Hey y’all!
I’m super stoked to have Jill Wolfson here for a music post today! I love doing
these posts so authors can share their favorite songs and also maybe introduce
you all to some new music! Oh and make sure to enter the giveaway for a
finished copy of Furious!
Haven’t
heard about Furious? Check it out!
Furious
Jill
Wolfson
Release
Date: April 16, 2013
Hardcover:
336 pages
Publisher:
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) (Macmilan)
Three high school girls become the avenging Furies of Greek legend.We were only three angry girls, to begin with. Alix, the hot-tempered surfer chick; Stephanie, the tree-hugging activist; and me, Meg, the quiet foster kid, the one who never quite fit in. We hardly knew each other, but each of us nurtured a burning anger: at the jerks in our class, at our disappointing parents, at the whole flawed, unjust world.We were only three angry girls, simmering uselessly in our ocean-side California town, until one day a mysterious, beautiful classmate named Ambrosia taught us what else we could be: Powerful. Deadly. Furious.
Now on to the Music Post!!!! There will be YouTube videos for some of my favorites!
Thanks
to Two Chicks on Books for hosting this blog tour stop and for suggesting a
playlist. Furious is so infused with
music that my daughter, Gwen, and I had the best time picking out songs. Ambrosia
and each of the Furies have her own theme song and then lots of angry-girl
music, plus something for Raymond who plays the violin.
So
here’s the playlist – with who or what inspired it.
Heads Will Roll – Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs. (Ambrosia)
Tickin’ Bomb – Shovels & Rope (Definitely
Meg/Megaera)
Pipeline – Stevie Ray Vaughn (Classic surf
music for Alix/Alecto)
You Don’t Own Me – Lesley Gore (Old-school-style
for Stephanie/Tisiphone)
Fire Ant – Alex Winston (The Furies first
test their power on an ant. Amazing that there’s a great song about ant-hating.)
Where’s My Bow? – Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer [Imagine
Raymond playing this on his violin]
Sweet Pea – Amos Lee (Something sweet for
romance)
Criminal – Fiona Apple (Embrace the
badness when love goes wrong) One of Jaime's Faves!!!!
The Furies – The Furies (There’s an actual
band called the Furies, so the playlist ends with this one.)
Plus I
admit that I listened to this several times as inspiration for the Hunter High
Marching Band. Warning: I pretty much dislike marching band music, so this is
for hardcore band music fans only. Children
of Piraeus from Zorba the Greek. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s91GdgJHct4
Now I need your help. To whip themselves into a
frenzy and capture their victims, the Furies use their “binding song.” The
ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus describes the music this way:
We sing for the victim
Insanity’s song,
Delirious, demented,
The Furies’ hymm,
Spellbinding minds,
Unstrung strains burning the
brain.
Intense!
Do you know a song like that? Suggestions?
Or how
about composing something yourself?
Let me
know what you come up with. There’s a prize for the one I like best
(autographed copy of Furious, plus
swag.) Send your suggestions to jill@jillwolfson.com.
Subject: Fury song
Great
Music right? Now here’s a little bit about Jill!
Jill
Wolfson was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After attending
Temple University, she worked as a journalist for newspapers and magazines
around the country, such as the Fort Lauderdale (Florida) Sun-Sentinel and San
Jose (California) Mercury News. Her award-winning novels for young people
include What I Call Life; Home, and Other Big, Fat Lies; Cold Hands, Warm
Heart, and Furious, all published by Henry Holt.
Jill has
taught writing at several universities and is a long-time volunteer in a
writing program for incarcerated teens. She lives in a beach town in Northern
California.
Where you can find Jill:
Where you can find Jill:
And the
giveaway! One winner US/Canada only will win a hardcover of Furious from
Macmillan! Good Luck!
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Make
sure to check out the rest of the tour!
Monday
4/8
Two Chicks on Books
Two Chicks on Books
Tuesday
4/9
I’d So Rather Be Reading
I’d So Rather Be Reading
Friday
4/12
The Best Books Ever
The Best Books Ever
Monday
4/15
Birth of a New Witch
Birth of a New Witch
Tuesday
4/16
Books with Bite
Books with Bite
Wednesday
4/17
MacTeenBooks
MacTeenBooks
Thursday
4/18
SciFiChick
SciFiChick
Friday
4/19
IB Book Blogging
IB Book Blogging
Criminal! I like that song!
ReplyDeleteI love Heads will Roll. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have a bunch of great songs. This is a fun playlist!
ReplyDeleteHeads Will Roll – Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs. :) Very catchy :)
ReplyDeleteYou Don't Own Me or Criminal!
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Leanne
Heads will roll.
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ReplyDelete"Heads Will Roll" and "Criminal" :)
ReplyDeleteCriminal
ReplyDeleteThat's an easy question! I LOVE Feeling Good. It was awesome in the original version for the musical, it was incredible when Michael Buble sang it, and it still gives me chills when I hear her do it!
ReplyDeleteCriminal! I love that song :)
ReplyDeleteFeeling Good! I remember watching her sing it on x-factor.
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I love Fiona Apples' Criminal. And Carly's rendition of Feeling Good gives me goosebumps everytime!
ReplyDeleteI looooove Fiona Apples' Criminal. It has a good sound to it.
ReplyDeleteHeads will roll by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
ReplyDeleteI love the song "Criminal"
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