Last year I asked everybody what should be on our NaNoWriMo playlist. And boy, did I get answers! Like 143 of them. I’m going to repost that list for this year, and invite you to contribute your favorite writing songs, as well! Let me know what you think we’re missing out on, and I’ll add it to the list. It’s almost that time. Happy Halloween, and then happy writing!
1.Suicide Sports Club- ”0220 Boy”
2. Muse-”Starlight”
3. Emily Bindiger-”Aura” (.hack soundtrack)
4. Breaking Benjamin-”Evil Angel” “Diary of Jane” (acoustic version)
5. AFI- ”Silver and Cold”
6. Placebo-”Infra-red”
7. Rayzd-”Sora”
8. Celtic Music
9. Sigur Rose () album
10. Big Band Music
11. Zoe Keating’s “Natoma” album
12. Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, 2nd Movement
13. Hans Zimmer soundtracks (Pirates II)
14. Bach’s cello suites
15. Pantera “10s”
16. Kittie “Spit”
17. Misfits “Bullet” “She”
18. Amanda Palmer “Runs in the Family”
19. Less Than Jake “How’s My Driving Doug Hastings?”
20. Gogol Bordello “Start Wearing Purple”
21. Sweaty Nipples “Coma”
22. Sneaker Pimps “6 Underground”
23. Carbon Based Lifeforms
24. Aes Dana (not the death metal band)
25. Cell
26. HUVA Network
27. Solar Fields
28. Lustmord
29. Tim Hecker
30. Vibrasphere
31. Ludo “Love Me Dead” “Broken Bride”
32. Locksley
33. Faded Paper Figures
34. The Kooks
35. The Bravery
36. Imogen Heap
37. Metric
38. Meatloaf
39. George Thoroughgood
40. Nickleback
41. Evanescence
42. Portishead
43. Queens of the Stone Age-”Nobody Knows”
44. Bodyjar-”Hazy Shade of Winter”
45. Dresden Dolls-”Coin-Operated Boy”
56. Bob Dylan-”It Ain’t Me, Babe”
57. The Strokes-”Last Night”
58. Them-”It’s All Over Now Baby Blue”
59. Tex Perkins-”I Know You Know I Know”
60. The Meat Puppets-”Back Water”
61. Brian Eno “On Land” “Another Green World”
62. Robert Rich-”Stalker”
63. Neverending White Lights
64. Jeff Buckley
65. Nick Drake
66. Peter Bradley Adams-”Longer I Run”
67. Bon Iver-”Skinny Love”
68. Good Old War-”Weak Man”
69. Murder By Death-”Until Morale Improves, The Beatings Will Continue”
70. Pink-”Funhouse”
71. Ingrid Michaelson-”Be OK”
72. Rodrigo y Gabriela-”Diablo Rojo”
73. Lady Gaga-”Poker Face”
74. Ewan McGregor-”El Tango de Roxanne” (Moulin Rouge Soundtrack)
75. -Rachmaninoff-”Allegro Scherzando” piano and cello duet
76. Yo-Yo ma-”Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major”
77. Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
78. Roxy Music-Avalon
79. Beatles-Love
80. Ludovico Einaudi- “Divenire” Primavera”
81. Pearl Jam-”Jeremy” “Black”
82. Ryan Adams- “Two” “I Taught Myself to Grow Old”
83. Rob Thomas-”Cradlesong” “Fire on the Mountain” “I Am an Illusion” “All that I Am”
84. Tyrone Wells-”Sea Breeze” “In Between the Lines” “More”
85. Hurt
86. Garfield Mayor-”Softly Softly”
87. Darren Hayes-”Words” “Walk Away”
88. Brendan James-”Early Morning April” “Green”
89. Black Stone Cherry-”Things My Father Said” “Blind Man”
90. Leona Lewis-”Take a Bow”
91. Bon Jovi-”One Wild Night”
92. Fleetwood Mac
93. Asp
94. Project Pitchfork
95. Bella Morte
96. Faith and the Muse
97. IAMX
98. The 69 Eyes
99. Deathstars
100. Eisbrecher
101. Oomph!
102. Das Ich
103. Kaizer’s Orchestra
104. The Exploding Boy
105. A Perfect Circle-”Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums”
106. Starflyer 59
107. Black Signature
108. Mew
109. Angelspit
110. Ego Likeness
111. Rammstein
112. Megaherz
113. Tumor
114. Porcelain and the Tramps
115. Marilyn Manson
116. Cruxshadows
117. Steinkind
118. Wumpscut
119. Cattletruck
120. Front 242
121. Miss Kittin and the Hacker
122. Oaeeene-89
123. Ministry
124. Drowning Pool
125. Kaizer’s Orchestra
126. Corrosion of Conformity
127. Collide
128. Collide
129. Blutengel
130. Arritmic
131. Dead Can Dance
132. Autumn Tears
133. Nightwish
134. Sufjan Stevens “Concerning the UFO sighting near Highland, Illinois” “John Wayne Gacy Jr.”
135. The Horrors-”She is the New Thing”
136. Emily Bindiger-”Fake Wings”
137. Elbow-”The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver”
138.Saudade-”I Have Come to Claim My Throne”
139. Beirut
140. Gogol Bordello
141. Man Man
142. Balkan Beat Box
143. Andrew Bird
144. Sarah Blasko
145. Clint Mansell’s score to “The Fountain”
6 Comments on “2010 NaNoWriMo Playlist”
I’m listening to Muse, Bob Dylan and Sarah Blasko.
Wow, what a list!
I’ve never been able to do a playlist, because whenever I hear the singing I can’t concentrate – instead I sing along.
I am a playlist loser.
😀
The inclusion of Carbon Based Lifeforms makes this an excellent playlist anyway…
One I did not see on here that I have recently become very addicted to is Clint Mansell’s stunning score to the film The Fountain. So amazing.
A lot of great music here. Some I listen to and some that is new to me. So I will check it out. Thanks for the playlist and sharing.
Thanks Danielle and Barry! I’ll add your suggestions.
Jen, I’m exactly the same way. I usually write in silence for just that reason, but I like to have a soundtrack for NaNo. My trick is that I find music that I’m unfamiliar with, so I can’t sing along, but I can appreciate the tone and atmosphere. Then I gradually learn the music, and after NaNo I can focus on the lyrics. My old favorites are nixed while I’m writing because otherwise I’m singing the song, not writing. 😉
Thanks for stopping by, Regina! If you have any songs to add, please feel free.
Some fantastic choices on that list. And hey, if you add it into your NaNoscript that’s over 500 new words right there!