Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

Lions - Dire Straits
I Am the Lion - Neil Diamond
Lion’s Den - Bruce Springsteen
Iron Lion Zion - Bob Marley
One Love (Song of the Lion) - Pat Benetar
Lion in Winter - Hoyt Axton
Gold Lion - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Why not another Dave Matthews song?

Sleep To Dream Her

I Shot the Sheriff. Okay, probably not a good one, but someone had to say it.

Um.

The Lion Sleeps Tonight.

Eye of the Tiger
Hungry like the Wolf

I don’t why I’m giggling uncontrollably, but I am.

Yea, Jill!!!!  I’m terrible at titles. My publishers never keep mine, but they usually keep the ones my critique partner comes up with. I’ll send her over. *g*

Oh, and if Dave Matthews’ song lyrics are any indication… his lovers must crawl from his bed in the morning, their limbs boneless and weak.*purr*

Cat Scratch Fever
Smelly Cat (oh, someone had to pull that one out, come on!)
This Cat’s on a Hot Tin Roof
Born to be Wild (yaay, cliché!)
Look What the Cat Dragged In
Stray Cat Strut
Cat’s in the Cradle

And my personal favourite…
Beware! Cougar!

Okay, here are my suggestions:

Under the Gun—The Killers
Tranquilize—The Killers
For Reasons Unknown—The Killers
Night in My Veins—The Pretenders

Can you tell what I’ve bee listening to lately? ;-)

Wild Thing

(nuh nuh. NUH NUH. you make my heart sing. etc)

catch word: ways55 - 55 ways to entitle your novel?

My favourite sultry song is by Eliza Gilkyson, Unless You Want Me

It’s lush and sensual, and sung by a woman, which may be appropriate if the man is reluctant.

I first heard it on the radio (ckua.com) and it grabbed so hard I actually contacted them to find out who the artist was.

The lyrics (grabbed from some site, and may be a little wrong):

don’t turn the light out
don’t let the night in
unless you want me now
don’t take your clothes off
or bear your soft skin
unless you want me now

don’t turn your gaze on me
unless you want the whole of my caress
to touch your soul
to come to rest in the moonlight
don’t close your eyes and
breathe with the soft wind
unless you want me now
unless you want me

my body aches when you draw near
your fragrance whispers in my ear
I can’t hold back my feelings here
in the moonlight
don’t touch my body
don’t even smile at me
unless you really want me now
unless you want me now

don’t turn the light out
don’t let the night in
unless you want me

spamword: public17 Go public radio!

I had way too much fun with this.
Funny: 
Animal : Def Leppard (or really, anything by Def Leppard)
Mahna Mahna :  The Muppets
All I Wanna Do is You : Bon Jovi

Serious: 
When I Said I Do : Clint Black
“When I said I do, I meant that I will ‘til the end of all time”

Fast as I can : Great Big Sea
“From the first “Hello” you gave to me I’ve done nothing else but smile”

Breakin’ Me : Jonny Lang
“I’m desperate for your love and it’s breakin’ me”

My, My, My : Rob Thomas
“Forever be what you mean to me right now”

I Don’t Know : Ruth Brown
“Whenever I feel his touch
I get a thrill that’s much too much
Too much, too much, too much”

Chasing Cars : Snow Patrol
“I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own”

In the Air Tonight (I don’t know, it popped into my head)
Desert Rose - Sting
Painted Desert - Pat Benetar
Truly, Madly, Deeply - Savage Garden
The Animal Song - Savage Garden

Yeah, I’ll see if I can do any better after I’ve slept.  :)

Vannessa Daou’s Near the Black Forest is my fave sultry song. But darn it’s not desert..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqD1IFuDQ-c

What about the old 70s song Wildfire? Who sang that? Michael Martin Murphy? Gordon Lightfoot?

OOO put my name in for the Arc drawing too please!

Shouldn’t that be The Mountain Lion Sleeps Tonight? :)

And can I just say right now that my password is ‘name15’? Does that mean that I have to come up with 14 more titles?

