Happy Saturday! We’ve got another installment of “Stephenie’s Playlist” coming your way this morning, and this week we’re highlighting the very last song for you from Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book playlist. For this week’s playlist highlight, TA Staffer Rebecca brings us a video for the song “Lullaby (Goodnight, My Angel)” by Billy Joel. In addition to the video, Rebecca gives us a little background information on the artist, his music, and how exactly he fits into the Twilight universe. As always with Stephenie Saturday, Rebecca has added some questions for consideration for you to think about and respond to.
Lullaby (Goodnight, My Angel) - Billy Joel
Questions:
- Where do you think this song fits into ‘Twilight’?
- Are you a fan of Billy Joel? If so, were you a fan before Stephenie included them on her playlist for ‘Twilight’, or did you become one after?
- Why do you think Stephenie included “Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)” on her playlist?
- What’s your favourite Billy Joel song?
About Billy Joel:
Billy Joel was born on 9th May 1949 in Bronx, New York, USA. His birth name is William Martin Joel. Billy began learning to play piano at aged 8 when his mother insisted he did. At an early age Billy was bullied at school for his interest in music rather than sport.
After seeing The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 Billy decided to pursue as full time musical career and set out to find a band to join in Long Island. He eventually found a band named Echoes and they became a popular New York attraction. At this time he was still in High School aged 14. Billy left the Echoes in 1867 that had changed their name to Emeralds. He left the band to join another Long Island band named The Hassles, they released two albums and 4 singles none doing very well commercially. Following the bands break up in 1969he formed a doe with The Hassles drummer Jon Small.
Billy Joel got his first solo record contract with Family Productions and recorded his first solo album named Cold Spring Harbour (1971).
Albums Include:
- Cold Spring Harbor (1971)
- Piano Man (1973)
- Streetlife Serenade (1974)
- Turnstiles(1976)
- The Stranger (1977)
- 52nd Street (1978)
- Glass Houses (1980)
- The Nylon Curtain (1982)
- An Innocent Man (1983)
- The Bridge (1986)
- Storm Front (1989)
- River of Dreams (1993)
- Fantasies & Delusions (2001)
Happy Stephenie Saturday! We’ve got another installment of “Stephenie’s Playlist” coming your way today, and this week we’re highlighting another song for you straight from Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book playlist. For this week’s playlist highlight, TA Staffer Rebecca brings us a video for the song “Tremble For My Beloved” by Collective Soul. If you remember, this song was actually also featured on the Twilight movie soundtrack! In addition to the video, Rebecca gives us a little background information on the band, their music, and how exactly they fit into the Twilight universe. As always with Stephenie Saturday, Rebecca has added some questions for consideration for you to think about and respond to.
Tremble For My Beloved - Collective Soul
Questions:
- Where do you think this song fits into ‘Twilight’?
- Are you a fan of Collective Soul? If so, were you a fan before Stephenie included them on her playlist for ‘Twilight’, or did you become one after?
- Why do you think Stephenie included “Tremble for My Beloved” on her playlist?
- What’s your favourite Collective Soul song?
About Collective Soul:
Collective Soul formed in 1993 in Stockbridge, Georgia, USA.
Before forming Collective Soul Ed Roland studied composition and guitar at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Since the mid 80s he had been involved in uunderground music but performing and making unpublished demos. In 1991 he recorded his own demos and released his independent solo album Ed-E Roland.
In the lat 80s/early 90s ha had a band named Marching Two-Step with Shane Evans, Michele Rhea Caplinger, Matt Serletic. After a few years, never making it past the club scene and not getting signed by any record labels the band went their separate way but were still involved in music
Ed Rowland continued to play in clubs and in 1993 his song “Shine” became an underground hit on an influential college radio station in Orlando. At around this time Ed brought in Shane Evans, his brother Dean Roland, Will Turpin and Ross Childress and they became the official line up for Collective Soul.
The exact Collective Soul song “Tremble for My Beloved” to Stephenie Meyer chose for her playlist to the Twilight novel, was chosen in 2008 to be on the Official ‘Twilight’ Soundtrack, shown in the movie in the scene where Edward saves Bella from being crushed by Tyler’s van.
Welcome to another edition of Stephenie Saturday! We’ve got another installment of “Stephenie’s Playlist” coming at you and this week we’re highlighting another song for you straight from Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book playlist. For this week’s playlist highlight, TA Staffer Rebecca brings us a video for the song “Dreams” by The Cranberries. In addition to the video, Rebecca gives us a little background information on the band, their music, and how exactly they fit into the Twilight universe. As always with Stephenie Saturday, Rebecca has added some questions for consideration for you to think about and respond to.
