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Everything I Need to Know About Love I Learned from Pop Songs
Ever listened to a love song and felt like it was written just for you? Have you ever helped yourself get through a tough breakup by listening to your favorite song? Maybe you and your current flame have one song that feels like it simply belongs to you as a couple?
If you've ever been in love, experienced an unrequited crush, or simply longed for a relationship spun from a pop song, this book's for you!
Pop songs pondered in this book include:
*Barenaked Ladies, "One Week"
*Brick, “Dazz”
*The Buzzcocks, "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)"
*The Commodores, “Brick House”
*Alice Cooper, “I’m Eighteen”
*Neil Diamond, "Forever in Blue Jeans"
*Bob Dylan, "It Ain't Me, Babe"
*Jay Ferguson, "Thunder Island"
*Fleetwood Mac, "Silver Springs"
*PJ Harvey + Thom Yorke, "This Mess We're In"
*Elton John, “Your Song”
*OutKast, "Hey Ya!"
*Bonnie Raitt, "Shadow of Doubt"
*The Replacements, "Sadly Beautiful"
*Linda Ronstadt, “Blue Bayou”
*Frank Sinatra, “Strangers in the Night”
*Phoebe Snow, “Poetry Man”
*Spice Girls, "Wannabe"
*The Spinners, “Could it Be I’m Falling in Love”
*Wall of Voodoo, “Can’t Make Love”
*The Who, “You Better You Bet”
*Neil Young, “Heart of Gold"
If you've ever been in love, experienced an unrequited crush, or simply longed for a relationship spun from a pop song, this book's for you!
Pop songs pondered in this book include:
*Barenaked Ladies, "One Week"
*Brick, “Dazz”
*The Buzzcocks, "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)"
*The Commodores, “Brick House”
*Alice Cooper, “I’m Eighteen”
*Neil Diamond, "Forever in Blue Jeans"
*Bob Dylan, "It Ain't Me, Babe"
*Jay Ferguson, "Thunder Island"
*Fleetwood Mac, "Silver Springs"
*PJ Harvey + Thom Yorke, "This Mess We're In"
*Elton John, “Your Song”
*OutKast, "Hey Ya!"
*Bonnie Raitt, "Shadow of Doubt"
*The Replacements, "Sadly Beautiful"
*Linda Ronstadt, “Blue Bayou”
*Frank Sinatra, “Strangers in the Night”
*Phoebe Snow, “Poetry Man”
*Spice Girls, "Wannabe"
*The Spinners, “Could it Be I’m Falling in Love”
*Wall of Voodoo, “Can’t Make Love”
*The Who, “You Better You Bet”
*Neil Young, “Heart of Gold"
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Laura Roberts
62 books143 followersLaura Roberts writes travel themed contemporary romance and short women’s fiction, with steamier stories under the pen name Laure L'Amour. She currently lives in Sacramento, California with her artist husband and their literary kitty, Percy. When she’s not writing, she can be found editing manuscripts for indie authors, transcribing reality TV (her day job), watching rom-coms, testing chocolate recipes, or searching for more typewriters to add to her collection.
Dabbling in both factual and fictional genres, Laura has penned 27 books for adults, including the alphabetical travel guides Montreal from A to Z and San Diego from A to Z, the offbeat writing guides NaNoWriMo: A Cheater's Guide and Confessions of a 3-Day Novelist, a collection of capital city meet-cutes called Sacramento Love , and various steamy romances under the pen name Laure L’Amour, as well as three nonfiction career guides for young adults (Careers in Gaming, Careers If You Like Music and Careers in Digital Media) published by ReferencePoint Press. She has also contributed shorter works to the following anthologies: SDW/EG's 5th edition of The Guilded Pen; Diane Lee's nonfiction collection, The Secret Lives of Writers; the cancer charity anthology Stardust, Always; Book Lovers: Sexy Stories from Under the Covers; Ironology 2014: The Iron Writer Championship Series, and Drabble Harvest #14: Extraterrestrial Reincarnation.
In addition to her writing, Laura is also the editor of the poetry collection Haiku for Lovers, and the ethnomusicological anthology Everything I Need to Know About Love I Learned from Pop Songs, and the founder of the literary magazine Black Heart.
Dabbling in both factual and fictional genres, Laura has penned 27 books for adults, including the alphabetical travel guides Montreal from A to Z and San Diego from A to Z, the offbeat writing guides NaNoWriMo: A Cheater's Guide and Confessions of a 3-Day Novelist, a collection of capital city meet-cutes called Sacramento Love , and various steamy romances under the pen name Laure L’Amour, as well as three nonfiction career guides for young adults (Careers in Gaming, Careers If You Like Music and Careers in Digital Media) published by ReferencePoint Press. She has also contributed shorter works to the following anthologies: SDW/EG's 5th edition of The Guilded Pen; Diane Lee's nonfiction collection, The Secret Lives of Writers; the cancer charity anthology Stardust, Always; Book Lovers: Sexy Stories from Under the Covers; Ironology 2014: The Iron Writer Championship Series, and Drabble Harvest #14: Extraterrestrial Reincarnation.
In addition to her writing, Laura is also the editor of the poetry collection Haiku for Lovers, and the ethnomusicological anthology Everything I Need to Know About Love I Learned from Pop Songs, and the founder of the literary magazine Black Heart.
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March 13, 2016
This is a fabulous concept for an anthology. It was a quick read and I enjoyed it immensely. Of particular note are essays by Barney Harper, Susanna Donato, Susan Tepper and Dave Thorne. Their essays are fine examples of evocative and beautiful writing. Well done to editor Laura Roberts for pulling together such an eclectic collection. As a bonus, I love that the book's playlist is on YouTube!
March 30, 2016
When you think of that guy, do you think of that song? We all do. This book is a collection of essays from lesser known writers about that guy (or girl) and that song. Great writing exercise to offer besides the six-word essay.
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April 4, 2016Good Way to Spend a Rainy Afternoon
A collection of essays by lesser known writers on "that song". and "that person." A quick, fun read made even better by the YouTube links. Good models for memoir writing for adults.
A collection of essays by lesser known writers on "that song". and "that person." A quick, fun read made even better by the YouTube links. Good models for memoir writing for adults.
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