Thursday, 15 March 2012

Felicia's Playlist

For our assignment "Create a Playlist" we decided to take on the task of the character Felicia. Below are the songs that we picked for her and an explanation of why we picked them.


Florence and The Machine - No Light, No Light

We chose this song because Felicia seems to be a very drugged up person who is having troubles with her life and cant see the ‘light’ in life. This song is talking about how this one person doesn’t feel like she belongs in the public and how this person cant see the ‘light’ in life as well. We figured that Felicia would listen to this song not only because it relates to her but it is also her kind of music which is soft and slow.

All My Love - Miranda Wong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d91WDAVNEiI

We chose this song because Felicia seems to be a very drugged up person who is having troubles with her life and cant see the ‘light’ in life. This song is talking about how this one person doesn’t feel like she belongs in the public and how this person cant see the ‘light’ in life as well. We figured that Felicia would listen to this song not only because it relates to her but it is also her kind of music which is soft and slow.





Sad Emotional RnB Piano Instrumental

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAurWkWOxQE

We decided to pick this song because in the book it described Felicia as a person who played the piano a lot. Also piano tend to be softer and more relaxing which is why we chose this as a song Felicia would listen to. Another factor that led us to pick this song is that it is sad which a state that Felicia is in.

Falling Blue - RnB Instrumental
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy3A6WLOhi0

We chose this song because it only involves the music of instruments and no voices which we think Felicia would listen to because she played the piano. Also this song is nice and happy song with a hint of sadness in some parts, we think that Felicia would listen to this because it may cheer her up sometimes instead of her being always sad.

The Beetles - Hey Jude
We picked this song because Felicia seems to be more of calm music type that may also be a bit gloomy and slow. By saying this, we think that the song “Hey Jude” would be something that she would listen too. It seems to be Felicia’s style because she plays the piano and enjoys listening to more calm and slow music which is what this song is sorta offering.

City and Colour - Fragile Bird
This song talks about night terrors. It talks of going to sleep and remembering the bad memories of the past. It talks of night mares and not wanting to remember the past but instead try to forget it. This is why we think that Felicia would listen to this song. This song also seems to be her style because of the general tune and the beat of the song. Since Felicia is always depressed and is usually very mad, that probably means that she would listen to something more slow and quite.

City and Colour - Death of Me

We feel that this song is mostly about remorse or a strong regret for something. It the first line, it states and explains that “they should drink their their troubles away.” We feel that because of the topic in the song, Felicia would be able to understand the song. She would be able to feel the emotion that is coming out of the song. Because of the possible relation ship that she might have with the song, she would most likely get lost in the song. This is why we picked this song to be included in Felicia’s play-list. Once again, it is also to her pace and is not to fast of a beat.

Cat Power - I Don't Blame You
We picked I Don’t Blame You by Cat Power because we thought that it could relate her thoughts of when she gave birth to Tom. She would probably listen to this when she’s thinking about her past of when she was with Mr. Alacran. The lyrics of the song could be expressing how she has been through many situations, but out of all of them this one was the worst because of Mr. Alacran. After Mr. Alacran found out he stopped talking to her making her feel lonely (Farmer 124). He never wanted Felicia back and that’s when the mood and the lyrics of the song could help her relieve the thoughts in her mind.

Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know
We picked this song because we thought that Felicia could relate to the lyrics in the song.This song is about a man and a woman explaining their bad relationships. They explain or “sing” how together, they still felt very lonely. They tell of how thinking back to their relationship together brings back band memories. A specific line that would back up this reasoning is the line sung by Kimbra which says “Now and then i think of all the times you screwed me over.” This is why we feel that Felicia would listen to this song because she has gone through the same experiences as this song.  Besides the lyrics, this song is a also pretty mellow song, and since Felicia is usually very depressed, she would most likely listen to slow paced music.

The Feist - The Bad in Each Other
The songs lyrics really do sound like something that Felicia would listen to when she remembers the memories back then before she had Tom. The lyrics in the song and the tone really do fit the mood she would feel when the memories are flowing back into her brain. The lyrics “When a good man and a good woman can’t find the good in each other, then a good man and a good woman will bring out the worst in each other” really sounds like when Tom and Her were being bringing out the worst in each other while looking at the security cameras.


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