Book Soundtrack

[dotinthesky]

If you were hosting a Book Club meeting in your home and you wanted to play some background music, what would you choose?

Comments

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

We are discussing a Russian novel: The Master and Margarita. Would DeVotchKa do?

[sushidog.livejournal.com]

DeVotchKa, Beirut, Regina Spektor, Gogol Bordello, Balkan Beat Box, World/Inferno Friendship Society, Kiss Kiss, Firewater?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Can only do the first two! Would the Dresden Dolls do?

[sushidog.livejournal.com]

I don't really know them very well, so I can't really say! But if you have Spotify, you should be able to make up a playlist with most of the above (no Firewater, alas!). Or I can send you some files from home, but that might take a while!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I do have Spotify but I can't figure out how to do playlists yet. I can only play one artist at a time, or a genre. I don't find it very user friendly, actually.

[sushidog.livejournal.com]

On mine, there's a bit at the bottom on the left-hand side that says "New Playlist; you should be able to drag and drop stuff into that, and rename it as your please! It'll move up into the existing playlists and name itself after whoever you first drop into it, but you can right-click to rename it. Or failing that, I've shared a playlist with you on FB!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Cheers! Will play around with it when I get home.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

the victor tsoy, he's been called "the russian bob dylan" and he is amazing!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

That 80s sound reminds me so much of Brasil in my childhood!

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

That was a real surprise to me, the album of his that I heard was total folk! I can't seem to find it now! I've asked the person who introduced me to his music so I hope to know the name of the album soon.

[naturalbornkaos.livejournal.com]

FUCK. You MUST check out "The Greatest Story Ever Told" by The Lawrence Arms - a fairly abstract pop-punk concept album based on "The Master and Margarita".

It's your only choice.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

DUDE! That was a great recommendation, but way too late! If I ever hear of another bookclub discussing that book, that will be at the top of my soundtrack list.