Dreams - The Cranberries
Questions:
- Where do you think this song fits into ‘Twilight’?
- Are you a fan of The Cranberries? If so, were you a fan before Stephenie included them on her playlist for ‘Twilight’, or did you become one after?
- Why do you think Stephenie included “Dreams” on her playlist?
- What’s your favourite The Cranberries song?
About The Cranberries:
The Cranberries were formed in Limerick, Republic of Ireland in 1989. They were first named The Cranberry Saw Us and later changed to The Cranberries by vocalist Dolores O’Riordan.
The band was formed by brothers Noel and Michael Hogan and drummer Fergal Lawler joined them. The lead singer Dolores O’Riordan became a member of the band after answering an advertisement that band members placed.
They rose to international fame in the 1990s with their debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? and sold over five million copies in the USA . They were one of the most successful rock acts in the 90s and sold over 14.5 million albums in the USA alone.
Band Members Include:
- Dolores O’Riordan (1990 - Present)
- Noel Anthony Hogan (1989 - Present)
- Michael Gerard Hogan (1989 - Present)
- Fergal Patrick Lawler (1989 - Present)
Former Members Include:
- Niall Quinn (1989-1990)
Albums Include:
- Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (1993)
- No Need to Argue (1994)
- To the Faithful Departed (1996)
- Bury the Hatchet (1999)
- Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001)
Happy Stephenie Saturday! We’ve got another installment of “Stephenie’s Playlist” coming at you and this week we’re highlighting another great song for you straight from Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book playlist. For this week’s playlist highlight, TA Staffer Rebecca brings us a video for the song “Time is Running Out” by Muse. In addition to the video, Rebecca gives us a little background information on the band, their music, and how exactly they fits into the Twilight universe. As always with Stephenie Saturday, Rebecca has added some questions for consideration for you to think about and respond to.
Time is Running Out - Muse
Questions:
- Where do you think this song fits into ‘Twilight’?
- Are you a fan of Muse? If so, were you a fan before Stephenie included them on her playlist for ‘Twilight’, or did you become one after?
- Why do you think Stephenie included “Time is Running Out” on her playlist?
- What’s your favourite Muse song?
About Muse:
Muse formed in Teignmouth, Devon, England, UK in 1994 while the members were at Teignmouth Community College and Coombeshead College. The band used the name Rocket Baby Dolls when they entered a local Battle of the Bands and won, but smashing their equipment during the contest. After winning the contest the members decided to quit college and their jobs and change the name of the band to Muse, they also moved away from Teignmouth.
Stephenie Meyer, author of the ‘Twilight Saga’ has said in interviews that she is a big fan of Muse and without knowing it they helped her write ‘Twilight’. Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy has said that Stephenie was the one who approached them about ‘Twilight’ before the movie was even announced while she was at their concert in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
One of their more popular songs “Supermassive Black Hole” was featured on the ‘Twilight’ soundtrack in 2008 in the famous baseball scene. In September this year it was released that Muse would also be on the second movie in the ‘Twilight’ saga, ‘New Moon’ with a new version of the song “I Belong to You”. Muse have also said they are interested in featuring on the ‘Eclipse’ soundtrack too.
On the 4th and 5th September 2009 Muse did a special one-off concert in their hometown Teignmouth that was dubbed ‘A Seaside Rendezvous’, where 30,000 more people turned up than bought a ticket
Muse has been awarded 24 awards including 5 MTV Europe Awards, 5 Q Awards, 6 NME Awards and 2 Brit Awards.
Band members include:
- Matthew Bellamy – vocals, guitar, piano & keyboards, primary lyricist
- Christopher Wolstenholme – bass guitar, vocals, keyboards
- Dominic Howard – drums, percussion
Albums include:
- Showbiz (1999)
- Origin of Symmetry (2001)
- Absolution (2003)
- Black Holes & Revelations (2006)
-The Resistance (2009)
We’re coming at you with another edition of Stephenie Saturday and today we’re taking a blast to the past. Since we’ve covered all of the FAQs on Stephenie Meyer’s official website, last week we began looking at Q&A sessions that Stephenie took part in throughout her career. This week we’re taking a look at a piece called “Dawn of the Undead” which was done by Rolling Stone Magazine back in August of 2008. The Q&A covers topics like Stephenie’s book playlists and of course the books themselves. As always, we’ve added some questions for consideration at the end so we can get your thoughts on each topic.
