For me music is very important as obviously is reading and I have to say sometimes there is a song that reminds me of a book I read or the other way around a book that reminds me of a song or makes me think of a song.
Do you share that same feeling?
can you tell me an example?
what kind of book reminds you of a specific song or what song reminds you of a book you read
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I love music. I tend to listen to it whenever I can, not only to help when I feel angry or sad, but to help tasks go faster. But I can’t think of a song that reminded me of a book. Ususlly songs remind me of experiences in my life. On tge other hand, the Kane series by Karl Edward Wagner reminds me of the song I Stand Alone by Godsmack.
I love music, and I do relate books and songs. But that’s a very intimate experience, and it is difficult to explain why a story makes you thing about a song/kind of song. For example, one of the first M/M series I read, and that made me fall in love with the genre, was The Adrien English series by Josh Lanyon. I always imagine it with a beautiful, sad, romantic, slow jazz song like Chet Baker’s Broken Wing or Miles Davis’ Moon Dreams
Books set out in the country on ranches, farms or stations always get me thinking of the old musical songs – Home, Home on the Range for example!!!
And anything set in New York, especially with a skyscraper cover, has my humming Empire State of Mind
I often listen to music related to a story, like I did with “Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club,”
an award-winning anthology by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. My having been from Texas, I enjoyed the El Paso-Juarez setting and listening to Tex-Mex and Mariachi music to set the mood.
“Feels Like Home” by Chantal Kreviazuk always reminds me of Jory and Sam from Mary Calmes’ A Matter of Time series.
I love music (and books of course) but I don’t usually listen to music while I read. I tend to listen closely to lyrics which pulls me out of the book.
I can’t think of any examples right now, but I do sometimes think that certain characters would like a particular song when I hear it.
Todd Rundgren’s “Couldn’t I Just Tell You” reminds me of a LOT of angsty m/m romances…the guy is clearly in love, but also angry and wary at the same time. The music is very urgent (yet soaring), and the gender of the other person is never mentioned…
I don’t usually relate music and books unless the author puts certain music or songs into the book. I have on occasion though been reading a book where a certain character would remind me of something that happened in my life that reminds me of a song from that time.
I love music and i love reading but that’s as far as it goes for me, i don’t relate one to the other. I used to play music when i would read but as i get older, i find that i get distracted easier so now it’s one or the other.
There is this free online story called It Started with Brian. At the almost end of the story,there is a scene that literally instructs the reader to listen to Lifehouse’s Everything. The story is a tearjerker and that sound is soooo perfect. Make sure you have an entire box of tissues handy for this read.
I do love music and if I had more skill I would have pursued a career in it. That being said I do sometimes find myself listening to a song and being able to compare it to a book I am reading. I really enjoy when authors offer up a playlist of their own for the books they’ve written.
I don’t have specific songs that remind me of characters or books but I do enjoy listening to them while reading. Sometimes even after I finish the book, I keep listening to some of them because they remind me of the “feelings” I had while reading certain scenes.
I don’t really relate music to books…they are 2 entirely different things in my perception
I love listening to music, while reading or just listening. It’s true that some songs could trigger my memory over some books, like Michael Learns to Rock’s I’m gonna be around somehow conjure up Erich Segal’s Doctors and David Cook’s Always be My Baby bring to mind a few of Josh Lanyon’s books (like I Spy, Holmes & Moriary series). Idk why, could be on the few times I read those titles I was listening to those songs.
I love music, especially when I connect it to a book I’ve read! There’s a Maroon 5 song that reminds of a book I read years ago and every time I hear that song I still think of that story and those characters!
Tricky question. I usually have some noise in the background, when reading a book. It doesn’t have to be music. If it is music, I go for classical music or other music that won’t distract me. Funnily, If I do something else and a song comes up that I heard while reading, I often remember the scene in the book, when the music played.
I actually can’t listen to music while I read. I find it too distracting.
I love music but i don’t have a song mixed with a book though. But i do associate songs/music with events or a time periode for example whenever i hear music from the eighties i think of my childhood etc.