Hm. What about Hurts So Good by John Cougar Mellencamp?

The Mountain Goats, although not as well-known as the Dave Matthews Band, have a song called Lion’s Teeth.

I guess any of Sheriff’s song titles could work: When I’m With You, etc —but they’re not instantly recognizable like Crash Into Me.

I feel like I might get more traction with the ‘wildlife’ angle.

Wild Wild West
Wild Wild Life
Take a Walk on the Wild Side or A Walk on the Wild Side

Or the California angle! Californication FTW!

There’s a real song called Sex with the Sheriff and another called Wildlife at Large. Both relevant to the plot description! Mountain Song (Jane’s Addiction) could work as a book title.

For titles:
A Wolf at the Door
Paralyzer
Night Moves
Lips Like Sugar

@ Jennifer Estep:  I like The Killers too.  Just discovered them recently.

Man Eater

Whhoa here she comes, watch out boy, she’ll eat you up!

Ok, now that’s in my head.

Here’s some. I tried to keep to music that at least some people would have heard of…

Running Wild - by Roxy Music
Call My Name - Prince
Desert Song - My Chemical Romance
Natural Woman - Aretha
Castles Made of Sand - Hendrix
Hot Sand - Shocking Blue
Wild Wild West - Will Smith
Wild Nights, Hot and Crazy Days - Judas Priest
Ride the Wild - Descendents

Cheerio!

Cover Me - Bruce Springsteen, hot when he sings it. Now imagine a woman singing it. Double hot.

Note to self: While the Star Wars: Republic Commando books have indeed infected my brain, this is a contest to give away ‘Advanced Reader Copies’, not ‘Advanced Recon Commandos’. Even if surly clones of Jango Fett would make awesome giveaway prizes.

‘Lay Your Hands on Me’, Mission UK
‘Evangeline’, Mission UK (read the lyrics - this is one of the sexiest songs I know) (possibly, however, it’s the wrong mood for the story)
‘You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth’, Meatloaf
‘Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)’, Meatloaf
‘Call Me’, Blondie
‘Take Advantage of Me’, Seanan McGuire
‘Love Ain’t For Keeping’, The Who
‘Closer to Believing’, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
‘Creature of the Wood’, Heather Alexander

I also like Night in My Veins, even if that might not work for this book.  She can save it for her next one! 

There’s a Semisonic song called “El Matador,” for the CA touch, but it’s not a particularly sexy song (They certainly do have some, though none that I can think of being good for this). 

“Don’t Fence Me In.”

For romance there’s “The Air that I Breathe” or “Wish You were Here.”  “I Get A Kick out of You” “From This Moment On,”

(I will refrain from mentioning an Unbelievable Truth song, “Everybody has to eat.” as that might be in bad taste. )

Oh, I remember the other one I was thinking of—“Nobody Does It Better”—my cover of it starts with the boys from Radiohead announcing that this is ‘the sexiest song in the world”

I can see I’m the country oddball here, but how about:

Would You Go With Me—Josh Turner (that deep voice gives me the shivers every time!)

Would you go with me if we rolled down streets of fire
Would you hold on to me tighter as the summer sun got higher
If we roll from town to town and never shut it down

Would you go with me if we were lost in fields of clover
Would we walk even closer until the trip was over
And would it be okay if I didn’t know the way

If I gave you my hand would you take it
And make me the happiest man in the world
If I told you my heart couldn’t beat one more minute without you, girl
Would you accompany me to the edge of the sea
Let me know if you’re really a dream
I love you so, so would you go with me

Would you go with me if we rode the clouds together
Could you not look down forever
If you were lighter than a feather
Oh, and if I set you free, would you go with me

If I gave you my hand would you take it
And make me the happiest man in the world
If I told you my heart couldn’t beat one more minute without you, girl
Would you accompany me to the edge of the sea
Help me tie up the ends of a dream
I gotta know, would you go with me
I love you so, so would you go with me

Wicked Game—Chris Isaacs
Slave to Love—Roxy Music
More than This—Roxy Music

What about Van Morrison’s “Wild Night”

Oh, wow!  So many great suggestions!  I’m grinning like an idiot reading all of these. 

