The very moment I saw today’s Friday Fictioneers prompt picture, I was instantly reminded of one of my favorite albums from one of my favorite bands – “Swing The Heartache” by Bauhaus (to those of you not already “in the know'” click on the album title above in order to find out why).
As a result, I decided to do something Fictioneerary that I hadn’t done since around the time I was in the 8th grade, and I created a post using as many Bauhaus song titles as possible. These are italicized for your reference, and including the post title and accompanying song prompt, I was able to squeak 19 of them into today’s submission. As always, I hope you enjoy.
copyright – Jennifer Pendergast
“Oh Harry, I’ll never make it. There’s no hope.”
“Yes you will, we need to catch up with the boys. It’s all we ever wanted, let’s move on.
“No, I’ll just stay here in this dive, m’dear.”
“No mother, you can’t. Remember, Satori’s directly behind us. It’s only a matter of time before he overcomes us with his poison pen.”
“But darling, I’ve no adrenalin, I feel like a muscle in plastic. I simply can’t move through these crowds.”
“You HAVE TO. It’s almost night time. We won’t be safe unless we’re in the flat field by then.”
“But… I don’t want to be safe anymore. Kingdom’s coming, and I’d rather be an exquisite corpse, than continue to live in fear of fear.”
Burning from the inside, her sudden assertion hit me like a kick in the eye.
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Side note: if you could, please visit my post from yesterday, as it pertains to a cause I feel very strongly about, and any support you could provide would be deeply appreciated. Now, here’s Peter, Daniel, Kevin and David – the unwitting baby daddies to Gothic rock, doing what they did best:
as long as i'm singing 
I think I’m following an uncles footsteps and donating my body to science.
Thanks for stopping by my 100 words.
And thank you for stopping by mine as well =)
PS – if your mention of the “uncle” was alluding to another Bauhaus song, then I was right on board with you, but couldn’t figure out how to nudge the complete title, “Third Uncle,” into the text anywhere.
Must have been on some similar wave, but not that one. As I am not all that good with music. I’m stuck in the ‘Oldies’ of the ’60’s and 70’s and I can’t even match those faces, names or titles.
I actually did have an uncle who donated his body to science – and it must have been well ‘used’ as it took over a year for my aunt to get back what was left of the cremated remains.
Do you know when the new post for the Friday Fictioneers gets posted. Is it after the count down for the previous on expires? I’ve looked several times today and the new one isn’t up yet. I like these – I can’t say I’ll be back every week but they are fun.
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I’m rather a novice to this myself, but in my time to date, Rochelle has posted a new prompt every Wednesday. Some are easy-breezy to respond to, some are damned hard, and others just get skipped (though I don’t believe I’ve done so as of yet). I look forward to seeing you around!
I’ve been a regular at:
http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/
Which is a weekly Sunday prompt of a word list of 12 – 13 words. I’ve been posting two pieces, a short verse and another story verse that now has about 40 pages of a continuing story, (which I only add to once a week).
All of my blogs are listed on the page: Friends, Roamers …etc. on my daily short verse site which is linked to this icon thingy. I am not exactly well versed in ‘Computerese’ – Thanks.
Oh t I love it. The song titles fit into the story perfectly.
I’m glad you liked it Renee – I thought it was time to stop being so damned serious about whether people would like my stuff or not, and just play around for a bit =)
It’s always good to play around. It keeps our hearts young and the sadness at bay.
Do you have any idea who phenomenal you are?? Well you are. For reals. I’m hooked.
Clearly, I do not. But I’m glad you do. Just keep reminding me (daily) and we’ll get along just fine =)
DONE!! (fair warning: I take weekends off of WP but I’ll be reminding you the old fashioned way through smoke signals)
You just can’t go wrong with the tried and true, can you?
I’ll keep my eyes peeled to the sky =)
no Bela Lugosi’s Dead? sheesh.
