Atsou Playlist

Right...so it's been awhile. I have reasons, as always. I've got about a million things to talk about, so no worries, you'll get a full and complete blog (or twelve) by the end of the week.

In the mean time, this is the music that helped me to finally summarize As They Spy On Us. Some of the songs are used ironically, some are just completely in my head when I'm writing. None of them got into my brain as much as Finger Eleven's "Thousand Mile Wish." I think that song helped me through some really rough times...because I'd hear it...think of Matty and Lucas...and I'd find my way back.

In that vein, you'll see a couple bands/singers repeated...but none as much as Breaking Benjamin. The guys just seem to be dark and angsty enough to pull off whatever it is that is going on in my mind. Diary of Jane could be Lucas' theme song...if only Manhattan had a simple name like Jane. Also...Tyranny's yet unnamed story (Pretty Little Secrets? And I'll Tell You No Lies?) has mega BB influence (Lot's of the new Linkin Park, too).

Oh...right...and the whole idea of writing of spys in the first place? That came to me when I was about 16 years old and working at GAP...when the Supreme Beings of Lesure song "Never the Same" (Ha! This is my first time seeing that video. Ironic!) would play at least five times durring my shift. I had this whole other idea that morphed into Atsou...but the seed came from it, so I had to pop it in somewhere.

Yeah...I guess that's it for the Playlist commentary.

I would have linked to all of the songs individually, but there are 128 songs on this list. Google is your friend, (As is YouTube.), have at it. I've organized them into chapters...but, yeah, I can't imagine you care about any of this unless you've read it (and if you have and you care, I'll send you the Excel file with the scenes listed), so...go forth, with warnings of possible spolierage...

Prologue
	Belief	Gavin DeGraw
1
	Old School	Hedley
	Pretty Girl (The Way)	Sugarcult
	The Story	30 Seconds to Mars
	We Used to be Friends	The Dandy Warhols
	Unlike Me	Kate Havnevik
	Trying	Lifehouse
2
	Until the End	Breaking Benjamin
	Creeping in My Soul	Christine Lorentzen
	Secret	The Pierces
3
	Flawed Design	Stabilo
	Come Along	Titiyo
	Follow Me	Breaking Benjamin
4
	Beautiful	JoyDrop
	The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret	Queens of the Stoneage
	Here it Goes Again	Ok Go
	Take Me	Papa Roach
	Spy Hunter Theme	Saliva
5
	Wikked Lil' Grrrls	Esthero
	Bounce With Me	Kreesha Turner
	Feel It	Jakalope
6
	Sleep	Garbage
	Crush	Adelitas Ways
	The Chemicals Between Us	Bush
	Thinking Out Loud	Lesley Roy
	Memory	Sugarcult
	These Days	Chantal Kreviazuk
	We Are Alive	Paul Van Dyke
7
	Never the Same	Supreme Beings of Leisure
	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who
	Stripper	Soho Dolls
	Breath	Breaking Benjamin
8
	Hey You	Pink Floyd
	I Don't Care	Apocalyptica
	Rooftops	Lostprophets
	How We Operate	Gomez
	The Piano Sonata No. 14	Ludwig van Beethoven
9
	Born to Lead	Hoobastank
	Blow Me Away	Breaking Benjamin
	Next to Nothing	Breaking Benjamin
10
	Here Comes the Flood	Peter Gabriel
	Thnks fr th Mmrs	Fall Out Boy
	Thousand Mile Wish	Finger Eleven
	With Me	Sum 41
	Can't Take It	The All-American Rejects
	Sad But True	Metallica
	Pain	Three Days Grace
11
	Open Your Eyes	Bonnie McKee
	Right Here	Staind
	Hunter	Dido
	Innocence	Avril Lavigne
	Unknown Soldier	Breaking Benjamin
	If I Wanted To	Melissa Etheridge
	Duel of the Fates (Techno)	DJ Middle Ground
12
	Angel's Son	Sevendust
	Remind Me	Royksopp
	Sooner or Later	Breaking Benjamin
	I'm Not Okay	My Chemical Romance
13
	Halcyon + On + On	Orbital
	Age of Consent	Nicholas Hexum
	Given Up	Linkin Park
	Superhero Girl	Eve 6
	Save Your Scissors	City and Colour
14
	Everything	Lifehouse
	Phase	Breaking Benjamin
	Scars	Papa Roach
	This Could Be Anywhere in the World	Alexisonfire
15
	Long Night Dreaming	Crash Parallel
	Thrice	Firebreather
	Hello Goodbye	Live on Arrival
16
	Crushcrushcrush	Paramore
	Für Elise	Ludwig van Beethoven
	Closer	Lovers Electric
	The Good Left Undone	Rise Against
17
	Mad World	Gary Jules
	Cold (But I'm Still Here)	Evan's Blue
	Here We Are	Breaking Benjamin
	All Eyes on Me	Goo Goo Dolls
	Everybody's Fool	Evanescence
	Stand My Ground	Within Temptation
18
	9 Crimes	Damien Rice
	Let the Flames Begin	Paramore
	Devil in a Midnight Mass	Billy Talent
19
	Better Than Drugs	Skillet
	All or Nothing	Theory of a Deadman
	Flagpole Sitta	Harvey Danger
	Birthday	The Beatles
	I Guess You're Right	The Poises
20
	Sweet Sacrifice	Evenescence
	You Could Make a Killing	Aimee Mann
	So Far So Good	Thornley
	Topless	Breaking Benjamin
21
	Nothing Else Matters	Metallica
	Out of My Head	Mobile
	Peace of Me	Natasha Bedingfield
	Breathe Me	Sia
	Getting Away With Murder	Papa Roach
	Cold	Static-X
22
	Requiem	Mozart
	Dead Wrong	The Fray
23
	Breathing	Lifehouse
	Hysteria	Muse
	Find a New Way	Young Love
	Beautiful	Flickerstick
	Rockstar	Prima J
	Le Disko	Shiny Toy Guns
24
	Unsaid	The Fray
	Year Zero	30 Seconds to Mars
	Requiem for a Dream/Two Towers	Techno Remix
	Hear You Me	Jimmy Eat World
	Run	Snow Patrol
	The Spy	The Doors
	Up Against the Wall	Boys Like Girls
25
	You	Breaking Benjamin
	Black Roses Red	Alana Grace
	Ruled by Secrecy	Muse
	Do it or Die	Die Maniquine
26
	Taking Over Me	Evenescence
	If I Were A Rich Girl	Gwen Stefani
	Viva la Vida	Coldplay
	Belive	The Bravery
	Tyranny Normality	Papa Roach
	Your Guardian Angel	The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
27
	What Ever Happened	The Strokes
	Tonight and the Rest of My Life	Nina Gordon
	Drive My Soul	Lights
Epilogue
	Fear	Sarah McLachlan