I’m going to have trouble choosing just five…

(Hi Victoria!  My titles never stick, either.  My original name for this book was “Dark Canyon.”  Guess that was too boring, lol.)

We needed a little distraction at work - thanks!  Here’s what we came up with:

Feeling Love - Paula Cole
Arms of a Woman - Amos Lee
Safe in the Arms of Love - Martina McBride

Or maybe a jazz standard?
Nature Boy - (SO couldn’t help myself)

I don’t know how sexy it is to others but Gogol Bordello have some good titles

“Wanderlust King”
“Harem in Tuscany”
“Dub The Frequencies Of Love”
“Think Locally F**k Globally”

There are some really good ones up there.  I particularly like the Meatloaf and Mellancamp..  That sounds dirty in and of itself.

I’m going to suggest another Dave Matthews phrase: Lie Spread from “When the World Ends.” (“Your legs don’t work ‘cause you want me so you just lie spread.”) Gloriously filthy, but also (*BUZZKILL ALERT*) could refer to mauled, dead bodies spread on the ground.

Er, yeah. Sorry for that.

Fall Into Sleep (Mudvayne)
Fade to Black (Metallica)
Behind Blue Eyes (Limp Bizkit version)
The Kill (30 Seconds to Mars)
Bring Me to Life (Evanescence)
Right Here Waiting (Staind)
Something to Believe In (Poison)
Shot Through the Heart (Bon Jovi)
Running Blind (Godsmack)

Man, this is hard to do without having read the book. I’d have suggested Far Away (Nickelback), but the title’s too bland.

They’re all a little on the bland side, I guess. :-P

The DD was playing Evanescence this morning:
Bring Me to Life
Fields of Innocence

Lifehouse:
Hanging By A Moment
Somewhere In Between

Vertical Horizon (which could be a title itself):
Everything You Want

Just Won’t Burn - Susan Tedeschi
Desert Sunrise - Brett Dennen
Feels Like Fire - Santana & Dido
Hidden In The Sand - Tally Hall
Thirst - Percy Howard
Hot Like Fire - Leki
Kiss of Fire - Louis Armstrong

Non serious selections:

The Lovecats - The Cure
Desert Of Our Love - U2
Cry Me A River - Justin Timberlake
Carrion - Fiona Apple
I’m Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage
No Rain - Blind Melon
I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
No More Sand In My Lip Balm - Moqita
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
Thirst for Romance - Cherry Ghost
Sand In My Shoes- Dido
Give Me Your Water - HYIM

Wow, I just have to commend Rebecca on citing a Heather Alexander song.  And the one she listed is rather perfect (the line “Not beast, not got, and yet not man” gives me chills even now).  Too bad so few people probably have ever heard it.

My somewhat joking suggestion would be NIN’s “Closer”.  Since the line “I want to f*ck you like an animal” might be a bit much for the bookshelves, maybe skip to the next line: “Feel You from the Inside”

Second suggestion would be something from Sophie B. Hawkins, who is sexy on a stick.  “Your Tongue Like the Sun in my Mouth” might be a little too obscure, but it has some good lines, like “I rode his joy like a child on a merry-go-round”  Eh, great song, but not thematically appropriate.  The title for her first album, “Tongues and Tails” might be better, but may also call up visions of the furry variety.  There’s also “Before I Walk on Fire” and “As I Lay me Down”, both sexy and interesting.

And then there’s the classic Eagles tune, “Hotel California”, which is terribly sexy, in a dark kind of way.

Monique—The Killers are great, aren’t they? They also have a new album coming out in a couple of weeks. :-)

Animal I Have Become by Three Days Grace:

So what if you can see the darkest side of me
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it’s not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

Makes me all warm and tingly inside, but maybe it’s just me.