Ha! I wasn’t going to touch that with a ten foot pole! Do you know how hard it was to keep “Ziggy Stardust” off the page, though?
:)
Love your idea of using song titles here, as well as the story itself.
Thank you – I’m so glad you enjoyed it =)
Wears a beaming smile, after the third read through
Absolutely brilliant m’Friend!
Wears a beaming smile, after the second (fourth, if I’m being honest) read through of your compliment. Thank you, m’dear =)
I’ve seen the song title thing used before but I think it has a charm all its own and you wielded the words well
Oh and thanks for your visit
Thank you much Leslie, I’m all about the charm… =]
Great post, and the music is just great as well.. :D
So glad you enjoyed – I thought you might =)
Fun idea! I especially like this line: “‘But… I don’t want to be safe anymore. Kingdom’s coming, and I’d rather be an exquisite corpse, than continue to live in fear of fear.'” It’s just so wise after all that running.
Thanks Bee! I hope you try it sometime.
Fun! I know how difficult this is as I did it once with oldies titles (http://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/friday-fictioneers-medley/, if you’re interested.)
Have a melodic weekend,
janet
Thanks Janet! Sadly, melody and me got together like peanut butter and salami (not that I don’t enjoy either combination, but they are acquired tastes…)
I like PB and bananas or PB and raisins.
janet
I’m with you on the second, and would be on the first as well, if ‘nanners didn’t make me gag!
Dear t,
Thank you for sharing story, titles and your unique style with us.
Aloha,
Doug
Thank you Doug – I’m glad you like it =)
Love how you used all those titles, some of which I recognise (from a looooong time ago). Might spend a happy half hour searching them out on the web today!
Thanks Trudy, and I hope you enjoy them as much now, as you did then!
Now that was clever. The song titles made the story pop (no pun intended) for me. Well done.
Denmother
Hahaha – thanks Denmother!
HI t
I loved this! What a great idea :)
=) Thanks!
I like the way you have fitted the song titles in here – very difficult and very clever, well done.
Thanks for reading mine, good to meet you
Dee
Thanks Dee, I’m glad that you enjoyed it =]
Really enjoyed the way you incorporated the song titles, especially “…I’d rather be an exquisite corpse, than continue to live in fear of fear.” I’m also worried about Satori and his pen – I’ll have to go and update my music ed.
Thank you Sarah! And I hope you like what you hear =)
The picture’s resemblance is uncanny.
Crazy, right?
Indeed. And crazy how you recognized it immediately.
um, ok… i don’t know the songs.. didn’t realize there were titles ’til i read the comments.. does that mean i suck? lol ^^ but i focused on the story and thought it’s great and unique. “I’d rather be an exquisite corpse, than continue to live in fear of fear.” is beautiful :)
It doesn’t mean you suck, it just means you skipped my intro paragraph =] I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Ha, I wrote so many gothic romantic short stories to the Bauhaus or Peter Murphy my senior year in high school I could put out an anthology. Well played sir, and well written ;)
I’ve seen Peter (5) times now, once with the rest of the boys (!!!!)
I would love to see your anthology – please feel free to share anytime =)
Dear T,
I’ll admit a bit of a disconnect since the titles and the group are unfamiliar to me. BTW I like PB and green olives on toast. A unique take on the prompt. (If it was always easy it wouldn’t be a challenge now would it? ;) )
Shalom,
Rochelle
I would invite you to give them a listen Rochelle. As with all experimental artists, don’t expect to like them on the first go-round =)
I’m glad you liked my take, and I will have to try your recommended sandwich – it sounds delish!
great song, read this piece several times. I like “muscle in plastic”…it really set a mood. good work, t
Thanks Lance, and fortunately, working with a band like Bauhaus, I had a slew of wonderful word choices!
Ooh, I used to do this in school too – I wonder if I’ve still got mine! Thanks for the nostalgia and a clever little tribute.
It’s fun, right? If you find your efforts, I’d love to read them!