Songs that connects you to 11/22/63

[cryppler4]

Just thinking about music we all may listen to that really makes us think of the various characters/themes in the book. Since I love a song that I can connect with something meaningful to me, here are a few that put me right back to thinking about the book:

Could it be any Harder - The Calling
Just a generally good song about having to say goodbye & wanted just one more moment.

I Would Do Anything for you - Foster the People
This one connects me to the book more than any other. I listen to the song as an overview of the Sadie/Jake relationship, of Sadie telling Jake she'll stick with him no matter what, & Jake willing to give up anything(including their relationship) to ensure her safety. Plus, the music & beat almost have that bittersweet feel of the book.

You & Me - Lifehouse
I know this may not work, but this is the song I envision playing when Jake & Sadie have their final dance. There's no one else in that place or time, it's just them & a moment together. Plus, the song has a semi-sad musical tone to it, once again that bittersweet feeling for Jake & Sadie. Also, "Everything", also by Lifehouse, could relate to Jake & Sadie.

Well, just one fan's opinion. Check out these songs & see what you think! & if you have any songs you listen to that make you instantly think of Jake & Sadie, let us know!

[PrisonerNumber6]

I don't mean to preach anything with this post, like cryppler4 says, this is just a song that resonated with the book for me. It was actually this song, rather than in the mood or anything else that I heard in my head as I read the last lines.

[kingzeppelin]

Obviously music is very personal thing. A tune that "shakes one persons tree" will leave someone else unmoved, but music that "makes you instantly think of Jake & Sadie?"
Not an easy question to answer but to my mind there can only be one tune.... Glen Miller's "In The Mood".


Jake & Sadie without "In The Mood" would be like Casablanca without "As Time Goes By"

[GNTLGNT]

...most assuredly King Zep....The Great Glenn and his band.....and for their slow dances....

[PrisonerNumber6]

And now folks, an oldie but a goodie. At least a song I associate as much with the novel as anything. Ladies and gentleman, please welcome Ben E. King and the Drifters.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-XQ26KePUQ

[tom32]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BHBjWttvO4

I heard the song above a couple of weeks ago as I was (re)reading the book and the lyrics fit the Jake/Sadie story aspect of the story perfectly I think...The sense of determination mixed with a sense of longing expressed in the song correspond well with Jake's hopes for his and Sadie's futures together, but also with the fact that he doesn't "fit in" in 1963 also.

A relatively new song (it only came out earlier this year) but I became an instant fan and I hope you all like it

[PrisonerNumber6]

This song is technically very important to the book and therefore the movie, it will even have to make an appearance in the film for the sake of completeness. However, well...just listen.

Gaaah! Someone stop the torture!

[PrisonerNumber6]

I always tend to think of this song when the chapters set on Mercedes Street and Dallas start. It fits the ragged dead end atmosphere of those scenes, and also serves as, I hope, a fitting apology for the last post above.

[carrie's younger brother]

I always tend to think of this song when the chapters set on Mercedes Street and Dallas start. It fits the ragged dead end atmosphere of those scenes, and also serves as, I hope, a fitting apology for the last post above.

Great song by an amazing group. Yes, it does invoke the feeling you describe Prisoner.

[carrie's younger brother]

Although it was not released until 1967 and originally written about the unrest between law enforcement and young club goers on Sunset Strip in California, "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield ran through my head as I read the book. Some of the lyrics are chillingly accurate:

There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Also:

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away
We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down