Also:
Bilingual by Jose Nunez (but listen when there’s no little children or old ladies near. OMG melt your socks off)
Bad Things by Jace Everett (someone told me this is the True Blood intro? I think?)
Control by Puddle of Mudd
Inside Out by Eve 6

And btw, even if I don’t win, I bet anything I’ll be picking up this one. I have a thing for CA, and for surfers. Yummy and home sweet home, at the same time.

Keb Mo:
Dangerous Mood
Everything I Need
She Just Wants to Dance

Kardinal Offishall & Akon
She’s So Dangerous

Crawling in the Dark - Hoobastank
Away From Me - Puddle of Mudd
Drift and Die - Puddle of Mudd
Come Clean - Puddle of Mudd
Closer to Madness - Jesse Cook
Down Like Rain - Jesse Cook

wicked game - chris isaac
into the mystic - van morrison
love will turn you around - kenny rogers
everything i do - bryan adams
cowboy take me away - dixie chicks
i fall to pieces - patsy cline
my wild love song - doors
cry to me - solomon burke

Been lurking a while - love the blog! Anything that involves hefty doses of laugh-till-you-cry and romance novels is a good thing :)

Some (other) suggestions - since I was beaten to “Wild Thing”:

Where the Wild Roses Grow (Nick Cave, Kylie Minogue)
Never Tear Us Apart (INXS)
Into the Wild (Eddie Vedder - granted it’s not a ‘sexy’ song - but his voice sure is)!
Beautiful Wreck (just because it’s Shawn Mullins mmmmm the voice *shiver*)
Making Memories of Us (Keith Urban) Hey it’s country and it talks about making love in a cabin in the wild :)
Warm Whispers (Missy Higgins)
Wicked Game (Chris Isaak)

I could go on and on but I’ll spare you more :)

Lots of great suggestions here.  A few more:

“Maneater” - Nelly Furtado
“Points of Authority” - Linkin Park
“Hold Me Down” - Tommy Lee
“Get Back” - Ludacris
“Hazard” - Richard Marx
“I Got You” - Split Enz

Safe in Your Arms - Beth Orton
Bird Never Flies - Ari Hest
When I Fall - Barenaked Ladies

Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
All I Want is You - U2
I’m not sure that I’d ever refer to anything sung by Cyndi Lauper or Bono as “sultry” but they’re both songs that would maybe apply.

Do you first then do myself - by Corey Glover (You know that title would TOTALLY sell.  You could shorten it to Do you first.  Shit, that’s a great title. Maybe I’ll take it. No, you can have it for the free ARC.)

Wild is the Wind - David Bowie - I think this is fitting for a wildife expert heroine, and it makes a nice set with ‘crash into me’ in the sense of elements.

Gipsy Kings- A Tu Vera
              Tierra Gitana
            Mi Corazon
              Cataluna

Sugarland- Fall Into Me

Emerson Drive- Fall Into Me

Maybe the Fall Into Me to follow the Crash Into Me theme?  And the Gipsy Kings just rule!

Hungry Eyes - crap, from Dirty Dancing, drawing a blank

Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks

Take on Me - Aha

Welcome to the Jungle - Guns & Roses

Wild Thing - Tone Loc

Wait!

How about “Come Into You”? The next line after Crash Into Me!!!

Too suggestive? Possibly.

Angels to the Ground - From Lifehouse’s “Disarray”
Lost in This - Lifehouse’s “First Time”
Through the Rise and Falling Apart - Lifehouse’s “Who We Are”
Looking for Life - Lifehouse’s “Broken”
Life’s Not Fading - Plain White T’s “Come Back To Me”
Every Second Counts - Plain White T’s “Let Me Take You There”

Not that I’m obsessing over any CDs right now or anything.

Pounce On Me?

My suggestion is:  Wild Honey - U2

Part of the Plan:  Dan Fogelberg
Call on Me:  Chicago
Not Enough:  3 Doors Down
Constant Craving:  kd lang
Fell on Black Days: Soundgarden
All I Wanna Do:  Cheryl Crowe
Drift & Die:  Puddle of Mudd
Evil Ways:  Santana
Fakin’ It:  Simon & Garfunkel
Don’t Push:  Sublime
In the End:  Linkin’ Park
Crawling:  Linkin’ Park
She’s Not There:  The Zombies
Lies:  Wendy Woo
Angels Laughing:  Wendy Woo
Use Me:  Wendy Woo

Good Luck with the selection!

