgment.) But the best fit for him I've found so far is 'Never Say Never' from Queens of the Stone Age off the
Thanks to a reader who simply identified himself as 'a fan from the Southeast,' I have found a piece of music off the
A fellow music aficionado suggested 'Sympathy for the Devil' by The Rolling Stones, and after playing it to death, I realized it cast wonderful shadows on Piscary, one of Cincinnati's Master vampires. 'Pet' and 'Lullaby' by A Perfect Circle strike close to home with Piscary as well. Piscary's restaurant after Kisten assumes management— we won't see this for some time, but it happens—brings to mind Rob Zombie's 'Living Dead Girl.' Think line-dancing vampires. Yes, line-dancing vampires. I only hope Rob will forgive me.
It took a while, but I'm finally nailing down a few pieces of music that I can relate to Nick. From Kip Winger comes 'Sure was a Wildflower' and 'Crash the Wall.' 'That's What I Get' from NiN works really well, too.
As the plotlines progress, I'm finding myself collecting a few pieces of music of seduction, and in the spirit of avoiding spoilers, I'm not saying yet to whom they relate. Dipping wa-a-a-ay back, I found Sting's 'I Burn for You,' which has a hidden thread of evil in it and a crystalline purity that makes it a delicious threat. Kip Winger has one here, too, with 'Two Lovers Stand' as does Evanescence with 'Even in Death,' which is terribly tragic. But I have yet to find a more seductive piece of music than 'New Years Prayer' by Jeff Buckley off his
I found, thanks to The-Guy-In-The-Leather-Jacket, a piece of music that just about blew me away with how close it sounds to my idea of the ever-after: A Perfect Circle's remake of Lennon's 'Imagine.' Think of a red- smeared sky and a broken city skyline, and just try not to shiver.
I recently ran into an entire album that just about blew me away in how many tracks related to story lines I was developing. It also made me a NiN fan, something I really didn't expect. The entire album
Almost the entire soundtrack for
When they are pulling the last job at the end of
On a last note, 'My Immortal' by Evanescence is figuring into the grand scheme of things. Even I can't see yet how all my characters' relationships will be built before they can fall apart from tragic stupidity and pride. But the power and depth of that piece of music has left a mark on me and won't let go.
© 2004 Kim Harrison, http://www.kimharrison.net/