Again, THANKS SO MUCH for all the Ultimate S.O.S. Playlist suggestions!
Keep them coming!
As you recall, the first five songs (which I’m calling Volume
1) were more about Shaun and Lea in general. I’ve got more from that “category”
and will share them another day. This time around, I’m focusing on the FUTURE #Shea…
songs that seem to point to S4 onward. Let’s go—
SONG: “Invincible” by Muse
Songwriter: Matt Bellamy
Submitted by: Rose Amelie
Comments from Rose Amelie:
“I think fits perfectly with #Shea
because the lyrics are related with the challenges that Shaun and Lea must face
in their new romantic relationship… This song is a ‘courage theme’. Their first
weeks as couple will be important, and many people will say something about
that (Glassy we can hear you!). But the consequence of the earthquake is the
new chance to find the happiness that #Shea deserves.”
SAMPLE LYRIC:
During the struggle
They will pull us down
But please, please
Let's use this chance
To turn things around
And tonight
We can truly say
Together we're invincible
They will pull us down
But please, please
Let's use this chance
To turn things around
And tonight
We can truly say
Together we're invincible
HEAR IT HERE (dual language!)
**
SONG: “Life is Beautiful” by Vega4
Songwriters: Nic Cester/Cameron Muncey
Submitted by: Faghost
Comments from me:
Here’s another British band that isn’t
well known in the States, but this particular song (which reminds me a bit of
Snow Patrol’s “Chasing Cars”) has been featured in TV and film numerous times,
including episodes of Grey’s Anatomy and One Tree Hill. Which
might be why Faghost says of this choice…
“This song is, I think, very common…but it makes me think of
that 3.20 kissing scene and for the future, no?”
Me, I kind of see it as the music beneath an all-#Shea
edition of the S4 trailer.
Sample Lyrics
Sample Lyrics
Life is beautiful
But it's complicated
We barely make it
We don't need
To understand
There are miracles
Miracles
**
SONG: “Follow
You, Follow Me” by Genesis
Songwriters: Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins
Submitted by: Sonya
Comments from me:
Genesis was a progressive rock band from
England in the 1970s that traded Phil Collins for Peter Gabriel somewhere
around 1976, and then slowly morphed into a bestselling pop-rock band from
England in the 80s and 90s. “Follow You, Follow Me” was their first Billboard
Hot 100 hit in the U.S., and was decidedly more sentimental lyrically than
earlier Genesis efforts.
The end result? A simple, timeless sentiment that captures #Shea’s
future… and perhaps started in the past, thinking back to when Shaun wanted to
leave San Jose and “follow” Lea…
Sample Lyrics
With the dark,
Oh I see so very clearly now
All my fears are drifting by me so slowly now
Fading away
I can say
The night is long but you are here
Close at hand, oh I'm better for the smile you give
And while I live
I will follow you will you follow me…
Oh I see so very clearly now
All my fears are drifting by me so slowly now
Fading away
I can say
The night is long but you are here
Close at hand, oh I'm better for the smile you give
And while I live
I will follow you will you follow me…
**
SONG: “Portuguese Love Song” by Craig Armstrong (from the
Love, Actually OST)
Songwriter: Craig Armstrong
Submitted by: Rose Amelie
Comment from me:
I mentioned when I first put out the call
for Playlist entries that instrumentals were welcome too… and so far, two
readers have taken up the baton with non-lyric suggestions! This is one of
them.
Comment from Rose Amelie:
“Love, Actually is a film
that shows beautiful stories, all of them with different kinds of love. “Portuguese
Love Song” is for two people who fall in love in an unexpected way, with many
differences, and in a situation that made being together almost impossible. But
both decided to change that, and finally be a couple. Like Shaun and Lea.
“#Shea is a couple who needs to be brave and face together many fears, questions and challenges. But they already have the most important thing:
the love for each other.”
**
SONG: “Where
My Heart Will Take Me” by Russell Watson
Songwriter: Diane Warren
Submitted by: Andreas
Comment from Andreas:
“The lyrics of this song describe Shaun and Lea after the
last scene of season 3, taking off to season 4 with the best hopes for their
future… It took almost 3 years, but Shaun and
Lea finally dare to love each other. Shaun does no longer listen to others but
to his heart. Lea isn’t held back by her self-doubt anymore.”
Sample Lyrics:
It's been a long road, getting from there to here
It's been a long time, but my time is finally near
And I can feel a change in the wind right now, nothing's in my way
And they're not gonna hold me down no more
No they're not gonna hold me down
'Cuz I've got faith of the heart, I'm going where my heart will take me
I've got faith to believe I can do anything
I've got strength of the soul, no one's gonna bend or break me
I can reach any star
I've got faith, I've got faith, faith of the heart
Comment from me:
Diane Warren wrote—not much of an exaggeration here—EVERY.
THING. On pop radio (and some country, and some R&B) in the U.S. and
probably elsewhere in the 1990s. For fellow songwriters like myself, this made
her annoying as hell. BUT she clearly knew how to write compelling songs for
the times with mass appeal.
Andreas came upon this version by (yet another Brit!)
Russell Watson—a singer with a repertoire similar to America’s Josh
Groban—which was apparently used as the theme for Star Trek Enterprise.
In the U.S., this same song was actually an adult contemporary hit for Rod
Stewart in 1998 when he recorded it for the soundtrack of the Robin Williams
film Patch Adams. Back then the song was known by its original title
“Faith of the Heart.” (So if you’re like me, and wonder ‘where have I heard this
before?’… that’s where.)
And that’s Volume 2 of the Playlist!
Remember, this project is continuing to evolve… if you’ve
got a #Shea-suitable song (or songs) to suggest, check out this post to
find out how to do it!
(And you can simply leave your suggestion in the
comments, or Tweet it to me, but I may follow up with a question or two.)