If you’re going for the animal reference, how about:

Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
Union of the Snake - Duran Duran
Slow Cheetah - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Hungry Eyes - crap, from Dirty Dancing, drawing a blank

Inez, that was Eric Carmen… showing my age here! I listened that cassette into the ground when I was in junior high :o)

I tried not to look at anybody else’s because it messes me up, so I might have repeats:

Just One Breath (from Nickelback’s Far Away)
Hanging By a Moment (Lifehouse?)
Take On Me (A-ha)
Careless Whisper (George Michaels or Wham)
What Your Eyes Can Do (lyrics from Paralyzer)
All Out of Love (because no love song list is complete without Air Supply)
Dancing in the Dark (Springsteen)

Okay, I got a little indiscriminate here but these titles can be used for all future books. *g* Sorry if there are repeats!

Would You Love A Monsterman - Lordi (perfect for a paranormal!)
“Beauty of the Beast” - Lordi, lyrics from WYLAM
Who’s Your Daddy? - Lordi (would this be too tame for a Harlequin Presents?)
I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick
Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat & Tears (Sleeping Beauty, anyone?)
More Than a Feeling - Boston
Hips Don’t Lie - Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean

Busy Relaxin’ - The Don Johnson Big Band
Stoned in Love - Chicane feat. Tom Jones
Mighty “O” - Outkast (bwahahahaha!)
Join Me - Him
So Far Away - Dire Straits
November Rain - Guns n’ Roses
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica

Everything - Alanis Morissette
Head Over Feet - Alanis Morissette
Simple Together - Alanis Morissette
All I Really Want - Alanis Morissette
You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
Right Through You - Alanis Morissette

21 Things I Want In A Lover - Alanis Morissette
Precious Illusions - Alanis Morissette
That Particular Time - Alanis Morissette
My Favorite Mistake - Sheryl Crow
Light In Your Eyes - Sheryl Crow
If It Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow

In The Shadows - The Rasmus
Still Standing - The Rasmus
Time To Burn - The Rasmus
Back In The Picture - The Rasmus
The One I Love - The Rasmus
In My Life - The Rasmus
Long Way To Happy - Pink

U + Ur Hand - Pink (and what exactly R U doing with Ur hand?)
The One That Got Away - Pink
What You Waiting For? - Gwen Stefani
Not That Kind - Anastacia
Wishing Well - Anastacia
Black Roses - Anastacia
Same Old Story - Anastacia

Freak of Nature - Anastacia
Nature Boy - David Bowie
Rhythm of the Night - Valeria
Come What May - Nicole Kidman & Ewan McGregor
Without You - El Presidente
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day (‘Broken Dreams’ would work)
With Or Without You -U2

addition48 - I can add another 48 if I can think for a while and Google a lot

Hmm - The two songs I have stuck in my head are:

You Look so Fine - Garbade
What Would Happen if we Kiss - Meredith Brooks

You Look so Fine
You look so fine
I want to break your heart
And give you mine
You’re taking me over

It’s so insane
You’ve got me tethered and chained
I hear your name
And I’m falling over

I’m not like all the other girls
I can’t take it like the other girls
I won’t share it like the other girls
That you used to know

Possible Titles:
Tethered and Chained
Take me Over

What Would Happen if we Kiss
Electricity, eye to eye
Hey don’t I know you
I can’t speak
Stripped my senses
On the spot
I’ve never been defenseless
I can’t even make sense of this
You speak and I don’t hear a word

Chorus:
What would happen if we kissed
Would your tongue slip past my lips
Would you run away, would you stay
Or would I melt into you
Mouth to mouth, lust to lust
Spontaneously combust

Possible Titles:
What Would Happen

Ooh pick me, pick me, I’m ever so smart!

I’ve been on a Peter Gabriel kick lately, so my vote is for Blood of Eden.