So for this week’s edition of Stephenie Saturday, TA Staffer Valerie brings us “Dawn of the Undead”.
To read (and respond to!) this week’s topic, click here.
Welcome to another lovely edition of Stephenie Saturday! We’ve got another great installment of “Stephenie’s Playlist” coming your way and this week we’re highlighting another awesome song for you straight from Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book playlist. For this week’s playlist highlight, TA Staffer Rebecca brings us a video for the song “With You (Reanimation Edition)” by Linkin Park (fun sidenote: this is Linkin Park’s second song off of Stephenie’s playlist!). In addition to the video, Rebecca gives us a little background information on the band, their music, and how exactly they fits into the Twilight universe. As always with Stephenie Saturday, Rebecca has added some questions for consideration for you to think about and respond to.
With You - Linkin Park
Questions:
- Where do you think this song fits into ‘Twilight’?
- Are you a fan of Linkin Park? If so, were you a fan before Stephenie included them on her playlist for Twilight, or did you become one after?
- Why do you think Stephenie included “With You” on her playlist?
- What’s your favourite Linkin Park song?
About Linkin Park:
Linkin Park was formed in Agoura Hills, California, USA in 1996. The band originally consisted of 3 school friends Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, and Rob Bourdon. After graduationg high school they began to take they’re musical interests more seriously and recruited Joe Hahn, Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, and Mark Wakefield to perform in their band, which were then called Xero.
Tension and frustration began to rise within the band after failing to get a record deal, this prompted Mark Wakefield to leave the band in search of other projects. Dave “Phoenix” Farrell also left the band to tour with Tasty Snax and other bands.
After spending much time searching for Wakefield’s replacement the band recruited Chester Bennington. The band changed its name from Xero to Hybrid Theory. The newborn vocal chemistry between Shinoda and Bennington helped revive the band, inciting them to work on new material. The band then changed their name again to Linkin Park, homage to Santa Monica’s Lincoln Park. The band was signed to Warner Bros Records in 1999 and released their breakthrough album, Hybrid Theory, the following year.
Linkin Park has been nominated for 42 awards and has won 21. Some of the awards include: five American Music Awards, two Grammy Awards and four MTV Europe Music Awards. Since their formation, the band has sold more than 50 million albums.
Happy Stephenie Saturday! We’ve got another great edition of “Stephenie’s Playlist” coming your way and this week we’re highlighting an awesome song for you straight from Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight playlist. For this week’s playlist highlight, TA Staffer Rebecca brings us a video for the song “Here With Me” by Dido. In addition to the video, Rebecca gives us a little background information on the artist, her music, and how exactly she fits into the Twilight universe. As always with Stephenie Saturday, we’ve added some questions for consideration for you to think about and respond to.
- Where do you think this song fits into ‘Twilight’?
- Are you a fan of Dido? If so, were you a fan before Stephenie included them on her playlist for Twilight, or did you become one after?
- Why do you think Stephenie included “Here With Me” on her playlist?
- What’s your favorite Dido song?
- What did you think of this video?
About Dido:
Dido was born on Christmas Day 1971 in London, England, UK. As she was born on Christmas Day she celebrates an “official birthday” on 25th June. Her birth name is Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong. From early on in her childhood she was known as Dido, this is now her real name.
Her first official single “Here With Me” was used as the theme music for the television programme Roswell. It was this and the massive amount of airplay on MTV throughout Europe that brought her massive attention.
Eminem helped her breakthrough into USA in 2000 when he sampled the first verse of her song “Thank You” and wrote it into he song “Stan” after seeking permission from Dido.
She performed at three of the Live 8 concerts on 2nd July 2005. First she performed in London, England then at the Eden Project in Cornwall, England and then flying to Paris. She also co-wrote the Britney Spears hit “I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman” She has won 12 awards including one MTV Award and two Brit Awards.
Albums Include:
- No Angel (1999)
- Life for Rent (2003)
- Safe Trip Home (2008)
Happy Saturday! We’ve got another installment of “Stephenie’s Playlist” coming your way this morning, and this week we’re highlighting the very last song for you from Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book playlist. For this week’s playlist highlight, TA Staffer Rebecca brings us a video for the song “Lullaby (Goodnight, My Angel)” by Billy Joel. In addition to the video, Rebecca gives us a little background information on the artist, his music, and how exactly he fits into the Twilight universe. As always with Stephenie Saturday, Rebecca has added some questions for consideration for you to think about and respond to.