How about “Closer” from Nine Inch Nails… you know, the one that goes “I want to [bleep] you like an animal”

*evil grin*

I totally forgot from my earlier list:

Danger Zone - Gwen Stefani

New twists to old songs:

The Lion Stalks Tonight (I mean, really, don’t lions sleep during the day? Big cats, nocturnal, etc.)
Concerning Wildlife (Since the book is clearly not concerning hobbits!)
Desert Rose, Mountain Lion
It’s My Wildlife
The Lion Mauls Tonight
Leaving Tenaja Falls
Run, Lion, Run
Not Like The Other Lions (anyone can sing about girls)
Time To Maul

And I just can’t resist (but Sheryl Crow made it so easy):
LION MAULING -The First Cut Is The Deepest!
LION MAULING -There Goes The Neighborhood!

Not exactly romantic, by any means, but could be otherwise appropo:

Desert Song, by My Chemical Romance, from the album, Life on the Murder Scene

Excerpt:
“They hold in our hearts
The sword and the faith
Swelled up from the rain clouds
Move like a wraith.

Well, after all, we’ll lay another day
And through it all, we’ll find some other way
To carry on through cartilage and fluid
And did you come to stare or wash away the blood?”

Lover Lay Down- Another DMB song
Wish Upon Tonight- From Josh Groban’s “To Where You Are”
Just One Beat Away- ” ” “
Just the Girl All The Boys Want to Dance With- Fall Out Boy “A Little Less 16 Candles…”

I don’t think either of these have anything to do with the book (or at least the description of the book) but two of my favorite 80s love songs are stuck in my head:

Melt with You - Modern English
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel

A lion in your lap, a lover in your arms - A girl, a gun, a ghost
Can’t tame the lion - Journey
Dancing with the lion - Darkseed
Ex lion tamer - Wire
Jaws of the lion - Old man gloom
Putting to sleep a lion - Merriwether
My pet lion - Juliana Hatfield

Or, maybe you could go for a more literary pun on the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe???

Gosh, come late to the thread and what songs are left???

The first that came to my mind was an album title, but it’s not the title of an actual track—Raising Sand, Robert Plant and Alison Krause.

“The Lion’s Share” by 10,000 Maniacs
“The Sun Never Sweats” by Spinal Tap
“Long Walk Home” by Bruce Springsteen

O.k. - there are so many good one’s here, so I’ll just offer a couple more:

“Lion in My Veins”
“Lion in My Arms”
(both derived from “Night in My Veins” by The Pretenders)

“Some Beast to Love”
(derived from “Somebody to Love” by Queen)

“Jungle Fever” (which is a movie title, and lions don’t live in the jungle, but whatever…)

(Sorry if I repeated) And note: These are for the titles more than the actual songs cause some of them…well, they suck. (As do some of my suggestions)

“One Love (Song of the Lion)”- Pat Benatar

“Out of the Wilderness” (which is on the album “Songs from the Lions Cage”)- Arena (actually, that title is for a few songs)

It’s Nature’s Way (No Problem)- Dollar

When I’m With You - Sheriff

Careful Where You Stand- Coldplay

Open Up Your Eyes- Jeremy Camp

Where I Stood- Missy Higgins

Every Time We Touch- Cascada

You’re Not Alone- Saosin

When Worlds Collide- Powerman 5000

Love is the Sweetest Thing- Ray Noble

The Sheriff - Paper Lions

Double Nature- Mustasch

Human Nature- Madonna

Fall Into Me- Emerson Drive

Wild Tigers I Have Known- Emily Jane White (just switch the animal

)

Here We Go- Trina or Girls Aloud or Lene Nystrom

Attack Me With Your Love- Cameo

Come to Me- by a whole bunch of different people

Night in my veins is one of my all time favorite songs.

I am suggesting a lyric from another Pretender song

“When the Night Falls”

from I’ll Stand by you

OH, WHY YOU LOOK SO SAD?
TEARS ARE IN YOUR EYES
COME ON AND COME TO ME NOW
DON’T BE ASHAMED TO CRY
LET ME SEE YOU THROUGH
‘CAUSE I’VE SEEN THE DARK SIDE TOO
WHEN THE NIGHT FALLS ON YOU
YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO
NOTHING YOU CONFESS
COULD MAKE ME LOVE YOU LESS

I’LL STAND BY YOU
I’LL STAND BY YOU
WON’T LET NOBODY HURT YOU
I’LL STAND BY YOU

SO IF YOU’RE MAD, GET MAD
DON’T HOLD IT ALL INSIDE
COME ON AND TALK TO ME NOW
HEY, WHAT YOU GOT TO HIDE?
I GET ANGRY TOO
WELL I’M A LOT LIKE YOU
WHEN YOU’RE STANDING AT THE CROSSROADS
AND DON’T KNOW WHICH PATH TO CHOOSE
LET ME COME ALONG
‘CAUSE EVEN IF YOU’RE WRONG

I’LL STAND BY YOU
I’LL STAND BY YOU
WON’T LET NOBODY HURT YOU
I’LL STAND BY YOU
TAKE ME IN, INTO YOUR DARKEST HOUR
AND I’LL NEVER DESERT YOU
I’LL STAND BY YOU

AND WHEN…
WHEN THE NIGHT FALLS ON YOU, BABY
YOU’RE FEELING ALL ALONE
YOU WON’T BE ON YOUR OWN

I’LL STAND BY YOU
I’LL STAND BY YOU
WON’T LET NOBODY HURT YOU

I’LL STAND BY YOU
TAKE ME IN, INTO YOUR DARKEST HOUR
AND I’LL NEVER DESERT YOU
I’LL STAND BY YOU
I’LL STAND BY YOU
WON’T LET NOBODY HURT YOU
I’LL STAND BY YOU
WON’T LET NOBODY HURT YOU
I’LL STAND BY YOU

Cat and Mouse - Ry Cooder
Cat killer- Steppenwolf
In through the cat door - Gods hate kansas
Lick that cat - DJ Jimi
Stray cat strut - Stray cats
Uncooperative cat - Chris Porro
Wild Cat - Axel Rudi Pell
Year of the cat - Al Stewart

Oh, and let’s not forget: William Shakespeare’s in my cat by the Arrogant Worms!

You guys have reminded me of so many awesome songs!  I need to go buy some CDs.  Like, right now.  In a couple of hours you’ve come up with dozens (hundreds?) of better ideas than I’ve had in the past two years. 

BTW, I love the Killers!  One of my favorite bands.  And Finger 11’s Paralyzer?  Totally hot.  I actually submitted “Struck by You,” as an idea because of that song.  It didn’t go over very well, haha.  Obviously, I need major help.

I’m blown away by these long lists and lyrics for entire songs.  Thanks so much!

A few off the top of my head, none of which have anything to do with the story, but…

Going Down Swinging (taken from Fall Out Boy’s “Sugar We’re Going Down”)
There Goes My Hero (Foo Fighters’ “My Hero”)
or my personal favorite
Love Me Dead (from the Ludo song of that name - Best video ever!)

Actually, I really like Hanging By a Moment, suggested by several.
What a fun idea!

Victoria, I was thinking the same thing “Come Into You” but then I was wondering what book3 would be called? “Hike up your Skirt?” Or “Show the World to Me” ?

Not sure if it’s already been mentioned, but I’ll toss “Take A Walk On The Wild Side” into the ring.

Sooooo many good ones have been listed already (fun to read these!)—a couple I just like, but maybe not totally relevant:
She Wants Revenge: “Written in Blood”
Stars: “The Beginning After the End” or “The Night Starts Here” And if we’re feelin’ country: “The Man Comes Around” by Johnny Cash is badass.

So many good suggestions already…ah, the perils of coming late to a thread…
Let’s see now, in keeping with the animal theme:
Bungle in the Jungle
And the Mouse Police Never Sleeps—yea, silly, I know

and a few others:
Shook Me All Night Long
Temptation Eyes
Long Nights, Impossible Odds (from Blue Collar Man by Styx)
Young Lust (or I Need a Dirty Woman, lyrics from same)

The Bad Touch by the Bloodhound Gang

“You and me, baby, ain’t nothin’ but mammals….”

Keri, I’d say the whole thing. Hike Up Your Skirt and Show the World to Me.  *g*  Maybe too long, but i LOVE that line. hehe

Have I mentioned that that man is pure sex talking?

One of my other favorites…

What you are
Is the beast in a lover’s arms
What you are
Is the devil in a sweet sweet kiss
What you are
Is missing a piece
What you are
Is a puzzle to me

What you’ve become
Just as I have
Are you and I so unalike
I don’t hear you
Just as I am
Afraid if we dance
We might die
What the world gives to you
Don’t you know
When you live life
Then you become
What you are

How about:

Bad Moon Rising
Born to be Wild
Catch the Wind
Lyin’ Eyes

Well, Hike Up Your Skirt wouldn’t work for book 3.  Lots of scruffy scientists on a remote island.  They only wear outdoor gear, haha.  No skirts.

But it’s a great line, isn’t it?  You take it, Victoria.  TALK ME DOWN, then HIKE UP YOUR SKIRT.  *g*

Lorelie, thanks so much.  Glad to hear from someone who likes California and surfers!

I’m more of a dirty rock n’ roll girl, but some of these romantic lyrics are really getting to me.  I’m touched!

Purple Haze by Jimmy Hendrix

I was thinking like the sun rising over the desert.  But you can twist the lyrics into being rather raunchy too.  *wink*

Wow this book sounds so good! I have a book review blog that I would review it on. I’d love to win this!! Here’s my song titles.

Lips of An Angel by Hinder ( I love this song)
Stop and Stare by One Republic
Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Wanted Dead or Alive -Bon Jovi
Blaze of Glory -Bon Jovi

The very best thing about this entire thread is that I’ve been dilly-dallying about getting an iPhone, which I really really really want, partially because I can’t actually think of any music I would want to put on it, so it seems like kinda a waste.  It’s not that I don’t like music, or don’t listen to it; I just have one of those memory blocks about names of artists and names of songs.  Kinda like SB Sarah’s number memory problem (that is her, wasn’t it?  I’m not dragging that over here from another blog?).

So, trust the Bitchery to have quality taste in music, just as they do in lit-ur-a-chure.  I YouTubed every one of them that was familiar, listened to just a little taste, then cut and pasted just every song listed here to my desktop stickies where I’m building a song wish list in case I ever, you know, actually get the damn thing.

Hm.

I guess Led Zep’s “The Lemon Song” isn’t what we’re looking for here, is it?

Longtime lurker, first time commenter: may I suggest “Fade into You” by Mazzy Star?  Her voice is so sultry…

My suggestions are:

Breathe Into Me by Red or
Fall Into Me by Emerson Drive

Voice in the Wilderness - Amie Street

Into You - Fabolous

Falling Into You - Celine Dion

Catch My Fall - Billy Idol

Then the Night Comes - Billy Idol

World Comin’ Down - Billy Idol

Back to You - John Mayer

Harder to Breathe - Maroon 5

She Will be Loved - Maroon 5

Through With You - Maroon 5

Beauty and the Beast- Disney

*ahem*

View To A Kill- Duran Duran
New Kid In Town- The Eagles
Anything You Can Do- Annie Get Your Gun
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (The Theme From)
Dead Man’s Curve (lyrics aren’t really appropriate but the title might be)

*headdesk*

And how could I forget Desert Rose by Sting

Sheesh, people! So many great suggestions, and no Lucinda Williams yet? Here, have some “Essence”:
Baby, sweet baby, kiss me hard
Make me wonder who’s in charge>/i>
>a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_TUS8KVLfQ”>“Fruits of my labors” is also pure sex, but the lyrics aren’t as raunchy. p.s. for the rockers, may I recommend “real live bleeding fingers (and broken guitar strings)”.